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The Wright Brothers: The Remarkable Story of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World Hardcover - 2005
by Ian Mackersey
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When, as a young newspaper reporter, I indulged ten shillings a week of my 6 salary on the extravagance of flying lessons, my instructor, a veteran World War II pilot, used to delight in bewildering people by answering the phone as 'Wilbur Wright'.
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- Title The Wright Brothers: The Remarkable Story of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World
- Author Ian Mackersey
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group, London
- Date March 1, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780316861441 / 0316861448
- Weight 2.16 lbs (0.98 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.4 x 2 in (23.62 x 16.26 x 5.08 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 629.130
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London: Little Brown, 2003 Copy in blue cloth on boardsin unclipped D/J. Jacket slightly creased along edgeswith very small closed tear at base of front blurb flap. Copies of newspaper articles as front and rear end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w plates. This is a heavy book and may require additional postage.
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London: Little, Brown, 2003 Book. Very Good. Green Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tal. Fascinating new study of the eccentric geniuses, Wilbur and Orville Wright, who launched the first successful powered aeroplane in 1903. 554pp with index, illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs. White lettering to spine, illustrated endpapers. Minor marking to boards, sunning to edges and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ has minimal edge and surface wear, otherwise vg. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage for 1st class/overseas shipping. Loosely enclosed related clipping and card..
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UK: Little, Brown Book Group, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9.3 x 6.4 x 2 inches. h/b 554 pages, condition is very good. The conquest of the air at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, was one of the supreme achievements of the 20th century. On that day, two unknown bicycle mechanics, Wilbur and Orville Wright, launched the first successful powered airplane. They changed the world forever. In The Wright Brothers, Ian Mackersey gives us an intriguing new biography of these eccentric figures, whose genius unlocked the secrets of mechanical flight to realize one of man's oldest dreams.
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Little Brown, London, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. a clean copy, no damage to describe. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photography, and a bar graph. Includes chapter notes, bibliography and index. Photographic illustrated dustjacket. 100 years after the historic 1st flights, the author, a biographer, offers this fascinating new study of the little-known lives of these eccentric geniuses, who never smoked, drank or had a shred of interested women, but whose exceptionally close relationship bound them into one uniquely inventive power.  Paraphrasing the dust jacket blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 554 pages. A very clean secondhand copy, with no damage to report.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Aviation. ISBN: 0316861448. ISBN/EAN:…
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Little Brown, London, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. A couple of black age spots along closed pages at top of book. Light reading wear... 554 pages. No internal inscriptions. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Aviation; United States; 1900-1920; History. ISBN: 0316861448. ISBN/EAN: 9780316861441. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54920. . 9780316861441 This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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Published by Little, Brown, 2003. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The Remarkable Story of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World. B/w photos. Light bumping along a couple of cover edges. Pages are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased.
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