First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv); 234pp. Whittlesey House, Sections discuss ground instruction, actual gliding, soaring, construction of different types of gliders, detailed directions for building model gliders, wind currents, gliding over water, duration flights over fixed points, long distance flights in gliders, and experimentation. Extensively illustrated with diagrams and photographs. Name on front endpaper, half title and on front of dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped but is worn and chipped at extremities. Book in very good condition with very small price sticker on front endpaper. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 19019

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Title: Gliding and Soaring. An Introduction to ...

Publisher: Whittlesey House, New York

Publication Date: 1931

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: First Edition.

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We have an open shop in Exeter, New Hampshire, one hour north of Boston. Our street address is 101B Water St, Exeter, New Hampshire. We are open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. or by appointment. Established 1971, Member Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America; International League of Antiquarian Booksellers; New Hampshire Antiquarian Booksellers Association. We specialize in Books about Books and the History of Printing, Books on Calligraphy, Typography, Papermaking, Bookbinding, Book Collecting, Libraries (Public & Private); Literary First Editions; Military History, esp. World War I Aviation.

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