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Angle, G.; Caldwell, F.; Sperry, E.; Lederer, J.; Allen, J.; Vaughan, G.; Hoffman, E.; Klemin, A.; Herrick, G.; Weidinger, H.
Aviation Engineering and Aircraft Servicing (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Airway Age - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, January (Jan.) 1932 - The Sperry Automatic Pilot / The Herrick Vertoplane
58 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Major "Jimmy" Doolittle's record transcontinental flight from Burbank to Newark in 1931; Positioning of Link Rod Wrist Pins in Articulated Connecting Rods; Propeller Design; The Sperry Automatic Pilot for Airplanes; Fire Extinguishers; Methods of Laying Out Flat Patterns; Fuel and Lubricants in Relation to Engine Design; The Triangle Parachute; Vortex Theory and the Tapered Wing; The Herrick Vertoplane; German Experiments with Chemical Cooling of Aircraft Engines; New Planes - The C-J Bird and the Cabin Giro; Cold Prevention of Dural Age-Hardening; Overhaul of the Menasco B-4; New Products; News; Sperry Gyroscope ad features photo of George Cushing of Eastern Air Transport, Inc., in his Mailwing; Nice photo ad for Autogiro inside back cover; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Epstein, A.; Marshall, A.; Galloway, R.; Appel, A.; Teichmann, F.; Willgoos, A.; Haifter, M.; Lloyd, A.; LaSha, S.; Hall, R.; Warrender, L.
Aviation Engineering and Aircraft Servicing (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Airway Age - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, February (Feb.) 1932 - The Buhl Pusher Type Autogiro
54 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon and their record-setting Trans-Pacific flight from Sabishiro Beach, Japan to Wenatchee, Washington in 1931; Analysis of Landing Gear Fittings; Installation of Radial Air-Cooled Engines; Manufacturing Light Planes; Design Refinements in Bird Planes; Welded Tubing and Streamlined Struts; Pratt & Whitney's New Fuel Injection System; The Buhl Pusher Type Autogiro; Inspection Gauges used in Engine Production; New Planes; Comments on Stress Analysis and Design; Selection, Care and Maintenance of Porcelain Spark Plugs; Material Control in Chain Airport Operation; General Aviation Moves into new Factory; Thompson Valves ad on page 8 recounts the Giant Dornier DO-X and its many flights beginning in Friedrichshafen in November 1930 under the command of Friedrich Christiansen; many more nostalgic ads; Nice centerfold ad by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation boasts of their Facilities and Services across America; Nice photo ad for Wright Aeronautical documents their sale of engines to Swissair in 1929; Wasp & Hornet Engines ad features great photo of Sikorsky S-40 in flight; Autogiro ad inside back cover includes testimonial by Leslie B. Cooper (Kellett K-2 Augogiro) who landed in the backhard of a farmhouse near Syracuse after running out of fuel; Nice Stinson Aircraft ad on the back with photos of their new Model R; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Newell, J.; Huntington, D.; Wood, K.; Schaefer, E.; Doolittle, Major James H.; Froelich, M.; Insley, R.; Brown, L.; Stupar, M.; Schory, C.
Aviation Engineering and Aircraft Servicing (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Airway Age - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, March (Mar.) 1932 - The Stark System of Instrument Flying / The New Continental R-670
50 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Navy flyer Lieut. Soucek and his 1930 altitude record at 43,166 feet; Good Year ad features photos of American Airways planes; Data on the strength of Aircraft Materials; Improving the Control System; Weight Reduction Versus Drag Reduction in Design; The Stark System of Instrument Flying; A New Army Fighting Grade Anti-Knock Aviation Gasoline - article by Major James H. Doolittle; Engineering Deductions of a Flight Around the World - Charles Healy Day and his Errant (Martin); The New Continental R-670; Care and Construction of Metal Propellers; 1931 Aircraft Production; Century Airlines Hangar-Terminal Building; Brief personality profile - with photo - of Charles N. Monteith, Boeing's chief engineer; Obituary of C.T. Porter; Autogiro photo ad inside back cover shows Juan De La Cierva taking off from Pier 34, New York, December 23, 1931; Nice illustrated back cover ad for the new Stinson Model "R"; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Smedile, J.; Livingstone, F.; Ellis, R.; Ingram, L.; et al
The Military Engineer - Journal of the Society of American Military Engineers, May-June 1963, Volume 55, Number 365 - Richard Gridley
