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(Aviation Periodical)
WARPLANES OF THE WORLD. No. 3.
NY: Dell Publishing May-July 1944. Pages 98 pp.4to. Wraps. Illustrated. Spine frayed. Minor wear and cover soil. A bit musty. NY: Dell Publishing May-July 1944. paperback
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(Aviation)
6 Volumes
Various editions and publishers 1977-2003. In total approx 1200 S. with illustrations different bindings partly quart some slight signs of wear/one volume with dedication on flyleaf. - good condition / contains: West with the night; Beryl Markham / Focke-Wulf Fw 190; Malcom V Lowe Production Line to Frontline 5; Series Editor: Tony Holmes / The Story of Flight. Early flying machines ballons blimps gliders warplanes and jets Scholastic Voyages of Discovery Science and Technology / Thunder in the Heavens. Classic American Aircraft of World War II; Editor: Christopher Westhorp / Airlines; Robert Wall / The International Encyclopedia of Aviation; General Editor: David Mondey / Text english - unknown
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A JET TEST PILOT
Washington 1957 1954 Second Printing. 4to. 30pp. photo illustrations wraps. VG slight wear. no owner marks. . paperback
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(Aviation) Owen, Bessie
Aerial Vagabond; With a Foreword by Prince Bibesco
New York: Liveright 1941. First edition. Fine in a rubbed dust jacket with light wear to extremities. 8vo 260pp illustrated; cloth. A first hand account by the pioneering aviatrix of her greatest adventure a flight that took her from Paris to Shanghai with numerous stops along the way. In the course of flying over Germany she took the first aerial photographs of the Dachau concentration camp one of which appears in this book facing p. 86. Liveright unknown
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AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK 1953
Washington 1953 Lincoln. 8vo. 461pp. photo illustrations index hardcover. Owner stamp on endpaper. VG in VG DJ. . hardcover
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(Aviation)
Aircraft Year Book 1928
NY: Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America 1928. First. Hardcover. Khaki colored cloth stamped in blue and red 551 pps. with index statistical appendices. Illustarted with monochrome photos and drawings. This edition the 10th annual covers Lindbergh's famous flight to Paris. Sections include: Ephocal Flights of 1927 Civil Avaiation in the U.S. Governmental including miltary Aviation Airports and Airways Airships and Balloons Aeronautical Education and Foreign Aeronautical Review. A tight clean fine copy couple of tiny nicks to the front cover. <br/><br/> Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : E1267
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(Aviation) STEARMAN, William Lloyd
An American Adventure: From Early Aviaton Through Three Wars to the White House SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press 2012. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 264 PP. First printing with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed to WWII B-17 Pilot Les Williams. Accompanied by note signed by Stearman asking Williams to review the book on Amazon. Stearman served on the National Security Council staff for over 17 years. Naval Institute Press hardcover
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(AVIATION)
Archive of Designs Photos and Other Ephemera of Aviation Expert Paul Karnow.
V.p.: N.p. 1915-1948. Paul Karnow was a designer for the US Naval Aircraft Modification Unit in Johnsville PA during the war and following years in the 1940s having Confidential Status. As a child he developed a passion for aircraft and became a respected and noted designer and builder of model airplanes. Actually even though he designed a missile for the U. S. Government he is best remembered for his mastery of model airplane designs. These binders provide an insight from his birth and growth in this field via photos original and photocopy drawings and blueprints new articles and letters plus three aeronautics lapel pinsThe archive consists of five very meticulously ordered binders. They start from his birth and go through to late 40s. They are all 9 1/2 x 12 inches and all material therein is sleeved. When needed an item is annotated by Karnow who had such good penmanship he won a "Penmanship Award" in high school; included herein in extremely clear lettering. Four of the binders are black faux morocco and the fifth is blue. All the binders have spine labels under mylar. All in very good condition.The first binder is labeled- P. Karnow Album 1915-1937. It opens with a photocopy of his Russian birth certificate and right after that is the original substituted Certificate of Birth issued by the State of Pennsylvania as the Russian one was of no use stating he was born on 12/06/1915 and listing his father's name as John Turofsky. And behind that is a photocopy of the decree issued in 1945 allowing him to officially change his name from Paul Turofsky to Paul Karnow the Cold War was in full effect and he worked at times for the government so this was an understandable undertaking. But they must have passed themselves of as Karnows for decades for in each graduating class list he is called Paul Karnow not Turofsky. It is followed by a few original photographs of the family in Russia. The next photograph is one of the whole family surrounding a infant sibling's coffin. Paul Karnow appears to be about ten years old. They must have been in the U. S. by then as the banner on the casket reads "Our Dear Baby" it is an open casket and one can see the deceased infant. Then