Santos-Dumont: A Study in Obsession by Peter Wykeham
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Blue cloth covers with titles to the spine, Octavo. 278 pp, illus., bibliography, appendix, index.
Between 1898 and 1910, Alberto Santos-Dumont designed and built a series of aircraft, including balloons, airships, gliders, helicopters, monoplanes, and biplanes. While most Latin Americans and almost any Brazilian will emphatically declare that Alberto Santos-Dumont rather than the Wright Brothers was first to fly, RAF officer Wykeham’s book is the first description of this aeronautical pioneer’s work to appear in an English-language book since the 1904 translation of a brief autobiography. Fine / Very good. Wear with chipping and small losses to the top and bottom spine and creasing to corners. Light soiling to the back cover. Item #557
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