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Fitzsimons Bernard editor
The Illustrated Encylopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare
New York: Columbia House 1971. Pages numbered from 225 to 336. This is volume 3 III in the series. Photo illustrated cover has some light soil. Bumped lower back corner. Loaded with black and white and color illustrations. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Columbia House Hardcover
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Icare Revue De l'Aviation Francaise No. 47 Automne-Hiver 1968
1968. French language magazine with some wear to covers including pencilled price on front some fraying to top spine. 132 oversized pages. Black and white and sepia illustrations and photographs. Contents include: L'Armistice L'avion de l'Armistice La fin de la guerre aux Cigognes Les ailes du Roi Albert Le general Estienne et l'aviation Un grand precurseur breton Jean-Marie Le Bris Le Musee de l'Air a cinquante ans Art et mysteres Les avions de transport de la prochaine decennie L'Aviation Legere de l'Armee de Terre and more. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase price benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Paperback
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Federal Aviation Administration FAA
Private Pilot For Airplane Single-Engine Land and Sea with Extras
Washington DC: Federal Aviation Administration 2002. 2002 booklet. Near Fine condition Stapled Softcover 2002. Comes with "A Guide to the Private Pilot Oral" by Bob Green "New Aviation Weather Formats 1995" and a Pilot Guide to Airport Signs and Markings. FAA-S-8081-14AS: RARE. 1st Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Book. Federal Aviation Administration Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007817
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Tryckare Tre
The Lore of Flight
Gothenberg Sweden: Cagner & Co. 1970. 430 pages. Loaded with black and white and color illustrations maps photographs and cutaways. Illustrated end papers. Dust jacket is in poor condition with much wear tears and chipping. Book has crisp clean pages with more than 1000 illustrations. Underneath the dust jacket the blue boards are illustrated with silver artwork and bright silver titles. There is some soiling to bottom of front cover shelf wear and shelf soil to bottom of book. Dusty top Extra shipping applies to this heavy oversized book. From cover: history of flying aircraft design and construction power plant development systems and equipment the art of flying illustrated encyclopaedic index. Foreward by Igor Sikorsky. From dust jacket: "I consider this book to be one of the finest ever produced in the aviation field and one that should serve as an invaluable guide to both the interested layman and the expert. - Igor Sikorsky" Sections include: The History of Flying; Aircraft Design and Construction; Power Plant Development; The Art of Flying; Encyclopaedic Index includes some never before published photographs Quotes are for illustrative purposes and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. Illus. by Wood John W. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Cagner & Co. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000041
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Wescott Lynanne
Wind and Sand: The Story of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk
New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc. 1983. Wind and Sand: The Story of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk told through their own words and photographs by Lynanne Wescott and Paula Degen. Foreward by Oliver Jenson. Oversized hardcover. Dust jacket. 189 pages with black and white photographs and illustrations. 1983. In very good condition with slight wear to dust jacket and a bumped top back corner underneath dust jacket. From dust jacket: "The wonder and joy of the Wright Brothers' accomplishment - man's first powered flight - shines through these pages in excerpts from their diaries letters courtroom testimony defending their patents and in their own businesslike photographs. Who could have dreamed including the dreamers themselves that two ordinary men from Dayton Ohio who ran a bicycle shop and lived with their father in a neat white shingled house would have the audacity to soar and then the brilliance to fly above the earth in their own homemade contraptions." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their respective copyright holders. 100% of your purchase benefits charity. Cloth. As New/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000066 ISBN : 0810909189 9780810909182
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D Federal Aviation Administration FAA Creator
Federal Aviation Administration: Imprest Fund
BiblioGov 2012-07-24. Paperback. Good. BiblioGov paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : SONG1249197538 ISBN : 1249197538 9781249197539
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D Federal Aviation Administration FAA Creator
Transfer of Federal Lands Section 23 of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970
BiblioGov 2012-07-20. Paperback. Good. BiblioGov paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : SONG1249153158 ISBN : 1249153158 9781249153153
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MACKERSEY IAN
JEAN BATTEN: THE GARBO OF THE SKIES
AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND: MACDONALD PUBLISHERS. G/VG BRIEF NOTATIONS ON ONE PAGE. LIGHT EDGEWEAR. Pages: 465. . 1990. HARDCOVER. FAINT SOILING TO PAGE EDGES. DJ IN MYLAR WRAP. . MACDONALD PUBLISHERS hardcover
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LOVELL MARY S.