follows many dozens of original photographs dealing with his homes friends and schools. Madison Elementary School in Philadelphia then to Lawrence Massachusetts then to Penn Treat Junior High School back in Philly and finally graduation from Northeast High School includes a copy of his diploma. The second half of the album is concerned with his personal life; kayaking visiting Russian Orthodox churches sailing partying and most of all aviation. There is one photo entitled "Photos taken from Col. Clarence Chamberlin's Curtiss Condor biplane flying from Boulevard Airport" so it would seem he already had his pilot's license. It ends with photographs of a friend's wedding and later his both in 1937. The extreme details exhibited are rather astounding. E.g.; He has the names of all his graduating classmates at all his schools and one with a overlay on which the people are numbered and on top the numbers are given names. The next four volumes are predominantly about his occupation and avocation; flight. The next binder has a simple title and is composed almost entirely of designs for model planes: Drawings by Payl Karnow Published in Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Saturday Aviation page 1932 TO 1935. In manuscript in the first leaf we can read- Age 16 yrs Mach 26 1932. Printed on rectos only. the first 69 leaves are construction designs and the remaining approx 60 leaves bear newspaper stories about Karno's model aircraft racing. He won a good many times. At the end of this section are photocopies of his manuscript thoughts on flight in general and model airplanes in particular. One of the final photocopies is a page from a notebook he kept and below it he has typed "Reproduced from Notebook on Aeronautics written by Paul Karnow at age 12." A rather precocious and obsessive individual. Writing in the third person connotes to this cataloger that he had plans for a publication of all this material. There is another volume that duplicates all of this one except the articles are actually clipped from the newspapers rather than photocopied.In the blue volume we have a complete history of all the model and occasionally actual planes that he designed. There are over thirty 8 x 10 original photographs and numerous blueprints. Each plane has a tab separating it from the other; XLRA 1941; XLRA Twin 1942; Zebra June 1944; Duckling 1944 etc. There are some tabs with no contents.The final binder concerns his work with the U. S. Naval Aircraft Modification Unit at Johnsville Pennsylvania. He he was likely a civilian employee although with Confidential status. Here he work with others on the proposed Growler-Jet guided missile. From the 5th page; -"The Growler-Jet packs a terrific wallop. The extreme power available. particularly in short bursts is second only to atomic power. It however. exhibits none of the radio-activity which makes atomic application so difficult . Exhaust gases are said to be highly ionized but radio interference is not expected. It is known officially as the CA-1 Ascender." Aside from the text it also contains four original photographs and two hand-drawn designs. The whole binder is entitled "CONFIDENTIAL Date 12-17-46 Report No. 8 CAN-! "Ascender" Preliminary Analysis." One suspects that Karnow's participation in this project was to build a model of the missile and indeed there is a photograph of a model of it. The project was eventually abandoned by the Navy.The obsessive nature of these binders is rather astounding and a bit disturbing but it does provide a very intimate look into the life of an immigrant. From his childhood in the poorer parts of Philadelphia through his younger years and into his time with the U.S. Navy we are given everything neatly arranged and annotated. An impressive gathering.abaa-ny-2022 N.p. unknown
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(Aviation) ALDRICH, Nancy Welz
Captain Gramma: Single Mom to Sky High SIGNED 1ST
Binghamton NY: Brundage Publishing 2006. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 139 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Inscribed to former owner on second page. The recipients name has been "scratched" from the author inscription. The author's claim to fame is the fact that she was the first grandmother to reach Captain with United Airlines. Original price of $23.95 on back panel. Brundage Publishing hardcover
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(aviation)
COLLECTION OF 22 PAMPHLETS IN SERIES 'POUCHNO-ZABAVNI DODATAK VAZA GLASNIKA' 1934-1939 IN SERBIAN
1934-1939. 22 octavo wraps pamphlets published by Shtamparija Vazdukhoplavstva Vojske each in original blue printed wraps with illustration of two small planes on front. Authors include: K Frat Khinko Khauer Tomislav Kalashitj Kapetan Boshko R. Stanojlovitz K. Lekitm Zhegartsa Petra. Each pamphlet is about 14-35pp no illustrations. Those dated 1934-1935 are issued at Novi Sad the others from Zamun Serbia. Entirely in Cyrillic script. Appears to accounts by early aviators. Good some pages are browned some overall wear.A few tiny chips . 22 aviation pamphlets. . paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : a62385
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(Aviation) SMITH, Peter C.
Combat Biplanes of World War II
South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 324 PP. First printing with original UK 25 and US $39.95 price intact on front flap. A tremendous reference including descriptions of the aircraft used as well as the pilots who flew them. Pen & Sword hardcover
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(AVIATION) BARLING, Walter H.
Confidential Prospectus for the Formation of the Barling Aircraft Corporation.
