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First edition. 93 pages. Fine condition in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Otto Nielsen (Cover Art) (illustrator). First Printing [Stated]. xvi, [2], 93, [15] pages. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. During WWII he worked in Switzerland with Prisoners of War. He visited camps in Germany, Austria, and Poland. The author joined the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration in 1947. Letter related to author laid in. He later worked for Scandinavian Airlines System and became chief of Aeropolitical and Foreign affairs. In retirement he became noted as a historian of flight. This book, published in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Emanuel Swedenborg, was based on several years of research in libraries, archives, and aviation institutions and represents the first comprehensive study of this remarkable design. Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg; 29 January 1688 - 29 March 1772) was a Swedish Lutheran theologian, scientist, philosopher, revelator and mystic who inspired Swedenborgianism. He is best known for his book Heaven and Hell (1758). Swedenborg was also an inventor and scientist. Swedenborg's Flying Machine was first sketched by the Swedish scientist Emanuel Swedenborg in 1714, when he was 26 years old. It was later published in his periodical, Daedalus Hyperboreus, in 1716. The image shows the flying machine from above looking down. It consists of one large wing. In the middle of it is a hole with a basket, where the pilot stands. There are two "paddles" on the wings. These are used by the pilot like oars in a boat, except in this case they only move up and down. Underneath the ship is the landing gear; it consists of four long poles, which, except for the ends of two, can not be seen since they are below the ship. In between them is a weight, which is used to keep the ship balanced. The wing is a light frame covered with strong canvas. The large wing would work as a glider, and by working the paddles up and down the pilot would keep the plane in the air, Swedenborg initially hoped.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Hardcover. (4), lxx, 404; (2), 405-1038; viii, 508; (8), 108pp, pink slip with instructions 'To the binder' tipped in. 2 engr f/ps (portrait of the author & 'Old Northern Warrior', with tissue guards); 14 lithogr pls, 2 folding (the Ruthwell Cross), 12 colour or gilt; many text-illus, 1 tipped-in photograph - 'careful and faithful (but alas too costly)'. Brown half morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g, marbled e-ps, printed wrs bound in. Vols I & II rubbed & scuffed, v.II pp 437-40 torn with loss to up to 12 lines of text; v.III-IV bound as one, stained & badly affected by damp at start, front cover cloth lifted & defective, top corner broken off, with serious (but diminishing) damage & staining to top corner of first c.40 leaves (some loss of text); some spotting, Complete but damaged set of this invaluable source for runic studies, including the uncommon volume IV, published 17 years after v.III (Stephens had died in 1895).