HISTORY OF BRITISH AVIATION 1908-1914 Brett

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HISTORY OF BRITISH AVIATION 1908-1914 Brett, R. Dallas

one octavo volume, green cloth, original dust jacket, approx. 207 pages.  one frontispiece , 20 double-sided plates (volume II), appendices. Rubbed at spine ends, some flecking, discolouration of endpapers and dust jacket, otherwise a good copy. A comprehensive history of British Aviation from its early days to the outbreak of the war bringing forth the struggles, failures, and successes of pioneers in aeronautics.  volume two covers the years 1913-1914. The work is lavishly illustrated with photographs and contains general arrangement drawings of early types of aeroplanes.