Early & Pioneer
TAPPER, Oliver
The World's Great Pioneer Flights
Putnam World Aeronautical Library
Series produced in the mid-1970s to provide an overview history of selected aviation topics, each being illustrated with photographs throughout. Eight varied subjects were covered in the series (search using the subtitle for other volumes).
VOISIN, Gabriel
Men, Women and 10,000 Kites
Memoirs of aircraft engineer and manufacturer who developed aircraft for Bleriot and Santos Dumont, after starting his pioneering work in 1904. His factory was the world's first commercial aircraft manufacturer and became a major producer for WWI.
WALKER, Percy B.
Early Aviation at Farnborough - The History of the Royal Aircraft Establishment
Volume One - Balloons, Kites and Airships / Volume Two - The First Aeroplanes
