kill devil hill epic wright de harry combs martin caidin (8 résultats)

Hard Cover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Printing. Jacket has edgewear. Boards have small corner bump. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing/vg hardback in vg dustwrapper.previous owners incription fep.a heavy book requiring extra postage for non uk address.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in good condition- with jacket. Pages in good clean condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight shelf wear and light creasing to the DJ and signs of being read but a clean copy from a smoke free home. One minor issue, there is slight damage to the inside flap of the DJ and inside cover where a piece of tape has been removed (pictured) but a minor issue.

1980 1ST VG GREEN / GILT BOARDS NO D/W OWNERS BOOK PLATE.

H/c. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good & Protected. First Editon. Pages 389, b/w photographs. d/j price clipped. Green cloth boards with gilt letter on cover and spine. A fascinating book, it contains many contemporary photograplhs and documents, and has an introduction by astronaut Neil Armstrong. Kill Devil Hill tells how the Wright Brothers designed and built airframe, engine, controls, and porpellers - with hardy any solid information - and then learned to fly without loosing their lives. Apart from a few spots on edge of pages this book is in very good plus condition.

First Edition. DW. 389pp. Illustrated with photographs. Top edge slightly foxed. Wrapper very slightly worn at extremities o/w VG+/VG+.

Tall octavo, olive-green cloth, spine and front cover embossed with gilt lettering, xx, 390 pp., 16 double-sided black-and-white plates, illustrated throughout with black-and-white diagrams, three appendices included. Tail end of spine a little bumped, spotting on top edge of text block, spine of dust-jacket a little faded; otherwise a near-fine copy. First edition. An account of the Wright Brothers' determination to design, build, develop, test and successfully create an aeroplane that could fly. Combs, a pilot, and Caidin, an aviation writer, bring the experiences of Wilbur and Orville Wright to life in this engaging and informative retelling of the history-making events that occurred between 1899 and 1909. Included is a foreword by Neil Armstrong, who, when he set foot on the moon, planted a fragment of the original canvas structure of the Wright Brothers' plane along with the American flag.