duchene captain trans john ledeboer (4 resultados)

Red Cloth. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. New Edition. gilt titles spine, blind-stamped titles front, illustrated by b/w. diagrams throughout, an early edition of this classic on the principles of aeronautics translated from the French & unusual in original dustjacket (edgeworn & a little grubby), some foxing to end-papers & bumps to corners & top edge but a sound, unmarked copy, 230 pages including tables Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; Aeronautics; Aeroplane Mechanics; France; Aviation. Inventory No: SCE00006.

Hard Cover. Maroon cloth with spine lettering gilt; 230 pps. with translator's preface. New impression. Highly regarded early work on powered flight, translated from the French. Duchene was a French military officer and scientist and this work was awarded the Monthyon Prize by the Academy of Sciences in 1911. A tight copy, spine lettering somewhat dulled, foxing to the endpapers.

Hardcover. Maroon cloth with spine lettering gilt; 230 pps. with translator's preface. New impression. Highly regarded early work on powered flight, translated from the French. Duchene was a French military officer and scientist and this work was awarded the Monthyon Prize by the Academy of Sciences in 1911. Wear and occasional spotting to the cloth, small snag front cover, droplet stain to the head of the spine. A few scattered pencil notes in the margins of a few pages only; contemporary own, sig. and notation "U.S.N. Aero Station" on front free endpaper.

Condición: fair to good. New Edition. 230, figures, tables, discoloration inside boards, pencil name inside front flyleaf, boards scuffed and worn along edges.