This book was received with a small publisher’s mark on the page edges on one of the 3 sides of edges. It is not visible on a book shelf with the spine facing outward. The book is new and undamaged for reading. However, because of the mark we have discounted this book $2.00. A history of aviation from ancient times to the present. Tom Wolfe: “A pilot who became an historian, James Harrison gives us the entire saga of flight, from the centuries-old dreams, myths and supertstition to the rocket ships and space flights of the late 20th century.” Northeast Weekend Flyers: “A handy reference for events, names and facts about planes, history and people. Mr. Harrison writes this history like a fairy tale of love and yearning, joining death and rebirth…like a suspence novel where we know the ending, but we want the details.”