Caproni Gianni (35 results)

615, [1] pages. Paperback: H 24cm x L 17cm. White glossy paper covers rubbed with some curling and wear at fore-edge corners. Some initial and rear leaves have slight curling/wear at their corners but otherwise interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy. Publisher's letter and promotional material laid-in betwe…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (unsigned) from Fratelli Caproni, Milan, Italy to J. Heines und Soehne, Halstenbek, (Holstein), Germany. January 8, 1925. Typed header: "Recommandee" (registered letter). In French. Note accompanying payment. (J. Heines und Soehne were booksellers.) Pencil notations. 8-1/8 x 10-1/4 inches. Very Good…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (draft) from Gianni Caproni, Milan, Italy to F. Rasch, Berlin, Germany: April 11, 1933.XI ("Year 11" according to the Fascist calendar). In French. Responding to Rasch's letter of April 8, mentioning his upcoming visit with the German Secretary of State for Aeronautics in Rome. 8-1/16 x 11-1/2 inche…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (draft) from Gianni Caproni, Milan, Italy to F. Rasch, Berlin, Germany. April 18, 1933.XI ("Year 11" according to the Fascist calendar). In French. Reporting on his visit with the German secretary of state for Aeronautics in Rome: "The time has not yet come for the practices that we have initiated."…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (draft) from Gianni Caproni, Milan, Italy, to Dr. Paul Reusch, Katherinenhof, Germany. November 11, 1933.XII ("Year 12" according to the Fascist calendar). In Italian. "It is an honor and a great satisfaction to enter into direct relations with one of the principal components of European Industry."…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (draft) from Gianni Caproni, Milan, Italy, to F. Rasch, Berlin, Germany. July 22, 1933.XI ("Year 11" according to the Fascist calendar). In French. Thanks Rasch for his good opinion of Isotta Fraschini motors and hopes to conduct business in other countries. Pencil notations. 7-7/8 x 11-1/2 inches.…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (draft) from Gianni Caproni to Otto Meyer, Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg. Nürnberg, Germany. September 26, 1933.XII ("Year 12" according to the Fascist calendar). In Italian. Thanking Meyer for sending book Jahre der Entscheidung (Year of Decision) by Otto Spengler. 7-5/8 x 11-1/2 inches. Very G…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (draft) from Gianni Caproni, Milan, Italy to S. E. Milch, Undersecretary for Aeronautics, Berlin, Germany. July 28, 1933.XI ("Year 11" according to the Fascist calendar). In French. Thanking Milch for his courtesy to visiting pilots who flew a Caproni 111 to Berlin for his inspection. Gives further…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (draft) from Gianni Caproni, Milan, Italy to F. Rasch, Berlin, Germany. April 20, 1933.XI ("Year 11" according to the Fascist calendar). In French. Discussing proposed collaboration with Rohrbach, including reports from Czechoslovakia "neither attractive nor encouraging." 8-1/8 x 11-1/2 inches. Very…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (draft) from Gianni Caproni to Otto Meyer, Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg. Nürnberg, Germany. Nov. 11, 1933.XI (Year 11 according to the Fascist calendar). In Italian. Discussing Isotta Fraschini's interest in a diesel motor manufactured by MAN. 8-3/8 x 11-5/8 inches. Perforated twice for inserti…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (draft) from Gianni Caproni, Milan, Italy to F. Rasch, Berlin, Germany: May 31, 1933.XI ("Year 11" according to the Fascist calendar). In French. Declines working with German aeronautics association or "participating in the financial organization of the Rohrback firm." Pencil notations, handwritten…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (draft) from Gianni Caproni, Milan, Italy, to F. Rasch, Berlin, Germany. May 3, 1933.XI ("Year 11" according to the Fascist calendar). In French. Suggests working with an Italian aeronautics firm; points out that engines used in "Balbo's flight" (Italo Balbo, Fascist Minister of Aviation, who had re…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (draft) from Gianni Caproni, Rome, Italy to Otto Meyer, Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany: Dec. 14, 1933.XI ("Year 11" according to the Fascist calendar). In Italian. Discussing upcoming visit by Dr. Reusch to Italy. 7-3/4 x 11 inches. Creased. Inch-long tears at upper left and to…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (unsigned draft) from Gianni Caproni, Milan, Italy to Kurt Vowinckel Verlag, Berlin, Germany. July 23, 1929=VII ("Year 7" according to the Fascist calendar). Asking that recent invoice for subscription to the Zeitschrift fur Geopolitik 3 be cancelled, since he was interested only in the single issue…

Condition: Good. Typed letter, unsigned draft, from Gianni Caproni, Milan, Italy, to Dr. Oskar von Miller at the Deutsches Museum, Munich. September 28, 1932. X.(Year 10 of the Fascist calendar). Discusses procuring and sending a bust of Volta (Alessandro Volta, inventor of the electrical battery) from the Tempio Voltiano museum…

Condition: Good. Typed letter, unsigned but apparently from Gianni Caproni, to Dr. Oskar von Miller at the Deutsches Museum, in Munich. Milan: January 20, 1933/XI (Year 11 of the Fascist calendar). Encloses a copy of the letter described above, and states that the bust has been sent. A postscriptum adds that a model of the Capro…

Condition: Good. Typed letter (draft) from Gianni Caproni, Milan, to "Sig. Dott. Fry," Krupp A.G., Essen, Germany. March 21, 1934.XII ("Year 12" according to the Fascist calendar). In Italian. Thanking the doctor for the courtesy shown during Caproni's visit to Essen and the success of Krupp's "Experimental Institute." 8-1/8 x 1…

Condition: Good. Typed letter, unsigned draft, from Gianni Caproni, Milan, Italy, to Doctor of Engineering Kruger at the Deutsches Museum, Munich. August 30, 1932.X (Year 10 of the Fascist calendar). Letter sent with "some publications regarding the construction of Caproni's equipment, which might interest the museum." In Italia…

Cartonato. Immagini in b/n n.t. e f.t.Edizione del Museo Caprone. Numero di tavole: 0 pp.364 altezza 0 larghezza 0 Esemplare in buone condizioni.Copertina telata con ingiallimento, macchie di polvere e segni di usura ai bordi e agli angoli.Legatura leggermente scollata a fine libro.Pagine di guardia brunite ai bordi e con fiorit…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Rare 1st Edition of this important reference covering in considerablr detail the Caproni aircraft company since 1908. Published in 1937 it takes the company history to 1935. Each aircraft is described, together with reproductions of original plans, sketches and photographs…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Cm. 35, pp. (8) 364 (4). Con moltissime foto e disegni nel testo. Bella legatura editoriale in piena tela con titoli e fregi impressi. Belle sguardia decorate in tema aeronautico. Un timbretto di possesso aziendale e la firma autografa di Gianni Caproni al frontespizio. Pochi segni d'uso, peraltro ese…

Cm. 35, pp. (8) 364 (4). Con moltissime foto e disegni nel testo. Bella legatura editoriale in piena tela con titoli e fregi impressi. Belle sguardia decorate in tema aeronautico. Esemplare genuino ed in ottimo stato di conservazione. Dall'indice: (1908-11) costruzione dei primi biplani - (1911-13) costruzione di monoplani - (19…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Inscribed on the title page - unfortunately I am not able to translate the inscription due to the script used but it is signed by Caproni. There are a couple of small light stains on the front cover -- otherwise a near fine copy. Italian text. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall…