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Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Spine worn. Reading copy only.

Spine cover is missing; hinges are loose but boards are attached; and the text is intact, tight and clean with no writing or markings. Boards are worn with considerable edgewear. The book is a history of aviation with stories of the greatest flights. There are over 200 photographs plus many illustrations including graphs of time versus speed and heigth obtained in various flights.

Funk & Wagnalls Company January 1944 Binding: Hardcover

Cover has heavy chipping, discoloration, spine has masking tape, spotting inside front and back. DJ has plastic cover, rubbing. A book that has various signs of damaged but is complete. Heavily worn. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!

Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Spine worn. Reading copy only.

Spine cover is missing; hinges are loose but boards are attached; and the text is intact, tight and clean with no writing or markings. Boards are worn with considerable edgewear. The book is a history of aviation with stories of the greatest flights. There are over 200 photographs plus many illustrations including graphs of time versus speed and heigth obtained in various flights.

366pp.incl.index; HB blue w/gilt; rubbed w/edges&corners worn w/tears; spine darkened; PONstamp,pastedwns.; clean,tight pgs. "Presented in this book are those pioneers or major events, year by year, from ancient days to the present time, which together make up this exciting drama of the air." illus.&photos. signed.

B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some rubbing, bumping and nicking. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and chips, especially an inch deep chip to the bottom spine end. "Born in Switzerland in 1892, Heinmuller financed part of his first trip to the United States (1912) by selling Bavarian Jubilee issues to a Danzig stamp dealer. His interest in airpost material began in 1909 when, as a seventeen-year-old student in Geneva, Switzerland, a school friend sent him a zeppelin souvenir that had been mailed at the ILA international aviation exhibition in Frankfort-am-Main. Heinmuller eventually collected over 5,000 zeppelin pieces. Some were acquired by purchase or exchange with other collectors; others were acquired by writing Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin directly, asking him to send a postal souvenir from an advertised flight. Part of his acquisitions derived from the well-known Thompson, Steiner, and Luderman collections. His obsession ultimately led him to research records for all the zeppelin flights. He compiled a list of dates and routes that serves as a catalog of all existing zeppelin covers. Because of his extensive research, he was befriended by von Zeppelin and zeppelin commanders Dr. Hugo Eckener and Ernst Lehman." (Arego website)

1st revised edition of 1945. Very good with slight edge wear to boards and small tear at top of spine. In good dust jacket with chip at top of spine, some fading, and some edge wear including a few tears. Not price-clipped.

Collector's Edition: Pp: xvi + 366. Gilt titles: frt. & sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w photos, portraits, facsimile docs, maps & drawings (listed). Blue cloth bds. w/ gilt design. Decorative endpapers. Minor foxing to the eps. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Signed by the author and numbered A78. Forward by Eddie Rickenbacker. Nicely illustrated aviation history. Includes index.

Hardcover in blue boards with bright gilt title on front. No dust jacket. 4to. SIGNED by author. One of a Collector's numbered limited edition, this copy #A360, inscribed on limitation page to Mr. H. E. Linden. Foreword by Eddie Rickenbacker. John P. V. Heinmuller (1892-1960) , the Swiss president of Longines-Wittenauer Watch Company, was an aero-philatelist and historian of manned flight, a friend to zeppelin designers and captains and to Charles Lindbergh. "Man's Fight to Fly" was called "the foremost handbook of aviation records and aero-philatelic information. " Very slight softening to top of spine, else crisp and clean and fresh. Designed and illustrated by Adolphe Bernasconi. 366 pp. Including index. Heavy--may require additional postage if shipped other than domestic media mail.

Hardcover in blue boards with bright gilt title on front. No dust jacket. 4to. SIGNED by author. One of a Collector's numbered limited edition, this copy #A360, inscribed on limitation page to Mr. H. E. Linden. Foreword by Eddie Rickenbacker. John P. V. Heinmuller (1892-1960), the Swiss president of Longines-Wittenauer Watch Company, was an aero-philatelist and historian of manned flight, a friend to zeppelin designers and captains and to Charles Lindbergh. "Man's Fight to Fly" was called "the foremost handbook of aviation records and aero-philatelic information. " Very slight softening to top of spine, else crisp and clean and fresh. Designed and illustrated by Adolphe Bernasconi. 366 pp. Including index. Heavy--may require additional postage if shipped other than domestic media mail.

