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.....
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.
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.....
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.....
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.....
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2022. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
xxvii, 339 pp. At the Dawn of Airpower: The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps' Approach to the Airplane, 1907-1917 examines the development of aviation in.....
New York: Exeter Books, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Very good in good jacket. 2 inch tear and associated 3 inch crease on front jacket, jacket price clipped.
128 pp. An account on some of the most important fighters that took part in World War II, who designed.....
Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., 1976. Hard Cover.
First edition. Near fine in very good jacket. Quarter-inch closed tear along top edge of jacket spine, sticker on front jacket flap, sticker ghosting on rear jacket panel, ink note on front endpaper ('Air Museum, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1983').
334.....
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New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some small chips and tears. Page base soiled.
xiv, 271 pp. Account of the building and manning of the transport routes, air routes, and radar warning system in the Arctic, as part of.....
. S.N., 1923. Clements, Rell S. Single Sheet.
Minor wear along edges, corners seem to indicate these were once mounted in an album.
Two photographs of the U.S.S. Shenandoah, the first American-built rigid airship (one of four total the U.S. made). Built in 1922-23, it crashed and was destroyed due.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Jacket lightly toned.
408 pp. Recounts the career of Henry H. Arnold, the U.S. Air Force's first five-star general, from his work as one of the Wright Brothers' original test pilots to his leadership of the.....
Carrollton, TX: Squadron / Signal Publications, 1992. Stapled Binding.
An exceptional copy.
50 pp. Built and operated in large numbers by the British Royal Flying Corps during WWI. Used as fighters, reconnaissance aircraft, artillery spotters & bombers. Over 100 photos, 40 detail drawings, 2 pages of scale drawings, 13 full-color.....
London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1887. Hard Cover.
Boards a bit soiled with 1 inch tear to fore edge of rear board, spine toned, hinges weakening, a couple pages lightly soiled.
228, 44, [3] pp. Original teal cloth, gilt titles with black and gold decorations. Publisher catalog bound in following.....
New York: Dover, 1989. Large Softcover.
Signed by both authors without inscription. Edges lightly rubbed.
166 pp. Over 300 rare photographs, with detailed informative captions, recall Long Island's crucial role as center of early aviation. Exploits of Lindbergh, Curtiss, Doolittle, other pioneers. First "blind" flights, seaplanes, endurance records, technological breakthroughs.....