[Rarebooks] FS: "Through the Air" by American aeronaut John Wise. Philadelphia: 1873

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(AERONAUTICS) Wise, John. THROUGH THE AIR: a Narrative of Forty Years'
Experience as an Aeronaut. Comprising a History of the Various Attempts
in the Art of Flying by Artificial Means from the Earliest Period Down
to the Present Time. With an Account of the Author's Most Important
Air-Voyages... Profusely Illustrated. Philadelphia: To-Day Printing and
Publishing Company... 1873. Lg. 8vo. 650pp. Profusely illustrated with
full-page text woodcuts, including a color printed frontispiece. Orig.
pictorial brown cloth, faded, stamped in blind, black & gilt,
extremities of spine expertly repaired, spine strip a bit darkened.
Gift inscription on a blank preliminary dated, San Francisco. July
1874.   $750.00 (trade discount allowed)
An enlarged edition of the author's "System of Aeronautics," first
printed in 1850. Wise (1808-1879) was the most famous American aeronaut
of his day.

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