THE SOUND OF WINGS: THE LIFE OF AMELIA EARHART
NEW YORK: ST. MARTIN'S PRESS. VG/G DJ FADED AT SPINE IN MYLAR. Pages: 420. . 1989. 1ST. HARDCOVER. ST. MARTIN'S PRESS hardcover
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Bishop Patrick
Fighter Boys and Bomber Boys - Saving Britain 1940-1945 - Two Book Edition
London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd 2017. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to spine ends. Maps and introductions over forty pages plus Both of Patrick Bishop's masterful wartime histories on RAF Fighter Command and Bomber Command in World War 2 rolled into one volume. 434 429pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. William Collins Sons & Co Ltd Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 021116 ISBN : 0008261989 9780008261986
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Federal Aviation Administration
Student Pilot Guide FAA Plus Aviation Weather Services Advisory Circular AC 00-45G Change 1 July 2010
Pentagon Publishing 2011-02-15. Paperback. Good. Pentagon Publishing paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : SONG1601707754 ISBN : 1601707754 9781601707758
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Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual 2014
Skyhorse Publishing 2013-10-01. 1. Paperback. Good. Skyhorse Publishing paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : SONG1626360154 ISBN : 1626360154 9781626360150
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D Federal Aviation Administration FAA Creator
Airport Surface Detection Equipment ASDE-3 Project Implementation Plan
BiblioGov 2012-07-24. Paperback. Good. BiblioGov paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : SONG1249199409 ISBN : 1249199409 9781249199403
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D Federal Aviation Administration FAA Creator
Airport Emergency Plan 1989
BiblioGov 2012-07-20. Paperback. Good. BiblioGov paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : SONG1249154278 ISBN : 1249154278 9781249154273
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Federal Aviation Administration
Instrument Flying Handbook: FAA-H-8083-15A FAA Handbooks series
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc 2007-08-01. Paperback. Good. Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : SONG1560277068 ISBN : 1560277068 9781560277064
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DAVIS Benjamin O. Jr.
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. American: An Autobiography
Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press 1991. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with silver lettering and tan paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. x 442pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A tight attractive second printing of this memoir of the first black general in the U.S. Air Force. Smithsonian Institution Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 42083 ISBN : 0874747422 9780874747423
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McALISTER Hugh
A Viking of the Sky: A Story of a Boy Who Gained Success in Aeronautics
Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Company 1930. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper over boards with black lettering and decoration pictorial dust jacket. 252pp. Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Jacket edgeworn with edge chips -- but complete and overall bright and attractive; text block moderately age toned as usual. A tight and nice copy of this young adult tale of Hal Dane and his passion for flying versus his interest in aeronautical invention -- a volume in Saalfield's "Aviator Series." This publisher does NOT indicate edition in a consistent verifiable manner. The Saalfield Publishing Company hardcover
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GOODWIN Hal
The Real Book About Space Travel
Garden City: Garden City Books 1952. Hardcover. Illustrations by Clifford Geary. Edited by Helen Hoke. 8vo. Orange cloth with blue and white lettering and pictorial stamping. 192pp. Numerous line drawings graphs diagrams blue pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A wonderfully tight and handsome first edition of #R33 in the nonfiction "Real Book" series. On the half-title page the author boldly signs and inscribes in black fineline: "For. / with thanks from / Hal Goodwin." Harold L. "Hal" Goodwin 1914-90 who also wrote popular titles under the pseudonyms Blake Savage and John Blaine penned a number of boy's adventure novels -- yet books signed by him are surprisingly uncommon. Garden City Books hardcover
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WINSTON Robert A.
Fighting Squadron: A Sequel to the Dive Bomber
N.p.: Naval Institute Press 1991. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. 182pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Tight nice second printing. Naval Institute Press hardcover
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WHITTAKER James C.
We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing: The Complete Epic Story of the Ordeal and Rescue of Those Who Were with Eddie Rickenbacker on the Plane Lost in the Pacific
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper over boards with black lettering and pictorial stamping. 139pp. Frontispiece map illustrations pictorial endpapers. Very good. Small ownership signature on front pastedown. A tight and attractive later 16th printing of this slim bestselling narrative whose subtitle says it all boldly signed by Whittaker in full in blue ink on the title page opposite his head-and-shoulders frontispiece portrait where he adds "Best wishes of." Rickenbacker was undertaking a special flight for the U.S. Government when he and crew went down in the Pacific in November 1942; they were rescued on a raft after 23 days and he wrote of his experience in his 1943 book "Seven Came Through." E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover
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BLYTH Kenneth K.
Cradle Crew: Royal Canadian Air Force World War II
Manhattan KS: Sunflower University Press 1997. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xxii 197pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine. Pristine and tight first edition of this RCAF pilot 1924-2009 who led a bombing crew and ended up a German POW. Handsomely inscribed and signed by him on the half-title page: "5/28/07 / To Jack / A little piece of WWII history / Best Wishes / Kenneth K. Blyth." Sunflower University Press paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 41393 ISBN : 0897452178 9780897452175
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FEIST Uwe and FRANCILLON Rene J.
