Orville and wilbur wright (9 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good with very good dust jacket. Minor binding slant. Dust jacket is lightly bumped along top and bottom edges. 129 pages with many illustrations. 4to size opening lengthwise.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 58 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.15 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 58 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.15 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Ex-library Copy. Very large, rectangular heavy book, dark blue cloth spine, orange boards with "Wright Brothers" embossed at top front, profusely illustrated. Only indication it is ex-library is an empty card and sleeve inside book cover. 129 heavy glossy pages, profusely illustrated with photos taken by the Wright brothers and friends as they worked on their first flights. DJ glossy white with photo of brothers, one in plane just off the ground on front, a circular silver sticker stating "Newberry Honor Medal" at top front right with slight wear to its edges, photo of brothers in field but well-dressed on back. Near Fine DJ, Near Fine book, considering it is technically an ex-library. Wright, Wilbur and Orville (illustratore).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. First Appearance. 10pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated after photographs supplied by the authors, salvaged from a damaged issue of Century Magazine, Volume 76, No. 5, September, 1908. From the editor, "The article which follows is the first popular account of their experiments prepared by the inventors. Their accounts heretofore have been brief statements of bare accomplishments, without explanation of the manner in which results were attained. The article will be found of special interest in view of the fact that they have contracted to deliver to the United States Government a complete machine, the trials of which are expected to take place about the time of the appearance of this number of The Century." Photographs include portraits of the authors, a gliding flight from Kill Devil Hill, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, October 21, 1903, a scene of the start of the first flight of October 5, 1905, a scene of the first flight of the Wright Brothers' first motor machine, at Kill Devil Hill, December 17, 1903, a scene of the flight at Simms Station, near Dayton, Ohio, November 9, 1904, a three-quarter view of the flight at Simms Station, November 16, 1904, a side view showing the machine traveling to the right with double horizontal rudder in front, and front and rear views of the flight of October 4, 1905. In report covers. An exceptional piece of aviation history. Very scarce.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing. 482p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a near-fine dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket has some mild shelf wear, but remains essentially intact, and is protected in a mylar cover. The true first edition, with the publisher's monogram on the copyright page. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs.…

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. A single article from the September 1908 issue of The Century Magazine. Vol LXXVI No.5. The Wright Brothers Aeroplane, by Wilbur and Orville Wright, with pictures from photographs supplied by the authors. Pages numbered 641-650. Photographs show the brothers, a 1903 gliding flight at Kitty Hawk, the motor flight of Dec 17, 1903, Simms Station Flight 1904, and several others. This article was published at about the same time the Wright's were pursuing government contracts (mostly unsuccessfully). Magazine pages held together with a sliding bar report cover. Measures about 7 x 9.5 inches. A scarce, early, Wright brothers article. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it is an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book (although sometimes they do get it right).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 2 vols.

Hardback. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Edition. St Marys Books is proud to present this 1953 first edition of The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright edited by Marvin W McFarland and signed by Charles GibbsSmith aviation historian Housed in a black slipcase this hardback two volume set is bound in quarter black cloth with grey cloth boards and gold gilt lettering to the spine Volume Two is housed in its original light blue dustjacket featuring black and white ink lettering and an image of a bust of the Wright Brothers Within the pages of this book the reader is treated to a collection of papers and personal documents fulfilling the Wright Brothers desire to give the world a full unvarnished account of their work This set contains Volume One 18991905 ilv and 1671pp and Volume Two 19061948 ixxvii and 6781278 pp This set is in very good condition though the slipcase has suffered some bumping and some wear to the corners and edges and the original dustjacket on volume two has suffered significant damage the books remain well preserved A previous reader has added some red pen ink annotations to both volumes but the set otherwise remains bright clean and readable The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright are looking for a new home and would make for the perfect gift for any aviation enthusiastnbsp. book.…