Maggs 387 (1 results)

Published by Martino Publishing, (Mansfield Centre, CT 2001
- Hardcover
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellercloth. 8vo. cloth. (vi), iv, 170 pages with 15 leaves of illustrations. Facsimile edition of Bibliotheca Aeronautica first published in London in 1920. A fine copy. Catalogue no. 387 from Maggs Brothers described a collection of 1494 books, pamphlets and engravings on early aeronautics. Designed to trace the evolution of aviatio…n from the early times to the close of the First World War, each entry contains a full description, price, cross references with the standard bibliographies of the day and short but useful annotations. With thirty-five black-and-white illustrations throughout. Aeronautics (illustrator).