Ohio: Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc., 1983. Large Softcover.
1/2 inch tear along top spine edge, ink stamp inside back cover.
112 pp. Black-and-white photographs. "The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official National Museum of the United States.....
Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1936. Large Hardcover.
Small spot on bottom edge, ink stamp and pencil name and address on rear endpaper.
xi, 339 pp. Monochrome photographs throughout. Includes: An Air Trip Across America; South America; Around the World; A World in Quest of Wings; Man Flies; Why.....
Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1936. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Gilt rubbed, front hinge loosening, ink name on front endpaper, smudges on front endpapers.
xi, 339 pp. Includes: An Air Trip Across America; South America; Around the World; A World in Quest of Wings; Man Flies; Why.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
Third printing. Highlighting in text.
299 pp. An exciting foray into the lives of the young men - pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners, chosen by the Air Force to embark on the most dangerous missions during World War II details.....
New York: The Rudder Publishing Company, 1930. Rosenfeld, Morris. Large Softcover.
2 inch chip from back corner, wrappers a bit rubbed with two tiny chips from front fore edge.
143, [1] pp. An early periodical to do with sail- and power-boating. black-and-white photographs throughout. Numerous ads for marine equipment, yachts.....
New York: The Rudder Publishing Company, 1930. Rosenfeld, Morris; Davis, Chas G. Large Softcover.
INCOMPLETE. Pages 21-26 removed, with razor cuts on binding edge of next few pages, illustration entitled Salvage Chief on the reef at Merry Island, B.C.' clipped from p. 31, causing loss of portion of Safe Harbor.....
London: Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, Ltd., 1916. Stapled Binding.
An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
36 pp. This pamphlet is composed of four articles, two by Jane Anderson; one on Looping the Loop over London, and the other on the Submarine at Work.....
New York: Crescent, 1988. Large Hardcover.
Fading to edge, lightly rubbed.
Starting as a balloon unit during the Civil War, the U.S. Air Force is now a branch of the American Military with the highest level jet aircraft and weapons around.
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1991. Large Softcover.
Top corner creased, covers lightly soiled.
xvii, 214 pp. December 7, 1941, was by an assessment a devastating day. The Hawaiian Air Force suffered a crippling blow, but the genesis of recovery and final victory over the enemy emerged in the valor.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Boards a bit stained, a bit smoky. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
xiii, 299 pp. An excellent inspirational wartime reference on what to expect as a military aviator. CONTENTS: Part One: Orientation; Part Two.....
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1928. Hard Cover.
Loss from spine head, front board lightly soiled, ink name on front endpaper.
85 sketches and diagrams, glossary of terms, etc. Includes: Prologue; Part I. The Elementary Principles Air Their Grievances; Part II. The Principles, Having Settled Their Differences, Finish.....
New York: Arco Publishers, 1981. Soft Cover.
Faint edge wear.
Color plates throughout. Paintings of WWII aircraft with a brief history and description of the plane.
Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, 1981. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
Jacket edges rubbed with 1/2 inch closed tear on top edge. Binding tight and square, pages bright, clean, and unmarked.
240 pp. The numerous drawings reproduced in this book offer a representative selection of the work produced for the.....
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1943. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
1943 second printing, wartime conservation statement on copyright page. Jacket edges rubbed with some small chips. Cloth spine lightly foxed, two insect holes on page ridges.
xiv, 274 pp. Illustrated with photogravures and two maps. "Condition Red" was an.....
1971: Internation Marine Publishing Company. Third Edition. Spiral-Bound Softcover.
Wrappers lightly toned.
216 pp. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout. This edition, the first to be published by International Marine, adds a new chapter of designs and information.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Sticker on rear jacket panel and two stickers on front jacket flap, remainder mark on edge.
xiii, 141 pp. "This book is the first complete chronicle of the attempts--successful and unsuccessful--of fliers and their machines to better.....
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, 1942. Jackson, A.Y. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Board edges a bit toned, some loss from jacket corners, jacket price clipped, owner address label on front endpaper, light stain on base of fore edge. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, ink bookseller stamp on front endpaper.
x, 247, 4 pp. 8vo. An account of the plot to construct several vessels for the Confederate Navy in French dockyards, for which the Confederacy made.....
Newburyport, Massachusetts: Coastal 181, 2016. Soft Cover.
An exceptional copy.
viii, 232 pp. Rivals, teammates, friends and family members recall one of the Northeast's most popular drivers, whose spectacular Modified career - he won from New England to Florida - was followed by a NASCAR Cup Series victory at Talladega.....
Dorset, England: Design Oracle Partnership / USAAF Nose Art Research Project, 2000. Bowden, Ray. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
296 pp. Jacket art by author, eight color examples of.....
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Ink underlining and marginalia.
xi, 404 pp. "Raphael Semmes (September 27, 1809 - August 30, 1877) was an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Until then, he had been a serving officer.....
Washington D.C. / New York: Smithsonian Books / Orion Books, 1987. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
288 pp. Contains color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. A lavishly illustrated history of aviation presents an intriguing account of humankind's.....
VA: Howell Press, 1992. The American Society of Aviation Artists. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. An excellent copy.
216 pp. 96 color paintings. "With memorable paintings from members of The American Society of Aviation Artists, this book relates the history of aviation from the first planes of WWI to.....
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
xix, 442 pp. Beyond the Wild Blue is a fascinating look at fifty turbulent years of Air Force history. From the prop-driven armada of World War.....
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2003. Reprint. Hard Cover.
A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
398 pp. "Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. One of those nine was miraculously.....