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1959382p. Edges of paper beginning to brown. 8vo. Paperback. AIR/1
1951np. Illustrated with numerous drawings, some in color. Title page decorated with a rocket. Color pictorial endpapers. Juvenile ownership of the political collectible expert - Ted Hake, York, PA. Small 4to. Original color pictorial paper over stiff boards. Binding lacks spine and is very worn. SPACE/2
1973Features: Could the Curtiss P-40 have been the best fighter of WW II? - an exclusive interview with designer Don Berlin; Voight's first Corsair; General Motors' multi-million dollar mistake - the P-75 Eagle; 56th Fighter Group - First Jets across the Atlantic. Art: P-40B Cutaway. 1 inch tear to top of front cover. Book
1984113 pages including index. The nine selections in this book cover most of the exciting new developments in the astronomy of galaxies and also provide comprehensive coverage of the fundamental properties of galaxies. The first foru chapters survey the basic facts about normal galaxies, their structure, content, and some ideas regarding their evolution. Remaining chapters touch upon such objects as superclusters and voids, quasars, cosmic jets, and the violent tides between galaxies. Very light wear. Unmarked. Clossy colour covers. Book
1989248 pages including index. "The first comprehensive history of VTOL experimentation and endeavour. Every one of the diverse types of aircraft involved is included, from tailsitters and ducted fans to tiltprops and tiltwings to liftjects and vectored jets. Includes a fascinating collection of illustrations in both colour and black and white. These include a series of specially drawn chronologies which graphically illustrate the relationship between the various projects and photographs or line drawings of the may aircraft that flew as VTOL projects." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Glossy illustrated boards. Excellent copy. Book
198898 pages. Features: The V Tail for Aircraft; The New Lancair 320; Combat Jets Flying Museum; Anatomy 112; The 'Spirit' Comes Home. Moderate wear. Book
1968Features: Are cars really getting better?; Small submarines - how to tell who's who in the deep; a new painkiller - Talwin offers immediate relief without danger of addiction; Come ride up front on the train that gives the jets the jitters - the Tokyo-Osaka shuttle/bullet train/shinkansen - many black and white photos; Exploring Florida's treacherous underground rivers; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1962Features: I fished the finest spot in North America - Tazin Lake; Primitive weapons guard our jets at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines; Owner's Reports - Ford Falcon and Pontiac; GM Lift-off Hardtop; Build this safe sidewalk classic - it runs on a battery (complete plans); Midget go-anywhere power plant; Helicopter Airliners - Vertol 107/Rotodyne/Sikorsky S-61; The chemical war on weeds; "Hot Dog" tailpipe; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1966Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Passengers for the Graham County; In Canada in '67 - Trains vs. Cars and jets - Turbotrain/Go Train; These 567's speak any language - a passport for dieseldom's most famous power plant - in gauges from 36" to 5'6" - EMD; Can Mr. Barriger Save Miss Katy? - one man's fight to save the sickest railroad west of the Mississippi; G.I. in Civvies - locomotives have been subject to the draft since the time of Lincoln; The most uncommon Garratts of all - in Europe - nice photos; Rio Grande laid rails to Wet Mountain Valley Twice - long article, photos and table; The Pennsy 6100; and more. Date stamp atop front cover else unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1967134 pages. Cover photo of Truman Capote with Robert Blake and Scott Wilson in Kansas. Features: Vehicular Revolution - the ruckus it stirs - Jumbo Jets, Mass Transit vs. highways, wonderful 2-page photo of Japan's shinkansen roaring by Mount Fuji; After 116 years, a plump little Dutch Prince Willem, of Queen Beatrix and her husband; LBJ in Korea; The Mark of Zorthian - explaining the war in Vietnam; Out of slums into instant homes in 48 hours on New York's lower East Side; The Great Food Markets of the World - many colour photos!; Isn't that Robert Goulet behind those Foster Grants? (ad with colour photos); Pro Soccer's U.S. Kickoff; Oldest Paintings in the Americas - colour photos; Toward a communcal society - a way must be found to preserve an individual's values (part 4 of a series); Nyreyev and Fonteyn. Great (blue) Cadillac ad. Nice colour 7Up ad. Average wear. Address label on front else unmarked. A quality copy. Book
