HANDBUCH DES SEGELFLIENGES by Wolf Hirth - 1938

Loewes, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 168 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial card covered boards with blue cloth to spine. Colour illustrated frontispiece with black and white illustrations throughout. German text. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout, heavier to first and last few pages. Slight stains and markings to some pages. Minor dog-eared corners. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Foxing and wear marks overall.

Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 336 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over gray cloth and black lettering. Text is in German. Contains black and white photographs. Binding remains firm. Pages & photos are moderately tanned. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over.Notable water staining to both boards. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Loss to jacket's front panel.

Berlin: Verlage Klasing & Co., 1935. Soft cover. Good. The Art of Soaring Flight" Very good text in German, minimal underlining. Number on tape to wraps, handling, stains. With photographs and illustrations.

Stuttgart, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung 1938.. Gr.-8°. 336 S. mit 188 s/w. Abb., OHLn., Vorsatzblätter fleckig.

Stgt., Franckh (1942).. 22.-50. Tsd. gr.-8°. 336 S. Mit zahlr. photogr. Abb. u. Textskizzen. OHLn. Gelenke gelockert.

Privately Published, 1938. Hardcover. Good. 1938. No edition remarks. 214 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing, heavy foxing to endpapers. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper and reverse of frontispiece. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Notable scuffing to edges and spine. Moderate water stains to rear board.

Stuttgart; London: Stuttgarter Vereinsbuchdruckerei AG; Philip Allan, 1938. No Edition Stated . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An offering of two books to take you higher. 1.) The Art of Soaring Flight, 1938, Vaihingen-Stuttgart by Wolf Hirth. Translated from the German by Naomi Heron- Maxwell. Frontis of author with faux signature. Preface by author. Translator's Note. Introduction. 183 pp. plus: list of British Gliding Clubs and Their Secretaries, Bibliography(Alan E. Slater) of English, American and German books, Advertising. 214 pp. in toto. Book is tight and square. Pale blue cloth cover has soiling and edge wear, fon and signature ffep. 2.) Gliding and Soaring( Book # 10 of The Sportman's Library series) by C. H. Latimer-Needham, 1935 (First Edition), illustrated, 236 pp. plus: Appendices I through VI, Index. 255 pp. in toto. Red cloth covered boards have silver text on spine and front panel, blind stamped corner decorations… Read More