[AERONAUTICS] TURGAN, Louis. History of Aviation: Airplanes - Lot 10

[AERONAUTICS] TURGAN, Louis. History of Aviation: Airplanes and Aviators of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. The Beginnings of Aviation! First edition published at the time of the first great aeronautical feats of the 20th century. Paris, Geisler, 1909. In-8, ebony half-maroquin with corner pieces, ribbed spine, covers intact. 280 pp. and 5 unnumbered folios (advertisements), black-and-white illustrations in the text and as inserts. Cover intact but slightly soiled. First edition of this documentary study tracing the history of the conquest of the skies, from the earliest aeronautical experiments to recent advances in aircraft. In fine condition, in a later, delicate binding.