Author: R. P. Hearne; Sir Hiram Maxim [ed.]
Title: Aerial Warfare
Description: London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this discussion of the possibilities of aerial warfare, published prior to the First World War. The scarce first edition of this work, in the striking publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-six plates, and a number of vignette illustrations. Collated, complete. A fascinating examination of the rapid development of aeronautics at the turn of the twentieth century. This work discusses the possible use of aeroplanes and other flying machines in warfare. This book was published just a few years before the outbreak of the First World War, where many of the matters discussed in the war were put into practice.This was the first work on aerial warfare to be published for the public, other works before this having been limited to the military. At the time this work was published, aeroplanes were a new phenomena, with the first successful manned flight taking place in 1903.With the bookplate of L.C.E. Wyndham to the front pastedown.With an advertisement leaf to the rear.Written by R. P. Hearne, who also wrote 'Zeppelins and Super-Zeppelins', and was a motoring journalist. With an introduction by Hiram Maxim, an inventor who is best known for his creation of the first portable automatic machine gun. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with boards bright. Bookplate to front pastedown. Rear hinge a touch strained to tail, but firmly held. Internally, binding a touch strained to the start of the work, but generally holding firm. One plate detached and loosely inserted. Pages bright, with foxing to page perimeters. Small loss to tail of one plate. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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