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Published by Fritz Majer & Sohn 1978, 1978
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine, printed eps, 344pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, signature in ink to full title page- possibly author?).
Published by G P Putnam's Sons 1966, 1966
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Octavo, turquoise buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling, top corner of front flap missing).
Published by Fritz Majer & Sohn, Publisher, West Germany, 1978
ISBN 10: 3922175007ISBN 13: 9783922175001
Seller: K. L. Givens Books, Bella Vista, AR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hard Back. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Limited First Edition. Hardback book bound in turquoise cloth-covered boards with white decoration on the front and white title on the spine. Only defect to note on the book is damp stain on lower back cover (does not appear on book pages); clean, tight and unmarked interior. The dust jacket has light edge wear. This is #1341 of a Limited First Edition. Book reports that history shows that Gustave Whitehead predated the aerial ventures of the Wright Brothers and thus was first to fly. Numerous black and white photos of early aircraft and pilots. 344 pages including the General Index for Documents. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Fritz Majer Publisher, 1978
Seller: ANTIQUARIAT FÖRDEBUCH Inh.Michael Simon, Eckernförde, Germany
Book
gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 344 S. guter Zustand, engl. sprachig, Name a. Titelblatt, OSU minimal berieben LIEFERZEITEN / DELIVERY TIMES: DEUTSCHLAND 6 - 10 Tage EUROPA/EUROPE: 7 - 30 Tage/Days USA/WELTWEIT/WORLDWIDE: 14 - 60 Tage/Days (!!!) +++ Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200.
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked interior text. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.85.
Fritz Majer & Sohn, Leutershausen, 1978. 344 S. mit Abb., Leineneinband mit Schutzumschlag---- sehr gutes Exemplar/ Mit Widmung des Autors O'Dwyer, datiert am 15.12.(19)78/ very good condition with dedication on first page - 1055 Gramm.
Published by Places 1937, 1937
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Super octavo, blue patterned buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 95pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & sl staining to eps) in d/w, VG+ (in removable tidy plastic cover, light creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling).
Published by West Germany, Fritz Majer & Sohn, 1978
Seller: Elops e.V. Offene Hände, Bad Windsheim, Germany
Book First Edition Signed
24 cm; Leinen. First Edition. SW-Abbildungen; 344 S. Schutzumschlag mit Randläsuren und Einrissen; Einband leicht bestoßen; Vorderes Gelenk angebrochen; von O'Dwyer auf Titelseite signiert; nummeriert, hier 864 von 1000; Schnitt gering fingerfleckig; Nachsatz fleckig Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050.
Published by Fritz Majer, Leutershausen, 1978
ISBN 10: 3922175007ISBN 13: 9783922175001
Book First Edition
Hardcovers in box. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; Limited edtion. B&W Photographs; facsimile documents; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 344 pages; HC/DJ in original publisher issued box with pictorial title design and limitation mumber. 1st edition of a limited edition of numbered copies (of an unstated total) ; this copy numbered 1081. Uncommonly seen original publisher issued box houses the book and is complete with the same limitation number printed on the spine edge of the box. Soundly bound and clean in original color pictorial dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked from prior reading and just a little shaken in the spine. Light handling evidence to jacket edges and mild shelf evidence to jacket surfaces. Prior owner's small name/address label to the front flyleaf and a blank area of the title page. Primary text addresses the first powered flight controversy advocating for Whitehead. Scarce in box. VG/VG.
Published by Places, Inc., [1937]., Washington, DC:, 1937
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Tall 8vo. x, [11]-95, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo illusts., maps. Black silk moire, gilt lettering on front cover & spine (slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art illustration of Whitehead's machine in flight by Liebowitz, still F/F copy. First edition, first issue (w/o reviews on back cover) of this fascinating work which was the first to put forward the arguments that Gustave Whitehead (1874-1927) had achieved power flight 2 years before the Wright Brothers in 1901. This controversy has reemerged in the recent years because the editor of Jane's All the World's Aircraft chose to support the claim, while most, including the National Air & Space Museum Curator, feel that the evidence is very sparse. In addition, there have been recent teams in 1986 and 1998 constructing experimental reproductions of Whitehead 21B at the Experimental Association fly-in, and in Germany, but these have been disputed as well because they have used some modern materials such as fiberglass, and modern engines. Randolph (b. 1895) was initially drawn into researching the flights of Whitehead during the Great Depression as a free-lance writing assignment, and would eventually accumulate a substantial collection of correspondence, affidavits, articles, and interviews now held in the Special Collections, History of Aviation Collection, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, ID # H001-71.
Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by Washington, D.C.: Places, Inc., [1937]., 1937
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
In the present work, Stella Randolph (1895 Ð 1983) argues that Whitehead achieved powered flight two years before the Wright brothers and that the Wright brothers were directly influenced by his engineering. Randolph investigated WhiteheadÕs workers, his family (including his wife Louise Tuba Whitehead), and his inventions to state her case, which she presents here along with a collection of supporting affidavits, articles, and diagrams. While WhiteheadÕs claim to the title of ÒFirst in FlightÓ has been debunked by the Royal Aeronautical Society and Scientific American, the controversy over the timeline of the invention of powered flight persisted for over a century. Randolph was an Illinois-born freelance writer and clerk who worked primarily for welfare organizations and schools. In the late 1920s, she worked as the head of the Commercial Department of the American WomenÕs College in Istanbul before returning to the United States to work as Assistant Director of the Cleveland Child Health Association. She established and directed childrenÕs health clinics and care centers, wrote publications for the Association, and wrote freelance while working on her Ph.D. in Cleveland. Randolph wrote the present book while working in public health in Washington, D.C. She went on to serve as the Director of Health Education for the local chapter of the American Cancer Society; then wrapped up her working life with ten years for the Department of the Army, doing research and writing for the Office of the Surgeon General. In 1966, she published a second book on Whitehead, titled Before the Wrights Flew. Octavo. 95 pp. With twelve photo plates (including frontispiece) and two maps. With an eight-page appendix that compiles affidavits and periodical articles on WhiteheadÕs inventions. PublisherÕs black cloth titled in gilt. A fine copy in the near-fine pictorial dust jacket. First edition of the book that elevated the theory that Gustave Whitehead (1874 Ð 1927) achieved powered flight two years before the Wright brothers. Masal, Mary. ÒGuide to the Stella Randolph Collection on Gustave Whitehead.Ó University of Texas at Dallas Special Collections and Archives Division, History of Aviation Collection. Schlenoff, Daniel C. ÒScientific American Debunks Claim Gustave Whitehead Was ÔFirst in Flight.ÕÓ Scientific American (July 8, 2014).