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SKORZENY Otto
Skorzeny's Special Missions: The Autobiography of Hitler's Commando Ace
N.p.: Greenhill Books n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 221pp. Fine/near fine. Tight near pristine military book club edition of this 1997 reprint of the 1957 first edition originally subtitled "The Memoirs of 'The Most Dangerous Man in Europe.'" Greenhill Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36341 ISBN : 1568654413 9781568654416
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LINDLEY John M.
Carrier Victory: The Air War in the Pacific
New York: Elsevier-Dutton 1978. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. viii 184pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint spotting on top page edges; jacket spine faintly sunned. A tight attractive book club edition of this volume in the "Man and Battle" series. Elsevier-Dutton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36353
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BUTLER Susan
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart
Reading MA: Addison-Wesley 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and tan paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. xiv 489pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A tight and superb first edition. Addison-Wesley hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36272 ISBN : 0201311445 9780201311440
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HOYT Edwin P.
The Airmen: The Story of American Fliers in World War II
New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company 1990. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and grey paper over boards dust jacket. xiv 418pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A tight and handsome first edition. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36352 ISBN : 0070306338 9780070306332
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KERSHAW Alex
The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain
N.p.: Da Capo Press 2006. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. xi 301pp. Illustrationsmap. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition but perfect and pristine. Da Capo Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36337 ISBN : 0306813033 9780306813030
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Howard Fred
Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers
Norwalk CT: Easton Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. 1989. Leather. Navy leather binding with gilt design stamped on boards and spine all edges gilt silk ribbon marker. Index notes photos. ; The Library of American History; 530 pages . Easton Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30012
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SIEFRING Thomas A.
US Air Force in World War II
New York: Galley Press 1977. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Extensive illustrations some color. Fine/near fine. Small inkstamped date on front pastedown. Tight attractive revised edition of this thick survey. Galley Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 34849 ISBN : 0831790873 9780831790875
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McCALLEY Bruce editor
The Vintage Ford: September-October 1987 Volume 22 Number 5
Burbank: The Model T Ford Club of America 1987. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 57pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. Tight nice issue of this bi-monthly publication for vintage Ford aficionados -- restoration tips how-to adventures anecdotes etc. The Model T Ford Club of America paperback
Bookseller reference : 34661
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MODEL A PARTS CATALOGUE
Model A's & Things
Port Washington WI: Model A's & Things n.y. Paperback. 4to. Pictorial wrappers. 14pp. Illustrations. Very good. Outer wrappers only lightly age toned and worn though internally near fine. Catalogue No. 273 of this Model A parts catalogue for restorers undated but circa 1972. Accompanied by a seconds similar item: "Rick's 1973-1974 Model A Catalog #210" a 67-page small 4to parts catalogue with glossy pictorial wrappers -- wrappers soiled though internally very good. Interesting pair. Model A's & Things paperback
Bookseller reference : 34660
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MODEL A PARTS CATALOGUE
Model 'A' Old Time Auto Parts
Oregon WI: Old Time Auto Parts Inc 1974. Paperback. 4to. Pictorial wrappers stapled. 17pp. Near fine. Outer wrappers only a tad age toned else internally fine. Rather crude homespun mimeographed production a parts catalogue for Model A restorers -- with prices that bring a tear to one's eye. Interesting. Old Time Auto Parts, Inc paperback
Bookseller reference : 34658
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GUSTAVSON Howard editor
Model T Times: November-December 1992 -- May-June 1996 13 issues
Chicago: The Model T Ford Club International 1992. Paperback. 13 issues running from 1992 November-December 1994 full year lacking July-August 1995 January-February July-August September-October November-December and 1996 January through June. 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers all but one with stiff yellow decorative outer mailing wrappers still present. 48pp 48pp 48pp 48pp 52pp 48pp 48pp 48pp 56pp 48pp 48pp 48pp 48pp. Extensive illustrations. Fine. Outer wrappers range in condition from near fine to good and show varying rubbing minor edgewear and such as expected but they served their purpose and kept the publication pristine. Nice baker's dozen of this Model T aficionados bi-monthly publication featuring articles on restoration techniques rendezvous etc. -- anything and everything Model T related. The outer mailing wrappers were meant to be removed of course but in addition to keeping each issue immaculate most of them contain content not found in the magazine itself: An original Model T-related poem illustration or anecdote graces the rear wrapper of each issue. The Model T Ford Club International paperback
Bookseller reference : 34656
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PRATT Fletcher
All About Rockets and Jets
New York: Random House 1958. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jack Coggins. Small 4to. Green cloth pictorial dust jacket. 140pp. Numerous line drawings pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Third printing second edition of #13 in the nifty "allabout books" series with a fireword by Willy Ley. A tight quite attractive copy. Random House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 34473
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SHARP H. Oakley SHAW G. Reed and DUNLOP John A.
