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1878réf. 63713Paris: G. Charpentier Editeur 13 Rue de Grenelle-Saint-Germain Imprime par Georges Chamerot 1878. 4to. 6 94 pp. Illustrated title frontisp. woodcut engraved plates & illustrations 2-colour lithographs and etchings. Brick-red pictorial publisher’s cloth over beveled boards cover art illustration of the “chair” and the balloon blown by wind lettering in black & gilt black decorative pattern back cover a.e.g. minor dustsoiling edgewear slightly shaken still VG bright copy sold from “The Grolier Club” w/ bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of this cheeky and satirical semi-autobiographical memoir by the superstar actress documenting her adventures in an escaped balloon over the L’Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1878 with her lover Clairin 1843-1919 who had painted the famed salon Portrait of Bernhard 1844-1923. Lured back in 1878 to the Comedie Francaise the brilliant star with a chancy temper had been requested by the balloon’s owner to make the maiden voyage ascent but a storm ripped it from its moorings and they eventually landed outside Paris. Subsequently she refused to pay the 100 Francs fine as she had left Paris without permission. See: Claudine Hemingway Episode 23 -- Sarah Bernhardt Oct. 26 2020; Victoria Larson Across Oceans Mountains and Spaces: Sarah Bernhardt’s American Tour June 8 2010. G. Charpentier, Editeur, 13, Rue de Grenelle-Saint-Germain, [Imprime par Georges Chamerot], hardcover
1935réf. 63681Sydney Australia: Angus & Robertson Ltd. 1935. Thick 8vo. xiv 262 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Light blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering & ruling on spine route maps illustrated on endpapers slight shelfwear very minor foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. cover art of Lady Southern Cross minor edgewear creasing slight sunning to spine old paper repairs on verso still a VG/VG- copy. Second edition of this rousing first-hand memoir of one of Sir Taylor’s flights with Kingsford Smith flying the Lady Southern Cross in their Lockheed Altair monoplane making the first eastward trans-Pacific flight from Australia to the United States in October-November 1934. They experienced bad weather over Fiji struggled through repairs to the fuel and oil systems in Hawaii but arrived safely in Oakland Nov. 4 1934. The pair later disappeared during an overnight flight from Allahabad India to Singapore over the Andaman Sea a year later. Angus & Robertson, Ltd., hardcover
1979réf. 203739Pennsylvania: Modern Aviation Library 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Modern Aviation Library hardcover
1979réf. 203738Pennsylvania: Modern Aviation Library 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Modern Aviation Library hardcover
2014réf. AME_9781560279945Asa-02-far-amt 2014. 1ST. Soft Cover. New/New. _ Asa-02-far-amt paperback
2011réf. AME_9781560278597Asa-02-far-amt 2011. 1ST. Soft Cover. New/New. _ Asa-02-far-amt paperback
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2011réf. AME_9781560277743Asa-02-far-amt 2011. 1st. Soft Cover. New/New. _ Asa-02-far-amt paperback
2012réf. AME_9781560279310Asa-02-far-amt 2012. 1st. Soft Cover. New/New. _ Asa-02-far-amt paperback
1916réf. 63165London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1916. 8vo. xviii 2 158 2 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Burgudy-coloured publisher’s cloth white lettering front cover & spine minor chipping & rubbing to lettering slight bowing to covers light shelfwear still VG copy w/ former ownership markings at gutter margin and bookseller’s stamp on front pastedown. Second edition of this informative work detailing the importance impact and details on construction and military capabilities of the 72 Imperial German Zeppelins in World War I. The author questions the decision by the French to not engage in building airships and degraded capabilities on the battlefield and in this edition specifically details the casualties and impact of the early German Zeppelin raids on England in 1916. Only 14 of the aircraft survived the War only to be destroyed afterwards or turned over to the Allies. John Lane, The Bodley Head, hardcover
