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FLYING AN EPITOME AND A FORECAST

by Claude Grahame-White

Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st. 1930

Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper. An un-technical work designed to provide the ordinary lay-reader with a straightforward account of the history of human flight. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout.

Spine is browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges; foxing; also to page margins. Wrapper is very badly damaged; torn with half of spine MISSING: other pieces are taped back together on a white sheet of paper (now browned); tape marks etc.

Stock no. 2131577

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Contents

  • I Early Attempts to Fly
  • II The First Balloons and Airships
  • III Heavier-Than-Air Pioneers
  • IV The First Engine-Driven Aeroplane Flights
  • V Cross-Channel and Other Pioneer Flights
  • VI The War In Its Aerial Aspects
  • VII Famous Post-War Flights
  • VIII Advent and Growth of Civil Aviation
  • IX Flying Clubs and Aerial Touring
  • X A Review of Aeroplane Design
  • XI The Problem of the Giant Airship
  • XII The Future of Aviation
  • Index

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