‎Aviation‎

‎[AVIATION -- AIR RACES]. [GIRDLER, Tom M (Chairman Exec Comm)].‎

‎“A world on wings:†National Aircraft Show Cleveland Public Auditorium January 11-23 1946. The official publication. . . .‎

‎Cleveland OH: National Aircraft Show National Air Races of Cleveland 1946. 4to. 60 pp. Numerous photos illustrations text illustrations maps diagrams. Red white & blue colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of globe front cover ads for Tinnerman Sohio Esso aviation fuel and Thompson Steel which produced the engine for the US Air Force jet Shooting Star minor shelfwear slight dustsoiling very minor creasing to couple corners still a VG bright cover from collection of T.C. Weaver. First edition of this very scarce program for the famed National Aircraft Show and Air Races which was the first held since 1939 interrupted by the War and along with the Los Angeles races reflected a changed environment. There was a jet propelled division and a much larger scale military involvement 90 different pilots entered their modified surplus planes and competition was fierce. Over 180000 spectators paid to see Tex Johnson 32-year-old test pilot win the propeller division at a speed of 373.908. Of particular interest were the display of captured German V-1 and V-2 rockets and newly developed American radio-controlled bombs. No copies in Worldcat. National Aircraft Show, [National Air Races of Cleveland], paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 62061

‎[AVIATION, RIVALRY, AND NATIONAL ASPIRATION IN 1930S JAPAN].‎

‎亜欧記録飛行記念灰皿とニッポン号新聞号外. Toa kiroku hiko kinen haizawa to Nippon-go shinbun gogai. Commemorative Ash Tray on the Intercontinental Flight from Asia to Europe WITH An Extra Edition on the Nippon's Around the World Flight.‎

‎東京. Tokyo.: 大阪毎日新聞社. Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha. 1937 -1939. Porcelain ash tray illustrated with a colour map 12 x 13cm with accompanying folded newpaper sheet map black and white photographic illustrations 4pp. 54.5 x 39cm A striking pair of items reflecting Japan’s aviation ambitions on the eve of the Pacific War. <br> <br>By the late 1930s Japan had developed advanced aircraft capable of long-distance flight achievements that were widely celebrated and closely followed by the press. The globe-shaped ashtray commemorates the highly publicised 1937 Tokyo–London flight of the modified military aircraft Kamikaze sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The flight captured the public imagination and was reported as a major national success. <br> <br>The ashtray is attractively decorated with an image of the aircraft together with its route from Japan to Britain and the precisely recorded flying time of 94 hours 17 minutes and 56 seconds. <br> <br>In response the rival Mainichi Shimbun sponsored an even more ambitious venture: a round-the-world flight by the aircraft Nippon. The accompanying four-page newspaper supplement promotes the undertaking with photographic illustrations including a dramatic front-page image of the aircraft flying over Mount Fuji and a detailed projected route map. Period advertisements featuring Western military aircraft add further visual and historical interest. <br> <br>Thenewspaper conveys a clear sense of competitive ambition expressing the hope that this flight would surpass earlier records. With a crew of seven Nippon completed its journey in approximately two months. However the outbreak of World War II in Europe shortly after departure forced the cancellation of planned stops in London and Paris although Berlin and Rome were successfully visited. <br> <br>Together these pieces offer a vivid insight into the intersection of aviation media rivalry and national aspiration in late 1930s Japan. . [大阪毎日新聞社]. [Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha]. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 219986

