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Marshall, Alfred W.
Flying Machines: Past, Present, and Future.
Publisher: Percival Marshall & Co., London;
Date of Publication: 1910
Stock Code: 15303
Third edition, expanded, after the first of 1907. Duodecimo, pp., 135, 16 of publisher’s catalogue, plus photographic frontispiece and 22 photographic plates of aircraft, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams within text. Publisher’s original photographic paper wraps; titled to spine and upper cover; advertisements to lower panel and to end-papers. Book-stamp of Sir Charles Bright to title-page. Loss to corners of upper cover and to foot of spine; soiling to cover; nicks and creases. Contents foxed, toned, and occasionally soiled; loss to corners only of last few advertisement leaves. A serviceable copy of a vulnerable book. An early book on aircraft, from aeroplanes, to dirigibles, to flying machines, formerly owned by Sir Charles Bright (1863-1937). Bright was son of the pioneering telegraph engineer of the same name, who made significant advances in communications technology in his own right. Of most interest to this book, Sir Charles developed the first radio capable of communicating between ships and aeroplanes. He no doubt consulted this practical guide to aeronautical engineering. £45.00