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1937rif. 64555San Diego CA: T.C. Ryan Flying School Frye & Smith Ltd. 1937. Oblong 8vo. 9 x 6 in. 31 1 pp. Photo-illustrated throughout. Photo-illustrated softcovers cover art photo of the newly introduced Ryan S-T two-seater monoplane birds-eye view of San Diego CA on back cover pictorial map on verso of back cover of San Diego minor shelfwear rubbing small ink spot front cover still a VG- copy. First edition of this scarce catalogue illustrating and detailing the amenities and advantages for the T.C. Ryan Flying School in San Diego California which operated out of “Lindbergh Field.” Although his name was attributed to the Spirit of St. Louis Ryan NYP NX-211 which made the famed flight he was only marginally involved by 1925 with either the flying school or the Ryan Flying Company which was financed and directed by Benjamin Franklin Mahoney. This catalogue outlines the course of instruction photos of the field the Curtiss Hawk Pursuit Plane newly developed Ryan S-T which would operate later for the military through World War II the well equipped shops for ground mechanics and crews as well as nearby recreational opportunities. Noted aviatrix and test pilot Barbara Kibbee Jayne 1914-1999 entered her training with Ryan in 1937. No copies in Worldcat. T.C. Ryan Flying School, [Frye & Smith, Ltd.], paperback
2024rif. SKU1738475Skyhorse 2024-02-20. paperback. New. 8x0x11. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Skyhorse paperback
1950rif. 63948New York: Longmans Green and Co. 1950. 8vo. 6 276 pp. Photo frontisp. Art Deco text illustrations. Orange publisher’s black illustration & lettering colour-illustrated endpapers of B-17 bombers slight shelfwear w/ d.j. vivid wraparound cover art minor shelfwear couple very minor closed tears 1 w/ tape repair still a NF/G copy inscribed by the author on verso of the frontispiece dated March 24 1950. First edition stated of this famed memoir by a Hollywood stunt pilot who carried out the hair-raising crashes in Wings Air Squadron Sky High Hell’s Angels and Dawn Patrol. Grace 1898-1965 also served in both World Wars finishing as a bomber pilot in B-17s with the 486th Bombardment Group. Later published in the UK as “Crash Pilot” 1956. Longmans, Green and Co., unknown
1937rif. 64225Salem OR: Paul J. Franklin Commercial Pilot Photographer 1937. Oblong 4to. 10.25 x 7 in. 24 pp unpaginated. With 15 original silver gelatin photographs sized from 2.5 x 3.5 in. all neatly mounted w/ tan paper corners 1 printed business card for Franklin mounted on front pastedown w/ corners. Simulated burgundy-coloured crocodile post-binder boards gilt lettering stamped on front c over punch-sewn at gutter margin w/ brown silk braid NF exemplar w/ all photos having nice contrast. A fascinating souvenir album chronicling the career of a young aviator test pilot and aerial photographer during the Great Depression while working as an instructor for the T.C. Ryan Flying School in Salem & Albany Oregon. The photos depict Franklin seated in the cockpit of a race plane; aerial view of the Salem Airport and other airports; image of a 1935 Waco YPF-6 Biplane crashed onto its belly with pontoons laying behind; trick flying including inverted shots and smoke writing a ‘76” for Union 76 Gasoline. Along with an interior and exterior shot of a stylish streamlined Art Deco 1937 DeSoto the album concludes with a shot of Watsonville Airport in Santa Cruz CA with a Travel Air E-4000 biplane at the hangar entrance owned by D.M. Harwick with dirigible flying above the field. Franklin 1912-1957 was the son of longtime Salem dry cleaner owner Orie F. Franklin 1882-1960 and after Ryan Flying School became a C.A.A. flying instructor in Albany Oregon enlisted and served in the Navy during World War II recovered from a bout of malaria and following the War moved to California where he became a test pilot for North American Aviation jet aircraft until 1955. He subsequently became a Hollywood Stunt pilot working with Paul Mantz and is perhaps best remembered as having restored with his friend Coffin one of three Ryan B-1 aircraft substituted as Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis and also doubled along with Mantz for James Stewart for some shots in the filming of the 1957 movie “The Spirit of St. Louis.” Tragically he was subsequently killed after filming in an automobile accident along Pacific Highway. Paul J. Franklin, Commercial Pilot, Photographer, hardcover
1960rif. 63316Tokyo: Katonsha 1960. 4to. 231 1 pp. plus 14 pp. illustrated ads. Title in Japanese & English. With 910 photographs. Navy-blue coloured publisher’s cloth slight uniform interior age toning w/ open-backed printed slipcase minor edgewear still VG/VG copy from the library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude balloons after World War II. First edition of this lavishly illustrated history of Japanese aviation enhanced by over 900 photographs and technical details offered for a myriad of Japanese military and civil aircraft. Uncommon in original slipcase. Katonsha, hardcover
