Walker & Company, Date: 2009. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Dustjacket has some wear and one small tear in lower right rear corner. Cover has light wear. Seven pages have a small to moderate crease in upper right corner. Three pages have a small tear in upper right corner. Stated first U.S. edition, first printing. 2009. Walker & Company ISBN 080271711x 9780802717115 [US]

ISBN10: 080271711X, ISBN13: 9780802717115, [publisher: Walker and Company] Hardcover This is a Black board American Aviation History Hardback in Very Good+ condition with a Good + jacket. c2009,1st Edition, 1st Printing . It is in very nice condition both inside and out. The cover is bright & clean and the edges are nice. The bottom spine end has a mild wrinkle. . The corner points are all very nice, Tight & unmarked pages, no names. The jacket, with price, is very bright & clean. A little top edge wrinkle. 305 pages. All books are Securely packaged and Promptly Mailed. #20206-1223
[Wyomissing, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009]
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Walker & Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Walker & Company ISBN 080271711x 9780802717115 [US]

Walker & Company. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Walker & Company ISBN 080271711x 9780802717115 [US]

Walker & Company, Date: 2009. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2009. Walker & Company ISBN 080271711X 9780802717115 [US]

Walker & Company, Date: 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2009. Walker & Company ISBN 080271711X 9780802717115 [US]

Walker & Company, Date: 2009-05-03. Hardcover. Good. 2009. Walker & Company ISBN 080271711X 9780802717115 [US]

Walker. Used - Very Good. 2009. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good. Walker ISBN 080271711x 9780802717115 [US]

Walker & Company 2009 Hard cover Very Good 2009. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.

New York: Walker & Company, Date: 2009. First U.S. edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good. ix, [3], 305, [3] pages. Author's Note. Illustrations. Footnotes. Notes. Glossary of Aviation Terms. Selected Bibliography and Sources. Index. Gavin Mortimer, 38, is an award-winning author, whose narrative non-fiction books have received rapturous reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. His first book, Ernest Shackleton, was published in 1999 and six more have followed, including The Great Swim, which was adjudged the 2009 Book of the Year by the Women's Sport Foundation of America. In addition, the Sunday Times named the Great Swim one of its best reads of 2008. His latest book, Chasing Icarus, was published in the US by Walker Bloomsbury in May, and has already received excellent reviews with the Dallas Morning News describing it as 'a wonderful, absorbing story'. Away from his non-fiction titles, Gavin has written a dozen books for children and contributed articles to publications such as BBC History Magazine, Esquire and the Observer. By 1910, America and the world were transfixed by the danger and challenge of mastering the air. Yet which form of flight would predominate was far from clear--dirigibles, balloons, and airplanes all had their passionate advocates. During the seventeen days in October 1910 that Gavin Mortimer vividly recounts, the question of primacy in the air was on full display, after which the future of aviation was never in doubt. The ...