Taking Flight

New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Ephemera loosely inserted. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxi, 531 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Summary: Uses extracts from journals, diaries, and memoirs, as well as rare photographs and drawings, to provide… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket with the slightest wear. Signed by Hallion on the title-page.

Oxford Univ Pr, 2003. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover in near fine jacket..

NY: Oxford Univ Pr, 2003. First. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First printing. 531 pps. with index. Illustarted with photographs and drawings. A bold examination of aviation history, streesing its global roots, making extensive use of extracts from journals, diaries and memoirs of the pioneers of flight. AS NEW IN DUST JACKET.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. From the Booklist review: Hallion, an international authority on aviation, draws on journals, diaries, and memoirs of aviation pioneers in a book that he has divided into what he calls "seven distinct phases to the invention of flight." They are the "prehistory" of human flight from antiquity to the Enlightenment; the era of the… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press. Used - Very Good. 2003. Hardcover. Very Good.