1904réf. 63168New York: The Century Co. 1904. 8vo. ix 1 356 pp. Title in red & black photogravure portrait frontisp. with photo plates throughout. Pictorial blue-gray publisher’s cloth cover art illustration of airship tower and clouds by Decorative Designers initials in lower right white lettering front cover & spine some edgewear rubbing minor soiling and thumbing ex-lib markings on endpapers & spine still a G copy from the Southern Pacific Railway Clubs car library. First American edition of this excellent and well-illustrated work on aviation by Santos-Dumont who was a pioneering Brazilian aviator at the turn-of-the-19th- into the 20th-Century. The diminutive playboy and talented engineering machinist raced motorized tricycles Locomobiles and began building his own dirigibles and in 1901 piloted his Airship No. 6 sround the Eiffel Tower. In 1904 after publication of this work he began experimenting heavier-than-air aircraft building an unsuccessful helicopter in 1905 and in 1906 a biplane reminiscent of the Wright Flyer dubbed a “canard” by the French and in 1906 set the first aviation record in Europe. Brazilians like to claim he preceded the Wright Bros. because he made his first flights in front of huge public crowds but aviation experts and historians demur. The Century Co., hardcover
1957réf. 63192Wichita KS: Cessna Aircraft Company 1957. Oblong 4to. 12 x 9 in. 8 pp unpaginated. which folds out into 24 x 18 in. poster colour-printed & illustrated recto & verso. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers cover art photos of the Cessna 182/180 aircraft slight dustsoiling NF copy. First edition of this very scarce original Cessna dealer’s brochure/poster extolling the advantages of the latest redesigned aircraft the Cessna 180A and the Cessna 182A Skylane. The Cessna 180 first introduced in 1953 during the 50th Anniversary celebration of the company featured a 225-horsepower engine and proved very popular with bush pilots the 182A in 1957 had its landing gear widened 5.4 inches and lowered by 4 inches and improved handling substantially in crosswinds. No copies in Worldcat. Cessna Aircraft Company, paperback
1931réf. 63160Strasburg VA: Shenandoah Publishing House 1931. Tall 8vo. xv 1 384 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates decorated initials. Blue ribbed publisher’s cloth silver metallic lettering & illustration on front cover w/ d.j. cover art photo of “Jack Stearns Gray by C.R. Wood illust. in metallic silver & black slight dustsoiling NF/NF copy signed by the author on ffep. First edition signed 1st issue w/ pictorial jacket of this unique and fascinating memoir of the first woman from Virginia to fly from Virginia soil. The author and her husband - George A. Gray -- were barnstormers all over Virginia and the East Coast in their Wright Model B. Gray 1890-1961 took her first flight in 1912 knew most of the aviation pioneers including Amelia Earhart Charles Lindbergh Glenn Curtis the Wright Brothers and many others. She details many of the women fliers from her flying days including Elinor Smith Ruth Nichols Ruth Elder Camp Opal Kunz and many others. Shenandoah Publishing House, hardcover
1898réf. 63167Westminster UK: Archibald Constable & Co. 1898. 8vo. viii 9-301 3 pp. plus 15 1 pp. publisher’s illustrated catalogue. Colour chromolithograph frontisp. 44 photo plates. Blue-ribbed pictorial publisher’s cloth cover art illustration of Andree’s balloon on front cover & spine slight rubbing very minor wear to corner tips still VG bright largely uncut & unopened copy. First edition in English of this work examining the preparations and efforts of the Salomon August Andree’s doomed Polar Expedition via balloon in 1897 traveling with Knut Fraenkel and Nils Strindberg. Andree beleived he could steer the hydrogen-filled balloon with a drag line but this proved ineffective and his Polar balloon the Ornen Eagle leaked far more hydrogen than expected and as of the end of this contemporary crashed and disappeared. In 1930 the expedition’s last camp was discovered with documents and photos recording how they’d crashed on a drifting ice pack poor Arctic gear and died on Kvitoya in Svalbard. Archibald Constable & Co., hardcover