‎[Aviation]. NOTT, Harry Carew‎

‎'Trip to Melbourne May 1929' cover title of an album of photographs‎

‎Adelaide: Harry Carew Nott 1929. Fine. Adelaide Harry Carew Nott 1929. A commercial photograph album oblong quarto 230 × 318 mm comprising 4 card leaves cord-bound in overlapping card covers with 21 gelatin silver photographs 84 × 136 mm or the reverse loosely attached with photocorners on both sides of the leaves and the inside surface of the covers; all photographs are captioned in white ink on the mount. Cord-bound commercial album stamped in blind 'Portraiture'; covers slightly marked and a little worn at the corners; the contents are in fine condition the last photograph is creased and cracked at one corner. A lengthy article related to this event appeared in 'The Advertiser' Thursday 23 May 1929: 'The Victorian section of the Australian Aero Club will conduct an aerial pageant at the Essendon Aerodrome near Melbourne on Saturday afternoon. The programme of events includes the Aerial Derby for which over 20 machines have been entered. Of these about eight will represent New South Wales and eight Victoria. South Australia will also have a strong representation. <p>Seven planes will leave the Parafield Aerodrome for Melbourne this morning at 9.30 if the weather permits. The following planes will comprise the formation: D.H. 60 Gipsy Moth G-AUIB D.H. Moth V-HUAM D.H. Moth V-EUAR D.H. Gipsy Moth G-AUIV D.H. Gipsy Moth G-AUKO Avro Avian G-AUSY and probably the De Havilland "Old Gold" passenger machine. The first three are Aero Club planes and the others are privately owned. <p>Flying-Officer J.A. Mollison Aero Club instructor will be leader of the formation and Mr. C.A. Hewitt will be deputy-leader. Others making the flight to Melbourne are Messrs. N. Birks J.A. Jukes A.H. Wilkins E.B. Lawson P. Knapman F. Wellington S. Hamilton L. Wood J. Churchill Smith secretary of Aero Club and Dr. H.C. Nott. The flight to Essendon will be made via Nhill Victoria. Friday will be spent by the airmen in tuning up engines for the races on the following day'. <p>The first eight photographs were taken at Parafield Aerodrome in outer-suburban Adelaide with portraits of Nott and Wood identified. These are followed by two at Nhill Aerodrome 'Mollison refuelling' and 'Lawson'; two at Ararat Aerodrome 'on Racecourse'; and eight taken at Rockbank 28 kms west of Melbourne. These are captioned 'Mollison taking off in "1B"'; 'Hewitt'; 'Nott in "A5"'; Lawson Mollison Hewitt & Wellington éxamining "A17"'; 'Hewitt Mollison Lawson & Wellington'; 'Nott Mollison Lawson & Wellington'; and 'Mollison Lawson & Hewitt'. <p>The last one taken from the air is captioned 'Crashed Aero at Nhill'. The Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre website records that on 23 May 1929 'J.A. Mollison arrived from Adelaide with 6 aircraft. One crash-landed at old Dimboola road aerodrome instead of landing at New site at Halpin Park'. The pilot was possibly Lin Wood. Harry Carew Nott unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 142560

‎[AVIATION] [GLENN CURTISS] [AERIAL EXPERIMENT ASSOCIATION]‎

‎A Collection of sixty-eight original photographs depicting early aviation Glenn Curtiss Alexander Graham Bell and the Aerial Experiment Association. Numbered in pencil on verso and nearly all with typed detailed captions on slips. These photographs aappear to be contact prints from negatives of newsworthy achievements in aviation and intended for publication. With: a typed letter signed on Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corporation letterhead from the Education and Sales Promotion Manager enclosing "two photographs of aviation pioneer Katherine Stinson and her Curtiss machine" 1919 which appear not to be present in this collection.‎

‎Hammondsport New York and Newport News Virginia 1915-1917. The captions were formerly attached to the photographs with paperclips with some crimping to the photographs and captions. Some marginal damage to a couple of the photographs; images unaffected and quite interesting. . Various sizes; 14 measure 8 / 10 inches; 54 are 4 x 6 inches. . Many of the captions are quite informative if a bit illiterate for example: "Capt. Baldwin in the first Derigable sic were built for the U.S. Gov. Capt. Baldwin built his machine and was accepted by U.S. Gov. on all trials. Capt. Baldwin--inventor of a Parachute and first man to ever jump. built at Hammondsport." In addition to the the 68 photographs that clearly belong to a single archive there are two additional 8 x 10" Curtiss photographs and 15 additional smaller early aviation photographs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 79430

