Published by Free Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 0743255364 ISBN 13: 9780743255363
Seller: More Than Words, Waltham, MA, U.S.A.
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Published by Free Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0684856883 ISBN 13: 9780684856889
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by Free Press, 2003
Seller: Neil Shillington: Bookdealer/Booksearch, Hobe sound, FL, U.S.A.
Hardback. Condition: Good. 433 pages.
Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by NY, NY: FREE PRESS, 2003, 2003
Seller: Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .
Published by NY, NY: FREE PRESS, 2003, 2003
ISBN 10: 0965740676 ISBN 13: 9780965740678
Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by Thorndike Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0786257229 ISBN 13: 9780786257225
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Hard. Condition: Good. `. Has 791 pages in a tight binding. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THE GREAT RACE FOR FLIGHT. Ex-Library.
Published by Free Press (2003) New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 0684856883 ISBN 13: 9780684856889
First Edition
Good plus or better, bottom corners bumped. First Printing hardbound Clean, bright and tight. Lightly edgeworn jacket.
Published by Free Press, NY, 2003
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: F. 1st Edition. First edition with the full number line present quarter bound in white cloth and brown boards. B&W illustrations. A Fine copy in a Near Fine , rice clipped dust jacket. Dust soiling to the jacket's rear panel.
Published by NY Free Press.2003 first edition., 2003
Seller: The Compulsive Collector, New York NY, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. cloth hard cover.8vo.illustrated.433 pages.near fine copy in near fine dust Jacket.
Published by Free Press, New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 0684856883 ISBN 13: 9780684856889
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Third printing. Signed by the author on the title page: "James Tobin." The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, tail of spine bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $28.00); edgewear at spine ends and corners; Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Free Press New York, 2003
Seller: David Kaye Books & Memorabilia, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Later Printing Hardcover as new in like dj; a few bent page corners.
Published by Free Press, New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 0684856883 ISBN 13: 9780684856889
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition, First Printing. 430p. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book in essentially fine condition with a like dustjacket. As new, save for a fingerprint-sized smudfge on the side edge. Inscribed by Tobin on the title page. Contains a section of black and white photographs.
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, 2003
ISBN 10: 0743528700 ISBN 13: 9780743528702
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by Free Press , an imprint of Simon & Schuster, New York, 2003
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition brown boards with a white spine and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by James Tobin; Author Dedication; Prologue: Decoration Day, 1899; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; A Note on Sources; Index; About the Author and Illustration Credits. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, diagrams and a section of black-and-white photographic plates. The upper right jacket tip is lightly rubbed (see photographs). " 'For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. My disease has increased in severity and I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money if not my life.' So wrote a quiet young Ohioan in 1900, one in an ancient line of men who had wanted to fly - men who wanted it passionately, fecklessly, hopelessly. But now, at the turn of the twentieth century, Wilbur Wright and a scattered handful of other adventurers conceived a conviction that the dream lay at last within reach, and in a headlong race across ten years and two continents, they competed to conquer the air. James Tobin, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in biography, has at last given this inspiring story its definitive telling. For years Wright and his younger brother, Orville, experimented in utter obscurity, supported only by their exceptional family. Meanwhile, the world watched as the imperious Samuel Langley, armed with a rich contract from the U.S. War Department and all the resources of the Smithsonian Institution, sought to scale up his unmanned models to create the first manned flying machine. But while Langley became obsessed with flight as a problem of power, the Wrights grappled with it as a problem of balance. Thus their machines took two very different paths - his toward oblivion, theirs toward the heavens. As Tobin relates, the Wrights' 1903 triumph at Kitty Hawk, however hallowed in American lore, was ill-reported and disbelieved. So, while the two brothers struggled to transform their delicate contraption into a practical airplane, others moved to overtake them as the leading pioneers of flight. In France, rivals scoffed at the Wrights even as they rushed to imitate them. At home, the great inventor Alexander Graham Bell seized the fallen banner of his friend Langley and thrust it into the hands of a circle of young daredevils, urging them "to get into the air." From this group emerged the motorcyclist Glenn Curtiss, "fastest man in the world," whose aerial challenge to Wilbur Wright culminated in an unforgettable showdown over New York harbor. To Conquer the Air is a hero's tale of overcoming obstacles within and without that plumbs the depths of creativity and character. With a historian's accuracy and a novelist's eye, Tobin has captured the interplay of remarkable personalities at an extraordinary moment in our history. In the centennial year of human flight, To Conquer the Air is itself a heroic achievement." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.
Published by Free Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0684856883 ISBN 13: 9780684856889
Seller: OldBooksFromTheBasement, Maryland Heights, MO, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. ree Press, NY, 2003. Hard Cover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Likely first edition, third printing with a number line starting with "3". 9-1/4" tall, 430 numbered pages includes "Acknowledgements", "Notes", "A Note on Sources" and "Index", followed by an unnumbered page "About the Author"; plain light brown boards with white quarter binding, gilt lettering on spine only; plain ivory end pages; fore edge is trimmed. Book is square, hinges tight, no dings on edges, lower rear corner lightly bumped, head of spine lightly crimped, interior clean and unmarked; no page corners folded or damaged; no staining or discoloration. Jacket is clean; no tears, folds or fading; very slight bump on lower front corner; publisher's original price of "U.S. $28.00 / Can. $44.00" listed on the upper right corner of front flap. Condition of book and jacket consistent with being very gently read. No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book. Very legibly signed by author in medium thick black felt tip pen on the title page beneath his printed name; done in my presence at Saint Louis County (Missouri) Library headquarters on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, after a 7 PM talk and set of three readings about FDR's heroic public performances after his polio attack, in from his recently published book,"The Man He Became". Signed by Author(s).
Published by Free Press/ Simon & Schuster 2003, 2003
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
First edition, super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (nr fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
Published by Free Press London 2003, 2003
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
reprint dust jacket As New octavo ix + 430pp., b/w plates, notes, sources, index, Interesting bit of US self-congratulation using the 'figure of eight' stipulation to exclude the Clément Ader & Félix du Temple de la Croix flights in France, Alexander Fyodorovich Mozhayskiy in Russia, multiple flights in Britain & Richard Pearse in New Zealand up to 20 years before the Wright Brothers effort.
Published by Grupo Ilhsa S.A., 2003
ISBN 10: 9500274582 ISBN 13: 9789500274586
Seller: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spain
Paperback. Condition: Used - Good.