This old vintage 1932 hardcover (clothbound) book is titled : " Air Travelers...From Early Beginnings to Recent Achievements" by Laura A. Large, Illustrated by Harold Cue and from Photographs.....It is "Copyright, 1932, By Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., All Rights Reserved...Printed in USA." It appears to its First Edition, as there are no other dates listed and publisher is same on its title page. Some of the contents include: Flying Chariot ; Wooden Pigeon ; Hot Air Balloons ; Hydrogen Balloon ; Zeppelins ; Man-Carrying Glider ; the Wright Brothers ; Air Mail ; Shenandoah Destroyed ; The Los Angeles ; Richard Byrd Flies to the North & South Poles ; A Dirigible Balloon Passes Over the Pole ; Chamberlin and Levine ; Wilkins Flight ; the Southern Cross ; the Bremen ; the First Woman Across the Atlantic ; Graf Zeppelin ; Frank Hawks Sees America in His Glider ; a Speed Record ; Piccard's Plunge ; A Flying Engine ; Post and Gatty Around the World ; the Akron, and much, much more. It has many illustrations (most photos), some of which are: a Model Aeroplane of 1709 ; The Montgolfier's Successful Balloon ; The First Dirigible ; Lilienthal's Glider ; Commander Byrd in the Doughnut Boat ; The Josephine Ford and the Norge ; Colonel Lindbergh at Curtiss Field ; The American Clipper ; The DO-X, and many more. It measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and has 277 pages. It is in nice condition, with exception of a slight slant to cover from storage. Pages are tight to spine, clean, white, and crease-free. Slight soiling on edging of pages seen only when book is closed.
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