1934rif. 63317Tokyo Japan: Koku Jidaisha Zidaisha Saiwai-Buil Uchisaiwai-cho Kojimachi Jan. 1934- Oct. 1938 Dec. 1940- Sept. 1941. Thirteen issues. 8vo. 132; 132; 120; 120; 132; 120; 108; 120; 104; 104; 104; 104; 124 pp. plus approx. 150 pp. publisher’s ads. With 100’s of photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams some printed in tinted colour or on colour-tinted glossy sized paper. Colour-illustrated softcovers title in Japanese & English dustsoiling light uniform interior toning some minor chipping to head & foot of spines minor creasing to a few still a VG- set from the library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude balloons after World War II. First editions of these exceedingly scarce pre-World War II Japanese aviation magazines including articles on uniforms and equipment for aviators both German and U.S. dirigible and Zeppelin aircraft transoceanic Japanese flights in heavier and lighter-than-air aircraft and development of Imperial Japanese fighter planes. Frequent articles are included on aviation in Southern California gliders the development of Boeing passenger and airmail aircraft as well as aerial bombers. The last three issues include articles on Luftwaffe dive bomber and strafing tactics Nazi German and United States aircraft as well as long range Japanese military fighters reconnaissance aircraft and bombers just 3 months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Worldcat locates 1 set National Diet Library Koku Jidaisha [Zidaisha], Saiwai-Buil, Uchisaiwai-cho, Kojimachi, paperback
1942rif. 63318Dayton OH: The Material Center Experimental Engineering Section Wright Field Aug. 1942; Sept. 4 1942. Two vols. 4to. 40; 11 1 pp. mimeograph typescript. First with photo illustrations both with text illustrations diagrams. 1st w/ blue-tinted printed softcovers Rising Sun motif on front cover blue lettering minor age toning to fore-edges minor bumping to couple corners edgewear still VG copy former ownership markings of O.G. Hoffman front cover; 2nd w/ self-printed mimeograph softcovers uniform light toning red restricted stamps pencil marking faint remnants of staple marks at gutter margin still VG copy. First editions of this very rare original Restricted Wartime reports on the flight and combat capabilities of the famed and innovative Japanese aircraft less just 9 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the US was able to secure a Mitsubishi A6M2 Type Zero which had crashed during the Aleutians campaign in Alaska in July 1942. The longer 1st report focuses on the Mitsubishi Aichi Kawanishi and Nakajima bombers fighters reconnaissance aircraft torpedo bombers dive bombers flying boats and float planes. The second exceedingly scarce original report focuses entirely on the famed Zero. Although the Chinese had secured two Zero’s as early as late November 1941 those rebuilt aircraft would not reach Wright Airfield until late 1943. Worldcat locates 1 copy of 1st Defense Bibliothek NL; No copies of 2nd are located An expanded No. 85 Report issued at the end of 1942 in 25 leaves is located at USAF Academy Smithsonian Emory Museum of Flight WA Australian Defence Force Academy Lib. The Material Center, Experimental Engineering Section, Wright Field, paperback
1942rif. 63319Dayton OH: The Material Center Experimental Engineering Section Wright Field Aug. 1942. 4to. 40 pp. mimeograph typescript. With photo illustrations with text illustrations diagrams. Blue-tinted printed softcovers Rising Sun motif on front cover blue lettering minor age toning to fore-edges minor bumping to couple corners edgewear still VG copy from the library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude balloons after World War II. First edition of this very rare original Restricted Wartime report on the flight and combat capabilities of the famed and innovative Japanese aircraft less just 9 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the US was able to secure a Mitsubishi A6M2 Type Zero which had crashed during the Aleutians campaign in Alaska in July 1942. This report focuses on the Mitsubishi Aichi Kawanishi and Nakajima bombers fighters reconnaissance aircraft torpedo bombers dive bombers flying boats and float planes. Worldcat locates 1 copy Defense Bibliothek NL. The Material Center, Experimental Engineering Section, Wright Field, paperback
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1943rif. 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