94 pages. Features: Cover photo of river crossing demonstration by the 16th and 17th Engineer Combat Battalions at Fort Hood in April 1963; Shore power for the USS Enterprise; Hutment Construction in Thailand; Fallout Protection at military installations; The Stalwart - new British cross-country amphibious load carrier; Richard Gridley - First Chief Engineer of the Army; Tracing Sediment Movement with Radioisotopes; Design with Threaded Nails; Inventory of Freeways by Aerial Photography; The Solar Disc; Navy Crane Moment Indicator; Combat Engineers 21 - The Battle for Ipo Dam - water supply of Manila; Wellington's Peninsular Engineers; Geographical Survey of the West, 1871-1879; Nuclear Power Plant Field Tests - field testing for the PM-1, and Atoms for Antarctic Power; Navy Mobile Power Reserve; Salvaging Rigid Pavements in Georgia; Geology Study for Navy Pier Construction; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this very informative issue. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Railway Carmen's Journal (Magazine), December (Dec.) 1969, Vol. LXXIV, No. 12 - Winter on the Alaska Railroad
Pages 267-290. Features: Progress on the Alaska Railroad; Report on the AFL-CIO Convention; Gov. Rockefeller Thanks Lodge 886; Robert Hewitt Passes at 83; O.P. Channell Jr. Named to R.E.D.; Presenting Case on H.R. 13300; Christmas Dinner in Early Canada; List of Approved Attorneys; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Cox, Ian; Boyd, Peter D.A.; Rennie, Paul; Aylen, Sarah; Espley, John; Eckstein, Eve; Firkins, June; et al
Antique Collecting Magazine, The Journal of the Antique Collectors' Club, Volume 28, Number 6, November (Nov.) 1993 - Paul Nash
56 pages. Features: Charles Horner Jewellery and Accessories; Pteridomania - The Victorian Passion for Ferns; Paul Nash - Artist, Designer and Teacher; Identifying English Porcelain by Pattern Numbers; A Collection of Cigar Cutters; Auction Feature; High Security in Fashion; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
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Farmer, Eleanor S.D.; Greenfield, Katharine; Copps, Mayor Victor K.; Brooks, The Rev. Canon E.A.; Merrilees, Andrew; Fletcher, J.T.L.; Jones, Lottie M.
Wentworth Bygones: From the Papers and Records of The Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society, No. 11 (Eleven) 1975
64 pages. Black and white illustrations. Features: The Journal of a Scottish Farm Pupil in Ancaster 1881-1883; The Reverend Thomas Geoghegan, 1848-1906; From the Mayor's Chair - Then and Now, by Vic Copps; The Story of William Sampson, First Rector of grimsby, 1817-1822; The Railways of Hamilton; A History of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton; Early American and Canadian Glass; Baptismal Records of the Church of the Ascension (Anglican) Hamilton, 1851-53. Unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Fidler, John; Leviner, B.C.; Stein, S.R.; Bryant, Julius; et al
APT Bulletin - The Journal of Preservation Technology, Vol. XXXI, No. 1, 2000 - Lighting Historic House Museums
64 pages. Features: Lighting historic house museums; Tribute to Dr. William Allen; New Orleans Charter; Guidelines for light and lighting in historic buildings that house collections; Overview of light and lighting in historic houses that house collections; Lighting colonial Virginia interiors by candlelight; Light in English heritages houses; Waddesdon Manor - a case study; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Mills, Michael J.; Sinclair, Brian R.; Sickels-Taves, Lauren B.; Hammon, Neal O.; Et al
APT Bulletin - The Journal of Preservation Technology, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2-3, 1997 - Frank Lloyd Wright's Banff Pavilion
80 pages. Features: "Suspended Columns" at Princeton's Whig and Clio Halls; Frank Lloyd's Banff Pavilion; Understanding historic Tabby structures; Computer-assisted Optical Stereology in Historic Preservation - Tabby, a case study; Reversible Latch Rim Locks; Historic Linoleum - analysis, cleaning systems, recommendations for preservation; The Nightingale-Brown House; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Taylor, Dr. Thomas H.; Himmelstein, Paul; Brown, J.P.; Michalski, Stefan; Westfield, Margaret; Trudel, Jean; Sefcik, James F.; Et al
APT Bulletin - The Journal of Preservation Technology, Vol. XXVII, No. 3, 1996 - Museums in Historic Buildings
64 pages. Features: Museums in Historic Buildings; The Process of Compromise - A Team Approach to Conservation Environments; Humidity and Moisture in Historic Buildings - the origins of building and object conservation; Quantified Risk Reduction in the Humidity Dilemma; What Made Lucy Rot? - a case study of cyclical moisture exposure; The Cabildo in New Orleans; and much more. Bit of writing atop front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Kunz, Richard R.; Et al
The New Electric Railway Journal, Spring 1991, Vol. III, No. 3 - Rapid Transit for Houston?