Santa Cruz: N.p. ca. 1942. Original typescript 18-page rectos only document recounting the aviation design skills of Walter Henry Barling and seeking investors for his proposed Barling Aircraft Corporation. In a binder with an original 8 x 10 photograph of the Barling Bomber with its development crew standing in front of it with Walter Barling at the far right standing right next to General "Billy: Mitchell; William Lendrum Mitchell was a United States Army general who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force.Walter Henry Barling was born in England and for a time worked as a designer for the Royal Aircraft Company there but soon immigrated to the United States. He was an engineer of the first order and was soon at work on experimental aircraft for the US government. While his contributions to the history of flight are many and varied he is chiefly remembered as the designer of the ill-fated "Barling Bomber." The Barling Bomber is generally attributed the press called it "Mitchell's Folly" to William "Billy" Mitchell a U.S. Army Air Service General and most vocal advocate of strategic airpower who in 1919 discovered Walter H. Barling who had previously worked for the Royal Aircraft Factory. Mitchell asked Barling to design a bomber capable of carrying enough bombs to sink a battleship. Mitchell's goal was to demonstrate the effectiveness of airpower by sinking a battleship from the air and needed a large strategic bomber in order to accomplish this feat. Mitchell projected the cost of two prototype bombers at $375000. On 15 May 1920 the Army Engineering Division sought bids for the construction of a bomber based on Barling's sketches with the requirement that it be capable of carrying a 5000 lb 2300 kg bomb load to an altitude of 10000 ft 3000 m at a speed of no less than 100 mph 160 km/h.23 Barling had all of its engines mounted level with the fuselage. The aircraft used three wings but was not actually a triplane. More correctly it was a two-and-a-half wing aircraft. The middle wing had no control surfaces and was shorter and narrower than the two primary wings. The top and bottom wings had a chord of 13 ft 6 in 4.11 m and each had a surface area of about 2000 sq ft 190 m2. The stabilizer and elevator surfaces were 575 sq ft 53.4 m2 with an 8 ft 2.4 m chord. The fins and rudders looked like a box kite and had a surface area of 250 sq ft 23 m2. The undercarriage consisted of 10 wheels including two wheels mounted towards the front of the aircraft to prevent a nose-over on takeoff and a tail skid. The gross weight of the bomber was 42569 lb. It had a fuel capacity of 2000 gallons and carried 181 gallons of oil. On 22 August 1923 the Barling Bomber made its maiden flight from Wilbur Wright Field in Fairfield Ohio. At the time it was by far the heaviest aircraft in the world and remains large even by today's standards. Although capable of carrying a 5000 lb 2300 kg bomb load it was soon discovered that the aircraft was seriously underpowered and performance was disappointing. When it failed to fly over the Appalachian Mountains the program was discontinued. Many historians point out its influence in the development of the great bombers of WWII; the B29 and B17.But Walter Barley's aviation career did not end there. He turned to civil aviation and designed a three place low wing high performance monoplane which could be made by quality production methods such as those used in Ford Automobile plants. This craft was to become the well known NB3. It was put into manufacture by the Nicholas Beasley Airplane Company. There are two pages extolling the excellence of the NB3. Barling soon felt that another larger ship was in order so he designed the Barling B6. It was built flight tested and made ready for manufacture. In 1931 due to hard times in the business world the plant that was to build the B6 shut down. Barling purchased all the drawings specification lists valuable dies and jigs and had them shipped along with himself and his family to Santa Cruz California. In California he did some consulting work for J. H. McCollough and the two eventually in 1939 decided to form the Barling Aircraft Company. The remaining pages are a plea to investors stating that they can build great numbers of reliable and inexpensive NB3 and 6s. The final two page are marked "Confidential" and are a list of Barling's demands salary etc should some entrepreneur decide to foot the bill and actually fund the Barling Aircraft Company. Apparently William Barling never found a backer and he spent the rest of his life in Santa Cruz where he died in 1965. N.p. unknown
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(AVIATION)
Extensively Annotated Album of Original Photographs of Aircraft from WWI to 1976.
Reno: N.p. 1976-77. A marvelously diverse album of 284 original color and monochrome photographs of the many military and civilian aircraft in use between WWI and ca. 1976. Each photograph with extensive and knowledgeable annotations in a very neat hand. Original two-post stiff board binding one post lacking and replaced by wire; very serviceable. Silver sticker for the National Air Races in Reno. Some fading to a few of the color photos but none have fallen out or are damaged. A meticulous labor of love.Near the front of the album is an award of appreciation by the Tucson Detachment of the Marine Corps League to Patrick Levy-Galleguillos for donated a WWII F-4 Corsair. to the Pima County Air Museum. We can safely presume that this is the compiler of the album. There is also a ticket to the 13th Annual West Coast Fly-In Santa Cruz 1977 pasted to the inner from cover. This cataloger can not make much sense of most of the annotations but to a aviation buff we assume them to be helpful. Many of the photographs were taken at the National Championship Air Races held in Reno in 1976 but the compiler traveled far and wide in the years 1976-77 to take these photographs. Open Houses at Air Force Bases and Naval Air Stations museums airports airplane graveyards etc. He also took photographs of mounted aircraft the type you see in front of an aviation museum. Among the places he visited were Bakersfield. Fresno Van Nuys Half Moon Bay and Mojave CA; Reno and Sparks NV; many from Kingman AZ. N.p. unknown
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(Aviation)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NEW WRIGHT WHIRLWIND NINE WRIGHT WHIRLWIND SEVEN WRIGHT WHIRLWIND FIVE AVIATION ENGINES.
Paterson N.J.: Wright Aeronautical Corperation October 1929. 2nd edition. Pages 119 pp.8vo. Brown cloth binding. 2nd edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous fold-out plans. Owner�s signature on title page else in very good condition. Paterson, N.J.: Wright Aeronautical Corperation October, 1929. hardcover
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(AVIATION)
Lawson Aircraft Industry Builder.
