Curtiss

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, 1981. First Edition (Stated) . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Author accurately documents Curtiss's formative years from the first Aerial Experiment Association glider to the refined flying boats used during World War I. Features 160 photographs and 42 three-view scale drawings. 237 pages. … Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers. Fine copy in very good dust jacket. 1981. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 235 pp., "The definitive survey of the flying machines produced by Glenn H. Curtiss,one of America's pioneering aircraft designers and inventor of the flying boat." .

New York; (1981): Crown Publishers. First Edition. Quarto. Glenn Curtiss was the dominant personality in the pioneer era of American aviation. By 1913, he was the largest manufacturer of aircraft in the U.S. This book documents Curtiss's formative years from the first Aerial Experimental Association to the refined flying boats of World War I. Bound in 1/4 blue cloth… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1981. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good. xiv, [2], 235, [5] pages. Illustrations. Appendices. Index. Minor cover wear. The author was former Curator of Aircraft, National Air and Space Museum. He flew in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He moved to Bermuda in 1948, where he… Read more about this item

New York: Crown, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. xiv, 235 pp. Quarto. Half-cloth binding with boards covered in yellow engraved stiff-paper; Gilt lettering on spine. Trimmed edges. Bottom corners of boards slightly bumped. Dark blue endpapers. B/W diagrams and photographic illustrations throughout. 6 appendices and an index at rear. Pictorial dust-jacket with black lettering on spine and… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1981. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 235 pp., "The definitive survey of the flying machines produced by Glenn H. Curtiss,one of America's pioneering aircraft designers and inventor of the flying boat." .

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. Vg-/Vg- Small Tear To Cloth At Upper Spine. Faint Stain At Head. Dj Lightly Edgeworn & Rubbed. All Text & Illustrations Clean, Binding Tight. Pages: 237.. 1981. 1st Printing. Hardcover..