‎[Aviation] [Western Front]‎

‎A collection of ten aerial photographs taken during the First World War‎

‎Very Good. All are gelatin silver prints on thick stock; eight are oblique photographs 207 × 154 mm; two are vertical views approximately 165 × 220 mm; the larger ones are slightly creased at the corners one of them a little more so; the others are in excellent condition. All images are captioned in the negative. All eight oblique views carry the same date 25 June 1918 preceded by 'A3 AEO 62°' ranges from 110 to 121. Place names on them are Hamel Hamel Wood Somme Accroche Wood Tailloux Wood and Vaire Wood. The vertical images are dated 3 May and 27 June 1918 and carry a larger set of alpha-numeric references commencing 'A3 AE A 715' and '35 AE B 929' respectively. All ten prints have the signature 'Capt Sexton' in indelible pencil on the verso. Digitised service records indicate the signature is that of Eric James Sexton of the Adelaide suburb of Hindmarsh; he enlisted on 14 August 1914 shortly before his 21st birthday and was appointed to the 10th Battalion with the rank of lieutenant. He was wounded at the landing at Gallipoli promoted to captain the following day and later invalided back to Australia disembarking on 6 August 1915. By January 1916 he was declared fit again for active service and re-embarked in April for England where he performed various training roles. On 14 February 1917 he transferred to the Australian Machine Gun Training Depot with the rank of major. He embarked for Australia on 12 March 1918 arriving in Melbourne on 22 May 1918. Accordingly Sexton did not serve in France and was a major not a captain by the time these photographs were produced. We cannot explain the anomalies but will let the photographs speak for themselves. Significantly they show the area where the important Battle of Hamel was fought on 4 July 1918. <p>'Hamel was a big battle in miniature involving the experimentation of tanks and small ammunition drops as part of a broader all-arms offensive. While a coordinated offensive was not a new approach to warfare Hamel represented the culmination of three years of learning and innovation on the Western Front testing an all-inclusive approach to mobile warfare. The flawless execution of the operation resulted in Hamel becoming a model for future operations on the Western Front. In his account of the event Monash famously wrote that "the perfected modern battle plan is like nothing so much as a score for an orchestral composition where the various arms and units are the instruments and the tasks they perform are their respective musical phrases' Ellen Cresswell: 'The Experiment - Innovations at the Battle of Hamel' Australian War Memorial website. 10 items. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 118696

‎[Aviation]‎

‎A striking sepia-toned photograph of a Bristol F.2B biplane piloted by pioneering Australian aviator Captain Harry Butler while on an anti-submarine patrol off the coast of Scotland in late 1917 or 1918. At the time Butler was fighting-instructor at the Royal Flying Corps School of Aerial Gunnery and Fighting at Turnberry now a Trump golf resort‎

‎Fine. The sepia-toned print image size 232 × 289 mm is behind glass in its original timber frame 425 × 475 mm; the window mat is wood-grained possibly cut from a veneer sheet. Remnants of the contemporary Adelaide framer's label 'Dimond Bros' are on the verso along with the pencilled details of the job. Small scratch to the bottom portion of the image; one tiny spot; otherwise in fine condition. The framer's pencilled notes indicate that the original client's name was Butler almost certainly Harry Butler himself during his brief years in Adelaide between the war and his early death in 1924. An article from the Adelaide 'Advertiser' for Tuesday 21 May 1946 records Butler's own description of this scene in a pencilled note dated 2 February 1918 uncovered on the verso of another example of this photograph. 'It was taken by our school photographer as I was on a Bristol Fighter about sunset to do a submarine patrol. You notice the Christmas card-looking island in the distance. That is known as Ailsa Craige in fact Ailsa Craig and is about halfway between here and Belfast'. <p>'Harry Butler 1889-1924 showed his enthusiasm and aptitude for mechanics by building models of primitive aircraft while still at school in Koolywurtie; he later accorded farm-work a lower priority than collaboration with a neighbour and lifelong mentor S.C. Crawford in building and flying one of Australia's early aeroplanes. Among the February 1915 candidates Butler alone gained entrance as an aeromechanic to the Australian Flying School at Point Cook Victoria. Commissioned three weeks after joining the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 he became fighting-instructor at Turnberry Scotland in 1917 and chief fighting-instructor at No. 2 Yorkshire School of Aerial Fighting in 1918. He alternated teaching with studying German aerial combat tactics over France and he received the Air Force Cross in 1918' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. <p>Our thanks to Mr Les Parsons for providing us with many important details regarding this image. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 107816