Airport Engineering
New York: John Wiley & Sons 1944. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering pictorial dust jacket. viii 150pp. Numerous tables figures floor plans maps illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear with several small edge chips. Quite tight and handsome and rather scarce first edition of this "airport how-to" intended to cite front jacket panel "For Students of Engineering -- an up-to-date book with diagrams on airport construction methods -- design of buildings -- pavements -- and all pertinent details." A lovely copy. John Wiley & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 34484
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SIEFRING Thomas A.
US Air Force in World War II
Secaucus NJ: Chartwell Books 1977. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Ownership signature on front pastedown. Tight attractive later printing of this thick survey. Chartwell Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 34480 ISBN : 089009182X 9780890091821
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TOLAND John
The Great Dirigibles: Their Triumphs and Disasters
New York: Dover Publications 1972. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff brown glazed pictorial wrappers. 352pp 13pp ads. Illustrations. Near fine. First paperback edition of Toland's 1957 "Ships in the Sky: The Story of the Great Dirigibles" -- tight and attractive. Dover Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : 34293 ISBN : 0486213978 9780486213972
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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. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed with several small edge chips. Reprint edition of this 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
Bookseller reference : 34096
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Panel on Atmospheric Effects of Aviation; National Research Council
The Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft Project: An Interim Review of Science and Progress Compass Series
National Academies Press 1998-08-31. Paperback. Good. National Academies Press paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG0309060958 ISBN : 0309060958 9780309060950
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HUGHES Kathleen
Dear Mrs. Lindbergh: A Novel
New York: W.W. Norton & Company 2003. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and blue speckled paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 302pp 2pp. Near fine/near fine. A tight and handsome first edition of this fiction concerning an aged Iowa couple and their aviation-centered youth featuring Anne Morrow Lindbergh as a character. The author's grandparents George and Veta Priester were the models for the story though and an accompanying Typed Letter Signed from George Priester's son Charles presents this copy of the book and explains his parents' role; in addition a copy of a photograph of his parents in their youth standing in front of an early airplane has been affixed to the front flyleaf. The author also handsomely signed and inscribes in blue ballpoint on the title page: "For Pete & Laverne -- / Happy Holidays! / Kathleen Hughes." W.W. Norton & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31817
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DAMMANN George H.
Illustrated History of Ford 1903-1970
Glen Ellyn IL: Crestline Publishing 1971. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper over boards. 320pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. Revised edition. Crestline Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1441
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LINDBERGH Anne Morrow
Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1922-1928
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth spine and blue patterned paper over boards dust jacket. xxi 258pp. Illustrations pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Early not first printing tight and clean. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4457
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A View of the 1987 EAA Convention
Madison: Recreation Resources Center 1987. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers. 48pp rectos only 8pp. 2 maps numerous tables. Fine. Thorough statistical study of the famed Oshkosh Wisconsin aviation convention. Recreation Resources Center paperback
Bookseller reference : 2780
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TAYLOR JWR. and MOYES PJR. J. W. P. J.
Pictorial History of the R.A.F.
New York: Arco Publishing Co 1970. Hardcover. Volume Three. Small 4to. Blue cloth pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Heavily illustrated. Very good/near fine. First edition. Volume Three covering 1945-1969. Arco Publishing Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1459
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ROBSON Graham
Magnificent Mercedes
New York: Bonanza Books 1983. Hardcover. 4to. Black paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Extensive illustrations most color pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Small red remainder mark on outer page edges. Tight handsome reprint edition. Bonanza Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17890
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MCCARRY Charles
Double Eagle: Ben Abruzzo Maxie Anderson Larry Newman
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and blue paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. viii 278pp. Color illustrations map endpapers. Very good/very good. A tight decent first edition of this chronicle of the first Transatlantic balloon flight. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 29374
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LITCHFIELD PW. P. W.
Autumn Leaves: Reflections of an Industrial Lieutenant
Cleveland: Corday & Gross Co 1945. Hardcover. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. Foreword by Jerome C. Hunsaker. Small 4to. Blue cloth pictorial dust jacket. 125pp. Frontispiece line drawings color charts hand tipped illustration decorations. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn with small edge chips mainly along top and somewhat sunned spine. First edition tight and decent. Goodyear Tire business history. Corday & Gross Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23434
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Aeroscout Procedures
Washington DC: Department of the Army 1982. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff green wrappers stapled and three-punched. iii ca. 100pp separately numbered sections. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. Slightest of wear to outer wrappers only. Field Manual No. 17-35 tight and attractive. Department of the Army paperback
Bookseller reference : 9025
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MIDDLEHURST Tony
The Pictorial History of Motorcycling
Greenwich CT: Bison Books Corp 1988. Hardcover. Folio. Grey cloth pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Numerous illustrations many color. Near fine/near fine. First edition of this superbly illustrated overview tight and nice. Bison Books Corp hardcover
Bookseller reference : 21064
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LARKINS William T.
