[Rarebooks] fs: Aerial Warfare, 1909

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(No. 10110)   Hearne, R. P. (Introduction by Hiram S. Maxim). AERIAL 
WARFARE.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1909. Original cloth, Octavo, xl, 237 
pages, black and white photographic plates. Very good.
      Important early book on the adaptation of dirigible balloons and 
aeroplanes to purposes of war. Hearne calls on England to restore the 
balance of military power with countries such as Germany, who was already 
itching to open an advantage with the airships of Count Zeppelin. Hearne 
discusses both balloons and aeroplanes at length. Appendices on American 
Army airships, aerial photography, airships under fire, and the Aerial 
Defence League. Includes 57 photographs and illustrations. Collated 
complete. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards stamped in black, white, and 
gilt on upper board, top edges gilt, spine lettered in gilt. Minor extremity 
rubs. Some light foxing inside.
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