197528 pages. Features: Feature article on Prima Ballerina Karen Kain; The Mellowing of Rudy Pilous; Great full-page colour photo ad for the Honda CB-400F and CB-500T motorcycles; Nice 1975 Fashion photo section; The Hamilton Jail or Barton Street Bastille - nobody knows for sure how many bodies lay there; Weird Requests Made in Wills; Dough Wrights's Family; Maxwell House Coffee colour photo features Ricardo Montalban; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
1981Features: Dr. Dornier's great white wall - the story of the Do X 12-engined flying-boat; Fighters of the Cross of Christ - the growth of fighter squadrons in the Portuguese Air Force from 1940 to 1952; Ilyushin's Proliferous Shturmovic - II - 2nd and concluding part of ana article on the Ilyushin II-2/11-10 family; Miles M.52 - the supersonic dream - the sad story of Britain's first supersonic aircraft design; Fokker's Trimotors go to war - the use of the F VIIb-3m and other Fokker trimotors in the Spanish civil war; Old Rhinebeck's new dolphin - Cole Palen's Sopwith Dolpin replica; World's fastest mustangs - the Reno Races; Under Cover of Darkness - flying the Wellington operationally during WWII; An airline at war - the Sabena fleet from 1939 to 1945; Boeing's Fighter Finale - the detailed story of the P-26 "Peashooter"; TSR 2 - yesterday's auction to tomorrow's problem - the first fully-detailed technical description of the still-controversial TSR 2; Constellation - Lockheed's "Queen of the Skies" - an account of the origins and subsequent commercial development of the Constellation family; Back from the Graveyard - tells the story of the only surviving F4U-7 version of the famed Corsair fighter; A Revelation - HP's Flying Suitcase - wartime operations in one of the important, but less notable of the RAF's bombers of the 'thirties generation'; Biplanes for the Fliegertruppe - the first German biplanes to enter service in WW1 - the Halberstadt D series; Resuce at Ban Phanop - how the USAF flew 336 sorties in three days, in the effort to save the crew of a Phantom shot down over Vietnam; Supermarine 510 and Hawker P.1052 - the lives and times of Britain's first swept-wing jets; Halifax - bomber command's second string - the story of the Handley Page bomber that always came just second to its contemporaries; Talkback - reader comment on past issues; C-class boats at war - the operational use of Short C-Class flying-boats in the RAAF; Skymaster Story - a history of the Douglas Commercial No 4 and its military counterpart, the C-54; Mustangs in Korea - the operational use of the F-51 Mustang in Korea by units of the USAF, SAAF and RAAF; The First Fighting Spads - a highly-detailed account of the evolution, production and service use of the Spad 7. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely copy. Book
1979Features: Eddie Rickenbacker; The Square J; From Africa to China - Via P-40; Warplanes in Detail; F-15 Eagle; Tinian's B-29s; Spitfire Pilot; Navy's Colorful Jets; Modeling Military Aircraft; Biplanes against the red bear; The deadly D VII; Terro in the Yellow Peril; Ground Attack; Flying the CF-104 Starfighter; The Last Mustangs; An RCAF Crewman Looks back - H.D. (Cherry) Cherrington; Col. Tinker and the Bird-o-prey XIII; Warplanes in detail - the Bf 109G; Flying the Vampire; P-5... Last of the Big Boats; McDonnell's Parasite; Military markings of the world; Counter Invader; Return to Cornino; B-17G Production Line; Czechoslovakian Mule; Warplanes in detail - Me 262; Military Markings, Part II; Black Lady of Espionage; Mosquito Pilot's Escape; YF-17 Rollout; Evolution of the Mitsubishi Zero - part I; The Noblest Knight of Acedom; Curtiss P-6 in the Netherlands and East Indies; Night Fighter from Junkers; Fighter Formations - history of fighter tactics; Not so black widow - P-61s in the Pacific; Messerschmitt Me 410 A/Cross; Fighter Night - dangerous WWII mission in a Hurricane; Bristol Beaufighter - rare example; Bat out'a Hell - history of the Douglas Skyray and Skynight; Deadly Long Nose - Famous Focke Wulf FW 190D and Ta 152 fighters; Farewell to the Ugly Duckling - the Fairyey Gannet has made its last flight; Post-war military Mitchells - they served in the USAF until the early 1960s; Norwegian Warriors - Norwegian Pilots during