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19758vo., Third Impression, text in German, with photographs and illustrations in the text, page-edges lightly tanned; green cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. WITH THE AUTHOR'S PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT AND SEPARATE SIGNATURE MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The signature records a return flight from RAF Wildenrath to RAF Farnborough in one of four Harrier aircraft of no. 4 Squadron. Hermann Graf (1912 – 1988) was a WWII German fighter ace. He served on both Eastern and Western Fronts, becoming the first pilot in aviation history to claim 200 aerial victories. In over 830 combat missions he claimed a total of 212 aerial victories, most of them achieved on the Eastern Front. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
1930Very Good Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24,5 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 101 p., many unnumbered b/w plates. Yunus Nadi was a renowned Turkish journalist and the founder of the newspaper Cumhuriyet. This rare book is a travel book published in 1930 by the founder and deputy of Cumhuriyet newspaper Yunus Nadi, who will take the surname Abalioglu with the surname law enacted in 1934. His articles in this book, in which he conveyed his impressions of his 49-hour long voyage over Europe in 1929 with the airship called Graf Zeppelin, were actually serialized in chapters in Cumhuriyet newspaper in 1929. As stated in the book, the articles were sent to the newspaper by telegram available on the Graf Zeppelin during this voyage. Nadi, who made a trip on Lake Constance with Dornier X aircraft before the zeppelin journey, tells the readers how difficult it was to find tickets for the Zeppelin journey, whose tickets were sold out days ago. Nadi, who finally came to the city of Friedrichshafen after finding a ticket, started his Zeppelin journey on 21 October 1929. In the further steps of the journey, which continues first to Munich and then further south to Vienna, this time it returns to Friedrichshafen from the route of Hungary and the Czech Republic, over Balkan cities such as Sofia and Bucharest. Yunus Nadi, who wanted to get off at Breslav on the return route and continue his trip to Berlin by train, had to get off in Friedrichshafen due to the weather conditions. From the very beginning of the zeppelin journey, and especially when they approached Sofia, he insisted why to stop by Istanbul on the route. The work decorated with many details, from the service in the Zeppelin to the interior design of the airship, with a rich and literary expression ends up with a "lahika" (i.e. appendix) called "Miscellaneous articles on the aviation", which consists of articles previously published in the Cumhuriyet newspaper, most of which belong to Yunus Nadi. First and Only Edition. Rare.
2000réf. 017676Stamford: Key Books Ltd. 2000 5th revised edition. Book and dust jacket in good condition. Blue covers and pictorial endpapers circa 80 Spitfires. XXII 650 pages. Photographs illustrations serial numbers camouflage and markings. English language.Extra shipping may required. 5de / 5th. cardboard / karton - hardcover. good / goed/good / goed. A4 formaat. Key Books Ltd. hardcover
1943réf. 19367Annapolis Maryland: United States Naval Institute. Very Good in Good dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cover is rubbed at corners and caps but clean bright and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Toning to illustrated end sheets and paste downs. Pages are very lightly toned but clean and very good. Scarce dust jacket is toned and soiled with light tattering along top edge but in in good condition. DJ protected by a brand new clear acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. If pictured shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ; The Naval Aviation Physical Training Manuals; 286 pages . 1943. United States Naval Institute hardcover
19558vo., First Edition, with a full-page photograph and numerous diagrams in the text, and a large folding map; original blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. WITH A LONG T.L.s FROM SIR ALAN COBHAM ON FLIGHT REFUELLING LTD STATIONERY TO V H RABY, DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE AIR MINISTRY. Cobham's detailed letter concludes 'The Report may be regarded as a supplement to Mr. Latimer-Needham's book 'Refuelling in Flight' which appeared in 1950. Together these two publications cover the whole history of research and development leading up to the adoption of flight refuelling on the V-class bombers'. With the separately printed Explanatory Note mounted on front free endpaper verso.