The Ford Story: A Pictorial History of the Ford Tri-Motor 1927-1957
Wichita: The Robert R. Longo Company 1958. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth. 178pp. Numerous illustrations 2 foldout blueprints. Near fine. Second printing of this scarce history of Ford Tri-Motors. Tight clean handsome. The Robert R. Longo Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8533
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WOOD Jonathan
Great Marques of Italy
London: Octopus Books 1987. Hardcover. 4to. Brown buckram pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Numerous illustrations mostly color color map decorated endpapers. Very good/very good. First U.K. edition. Octopus Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1455
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BRYAN CDB. C. D.
The National Air and Space Museum
New York: Harry N. Abrams INc 1979. Hardcover. 4to. Purple cloth pictorial dust jacket. 504pp. Exhaustive illustrations most color; 2 huge foldouts. Near fine/near fine. Handsome tight first edition. Harry N. Abrams, INc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6739
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ANDERSON Edwin P.
Audels Foreign Auto Repair Manual
Indianapolis: Theodore Audel & Co 1964. Hardcover. 16mo. Black cloth dust jacket. 584pp 8pp ads. Illustrations diagrams decorated endpapers. Very good/good plus. First edition. Detailed step-by-step procedural manual covering maintenance and repair for ten import cars including Fiat Volkswagen Volvo Saab and others. Theodore Audel & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1462
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CHRISTY Joe and SHAMBURGER Page
Summon the Stars
South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes 1970. Hardcover. 4to. Green buckram. 434pp. Numerous illustrations. Good plus. Minor spotting and dampstaining to binding; obliterated ownership signature on front flyleaf and rear pastedown. Reprint of this aviation overview. A.S. Barnes hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2657
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SMEDLEY Harry
Genevieve: A Love Story
Somerset U.K.: Haynes Publishing Group 1983. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green paper over boards dust jacket. Ca. 100pp. Extensive illustrations many color. Very good/near fine. Boards very slightly bowed. A tight most handsome first edition of this highly unusual love affair between to quote the jacket front flap "a twentieth-century American art director and. a very British and rather haughty Jaguar automobile." The author boldly inscribes and signs the half-title page in blue ballpoint to a noted Midwest photographer: "to my long time / friend Archie Lieberman / without who's advice and help / this book would not have / been published / Harry Smedley / 11/29/83." Opposite this a 3" X 3" slip has been stapled to the upper part of the flyleaf on which the author pens: "Hope you enjoy / the book as much as / I've enjoyed yours. / My best to both / your / Harry." Haynes Publishing Group hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22141
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CURRO Evelyn
Americana Calendar: Circus Wagon Edition
New York: The Viking Press 1954. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pink wrappers plastic spiralbound with color front cover label housed in original presentation box with color label. Near fine/very good. Minor separations on the box corners but archivally repaired thus strong and attractive -- and the calendar itself having remained in the box is as close to pristine as it gets. 1955 calendar featuring twelve handsome color heavy stock prints of early circus wagons. Difficult to find in unmarred condition with the original box. Fifth annual calendar in this particular form tight and attractive. The Viking Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 8797
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BIEDERMAN Jerome D. artist
Antique Automobile Prints 4
Elk Grove Village IL: Bruce Offset Company n.y. 1973. 4 full-color prints 16" X 12" with accompanying promotional handbill and "spec sheet." Fine. Handsome pristine prints by this noted transportation artist created as a promotional gimmick for this printing firm. Depicted are the 1906 Autocar Runabout 1904 Franklin 5 Passenger Touring 1909 Lozier Type H -- Briarcliff Touring and 1909 Peerless 7 Passenger Touring. Stiff 8�" X 11�" promotional handbill and 7" X 5" informational sheet also present. unknown
Bookseller reference : 26224
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STEIN Ralph
The Great Cars
New York: Ridge Press n.y. Hardcover. 4to. Red buckram pictorial dust jacket. 252pp. Heavily illustrated most color. Fine/near fine. First edition. The twenty-five greatest marques ever built. Ridge Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1454
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PALMER Henry R. Jr.
This Was Air Travel
Seattle: Superior Publishing Company 1960. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth pictoriall dust jacket. 190pp. Frontispiece extensive illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bir rubbed and edgeworn; small ownership. First edition tight and attractive of this to quote the jacket front "Pictorial History of Aeronauts and Aeroplanes from the Beginning to Now!" Superior Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7781
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The First Air Voyage in America: The Times the Place and the People of the Blanchard Balloon Voyage of January 9 1793 Philadelphia to Woodberry
Philadelphia: The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company 1943. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth. 60pp 27pp. Frontispiece illustrations maps. Very good. Fascinating account of this early ascent followed by the text of Jean Pierre Blanchard's "Journal of my Forty-fifth Ascension and the First in America" Philadelphia 1793. The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5745
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HENDRY PG. P. G.