‎[Aviation] [Australian Flying Corps]‎

‎A vintage photograph captioned in the negative 'ARS. AFC Stroud 27/4/18' and 'Photo Comley' featuring a team of rugby players wearing ARS-branded jerseys with Australian servicemen in uniform behind them‎

‎An unmounted sepia-toned gelatin silver print 149 × 199 mm; in fine condition We suggest the eighteen members of the squad come from the Aeroplane Repair Section of the Australian Flying Corps based at Leighterton. We purchased this photograph with a small group of aerial photographs of Leighterton Aerodrome about which the Australian War Memorial has this to say: 'By 1917 the Australian Flying Corps AFC consisted of four operational squadrons which outstripped the ability of the Army's Central Flying School at Point Cook to supply sufficient trained airmen. It was decided therefore to establish training squadrons within the AFC. Four such squadrons were subsequently established in the United Kingdom during 1917. 8 Squadron AFC was formed at Wendover on 24 October 1917. It was originally identified as 33 Australian Training Squadron Royal Flying Corps but was renamed along with all of the Australian squadrons in January 1918. The squadron relocated to Cirencester on 9 January 1918 and thence to Leighterton where it remained until disbanded in April 1919. The squadron's principal role was to prepare personnel for service with what was at first 71 Australian Squadron RFC and subsequently 4 Squadron AFC which was operating with British forces over the Western Front' AWM website. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 118803

‎[AVIATION] LOBECK, AK A K‎

‎Airways of America. Guidebook No. 1: The United Air Lines. A Geological and Geographical Description of the Route from New York to Chicago and San Francisco‎

‎New York: The Geograhpical Press / Columbia University 1933. First Edition. Octavo. Brown simulated leather over boards hardcover; 207pp; illus; map endpapers; large folding map in rear pocket as issued. Private or non-circulating library copy with neat white ink shelf-number at base of spine and ink annotation to rear endpaper no institutional markings. Light external wear but still a sound Very Good copy.<br /> <br /> A fascinating work dating from the earliest years of American commercial aviation utilizing aerial photography to identify prominent geological and geographical features visible to the trans-continental air traveller. The book's sub-title suggests that this was the first of a planned series of related studies but we find no evidence that further works were published. The Geograhpical Press / Columbia University unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 88120

‎[Aviation]. VINCENT, David‎

‎Catalina Chronicle. A History of RAAF Operations‎

‎Adelaide: The Author 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide The Author 1978 first edition. Quarto 127 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs plus endpaper maps. Pictorial papered boards slightly bumped and rubbed at the extremities with a tiny split at the foot of the spine; an excellent copy. Number 597 of 1000 copies; this copy is inscribed dated December 1978 and signed by the author. The Author hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 133542

‎[Aviation] Forman, Harrison‎

‎Do You Want to Fly‎

‎Shanghai: The Comacrib Press 1933. First edition. 8vo xii 448 4pp. Copiously illustrated with half-tone photographs sketches and diagrams by Forman. Publisher's pebbled cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering sprayed page edges in illustrated jacket. Spine mottled and faded else very good in jacket which is lacking about 2/3 of the rear panel. <br /> <br /> First book from the American aviator journalist and war correspondent Harrison Forman 1904-1978.  The book is quite detailed and somewhat technical in its language though in his preface Forman states:<br /> <br /> "It is not the purpose of the author to attempt a technical and exhaustive survey of the field of aviation in the confining limits of the following few chapters.  They are designed rather to direct a special appeal to the layman in the aviation world."<br /> <br /> <br /> The text largely centers around Forman's early explorations in China where he sold aircraft to the government and trained pilots.  A fascinating and scarce book on aviation with an interesting Shanghai imprint.  <br /> <br /> <br /> . The Comacrib Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 6544