19828vo., Fourth Impression, with plates, short neat inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY DOUGLAS BADER AND LADDIES LUCAS ON TITLE. Published a year after the first edition.
réf. 19982aafZurich et Frauenfeld, Beyel, 1850, in-8°, VIII + 326 p., avec un portrait en frontispice, 6 planches gravées protégées de serpentes et 1 carte dépliante (48 x 36 cm) de Venise et la région, rousseurs, doublures et gardes en beau papier marbré, reliure en demi-maroquin rouge, dos orné, tranches jaspées.
réf. 78507aafZurich et Frauenfeld, Beyel, 1850, in-8°, VIII + 326 p., avec un portrait en frontispice, 6 planches gravées et 1 carte dépliante (48 x 36 cm) de Venise et la région, quelques rousseurs, reliure artisanale en demi-cuir, bon exemplaire.
1999réf. 119240Couverture souple. 59 bulletins photocopiés, format A4.
1928réf. 21211Paris LAPINA ET FILS 1928 1 in-4 Dessins et aquarelles de Jean Hallo. Paris, Lapina et fils, 1928, in-4, broché, lettrage doré sur fond crème, 99 pages.
1925réf. 246481925 Orné de huit eaux-fortes de André Fraye. Paris, Librairie de La Revue Française, "Le Paon Blanc", in-12, broché, couverture titrée rempliée, sous étui, 215 pages.
réf. 111029Editions Locher, Forestier - Catalogue de vente aux enchères - Katalog - sd - In-8, broché, couverture orange - 188 p. - Illustrations en N&B hors-texte - Ouvrage bilingue allemand français, avec supplément (fascicule) de 35 p.
1940réf. 163578Tokyo: Tokyo takarazuka gekijo & Asahi shinbun Tokyo honsha 1940. An intriguing and lively piece of Second World War domestic propaganda sponsored by the Tokyo Takarazuka Theatre an all-female dance company founded in 1934. The rear cover and inside wrappers advertise a November 1940 production on pilots and aeroplanes which was staged to celebrate the 2600th anniversary of the accession of the first emperor. This booklet was issued to introduce audiences to Japan's airforce. It also seemingly served as a promotional "taster" for the magazine Aviation Asahi. The magazine was launched in late 1940 to promote interest in aviation among boys; here the front cover is identical to that of Aviation Asahi's debut issue and the periodical's publisher is listed on the imprint page. Small duodecimo 88 x 64 mm ff. 12. Map of East Asian air routes hand coloured perhaps as issued across central fold illustrations throughout text. Original illustrated wrappers wire-stitched as issued front cover lettered in blue and red. Lower corner of front wrapper creased a fine copy. unknown
1949réf. 13826Salem Oregon: The Oregon State Board of Aeronautics. Very Good. 1949-1955. First Edition. Magazine. Includes 10 issues from the first two volumes then a straight run from volume 3 no. 1 to vol. 7 no. 12. The first two volumes are 8 1/2x11 4 pages the rest are half that size 6 to 10 pages. A very scarce bit of Northwest aviation history. First two volumes are punched for a three ring binder the rest have gummed tabs applied for the same purpose. Should be removeable if you wish as they are water based and a damp sponge will remove them. I've never seen another copy of this publication. The only xlib marks are a stamp or pencil notation in the upper right corner. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . The Oregon State Board of Aeronautics unknown
1923réf. 20361Washington D. C.: United States Touring Information Bureau Inc. Very Good. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very light rubbing with one spot of soil on the front cover. Includes the scarce folding map in the rear pocket. Only flaw is the missing blank fep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . United States Touring Information Bureau, Inc. hardcover
1931réf. 17448Strasburg Virginia: Shenandoah Publishing House 1931 First edition of this history of early aviation. Publisher's pictorial blue cloth stamped in silver. . Octavo. With frontispiece and dozens of illustrations throughout including many full- and half-page photo reproductions Binding is clean and attractive. A remarkably bright and fine copy signed by the author "Jack Stearns Gray" in the very good original dustjacket. In the foreword Jack Stearns Gray 1890 – 1961 writes "My first flight was over a part of the Adirondack Range in 1912; my last flight over Washington D.C. in 1927. The first was made sitting on the wing—the last in a cockpit." Gray was the first Virginia woman aviator to fly from Virginia soil and along with her husband George A. Gray traveled all over the eastern United States as barnstormers in their Wright Model B. Gray knew many of the major aviation pioneers including Amelia Earhart Charles Lindbergh Glenn Curtis and the Wright brothers and she records their stories in the present work. She also discusses her contemporary woman aviators including Elinor Smith Ruth Nichols Ruth Elder Camp Opal Kunz and many others. Gray writes in the foreword: "'Jack' is my nickname. I have borne with it flown with it and now I feel like it. Edith is my real name but on only three rare occasions have I used it" including "when I visited Ethel Roosevelt at the White House in 1908." The present work was also praised by Lieutenant Commander Earle Ovington the first U.S. Air Mail pilot and Congressman R. Walton Moore. Shenandoah Publishing House, hardcover
