Gösta Suneson (4 results)

Cloth. No Jacket. En Allmanfattlig Framstallning A handsome copy with illustrations and diagrams to the text as well as four chromolithographic cutaway diagrams with progressive overlays The binding is in black cloth with gilt titles to the front and spine The binding presents well despite some fading Decorative endpapers with previous owners signature and notation to the front free endpaper The rest of the pages are very clean A remarkable and scarce book on early aviation The spectacular and coloured plates show two types of airship Parseval and Zeppelin and two types of plane a Bleriot English Channel model and a Voisin biplane The numerous flaps lift up to reveal the inner workings of the machines The diagrams are mounted on quite heavy card with the leaves attached to linen stubs and wirestitched in pairs The text block is still quite firm despite light cracking to the front and rear internal hinges Overall a scarce copy in very good condition An ideal gift for any aviation enthusiastnbsp. book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. En allmänfattlig framställning. Påkostat verk i något större format, mycket fint illustrerad med 4 på kartong monterade färglitograferade planscher med upp- och utfällbara detaljer. Med 69 figurer och fotografier i texten. Två avdelningar: luftskepp respektive flygmaskiner Fröléens & Comp.Stockholm 1910. XI, 20, (4), 27, (4) pp. Hard cover. 32,5x24,5 cm. 69 Illustrations in the text and with 4 colour illustrations to fold out. These are on thicker cardboard. Konditionsrapport Inga anmärkningar.

4:o. XI, (1), 20, (2), 27, (3) s. + 4 uppfällbara modeller i färg. Illustrationer i texten. Klotband med pärm- och ryggtitel i guld. Lättare bruksspår och smärre fläckar på rygg och pärm, en modell med en liten tejplagning, två namnteckningar på halvtitelbladet. I övrigt ett fint exemplar.

En Allmänfattlig Framställning. 4to. Numerous illustrations to the text and four chromolithographic cutaway diagrams with progressive overlays. Light browning, a little light staining in the gutter of the prelims, a couple of minor repairs to some flaps, but overall very good wire-stitched in the original plum textured cloth, slightly rubbed. xii, 20pp. key leaf, 28pp. key leaf. Fröléen & Comp., Stockholm, Remarkable and scarce book on early aviation. KVK records only the copy in the Swedish Krigsarkivet, OCLC has two copies, one in the Smithsonian the other in the US Air Force Academy. The first heavier-than-air flight made in Sweden was on 29th July 1909, by the French pilot Georges Legagneux in a Voisin biplane. The first licensed Swedish pilot was Carl Cederström, who qualified from the Blériot school in 1910, in which year the first Swedish-built 'plane, the Grasshopper a modified Blériot XI, flew. The publication of this work by Suneson, described as a civil engineer, reflects the popular interest at the time. The spectacular and complex coloured plates show two types of airship, Parseval and Zeppelin, and two types of 'plane, a Blériot "English Channel" model and a Voisin biplane. The numerous flaps lift to reveal the inner workings of the machines, in the case of the Zeppelin the diagram folds open to a length of around 18" and has five successive structural layers. The survival of this type of paper-engineering in anything like good condition is unusual, but in this case the production of the book itself also militates against it. The diagrams are mounted on quite heavy card leaves attached to linen stubs and wire-stitched in pairs, placing quite a strain on the internal binding.