‎[AVIATION] BELLONTE, Maurice; [COSTES, Dieudonne] [WEISS, Rene]‎

‎La Premiére Traversée Aérienne Paris-New York par Costes et Bellonte The First Aerial Crossing from Paris-New York By Costes and Bellonte‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1931. First Edition. Small folio. 34cm. Later heavy grain oatmeal cloth with black leather title label to spine. 258pp.; 1. Clean and strong minor bumping to spine ends; internally clean and fresh illustrated throughout with photographs color images and charts all with captioned tissue guards. A near fine copy.<br /> <br /> <br /> From the library of Nathaniel Tarn noted poet translator and anthropologist bearing his bookplate to the front pastedown. A lavish and justifiably celebratory account of the first aerial crossing from Paris to New York performed in 1930 as the second traversal attempt by Costes and Bellonte with the first having to be abandoned in 1929 due to bad weather. The duo successfully made the crossing of 3850 miles in 37 hours and 18 minutes to international fanfare in their Breguet 19 Super Bidon named "Point D'Interrogation" or "Question Mark". Bellonte's rather lush and impressive account is quite scarce in trade and considering the importance of Costes and Bellonte's singular achievement seems sparse in institiutional holdings. Imprimerie Nationale unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 85868

‎[AVIATION]. WRIGHT, Wilbur & Orville KELLY, Fred C (Ed)‎

‎Miracle at Kitty Hawk: the letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright. . . .‎

‎New York: Farrar Straus & Young 1951. 8vo. ix 1 482 pp. Frontisp. map numerous photo plates. Black boards blue lettering minor dustsoiling shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art by Herbshman minor dustsoiling shelfwear price-clipped VG/VG copy. Second printing of this excellent collection of previously unpublished letters of the Wright brothers offering an essential first-hand account of the invention of the airplane and the history of aviation. Farrar, Straus & Young, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 60582

