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2000Best.-Nr. BIB328373Earl Shilton Leicester: Midland Publishing. 2000. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Very Good condition - spine very slightly sunned. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 198 pages. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover. Midland Publishing paperback
2003Best.-Nr. 8974771Air Pilot Publisher Ltd 2003. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN:9781843360780 Air Pilot Publisher Ltd paperback
Best.-Nr. B9781249152460Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1940Best.-Nr. 058949Newport England: A. Phillips 1940. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Three consecutive volumes of Air Mail Magazine 1940-42 bound in varying shades of green cloth lettered and with front cover emblem in gilt. All volumes show only minor wear. Original wraps bound in. Wartime publications. A. Phillips Hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 1894Japan: Bunrin-Do Co. Ltd. AN in AN dust jacket. Paperback. Paperback in dustjacket. Text in Japanese; Famous Airplanes of the World; 2; B&W and color photographs; 7.25x10.25"; 96 pages . 1987. Bunrin-Do Co., Ltd. paperback
1984Best.-Nr. 013085Englewood Colorado: Jeppesen 1984. Book. Good. Faux Leather. NOTE: This is a historical collectible item being sold for archival decorative and research purposes only-NOT for operational flight use. Vintage Jeppesen Airway Manual multi-ring leatherette binder measuring about 8 x 9 inches and customized for the initials "C. A. H." embossed in gold on the front cover. This binder contains a snapshot of mid-1980s American aviation history specifically focusing on the South Central United States region covering Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Arkansas and Louisiana and features historical low-altitude enroute charts regional coverage maps meteorological data maps and specialty aviation system bulletins from the era. Contents are organized by colored index tabs: INTRODUCTION CHART NOTAMS ENROUTE TERMINAL and states within the region ARK LA N MEX OKLA TEXAS. The binder is dark brown textured leatherette with minor shelf wear. The gold lettering "Jeppesen Airway Manual" and initials "C.A.H." remains bright and legible. The 7-ring split-ring spine operates normally. The charts and papers are generally clean and in good condition with exceptions showing edge wear and light edge-toning staining minor wrinkling and handling wear consistent with actual cockpit use. Jeppesen Hardcover
1983Best.-Nr. 28283Mojave CA: Rutan Aircraft Inc. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1983. Third Edition. Softcover. Spots of soil on the covers. 11"x17". Folded in half. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 21 pages . Rutan Aircraft Inc. paperback
1976Best.-Nr. 24644Italy: Aeronautiche Italiane. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Rubbed at the corners. While it appears to have a dust jacket it does not. The wraps have flaps. Text is bilingual Italian and English. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 127 pages . Aeronautiche Italiane hardcover
Best.-Nr. 010664London & Melbourne No Date: Ward Lock Book. VG Wear Browning Foxing. Soft cover. Edition Not Stated. 96 pages with 16 colour plates and 80 illustrations. BOOK:- Binding is intact but weak at rear cover hinge; spine wear peeling at spine head and heel and rear cover top corner; creasing on cover corners; soiling and abrasion to the pasted-on front cover illustration; foxing and browning; some small dog-eared page corners; mild spots of soiling on the rear cover. Photo on request. Ward Lock Paperback
1925Best.-Nr. 74522N.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
1915Best.-Nr. z012737n/a: n/a 1915. Paperback. Very Good. 1915 season's greetings card featuring an early model of airplane. Measures 5 by 8 inches tie bound front illustrated with airplane and folding calendar contemporary gift inscription. Very good. Light edge wear and toning else clean and unmarked. n/a paperback
1917Best.-Nr. 74514Londoon: 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
1918Best.-Nr. 74512Londoon: 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
1911Best.-Nr. 74126London: Royal Aero Club of the United Kingsom 1911. Quarto. 2 ads 581-602 2 ads pp. Numerous photographic illustrations and ads Publisher's printed mauve wrappers. Bit of spine rubbing but clean and tight.The main article in this issue is about the race for the Gordon-Bennet Cup at Eastchurch. The Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy was an international airplane racing trophy awarded by James Gordon Bennett Jr. the American owner and publisher of the New York Herald newspaper. Curtiss won the first Cup Claude Graham-White the second and as we learn from the issue C. T. Weyman won the third cup 1911. Weyman was an American and flew a Nieuport aeroplane. Eleven pages are devoted to a detailed account of the race. Royal Aero Club of the United Kingsom unknown
Best.-Nr. a24141Leipzig 1934 Second Enlarged Edition. Letters biography recollections of German WWI aviator killed in action in 1916. 8vo. 187pp. photo illustrations maps hardcover. VG some minor wear no DJ. . hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 24584Paterson NJ: Wright Aeronautical Corporation 1941. 1941. Good. - Quarto 11-1/2 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide limp brown cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is rubbed with some white staining to the front cover & a small white stain to the rear cover. xviii pages plus separately numbered sections 7 diagrams including 6 folding blanks for notes & a 17-page index. There are some small stains to the rear endpaper & a small area of its surface is rubbed away. The bottom corners of the first few leaves are creased. Black-and-white illustrations and diagrams. Good. Second printing. Paterson, NJ: Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1941. hardcover