1958réf. 63194St. Paul MN: Northwest Orient Airlines 1958. Nine pieces. Including 3 colour photo postcards 1 folding 4 pp. menu Gate Pass from PDX and NOA ticket to Miami dated July 3 1958 included reply card Guide Timetable all preserved in folding triptych colour-printed portfolio with illustrations diagrams maps minor shelfwear slight rubbing still VG group. First edition of this complete flight kit for the 1958 air traveler from PDX issued by Northwest Orient Airlines heading on July 3 1958 to Miami Florida including a Miami FL postcard featuring Flamingos and contemporary cost of $ 271.05 round trip or approximately $ 3000.00 in 2025. The drinks & cocktail menu indicates that the NW Orient Airlines “Imperial Service” served up Scotch Bourbon Canadian Whiskey and Liquers at $ 1.00 a glass while soft drinks were .25¢. Their fleet included Douglas DC-7 Douglas DC-6 and Boeing Stratocruiser prop planes flying their customers to The Philippines Hong Kong Japan India Thailand and French Indo-China Vietnam Hawaii & Alaska. Flights as here were typically broken up with stopovers so the DC-7 with typical flight time could reach Chicago in about 4.5-5 hours and subsequently 3.5-4.5 hours to Miami FL. At the time Northwest Orient Airlines offered the only one-carrier service across the United States and connections to Hawaii Canada Alaska and Asia. No copies in Worldcat for 1958 but similar 1957 Flight Kit held by U of W. Northwest Orient Airlines, unknown
1959réf. 63195St. Paul MN & Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Northwest Orient Airlines 1959-1969. Thick 4to. Approx. 500 pp sections w/ varying paginations. printed mimeographed typescript some printed on colour-tinted papers. With charts diagrams tables references throughout. Black vinyl 3-ring binder gilt lettering & embossed label on spine minor scuffing edgwear closed tear to front joint some thumbing toning and agewear throughout still a VG- exemplar. First edition thus of this complete version of the Lockheed L-188 Electra airliner flight manual as of 1969 when the large turboprop airliner began being phased out by most American air carriers. The L-188 Electra survived 3 crashes immediately after introduction including a NW Orient Airlines version and the FAA discovered that the Electras had suffered from Propellor whirl-mode vibration matching the flutter frequency of the wing in less than one minute but the wings and fasteners were modified to correct the issue. This flight manual examines and outlines Emergency Procedures Cruise Power operating procedures Engine Failures Instrument Memory Communications Oil Systems Fuel Systems revisions from 1959-1969 with supplemental updates inserted at various points within the Manual. No copies in Worldcat 1 similar 1958 edition without the post-Crash procedure changes at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. Daytona FL. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Northwest Orient Airlines, unknown
1973réf. 62282Riverside CA: Pearl Baker Printed by A-to-Z Printing Inc. 1973. 8vo. 8 143 1 pp. With text illustrations photos. Blue pictorial publisher’s cloth yellow illust. & lettering w/ d.j. F/F copy from the library of Charles H. “Brig” Belvin IV b. 1937 w/ ownership markings on half-title. First edition of this memoir by the noted author of “The Wild Bunch at Robbers Roost” and “Trail on the Water” detailing her flights and experiences with noted Western aviator Jim Hurst 1922-2004 who managed airports and flew for years along the magnificent “Canyonlands” or Book Cliffs of Green River Utah and into the Colorado River. Pearl Baker, Printed by A-to-Z Printing, Inc., hardcover
1930réf. 62531New York NY: Elton-McCardle 500 7th Ave. 1930. 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black and metallic silver ink throughout. With numerous photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams double-page centerfold colour illustration of the “EMCO” design Pilot-Plane in metallic silver black & red center crease fold dustsoiling edgewear minor thumbing small closed tear at lower fore-edge front cover still a VG- copy. First edition stated of this unusually scarce catalogue marketing the “only model plane” fitted with a rudimentary automatic pilot installed into the sailplane which featured an 84 in. wingspan. The prototype model had been tested at Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx New York prior it’s division into six different park spaces by Robert Moses’s construction of the Henry Hudson Parkway and Mosholu Parkway. The fuselage was designed to be 45 in. long standing 16 in. climbing 500 feet per minute and designed to be dismantled into 6 different pieces and stowed in special