50 pages. Features: Rapid Transit for Houston? - back to the drawing board; Conversation - Alf Savage is CTA's new exec. director; Sex and Good Rapid Transit - what do they have in common?; San Francisco's Historic Trolleys - the festival on Market Street; Baltimore - getting it right; Status Report - rating the rails; A Challenge to Industry - a new plea for standardization; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked. A nice copy. Book
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Crone, Kennedy; Kinney, C.; Campbell, J.H.; Creighton, Helen
Canadian Geographical Journal, July 1931, Vol. III, No. 1 - The Royal Mint and Its Branches
XXII [ads], 76 pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos. Features: La Ville de Montreal - article with many excellent photos; The Omnipotent Soya Bean - fascinating content and photos from Manchuria; The Royal Mint and its Branches; Fishing for Albacore [off the Nova Scotia coast]; Glorious vintage ads for national Canadian brands. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this marvelous issue. Book
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Cautley, R.W.; Morgan, Theodore; Marcuse, B.
Canadian Geographical Journal, October [Oct.] 1930, Vol. I, No. 6 - The Story of the R-100 Airship
X [ads], 465-554 pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos. Features: Jasper National Park - article which includes five full-page colour reproductions of A.Y. Jackson paintings; Five Million Tourists - Canada's second greatest industry; Asbestos - "Pierre a Coton" - article with dozens of excellent photos of Quebec's mighty asbestos industry; The Story of the R-100 Airship - largest and greatest in the world - article illustrated with many sensational photos; New Books; Glorious vintage ads for national Canadian brands; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this extraordinary Canadian aviation history memento. Book
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Meredith, R. Brian; Cameron, D. Roy; Kindle, E.M.; Radley, B.G.; Hague, Reece
Canadian Geographical Journal, September [Sept.] 1930, Vol. I, No. 5 - Canada's Forest Wealth / Journey to Simla, India
X [ads], 363-464 pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos. Features: Colour reproductions of paintings by F.H. Brigden and Charles W. Simpson; Northern Rivers; Unto the Hills; Green Gold - Canada's wealth of forests, including many photos of 1930s logging techniques/technology; Colonization in Quebec - article with many photos; Roof of the World - a photo-illustrated journey to the fascinating Indian city of Simla, by B.G. Radley; Where B.C. Ends - Stewart B.C. and the Portland Canal - article with many great photos; New Books; Glorious nostalgic Canadian ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
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Fosbery, Ernest; Watson, Robert; Mackay, Douglas; Brookes, Ivy Deakin; Bondurant, Captain D.S.; Woodley, E.C.
Canadian Geographical Journal, August [Aug.], 1930, Vol. 1, No. 4 - Air-mail Pilot's Log of Captain O.S. Bondurant, Captain H.S. Quigley, and Colonel R.H. Mulock / Norway House, Manitoba
x [ads], 277-362 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Several colour reproductions of paintings. Features: Landscape Painting in Canada - with several colour reproductions of works by some of Canada's most famous painters; The Story of Norway House, Manitoba - very informative photo-illustrated article; Some Fresh Glimpses of the St. Lawrence River; Canberra - the Ottawa of Australia; Leaves from an Air-mail Pilot's Log - Captain O.S. Bondurant describes his flying adventures in northern Canada; March of the Ten Thousand Greeks - review of a famous journey of the fifth century, led by Xenophon through the wild regions of Kurdistan and Armenia to the Sea of Trebizond - article with wonderful photos, including historic city panoramas; New books. Faint ink stamp upon front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating issue. Book
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Barbeau, Marius; Grove, Frederick, Philip Grove; Wilde, C. Noel; Stokes, Charles W.
