Through the Air
by Wise, John
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THROUGH THE AIR: A NARRATIVE OF FORTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE AS AN AËRONAUT. COMPRISING A HISTORY OF THE VARIOUS ATTEMPTS IN THE ART OF FLYING BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME...
by Wise, John
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- Used
- Edition
- Facsimile reprint
- Published
- 1972
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780405037870
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Talent, Oregon, USA
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$135.00
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New York: Arno Press, 1972. Facsimile reprint . Hardcover. Continuation of the extended title reads; "With an Account of The Author's Most Important Air-Voyages and his Many Thrilling Adventures and Hairbreadth Escapes. Also, An Appendix, In Which Are Given Full Instructions for the Manufacture and Management of Balloons." An expanded edition of "System of Aeronautics," first published in 1850.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Through the Air: A Narrative of Forty Years' Experience as an Aeronaut.
by WISE, John.
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- Used - Old ink ownership inscription; light use at extremities.
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- First edition.
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- 1873.
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- Publisher's pictorial cloth.
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Rochester, New York, USA
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$500.00
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Philadelphia, etc.:: To-Day Printing and Publishing Company,, 1873.. First edition.. publisher's pictorial cloth.. Old ink ownership inscription; light use at extremities. . Large 8vo,. Color frontispiece; profusely illustrated. Item Price
$500.00
Through the air: a narrative of forty years experience as an aeronaut comprising a history of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means from the earliest period down to the present time
by Wise, John
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1972
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- Hardcover
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Ibstock, Leicestershire, GBR
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$51.66
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U.S.A: Arno Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with silver titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. 650 pages, illustrations in the text, appendix. A facsimilie copy of the 1873 edition, in the Literature and History of Aviation series . Item Price
$51.66
Through the Air: A Narrative of Forty Years' Experience as an Aeronaut. Comprising a History of the Various Attempts in the Art of Flying by Artificial Means from the Earliest Period Down to the Present, with an Account of the Author's Most Important Air-Voyages and His Many Thrilling Adventures and Hairbreadth Escapes, Also, An Appendix in Which are Given Full Instructions for the Manufacture and Management of Balloons
by Wise, John
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- Used - Light foxing throughout, more so to margins of plates, frontis tissue guard and title page browned and foxed. A wide margined co
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- Revised edition, first printing
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- 1873
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Denver, Colorado, USA
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$400.00
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Philadelphia: To-Day Printing and Publishing Company, 1873. Revised edition, first printing. Light foxing throughout, more so to margins of plates, frontis tissue guard and title page browned and foxed. A wide margined copy in a fine, but simple modern binding.. Modern butterscotch calf-backed marbled boards. Item Price
$400.00