Excerpt: ...T 2912057.528.00.8524 BritishNS1020057.225.60.6517 GermanPL273130055.727.00.9826 ItalianT 34 (Roma)3400074.221.50.6815 Rigid Airships BritishR 803400059.736.60.8029 BritishR 33-R 345550059.737.30.7528 BritishR 36-R 375950065.040.00.8032 GermanSchutte-Lanz SL225600062.545.21.3661 GermanZeppelin LZ 120 (Bodensee)200008263.70.7648 GermanZeppelin LZ 121 (Nordstern)2250078.861.40.7848 GermanZeppelin LZ 1005600067.256.01.5989 GermanZeppelin LZ 113622008162.21.60100 GermanZeppelin LZ 1026850063.754.41.90103 Scientific deductions and formulae to be found in "Zeitschrift fur Flugtechnik und Motorluftschiffahrt," June 15th and June 30th, 1920, issues. Article by P. Jaray. PLATE 28 Dr. Max Freiherr von Gemmingen. Dr. Hugo Eckener Kommerzienrat Alfred Colsman Dr. Ing. Ludwig Durr Carl Maybach CHAPTER II 28 The Zeppelin Organization at the Time of Its Greatest Activity 1918-1919 T he Zeppelin Endowment for the Propagation of Air Navigation (Zeppelinstiftung zur Foerderung der Luftfahrt) which Count Zeppelin founded with the subscription fund of 6,000,000 marks presented to him by the German people in 1908, is administered by a Board of Directors, of which Baron Max Freiherr von Gemmingen, Zeppelin's nephew, who worked with him from the start, is Chairman. The other Directors are Baron von Bassus and Dr. Hugo Eckener. The Zeppelin Endowment owns Luftschiffbau-Zeppelin (Zeppelin Airship Building Co.), the construction company organized in 1908 and controls the "DELAG" organized, as stated before, in 1910 for the operation of commercial Zeppelins. Interested in the "DELAG" are a number of financiers, though with all the others, it was under the personal supervision of Count Zeppelin, and after him the Directorate of the Zeppelin Endowment. At the time of the Armistice the construction and operating companies employed 1,600 persons on their executive and engineering staffs and 12,000 workmen. Many subsidiary companies were organized and operated, ...
Read Less
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
*Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Oct. 21 (weekend sale item)* first edition, inscribed by Vissering and dated 10-28-22 at the front blank (not to be confused with the printed signature on the verso of the title page); 59 pp., plates; original gilt stamped green cloth, old worm hole through the rear cover and into the text affecting pages 44-59, small ink mark to the fore edge margin of the front cover, else good. -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Acceptable. Chicago: Harry Vissering, 1922. First edition. Sm 4to hardcover. 59pp. Numerous B/W photos and illustrations. Good book, no dust jacket. Spine lightly toned. Neat bookplate to front pastedown, and foxing throughout. Clean and unmarked. (aircraft, flight, aviation, lighter than air, blimp, airship) Inquire if you need further information.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. No Jacket. Book First ed. Good condition, moderate over all wear, top and bottom of spine edges worn, previous owner name (an American military officer) and address on inside front cover, previous owner name written on outside page edges. Lettering on spine (if there ever was any) is gone.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fair. Inscribed by Author(s) Hardback book in fair to good condition, has book plate from library on first blank page, small watermarks at top of front & rear panels, [zeppelin] on spine in oil paint? , inscribed [compliments of larry vissering chicago 1923.