Canadian Geographical Journal, December [Dec.] 1933, Vol. II, No. 6 - British Honduras (Belize)
X [ads], 247-300 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Features: The Tree of Dreams - A Christmas Legend of Notre-Dame de Lorette; The Rockies vs. The Alps - nicely photo-illustrated article; British Honduras (now Belize); The Cornish Riviera; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Some soiling to back cover. Two archival tape repairs to fore-edge of page 277. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
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Batchelor, Dudley, E.; Patterson, Ewen K.; Grant, J. Fergus; et al
Canadian Geographical Journal, February [Feb.] 1937, Vol. XIV, No. 2 - Trans-Canada Airway / Ski-ing [Skiing] In Canada
VI [ads], 55-124 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Features: Ski-ing in Canada; With the Pearlers (Pearl Divers] of Northern Australia; Trans-Canada Airway - article includes informative map showing Canada's public airports, airports with lights, intermediate aerodromes and intermediate landing fields, and photos of land clearing for airports at Salmo, B.C., Kitchener, B.C., Coleman, Alberta, Amesdale, Ontario, and Yahk, B.C.; New Books; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this nice issue. Book
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Curwen, Eliot; Rompkey, Ronald (Editor)
Labrador Odyssey: The Journal and Photographs of Eliot Curwen on the Second Voyage of Wilfred Grenfell, 1893
xxxix, 231 pages. Footnotes and index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "A religious, well-educated Victorian, Eliot Curwen takes us into the heart of the colonial society he encountered. His journal provides insights into its pervasive sectariansim, the tawdry political world of St. John's, the rudimentary conditions aboard the fishing schooners, and the poverty of the Labrador 'livyers,' the permanent white settlers who had intermarried with the Inuit. His candid remarks about Grenfell reveal details about the young missionary and social reformer not found elsewhere." - dust jacket. Faint pencil erasure atop half-title page, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A pleasing copy. Book
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Huble, Al; Sedgwick, J. Kent [Editor]
The Huble Diaries: A Pioneer Homesteader's Daily Record 1909-1919
217 pages. Index. Reprint of the 1989 first edition. Albert James Huble was born at Oak Lake, Ontario in 1872. In 1903 he took up a trapline on a creek which came to bear his name to the northeast of Giscome Portage, British Columbia. Provides excellent insight into the daily lives of settlers in northern B.C. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Ringereide, M.; Ingolfsrud, E.; Berges, R.; Crowfoot, H.L.; Brittain, Peter
Canadian Antiques Collector [Magazine], A Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: September / October [Sept. /Oct.] 1971, Vol. 6, No. 7: Daniel Orth - The Potter of Campden
32 pages. Features: Reconstructing a House; Antique Beds; Ceramic Cats; Daniel Orth - the Potter of Campden; Legacy of Christopher Wren; Keys; Book Guide; interesting contemporary ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Average wear. Address label remnant upon front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Posti, Lauri
On Quantity in Estonian
14 pages. Text in English. Discusses the Estonian language's "very peculiar and complicated system of quantity." - page 1. Reprinted from the Journal de la Societe Finno-ougrienne LIV. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Bischoff, Norma; et al
Shuswap Chronicles 1995 Volume 5 [Five], December [Dec.] 1995
60 pages. Numerous black and white reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Features: Cover portrait of Henry Frederick Bischoff circa. 1930; The Bischoffs Discover the Shuswap; My Bizarre Bush Bedmates; It Wasn't a Black Bear; Big Bang at Magna Bay; Pierre Remond - A Gentle Man; Tribute to Jim and Hattie Brown; Andus Anderson - An Early Settler; The Herrings of Squilax; The Squilax Store; Charles Riley Remembers Thomas Brown Senior; For the Love of the Land; I Remember - The Scow; Arriving at Shuswap Lake; The Wheeler Family; Frank Bagshaw; Journal of Rev. R.E. Grice-Hutchinson, Winter 1922; Billy Henstridge; Bob Bristow Talks to Chase High School Students circa 1977; Bert Austin; Crawfoot Mountain Lookout; Family Noakes; George Ekholm; The McDonald House at Magna Bay; Our First Coyote; Trapping - P.B. (Bert) Austin; Bunny (Theodor) Bischoff; When Mrs. Beguelin was Quiet!; Eleanor Nelson; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this particularly informative issue. Book
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Thompson, Dorothy; Spock, Benjamin; Maisel, Albert Q.; Walker, John; Itria, Helen; et al