Detroit: Humanity Publishing Compnay 1937. First edition. Quarto. 304 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs. Publisher's faux-morocco green cloth with yellow lettering to front and spine. Lettering a bit faded but a very clean and attractive copy.Comes with three original photographs of a plane in service to the Lawson Air Line an unusual looking biplane with a very large covered cockpit at the front of the plane. This volume definitely is more than the cover would indicate. The ads in the back are a major clue although there is a hint in the publisher's notice: "The call of the Public for full information concerning the life and deeds of ALFRED LAWSON as well as the high prices asked and paid for books and documents relating to his connection with the establishment of the AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY and AIRLINES has created the necessity for this book."The book is primarily a compilation of other articles written by Lawson about the aviation world in general. But the ads in back tell another tale. One touts: "LAWSONOMY - Alfred Lawson - coined the word LAWSONOMY for his greatest work and has dissected the appellation as follows --- LAW - Stands for the procedure of God's Eternal acts. / SON - Stands for the continuity of the procedure of God's Eternal acts. / OMY - Stands for the process of the continuity of the procedure of God's Eternal acts." The next page introduces "The First Lawsonomy Baby. The Perfect Baby." and her parents ".who gave birth to a perfectly balanced physical and mental Baby."Another ad touts "Lawsonomy: The Base of Absolute Knowledge." It includes principles such as "Lawsonomy is based upon life as it is and not upon a theory of what it ought to be. Truth is Constructive and lives but falsity is destructive and dies. Truth is real and eternal but falsity is ephemeral and abortive. Truth breeds strength and intellect but falsity breeds weakness and smart-alick-ism." The symbol in the center of the page shows Lawsonomy at the center and everything eminating from it - music art heredity culture photography penetrability history radio drama prophecy navigation electricity evolution and much much more. At the bottom: "If it isn't Truth it isn't Lawsonomy."Born in 1869 Alfred Lawson declared his birth to be ".the most momentous occurrence since the birth of mankind." He claimed that he was "destined for greatness" and "If Lawson should die today posterity will honor and glorify him as no other mortal because he has given mankind the true base from which to start an edifice of super-knowledge of the universe and its laws."Lawson tried his hand at professional baseball failing as a player as well as on the business side his newly created leagues folding almost as quickly as they were started - one within a month. He then decided to publish two aviation magazines Fly and Aircraft although he knew nothing about publishing or aviation - and Lawson acknowledged that in 1908 only three men could fly - the two Wrights and Glenn Curtiss but he downplayed their accomplishments noting that the latter could only travel in short hops. He did however become the aircraft industry's most vocal "evangelist" touting air travel as the travel of the future.Lawson had many strange ideas including the notion that physics and economics were inseparable and one could not be understood without the other. His physics however was based on even stranger principles based on "Suction" and "Pressure" and including other principles such as "Penetrability" but he saw the concept of "Energy" as a complete fabrication and fallacy. Many other weird concepts flow from these such as achieving a balanced "state of maturity" in the body "Equaeverpoise" through a combination of diet hygiene rest and exercise that would allow one to live 200 years.In part because of his "success" - he failed at baseball he failed at running an airline his books do not appear to have flown off the shelves - by 1943 Lawson decided to found a school - devoted to studying Lawsonomy. Lawson's books were the only ones allowed on campus. The biggest problem was the program took years other problems include the usefulness of the studies!. One was expected to take interim exams in 10 and 20 years and a comprehensive exam after 30 years at which point one became a "Knowledgian." Unfortunately Lawson was the only Knowledgian at the time of his death and it took a Knowledgian to bestow that degree on others. One could then go on as their post-graduate work to study Lawsonian religion. Humanity Publishing Compnay hardcover
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(aviation)
METHODS AND CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF FLYING PERONNEL. SYMPOSIUM HELD 23 - 25 FEBRUARY 1953 PARIS FRANCE
Paris 1964. AGARDograph 2. 4to. 59pp. original printed wraps remounted on cardboard library binding. Ex-University library. Good light wear. paperback
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MILITARY AVIATION LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR
Washington 1912. 62nd Congress 2nd Session. House Document No. 718. Octavo 80pp. removed and rebound in later wraps. VG top right margin of several interior leaves bumped. A bill to provide military aviatiors for the Army and other purposes. . paperback
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(aviation)
NATIONAL AIRPORT SYSTEM PLAN REVISED STATISTICS 1980-1989
Washington 1989 Federal Aviation Administration. Oblong 4to 446pp. original printed wraps. A few depository library stamps and numbers on front and on title page. VG. . paperback
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(AVIATION)
Pilot's Log Book For Harold W. Fisher Cadet.
N.p.: Government Printing Office ca. 1925. Small octavo. Unpaginated 60 leaves. Publisher's brown cloth with cover lettering. Very good.The first page reads - Aviation Section Signal Corps U.S. Army. School or Squadron. Then in the spaces below in manuscript it reads Brooks Field Texas 9/13/23 to 4/18/1924. Harold W. Fisher. The first 28 leaves log his various flights and we learn that he graduated. He was then transferred to Air Service Advance Flying School at Kelly Field Texas where he logged another 9 leaves of flights. [Government Printing Office?] hardcover
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(Aviation) GODDARD, Stephen
Race to the Sky: The Wright Brothers Versus the United States Government SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
Jefferson NC: McFarland & Company Inc 2003. First Edition First Printing. Glossy pictorial cover. Near Fine. 7 1/8 X 10 1/4 Inches. Signed and inscribed "To the Carr Brothers - May you always fly high! Stephen B. Goddard" directly on the title-page. Sharp corners and spine. McFarland & Company, Inc unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1980
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(Aviation) , Collectif.
Saint Exupery - Quatrième époque 1939-1940.
