Voyageurs of the Air: a history of civil aviation in Canada 1858-1967
by Main, J.R.K
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/VG
- Seller
-
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dust-jacket VG with some chipping of edges and a couple short taped tears. Map endpapers: at front "Outstanding Exploration Flights 1919 to 1930"; rear endpapers: "Air Routes of Mainline and Regional Air Carriers Oct. 1966". Colour frontispiece of J.A.D. McCurdy flying the "Silver Dart" on February 21, 1909. The first flight in Canada of a heavier-than-air machine at Baddeck, Nova Scotia. Gift inscription on the half-title page. A comprehensive coverage of aviation in Canada up to the 1960's.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Stillman Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 607SB
- Title
- Voyageurs of the Air
- Author
- Main, J.R.K
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Commissioned by the Dept. of Transport
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Date Published
- 1967
- Pages
- 397 plus unnumbered photo pages
- Size
- 8 vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 36 pages of b/w and colour photos.
Terms of Sale
Stillman Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Stillman Books
Biblio member since 2023
Coquitlam, British Columbia
About Stillman Books
After closing my most recent bookstore in White Rock, B.C., I have decided to sell strictly online for the foreseeable future. My inventory is heavy on
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...