Description
London, 1924. Limited edition, one of 1000 copies. 4to. Cloth, no dj as issued ; top edge gilt. Inset at front cover with replica decal, gilt, of the Royal Aeronautic Society's Gold Medal, the "first award of which was made to Wilbur and Orville Wright in 1909" (viii). xxii, 436 p. ; profuse illus., plates (part col.) ; frontispiece, the rare aquatint "Henson's 'Ariel' Carriage, 1843" ; facsims. and portraits ; 4 appendices. 29 cm. Ex-library copy from the Oxford University Press archive, with call number at spine & OUP bookplate. Brittle along the seams at ffep and frep. Sound overall.
