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‎Pan American World Airways‎

‎1961 Pan Am (Pan American World Airways) Timetable with Ticket Book and Wallet (3 pieces)‎

‎Folded timetable unfolds to a 9" x 8" book with 36 pages documenting Pan Am's impressive list of worldwide destinations. Enclosed ticket book indicates the original traveller flew return from Seattle to Hawaii. Modern day travellers and airline staff may be astonished by the considerable amount of handwriting required to process this single ticket. A nice Pan Am/aviation memento. Book‎

‎Bill Hockney and Moe Gates‎

‎Nadir to Zenith - An Almanac of Stories By Canadian Military Navigators‎

‎399 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Presents stories of pre-GPS times - the halcyon days of the navigator - when his skills were so very often the 'key to success'". - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A superb copy. Book‎

‎Roche, Arthur Somers; Kent, F.R.; Rice, Grantland; Flynn, J.T.; Cohen, O.R.; Et al‎

‎Collier's - The National Weekly (Magazine), December (Dec.) 15, 1928, Vol. 82, No. 24: Gus Edwards (Pt II) / President-Elect Herbert Hoover‎

‎58 pages. Features: Cover illustration of boy standing in icy water; Nostalgic one-page illustrated ad for the circular Western Electric 560-AW loudspeaker; Marriage for Two (fiction by Roche); President Elect Herbert Hoover - It's Going To Be Different; Other Men's Poison (fiction by Roark Bradford); Thunder in the Backfield - Grantland Rice reviews the star-studded running backs of 1928, with photos of Ken Strong N.Y.U., and Chris Cagle of Army; In Loving Memory (fiction by Fred Sweet); "Too Collegiate" - fiction by Lucian Cary; Good Clean Fun - two pages of charming vintage illustrations of how people amused themselves before movies, radios and cars; The Ticker's In a Jam - great photo-illustrated article explaining stock ticker technology; Cabaret (fiction by O.C. Cohen); The Kid's Clever - Part 2 of the Gus Edwards story; Marvelous one-page illustrated ad for Flexible Flyer includes their seven sled models for children, plus an illustration of Commander Byrd at the South Pole; I Can Pick Winners, But - A famous horse racing handicapper explains why he still works for a living; The Shepherd of Guadaloupe, by Zane Grey (part VIII); Nice one-page Atwater Kent Radio ad includes photos of their Models 40 A.C., 42 A.C., a Model E circular speaker, Model 44 A.C., and Model 52 A.C.; Master of Sinister House (fiction by E. P. Oppenheim); Nice one-page color ad for the 50 box of Gillette shaving blades; Color centerfold ad for Remington Rand procalims "The Emancipation of the American Business Man" with illustration of "the bent and withered office drudge"; Nice one-page Edgeworth pipe tobacco ad includes illustration of their four-sized tin and letter from one F.W. Fitzpatrick; Classy one-page photo-illustrated ad by Bosch Radio (American Bosch Magneto Corporation) displays their Model 29B, 28A and features photo of the Model 28; Marvelous one-page ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes includes illustration and endorsement of Lady Grace Drummond Hay, the first woman to fly the Atlantic from Europe to the United States, aboard the Graf Zeppelin (which is also illustrated in the ad); Smoth Brothers' cough drops ad includes photo of vaudeville comedian Joe Cook; Quarter-page illustrated ad for Daisy Air Rifles - "That's What Our Boy Has Been Asking For"; Classic back cover Victrola ad displays their Models 835, 918, 43, 711, 255, and 1069. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book‎

‎Hadfield, Dave; Grant, Robert S.; Putter, Kelly‎

‎Canadian Aviator Magazine, January / February 2010 - Dorothy Rungeling‎

‎52 pages. Features: Flying Ski-Equipped Aircraft; Robert S. Grant takes us on a typical DC-3 run for First Nations Air in Manitoba; Dorothy Rungeling - The Flying Housewife; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book‎

‎Peppler, Graeme; Bell, Justin; Niles, Russ‎

‎Canadian Aviator Magazine, September / October 2009 - Race Pilot Pete McLeod‎

‎54 pages. Features: Race Pilot Pete McLeod seeks to win the Red Bull Air Race Series; Paris Air Show Slump; DC-3 Dreams; Tony Smith gets rated in a DC-3, through the assistance of a Georgia vintage airplane buff; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book‎

‎Zuuring, Peter‎

‎Arrow Countdown - Rebuilding a Dream and a Nation‎

‎142 pages. "The first in a series of books that will deal with the rebuilding of Canada's most famous airplane, the Avro Arrow. Learn all about Arrow Supersonic flight from those who were there - featuring 'Spud' Potocki. Follow cockpit development with never-before-seen detailed photos and Institute for Aviation Medicine studies. Read about plans to rebuild the Arrow and how it can be accomplished, including sample Technical Bulletin. Walk around stricken Arrows. Arrow technology for TSR2. Iroquois engine recovery in the UK, Engines sold provide slush fund. Arrow accident and molecular physics and much more." - from back board. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy. Book‎

