ISBN: 9780874747041 - cal rodgers and the vin fiz: the first transcontinental flight (16 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Brown hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). x, 275pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback book (275 pages)illustrated with vintage black and white photographs and map. Light rubbing on dust jacket with gift inscription written bottom of front endpaper. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-11-Bottom-R) rareviewbooks. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. In quest of a $50,000 prize offered by William Randolph Hearst for a successful flight across the U.S., Cal Rodgers left New York on Sept. 17, 1911. Flying a plane built by the Wright brothers, and sponsored in his voyage by the Armour Company of Chicago (then introducing a new soft drink, "vin fiz"), he arrived in California on Nov. 5, missing out on the prize because he exceeded Hearst's time limit. But Rodgers's was the first successful transcontinental flight, traveled at about 60 miles an hour. This lively, informative look at flying just eight years after Kitty Hawk recreates both the fragility of the machine and the courage of its pilot. Since no reliable maps existed for aviators, Rodgers relied on railroad lines to guide him, and experienced two dozen breakdowns along the way. He was killed in a plane crash less than six months after his historic flight.…

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Eight years after Wilbur Wright flew 852 feet at Kitty Hawk and sixteen years before Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic, Cal Rodgers flew across the United States alone. This is the story of that man, the flight, and the airplane. The book contains illustrations, chapter notes and sources, and an index. The bookplate of the former owner of the book is on the FFEP; otherwise, this copy is clean and solid.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Book is overall clean, bright. DJ clean. ; TRH19; 9.25" x 6"; 275 pages.

Zustand: Good. Original brown boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.

Zustand: Good. Original cloth, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.; Glue remnants front cover dust jacket; spine dust jacket discoloured.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. private library liquidation new unread.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. private library liquidation new unread.

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Hardcover. Zustand: New.

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.