Hardback. Size 11.75 x 8.5 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In good condition with good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly faded. Light rubbing along edges. Not price clipped). Mark to top page edges. Else a very clean and tight copy. 183pp. Illustrated with b&w photographs. This book examines the life of John Stringfellow of Chard, the first man to demonstrate that engine-powered winged flight was practicable. It reveals his lifelong obsession with aviation and seeks to shed light on the relationship of Stringfellow's work with that of his colleaugue, William Samuel Henson.

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An Ancient Air A Biography pf John Stringfellow of Chard. The Victorian Aeronautical Pioneer.

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Air Life Publishing Ltd 1988 (1st.).

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T.A. PROCTOR T/A THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP,established 1976. Our shop in Puddletown,Dorset has been open since 1978. We are situated in the heart of the "HARDY COUNTRY", just outside Dorchester on the Road to Bournemouth. Our miscellaneous stock is interesting and changes frequently. We also stock some antique maps (mostly of Dorset) and some engravings of mostly local views. Member of ABA and ILAB.

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