The book, Historic Aircraft: Collections Of Famous & Unusual Aircraft Around The World represents a pictorial review of the most compelling aircraft from aviation history from the early days of flight to the Concorde.  "Historic Aircraft" reviews an astonishingly wide variety of aircraft throughout the world, from individual aircraft to major collections.  "Historic Aircraft" reviews aircraft and collections from Britain, the United States, the former U.S.S.R. and Egypt.  Among the aircraft types surveyed in this book are the following: 1) Long-distance record breakers; 2) Modern experimental prototypes and 3) Civilian & military landplanes, seaplanes, floatplanes, monoplanes, biplanes & helicopters.  Each of the reviewed aircraft includes at least one photograph accompanied by a narrative and technical specifications.  The major sections of "Historic Aircraft" are as follows: 1) Introduction; 2) Historic Aircraft Collection; 3) Major Collections And Museums; 4) Index and 5) Acknowledgements.  In addition to an informative narrative, "Historic Aircraft" includes the following features: 1) 1 black and white photograph; 2) Approximately 152 color photographs; 3) 9 color side aircraft profile illustrations and 4) 14 three-view color aircraft illustrations.  "Historic Aricraft" is sure to appeal to both aviation enthusiasts and historians alike.  This book is 96 pages and is in excellent condition.  The author is Steve McDonald.  Edition published in 1995.