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McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1928. Third Edition,. Very Good. 1928. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, xii,464pp, numerous illustrations, clean and sound, no inscriptions, green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and bumped, Very Good / no dustwrapper. .

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1928. xi, 464pp, text-figures, photos and diagrams, index. EX-LIBRARY copy with blind stamp on the title page, references in pencil andin ink on the Preface (p. vii), a blind stamp on the final page of the index, and traces of sticker and pocket removal on the rear end-papers. Flexible green cloth boards, gilt spine titles slightly rubbed and faded, with trace of ink library reference on the lower spine. This edition covers the operpation and maintenance of the standard aircraft engines of the day and includes developments of aircraft instruments including the earth inductor compass. . Third Edition, Second Impression. Flexible Boards. Good Plus. 8vo. Ex-Library.

New York: Mcgraw Hill Book Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1928. Third Edition. Hardcover. The author's provide a fascinating look at the "nuts and bolts" of early aviation: chapters on the theory of flight, rigging the plane, assembling the Curtis Jen Air, Wright Whirlwind Engines, Curtiss D-12, Liberty, Packard, Pratt and Whitney Wasp, Wright-Hispano Engine, Instruments, Troubleshooting, Constructing Airports, etc. Contains a glossary and index in the rear. The covers are the original publisher's green cloth binding with bright gilt spine lettering. This is a very nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no owner names, and no bookplates. This book was obviously used very little. ; B&W Illustrations & Photographs; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 464 pages .