‎Michael Burns‎

‎McDonnell Douglas F-4K and F-4M Phantom II (Osprey Air Combat)‎

‎200 pages. Index. "The first book devoted to the anglicized versions of the American McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II - the F-4K and F-4M (Designated FG.1 and FGR.2 respectively by the British Services). A very significant book which reveals a wealth of new information about the most expensive Phantoms ever built." - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. Book‎

‎Wylie, R.W. (Ron); Bishop, Arthur (Foreword); McPhail, G.C. (Acknowledgement)‎

‎400 (Four Hundred) (City of Toronto) Squadron History 1932 to 1996‎

‎viii, 133 pages. Bibliography. Generously illustrated with reproductions of black and white and colour photos. Oblong 9" x 10.75". Photo endpapers. A "Very carefully and diligently recorded documentary which clearly illustrates how well the squadron has served our country for over 60 years and continues to do so." - Foreword. Book unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this excellent squadron history. Book‎

‎Robert F. Dorr‎

‎McDonnell F-101 Voodoo (Osprey Air Combat Series)‎

‎198 pages. Index. Glossary. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos and twelve in color. "Altough designed to escort American bombers into the Soviet Union, the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo's most numerous variant became an interceptor guarding North America from other bombers. The story begins in the crucible of Southeast Asia, with the men of the 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. Many of these men were interviewed specially for this book. Includes the Chinese Nationalist RF-101A flights over the mainland from Taiwan, and a first-hand account from the Canadian back-seater of an F-101B. Although incredibly difficult to fly, this aircraft was loved by all who went aloft in her during peace and war." - back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book‎

‎Procter, Capt. (R.)Tom [Editor]; Brigadier-General Brian Cameron [Foreword]‎

‎407 Squadron (The Demon Squadron) 1941 - 2000: A Narrative History‎

‎340 pages. Colour and black and white reproductions of photos. Rolls of Honour. "8th May 2001 marked the 60th anniversary of the formation of 407 "Demon" Squadron RCAF at Thorney Island, Hampshire, England. In WWII the Demons were credited with four U-boat kills and seven U-boats damaged, plus many thousands of tons of enemy shipping sunk and damaged, but at the cost of the lives of 240 members." paraphrased from Foreword. Part One deals with the wartime years, 1941-1945 and is divided into anti-shipping operations and anti-submarine operations. Part Two deals with the post-war years, 1952-2000 and includes these chapters: The Squadron Reformed, The Lancaster Years, The Neptune Years, The Argus Years, The Aurora Years, plus ten informative appendices. Signed and inscribed in 2005 by C.O. P. Ormsby upon title page. Usual library markings. Binding intact.. Above-average external wear. A worthy copy of this informative and important history which includes 64 more pages than the 1996 edition. Book‎

‎Cautley, R.W.; Morgan, Theodore; Marcuse, B.‎

‎Canadian Geographical Journal, October [Oct.] 1930, Vol. I, No. 6 - The Story of the R-100 Airship‎

‎X [ads], 465-554 pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos. Features: Jasper National Park - article which includes five full-page colour reproductions of A.Y. Jackson paintings; Five Million Tourists - Canada's second greatest industry; Asbestos - "Pierre a Coton" - article with dozens of excellent photos of Quebec's mighty asbestos industry; The Story of the R-100 Airship - largest and greatest in the world - article illustrated with many sensational photos; New Books; Glorious vintage ads for national Canadian brands; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this extraordinary Canadian aviation history memento. Book‎

‎Batchelor, Dudley, E.; Patterson, Ewen K.; Grant, J. Fergus; et al‎

‎Canadian Geographical Journal, February [Feb.] 1937, Vol. XIV, No. 2 - Trans-Canada Airway / Ski-ing [Skiing] In Canada‎

‎VI [ads], 55-124 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Features: Ski-ing in Canada; With the Pearlers (Pearl Divers] of Northern Australia; Trans-Canada Airway - article includes informative map showing Canada's public airports, airports with lights, intermediate aerodromes and intermediate landing fields, and photos of land clearing for airports at Salmo, B.C., Kitchener, B.C., Coleman, Alberta, Amesdale, Ontario, and Yahk, B.C.; New Books; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this nice issue. Book‎

