B roustam bek (11 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This intriguing book describes the remarkable advances in early 20th century aviation against the backdrop of the First World War. Russia, far from being a bit-part player in the development of heavier-than-air flight, was in fact one of its key innovators. At the outbreak of the war, Russia possessed an air force on a par with that of any other nation, with large numbers of highly trained pilots and a range of aircraft designs as technically advanced as any in the world, including early giant planes. Through first-hand accounts, technical descriptions and a host of never-before-published photographs, the author takes the reader on a journey from the first steps of Russian aviation, through the foundation of the Imperial All Russia Aero Club and the Tsar's personal involvement, to the construction of the pioneering giant planes of Igor Sikorsky. This unique book is a fascinating insight into a hitherto unknown and altogether extraordinary chapter in the history of aviation. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition [John Lane, London, 1916]; 8vo, xvi, 154, [4 Publisher ads, 2 blank] pages; green cloth, gold titling to spine, black titling + insignia on front board, ex Grange Institute [label inside front board, blue sticker mark on spine base, pages age-toned [war paper], a very good copy of a scarce book. With 20 photographic plates [collated as listed]. A scarce copy. Looks at various aspects of Russian aviation as well as Zeppelins & famous Russian airmen [inc. I. I. Sikorsky]. Roustam-Bek served in the Russo-Japanese war, was a POW, travelled the world, served with the British in WWI (in alliance with Russia against Germany) before becoming a reporter and author.…

Hardcover. Condición: VG++. First American Edition. Some edge chipping to a couple pages at the front, paper a bit browned otherwise a nice copy of this interesting WW I aviation work. Illustrated (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover; Hardcover. Red cloth boards show soil and edge wear. Small fray to lower edge. Title in white on front board and spine. Spine lettering is rubbed. Text pages are tanned. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; B/w Illus; 8VO.…

Original Cloth. Condición: VG-. No Jacket. First Edition. Book has minor wear to corners, modest cover soiling. White lettering on spine nearly complete but a tad dull, on cover lettering is approx. 90%. Book.

First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 19.5cm. Publisher's original decorated bottle green cloth titled and decorated in gilt and dark blue to spine and front board. [xiii];154pp. +4pp. ads to rear. Bumping and softening to corners and spine ends, some unpleasing soiling to the rear board that looks like an old oil stain, which at least has the virtue of being appropriate, the cheap wartime gilt on the spine has dulled significantly, but we would imagine that to be almost ubiquitous with this title; internally clean although uniformly toned and browned due to Wartime Economy Standard paper stock; lacking a front flyleaf, handwritten inscription in Russian to verso of frontispiece photograph, and a bold authorial inscription to the title page in English: "To my friend A.A. Agafonoff, with best wishes in his future great work in the air, from admirer of his great deeds during present war. Author, 2.viii.19." The recipient would almost certainly have been Alexander A. Agonoff, an early 20th century Russian fighter pilot, aero engineer and general skyborne jack of all trades, who seems to have to have ended up in Alaska at some point after WW1, probably joining that weird, never repeated, itinerant community of skilled pilots during the 20's and 30's who seem to have ended up as crop-dusters, barnstormers, banner draggers for county fairs, or basically becoming a flying OSHA violation in the service of Hollywood; it was the 1920's equivalent of being a CAA Hump jockey during WW2 then ending up in Laos flying a C-46 with enough holes in it to strain vegetables, nursing cargoes of sweaty C4 and surplus M14's on more hedgehopping jungle flights than either the human brain or Pratt & Whitney was made to deal with. An analysis of Russian aviation, coverin the evolution of military flying schools, the Imperial All-Russia Aeroclub (one of which, in Hussian, was where Agafonoff learned to fly, and the Imperial Russian Technical Society, in the relaxed style of a man who has already been upside down at high velocity whilst being shot at, and has nothing to prove. It covers the Zeppelin evolution, an array of designers, aviators, and workers, along with notable Russian airmen and the influence of foreign aviators in Russia during the Great War, as well as admiring portraits of aeronaut elite like Sikorsky. Scarce inscribed.…

Hardback. St Marys Books is proud to present Aerial Russia The Romance of the Giant Aeroplane by LieutCol B RoustamBek signed by CJH MacKenzieKennedy Within the pages of this book the reader is treated to an account of C J H MackenzieKennedy the aeronautical engineer credited with the creation of the Kennedy Giant and his visit to Russia which helped to promote and inspire further developments in Imperial Russian Aviation This is a fascinating slice of history bearing the signature of C J H MackenzieKennedy dated 1928 just 12 years after the books 1916 publication but in an era where much had changed in the relationship between the UK and Russia then the Soviet Union Bound in green cloth with navy ink lettering and the Imperial Russian aviation crest on the cover this hardback book contains ixvi and 154 pages of text with 4 pages of advertisements to the back of the book This copy is in very good condition though there is some wearing to the cover spine and back of the book the interior pages though slightly yellowed remain clean and readable Aerial Russia is looking for a new home and would make for the perfect gift for any aviation enthusiastnbsp. book.…