‎[Aviation]‎

‎ORMER LOCKLEAR ARCHIVE‎

‎An archive of research and writing materials gathered for a biography of Ormer Locklear the daredevil aerial stuntman who was the first to change planes mid-air and died while filming the silent movie The Skywayman 1920. It took more than a decade for author Art Ronnie to research Locklear’s life and find a publisher for his book Locklear: The Man Who Walked on Wings 1973.<br /> <br /> Born in Greenville Texas Locklear 1891–1920 became fascinated with flying when aviation pioneer Calbraith Perry Rodgers landed in a Fort Worth field to unclog a fuel line. With his brothers Locklear built gliders and later learned to fly after joining the U.S. Army Air Force in 1917 eventually becoming a flight instructor. He left the Army in 1919 and with two colleagues joined show promoter and manager William Pickens to form an aerial circus before he was recruited for the silver screen. In his personal life Locklear married Ruby Graves in 1915 but they separated in 1919 and thereafter she refused to grant him a divorce. After moving to Hollywood he became involved with silent screen actress Viola Dana who was at the airfield the night of the accident and witnessed his death. One of the key items in this archive is a scarce original poster for Locklear’s first feature film The Great Air Robbery Universal 1919. After watching one of Locklear’s aerial circus shows Carl Laemmle signed Locklear to a series of motion pictures. In this movie Locklear played Larry Cassidy a pilot for the U.S. Air Mail Service who defends a shipment of $20000 in gold from the villainous clutches of the evil Chester Van Arland Ray Ripley. The film made use of all the stunts that had made Locklear a household name as a barnstormer. The picture was a hit and Locklear was well on his way to a fabulous career on the silver screen. The stone lithographic posters measures 27†x 41†and features a portrait of the daring aviator. It is archivally framed with an acid-free mount and UV plexiglass. This film and The Skywayman are both considered “lost films†as no known prints exists in archives.<br /> <br /> This archive also includes more than 300 hundred negatives and photographs of Locklear’s short life and career that were collected by Art Ronnie from Locklear family members newspapers movie studios and historical societies. Included among them is a framed 8†x 10†black-and-white photograph that is signed by Locklear who is wearing his military uniform. A second framed photograph from his Hollywood days includes a signature framed below the photo. Neither of these images have been inspected outside the frame. Ronnie was a meticulous record keeper. This archive includes copies of letters the author wrote to Locklearfamily members friends film studios libraries and historical societies. It includes two expandable folders containing copies of the more than 300 letters Ronnie wrote researching the book with the recipients’ responses attached. He began his research in 1961 while working at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner using the newspaper’s stationary with the intention of writing a magazine piece on spec.<br /> <br /> After the initial article was published he decided to pursue a book and many of his later letters reflect the struggle to find a publisher. By 1962 he is using Twentieth Century Fox Television letterhead after having switched careers to be a publicist with the network. Among the early letters Ronnie wrote is one to Locklear’s sister Anita Mae Locklear who still lived in the family’s hometown of Fort Worth Texas. “Would you please write down anything you recall about Ormer – his personality his motorcycling and racing days any amusing anecdotes his first desires to fly his decision to come to Hollywood and his funeral which I understand was one of the largest ever held in Fort Worth.†In her return letter Anita shared a few facts: “He was flying with Pickens Flying Circus when the studio was interested and signed him up for the pictures.†Ronnie appeared to have the most success and the longest running correspondence with Locklear’s brother James who became the point person for the family. The two men corresponded excitedly after uncovering a copy of the Barron Field Review which contained a photo feature of “Locklear’s Class in Aerial Calisthenics.â€<br /> <br /> Ronnie tracked down one of Locklear’s fellow aviators who recalled in a letter that Locklear was fearless and often got in trouble for aerial antics: “He liked stunts and thrills and experimented with crawling all over the plane which finally gave him the idea that he could change planes in the air.†Among the letters is a typed signed reply from the actress Mary Pickford who provides Ronnie with a contact to Charlie Chaplin and notes that her brother Jack and Ormer were good friends: “On the night that Locklear was killed my brother was scheduled to go up with him but mother had prepared Jack’s favorite dinner and as luck would have it the dinner was late.†Ronnie also chased down leads that didn’t pan out. He corresponded in 1961 with movie producer Robert Youngson about a rumor that Locklear was one of the stunt pilots involved in the unplanned mid-air collision of two planes during the filming of the Harry Houdini movie The Grim Game. “My own guess is that the stuntman on that wing could not possibly have escaped and must have been killed†Youngson wrote. The publicity machine around the 1919 film claimed Houdini was involved and escaped the crash but Ronnie’s research uncovered the fact that Houdini was nowhere near the planes. Miraculously his stunt double survived the crash with just a few cuts and bruises.<br /> <br /> After working on the project for more than a decade Ronnie landed A.S. Barnes as a publisher. One of the folders in this archive contains dozens of rejection letters he received from publishers between 1962 and 1971 when he signed his publishing deal. For the first several years he was represented by literary agent Carolyn Willyoung Stagg of Lester Lewis Associates. After receiving feedback from Holt she wrote the following in January 1962 to Ronnie: “Are you at all interested in doing a couple of consecutive chapters which will be less ‘journalistic and slap-dashed style’ and will get down the essential motivation and characterization which made Locklear a colorful figure†In 1969 Barnes rejected Ronnie’s manuscript but decided to move forward with it in 1971. He was paid a $250 royalty advance. Once the book went to press Ronnie pushed the publisher about its promotion and sales strategies taking on much of the public relations campaign himself calling in favors and urging those he knew in the media to mention his book. He seemed less impressed with Barnes’ sales efforts writing to Julien Yoseloff of Barnes in October 1973: “When a book has received the publicity Locklear has I believe it behooves the publisher to let the booksellers know about it…I believe the publicity Locklear has received in very unusual. In addition to reviews more than 800 newspapers have mentioned it and excerpts have appeared in eight magazines.†Ronnie’s personal copy of the book is included with the archive. It contains his bookplate and is inscribed by Viola Dana and her sister Shirley Mason also an actress from the silent film era. This copy is also signed by Jimmy Doolittle who provided Ronnie with an opening quote for the book.<br /> <br /> The materials including several typescript versions of the book in this collection are stored in three banker boxes and all the materials are in very good condition. This archive provides a complete record of an important early aviator who transitioned into movie making. In addition it is an important writers archive demonstrating how original research is developed and the evolution of a book as well as its printing and promotion. Please inquire for a complete inventory of this archive. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 74692

‎[AVIATION]. GRAHAME-WHITE, Claude‎

‎The Aeroplane: Past Present and Future‎

‎Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott Company 1911. First American edition from English sheets. Thick 8vo. Illustrated with 93 b/w halftone illustrations. Original gilt stamped red cloth spine faded. Very good. 319 pages. No dust jacket. No foxing. Printed at The Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Press. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1911. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 305642

