2011, ISBN: 9780960073610

Taschenbuch

Washington, DC: The Washington Map Society, 2011. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear and soiling.. 72 p. illustrations, maps.… Mehr…

Washington, DC: The Washington Map Society, 2011. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear and soiling.. 72 p. illustrations, maps. Some illustrations in color. Endnotes. Thomas F. Sander retired from the Army as a Colonel in 1996 after 30 years of distinguished service. He then started 19 years, and still counting, of volunteering his services to the history of discoveries and cartographic community. Tom has served as of the Washington Map Society Vice-President in 2000-2001 and President 2001-2002. He has been editor of The Portolan: the Journal of the Washington Map Society since 1997. As editor, Tom changed the thrice-yearly The Portolan from a black-and-white, to a multi-colored publication, increasing its size from approximately 40 pages in each issue to 80 pages. Founded in 1979, The Washington Map Society is a United States based organization supporting map collecting, and the history, science and art of cartography. The Society (or WMS) has about 400 members drawn from throughout the United States with about 50 members. About 60% live outside the Washington DC, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia radius, confirming the importance of our journal, The Portolan, and the WMS E-newsletter. WMS advances its goals by convening periodic speaker events, organizing field trips, publishing a cartographic journal (The Portolan) three times yearly, and by annually sponsoring the Ristow Prize competition recognizing research achievement in cartographic history., The Washington Map Society, 2011, Carlisle, MA: Arsdalen, Bosch & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 0960073612 . Viii, 409 pages, well illustrated, pictorial wrappers, very good. #224 of 1000. Inscribed by author. From the Amazon website review by Steve Stumph: "Pendulum is written for the serious student of early aviation history. Unlike most stories that focus on the Wright brothers' struggles before Dec. 17, 1903, this book delves into what happened AFTER Kitty Hawk. In 1908 Glenn Curtiss won the Scientific American Magazine trophy for the first public flight in America. It was he, not the Wright brothers, who received instant fame and glory. He built and sold civilian airplanes while they focused on a single sale to the American, British or French Army. The book explains how early chronicles touted Glenn Curtiss, not the Wrights, as the pioneer of aviation. Thousands of Curtiss JN-4 "Jennys" were used to train WW-I pilots. Today the pendulum has swung to the opposite extreme. Few people know of Curtiss, inventer of the flying boat and father of naval aviation, but everyone has seen the photo of Orville Wright's famous "First Flight" at Kitty Hawk. In a sometimes dry account, Jack Carpenter meticulously compares step-by-step progress of the three men, with more rare photos than any other book. He tells how they were influenced by Alexander Graham Bell, inventer of the telephone, and Henry Ford, the father of mass produced automobiles. Having studied the lives of all three men, I think Pendulum is the only book that gives an unbiased account of the bitter patent lawsuit that delayed the growth of American aviation for 10 years." ; ; 409 pages; Signed by Author ., Arsdalen, Bosch & Co., 1992<

1992, ISBN: 9780960073610

Taschenbuch

Carlisle, MA: Arsdalen, Bosch & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 0960073612 . Viii, 409 pages, well illustrated, pictorial wrappers, very good. #224… Mehr…

Carlisle, MA: Arsdalen, Bosch & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 0960073612 . Viii, 409 pages, well illustrated, pictorial wrappers, very good. #224 of 1000. Inscribed by author. From the Amazon website review by Steve Stumph: "Pendulum is written for the serious student of early aviation history. Unlike most stories that focus on the Wright brothers' struggles before Dec. 17, 1903, this book delves into what happened AFTER Kitty Hawk. In 1908 Glenn Curtiss won the Scientific American Magazine trophy for the first public flight in America. It was he, not the Wright brothers, who received instant fame and glory. He built and sold civilian airplanes while they focused on a single sale to the American, British or French Army. The book explains how early chronicles touted Glenn Curtiss, not the Wrights, as the pioneer of aviation. Thousands of Curtiss JN-4 "Jennys" were used to train WW-I pilots. Today the pendulum has swung to the opposite extreme. Few people know of Curtiss, inventer of the flying boat and father of naval aviation, but everyone has seen the photo of Orville Wright's famous "First Flight" at Kitty Hawk. In a sometimes dry account, Jack Carpenter meticulously compares step-by-step progress of the three men, with more rare photos than any other book. He tells how they were influenced by Alexander Graham Bell, inventer of the telephone, and Henry Ford, the father of mass produced automobiles. Having studied the lives of all three men, I think Pendulum is the only book that gives an unbiased account of the bitter patent lawsuit that delayed the growth of American aviation for 10 years." ; ; 409 pages; Signed by Author ., Arsdalen, Bosch & Co., 1992<

1992, ISBN: 9780960073610

Arsdalen, Bosch & Co, 1992. Paperback. Good., Arsdalen, Bosch & Co, 1992