ISBN: 9780195160352 - taking flight: inventing the aerial age from antiquity through the first world war (42 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The invention of flight represents the culmination of centuries of thought and desire. Kites and rockets sparked our collective imagination. Then the balloon gave humanity its first experience aloft, though at the mercy of the winds. The steerable airship that followed had more practicality, yet a number of insurmountable limitations. But the airplane truly launched the Aerial Age, and its subsequent impact--from the vantage of a century after the Wright Brother's historic flight on December 17, 1903--has been extraordinary. Richard Hallion, a distinguished international authority on aviation, offers a bold new examination of aircraft history, stressing its global roots. The result is an interpretive history of uncommon sweep, complexity, and warmth. Taking care to place each technological advance in the context of its own period as well as that of the evolving era of air travel, this ground-breaking work follows the pre-history of flight, the work of balloon and airship advocates, fruitless early attempts to invent the airplane, the Wright brothers and other pioneers, the impact of air power on the outcome of World War I, and finally the transfer of prophecy into practice as flight came to play an ever-more important role in world affairs, both military and civil. Making extensive use of extracts from the journals, diaries, and memoirs of the pioneers themselves, and interspersing them with a wide range or rare photographs and drawings, Taking Flight leads readers to the laboratories and airfields where aircraft were conceived and tested. Forcefully yet gracefully written in rich detail and with thorough documentation, this book is certain to be the standard reference for years to come on how humanity came to take to the sky, and what the Aerial Age has meant to the world since da Vinci's first fantastical designs.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The invention of flight represents the culmination of centuries of thought and desire. Kites and rockets sparked our collective imagination. Then the balloon gave humanity its first experience aloft, though at the mercy of the winds. The steerable airship that followed had more practicality, yet a number of insurmountable limitations. But the airplane truly launched the Aerial Age, and its subsequent impact--from the vantage of a century after the Wright Brother's historic flight on December 17, 1903--has been extraordinary. Richard Hallion, a distinguished international authority on aviation, offers a bold new examination of aircraft history, stressing its global roots. The result is an interpretive history of uncommon sweep, complexity, and warmth. Taking care to place each technological advance in the context of its own period as well as that of the evolving era of air travel, this ground-breaking work follows the pre-history of flight, the work of balloon and airship advocates, fruitless early attempts to invent the airplane, the Wright brothers and other pioneers, the impact of air power on the outcome of World War I, and finally the transfer of prophecy into practice as flight came to play an ever-more important role in world affairs, both military and civil. Making extensive use of extracts from the journals, diaries, and memoirs of the pioneers themselves, and interspersing them with a wide range or rare photographs and drawings, Taking Flight leads readers to the laboratories and airfields where aircraft were conceived and tested. Forcefully yet gracefully written in rich detail and with thorough documentation, this book is certain to be the standard reference for years to come on how humanity came to take to the sky, and what the Aerial Age has meant to the world since da Vinci's first fantastical designs.…