Icare revue de l'aviation Française N° 78 Tome IV 1976. Grand in/4 32 x 24 cm broché couverture illustrée en couleurs 135 pages. illustrations en noir. La seconde guerre mondiale le Groupe de Reconnaissance II/33 jusqu'à l'armistice. unknown
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(Aviation) RICKENBACKER, Capt. Edward
Seven Came Through SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY
Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran and Company 1943. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 3/4 X 8 Inches. 118 PP. Signed "To my good friend & associate / "Hugh Knowlton" / With my very best wishes / Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker 1943" directly on the FFEP.<br /> <br /> Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $1.50 intact on front flap. Signed by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker to his friend and the man largely responsible for his purchase of Eastern Airlines from General Motors in 1938. Rickenbacker a Medal of Honor Recipient is best known as the most successful fighter ace of WWI. After WWI Rickenbacker parlayed his fame into an eventual purchase of Eastern Airlines for $3.5 million. In 1942 Rickenbacker was sent by the Secretary of War Henry Stimson on a tour of Pacific Theater Operations at the outset of WWII and survived 24 days adrift at sea after his plane crashed. <br /> <br /> A clean copy with minor toning. DJ a bit chipped and worn at edges and folds. Tape repairs to inside of DJ. Doubleday, Doran and Company hardcover
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(Aviation) Gould, Bruce
Sky Larking:; The Romantic Adventure of Flying. With seven illustrations by Cosmo Clark
New York: Horace Liveright 1929. First edition. Shelf-rubbed; some smudges very good in a worn dust jacket that is missing a sizeable portion from the base of the front panel. 8vo 259pp; cloth-backed decorative boards stamped in silver with a pattern of abstracted airplanes. The author's first book one of two that he wrote on aviation subjects. Gould enjoyed a long career as a journalist and editor most closely associated with the Saturday Evening Post and Ladies Home Journal. An uncommon book in any amount of the jacket. Horace Liveright unknown
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(AVIATION) DE LA CIERVA, Juan [inventor]
The Autogiro.
Philadelphia: Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company of America 1930. First edition a second edition was published 3 years later. Quarto 8 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches. 31 1 pp. with photographic illustrations on every page. Publisher's pictorial wrappers. Small stamp at head of from wrapper else a very good copy."Instead of a wing the autogiro had a large propeller on top. A second regular propeller drove it forward. But the big overhead propeller free-wheeled as the autogiro flew; it provided only lift. An autogiro could take off and land in a very short distance; but it couldn't rise vertically like a helicopter. If one lost power it spun safely back down to earth like a maple seed. It was developed by Spanish aerial pioneer Juan de la Cierva. Cierva and his brother began trying to build airplanes before WW-I while he was a civil-engineering student in Madrid. Juan de la Cierva built conventional airplanes for several years before he began thinking about the autogiro. Finally one night at the opera Aida he realized how to balance lift on advancing and retreating blades of that overhead propeller" J. Leihard. For some while there was a fantasy that everyone would own an autogiro and park it in their driveways. A year after this publication Amelia Earhart tried to be the first person to fly an autogiro coast to coast; she finally made it only to be told she had been beaten to the punch. In the late 1930s real helicopters came on the scene and that was in effect the end of the autogiro. Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company of America unknown
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(Aviation) COOK, Hartley Kemball
The Birth of Flight 1st UK
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1941. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . 5 X 7 3/8 Inches. 204 PP. Original blue publisher cloth with white title stamping to spine. From the collection of former RAF Pilot Derek Mason WWII era. His bookplate on front pastedown. Price-clipped. A very appealing copy overall. George Allen & Unwin Ltd hardcover
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(Aviation) HEPPENHEIMER, TA. T. A.
The Space Shuttle Decision: NASA's Search for a Reusable Space Vehicle
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration History Office 1999. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 3/4 X 9 3/4 Inches. 470 PP. Important study of the space shuttle program from 1972 to 1999 the shuttle program ceased operation in 2011. Light scuffing to rear DJ panel. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (History Office) hardcover
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(Aviation) COLLINS, Richard
Tips to Fly By: Techniques and Performance Tips for Better and Safer Flying FIRST PRINTING
New York: Delacorte Press 1980. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 304 PP. Stated First Printing on the copyright page. Original price of $11.95 intact on front flap of DJ. Hint of wear to DJ edges. A very nice copy overall. Delacorte Press hardcover
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(Aviation) THOMAS, Kenneth; MCMANN, Harold
US Spacesuits FIRST PRINTING
Chichester UK: Praxis Publishing 2006. First Edition First Printing. Original wraps. Near Fine. 6 5/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 397 PP. Exhaustive study of the creation and progress of spacesuits used by NASA. The finest book on the subject. Profusely illustrated with photos diagrams etc. Many of the photographs are file copies that feature the likes of Story Musgrave Alan Bean Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin and many more. A very sharp copy with slightest hint of wear at corners. Praxis Publishing unknown
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(AVIATION) -
Aéro-Club du Nivernais - Annuaire 1935 / Aéronautique du Nivernais Annuaire 1946-47.
1935 Nevers Imprimerie de la Nièvre, 1935 et sans lieu, ni nom (Nevers 1946); 2 brochures in-8° agrafés, couverture orange imprimée en noir. 1) 1935 : 85pp. illustrations photographiques et un plan de l'Aéroport de Nevers. 2) 34pp. Il. photographiques dans le texte (modèles d'avion).
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(Aviation) REED Arthur
C-130 Hercules
Ian Allan Ltd, London, “Moderne Combat Aircraft 17”, 1984. In/4 cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleur, 112 p.
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(AVIATION.)