‎[Aviation]‎

‎The National Geographic Magazine. Volume 53 January to June 1928 and Volume 54 July to December 1928 12 separate issues‎

‎Washington: National Geographic Society 1928. First Edition. Paperback. Washington National Geographic Society 1928. Quarto two volumes 742 and 766 pages with hundreds of illustrations almost all from photographs some in colour; and more than a few from the air plus 3 folding colour plates after artwork by N.C. Wyeth in an end-band. Original publisher's post-binders heavily blind-embossed and gilt-decorated brown cloth a little rubbed at the extremities; each volume contains six issues bound in without the original wrappers; the contents of Volume 54 are inserted upside down a mistake easily rectified; edges lightly foxed; mild signs of handling; an excellent pair. These twelve issues contain a number of important lengthy articles by or about famous early aviators: Lindbergh two Cobham de Pinedo and Kingsford-Smith and Ulm. The main article in the December issue 'Renascent Germany' pages 639-717 makes very interesting reading. National Geographic Society paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 107548

‎[Aviation] [Western Front]‎

‎Three aerial photographs of the small village of Champneuville near Verdun taken in July and August 1917‎

‎The vintage gelatin silver photographs are in excellent condition; two are 130 × 180 mm taken on 22 July; one is 180 × 240 mm taken on 14 August. The large one is a slightly raking view of the village taken from a height of 400 metres; the substantial shell damage to virtually every building is clearly evident. The two smaller photographs are taken from a higher altitude and the extensive networks of trenches and numerous shell craters are the stand-out features. <p>From late June 1916 to early October 1916 Champneuville and other villages in the surrounding area were the scene of attacks and counter-attacks between the German and French forces. In late August 1916 the French recaptured Champneuville during the Second Offensive Battle of Verdun. We have several other aerial views of the Western Front for sale; enquiries welcome. 3 items. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 115168

‎[AVIATION]. GRACE, Dick‎

‎Visibility unlimited. Decorations by Avery F. Johnson.‎

‎New York: Longmans Green and Co. 1950. 8vo. 6 276 pp. Photo frontisp. Art Deco text illustrations. Orange publisher’s black illustration & lettering colour-illustrated endpapers of B-17 bombers slight shelfwear w/ d.j. vivid wraparound cover art minor shelfwear couple very minor closed tears 1 w/ tape repair still a NF/G copy inscribed by the author on verso of the frontispiece dated March 24 1950. First edition stated of this famed memoir by a Hollywood stunt pilot who carried out the hair-raising crashes in Wings Air Squadron Sky High Hell’s Angels and Dawn Patrol. Grace 1898-1965 also served in both World Wars finishing as a bomber pilot in B-17s with the 486th Bombardment Group. Later published in the UK as “Crash Pilot†1956. Longmans, Green and Co., unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 63948

‎[AVIATION]. SAINT EXUPERY, Antoine de‎

‎Wind sand and stars. Translated from the French by Lewis Galantiere. Decorations by John O’Hara Cosgrave II.‎

‎New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1939. 8vo. 306 pp. Illustrated double-page title numerous text illustrations illustrated endpapers. Half-black over blue decorated publisher’s cloth minor edgewear slight rubbing w/ d.j. cover art by John O’Hara Cosgrave II minor edgewear creasing old scotch tape repair at upper corner to closed tear still VG/G copy. First B.C. edition unpriced both advertised books on back panel and rear flap priced no blindstamped slug on rear corner of this aviation classic and lyrical memoir of the author’s experiences as a pilot during wartime and surviving a crash in the Libyan desert while flying mail. Saint-Exupery 1900-1944 was a pioneering French aviator who flew both in the Spanish Civil War and World War II and is perhaps best remembered for his timeless classic The Little Prince. Reynal & Hitchcock, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 63654

‎[AVIATION]. FRANKLIN, Paul J[ames].‎

‎Wonderful souvenir album chronicling the aircraft stunt flying and automobiles of a Salem Oregon flight instructor for Ryan Flying School with several aerial shots of air shows and airports.‎