Luftwaffe in World War II: Aero Pictorials 1
Fallbrook CA: Aero Publishers 1967. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff orange pictorial wrappers. Ca. 150pp. Extensive illustrations. Very good. Spine a tad rough but overall tight clean and nice. First edition of the first volume of this largely pictorial trilogy. Aero Publishers paperback
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FRENCH Joseph Lewis editor
Aces of the Air
Springfield MA: McLoughlin Bros. Inc 1930. Hardcover. Introduction by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. Small 4to. Red cloth with black lettering. 316pp. Frontispiece illustrations pictorial endpapers. Near fine. A tight quite attractive first edition of this large volume in the young adult "Big Aviation Series" a broad survey featuring chapters on every conceivable facet of aviation likely to interest youngsters such as Lieut. A. Soucek's "My Flight to 39140 Feet" Lieut. H.B. Miller's "Parachutes!" T.J.C. Martyn's "Women Find Place Among the Fliers" Captain F.I. Eglin's "Life of a Flying Cadet" and Henry Ford's "Never Has Been Airplane Engine" among many others. Ownership signature on front flyleaf of then 10-year-old future educator and University of Dubuque president Walter F. Peterson 1920-2007. McLoughlin Bros. Inc hardcover
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MARSHALL Bruce
The White Rabbit: From the story told to him by Wing Commander F.F.E. Yeo-Thomas G.C. M.C.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1953. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and grey paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. ix 262pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Near fine/very good. Exciting biography of this World War II British spy. Later printing tight and nice and wearing a bright jacket. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
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MATTERN Jimmie
Cloud Country
N.p.: The Pure Oil Company 1936. Hardcover. Complete 3-volume set. 12mo. Blue paper over boards with white lettering and pictorial stamping. 64pp 64pp 64pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Bindings faintly sunned else tight clean quite attractive. Tight and nice first edition of this slim triple decker. The first volume is subtitled "Book One: Wings of Youth" the second volume "Book Two: Hawaii to Hollywood" and the third volume "Book Three: Lost in Siberia." James J. "Jimmie" Mattern 1905-88 was the aviation equivalent of a "B" movie actor. He was a test pilot stunt man and wanna-bee adventurer a la Amelia Earhart who achieved a bit of reknown in the 1930s and milked it for all it was worth for a short-lived 1935 radio program "The Diary of Jimmy Mattern" for a Chicago-based oil company. The Pure Oil Company hardcover
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TILLMAN Barrett
Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II
New York: NAL Caliber 2005. Hardcover. Foreword by Stephen Coonts. 8vo. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. xv 348pp. Illustrations map. Near fine/near fine. Tight near pristine book club edition of this account of the brutal American/Japanese aerial encounter in the Philippine Sea. NAL Caliber hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40107 ISBN : 0451216709 9780451216700
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SAINT EXUPERY Antoine de
Wind Sand und Sterne
Dusseldorf: Karl Rauch Verlag n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt lettering dust jacket. 238pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear with tiny chips at head of spine. A tight and quite handsome later printing entirely in German of the classic French aviation tale originally published in English in 1939 as "Wind Sand and Stars." Undated but likely 1950s vintage "426.-430. Tausend". Karl Rauch Verlag hardcover
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OLIVI Fred J. 1922 2004
Autograph Note Signed
This U.S. Air Force officer co-piloted "Bockscar" the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki three days after the "Enola Gay" dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima. ANS 1p 5 3/4" X 7" n.p. n.y. Fine. Handsome sentiment penned boldly in later years in black fineline: "To The 67th Battalion / U.S. Navy Seabees / Best Wishes and Good / Luck to my favorite Battalion / in WWII that helped dig the / Atomic Bomb pits for the 'Fat / Man' Bomb and 'Little Boy' / Bomb on Tinian Island in / 1945 -- that ended the war in / August of 1945 / Fred J. Olivi / Co-pilot B-29 / 'Bockscar' / Nagasaki Mission / 9 August 1945 / P.S. / Our living / Quonset Huts / were good / shelter." What a "living Quonset Hut" is we haven't a clue! A superb sentiment from the officer who never regretted participating in an action that killed about 74000 people and injured about 75000 but resulted in a quick end to the war perhaps saving a far greater number of Japanese and American lives. unknown
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OLIVI Fred J. 1922 2004
Document Signed
This U.S. Air Force officer co-piloted "Bockscar" the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki three days after the "Enola Gay" dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima. DS 1p 6" X 2 3/4" n.p. 2000 August 4. Fine. Bank check written to Olivi in the amount of $47.10 as payment for two copies of his 1999 World War Two memoir "Decision at Nagasaki: The Mission That Almost Failed" boldly signed by Olivi on the verso. Nice example. unknown
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O'LEARY Michael
United States Naval Fighters of World War II in Action
Poole: Blandford Press 1980. Hardcover. 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. 160pp. Extensive illustrations line drawings. Near fine. A tight and lovely first edition of this well-illustrated study. Blandford Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38835 ISBN : 0713709561 9780713709568