WWII; Curse of the Lady Be Good; The Return of Halifax W1048; Mission U5 - Abort!; Shoo-Shoo Baby; Holscher's Heinkel; Forgotten Warriors; Death over Flak City; Ghosts of '44; The Deadly Storm; Forgotten Warbird Graveyard; The Deadly Storm; The Atlantic Ferry; Harvesting the Zuyder Zee; The Souvenir; They Returned; The day it rained P-40s; Fortress Ferry - flying one of the last examples of aviation's most famous bomber; Lightning Strikes - we fly a rare P-38 Lightning; A lady named Jenny - America's famous WWI trainer; Missions in the Marauder - a navigator's diary of aerial combat over Europe; Flying the U-2 - a 9th strategic Reconnaissance Wing pilot describes a U-2 mission, from suiting up to shutdown; Attack! - we fly in the LTV A-7; Cat Shooting with the Phantom - a USAF pilot flies with the Phantoms of a Marine fighter squadron; The Beauty of the Beast - adventures with the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver; The forgotten promise - the first carrier landing is an unforgettable experience; Flying the White Rocket - this USAF trainer is one hot aircraft. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Book
1969Features: German jets over England; Fiat CR42 BT 474; London-Nachtflieger; The Dark Years; The Battle of Britain Film; Home Defence 1914-1918; Hit and Run; A Mysterious 'Emil'; Flying the dreaded Stuka; Palm Sunday Massacre; Eschwege - eagle of the Aegean; Malta - Mediterranean Bastion; Suez, 1956; 'Z' Force, 1919; photo feature; Woodcock and Fury - Hawker's first and last biplane fighters; Calshot - cradle of British marine aviation; Memories of the Hawker Horlsey; British Fleet Aircraft between the wars; Flying Suitcase - a brief account of the Handley Page Hampden; The operational career of the Arado AR 234 Blitz; 'Hamish' - the story of Grp Capt T.G. Mahaddie, DSO, DFC, AFC, Czech MC; USAAF Aircraft which forced-landed in Sweden during WWII; Fokker T!X - cutaway drawing; 'Ninak' - workhorse of the twenties; RAF in India 1919-1939 - the background; Pink's War - the turning point; The Wapiti IIA in India; Fighting the Faqir - operations 1936-1938; An 'Emil' enigma solved; The Fighting Dolphins; Hawker - pioneer of air fighting; D.VII - Sidelights of Fokker's great fighter; Camel Cavelcade; Day Bombers, 1918 - an appreciation of 55 Squadron RFC/RAF; Fighting 'Boats', 1914-1918; Fairey III Floatplanes; 'Old Faithful' - the Supermarine Southampton; Singapore III - Short's last biplane 'boat; Queen of the 'Boats - sidelights on the Short Sunderland. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Peeling from front free endpaper where label removed. Excellent copy. Book
198466 pages. Features: 2-page Kodak ad inside front cover features photo of red jets performing a low pass; Burberrys ad; WH Smith ad; Intriguing ad for the Citroen 2CV; Bell's whisky Ad; Renault 11 Turbo ad; Lang's Supreme ad featuring Patrick MacNee; Alfa Romeo ad for the Alfa 33; Diamond ad by Garrard Jewellers; 2-page ad for the Mercedes-Benz compact 190s; Interesting PYE Red Box portable colour tv ad; Honda Civic ad; 2-page ad for Glasgow; Lovely ad for Croft Original; Glenfiddich 'halo' ad inside back cover; Rothman's ad on back cover; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1967Contents: Classic photo ad for the Volkswagen Beetle shows the car crossed-out; Sweet color-photo ad for the front-wheel drive Oldsmobile Toronado; Update on the Vietnam War; Photos from Con Thein; Hurricane Beulah ravages the Texas coast; Time Essay - Divided We Stand - The Unpopularity of U.S. Wars; Photo of the Shah and his family with article; Six-pages of colour photos of Iran; Jews occupy Arab territories; A visit to Canton, China; Photo of Ibo prisoners at gunpoint in Nigeria; Nice two-color illustrated ad for the Pontiac GTO; Nice color Jeepster ad; The Fight to ban the sonic boom near Santa Barbara; Mike Douglas of the Mike Douglas Show - with photo; Using Uranium in projectiles - depleted uranium bullets - uranium flechettes - with photo; Athlete Kevin Hardy; How Smokers get Hooked; Volume of puts and calls increasing; Bernard (Bernie) Cornfeld and Investors Overseas Services - with photo; Photo of Will and Ariel Durant at home; Nice color-photo ad for Haig & Haig Pinch Scotch featuring musician David; Uncommon full-page photo ad for Canadian Pacific Jets; and much more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
