Beginning to Fly by Merrill Hamburg - 1930: The Book of Model Airplanes

"Beginning to Fly - The Book of Model Airplanes" by Merrill Hamburg with an Introduction by Admiral Richard E. Byrd. 1930; Houghton Mifflin Company; Boston and New York. The book is richly illustrated with photographs and diagrams throughout. New edition, revised and enlarged. Here are some examples of the contents: History of Aeronautics; Airfoil Sections; Wing Design; Propellers; Indoor Pusher; The Care of the Rubber Motors; The Indoor Fuselage Model; The Outdoor Twin Pusher; Virgil Rassner Hydro airplane; Howell Helicopter; True Scale Models; Model Airplane Club Organization; Rules and Regulations for Conducting an Airplane Model Contest; Gliders and Gliding; The A.M.L.A. Soaring Glider...and more.

Condition:
Clean covers and spine. Tiny cloth tears at the bottom 2 cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The pages are lightly age-toned and mostly clean with only some light foxing to some of the plates (and to some of the pages before/after them). Affixed to the rear pastedown is the original store label with price. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.