Illustrated. Important reference work. Number 724. Signed by the author. Fine copy. 366 pps.

NY 1944 1st. 4to. , 366pp. , illus. , index, boards. Signed by Heinmuller on the front free blank. Good, spine ends a bit worn, no DJ.

First edition. Foreword by Eddie Rickenbacker. Designed and illustrated by Adolphe Bernasconi. Small quarto. Slight wear to the boards, a very good or better copy.

1st revised edition of 1945. Very good with slight edge wear to boards and small tear at top of spine. In good dust jacket with chip at top of spine, some fading, and some edge wear including a few tears. Not price-clipped.

First edition. Foreword by Eddie Rickenbacker. Designed and illustrated by Adolphe Bernasconi. Small quarto. Slight wear to the boards, a very good or better copy in a good only edgeworn and heavily tape-repaired dustwrapper.

Limited edition #65 C Previous owners name is written inside on back of front board.

SIGNED Limited Edition; # B346. 366 pages in very good condition; endpapers and outer edges a little yellowed. Many illustrations. Sections on Lindbergh, Earhart, Howard Hughes, etc. Blue hardcovers with gilt titles and illustration. Spine a little faded, corners lightly bumped, small stains on the covers. VG- Size: 8 x 11

Hardcover in blue boards with bright gilt title on front. No dust jacket. 4to. SIGNED by author. One of a Collector's numbered limited edition, this copy #A360, inscribed on limitation page to Mr. H. E. Linden. Foreword by Eddie Rickenbacker. John P. V. Heinmuller (1892-1960), the Swiss president of Longines-Wittenauer Watch Company, was an aero-philatelist and historian of manned flight, a friend to zeppelin designers and captains and to Charles Lindbergh. "Man's Fight to Fly" was called "the foremost handbook of aviation records and aero-philatelic information. " Very slight softening to top of spine, else crisp and clean and fresh. Designed and illustrated by Adolphe Bernasconi. 366 pp. Including index. Heavy--may require additional postage if shipped other than domestic media mail.

NY 1944 1st. 4to. , 366pp. , illus. , index, boards. Signed by Heinmuller on the front free blank. Good, spine ends a bit worn, no DJ.

Collectors's Edition - Signed by the author ! - First Edition printed on special high quality glossy paper. This is No. A448 of a limited number of signed an numbered copies. - Foreword by Captain Eddi Rickenbacker [American fighter ace in World War I, a pioneer in air transportation, the longtime head of Eastern Air Lines.] 366 p. many excellent photos, maps, documents and illustrations Hardcover with dust jacket, large format

Limited edition #65 C Previous owners name is written inside on back of front board.

Illustr, 10.5 x 8.5., blue cloth w/ gilt lettering, 366 pp. Light wear and soiling to covers, corners and spine tips bumped, spine slightly cocked, light creasing to contents else good to very good. Chapters on Sikorsky, Lindbergh, Byrd, Hughes, Post, Earhart. There is a section at the back "Chronology of Aviation, 1483-1939" which includes information on dirigibles. FIRST ED, COLLECTOR'S ED, LIMITED, NUMBERED (THIS B30) AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ISSUED TO MR. EDSEL FORD JR.

Illustr, 10.5 x 8.5., blue cloth w/ gilt lettering, 366 pp. Light wear and soiling to covers, corners and spine tips bumped, spine slightly cocked, light creasing to contents else good to very good. Chapters on Sikorsky, Lindbergh, Byrd, Hughes, Post, Earhart. There is a section at the back "Chronology of Aviation, 1483-1939" which includes information on dirigibles. FIRST ED, COLLECTOR'S ED, LIMITED, NUMBERED (THIS B30) AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ISSUED TO MR. EDSEL FORD JR.