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Visions of a Flying Machine - 1st Edition/1st Printing Hardcover - 1990
by Jakab, Peter L.
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- Title Visions of a Flying Machine - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author Jakab, Peter L.
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 263
- Publisher Airlife, Shrewsbury
- Date 1990
- ISBN 9781853101489
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Visions of a Flying Machine (Smithsonian History of Aviation Series)
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Airlife Publishing Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. 1990. Hard Cover. 8vo 1853101486 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Illustrated with photographs. 263 pages clean and tight. Eighty-five years after the invention of the airplane, the work of Wilbur and Orville Wright has lost none of its power to fascinate and intrigue us. Visions of a Flying Machine, unlike other, more biographical books on the Wrights, explores the inventive methodology that led to the Wright brothers' momentous flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903. It takes us straight to the heart of their achievement, focusing on the technology and offering a clear and concise statement of precisely what the Wrights accomplished and how. At its core, this is a book about the process of invention. Jakab defines the problem of the flying machine as it was understood when the Wrights entered the field in 1899, then describes how the brothers identified and resolved…
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Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing Ltd. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First British Edition. Hardcover. 1853101486 . A clean and tightly bound hardback book in an unclipped dustjacket which is very slightly faded at the spine. Appears little used. xviii + 264 pages, 62 illustrations in the text, notes, bibliography, index. From the 'Smithsonian History of Aviation' series .
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Visions of a Flying Machine : The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention (Smithsonian History of Aviation Series)
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Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xviii, 264pp. Grey cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine heel. Text block edges just starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. 8vo. Explores the inventive methodology that led to the Wright brothers' momentous flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903.
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England: Airlife, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First British edition. 263pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. "Smithsonian History of Aviation Series.
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England: Airlife. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1853101486 . A first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition, bumped corners and light wear in a scuffed Very Good+ dust-jacket; In Visions of a Flying Machine, Jakab tells the story of the invention of the airplane and the people who made it possible. He profiles some of the great pioneers of aviation, from the Wright brothers to Charles Lindbergh, and tells the riveting story of their daring flights and the pioneering work that made air travel possible.; 8vo; 263 pages .
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