réf. 80804Two brochures and two letters from The Crawford Motor and Airplane Manufactory an early Seal Beach California designer and builder of high-powered motors hydro-airplanes airplanes hydroplanes and propellers for pleasure and commercial purposes. The letters handwritten and signed by founder William Crawford in 1928 concern the potential order of a small airplane by Raymond Garrett of Key Drug Co. in Ponca City Oklahoma. One of the brochures is a four-page pamphlet 6" x 9" about the Crawford Monoplane Model A-1. The second piece measures 11" x 17" and is printed on both sides. It includes an article by Crawford titled "Simple Aerodynamics and the Aeroplane" a price list of propellers and a schematic for wing designs. Crawford traces its roots back to 1912 when Harvey Crawford William's brother placed an entry in the Third International Air Meeting at Dominguez Hills. A year later the brothers established the Crawford Flying School at Sunset Field near Los Angeles. Four years after that the company expanded its interest to designing aircraft and became known as the Crawford Airplane and Motor Manufactory which designed several powered aircraft including the Crawford Monoplane Model A-1 released in 1928. They manufactured the parts and consumers assembled the airplane. According to Aeorpedia.com 600 kit planes were sold to interested builders. In later years the brothers designed a series of powered gliders. Crawford continued to offer a flight school and the local airfield called Crawford Field and later Seal Beach Airport operated until the 1940s. It is now part of the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach and residential housing. The brochures and letters are a little toned with folds for mailing; otherwise very good. Scarce. unknown
1910réf. A38279Pucheim Germany. Very Good. 1910. Other. This is a group of four small photographs 3.5" length x 2.5x height possibly on salted paper of airplanes flown at the Munich Air Race of 1910. The reverse of the photographs give basic descriptions including the place -- Puchheim and the Aviators. The grpou of for prints come with an autograph handwritten statement from the owner giving them to a friend for his aviation collection. The aviators include: Emil Jeannin Dr. Otto Lindpaintner and Gustav Otto. While Emil Jeannin is listed as one of the five pilots engaged for this race the other three aviators were apparently running in the same circles / groups and likely brought their planes with them. "The Munich "Akademie für Aviatik" was founded in 1909 mainly by members of the Royal Bavarian Automobile Club. Its main aim was promoting aviation particularly by flying dirigibles and other flying machines. This included building an airfield with all necessary installations but also creating a library and a museum and the awarding of prizes for competitions. Suitable grounds for an airfield were found in the village of Puchheim 15 kilometres west of central Munich where 76 hectares of moorland was bought and leased. A modern and completely equipped airfield with a two-kilometre race course was built. It was decided to celebrate the opening of the airfield by organizing an "aviation week" of five days in the end of May starting less than a week after the Berlin-Johannisthal spring meeting. Five pilots were engaged. Emil Jeannin Baron Pierre de Caters and Ellery von Gorrissen came directly from the Berlin meeting where the two former had been very successful. They were accompanied by Belgian Jules Tyck on a Blériot and local Munich man Simon Brunnhuber on one of the Antoinettes bought by Walther Huth who would later start the Albatros company." from Wikipedia; B&W Illustrations . unknown
