sir hiram maxim (17 Ergebnisse)

Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. Without text leaf.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. Faded purple cloth over boards, with gold lettering on the cover and spine. Spine is faded several tones lighter than the boards, which are themselves more faded at the edges than the middle. Binding tight and clean. Title page dated 1908. 166 pages. Illustrated with 95 illustrations. Curiously, there are only three mentions of the Wright brothers (including one photograph). Charts and diagrams and explanations of the aeronautical principles and physics, in addition to discussion of pioneers in the field. Interior clean. Please email with questions or to request photos. If there is a photo beside this listing, please note that it was placed there by ABE without our permission and is likely what they call a 'stock photo' (whatever that is). This volume is part of a large collection of Aviation and Ballooning books, a catalogue of which is available upon request. Most of the volumes have a small pencil notation on the first blank page - the letters KB and a number. Many have Evelyn Kendall's signature as well.

hardback, 8vo, 160,(32)pp, b/w illustrations, pages browned throughout, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, blue cloth pictorial, edges slightly rubbed, Good condition.

Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Hard Cover. SECOND EDITION. Octavo. xv, [1], 176 pp. 95 figures in text including sketches, photographs, diagrams and tables. Publishers' deep pink cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Cover cloth patchily sunned and stained with minor wear at spine tips and corners and deep score-mark across centre of upper board. Inner front hinge cracked but holding; lacks ffep; rfep toned. Half-title soiled and loose top 3 inches; scattered fingermarking. No annotation or inscriptions. A Good copy. Aeronautical classic recounting the Author's own experiments with flight as a pioneering aviator. Maxim (1840-1916) is best known for his automatic portable machine gun; he also invented other contraptions including a mousetrap and curling irons. His aeroplanes were never a success, apart from the popular fairground ride the "Captive Flying Machine", one of which is still in operation at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

Paris, H. Dunod/E. Pinat, 1909. 239 pp, num. figures in b/w, 4to, cloth.

First and only edition hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated orange cloth covers, red and black title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xvi] 326 [16 page catalogue] printed pages of text with 19 single-sided monochrome illustrations throughout, one of which has a repaired tear. Rubbing to the covers, spine a little sun darkened, contents clean. Member of the P.B.F.A. GAMBLING & BETTING.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. George A. Stevens (illustrator). First edition. A delightful commentary on Monte Carlo at the turn of the twentieth century written by inventor Hiram Maxim, illustrated throughout. With anecdotes on Monte Carlo, comments on luck, a defence of roulette, the games played at Monte Carlo, as well as Maxim's article to 'The New York Herald'.Written by Sir Hiram Maxim, an inventor known for inventing the first automatic machine gun. He claimed to have invented the lightbulb, and experimented with powered flight. Maxim held patents for curling irons, numerous electric lamps and steam pumps.Undated; dated from copies held on Jisc.Bound in the charming decorative cloth depicting the author.With illustrations throughout by G. A. Stevens.A contemporary ownership inscription to the front pastedown which is illegible but belonged to someone in Ashford, Middlesex in 1907.The first, and only, edition of this work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; cloth is a little discoloured and bumped to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Ownership inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound, with slight strain to both hinges which remain firm; there is the occasional strain through the text. Pages have just the odd spot. Very Good. book.