Vintage and Veteran Cars
Adelaide: Rigby Limited 1974. Hardcover. Illustrations by H. Murdoch. Small 4to. Red cloth pictorial dust jacket. 52pp. Color frontispiece color illustrations pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. First Australian edition. Accessible reference of the most famous British American and European automobiles built between 1900 and 1930. Rigby Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1435
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GUNSTON Bill
The World's Greatest Airplanes: The story of the men who built them and how they came to be
New York: Elsevier-Dutton Publishing Co 1980. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper over boards. 256pp. Numerous illustrations some color pictorial endpapers. Very good. Obliterated ownership signature on front flyleaf and rear pastedown. Early not first printing tight and clean. Elsevier-Dutton Publishing Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4712 ISBN : 0525707247 9780525707240
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BULMAN Barbara Hanson editor
The Winnebago Story: 1958-1988
Forest City IA: Winnebago Industries 1988. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue leatherette with pictorial silver gilt stamping. 214pp. Numerous illustrations some color pictorial endpapers. Fine. First edition of this company history. Winnebago Industries hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16317
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ERSKINE Albert Russel
History of the Studebaker Corporation
N.p.: The Studebaker Corporation 1924. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth spine and brown decorated paper over boards. xxvii 229pp. Frontispiece illustrations tables. Very good. Slight edgewear; bookplate on front flyleaf. First edition. The Studebaker Corporation hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1451
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1966 Ford
N.p. Detroit: Ford Motor Company 1965. Paperback. Oblong 48mo. Stiff textured tan wrappers. 72pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. First edition. Handsome copy of this owner's manual. Ford Motor Company paperback
Bookseller reference : 3235
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A Wonder Book of Rubber
Akron: The B.F. Goodrich Company 1935. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan and gold wrappers. 46pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Probable first edition. Nicely illustrated pamphlet of the manufacturing history of rubber. The B.F. Goodrich Company paperback
Bookseller reference : 22993
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KEIR David and MORGAN Bryan editors
Golden Milestone: 50 Years of the AA
London: The Automobile Association 1955. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth dust jacket. 240pp. Numerous illustrations some color. Very good/good. 2" chip at lower edge of jacket's front panel; front flyleaves rather age toned as usual. Tight nice first edition. The Automobile Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10780
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GLENN Harold T.
Chrysler: Outboard Motor Repair and Tune-up Guide
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company 1969. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper over boards. 124pp. Illustrations diagrams tables. Very good. First edition from "Glenn's Marine Series." Henry Regnery Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1430
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FEULNER John A. compiler
Who Knows Selected Information Resources on Aeronautics and Astronautics
N.p.: N.p. 1983. Paperback. Small 4to. White wrappers. 60pp. Near fine. Revised edition. Useful reference source. N.p. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1445
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SEDGWICK Michael
Passenger Cars 1924-1942
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co 1976. Hardcover. Illustrations by John W. Wood. Small 8vo. Blue paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. Numerous color illustrations line drawings. Good plus/very good. Tight attractive first U.S. edition -- mild ex-library copy with very few and mostly-removed markings. Seventh volume in this publisher's "Cars of the World in Color" series. Macmillan Publishing Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19717
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ZAIC Frank
Frankly Speaking
Northridge CA: Model Aeronautic Publications 1991. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff orange pictorial wrappers. 127pp. Illustrations. Near fine. First edition tight and perfect of this oddball gathering of essays quotations memoir etc. by this free flight aeromodeling innovator 1912-2005. Inscribed and signed boldly by the author in blue ballpoint on the front flyleaf: "To Wes / a bit of my past / Frank Zaic / 1992." Zaic edited the first "Model Aeronautics Yearbook" in 1935 and for decades afterward and in 1936 was a founder of the Academy of Model Aeronautics; inducted into the Model Aviation Hall of Fame 1969 the National Free Flight Society Hall of Fame 1978 and the Society of Antique Modelers Hall of Fame 1989. An uncommon autograph in a surprisingly uncommon book. Model Aeronautic Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : 24634
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TAYLOR John and YOUNG Susan
Passenger Aircraft and Airlines
Secaucus NJ: Chartwell Books 1977. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper over boards. 152pp. Numerous illustrations and diagrams most color color pictorial endpapers. Very good. Spine slightly sunned. Obliterated ownership signature on front flyleaf and rear pastedown. First U.S. edition. Chartwell Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2658
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