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JACKSON Robert
The RAF in Action: From Flanders to the Falklands
Poole: Blandford Press 1985. Hardcover. 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. 160pp. Numerous illustrations maps. Near fine. A tight quite handsome first edition of this slim survey. Blandford Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38834 ISBN : 0713714190 9780713714197
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REARDEN Jim
Cracking the Zero Mystery: How the U.S. Learned to Beat Japan's Vaunted WWII Fighter Plane
Harrisburg: Stackpole Books 1990. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 128pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. A tight and superb second printing. Stackpole Books paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38827 ISBN : 081172235X 9780811722353
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O'LEARY Michael
USAAF Fighters of World War Two
Harrisburg: Historical Times 1986. Hardcover. Complete 3-volume set. 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. 478pp total. Frontispiece Vol. I only numerous illustrations line drawings. Near fine. A superbly tight and attractive first edition of this outstandingly-illustrated trilogy the first volume covering P-35 to P-39 the second volume P-40 to XP-58 and the third volume P-59 to XP-83. Historical Times hardcover
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PRANGE Gordon W.
God's Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor
Washington DC: Brassey's 1990. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine with black lettering and beige paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. xvi 349pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Single inoffensive vertical rubber cement stain on each pastedown else book and jacket tight and handsome. A tight quite nice first edition of this biography of famed WW2 Japanese pilot Mitsuo Fuchida. Brassey's hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38849 ISBN : 0080374409 9780080374406
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MESSIMER Dwight R.
In the Hands of Fate: The Story of Patrol Wing Ten -- 8 December 1941-11 May 1942
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press 1985. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth with black spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. xv 350pp. Illustrations maps. Fine/very good. Faint bit of sunning to jacket. A tight and handsome first edition -- "The story of. the only U.S. Navy aviation unit to fight the Japanese in the early weeks of World War II." Naval Institute Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38852 ISBN : 0870212931 9780870212932
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HOEHLING Mary
Thaddeus Lowe: America's One-Man Air Corps
Chicago: Kingston House 1958. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth spine and blue paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 189pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn; bookplate on front flyleaf. Tight nice reprint edition of this young adult biography of the aeronautics pioneer whose construction of the first U.S. military balloon aided Union forces in directing artillery and viewing troop advancements. Kingston House hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38678
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GANN Ernest K.
The Aviator
New York: Arbor House 1981. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 189pp. Decorative endpapers. Fine/fine. A tight and pristine first edition of this aviation fiction set in 1928 and involving the U.S. air mail service. Arbor House hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38506 ISBN : 087795299X 9780877952992
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STOVALL Jack D. Jr.
Wings of Courage
Memphis: Global Press 1991. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 200pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Near fine. Probable sole edition tight and handsome of this fictionalized treatment "A Super Story about the B-26 MARAUDERS Assault on the German Air and Land Forces During the Battles of WWII." Boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black ballpoint on front flyleaf: "To James F. Mulligan / With Best Wishes / Jack D. Stovall Jr." Laid in are two envelopes from the author with printed enclosures. Global Press paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38473 ISBN : 0961520698 9780961520694
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MEAD Cary Hoge
Wings Over the World: The Life of George Jackson Mead
Wauwatosa WI: The Swannet Press 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with silver lettering pictorial dust jacket. x 314pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. First edition tight and handsome. Memoir of the noted aviation engineer penned by his widow. The Swannet Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38500
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DWIGGINS Don
The Air Devils: The Story of Balloonists Barnstormers and Stunt Pilots
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1966. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark blue cloth spine with metallic blue lettering and silver paper over boards pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 226pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Tight and handsome first edition with interesting autograph addition: Tipped opposite illustrations of stunt pilot legend Marion Cole performing is an unsigned holograph note noting "I have seen Marion perform his inverted ribbon cutting & other stunts. Omer introduced me to Marion & Mrs Cole at EAA Airshow in Oshkosh circa 1992." J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover
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BEAMISH Ronald J.
