Jane Fred T Founder (3 results)

EX-LIBRARY, lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, red speckling to page edges, illus prelims, mixed pagination, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to board edges/extrems, moderate damp wrinkling & tape staining to board edges, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, boards sl shaky, moderate soiling to page edges & eps, usual but minimal library markings, light soiling to some pgs sporadically throughout, light cracking to gutters). …

Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, 936pp total, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, boards sl shaky, light tanning & soiling to page edges, tape residue to front pastedown, moderate foxing to half title page & some prelims, partial contents page taped to rear pastedown).…

Condition: very good, excellent condition. First Printing of a rare and excellent faksimile reprint of the 1909 Edition. This Book was originally published in 1909 by Sampson Low, Marston & Co in London under the Titel: "All the World's Air-Ships (Flying Annual)". It was the very first year of the famous "Jane's All the World's Aircraft". With a Special Chapter on "Aerial Engineering" by Charles de Grave Sells. Part I: Aeroplanes & Dirigibles arranged by Nationalities in alphabetical order Part II Aerial Warfare (Admiral Sir Percy Scott) The Future of Dirigibles ("Ripping Panel") The Political Aspect of Aviation (L. Cecil Jane, M.A.) An Aerial Possibility (Réné Declarges) Aerial Engineering (Charles de Grave Sells) Indices: Planes, etc. Dirigibles 374 p. many, many and often rare photos, two-side-views Hardcover, large and heavy landscape format.…