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PIONEERING THE HELICOPTER.

PIONEERING THE HELICOPTER.

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PIONEERING THE HELICOPTER.

by [Aviation]. MORRIS, Charles Lester. With Foreword by Igor I. Sikorsky

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New York & London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1945). First edition. 8vo, xiv & 161 pages plus numerous full page illustrations from photographs. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth, in pictorial dust jacket.

Lightly soiled, brief wear at spine extremities & corners, modest foxing & occasional finger smudges mostly at pastedowns & endpapers, previous owner's name in pencil at first blank page, about Very Good in rubbed dust jacket with edge wear including small losses & tears, with a couple archival tissue repairs on the verso, Good or so.

The author was chief test pilot for Sikorsky Aircraft during the most critical years of the helicopter's development

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Title
PIONEERING THE HELICOPTER.
Author
[Aviation]. MORRIS, Charles Lester. With Foreword by Igor I. Sikorsky
Book Condition
Used
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Edition
First edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Book Company
Place of Publication
New York & London
Date Published
(1945)
Weight
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Keywords
aviation. helicopter, Igor I. Sikorsky, Charles Lester Morris, technology, science
Bookseller catalogs
Science, Technology, Medical; Transportation, Railroads, etc.; Aviation;

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