1944Best.-Nr. 13627Mediterranean Allied Photo Reconnaissance Wing. Near Fine. 1944. First Edition. Softcover. Includes a photo of the men in the unit as well as a map of the area in southern europe/ the mediterranean coveres by the aerial photo reconnaissance flights. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 19 pages . Mediterranean Allied Photo Reconnaissance Wing paperback
1913Best.-Nr. 48082Chicago: Noel & Company Sept. 13 1913. 4to. 449-460 pp. Numerous photos text illustrations illustrated ads. Illustrated printed softcovers photo cover art photo of Aviator Pegoud the first man to fly voluntarily upside down minor thumbing dustsoiling shelfwear still VG- copy from the collection of Albert Colson 1898-1975 World War I veteran who trained to fly with the Portland-Based Dudrey Aircraft Company. First edition of this scarce early aviation periodical including photos and scale drawings of the Borel Military Monoplane. Noel & Company, paperback
1957Best.-Nr. 60508New York & London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Printed in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1957. 8vo. 10 145 1 pp. Photo frontisp. with numerous photo plates. Blue tweed publisher’s boards silver lettering on spine minor dustsoiling slight bowing to covers w/ d.j. surrealistic cover art of pilot wearing breathing mask minor shelfwear British price clipped U.S. price of 3.75 rubber stamped w/ imprint on jacket still VG/VG copy. First American edition of this surprisingly uncommon memoir and study of Altitude Training Program during World War II and afterwards designed to familiarize flying aviators and bombing crews with the physiological principles in ascent to high altitude. He details the research to aid pilots in coping with great hights trans-sonic speeds violent acceleration parachute drops exposure fatigue during the mammoth Berlin airlift and early studies of the effects of observing an atomic explosion mushroom cloud from a Canberra jet. Thomas Nelson and Sons, [Printed in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.], hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 51848Los Angeles CA: Occidental Publishing Co. 145 S. Spring St. January 1930. 4to. 146 pp. Over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations colour-tinted ads and colour plate advertisements. Colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art signed by Raeche of mechanic working on aircraft engine colour advertisements on verso and rear covers for Wright Curtiss and Shell slight scuffing minor shelfwear still VG copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the famed California trade magazine intended for the fast growing aeronautical industry on the West Coast including illustrated ads for Spartan Aircraft Co. Apache Crankcases Cessna Monoplanes the Glendale California Air Terminal Sikorsky Amphibion aircraft Monocoupe and Berryloid aircraft paints Ford American Cirrus and many others. Occidental Publishing Co., 145 S. Spring St., paperback
1956Best.-Nr. 59022Tokyo Japan: Published for Aireview Kanto-sha Co. Ltd. 1956. Two vols. 324; 127 1 pp. 1st vol. with silhouettes of Japanese planes text photos diagrams photo plates 3 large folding plates maps on endpapers illustrated ads 2 large folding tables. Uniformly bound in red cloth gilt lettering front & back covers spines NF set. First edition in English of first vol. fourth edition of Japanese volume of this set compiling all the data and production information on Japanese aircraft activated for combat or test flown during World War II. The text & illustrations delineate Japanese Imperial Army aircraft Naval aircraft experimental aircraft supplementary notes and even those which remained unfinished at the end of the War. Published for Aireview, Kanto-sha Co., Ltd., hardcover
1943Best.-Nr. 63659New York: Henry Holt & Co. Inc. 1943. 8vo. xi 3 152 pp. plus 24 pp. of photo illustrations. Black publisher’s cloth gray lettering on spine minor dustsoiling shelfwear w/ d.j. aerial photo bombing cover art minor tear to upper fore-edge front cover minor chipping head & foot of spine still a VG/G copy w/ publisher’s advance review slip laid-in. First edition advance review copy of this analysis urging massive bombing campaigns with coordinated bomber attacks by British and American bombers on strategic Nazi German targets to hasten the end of World War II by preparing the continent for invasion. Henry Holt & Co., Inc., hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. 260603005AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some very minor wear but the individual magazines are in VERY nice condition. These are magazines that the previous owner had decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 1 year per book. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 260603006AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 1979. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some very minor wear but the individual magazines are in VERY nice condition. These are magazines that the previous owner had decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 1 year per book. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
1990Best.-Nr. 260603009AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 1990. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some very minor wear but the individual magazines are in VERY nice condition. These are magazines that the previous owner had decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 1 year per book. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
