World's Greatest Airplane Rides Ladies Must Wear Bloomers Wooden Wall Art
. S.N. Hard Cover.
Near fine.
World's Greatest Airplane Rides Ladies Must Wear Bloomers Wooden Wall Art. 11 1/2 x 14. Ready to hang.
. S.N. Hard Cover.
Near fine.
World's Greatest Airplane Rides Ladies Must Wear Bloomers Wooden Wall Art. 11 1/2 x 14. Ready to hang.
Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1983. Greer, Don; Nohara, Shigeru. 1st Printing. Stapled Binding.
First printing. Bottom corners of pages lightly stained and wrinkled.
49 pp. A concise, illustrative history of the development of Japan's best known fighter plane of the Second World War, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
New York: Viking / Penguin Books, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges lightly worn, pencil note on free endpaper.
262 pp. A vivid portrait of an international tycoon's life in the Roaring Twenties, this book looks at the life and possible murder of Alfred Loewenstein--who accidentally fell.....
Fallbrook, Calif. Aero Publishers, Inc., 1976. Hepworth, W.F.; Lobner, H. Large Hardcover.
A near fine copy in a very good jacket. Jacket clipped.
288 pp. English and Russian text. ...tells the complete story of the development of Russian aviation... The final chapters of the book follow post-war development right up.....
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. Stapled Binding.
Edges rubbed, paper taped to and ink stamp on page 44.
iii, 44 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Passengers and Promoters; Participants; Pilots; Premier Performers: Harriet Quimby, Matilde Moisant, Katherine Stinson, Marjorie Stinson, Ruth Law; Conclusion; References.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. Stapled Binding.
Edges rubbed, light stain on front cover, ink stamp on page 44.
iii, 44 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Passengers and Promoters; Participants; Pilots; Premier Performers: Harriet Quimby, Matilde Moisant, Katherine Stinson, Marjorie Stinson, Ruth Law; Conclusion; References.
Washington, D.C. Office of Air Force History, 1977. Trade Paperback.
Spine head bumped, top corner of front wrapper creased, ink stamp and pencil note on last page.
227 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; List of Illustrations; The War Department and the Black Community; The Army Air Forces: Early Policies and.....
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1960. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. Jacket stained, tears mended with tape, front jacket flap clipped with price intact. Front board stained, top page ridge foxed.
384 pp. The story of fighter pilots of World War I.
Chicago, Ill. The Airpost Journal / The Aero Philatelist Annals / American Air Mail Catalogue / E-Z Rocket Mail Catalogue, 1984. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. White out on front paste-down endpaper, minor general wear.
"The American Air Mail Society is pleased to offer this photostat volume of the Airpost Journal.....
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2019. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. An exceptional copy.
viii, 150 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. The birth of the Royal Air Force during World War I marked a pivotal moment in modern military and political history. With Europe’s western front frozen in a......
Washington, D.C. Office of Air Force History, 1973. Soft Cover.
Spine bumped and toned, smudge on rear wrapper, rear wrapper creased, ink stamp on rear wrapper recto.
v, 245 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; Depositories of the Air Force; National Archives and Records Service; University Collections; Miscellaneous Depositories; Other Sources Related to.....
New York: Orion Books, 1991. Revised Edition. Large Hardcover.
Sticker on rear jacket panel, otherwise an excellent copy.
ix, 310 pp. "Recounts the history of balloons, airships, and other lighter-than-air craft from the Montgolfier brothers, through the Hindenberg, to modern blimps and other revivals."
New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Edge wear, pages toned.
159 pp. The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed.....
England: Airlife, 1995. First UK Edition. Large Hardcover.
First UK edition. Minor general wear to jacket. Board corners lightly rubbed.
160 pp. Development and background of each model -- from the DC-1 through the DC-7 -- is detailed, along with each aircraft's handling abilities, technical specifications, and service history.
Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1998. Greer, Don; Smith, David. 1st Printing. Stapled Binding.
First printing. Minor general wear.
79 pp. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed.....
New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 1980. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. No jacket. Smudge on front board, ink gift note on front free endpaper.
64 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Development; Preparing for Combat; The Raids from China; Early Raids from Marianas; The Destruction of Japan; Korean Swansong; Appendices; Bibliography; Acknowledgments.
New York: Gallery Books / W.H. Smith Publishers, Inc., 1987. Large Hardcover.
Faint edge wear.
240 pp. Color and black & white photographs of numerous military planes, from bombers and transports to fighter jets.
Washington D.C. Brassey's Inc., 2004. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First paperback printing. Edges slightly worn.
xv, 89 pp. The world entered the atomic age in August 1945, when the B-29 Superfortress nicknamed Enola Gay flew some 1,500 miles from the island of Tinian and dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.....
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Edges lightly toned.
370 pp. Within this book, Norman Polmar and Floyd Kennedy have assembled the most comprehensive directory available of virtually every model of helicopter flown by the world's armed forces.
New York: Jove, 1987. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback.
1st printing. Spine lightly faded.
278 pp. Ace! is Bruce Porter's life as a Marine combat fighter pilot-from his earliest days as a naval aviation cadet before World War II, to his adventures guarding America's forwardmost defense line in the South.....
New York: Gallery Books, 1990. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Faint edge wear to jacket.
Traces the history of aircraft carriers from pre-World War I seaplane operations to the carriers of today.
UK: Osprey, 2004. Pavlovic, Darko. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. Covers lightly toned.
64 pp. Osprey's study of British air defenses during World War II (1939-1945). German daylight raids on Britain began in the summer of 1940. They were expected and the country had been preparing for quite some.....
London: Ian Allan Ltd., 1974. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover.
2nd printing. Jacket edge faded.
The most famous aircraft ever to serve in the Royal Air force. Never before and rarely since, has an airframe design been so successfully, continuously, aggressively and thoroughly developed. At the end of its development life.....
England: Profile Publications, 1966. Stapled Binding.
Light edge wear.
13 pp. The Ilyushin Il-2 is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. The word shturmovĂk, the generic Russian term for a ground-attack aircraft, became a synecdoche for the Il-2.....
UK: Osprey, 2004. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. Faint smudge on rear cover.
96 pp. The German Army of World War II was the first to fully realise the benefits of using airborne troops alongside armoured formations. German Airborne Divisions became an integral part of the blitzkrieg operations that.....