194698 pages. Features: Through the Sonic Barrier - flight faster than sound with simple tube jets now seems possible - great photos including the Northrop XB-35 Flying Wing Bomber; Report From Bikini - nuclear tests - with photos; Let's Learn to Fly, Part V; Flight in the Seabee; Report from Ottawa; Farm to Airport in Forty-five Days - The Barrie (Ontario) Flying Club; Provincial Portrait from the Air - making big scale Ontario Map will take three Ansons Five Years; What is IATA?; London Letter; Taylorcraft is Back; Maintenance Section; and more. Many pages of great ads. Small ink stamp to front cover and ad on first page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
197555 pages. Includes sheet music for piano and voice with chords for the following classic hits: Your Song; Daniel; Honky Cat; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting; Rocket Man; Bennie and the Jets; Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me; Border Song; Crocodile Rock. Above-average wear. Considerable markings, primarily inside covers. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage songbook. Book
1976176 pages. Front board illustrated with colour photo of Bobby Hull and the Avco Cup. Loaded with many dozens of reproductions of black and white photos from back in the day, as well as a generous selection of colour photos, including large colour team photos upon endpapers. Also included are statistics and wonderful team anecdotes. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Very uncommon. Truly a stupendous gift for any die-hard fan of the recently reborn Winnipeg Jets. Book
1970132 pages. Features: Cover photo of Palestinian Refugees in Gaza; Gorgeous color fashion ads; Colorful two-page color-photo 'crotch' photo featuring Jack Winter fashions; Nice Cricketeer ad; James Michener article "What to Do About the Palestinian Refugees?; In the Flaming Streets of Amman (Jordan) - article with photos, including King Hussein shooting pistol and group photo of Kamal Nasser, Yassir Arafat, Nayef Hawatmeh and Yassir Amrou; The Unknowns Who Lead 'The Walter P. Reuther Memorial Strike'; Now it's Welfare Lib - article with photo of welfare mothers storming relief headquarters in Washington, and photo of Mrs. Beulah Sanders of New York; Nice Enkasheer pantyhose two-page color ad; How School Busing Works in Berkeley, CA; Attractive S.T.J. fashion ad features Marshall Klugman design; Chips ad features young boy Alexander Hall; Beautifl Bleeker Street ad features model in red dress with fur coat over her shoulder; Sensual two-page color-photo ad for Fruit of the Loom features lady lying in yellow floral bedding; New York - a city going to the dogs? - photo-illustrated article on the city's dogs; Fashion photos of black dresses; Fantastic before and after photos of Walter Reuther and Richard Frankensteen when they are approached by a pack of Ford goons for a dust-up; Photo inside buss of hostages taken from jets later blown up in Amman; Dewar's Whisky ad features artist Leroy Neiman; Pierre Cardin jewellery ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
196092 pages. Short Stories: The Love Potion; Above & Beyond; Nightmare Beach; Big Joe's Dilemma. Novelette - Bannigan's War. Articles: Brazil's Own Wild West - with photo of Texas-born Alex Henry who planted coffee trees in Parana; The Innocent and the Guilty - Who Killed Susan Hansen? (part 2 of 5); The Face of America - Natural Scoop; TV's Rebellious Cowboy - feature article on Richard Boone of 'Have Gun Will Travel'; Who Needs Jets? - these die-hard aeronauts restore old flying machines; They Tried to Teach Me Charm - the author joined Government secretaries and politicians' wives at charm schools to learn what secrets aid in holding a man, a conversation, or a job; Doctor of the Big U - Dr. John Edward Sheedy is chief surgeon of the S.S. United States, the world's fastest passenger liner; Adventures of the Mind - The Small World. Serial - The Secret of Sidewinder Gulch (part 6 of 7). Ads: General Electric Frost-Free Freezers; DeBeers (featuring painting of lady by Colleen Browning; Dial Soap; Nostalgic color-photo one-page ad for the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. features red-haired kid eating huge slab of watermelon; Excellent Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup ad featuires smiling young boy at the lunch table; Employers Mutuals of Wausau ad features Red Owl Stores, Inc. of Hopkins, MN, with photo of President Alf L. Bergerud and employees at work; Nice two-page color-photo ad for US Steel features chef and housewife cooking lobster; Nice color Schlitz Beer ad inside back cover features party food; Color-photo Cheerios ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