Le Conquête de l’Air
This spectacular color lithograph commemorates the Grande Semaine d'Aviation of 1909 the first international public flying event and a turning point in aviation history. The powered aircraft featured at the event dominate the center. Surrounding it are portraits of pioneering figures in flight including Wright Curtiss Latham Fournier and Blériot and vignettes from aviation history.The event held at Reims France in August 1909 attracted more than 500000 spectators to watch famous aviators compete in contests of distance altitude and speed all from the massive grandstands constructed for the event. The meeting signified a transition in the public perception of flight. Once an experimental curiosity practiced by a few it came to be seen as a viable technology with the potential for practical application.This print a supplement to Parisian newspaper Le Petit Journal highlights technological advances in aviation history. The fall of Icarus is depicted in the upper right corner next to two unrealized designs for flying machines from the 17th century. Vignettes show the various hot air balloons of the 18th century and capture the 19th-century shift to airships capable of controlled flight.At the center the collection of heavier-than-air planes flown at Reims in the early 20th century point to the transitional nature of this pioneer era. In 1903 the Wright brothers achieved a twelve-second flight in their biplane; in 1909 technology had advanced enough for Louis Blériot to cross the English Channel in a powered monoplane. The array of airplanes shown in Reims exemplified this transformational period as Wright-style flyers and propeller-led monoplanes were featured side by side. The debut of lightweight more reliable engines at Reims also indicated the advances that were to come.The Grande Semaine showed that heavier-than-air flight was proven to be a viable technology full of possibilities. The next few decades brought the first major wartime use of airplanes the invention of the jet engine and growth of commercial aviation. Within sixty years man's "conquest of the air" had extended to outer space.This is a visually stunning record of a critical moment in technological history marking the beginning of modern aviation. Le Petit Journal
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 32820695
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(AVIATION.)
Le Conquête de l’Air
This spectacular color lithograph commemorates the Grande Semaine d'Aviation of 1909 the first international public flying event and a turning point in aviation history. The powered aircraft featured at the event dominate the center. Surrounding it are portraits of pioneering figures in flight including Wright Curtiss Latham Fournier and Blériot and vignettes from aviation history.The event held at Reims France in August 1909 attracted more than 500000 spectators to watch famous aviators compete in contests of distance altitude and speed all from the massive grandstands constructed for the event. The meeting signified a transition in the public perception of flight. Once an experimental curiosity practiced by a few it came to be seen as a viable technology with the potential for practical application.This print a supplement to Parisian newspaper Le Petit Journal highlights technological advances in aviation history. The fall of Icarus is depicted in the upper right corner next to two unrealized designs for flying machines from the 17th century. Vignettes show the various hot air balloons of the 18th century and capture the 19th-century shift to airships capable of controlled flight.At the center the collection of heavier-than-air planes flown at Reims in the early 20th century point to the transitional nature of this pioneer era. In 1903 the Wright brothers achieved a twelve-second flight in their biplane; in 1909 technology had advanced enough for Louis Blériot to cross the English Channel in a powered monoplane. The array of airplanes shown in Reims exemplified this transformational period as Wright-style flyers and propeller-led monoplanes were featured side by side. The debut of lightweight more reliable engines at Reims also indicated the advances that were to come.The Grande Semaine showed that heavier-than-air flight was proven to be a viable technology full of possibilities. The next few decades brought the first major wartime use of airplanes the invention of the jet engine and growth of commercial aviation. Within sixty years man's "conquest of the air" had extended to outer space.This is a visually stunning record of a critical moment in technological history marking the beginning of modern aviation. Le Petit Journal
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 32820694
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(AVIATION: PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPH)
Flying School Detachment Souther Field Ga. Composed of Squadrons A B C and D.
Jacksonville FL: John A. Coles Jr. 1919. Original panorama photograph of all the members of the four squadrons in front of a modified Curtiss J4. It measures 47 3/4 inches x 8 inches. Archivally matted. Excellent.Souther Field is the oldest continuously operating civilian airport in the United States that participated through military use on both World Wars. During WWI 500 cadets earned their wings here arriving 25 at a time and training for a period of two months. In 2009 it was renamed the Jimmy Carter Regional Airport. Perhaps the most famous aspect of this airport was its relation to hero aviator Charles Lindbergh. In April 1923 Charles Lindbergh arrived at South Field and purchased his first plane for $500 although he was not yet a pilot. His connection to aviation prior to this was that he was a "wing-walker" and a parachutist in an aerial circus. He bunked at the airport until his plane was finished after which he took his first solo flight and developed his piloting skills from flights out of Souther Field. After becoming proficient he departed for a life of barnstorming. Four years later in 1927 he became the first person to make a non-stop transatlantic flight cementing his status n the annal of aviation. John A. Coles, Jr. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74295
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(AVIATION: WWI)
Hispano-Suiza Aeronautical Engines Birkigt patents. Instruction Book July 1918 Series no. 4A.