Ladies' Home Journal - The Magazine Women Believe In, August [Aug] 1957 - New Hope for Childless Women [Vol. LXXIV, No. 8]
134 pages. Features: Many lovely color-illustrated ads for products and companies such as Palmolive, Cannon, Ivory, Crest, Pepsi; and many more; School Shortage - Must They Be Palaces?; The First Child and his Special Position, by Dr. Benjamin Spock; Full-page color-photo ad for Lux features lovely Cyd Charisse; High School is Worth Working For; Beginner's Luck (story by Paul Somers); Reach for the Sun (story by Charlotte Edwards); New Hope for Childless Women; Peaches in the Bank (story by George Sumner Albee); Outdoor Rooms for Summer Living - color-photo-illustrated article; Captive (story by the Gordons); Aspendale in Delaware; Black is the Fashion - Wear it with Color - color-photo-illustrated fashion article; First Fall Dresses - color photos; No-Will-Power Diet - Dawn Crowell Norman ate six times a day - and dieted 116 pounds away!; Melvin Offie Travioli - While crippled in body he is the happiest man on Wilshire Boulevard; Colour photos ad for Lustre-Creme Shampoo inside back cover features great photo of Jeanne Crain, co-star of The Joker is Wild, wearing elegant white dress; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A tidy vintage copy. Book
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Lepailleur, Francois-Maurice; Greenwood, F. Murray [Translator]
Land of a Thousand Sorrows: The Australian Prison Journal, 1840-1842, of the Exiled Canadien Patriote, François-Maurice Lepailleur
174 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Map. Text in English. "Written secretly at Longbottom prison, Lepailleur's day-to-day journal is a unique document. His daily record comments on beatings, thefts, marital relations, wages and prices. A detailed account is given of corrupt officialdom and police brutality, of the hatred inspired by collaborators and the solace brought by religion and the kindliness of neighbours and clergy. Above all, he conveys the emotional dimensions of the experience and the gradual degeneration of the human spirit." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in mylar. A quality copy. Book
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Divine, A.D.; Hoffman, Margaret Nyren; Scott, Janet Erskine; Squier, Emma-Lindsay; Sutton, Gertrude Macaulay; Cunningham, Louis Arthur; Sandwell, B.K.; Caldwell, Katherine; Tait, C. Wilma; Stevenson, Collier; Wolf, Eva Nagel; Lawrence, Margaret; et al
Canadian Home Journal [Magazine], December 1936, Volume 33, Number 8, Vol. 33, No. 8 - Wonderful Christmas Cover Illustration
Wonderfully illustrated front cover by Rex Woods depicts two medieval musicians performing a Christmas tune. 96 pages. Features: Charming colour ad for Green Giant canned tomatoes inside front cover includes map of Essex County, Ontario, where "the swankiest tomatoes in Canada' are grown; Nice one-page ad for the 1937 Chevrolet; Christmas 1936-2000 - a thoughtful article on the the future of the church and those born in 1936; Gorgeous one-page colour ad for the new 1937 V-8 Ford cars, featuring a maroon sedan; Lucky Keyes - short story by A.D. Divine; Silver Legs - short story by Margaret Nyren Hoffman; Christmas poems; I Was A Stranger - a true Canadian story as told to Janet Erskine Scott; Santa Claus for a Quarter - short story by Emma-Lindsay Squier; The Transit of Venus - short story by Gertrude Macaulay Sutton; Fog Over Fundy - short story by Louis Arthur Cunningham; Marvelous one-page colour-illustrated Campbell's Soup ad features grocer talking to well-heeled lady; Teens and Twenties; Fulfill Wishes - by Eva Nagel Wolf; Nice one-page ad for Jane Seymour Beauty Preparations; Movie reviews of "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "The Gorgeous Hussy", "Craig's Wife", and "Seven Sinners"; A Peek at the Books - Margaret Lawrence reports on the Toronto Book Fair; One-page Carnation Milk ad features photos of the Dionne Quints; Lovely one-page colour ad for Five Roses flour features Christmas baking; Eight delicious-looking recipes by Mona Parr for Christmas puddings and sauces - Rich Plum, Plum, Simple Dark Fruit, Carrot, Fluffy Mocha, Chilled Moulded Plum, Hard Sauce, Brown Sugar Sauce; One-page Libby's baby food ad features photos of the Dionne Quints; Fashion ideas - 'Dresses for Dates'; Delightful page of illustrations to be cut out entitled "Mary Lou and Bobby's Christmas" by Lydia Fraser; and more. A quality copy of this heartwarming depression-era piece of Christmas Canadiana Book
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Blue, Allan G.; Robinson, Douglas H.; Sloan, James J.; Pritchard, J. Raymond; Letzter, George J.; Mandrake, Charles G.; Rust, Kenn C.; Buffington, H. Glenn; Jefferies, Walter M. Jr.; Bulban, Erwin J.