The Boy's Story of Lindbergh the Lone Eagle
Chicago: The John C. Winston Company 1928. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and large color plate on front board. 320pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. Mild binding wear and rubbing. A tight quite nice first edition. The John C. Winston Company hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38565
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WISE David and ROSS Thomas B.
The U-2 Affair
New York: Random House 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. 269pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and handsome first edition of this "remarkable story behind the most explosive espionage case of the twentieth century" the Gary Francis Powers incident. Random House hardcover
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Aireview's German Military Aircraft in World War II
Tokyo: Kantosha Co. Ltd 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. 258pp. Numerous illustrations foldout chart foldout drawing. Near fine. Tight handsome copy of the second volume only of this bibliographically cryptic title No. 88 in the Aireview series printed in Japanese with a foreword in German. Front flyleaf bears an unidentified signature that appears to read "Henry Hajime Kogawa" and possibly the same name in Japanese characters -- whether this a simple ownership signature or someone connected with this title is uncertain. An uncommon title in any case. Kantosha Co., Ltd hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38168
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LYON Thoburn C.
Practical Air Navigation
Washington DC: United States Department of Commerce 1945. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers. vi 351pp. Numerous illustrations tables charts diagrams envelope at rear containing four color foldout maps and one foldout chart. Very good. Outer wrappers only a bit age toned and lightly soiled; ownership name/address inside front wrapper. Tight and nice second edition of Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 24 an information-packed practical manual. The color foldout maps of the U.S. northwest are especially bright and pristine. United States Department of Commerce paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38193
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SLIZEWSKI Grzegorz
Stracone zludzenia -- The Lost Hopes: Polskie lotnictwo mysliwskie nad Francja w 1940 roku -- Polish Fighters over France in 1940
Koszalin Poland: Handlowa Panda 2000. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 221pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. A tight and handsome first edition of this chronicle printed in two-columns with side-by-side Polish/English texts. The frontleaf is boldly signed by the author who adds "Best regards" in blue fineline. Uncommon. Handlowa Panda paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 37963 ISBN : 8391425908 9788391425909
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LINDBERGH Charles A.
"We": The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic Flight Together with His Views on the Future of Aviation
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1927. Hardcover. Foreword by Myron T. Herrick. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 318pp. Frontispiece illustrations decorative endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear with spine gilt heavily rubbed. A tight nice first trade edition. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 37950
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BIRDSALL Steve
The B-24 Liberator
New York: Arco Publishing Company 1968. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 63pp. Extensive illustrations. Very good. Faintest of edgewear. A tight and handsome first edition of this volume in the "Famous Aircraft Series" -- handsomely signed and inscribed by the author in black fineline on the title page: "To Ronald Beam -- / with all good wishes / Steve Birdsall / 1-73." Signed copies of this title are rarely seen. Arco Publishing Company paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 37972
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HARKER RW. R. W.
Rolls-Royce from the Wings: Military Aviation 1925-71
Oxford: Oxford University Press 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. vii 165pp 3pp. Numerous illustrations pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. A quite tight and handsome first edition. Oxford University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 37692 ISBN : 0902280384 9780902280380
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OGDEN Bob
Great Aircraft Collections of the World
New York: Gallery Books 1986. Hardcover. 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 200pp. Frontispiece extensive illustrations most color pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. A tight and handsome first edition of this superbly-illustrated survey -- and with a choice autograph addition: The front flyleaf bears two appropriate inscriptions and signatures. First is Experimental Aircraft Association E.A.A. founder and its first and long-time president PAUL POBEREZNY born 1921 who boldly signs and inscribes in black fineline to "Jayne / We appreciate your / wonderful support of / aviation and EAA and / participation as a member of / the EAA Board of directors. / Paul H. Poberezny / EAA-1 / 11-27-86 / Oshkosh." Second is Poberezny's son also an E.A.A. president TOM POBEREZNY born 1946 who likewise signs and inscribes in blue fineline to "Jayne -- / Thanks for all of your support. / Best Wishes for 1987. / Tom Poberezny." Poberezny and his son are both discussed in the book. Gallery Books hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 36539 ISBN : 0831740663 9780831740665
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The Latest and Best Books on Aviation
Chicago: Popular Mechanics Press n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 24pp. Illustrations. Very good. Outer wrappers only lightly soiled though internally near fine with no edge tears whatsoever. Tight attractive trade catalogue featuring an enormous range of flight books of all types -- books on civil aviation aircraft mechanics aerobatics airplane photography airports etc. Though not dated most of the titles are from the late 1920s. "Handy Order Blank" form also laid in at rear. Most unusual. Popular Mechanics Press paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 36480
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