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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Revisit the romantic age of aeronautics when the rapid development of balloons, dirigibles and airplanes changed the world forever. Archibald Williams wrote this entertaining and informative journey through the early days of air travel for readers of all ages in 1926, covering the earliest ascents in balloons through the Wright Brothers, trans-Atlantic flights. The special edition enlarged reprinting includes: - Enlarged 7 x 10 pages - Crisp digitally re-scanned and enhanced images- Bold new cover design- Author's original page layouts- Classic type font- English printing with illustration captions Chapter by chapter Williams chronicles the feats and failures of those legendary pioneers of flight with enthusiasm and an eye towards the future, where he envisions a time when a machine will be able to alight vertically in a space no larger than the back garden of a small suburban villa, or on a flat roof. Enjoy an informative look at the earliest ascents of balloons, dirigibles, and the first crossings that made history. The rapid development of the mechanical airplane is covered with great interest, as is its application in commercial air travel, exploration, and warfare. For readers looking to enjoy a broad, illustrated overview of airplanes and the history of air travel, Conquering the Air is a delight to read. We shall devote our attention first to the origin of the spherical balloons and to the most notable voyages made in them. Next, we shall see how the balloon was altered in form, provided with motive power of its own, and converted from a mere gas-container and a self-directing aerial ship. Then follows an account of the experiments which led to the production of the first practical flying machine; to be succeeded by a series of chapters devoted to those fights, of successively increasing length, which, as first exemplifying the conquest of the air the grand scale, may justly be termed epoch-making. Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Early Balloon AscentsChapter 2: Further Ascents in Fire-BalloonsChapter 3: The Coming of the Gas BalloonChapter 4: The First Balloon Ascents in Great BritainChapter 5: The First Crossing of the Channel by AirChapter 6: Famous Balloon VoyagesChapter 7: The Coming of the Dirigible BalloonChapter 8: The First Attack on the AtlanticChapter 9: Pioneers of Mechanical FlightChapter 10: The First Crossing of the English Channel by AeroplaneChapter 11: From London to ManchesterChapter 12: A Splendid FutureChapter 13: The First Crossing of the Atlantic by AirChapter 14: A Magnificent SuccessChapter 15: To New York and BackChapter 16: From London to AustraliaChapter 17: From Cairo to the CapeChapter 18: The First Non-stop Flight Across AmericaChapter 19: Aircraft in the Polar RegionsChapter 20: The First Flight Around the WorldChapter 21: From Italy to Japan and BackChapter 22: From Spain to Buenos AiresChapter 23: Lifebelts of the AirChapter 24: Aircraft in WarChapter 25: AirwaysChapter 26: Uses for AircraftChapter 27: The Future of Flying About the Publisher: The CGR Publishing Restoration Workshop uses a vast array of computers and digital scanners to restore, preserve, and enhance the classic works of writers and artists from the 19th century. Each new release includes display-quality covers, enlarged covers, and retro fonts. Select books include Dante's Inferno Retro Hell-Bound Edition, Gustave Dor 's London: A Pilgrimage, The Complete Book of Birds, A Life of George Westinghouse, The Clock Book: A Detailed Illustrated Collection of Classic Clocks, The Aeroplane Speaks, and much more. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. With 78 illustrations. vii, 205 pp. Circa 1924-last date listed in the table of dates in Great Western Railway history. Some route maps in text.

Stapled. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The September 1935 issue of the American Magazine. It contains The Trial of Mark Adams, a mystery novel by Philip Wylie, Not Cloudy All Day, a story by Pulitzer Prize winner MacKinlay Kantor, Footsteps at Night (Dead Man Manor), part 4 of 6 of a novel by Valentine Williams (George Valentine Williams), part 6 of 6 of Opera Hat, a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland, Your Golf Will Find You Out, an article by Hall of Fame golfer Tommy Armour, My Husband Flirts With Speed, an article by Lady Campbell the wife of land speed record holder Malcolm Campbell, What Do Animals Think of You, an article by poet Archibald Rutledge, Headhunter - an Interesting People feature of anthropologist Dr Margaret Mead, and others. Light wear with some rubbing to the top edge and right corner of the front cover. Light damp stain with occasional loss & bleed to the top edge or corner of the pages - doesn't affect any text. No cutouts or missing pages. A good to very good copy. Ray Prohaska (cover), Paul Hesse (The Trial of Mark Adams), Mead Schaeffer (Not Cloudy All Day), Matt Clark (Footsteps at Night), George Rowe (Opera Hat), Ralph Stein (Your Golf Will Find You Out), Edward Giogi (My Husband Flirts With Speed) and others (illustrator).…

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Zustand: Fair. 407 pages. No dust jacket. Beige pictorial cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Stapled. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The June 1935 issue of the American Magazine. It contains Footsteps at Night (Dead Man Manor), part 1 of 6 of a novel by Valentine Williams (George Valentine Williams), Dusty Miller, a story by Isabel Stewart Way, One Gentleman to Another, a story by Corey Ford, Eddie Takes a Rest, a story by Don Marquis, Lights Against Him, a story by Borden Chase (Devin Borden), Furnished Room, a story by Leona Dalrymple, part 3 of 6 of Opera Hat, a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland, The Challenge of the Constitution, an article by Walter Lippmann, In at the Finish, an article by Archibald Rutledge, Shaver - an Interesting People feature of child actor Freddie Batholomew, Gardener - an Interesting People feature of Leona Dalrymple, and others. Light wear with soe rubbing and small creases to the front cover. Small loss at the top and bottom of the spine. Light soiling to the back cover. No cutouts or missing pages. A good to very good copy. Ray Prohaska (cover), Matt Clark (Footsteps at Night), Robert O Reid (Dusty Miller) , Pruett Carter (One Gentleman to Another), Russell Patterson (Eddie Takes a Rest), Gladys Rockmmore Davis (Furnished Room), George Rowe (Opera Hat) (illustrator).…

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Zustand: Very Good. No DJ. Pictorial boards are clean with light wear. Presentation sticker to pastedown, Contents are clean but lightly age toned..

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Gold embossed boards. School prize label 1913. Tanning on inside cover pages. Plates. Descriptions of the tise and development of railroad systems throughout the world, including grain elevators, ocean ferries (and Marconi systems) etc. 368 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £13.65.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. paperback, a good copy, rubbed to the extremities, large folding map present but creased, light cellotape marks to the half-title page. Illustrated, 205pp. Wilberforce, William (illustrator).

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Boards have light wear. Content has light toning. No DJ. Circa 1918.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. New Revised Edition . New and revised edition, with many illustrations from drawings and photographs. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. From the collection of Ex-Library with a couple of Stamp mark on the front and last blank pages. Top red page edges. There is gilt on the spine of the book. Frontispiece. No date stated. Publication of 338 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. The front free end paper page has been removed. There is foxing on the early and last pages, little within the body of the book. The text remains legible. The binding is strong. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. The green illustrated boards are rubbed with fading, with noticeable shelf wear to corners, edges and spine, bumping to the corners showing board, rip to top front spine edge with some fraying. dark tanning to page edges, mild foxing to inside covers, hinge to inside front cover cracked exposing netting, FFEP missing, next page has bottom half of page missing, name penciled to top, heavily tanned, tanning to back of frontispiece, occasional thumb marks and dog eared corners. The binding is firm. The pages otherwise appear clean with mild tanning. This book has 479 pages. All in all a nice example of this book.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Boards have some wear, fadfing and scuffs to spine. Content has light toning. Owner name to end paper.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.