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Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Condición: Good Condition. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Front wrapper edge a little soiled, staples a little rusted. The Newcomen Society of North America was chartered in 1961, following the earlier establishment in 1923 of the Newcomen Society in England. The focus is on "material history, as distinguished from political history". This includes education, business, banking, railroads, utilities, insurance, & other enterprises contributing to the progress of society. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 32 pages. Illustrator: Woodcuts. Shipped Weight: 1 pound or less. Category: Aviation; Biography & Autobiography. Full refund if not satisfied.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Softcover. Staple-bound. Cream paper covers with black lettering and decorative red crest on front. Binding is tight and secure. Light toning at outer edges. Pages are clean, crisp, and bright. Printed in B&W. Title page dated 1955. Copyright page dated 1955. Stated Second Printing. 32 pages. A nice copy. This volume comes from the Aviation collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling spent his lifetime teaching, writing, and collecting books on civil and military aviation. We are proud to house his Aviation collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Jones, Wilfred Ilustrador. 1st Ed. Previous owner's name on front end page.

Second printing. Staplebound pamphlet, 6Ó x 9Ó, 32 pages. Illustrated. With a hint of darkening to the covers, else fine in printed wrappers. The printed presentation by Chas. E. Beard, President of Braniff International Airways before a meeting of the Newcomen Society on February 17, 1955 in New York, NY honoring the life and work of Thomas E. Braniff. Introduction by Fred F. Florence, President of the Republic National Bank of Dallas. The Newcomen Society began originally in London in 1920 and then in the United States in 1923, serving as a champion of American capitalism, entrepreneurism, and free enterprise until its closure in 2007.