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Published by Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1987
ISBN 10: 0874742749ISBN 13: 9780874742749
Seller: Ed's Editions LLC, ABAA, West Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. Minor overall wear.
Published by Smithsonian, Washington, DC, 1987
ISBN 10: 0874742749ISBN 13: 9780874742749
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Condition: VG+/VG- (see notes). 1st US. large 8vo. 223pp. Top edge soiled. Box cutter slice, 2" mid-front of DJ, interior tape. repaired.
Published by Smithsonian Books, 1987
ISBN 10: 0874742749ISBN 13: 9780874742749
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. ISBN 9780874742749. Hardcover copy in near fine condition with near fine dustjacket. First Edition. Dustjacket included. M4-3 3.
First Printing in English. First Printing in English. small quarto, orange cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (224)pp. Smithsonian Institution, Translated by Von Hardesty. Profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and line drawings. An important volume of aviation history. Corners bumped, text blocked a bit warped, but still a very nice copy. Jacket not clipped. small quarto, orange cloth in pictorial dust jacket.
Published by Smithsonian Books (1987), Washington, D. C., 1987
ISBN 10: 0874742749ISBN 13: 9780874742749
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Sergei Sikorsky (Igor's son); Von Hardesty; and Bobrow. 223 pages, illustrated, orange boards, gilt printing to the spine. Former owner address label on the top edge of the front free endpaper. Otherwise, Very Good in a slightly edge chipped dust jacket. ; 223 pages.
Published by Smithsonian Books
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. No dust jacket.
Published by Airlife, 1988
ISBN 10: 1853100129ISBN 13: 9781853100123
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Wrapper is edge-creased with 1" tear to top of spine; other smaller nicks. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!.
Published by Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, England, 1987
Seller: Antiquariat Lindbergh, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany
Much has been written about early aviation, and many are familiar with Igor Sikorsky's American-made seaplanes and helicopters. During the Golden Age of Flight, Sikorsky was a close friend of Charles Lindbergh and a pioneer aviation industrialist. He had a profound and enduring impact on the development of American aviation. Less familiar to us, however, are Sikorsky's Russian years, beginning in Kiev in 1910, when as a young inventor he designed his first airplane. For the next decade, spanning the turbulent years of World War I and the Russian Revolution, Sikorsky designed a series of aircraft. By the time he emigrated to the West in 1918, he had established himself as one of Europe's preeminent aircraft designers. - K.N. Finne's memoir, available for the first time in English translation, provides the most comprehensive and authoritative documentation to date of this obscure period. Drawings, maps, original photographs, appendices, and an epilogue by Igor Sikorsky's son Sergei bring to light significant information about the development of the world's first heavy bomber - the Il'ya Muromets. - This behemoth, with its enclosed cockpit and heated cabins, could stay aloft for hours, cruising at sixty-five miles per hour with as many as sixteen passengers. On the eve of World War I, the Il'ya Muromets made an epic sixteen-hundred-mile round-trip flight from St. Petersburg (now Leningrad) to Kiev. During the war, the Russians manufactured more than seventy of these multi-engined aircraft and deployed them in a special squadron at the front for bombing and reconnaissance missions. - Finne, a friend and admirer of Sikorsky's prior to the Russian Revolution, wrote this firsthand account in 1930 from exile in Yugoslavia. As a flight surgeon with the squadron of Flying Ships in the Imperial Russian Air Force, Finne had been in a unique position to record Sikorsky's major aeronautical achievements. Although neither historian nor professional writer, Finne has produced a compelling record. This adapted English-language edition has not only made that record available to English-speaking aerohistorians, military historians, flying enthusiasts, and general readers, but has also filled an important gap in our knowledge of aviation history. - - Contents: - Preface, by Carl J. Bobrow - Introduction, by Von Hardesty - Preface, by K. N. Finne - One - The Early Years - Two - An Epic Flight - Three - The Great War - Four - The Establishment of the EVK - Five - The EVK in Action - Six - The Expansion of the EVK - Seven - A Cruel Fate - Eight - The 1917 Revolution - Epilogue, by Sergei Sikorsky - Appendixes - One - Three View Drawings - Two - The Il'ya Muromets - Three - The Finne Reports - Four - Sikorsky Aircraft Data Tables - Five - EVK and R-BVZ Personnel - Six - IM and EVK Data Table - Bibliography - Index 223 p. many photos and maps book very good condition, dust jacket faded at spine and the edges Hardcover with dust jacket, large format.
First Printing in English. First Printing in English. small quarto, orange cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (224)pp. Smithsonian Institution, Translated by Von Hardesty. Profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and line drawings. An important volume of aviation history. Fine copy. Jacket not clipped. small quarto, orange cloth in pictorial dust jacket.
Published by Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1987
ISBN 10: 0874742749ISBN 13: 9780874742749
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First English printing signed by Igor, Sergei and Nickolai (sons) Sikorsky as well as Carl J. Bobrow (editor. Book is clean tight and bright jacket shows light shelfwear. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal. Signed by Other.