9780295978116 - The Genesis of Flight: The Aeronautical History Collection of Colonel Richard Gimbel von Gimbel, Richard (16 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. With CD! A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Zustand: Very Good. 1St Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. The Genesis of Flight illustrates one of the most prestigious aeronautical history collections in existence, covering the history of man's dream of flight from antiquity to the advent of powered flight at the beginning of the 20th century. The items included are drawn from more than 20,000 objects that vividly reflect both humanity's vision and its fulfillment. Five-thousand-year-old seals carved from semiprecious stones and used to inscribe clay tablets record the earliest conception of flight. Among the collection's thousands of books are priceless volumes printed before 1501. Many, such as Robert Hooke's Philosophical Collections (1682) , are serious, scientific studies of the possibility of flight. Others are about imaginary voyages into space and to other worlds, including Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1547) , Cyrano de Bergerac's account of a voyage to the moon first published in 1650, and, of course, the 19th-century classics of Jules Verne. More than 2,000 prints, portraits, engravings, etchings, woodcuts, and lithographs comprise a unique and arresting pictorial history of aeronautics. Important letters written by pioneers of flight -- Montgolfier, Blanchard, Lunardi, Lilienthal, Count von Zeppelin, Santos-Dumont, Langley, and the Wright brothers -- are to be found among the collection's manuscript holdings. There are also rare commemorative medallions, sheet music, posters, dime novels, postcards and postage stamps, early flight manuals, catalogues of aircraft equipment, match boxes, and children's games and toys -- all recording, in one way or another, humanity's aspirations to fly. The collection was assembled by Richard Gimbel (1898-1970) , who began collecting whileserving with the 8th U. S. Army Air Force in England during World War II, and continued after becoming curator of aeronautical literature at Yale University. The collection was donated to the United States Air Force Academy upon his death. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 372 pages; Description: xi, 372 p. : ill. (some col. ) ; 32 cm. + 1 computer disc (4 3/4 in. ). Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-362) and index. Subjects: Gimbel, Richard --Library --Catalogs. United States Air Force Academy. Aeronautics --Bibliography 4 Kg.

1st edition. A tidy hardback in tight binding; dust jacket a little shelf-worn, with fraying at head of spine. CD present in pocket at rear. This is a heavy book (about 2.3kg packed); additional postage may be required Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Zustand: Good. Original silver lettered and decorated cloth, dust jacket, numerous illustrations in colour and b/w, CD-ROM in pocket in rear, 4to.

hardcover. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First. Many Illus., some in color. Small folio, blue cloth, d.w. Seattle: Friends of the United States Air Force Academy, (2000). Fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. private library liquidation mylar.

2000, xi,372pp. Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. 2,2kg. In very good condition. Pakketzending.

Original publisher's blue cloth hardback, silver title spine, silver ornament frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large 4to:xij, 372pp. hundreds of coloured plates and illustrations with notes & references, acknowledgements, list contributors, chronology of flight, appendix, general bibliography, editors, index, notes on the CD-Rom, CD-Rom in rear-pocket. - as new. The most prestigious aeronautical history collection in existence.

Zustand: very good. [Seattle, Wash.] : Friends of the United States Air Force Academy Library in association with the University of Washington Press, c1999. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. xi,372 pp. 33 cm. Ills. With 1 CD-Rom. Contents : Introduction: a gift of tradition /Tom D. Crouch --Printed books, 1489-1850 /Clive Hart --Printed books, 1851-1914 /Tom D. Crouch --Manuscripts /Clive Hart --Prints /Paul Maravelas --Other holdings /Dominick A. Pisano --Seals /Ellen Morris and Holly Pittman --Numismatics /Edward Rochette --Chronology of flight. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780295978116. Keywords : , history of science.

Original Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. 372 pages, superbly illustrated, almost wholly in colour, cd 'The Genesis of Flight' included inside rear board. An illustrated catalogue of one of the most prestigious aeronautical history collections in existence. Chronology, Bibliography.

Zustand: BUONO. Washington, cm.24x31, pp.XI,372, oltre 200 ill.e tavv.bn.,col.,e seppia, legatura ed.in tutta tela,soprac.fig.a col. The friend of the United States Air Force Academy Library in association with Univ.of Washington Press.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Très bon état. In-4 relié 31,4 cm sur 23,8. 327 pages. Très bon état d'occasion. in-4°.