1929 L’Aeronautique Complete Year 12 Issues 116-127 Graf Zeppelin Aviation

by Henri Bouché (Editor)

$180 · Offered by eBay

First edition

Complete 1929 bound annual run of L’Aéronautique – Revue Mensuelle Illustrée, the French aviation journal edited by Henri Bouché and published by Gauthier-Villars in Paris. Includes all 12 monthly issues, Nos. 116–127, January through December 1929, bound together in one volume. Extensively illustrated throughout with period aviation photographs, technical drawings, diagrams, aircraft specifications and original illustrated issue covers. A fascinating contemporary record of aviation in 1929, with coverage of French and international commercial, military and private aviation, aircraft construction and engineering, engines, airships, aviation records and other major developments of the period. Content includes the Graf Zeppelin and its round-the-world flight, Dornier Do X, Junkers, Breguet, Farman, Blériot, Fokker, Ford, Sikorsky, Stinson, Messerschmitt and many other aircraft and manufacturers. There are also detailed articles and illustrations covering early commercial aviation, aircraft engines, parachutes, aerodynamics and aircraft construction. Includes a vintage ownership stamp from The Edward J. Joyce Flying Company of Chicago, Illinois. This is an original 1929 bound run of the periodical, not a later retrospective or reproduction. Condition: Exterior binding has substantial age and storage wear, including staining, spotting, rubbing and discoloration as shown. The annual front/title page is missing and there is tearing/separation at the inner front binding. Interior co

• Publisher: : Gauthier-Villars & Cie Place of Publication: Paris, France
• Year: 1929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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