Second Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Stained boards. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xv, 176 p. : ill., plans ; 23 cm. Subjects: Aeronautics; Airplanes; Aeroplanes; History - Pre 1903; Animal Flight; Aircraft - Kites; Aircraft Design & Construction. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. An intriguing account by this fascinating pioneer. Includes a great deal of technical detail based on his researches. 2nd ed. pp.xvi.176. Illus. Diags. Spine sunned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Three volumes bound in 1, half leather; 9.5"x6.5", original wraps not included: 1) The American Journal of Eugenics, successor to Lucifer the Light-Bearer, vol. 1, no. 5, November 1907. M. Harman, Editor and Publisher; pp 242 to 292. Articles by Moses Harman (ed.); C.W. Saleeby; Paul Tyner; Henrietta Fuerth (Henriette Fürth); Hugh Mann; 2) The American Journal of Eugenics, successor to Lucifer the Light-Bearer, vol. 1, no. 6, December 1907. M. Harman, Editor and Publisher;pp 299 to 348; articles by Theodore Schroeder; Alice B. Stockham; Arthur Wastall; R.B. Kerr; Edgar L. Larkin; George Bedborough; Moses Harman; Lena Belfort; 3) The R.P.A. Annual and Ethical Review for the year 1911. Edited by Charles A. Watts. Rationalist Press Association. London, Watts & Co. Foxing mainly on the initial and final pages. Articles by Rev. R. Roberts; prof. Edward Westermack; F.J. Gould; Dr. F.C. Conybeare; etc. Very scarce.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. pp. xv, 166. 95 text illus. (some full-page). cloth (spine faded, covers spotted, institutional rubberstamp on title). First Edition of this interesting work by the American-born mechanical engineer and inventor. Maxim invented the Maxim gun, the first portable fully automatic machine gun, a curling iron, a pocket menthol inhaler and larger steam inhaler, aircraft artillery, and various other devices. He also claimed to have invented the electric light bulb, becoming involved in several lengthy patent disputes with Thomas Edison. He also experimented with flying machines and was the originator in 1904 of an immensely popular amusement park ride that is still in use today (The 'Captive Flying Machine'). "A gifted and versatile inventor, Maxim received 122 United States patents and 149 British patents. He devoted much time and money near the turn of the century to aeronautical experiments. An airship he built in 1894 to study the lift and thrust of various wing shapes and propellers actually rose from the ground, but he had not developed methods for controlling his machine in the air and did not achieve manned flight. He had, however, using an incredibly heavy, steam-propelled machine, proved that mechanical flight in heavier-than-air machines was possible." (encyclopedia) The present work contains chapters on air currents and the flight of birds, flying of kites, screws, experiments with apparatus attached to a rotating arm Crystal Palace experiments, hints as to the building of flying machines steering by means of a gyroscope, the shape and efficiency of aeroplanes - the action of aeroplanes and the power required expressed in the simplest terms some recent machines.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of this discussion of the possibilities of aerial warfare, published prior to the First World War. The scarce first edition of this work, in the striking publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-six plates, and a number of vignette illustrations. Collated, complete. A fascinating examination of the rapid development of aeronautics at the turn of the twentieth century. This work discusses the possible use of aeroplanes and other flying machines in warfare. This book was published just a few years before the outbreak of the First World War, where many of the matters discussed in the war were put into practice.This was the first work on aerial warfare to be published for the public, other works before this having been limited to the military. At the time this work was published, aeroplanes were a new phenomena, with the first successful manned flight taking place in 1903.With the bookplate of L.C.E. Wyndham to the front pastedown.With an advertisement leaf to the rear.Written by R. P. Hearne, who also wrote 'Zeppelins and Super-Zeppelins', and was a motoring journalist. With an introduction by Hiram Maxim, an inventor who is best known for his creation of the first portable automatic machine gun. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with boards bright. Bookplate to front pastedown. Rear hinge a touch strained to tail, but firmly held. Internally, binding a touch strained to the start of the work, but generally holding firm. One plate detached and loosely inserted. Pages bright, with foxing to page perimeters. Small loss to tail of one plate. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, UK. 1909. Xxxix, 237 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 57 illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in illustrated blue cloth boards with titles present to the spine and Zeppelin illustation on the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (board corners are lightly bumped and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A fascinating look at the quick development of aeronautics at the turn of the twentieth century. This work discusses the possible use of aeroplanes and other flying machines in warfare. Manned kits and hot air balloons had been used in a limited fashion previously for military purposes, but mostly for reconnaissance. Zeppelins or dirigibles were first developed in the 1890's. The Wright Brothers first powered aeroplane successfully flew in 1903. Only six years later this book was published on the use of aircraft for purposes of war. It did end up becoming a reality only a few years later though; first in 1911 in the Italo-Turkish War with Italian Army, then just a little later in World War I. This was the first work on aerial warfare to be published for the public, other works before this having been limited to the military. Written by R. P. Hearne, who also wrote 'Zeppelins and Super-Zeppelins', and was a motoring journalist. With an introduction by Hiram Maxim, an inventor who is best known for his creation of the first portable automatic machine gun. Hearne put out a second expanded edition of this book in 1910 titled "Airships in Peace and War," but his first edition is much more difficult to find. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A beautiful copy of the scarce first edition of this work on the development of aerial flight in the twentieth century, discussing its possible use in warfare. Illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-six, and numerous in-text illustrations. With a half-title. This work is an octavo. Collated, complete. A fascinating look at the quick development of aeronautics at the turn of the twentieth century. This work discusses the possible use of aeroplanes and other flying machines in warfare. This book was published just a few years before the outbreak of the First World War, during which some aeroplanes were indeed used in warfare. This was the first work on aerial warfare to be published for the public, other works before this having been limited to the military. At the time this work was published, aeroplanes were still a very new phenomena, with the first successful manned flight taking place in 1903. Written by R. P. Hearne, who also wrote 'Zeppelins and Super-Zeppelins', and was a motoring journalist. With an introduction by Hiram Maxim, an inventor who is best known for his creation of the first portable automatic machine gun. The first edition of Hearne's work on aeronautics. From the library of the Irish international hot air balloonist Wilf Woollett. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. A little fading to the spine. A few light marks to the boards. A very small amount of loss of leather to the extremities of the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. book.

- AERONAUTICS - BALLOONS - *An original coloured lithograph from 'Vanity Fair' by SPY [Leslie Ward].

Zustand: Fine. Second edition, in red cloth binding with gilt titles on spine and front cover, no dustjacket, heavy shelfwear to covers and extremities of book, contents fine.