‎Salem OR: Paul J. Franklin Commercial Pilot Photographer 1937. Oblong 4to. 10.25 x 7 in. 24 pp unpaginated. With 15 original silver gelatin photographs sized from 2.5 x 3.5 in. all neatly mounted w/ tan paper corners 1 printed business card for Franklin mounted on front pastedown w/ corners. Simulated burgundy-coloured crocodile post-binder boards gilt lettering stamped on front c over punch-sewn at gutter margin w/ brown silk braid NF exemplar w/ all photos having nice contrast. A fascinating souvenir album chronicling the career of a young aviator test pilot and aerial photographer during the Great Depression while working as an instructor for the T.C. Ryan Flying School in Salem & Albany Oregon. The photos depict Franklin seated in the cockpit of a race plane; aerial view of the Salem Airport and other airports; image of a 1935 Waco YPF-6 Biplane crashed onto its belly with pontoons laying behind; trick flying including inverted shots and smoke writing a ‘76†for Union 76 Gasoline. Along with an interior and exterior shot of a stylish streamlined Art Deco 1937 DeSoto the album concludes with a shot of Watsonville Airport in Santa Cruz CA with a Travel Air E-4000 biplane at the hangar entrance owned by D.M. Harwick with dirigible flying above the field. Franklin 1912-1957 was the son of longtime Salem dry cleaner owner Orie F. Franklin 1882-1960 and after Ryan Flying School became a C.A.A. flying instructor in Albany Oregon enlisted and served in the Navy during World War II recovered from a bout of malaria and following the War moved to California where he became a test pilot for North American Aviation jet aircraft until 1955. He subsequently became a Hollywood Stunt pilot working with Paul Mantz and is perhaps best remembered as having restored with his friend Coffin one of three Ryan B-1 aircraft substituted as Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis and also doubled along with Mantz for James Stewart for some shots in the filming of the 1957 movie “The Spirit of St. Louis.†Tragically he was subsequently killed after filming in an automobile accident along Pacific Highway. Paul J. Franklin, Commercial Pilot, Photographer, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 64225

‎[Batailles]‎

‎BATAILLES - N° 96 - Mars-mai 2022‎

‎Revue de 82 pages, format 210 x 295 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état‎

‎Revue de l'histoire militaire du XXe siècle. Au sommaire : Les chars russes au Dombass (septembre 1943) ; 1940, 3000 avions américains pour l'Armée de l'air française ? ; La RAAF pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, etc.‎

Bookseller reference : LFA-126713282

‎[BANDE DESSINEE, COCKPIT COLLECTION, AVIATION, HISTOIRE] - PINARD (Philippe), DAUGER (Olivier) -‎

‎Ciel en ruine.‎

‎S.l., Paquet, 2007 ; in-4, 47 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Deuxieme edition.‎

‎Deuxieme edition.‎

Bookseller reference : 201505543

‎[BANDE DESSINEE] - CHARLIER - HUBINON‎

‎Les aventures de Buck Danny. Un avion n'est pas rentré.‎

‎Marcinelle-Charleroi, Dupuis, 1980; in-4, 48 pp., broché. Très bon état.‎

‎[BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION]‎

‎Instruction Book for Model TA-2J-24 Aircraft Transmitting Equipment‎

‎Baltimore: Bendix Aviation Corporation 1941. Quarto original printed wrappers 26 pages and 31 technical diagrams some folding. A well preserved copy. The Model TA-2J-24 Aircraft Transmitting Equipment is designed to provide reliable long range CW MCW or radio telephone communication between aircraft and ground stations or other aircraft while in actual flight. Complete remote control of the eight available frequency channels is provided over two ranges from 300 to 600 Kcs and from 2900 to 15000 Kcs. Bendix Aviation Corporation unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4370

‎[BIOGRAPHIE] - CATE (Curtis) -‎

‎Antoine de saint-exupery laboureur du ciel.‎

‎Paris, Jules tallandier le cercle du nouveau livre , 1973 ; in-8, 562 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur.‎

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Bookseller reference : 202202419

‎[Bibliothèque de Travail] Louis LEFEBVRE et Jean-Pierre LEMAIRE‎

‎BIBLIOTHEQUE de TRAVAIL n° 84‎

‎Une revue de 24 pages, format 150 x 230 mm, illustrée, brochée, publiée en 1949, bon état‎

‎Dossier : Comment volent les avions‎

Bookseller reference : LFA-126724486