Aerial Transport by Thomas Holt (7 results)

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1920 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 364 Language: English Pages: 364.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. 259 p. Ill. Cartes dépliantes. 19x25cm. Ex libris du Fraser Institute. Porte-carte et feuille de prêt. Reliure un peu défraîchie (usure). code 1148.

Condition: Fair. First Edition. 259 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates with 4 folded maps to rear. Noticeable cracking to rear hinge causing board to be loose. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. Faint dust marks to gutters. Stamp to top edge of front endpaper, half title and title pages. Mild tanning to plates. Folded maps are in good condition with minor wear to edges. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Small splits to corners and spine ends causing cloth to be slightly frayed. Faint black marks to rear with small ink drops. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hard Cover. First. First printing. Quarto sized in blue cloth lettered in gilt and with gilt decoration of biplane in flight. 259 pps. with index. 32 monochrome photographic plates (mostly aerial views and including dirigibles) and four folding plates at rear. Important early work focusing on peacetime aviation. While the gilt stamping is still bright, this copy regretably has dampstaining to the lower 1" of the cloth extending upwards along the spine and front gutter edge an additional 2". There is evidence of damp along the lower edge of the text block tho' this is confined to the lower margins of pages and plates and does not extend to the text.

London n.d. (1920). Photos, 10x7", cloth, 259+folding maps, EX-LIBRARY, usual markings, covers worn, spine ends frayed, last 2 maps have tear along folds, inner front hinge cracked.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this scarce look at aerial transport in the first decades of the twentieth century, profusely illustrated with plates and folding maps. The first edition of this scarce work.George Holt Thomas' interesting study on the history and contemporary state of aerial transport, with insight into the future of flight.'Aerial Transport' provides an insight into the aviation industry in the interwar era, a booming era for the industry which saw great strides in development.Illustrated with a frontispiece, four folding maps, and sixty-four plates.Collated, complete.Thomas was a pioneer in the aviation industry, writing this work after founding the Aircraft Manufacturing Company Limited.With an introduction by Viscount Northcliffe.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Minor rubbing to the spine. A few light marks to the boards. Spine is a little faded. Spots to the fore edge. Prize inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spots, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo [ 8 X 10 inches ], full dark red leather with gilt title on spine and gilt medallion on front board, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled end papers with decorated dentals on inside boards, 259 pages, 4 folding maps at rear, many full page illustrations of contemporary photographs in the text.