American Aviation Historical Society [A.A.H.S.] Journal, Summer [Second Quarter] 1964, Volume 9, Number 2 - A History of the 491st Bombardment Group (H)
Pages 79-150. Features: Ringmasters - A History of the 401st Bombardment Group (H); Mystery of the Dixmude (French navy rigid airship disaster in December 1923); The Old Rifle Range Airport - A field near Kitty Hawk now all but forgotten; Crusader De-Tails - Part II; Mortality in Army Aviation - from a 1914 War Department document describing in detail the 11 fatal aviation accidents which occurred since the initiation of Army aviation in 1908; Wedell-Williams "We Will Jr." - Wedell-Williams Air Service, Inc. resulted after one-eyed Texas flyer James Wedell met Louisiana lumber baron Harry P. Williams in 1928; Last of the Red-Hot Pilots - Flight Officer Ralph K. Hofer and his action over the English Channel in 1943; Mustangs of the Eighth - The NA-73, later renamed the Mustang I, was ordered by the Royal Air Force while the Battle of Britain reached its climax; Spirit of American Youth - The epic coast-to-coast flight of Richard [Dick] E. James, only 17, of Flushing, NY, in 1930; Waco's Military "Ds" - During 1937-38 the Waco Aircraft Company of Troy, Ohio manufactured and exported a number of Model D biplanes to Latin American countries, the WHD, S2HD, and JHD; Governor's Island Aviation School; Bibliography; Cover photo of a Douglas sleeper transport over Manhattan; and more. Profusely illustrated with informative black and white reproductions of archival photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this extremely informative issue. Book
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Larkins, William T.; Morehouse, Harold E.; Sloan, James J.; Rust, Kenn C.; Shamburger, Page; Blue, Allan G.; Buffington, H. Glenn
American Aviation Historical [A.A.H.S.] Society Journal, Fall [3rd Quarter] 1964, Volume 9, Number 3 - Forest Fire Attack System / Glen Curtiss / First Women's Air Derby
Features: Forest Fire Air Attack System - The California-developed system of massive air drops of chemical fire retardants, popularly identified by the newspapers as "borate bombing" is now in its eighth year of operation; Flight From the Water - Glen Curtiss and his pioneering work in the development of flying from the water (float planes); The 12th Aero Squadron Observation (A.R. 2 & Salmsons) - Part I; The 313th Bombardment Wing; All American Aviation - Dr. Lytle S. Adams and his Tri-State Aviation; Ringmasters - A History of the 491st Bombardment Group (H) (Part II); Grumman Guardians - Developed from the XTB3F-1 (a torpedo bomber with the composite power sources of a reciprocating and jet engine which first flew on 1 December 1945); The First Women's Air Derby - Fascinating coverage of this 1929 race won by Louise Thaden, including group photo of some of the competitors which includes Amelia Earhart, who finished third; Bibliography; and more. Exceptionally well illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-234. Cover illustration of Consolidated PBY-5A Water Scooper unloading over a forest fire. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
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Seely, Victor D.; Morehouse, Harold E.; Rust, Kenn C.; Plehinger, Russell; Weeks, E.D. "Hud"; Bibee, A.J.; Reed, C.
American Aviation Historical [A.A.H.S.] Society Journal, Winter [4th Quarter] 1964, Volume 9, Number 4 - Boeing's Pacesetting 247
Features: Boeing's Pacesetting 247 - A very detailed and profusely illustrated feature article on this historic plane; Flying Pioneers - Chriss J. Peterson and Albert Elton; 9th Air Force in the Desert; Endurance Flying - The Pilots and Planes - Charles Lindbergh, Charles E. Kingsford-Smith, and others; Bleriot Models II to XII; The Long Flying Corsair - The 17 hour 1946 flight of First Lieutenant J.J. Bibee, USMC, in a standard Navy Corsair; Bibliography Section; We Fly the Curtiss Robin - Journal Flight Test Report #1; and more. Exceptionally well illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 239-310. Cover illustration of United Air Lines Boeing 247 transport in hangar. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Bonus: includes separate 8-page Index to Volume 9 (1964) of this publication. Book
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Olmsted, MSgt Merle; Davis, L.W.; Mayer, Charles B.; Howard, Frederic; Cuny, J.; Ezquerro, Felipe E.; Sloan, James J.; Beerens, Ronald
Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society [A.A.H.S.], Spring [1st Quarter] 1965, Volume 10, Number 1 - Langley Field 1917-1945 / Charles Earl Hess
Features: Langley Field 1917-1945; Adventures of an Early Aeronaut - Charles Earl Hess; Mustang Pilot - 352nd Fighter Group - 1st Lt. Harry H. Barnes; Safe Aircraft Competition, 1929; Martin 167 in French Service; Bellanca's History Making Aircraft; The 12th Aero Squadron Observation (A.R.2 & Salmsons) - part 2; Ike, Mike and Pete - The most famous triplets in the history of American air racing, flown by Benjamin O. "Benny" Howard; Photos from the Album of Rear Admiral Aaron Putnam "Put" Storrs; Ageless - The Douglas DC-3; Bibliography; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. 74 pages. Cover features early aerial photo of Langley Field. Unmarked with above-average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
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Gould, Bartlett; Anderson, Carroll R.; casey, Louis S.; Morehouse Harold E.; Bowers, Peter M.; Bolim, Abel L.; Dickey, Fred C. Jr.; True, Ernest L.; Jefferies, Walter M.; Rust, Kenn C.
Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society [A.A.H.S.], Summer [2nd Quarter] 1965, Volume 10, Number 2 - The Burgess Story
Features: W. Starling Burgess - The Burgess Story, Part I - 1910; Mission to Kavieng, New Ireland (New Guinea) - low-level bombing techniques devised by General George C. Kenney; The Curtiss BT-1 Flying Lifeboat; Flying Pioneers - C.R. "Sinnie" Sinclair, Otto W. Brodie, and W. Redmond Cross; Nieuport 28; The Lucky Bastards - Abel L. Dolim of the 396th Bomb Group recounts WWII adventures; U.S. Navy Ship Plane Units; The Friesley Falcon; The Curtiss Shrikes; Bibliography Section; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 79-151. Cover features a 1934 aerial photo of a Curtiss A-12 Shrike, 33-222, over Louisiana. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
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McDowell, Ernest R.; Scheppler, Robert H.; Anderson, Charles E.; Nye, Willis L.; Weeks, E.D. "Hud"; Hines, Calvin W.; Barton, Jim; Freidhoff, James W.; Thrue, Ernest L.; Bergman, Ed; Letzter, George J.
Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society [A.A.H.S.], Fall [3rd Quarter] 1965, Volume 10, Number 3 - The 325th Fighter Group
Features: Checkertails - History of the 325th Fighter Group Part I - August 1942-May 1944; The Martin Clippers; China and Hawaii Clippers; Philippine Clipper; Beachey's Little Looper; Curtiss Reims Racer - On August 28th, 1909, at Reims, France, Glenn Curtiss won the first aeroplane race held in the world; First Aero Squadron in Mexico; Winging to San Antonio - Bill Taylor and Jim Barton ferry a de Havilland DH-4 from California to Texas; The Many Faces of 22-1117; Navy and Marine DH-4 Aircraft; DH-4 And the Air Mail; First New Zealand Flight - Richard Pearse; Waldo Dean Waterman; Days of the Waco Ten; Old Sabres Never Die; Bibliography Section; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-226. Cover features photo of a Republic P-47D-10-RE of the 325th Fighter Group. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
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Gould, Bartlett; Clarkson, John W. Jr.; Hess, William N.; Allen, Richard Sanders; Keller, Charles L.; Besecker, Roger F.; Dolim, Abel L.; Murphy, William B.
Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society [A.A.H.S.], Winter [4th Quarter] 1965, Volume 10, Number 4 - Pacific Internationa Air Races / The Lockheed Sirius / Hickam Field
Features: Pacific International Air Races; The Burgess Co. Story - Part 2 - 1911-1912; Bill Gary and the Hoople - William Pierce Gary; Checkertails - History of the 325th Fighter Group, May 1944-May 1945 (part 2); The Lockheed Sirius; The Hensley Affair - Col William N. Hensley; Reading Air Show; 601st Aircraft Repair Squadron; Beginnings of Hickham Field; Presque Isle Army Air Field, Maine, in WWII; Bibliography Section; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 231-302. Cover features photo of a Lockheed Sirius 8 Special, NR 211 c/n 140 flown across the Pacific and Atlantic by Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
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Bernanos, Georges
Journal d'un curé de campagne
buone condizioni, coperta strappata sul dorso
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MICHELE SERRA
L'ALLEGRO BORGHESE STORIA DELLA BELLE éPOQUE NELLA CARICATURA MONDIALE
CAPPELLI 1965 349 PP. SEGNI DEL TEMPO ALLA SOVRACCOPERTA, PERALTRO UN PO' STANCA AI MARGINI ANGOLARI, BUONE SE NON OTTIME CONDIZIONI GENERALI.
