Skip to content

Fifty years fly past: From Wright brothers to Comet by Dorman, Geoffrey - 1951

by Dorman, Geoffrey

Similar copies are shown below.
Similar copies are shown to the right.
Fifty years fly past: From Wright brothers to Comet by Dorman, Geoffrey - 1951

Fifty years fly past: From Wright brothers to Comet

by Dorman, Geoffrey

  • Used
  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
London: Forbes Robertson Ltd, 1951. 346 pages, 580g. Green cloth boards FINE in a Very Good price-clipped d/w with repaired tears to top of spine, in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with a few b/w photographs. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
  • Bookseller Dereks Transport Books GB (GB)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Fine
  • Jacket Condition Very Good
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Forbes Robertson Ltd
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1951
  • Keywords Aviation 50 Years Progress Development Design History Wright Brothers Comet Passenger Aircraft Flight
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

We have 7 copies available starting at £2.49.

Fifty Years Fly Past: From Wright Brothers to Comet

Fifty Years Fly Past: From Wright Brothers to Comet

by Geoffrey Dorman

  • Used
  • Acceptable
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Acceptable
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£2.49

Show Details

Description:
Forbes Robertson, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. First Edition. 346 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with photographic black and white plates throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and heavier tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavier rubbing to spine.
Item Price
£2.49
No image available

FIFTY YEARS FLY PAST: FROM WRIGHT BROTHERS TO COMET

by Dorman, Geoffrey

  • Used
Condition
Used - very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Walpole, New Hampshire, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£11.91

Show Details

Description:
London: Forbes Robertson Ltd, 1951. HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). 35 B&W ill.. This is the story of half a century of aviation. The author begins the story from the formation of the Royal Aero Club in 1901, before the world's first flight, through the days when aeroplanes staggered dangerously off the ground to the smooth take-off of the Comet. 346pp.
Item Price
£11.91
No image available

Fifty years fly past: From Wright brothers to Comet

by Dorman, Geoffrey

  • Used
  • good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No DW
Edition
1st Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
WINTERTON, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 3 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£4.48

Show Details

Description:
GB: Forbes Robertson, 1951. Fairly clean tight book but text edges bit spotted and spine faded. Lettering on spine more or less illegible.So just a reading copy.. 1st Edition. Hardback. Good/No DW.
Item Price
£4.48
No image available

Fifty Years Fly Past

by Geoffrey Dorman

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Fair-good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
Presumed First
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
cremona, Alberta, Canada
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£15.84

Show Details

Description:
London: Forbes Robertson, 1951. 343 pages includes index and list of abbreviations. Figures and facts of famous flights, records and races of the past (pre 1951) Lifht blue cloth on boards binding has a bump to top corner and slight bends to back corners, a bit of fading to spine. a few dots of discolouration. Former owner's bookplate on inside front cover with name typed in. Text has a few faint smudges. A great copy for reading and reference.. Presumed First. Hard Cover. Fair-good/No Jacket.
Item Price
£15.84
No image available

Fifty Years Fly-Past

by Dorman, Geoffrey

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
1st edition
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£30.65

Show Details

Description:
London: Forbes Robertson, 1951. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. orig. cloth 346pp., frontis., b/w pls., index, Wright Brothers to Comet. History of Aviation from the early claims of Ader to the Wonderful De Havilland Comet. Nice copy
Item Price
£30.65
No image available

Fifty Years Fly-Past

by Dorman, Geoffrey

  • Used
  • near fine
  • first
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
1st edition
Quantity Available
1
Seller
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£42.88

Show Details

Description:
London: Forbes Robertson, 1951. 1st edition. Near Fine. octavo. dust jacket 346pp., frontis., b/w pls., index, Wright Brothers to Comet. History of Aviation from the early claims of Ader to the Wonderful De Havilland Comet.
Item Price
£42.88
Fifty Years Fly Past

Fifty Years Fly Past

by DORMAN, Geoffrey

  • Used
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Seller
MILLERS POINT, New South Wales, Australia
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£143.47

Show Details

Description:
London: Forbes Robertson, 1951. Octavo, blue cloth, xv, 346 pp., frontispiece, eight double-sided plates. Spine discoloured, cloth spotted, inscribed by the author to Hudson Fysh, some foxing, otherwise a good copy in dust-jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. A story of half a century of aviation. The author discusses the claims regarding the Frenchman, Ader, being the first to have flown in a heavier-than-air machine in the later 19th century and establishes the claim of the Wright Brothers. In addition, Geoffrey Dorman recounts several important flights of the first half of the 20th century such as: the first crossing of the Channel, the London to Manchester flight, London to Paris, the England to Australia and the Battle of Britain races including the record-breaking de Havilland Comet flight. Ex-Libris Hudson Fysh.
Item Price
£143.47