‎Rimell, Raymond Laurence; Sowrey, Air Marshal Sir Frederick B. [Foreword]‎

‎Zeppelin!: A Battle for Air Supremacy in World War I‎

‎256 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of sensational archival photos. "In this book, the complete story of the Zeppelin offensive, from Admiral Hugo von Pohl's successful campaign to persuade the Kaiser to initiate the raids, to the destruction of L53, the last Zeppelin to be brought down in combat, is chronicled in minute detail. The author has spent over ten years in personal research, which has extended to many interviews and much correspondence with surviving servicemen and close relatives of the leading personalities of the time, both British and German. Over 300 illustrations, most taken from private collections and not previously published, plus a large number of first-hand accounts, give a vivid insight into the drama of the times, and extensive appendices providing details of the men and machines involved complete a fascinating story that never before has been told with such thoroughness." - dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy of this excellent work. Noffsinger 1215. Book‎

‎Robert F. Dorr‎

‎Vought A-7 CORSAIR II - Osprey Air Combat‎

‎200 pages. Index. Glossary. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black and white photos and twelve in color. "The first major work to be devoted to Vought's hard-hitting A-7 Corsair II attack jet. A penetrating, absorbing, and highly detailed record of the SLUF's story, a career highlighted by the airplane's involvement in Vietnam, the Iranian hostage crisis, the invasion of Grenada, and yet more combat in Lebanon. Includes a revealing account of the genesis and scope of the Corsair programme, a full description of every variant (including rebuilds and conversions), and the Corsair in service with Navy, Air Force, and Air National Guard squadrons." - back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book‎

‎Cheesman, E.C.; Beaverbrook, The Right Hon. The Lord [Foreword]‎

‎Brief Glory: The Story of the A.T.A. [Air Transport Auxiliary]‎

‎248 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. More than seventy black and white photos. "The first authentic account of the romantic rise to fame and ultimate disbandment of the Air Transport Auxiliary, the little-known Ferry Pilot service of the (second world) war. Starting with 30 amateur pilots, its numbers finally totalled over 700 who, between 1939 and 1945, ferried more than 308,000 aircraft of more than a hundred different types from the factories to the Royal Air Force." - dust jacket. Appendices include: Special Commendations; Honours List; List of A.T.A. Pilots Who Actually Ferried Aircraft at Pools; Ferrying Figures; Lists of All Types of Aircraft Ferried. Book clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Heavy wear to dust jacket, now preserved in archival Brodart, which is missing large chunk from top of backstrip, affecting front and back panels. Bonus: Laid-in is A.T.A. Association Newsletter No. VIII from 1955 which runs 16 pages, including a seven-page list of current members. Also, laid inside this newsletter is an obituary news clipping of the A.T.A.'s wartime second in command, Philip Wills, plus a letter signed by Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Mather, O.B.E., dated 10 May 1996, which concerns the wartime record and award of Mr. James Bain, MBE, who served as Superintendent, Flight Engineers, A.T.A. ENSER p.376. Book‎

‎Whittle, Sir Frank‎

‎Jet - The Story of a Pioneer‎

‎320 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "This book is not an autobiography. It is primarily the history of my association with the development of the turbo-jet engine in Great Britain." - Preface. Prior owner's name and date atop front free endpaper. Spine leaning. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's navy cloth which is partially sunned at spine. Dust jacket not included. A worthy reading copy of this fascinating history. Book‎

‎Gleave, Thomas Percy [R.A.F. Casualty]; Leigh-Mallory, T. [Foreword]‎

‎"I Had a Row With a German"‎

‎xiv, 108 pages. Black and white plates. "A story of gallantry and fortitude told by a fighter pilot who fought and was badly wounded in the Battle of Britain." - Foreword. Military library stamps to endpapers and title page. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket not included. A worthy reference copy. [Not found in Enser] Book‎

‎Janic Geelen; James, O.G. [Introduction]‎

‎The Topdressers‎

‎367 pages. Generously illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Endpapers attractively illustrated with logos of aerial spraying companies. "Tells for the first time the remarkable story of aerial topdressing in New Zealand. It begins with Len Daniell, who tried to interest the Government in providing an aircraft for trials in 1926, and ends with an industry poised on the brink of change. Explains how aircraft and aviators flew out onto the farm and fertilised vast areas of unproductive land from the air, an achievement unparalleled in modern agriculture, and significant in the history of world aviation." - dust jacket. Book unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating and informative history. Book‎

‎Myers, Gerald (Signed]‎

‎My Mother Worked at AVRO: The Story of AVRO (Yeadon) and Its Contribution the Britain's War Effort‎

