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London, Henry Frowde/Hodder and Stoughton 1913. 284pp. 8vo. Original illustrated cloth, a few marks and some wear to corners and ends of backstrip. Later endpapers. Foxing to egdes and scattered internally, a couple of plates a little worn on edges, otherwise a very good copy. . First edition. With colour plates depicting early aircraft. Written when powered flight was still a novelty, "...the man who pokes fun at the aeroplane because it is not yet perfect, and takes upon himself to affirm that it will never be used for commercial purposes, is talking about matters he does not understand.