1939rif. 63654New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1939. 8vo. 306 pp. Illustrated double-page title numerous text illustrations illustrated endpapers. Half-black over blue decorated publisher’s cloth minor edgewear slight rubbing w/ d.j. cover art by John O’Hara Cosgrave II minor edgewear creasing old scotch tape repair at upper corner to closed tear still VG/G copy. First B.C. edition unpriced both advertised books on back panel and rear flap priced no blindstamped slug on rear corner of this aviation classic and lyrical memoir of the author’s experiences as a pilot during wartime and surviving a crash in the Libyan desert while flying mail. Saint-Exupery 1900-1944 was a pioneering French aviator who flew both in the Spanish Civil War and World War II and is perhaps best remembered for his timeless classic The Little Prince. Reynal & Hitchcock, hardcover
1939rif. 63655New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1939. 8vo. 306 pp. Illustrated double-page title numerous text illustrations illustrated endpapers. Half-black over blue decorated publisher’s cloth minor edgewear slight rubbing w/ d.j. cover art by John O’Hara Cosgrave II minor edgewear creasing slight chipping head of spine very slight sunning still VG/VG copy w/ former owner’s bookplate on 2nd flyleaf. Eleventh printing d.j. 10th printing priced $ 2.75 of this surprisingly uncommon aviation classic and lyrical memoir of the author’s experiences as a pilot during wartime and surviving a crash in the Libyan desert while flying mail. Saint-Exupery 1900-1944 was a pioneering French aviator who flew both in the Spanish Civil War and World War II and is perhaps best remembered for his timeless classic The Little Prince. Reynal & Hitchcock, hardcover
1931rif. 85868Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1931. First Edition. Small folio. 34cm. Later heavy grain oatmeal cloth with black leather title label to spine. 258pp.; 1. Clean and strong minor bumping to spine ends; internally clean and fresh illustrated throughout with photographs color images and charts all with captioned tissue guards. A near fine copy. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn noted poet translator and anthropologist bearing his bookplate to the front pastedown. A lavish and justifiably celebratory account of the first aerial crossing from Paris to New York performed in 1930 as the second traversal attempt by Costes and Bellonte with the first having to be abandoned in 1929 due to bad weather. The duo successfully made the crossing of 3850 miles in 37 hours and 18 minutes to international fanfare in their Breguet 19 Super Bidon named "Point D'Interrogation" or "Question Mark". Bellonte's rather lush and impressive account is quite scarce in trade and considering the importance of Costes and Bellonte's singular achievement seems sparse in institiutional holdings. Imprimerie Nationale unknown
1878rif. 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
1935rif. 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
1933rif. 88120New York: The Geograhpical Press / Columbia University 1933. First Edition. Octavo. Brown simulated leather over boards hardcover; 207pp; illus; map endpapers; large folding map in rear pocket as issued. Private or non-circulating library copy with neat white ink shelf-number at base of spine and ink annotation to rear endpaper no institutional markings. Light external wear but still a sound Very Good copy. A fascinating work dating from the earliest years of American commercial aviation utilizing aerial photography to identify prominent geological and geographical features visible to the trans-continental air traveller. The book's sub-title suggests that this was the first of a planned series of related studies but we find no evidence that further works were published. The Geograhpical Press / Columbia University unknown
1998rif. 96878Sydney: Allen & Unwin 1998. 1st edition. Very Nice Copy. Quarto. dust jacket x 289pp. b/w plates index Published to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of HMAS Albatross. Nice production with many unusual photographs. Ian BakerÕs copy with his signature Allen & Unwin unknown
rif. 238671Vaucresson Seine et Oise 1965. Liten tverr-folio 355 x 27 cm. 18 blad i farger delvis foldete og 12 “faktakort” innsatt i en orig. mykt semsket ringpermbind uten ryggtittel i en orig. noe oppskrapet kassett. . “The Mystere 20 Fan Jet Falcon has been selected by Pan American World Airways for distribution in United States and Canada by its ‘Business Jets’ Division.” unknown
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1916rif. 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
1904rif. 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
1957rif. 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
1931rif. 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
1898rif. 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
1958rif. 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