1965réf. 3029Apollo Logistics Training; North American Aviation Inc. Space and Information Systems Division; Downey California; 1 January 1965. 1965 Paper wraps 2-hole metal binding various pagination Preface; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Introduction: 11 pp.; Cryogenic Storage System: 9 pp.; Fuel Cell System: 18 pp.; Batteries and Battery Charger: 9 pp.; DC Power System: 7 pp.; AC Power Generation & Distribution: 16 pp.; Controls and Displays: 13 pp.; Bibliography: 2 pp. Numerous figures and one table. About good minus moderate rust two-hole metal binder; the first page title page has STL Copy No. 5 written in red pencil STL undoubtedly refers to Space Technology Laboratories Inc.; modest edgewear; moderate browning of paper due to inherent quality of paper used but paper not brittle. Defects described in detail. Rare in any condition. No OCLC library holdings. It looks like the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Archives Division has a copy of this Study Guide. 3214046. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. Apollo Logistics Training; (North American Aviation, Inc., Space and Information Systems Division; Downey, California); 1 Januar paperback
1986réf. 012174Canada's Wings 1986. 211 pp. The author " . Latvia's most prolific aircraft designer describes it all from the earliest pioneers to the final Soviet occupation--military and civil aviation flying clubs and airlines competitions and long-distance flights aircraft design and production." Numerous b&w photos and figures. Red cloth. A bright clean copy. . Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Canada's Wings hardcover
1990réf. JA109-001The Society of the First World War Aviation Historians 1990. Book. Very Good. Stapled Wraps. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 32 issues complete 1990-1997. 4 per year. Pictures etc on request. The Society of the First World War Aviation Historians Paperback
1971réf. 14183France: Jeanne-D'arc. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. A history in French of the first free flight in a balloon. Not speaking French I am at somewhat of a disadvantage in translating the content. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 205 pages . Jeanne-D'arc hardcover
1931réf. 17448Strasburg Virginia: Shenandoah Publishing House 1931 First edition of this history of early aviation. Publisher's pictorial blue cloth stamped in silver. . Octavo. With frontispiece and dozens of illustrations throughout including many full- and half-page photo reproductions Binding is clean and attractive. A remarkably bright and fine copy signed by the author "Jack Stearns Gray" in the very good original dustjacket. In the foreword Jack Stearns Gray 1890 – 1961 writes "My first flight was over a part of the Adirondack Range in 1912; my last flight over Washington D.C. in 1927. The first was made sitting on the wing—the last in a cockpit." Gray was the first Virginia woman aviator to fly from Virginia soil and along with her husband George A. Gray traveled all over the eastern United States as barnstormers in their Wright Model B. Gray knew many of the major aviation pioneers including Amelia Earhart Charles Lindbergh Glenn Curtis and the Wright brothers and she records their stories in the present work. She also discusses her contemporary woman aviators including Elinor Smith Ruth Nichols Ruth Elder Camp Opal Kunz and many others. Gray writes in the foreword: "'Jack' is my nickname. I have borne with it flown with it and now I feel like it. Edith is my real name but on only three rare occasions have I used it" including "when I visited Ethel Roosevelt at the White House in 1908." The present work was also praised by Lieutenant Commander Earle Ovington the first U.S. Air Mail pilot and Congressman R. Walton Moore. Shenandoah Publishing House, hardcover books
1891réf. 49066Paris Gauthier-Villars 1891. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences" Tome 113 No 2. Pp. 49- 104 entire issue offered. Langley's paper: pp. 59-63. Disbound but clean. Tear to one margin not affecting the text. First appearnce of this pioneering paper in which Langley announced that it is possible with the motors that we now have to keep a plane in the air with large speed.In 1891 Langley experimented with steam-engine powered Aerodromes beginning the series which would lead to the human-carrying machine of 1903. The first of these was designated Aerodrome No. 0 and proved a failure. The second machine Aerodrome No. 1 was powered by a carbonic acid gas and later by compressed air. Aerodrome No. 2 also built in 1891 was also a disappointment. Aerodrome No. 3 1892 was of stronger construction and was modified a number of times. A better means of heating the steam was tested on Aerodrome No. 3 and was a decided improvement and was incorporated into Aerodrome No. 4. By the end of 1893 Aerodrome No. 4 was ready for testing and a launching device atop a house boat was built. unknown
1891réf. 49066(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1891. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 113, No 2. Pp. (49-) 104 (entire issue offered). Langley's paper: pp. 59-63. Disbound but clean. Tear to one margin, not affecting the text.
