Aerial Navigation Of To-Day: A Popular Account of the Evolution of Aeronautics

The second edition of an early popular exploration of aeronautics, including on the history of flight, in full calf prize binding from Wimbledon College. The second edition of Aerial Navigation Of To-Day: A Popular Account of the Evolution of Aeronautics, written by British jornalist and author Charles Cyril Turner. In full calf prize binding from Wimbledon College. Contains a frontispiece, and all twenty-three other plates, as well as numerous in-text daigrams. Collated complete. Contains a publisher's original advertisement to the beginning of the work An intriguing and early work dedicated to aircraft and mechanics, including on the history of balloning, aerial law, and the aerial ocean, originally inspired by Turner's ballooning experience. After the popularity of this account, Turner wrote numerous popular works on aeronautics, including on achievements in air. In full calf prize binding. Externally, the odd faint mark, and rubbing to joints and edges, with a crack to the tail of the front joint. Fading to spine, with slight wear to spine label. Marble end papers are bright and clean, with minor fading to edges. A prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, with the plate adjacent to p.40 slightly loose. Pages are bright and clean, with slight age toning to leaf extremities. Good.…