The Aerial Age: A Thousand Miles by Airship Over the Atlantic Ocean; Airship Voyages Over the Polar Sea; The Past, the Present and the Future of the Aerial Navigation
by Wellman, Walter
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: A. R. Keller & Company, 1911. 448pp. Crown octavo. First edition. Publisher's dark blue ribbed cloth with gold gilt lettering and decorations stamped to the front board and spine, as well as small blue, white and gold illustration to the front board. Heavily illustrated throughout with black and white plates taken from photos, including the frontispiece portrait. Previous owner's name stamped to the ffep and front pastedown, as well as to the textblock edges, though that has mostly faded away. Small closed tear to the plate facing p. 33. Some wear to the head and tail of the spine. Arctic Bibl. 27316.: "a popular account of plans and attempts to reach the North Pole: his West Spitsbergen expedition of 1894 [...]Attempts to reach the Pole by the airship "America" in 1907 & 1910". 1911
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142303
- Title
- The Aerial Age: A Thousand Miles by Airship Over the Atlantic Ocean; Airship Voyages Over the Polar Sea; The Past, the Present and the Future of the Aerial Navigation
- Author
- Wellman, Walter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. R. Keller & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Arctic|Polar|Flying
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About Aquila Books
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Plate
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- Edges
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- Tail
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- Cloth
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