An Ancient Air a Biography Of John Stringfellow Of Chard the Victorian Aeronautical Pioneer

Airlife, 1988. 1853100471. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered light brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 183, illus with b&w plates (front endpaper very lightly tanned; previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown).

Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing Ltd. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 183pp. .

Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. Fine in Fine dustjacket. 1989. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; 183 pages .

Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 1988. 183pp, index, bw ills, chronology, map. Or tan cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. The hitherto only briefly recorded life of John Stringfellow of Chard (1799-1883), the first man in the world to demonstrate that engine-powered winged flight was practicable.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Barton-under-Needwood Great Britain: Wrens Park Publishing Company, 2000. Reprint. Hardcover. As New in Near Fine dust jacket. ...portrays the hitherto only briefly recorded life of John Stringfellow of Chard (1799-1883), the first man in the world to demonstrate that engine-powered winged flight was practicable." 183 pages; 6 1/8 x 8 3/4