New Brunswick NJ: Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp. 1918. First edition. Octavo. 216 pp. plus six foldout diagrams at the rear and another 6 interspersed within the text. Profusely illustrated. Publisher's black cloth with gilt cover lettering. Gilt dulled some wear to spine extremities faint technical school stamps to front endpaper. A very clean and complete copy still sturdily bound.Instructions for the care and operation of model A-I-E Hispano-Suiza aeronautical engines.With the start of World War I Hispano-Suiza turned to the design and production of aircraft engines under the direction of Marc Birkigt. His chief engineer during this period was another Swiss Louis Massuger. Traditionally aircraft engines were manufactured by machining separate steel cylinders and then bolting these assemblies directly to the crankcase. Birkigt's novel solution called for the engine block to be formed from a single piece of cast aluminum and into which thin steel liners were secured. Manufacturing an engine in this way simplified construction and resulted in a lighter yet stronger more durable engine. Hispano-Suiza's aero engines produced at its own factories and under license became the most commonly used aero engines in the French and British air forces powering over half the alliance's fighter aircraft. Increased demand during World War I required licensing of this engine manufacturing in France England and the U.S. The Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation later the Wright Aeronautical Corporation acquired the American rights and claimed improvements during further development. Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74511
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(AVIATION: PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPH)
Maneuver Camp Ft. Sam Houston San Antonio Texas.
San Antonio: H. Rudolph Fox Photographer 1911. Original photograph measuring 48 x 7 1/2 inches. Large panoramic photo depicting the March 1911 United States Army maneuvers which featured 20000 troops with early US military aircraft such as the Wright Model B biplane as well as two others by Robert McCormick and Ben Johnson a San Antonio inventor flying above the camp. . captions scratched into negative at lower margin minor restoration to small portion at the very lower far right fore-edge minor creasing still a a wonderfully clean and clear image.This exceedingly scarce original panoramic photograph features the United States Army maneuvers in March 1911 and was one of the earliest such camps to coordinate with US Army fliers. Within the image the YMCA tent is identified as well as the placement of the field hospital field artillery the Signal Corps as well as the Depot Commissary in the foreground. Above three different biplanes are shown flying maneuvers including the Wright Model B flown by Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois who along with Phil Parmalee flew the first military reconnaissance scouting missions in a fixed-wing aircraft along the US-Mexico border; as well as planes flown by Robert McCormic an early Chicago aviator and inventor who would later construct and house several experimental aircraft at Fort Sam Houston as well as Ben Johnson a San Antonio inventor who flew a Johnson Wright Model B airplane. The Wright Model B was the Wright brothers’ most successful aircraft produced from 1910 to 1914 and they were shipping nearly 4 aircraft a month. Unfortunately the rear elevator made the Model B more tail heavy and prone to stall and within two years faster propeller first aircraft with drag-reducing fuselages began appearing. Fort Sam Houston was a very popular experimental airfield for flying meets air races because it occupied 800 acres annd the field was unbroken by no hills of real prominence. Established in 1890 as a post the War Department began expanding the Fort after the Spanish-American War adding Cavalry and Light Artillery from 1905-1912 and also served as the birth of military aviation. Lt. Foulois had made his first solo flight the year before in March 1910. See: Edmond Percy Noel America Now Has Forty Flying Fields San Antonio Tex. Aero and Hydro 1912 Vol. 4 pp. 59 66; McFarland The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright 1953 p. 1183. H. Rudolph, Fox Photographer unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74260
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(AVIATION: WWI)
Manuel d'Aviation Edition Provisoir: Fascicule II III V & VII. Four volumes.
Paris: Berger-Levrault 1916-17. First editions. Four octavo volumes. All volumes well illustrated from photographs and line drawings. Publisher's printed salmon wrappers with photographic illustrations to front cover. Lower corner of front wrapper of #5 excised inexpensive browning paper war shortages and a few shirt tears to foldouts. All volumes with a faded stamp to cover. Very good.Titles are;II; Moteur - Helice - Armement.III; Le Voyage - La Reconnaissance Aerienne.V: Les Moteurs d'Aviation.VII; L'Aviation Allemande. Berger-Levrault unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74510
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(AVIATION: WWI)
The Aircraft Year Book; 1919.
New York: Manufacturers Aircraft Association 1919. First edition. Octavo. 398 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographic illustrations on nearly every page and 3 folding color maps of the current air routes World Europe United States. Publisher's blue cloth with blue lettering. Binding somewhat soiled extremities worn old bookplate of a lending library but a very good and clean copy sturdily bound.The publisher did a excellent job on the this the first issue of yearly publication that would continue all the way to 1959. In addition to an article by Orville Wright there are histories of all the major American aircraft makers of the time: Aeromarine Plane and Motor Corporation Burgess Company Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation St. Louis Aircraft Corporation Dayton Wright Airplane Company Engel Aircraft Company Glenn L. Martin Company L-W-F Engineering Company Standard Aircraft Corporation Standard Aero Corporation of N.Y. Springfield Aircraft Corporation Sturtevant Aeroplane Corporation Thomas-Moore Aircraft Corporation Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation. There are also chapters on the flying aces of America France England Germany and Italy. Manufacturers Aircraft Association hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74513
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(AVIATION: WWI) MATTHEWS, R. Borlase
The Aviation Pocket-Book for 1918.
Londoon: Crosby Lockwood and Son 1918. Sixth edition. Twelvemo. cxxviii ads for aviation related items 362 pp. plus some foldout diagrams. Publisher's brown cloth with ads as endpapers. Very good. Crosby Lockwood and Son hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74512
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(AVIATION: WWI) MATTHEWS, R. Borlase
The Aviation Pocket-Book for 1918.
Londoon: Crosby Lockwood and Son 1917. Fifth edition. Twelvemo. 300 xxi ads pp. plus folding diagram. Publisher's brown cloth with ads as endpapers. A very good copy. Crosby Lockwood and Son hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74514
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(AVIATION: WWI) MUNDAY, Albert H.