case. Although the catalogue is vague on the “Automatic Pilot” it appears to have been some sort of early mechanical gyroscope possibly similar to the autopilot introduced by Sperry and Shiras in 1930 for the US Army Air Corps. Elton 1893-1966 was an aviation enthusiast and cartoonist who began as a sports cartoonist with the Philadelphia Record and Motion Picture Magazine and moved in 1916 to movie animation with Paramount-Bray Studio Cameragraph Film Co. and directed The Whozit Weekly cartoon series for Universal from 1918-1920 where both his sisters worked as silent film actresses. He continued as an animator and cartoonist publishing his “Jack Daw’s Adventures” cartoon strip and then was recruited about 1932-1933 by Walt Disney where he subsequently moved to California and spent the rest of his career until 1950 when he began manufacturing model airplanes again for Hobby Craft Supply Maufacturing in Burbank CA. No copies in Worldcat. Elton-McCardle, 500 7th Ave., unknown
1947réf. 62513Derby: Rolls-Royce Ltd. 1947-1952. Three vols. Oblong 4to. 20 unpaginated. printed in orange & black; 32 unpaginated. printed in green & black; 3rd. is 4to. 14 2 pp. Numerous photo illustrations & diagrams tipped-in colour plate for vol. 2. Dark burgundy textured softcovers w/ yapp edges embossed on front cover in white & black w/ company logo sewn w/ silk braid as issued; 2nd vol. with tan textured softcovers w/ yapp edges embossed & raised gilt purple & beige lettering w/ company logo punch-sewn w/ silk braid as issued slight shelfwear; 3rd. vol. w/ colour-illustrated self-printed softcovers NF set. First edition of the 2nd volume 2nd edition of 1st & 3rd of these excellent post-World War II promotional catalogue for Rolls Royce aviation engines which are quite scarce. The first begins by describing the making of engines for Bristol Fighters in World War I producing Schneider Trophy engines in 1929-1931 and later development of the Merlin Engine which was vital for the Spitfire during World War II. Illustrations are included for the engines as well as the Hawker Fury Fairey Battle Hawker Hurricane Supermarine Spitfire De Havilland Hornet Avro Lancaster Bomber and of particular interest the Lancastrian VH742 -- the first jet airliner. It also details the early development of jet engines for the Gloster Meteor the Trent engine for jet fighter aircraft and the Derwent V for the first jet airliner. The second catalogue details the jet age engines by Rolls-Royce including the Nene the Tay Derwent V the Avon which powered Canberras and the prototype Avro Vulcan the Supermarine Swift and the Meteor IV jet fighter which first flew in 1945 and became an operational production aircraft in 1947 and was a successful combat fighter. Worldcat locates 1 copy of 1st catalogue Ingenium; 2 copies of the 2nd Ingenium Library & NYPL; 1 copy of the 3rd Ingenium. Rolls-Royce Ltd., paperback
1933réf. 62672Hackensack NJ: Airport Directory Co. 1933. 4to. 184 2 42 pp. With over 200 aerial photos numerous maps throughout colour-illustrated ads for Shell Aviation and other text illustrations. Black cloth-backed softcovers rounded corners ads for Viking automatic sprinklers front cover Stanovo Aviation Engine Oil on back cover minor sunning & dustsoiling front cover still VG bright copy. First edition thus of this 2nd installment in the noted Airport and Landing Fields directories which would continue to be issued through the Great Depression World War II and into the Mid-20th Century. Prior to December 1935 and the nascent attempt by an airline consortium to open the first Airway Traffic Control Station pilots used visual cues maps compasses and radio communications to fly between airports. These directories which were continually updated with aerial photographs offered essential reference points for pilots navigators and now researchers as they captured architectural geographical and physical details visible beyond the edges of hundreds of airports. Airport Directory Co., paperback
1929réf. 62686Montreal Canada: Canadian Pacific Express 1929. Oblong 8vo. 4 pp unpaginated. text & borders printed in blue sepia & black. Self-printed softcovers vivid Art Deco cover art front cover of Canadian Pacific Express making delivery to airport by Charles James Greenwood 1893-1965 a NF copy. First edition thus of this wonderful menu issued at the end of the Roaring 20’s touting the lavish breakfasts available on Canadian Pacific streamliner service sleeping cars dining cars station restaurants and planes in 1929. Greenwood was a graphic designer who began creating posters for the Canadian Pacific in the 1920’s and was noted for his posters promoting cruises to Alaska. No copies in Worldcat. Canadian Pacific Express, paperback