196268 pages. Features: Boeing Vertol one-page photo ad for the 107 helicopter - shown landing, floating and taking off from water; Photos and specs of Tactical Missiles Around the World; E.W. Bliss Company ad for their "Portable Airport for Marine Corps" which slingshots jets aloft from a short runway; Bell Helicopter ad promotes their electronics which permit landing with ceiling zero-zero; A Second Field for the Career Marine; Good Citizenship Begins with Small Acts; Is the Flight Safety Program Hurting Combat Readiness?; WWII Military Balance Sheet (part 2 of 2) - analysis of WWII's top echelon leadership, concluding with judgements on some of the Allies best-known generals; The GV-1 - Our new transport and aerial refueler; Riots and Marines; Who's a Rebel? - The Lessons learned in Lebanon in 1958; Transfers and Promotions; Color ad for the Phantom II fighter on back cover; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Not pretty but a worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1960118 pages. Features: Nice color ad for the 1960 Chevrolet 9-passenger Kingswood Station Wagon; Two-page ad for the 1960 Chrysler cars - Fury, Matador, De Soto, Dart, Valiant and Imperial; Super two-page color ad for the full line of General Mills breakfast cereals - Cheerios, Hi Pro, Trix, Cocoa Puffs, Wheaties, Corn Kix, Jets, and Frosty O's; Nice ad for the 1960 Ford Comet (blue); Coke ad features bottle, glass and opener floating on mini ice-berg; The Big Change in Russia - nicely photo-illustrated article from behind the iron curtain; Gorgeous Cadillac ad features a bright blue 1960 four-door in park; Rep. Hale Boggs on taxes and what you can do about them; Mike Nichols and Elaine May - Mirrors to our Madness; The Coming Battle of Atlanta - the city is under orders to integrate schools this fall; Two-page color-photo ad for Gravy Train dog food; Japan's Teen-age Idol - photo-illustrated article on Junko Kano; Gorgeous beauty photos by Erwin Blumenfeld; Photo Quiz; Lovely color-photo ad for the (green) 1960 Dodge Dart beside a lake; What is a School Superintendent? - photo-illustrated article on Jack Hornback of Tillamook, Oregon; Educator or Businessman?; ad for creepy product Positan which appears to be like shoe polish for skin; Classy one-page color ad for the 1960 Pontiac Bonneville Coupe (purplish-brown); Harry Truman answers questions; Funny photos of Diane Henn (of Massapequa, NY) in mirror; Swedish Boxer Ingemar Johansson; Great photo-portrait of Salvadore Dali in Polaroid camera ad; Photo feature on "Freedomland", the Disneyland of the east coast, located in the Bronx; Nice 7up ad inside back cover with photo of blonde sweetie making ice cream float for the boys; Back cover photo-ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes shows men in small fishing boat; and more. Front cover rough with nibbling along fold and bottom edge. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
1974160 pages. Includes piano music, lyrics and guitar chords for the following songs: All the Nasties; Amy; Ballad of a Well Known Gun; Bennie and the Jets; Border Song; (The) Cage; Come Down in Time; Daniel; Empty Sky; First Episode at the Hienton; Friends (from the motion picture Friends); Goodbye; The Greatest Discovery; Grey Seal; Gulliver; Hay Chewed; Holiday Inn; Hymn 2000; Lady What's Tomorrow; Levon; Michelle's Song; My Father's Gun; No Shoestrings on Louise; Razor Face; Rock Me When He's Gone; Rotten Peaches; Sails; Salvation; (The) Scaffold; Seasons; Sixty Years On; Skyline Pigeon; Talking Old Soldiers; Teacher I Need You; Tiny Dancer; Valhalla; Western Ford Gateway; Where to Now St. Peter; Your Song. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Moderate external wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this wonderful compilation. Book
2003256 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with excellent colour photos. "Profiles four of the world's most amazing combat aircraft - the U-2R/S, A-12/SR-71 and F-117 from Lockheed, and Northrop's B-2 Spirit. Describes these spectacular platforms in great detail, combining full development history and combat record. Includes highly accurate technical drawings and artworks." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A superb copy of this excellent work. Book
