The Saga of Flight from Leonardo da Vinci to the Guided Missile: An Anthology by Duke, Neville (ed)/Lanchbery, Edward (ed) - 1961

New York: Avon, 1961. Edition Not Specified. Very Good +/No DJ. 12mo = 7-9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Mass Market Vintage Paperback.Slight browning on the edges of the pages. Overall good condition

Avon Books : New York, 1964. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. The Saga of Flight, edited by Neville Duke and Edward Lanchbery,


Published by Avon Books 1964, Library of Congress #: 61-5690, Soft bound, Very Good condition (cover wear at edges, corners and along spine, light spine and cover creasing, some page yellowing from age, black marker line along some top page edges).This wonderful anthology takes the reader from Santos-Dumont, and his dazzling flight round the Eiffel Tower, to manned rockets and the Bell X-1; from the wonderful floating chimney to the P-38; from Thomas Moy’s aerial steamer to the Russian Mig; from Bleriot to the great “Pappy” Boyington; from Da Vinci to Baron Von Richthoven to Colonel John Glenn, and the moon landing program. This is the story of man’s conquest of atmosphere and space in one excellent volume. The table of contents contains the following major headings: Quest; Mastery of the Air (Ballooning, Airships, Stick and String); Wings of… Read More

Avon, 1964T. paperback. Good. 1.0000 in x 7.1250 in x 4.2500 in.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: The John Day Company, 1961. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good/Good. Inked name and date on ffep. Shelf wear to dust jacket. 406 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Panther, 1955. Paperback. Acceptable. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 128 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Slight cracking to front hinge. Light scuffing to text-block edges. Slight cracking to binding. Paper cover has moderate edge wear with scuffing to edges and creasing. Scuffing to spine. Book has rolled spine. Light tanning to spine and edges. Mild rubbing to surfaces with curling to corners.

Cassell and Company Ltd., 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. Sixth Edition. 129 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth with silver lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Corgi Books - Transworld Publishers, 1964. Paperback. Acceptable. 1964. Corgi Edition. 380 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Pulling to covers. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with curling to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Light scuffing to edges.

Cassell, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1953. First Edition. 117 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light sunning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Scuffing and light marking overall. Light tanning to spine and edges.

London: Cassell, (1959). Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xv + 421 pp. Good+, with light wear to covers and neat former-owner bookplate; in a Good+, full-color illustrated, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes light chipping. From dust jacket: ...Here is a book to be dipped into again and again for its tales of high adventure, of the incredible audacity of men battling aginst the eternal forces of nature, and of the progress of aviation from its humbel beginnings to its present vast complexity.

Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. 2nd Edition. 117 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.