The Eyes of the Army and Navy. Practical Aviation.
New York: Harper & Brothers 1917. First American edition. Small octavo. 226 2 appendix pp. illustrated. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Original pictorial dust jacket with a couple of chip. Very old tidemarks on very edge of sice and bottom. An attractive copy. Harper & Brothers hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74521
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(AVIATION: WINGS CLUB)
Three Titles Published by This Organization.
New York : Wings Club 1964-65-68. SIKORSKI Igor I. Recollections and Thoughts of a Pioneer. First edition. Octavo. 38 pp. including numerous full page photographic illustrations.HUNSAKER Jerome C. Some Lessons of History. First edition. ix 29 1 pp. including numerous photographic illustrations.VON BRAUN Werner Space Flight; Past Present and Future. First edition. Octavo. iv 2 27 1 pp. including numerous photographic illustrations.All three are bound in publisher's blue cloth with silver spine and cover lettering and silver stamped icon of the Wings Club blue endpapers. The Sikorski volume has a previous owner's name on dark blue endpapers hard to see else a very good set.The Wings Club was founded in New York City on May 15 1942. It was housed within the Yale Club and served World War II pilots as a place of leisure and occasional living quarters. The first board of directors included Juan Trippe the founder of Pan American World Airways and World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker. The first president was Caleb Bragg a racer of automobiles and speedboats aviation pioneer and automotive inventor. Bragg had previously been a governor of the Aero Club of America. He was made president of the Wings Club despite suffering from a longterm illness which led to his death later the next year. Also in 1964 founding club member former club president and retired USAF General Harold Ross Harris implemented the annual "Sight Lecture" series at which a leading aviation notable was to be invited to deliver a lecture adhering generally to "insights foresights and hindsights" of aviation. Each lecture was to be published in book form by the Wings Club. Offered here are the First Second and Fifth Sight Lectures. Wings Club hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 74265
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(CATARPILLAR INC)
The Caterpillar Story
Peoria IL: Caterpillar Inc 1990. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Extensive illustrations some color. Near fine. Edition not ascertainable but a thorough self-published business history of this famed builder of tractors and other farm and construction equipment. Caterpillar Inc paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26043
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(Chief of the Air Corps).
AIRCRAFT ENGINES. Technical Manual No. 1-405. War Department Washington November 4 1940. Prepared under the direction of the Chief of the Air Corps.
Washington DC: War Department 1940. 1940. Very good. - Octavo printed tan wraps. The wraps are lightly soiled & bumped & slightly faded along the spine. The initials "T.F.P.U. -- S.E.A.C.T.C." are handwritten on the front wrap. Approximately 60 pages plus index page numbering is irregular. Illustrated with black-and-white diagrams & photographic illustrations. The page corners are lightly creased. Very good. (Washington, DC: War Department, 1940). paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23619
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(Chief of the Air Corps; director).
AIRCRAFT INDUCTION FUEL AND OIL SYSTEMS. Technical Manual No. 1-407.
Washington DC: War Department 1940. 1940. Very good. - Octavo softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The spine & extremities are faded. There is a tiny stain to the top corner of the front wrap & there are handwritten initials along its top edge. 96 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings & diagrams with a folding temperature graph laid in. The top page corners are very slightly creased & there are tiny stains to the top corners of the first 2 leaves. Very good. Washington, DC: War Department, 1940. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14608
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(Chief of the Air Corps).
AIRPLANE INSPECTION GUIDE. Technical Manual No. 1-415. Prepared under the direction of the Chief of the Air Corps.
Washington DC: War Department 1941. 1941. Fair. - Octavo softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are lightly dampstained with some creasing. The notation "T.F.P.U. - S.E.A.C.T.C." is handwritten in ink on the front wrap. 113 pages. The top corners of the pages are dampstained & their top edges are rippled. Good only. Washington, DC: War Department, 1941. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 25622
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(Chief of the Air Corps; director).
AIRPLANE STRUCTURES. Technical Manual No. 1-410.
Washington DC: War Department 1940. 1940. Good. - Octavo softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled & the spine & extremities are faded. There are handwritten initials along the top of the front wrap. 132 pages. Black-and-white photographic illustrations & diagrams. There is a small area of light dampstaining to the fore-edge & to the front edges of the pages in the rear three-quarters of the manual. There is also a small area of light dampstaining to the top edge with minor rippling to the top edges of the pages. Good. Washington, DC: War Department, 1940. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 34268
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(Collectif)
AVANT l'ENVOL...
Un ouvrage de 36 pages, format 180 x 240 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, s.d. (années 1940), Bureau d'Information Allié
Referenz des Buchhändlers : LFA00d12
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(Collectif)
AVIONS AMERICAINS
Une plaquette de 20 pages, format 240 x 150 mm, illustrée, brochée, publiée en 1946, France Editions, bon état
Referenz des Buchhändlers : LFA-126742062
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(Collectif)
AVIONS AMERICAINS
Une plaquette de 20 pages, format 240 x 150 mm, illustrée, brochée, publiée en 1946, France Editions, bon état
Referenz des Buchhändlers : LFA-126742063
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(Collectif)
AVIONS ANGLAIS
Une plaquette de 20 pages, format 240 x 150 mm, illustrée, brochée, publiée en 1945, France Editions, bon état
Referenz des Buchhändlers : LFA-126742061
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