Progress in Flying Machines: Being a Facsimile of The Whole of The First 1894 Edition including original illustrations

Long Bech, CA: Lorenz & Herweg, Publishers, 1976. Ocatvo (23.5cm); blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 308pp; illus. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. A Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $12.50), with trivial surface wear, else Near Fine. Explores the history of aeronautical science, with a focus on Goupil, Mouillard, and Hargrave. [86376].