‎Signed and inscribed by author atop half-title page. [8], 142 pages. Black and white photographic plates, maps, and reproductions of documents. "An outstanding history of one factory during WWII. It was the one I worked in. I salute the author's painstaking research, his sense of humour and his enthusiastic reporting of ordinary people in an extraordinary place during a very dangerous and difficult time." - B. Hepton. Chapters include: Beginnings; Overture to War; Build Up; Conscription; Production Begins in Earnest; Flight Testing and the A.T.A.; The Advent of the Lancaster; Visits from the Luftwaffe - and Further Development at the Factory; "Lighter Moments"; Onto Victory; Peace; Legacy; plus five appendices and a bibliography. Unmarked with above-average but not excessive wear to glossy white covers. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this informative work. Book‎

‎Donald N. Campbell‎

‎Wings of Mercy: A Living History of Saskatchewan's Air Ambulance Service‎

‎xii, 388 pages. Glossary. Black and white maps and reproductions of photos. Includes lists of pilots and staff. Troops returning to Saskatchewan after WWII had learned of aviation. They turned this knowledge to good by using it to launch Saskatchewan's Air Ambulance Service. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy. Book‎

‎Fraser, David Scott‎

‎One Man's Journal - The War Years, 1939-1945 Book 2‎

‎Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. 168 pages. Many black and white reproductions of photos in text. Author relies on his diary and flying log-book to recount his WWII experiences as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book‎

‎Eastern Air Lines / Mid-Continent Airlines‎

‎Eastern Air Lines [Airlines] 1950 Passenger Ticket,‎

‎6.5" x 3.25" passenger ticket for a flight from Houston to Des Moines in October1950 for $61.18. Ticket consists of four pages, two of which are boiler plate text and one page containing the carbon copy of hand-written details of the traveller and her itinerary. Ticket is stored in a brightly-illustrated red, white and blue envelope featuring ads for Texaco and Mid-Continent Airlines. Light wear. A nice memento of early 1950's American passenger air travel. Book‎

‎Rockwell, Norman; Barnes, Eugene H.; Crossfield, A. Scott; et al‎

‎The Saturday Evening Post, February [Feb.] 27, 1960, Volume 232, Number 35 - Norman Rockwell's Adventures as an Illustrator (Part 3) / Palm Springs / X-15 Test Pilot‎

‎104 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration by Hughes of doctor making house call on little boy in his toy-strewn bedroom; Deadbeats Are My Business - Psychologist Eugene H. Barnes discloses the weird dodges people use to avoid paying their debts - and his technique for making them pay up; Avenging Lady - short story by George Bradshaw; Palm Springs - Oasis for Golfers - color-photo-illustrated article; The Girl From Mayo - short story by Brian Cleeve; My Adventures as An Illustrator (part 3) - I Break Into the Big Time - Norman Rockwell tells how he was duped as a gullible young artist - but still hit the jackpot at age 22; The Outsider - short story by Leon Ware; Is Foreign Aid Jeopardizing American Jobs?; What is Railroad Featherbedding? - controversy over 'unnecessary' jobs; Night Without End (part 2 of 8) by Alistair MacLean; My Journeys Toward the Stars - X-15 Test Pilot A. Scott Crossfield reveals some of the harrowing moments of his rocket-powered flights in the ship he is grooming to carry a man into space (conclusion - Brush With Disaster); Comanche Holdup - short story by Duvan Polk; The Monitor Affair (part 6 of 8) by Clarence Budington Kelland; Two-page black and white photo Marlboro ad features the Marlboro Man lying down with head resting on saddle; Back cover color-phot Camel ad features G.L. Stavely of Mexican Hat, Utah, a skipper for geologists mapping the mighty Colorado River. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. 2.5" x 1.5" chip from upper corner of front cover. Please note: missing pages 85-86 which contained a portion of The Girl From Mayo, otherwise a worthy vintage copy. Book‎

‎The Saturday Evening Post, June 25, 1960, Volume 232, Number 52 - They Killed Heydrich (part 2 of 3) /Irna Phillips of the Soap Operas‎

‎80 pages. Features: ; Unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage copy. Book‎

‎Mahon, Mike: Editor-In-Chief‎

‎Nighthawk! A History of 409 (Night Fighter) Squadron 1941-1977‎

‎94 pages. Documents the history of this Canadian squadron, accompanied by many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Illustrated endpapers. Includes Honour Roll, List of Aircrew on CF-100 "Canuck" Aircraft, and List of Aircrew on CF-101 "Voodoo" Aircraft. Book clean, bright, tight and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade cover. A quality copy. Cooke (2) p.224. Bonus: Laid in is an envelope dated 1977 bearing the 409 Squadron letterhead and a printed statement that this envelope and its content, a brief informative history of the Squadron, were flown on Hawk One CF-101B 101012 with the Squadron's Standard from Ottawa to Comox, as attested to by Pilot L. Col. G.H. Herbert, CO 409 and Nav. Maj. R.M. Hellberg who have each signed this statement, which is numbered 183 of 1700. Cooke [3rd Edn] p.355. Book‎