WALKER, THOMAS A treatise on the art of flying . New York: printed and sold by S. Wood 1814. First American edition. Original stab stitched text (never bound), in a protective chemise and slipcase. 5 1/2 inches (14 cm); 64 pp. (first fourteen pages numbered in Roman), with two full-page wood engravings with five figures of aircraft. Light wear, a small defect on the second text leaf resulting in a couple of dropped letters, overall in an unusually nice state of preservation for such a fragile work. The rare American edition of this pioneering work on flight, first printed in Hull, England. This is the first American work on heavier-than-air flying machines. Shaw & Shoemaker 33565. Aeronautic Americana p. 8. Sold with a worn copy of John Wise A System of Aeronautics, Philadelphia 1850. The William G. Gerhard Collection
WALKER, THOMAS A treatise on the art of flying . New York: printed and sold by S. Wood 1814. First American edition. Original stab stitched text (never bound), in a protective chemise and slipcase. 5 1/2 inches (14 cm); 64 pp. (first fourteen pages numbered in Roman), with two full-page wood engravings with five figures of aircraft. Light wear, a small defect on the second text leaf resulting in a couple of dropped letters, overall in an unusually nice state of preservation for such a fragile work. The rare American edition of this pioneering work on flight, first printed in Hull, England. This is the first American work on heavier-than-air flying machines. Shaw & Shoemaker 33565. Aeronautic Americana p. 8. Sold with a worn copy of John Wise A System of Aeronautics, Philadelphia 1850. The William G. Gerhard Collection
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