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Zustand: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The invention of flight represents the culmination of centuries of thought and desire. Kites and rockets sparked our collective imagination. Then the balloon gave humanity its first experience aloft, though at the mercy of the winds. The steerable airship that followed had more practicality, yet a number of insurmountable limitations. But the airplane truly launched the Aerial Age, and its subsequent impact--from the vantage of a century after the Wright Brother's historic flight on December 17, 1903--has been extraordinary. Richard Hallion, a distinguished international authority on aviation, offers a bold new examination of aircraft history, stressing its global roots. The result is an interpretive history of uncommon sweep, complexity, and warmth. Taking care to place each technological advance in the context of its own period as well as that of the evolving era of air travel, this ground-breaking work follows the pre-history of flight, the work of balloon and airship advocates, fruitless early attempts to invent the airplane, the Wright brothers and other pioneers, the impact of air power on the outcome of World War I, and finally the transfer of prophecy into practice as flight came to play an ever-more important role in world affairs, both military and civil. Making extensive use of extracts from the journals, diaries, and memoirs of the pioneers themselves, and interspersing them with a wide range or rare photographs and drawings, Taking Flight leads readers to the laboratories and airfields where aircraft were conceived and tested. Forcefully yet gracefully written in rich detail and with thorough documentation, this book is certain to be the standard reference for years to come on how humanity came to take to the sky, and what the Aerial Age has meant to the world since da Vinci's first fantastical designs.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The invention of flight represents the culmination of centuries of thought and desire. Kites and rockets sparked our collective imagination. Then the balloon gave humanity its first experience aloft, though at the mercy of the winds. The steerable airship that followed had more practicality, yet a number of insurmountable limitations. But the airplane truly launched the Aerial Age, and its subsequent impact--from the vantage of a century after the Wright Brother's historic flight on December 17, 1903--has been extraordinary. Richard Hallion, a distinguished international authority on aviation, offers a bold new examination of aircraft history, stressing its global roots. The result is an interpretive history of uncommon sweep, complexity, and warmth. Taking care to place each technological advance in the context of its own period as well as that of the evolving era of air travel, this ground-breaking work follows the pre-history of flight, the work of balloon and airship advocates, fruitless early attempts to invent the airplane, the Wright brothers and other pioneers, the impact of air power on the outcome of World War I, and finally the transfer of prophecy into practice as flight came to play an ever-more important role in world affairs, both military and civil. Making extensive use of extracts from the journals, diaries, and memoirs of the pioneers themselves, and interspersing them with a wide range or rare photographs and drawings, Taking Flight leads readers to the laboratories and airfields where aircraft were conceived and tested. Forcefully yet gracefully written in rich detail and with thorough documentation, this book is certain to be the standard reference for years to come on how humanity came to take to the sky, and what the Aerial Age has meant to the world since da Vinci's first fantastical designs.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small scratch on back of dust jacket is detectable by touch.

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First printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). xxii, 531 pages. Hardcover: H 25.75cm x L 18.5cm. Dust jacket with some light bumping at edges. Bluish-green cloth spine, white boards. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. With opening essay "Introduction: From Myth to Machine," b/w photographs and illustrations, Afterword, Acknowledgements, References, and Index. Features twenty chapters among seven sections titled as "PART ONE-PREPARING THE WAY: FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE ENLIGHTENMENT;" "PART TWO-ETHEREAL FLIGHT: INVENTING THE BALLOON AND AIRSHIP, 1782-1900;" "PART THREE-WINGED FLIGHT: EARLY CONCEPTIONS OF THE AIRPLANE, 1792-1903;" "PART FOUR-THE AIRMEN TRIUMPHANT: LILIENTHAL, CHANUTE, AND THE WRIGHTS, 1891-1905;" "PART FIVE-EUROPE RESURGENT, 1905-1909;" "PART SIX-EXPANSION, INCORPORATION, MATURATION: BEGINNING THE AERIAL AGE, 1910-1914;" and "PART SEVEN-TENNYSON FULFILLED: PUTTING PROPHECY INTO PRACTICE, 1914 AND AFTERWARDS." Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds (1.7 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0195160355.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Like New. Like new hard cover edition with like new dust jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Clean. Tight binding. No markings. 531 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Oxford University Press, 2003. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. First printing. Clipped, mylar protected dust jacket. Like new except the spine ends are slightly creased. The DJ has no tears or chips. Not a remainder.

Hard Cover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. First. 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.…

First Edition. 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 a history of humanity's attempts at flight, including kites, balloons, rockets, and steerable airships. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Aeronautics History. Genre: Bibliography. Language: English. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: Good. Original gilt lettered half cloth, price clipped dust jacket, illustrated in b/w, 8vo.; 3 black permanent marker lines on bottom cut; dust jacket price clipped.

Zustand: Good. Original gilt lettered half cloth, price clipped dust jacket, illustrated in b/w, 8vo.; Black permanent marker lines on bottom cut.

Zustand: Good. Original gilt lettered half cloth, dust jacket, illustrated in b/w, 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Small quarto. 531pp. Gilt-stamped sage spine, white paper boards. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, slightly bowed boards else near fine in a near fine lightly age-toned dust jacket with faint soiling and edge wear. A history of aviation from the beginning of the Aerial Age to World War I.…

First Edition. 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 a history of humanity's attempts at flight, including kites, balloons, rockets, and steerable airships. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Aeronautics History. Genre: Bibliography. Language: English. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. ISBN 0-19-516035-5. Hardback copy. First Printing. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Dust Jacket Included. Illus., index; xxii+531pp orig. cloth.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 531pp, bw illus, light creasing to dw.