1949réf. 62765London & Paris: British European Airways 1949. 4to. 20 pp unpagianted. colour-illustrated maps and red & black text throughout. Self-printed colour-illustrated maps w/ ad for BP Aviation Service and Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Ltd. on back cover Dunlop tire ad verso of front center crease fold as issued w/ original BEA sleeve from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition of this surprisingly scarce BEA route map book issued following World War II and prior to the establishment of the Western US UK and French Zones into the Federal Republic of German and the Soviet Zone into the German Democratic Republic East Germany. In 1946 BEA was established to feed short commuter flights across Europe and until 1950 used a fleet of Douglas DC-3 aircraft based out of Croydon and Northold Airports moving to Heathrow in 1950. No copies in Worldcat. British European Airways, unknown
1969réf. 62767Glendale CA: Heritage Press 1969. 4to. 79 1 pp. Over 150 photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams. Blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering w/ d.j. wraparound photo cover art minor chipping head & foot of spine minor dustsoiling shelfwear still VG copy from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition stated of this scare and lavishly illustrated history of the Stinson Family aviation pioneers whose Stinson Aviation Co. was founded originally in Hot Springs AR by Katherine Stinson b. 1891 the 4th woman to receive her pilot’s license in the U.S. and her mother. Her younger siblings Marjorie Jack & Eddie also had noted flying careers opened and operated the Stinson School of Flying in San Antonio TX and the youngest Jack founded the Stinson Aircraft Co. later in Dayton OH with Eddie. Scarce first in original dustjacket. Heritage Press, hardcover
1925réf. 62020Akron OH: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. ca. 1925. 4to. 8.25 x 10.25 in. Twelve silver gelatin photographs all w/ negative number at lower fore-edge w/in negative each w/ manuscript pen annotations of cubic feet size self-printed front cover title sheet stapled at upper fore-edge as issued w/ mimeograph typescript title slight age toning very slight wear still NF copy. A very scarce group of promotional photographs issued by the Goodyear Corp. in the 1920’s detailing their 1600 & 2300 cubic foot pocket-sized barrage balloons with rigid fins. These were intended to be portable easily inflated by a small group of United States Army Air Force personnel or Naval Personnel in order to protect against strafing attacks. See: Barrage Balloon Development in the United States Army Air Corps 1923-1942 1943; Hugh Allen The Story of the Airship 1942. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., unknown
1946réf. 62057Burbank CA: Pacific Airmotive Corp. 2940 No. Hollywood Way ca. 1946. Oblong 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. With colour illustrations diagrams black & white photo illustrations throughout. Self-printed colour photo-illustrated softcovers cover art of PAC on front cover repair shop on back cover minor dustsoiling edgewear still a VG copy. First edition of this very rare post-World War II catalogue touting the advantages for airlines and airliner manufacturers to use “Aviations oldest and largest maintenance and supply company.” Founded originally in the 1920’s the PAC was one of the first of 145 repair stations set-up by the Federal Aviation Administration and was the first authorized turbine overhaul facility. They overhauled the engines for Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra and during World War II part of the facility served as an assembly center for the illegal forced relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans in Southern California. The catalogue displays the vast space they had for overhauling engines repairing Lockheed R6V Constitution airliners and huge amounts of parts and merchandise.No copies in Worldcat. Pacific Airmotive Corp., 2940 No. Hollywood Way, paperback