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Sand George
Oeuvres autobiographiques ?? Volume Secondo
In 16 (18x12) Legatura editoriale in pelle, sovracoperta illustrata in b/n e cartone protettivo; pp. 1638; ottimo
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Kangas, Matthew ; Richard Fairbanks
Richard Fairbanks: American Potter
Signed by Dixie Fairbanks, the wife of the potter (who wrote the foreword), in 1993. A bit musty smelling - otherwise like new in black cloth slipcase. 127 pages. 9" w x 11"h. Black and white photos and color plates; Essays by Matthew Kangas, Marianne Aav, Dixie Parker-Fairbanks, and Tapio Yli-Viikari. Selected bibliography, biography, donors.
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Laing, G. Blair
Memoirs of an Art Dealer 2
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards. In Near Fine slipcase which shows very slight edge wear. 214 pages. Tipped-in color plates. A beautiful volume.
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Dingey, P.S.
Machinery Pattern Making
Book is in excellent condition; new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Reprint of a earlier publication, this is not a modern production. Heavily illustrated with quality fine line mechanical drawings. Part of "Lost Technology Series" Contents include: Marking and recording patterns, Printing-press cylinders, How to cast journal boxes on frames, Elbow and tee pipes, Slide valve cylinders, Corliss cylinders, Fly wheels, Spur gears, Worm wheels, etc.
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Dickson, Lovat
The Ante-Room
Book is in excellent condition with light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking except for previous owner's name. 270 pages.
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White, Gilbert; Chatfield, June E.
The Illustrated Natural History of Selborne
Book shows very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have lightly bumped corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Dust jacket shows light wear no tears, price clipped. Published in Colaboration with the Gibert White Museum. This is the redesigned and illustrated edition with additional material of the first publication in 1789. 256 pages with large color prints throughout.
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Creighton, Margaret S.
Dogwatch and Liberty Days: Seafaring Life in the Nineteenth Century
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8"w x 10"h. 88 pages. Light wear to cover.
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Tozzi, Federigo; Elio Vittorini, Domenico Rea; Mario Tobino; Carlo Casola; Italo Calvino; William Arrowsmith (ed.)
Six Modern Italian Novellas
Book has a tiny chip lower front cover, a tiny bit of edge wear, creaseless spine, otherwise a very clean copy. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind on age-toned paper. This is a collector's item; binding glue is over 50 years old and is likely fragile. Publisher's page marked "1st printing" m, yr. Includes "Journal of a Clerk" by Federigo Tozzi, "La Garibaldina" by Eric Vittorini, "What Cummeo Saw" by Domenico Rea, "Oscar Pilli" by Mario Tobino, "The Cutting of the Woods" by Carlo Cassola, and "A Plunge into Real Estate" by Italo Calvino.
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Audubon, John James
The 1826 Journal of John James Audubon
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full white cloth boards. Slight edge wear to cover. 448 pages.
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Pistil Prose: The All "Retail Hell" Issue
Re-printed on the 25th anniversary of Pistil Books, this zine was originally published in 2001. True stories of angst-ridden madness and euphoria from behind the counter of a small bookstore. Staple-bound, 24 pages. 5 1/4"w x 8 1/2"h.
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Chase, Mary Ellen
Recipe for a Magic Childhood
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 4"w x 6"h. 24 pages. Originally appeared as an article published in Ladies' Home Journal in 1951. Privately printed for the friends of the author and of The Macmillan Co. as a Christmas greeting.
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Sarton, May
As We Are Now
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to dust jacket. 134 pages.
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Sarton, May
The Poet and the Donkey
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to dust jacket. 134 pages.
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Hubben, William
DOSTOEVSKY, KIERKEGAARD, NIETZSCHE AND KAFKA: Four Prophets of Out Destiny
Book is in excellent condition, with very light shelf wear to covers only, page ends have a small mark. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 188 pages. The glue in this perfect bound book is over 50 years old and is likely fragile..
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YAVUZ BAHADIROGLU.
Osmanli'da derin devlet ve II. Abdülhamit.
New English Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 248 p. Osmanli'da derin devlet ve 2. Abdülhamit. OTTOMANIA Sultan Ottoman history II. Abdülhamid Union and Progress Party (Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti) 2. Constitution Secret services.
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ISMAIL OKDAY (ISMAIL HAKKI TEVFIK).
Adapazari gazeteleri.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 14, [1] p., b/w ills. A most important study on newspapers printed in Adapazari City in the period of the Ottoman Empire and Early Republican Turkey. Extremely rare. Adapazari gazeteleri.
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