A collection of works related to the history of aviation, aeronautical engineering, biographies of aviators, space travel, etc.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. Gretter, J. [Joseph] Clemens. Hard Cover.
Front jacket flap loosening from joint but still holding, jacket edges rubbed, jacket reverse mended with tape. Page ridges rubbed, ink name and address on FFE.
iii, 211 pp. Jacket art and endpapers by Joseph Clemens Gretter, who.....
London: Air Ministry, 1940. Hard Cover.
Boards lightly soiled.
Unpaginated. A shoe-string bound volume with strap closure, issued by the Air Ministry of Great Britain during World War II, and providing recognition information for British, French, and German aircraft (the United States had not yet entered the war). Each country.....
Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1936. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. Top and bottom page ridges lightly faded, stain on bottom page ridge, ink stamp and pencil note on rear paste-down endpaper.
xi, 339 pp. CONTENTS: An Air Trip Across America; South America; Around the World; A World in Quest.....
Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1936. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Gilt rubbed, front hinge broken, ink name on front free endpaper, smudges on front endpapers.
xi, 339 pp. CONTENTS: An Air Trip Across America; South America; Around the World; A World in Quest of Wings; Man Flies;.....
Akron, Ohio: Lakeside Press, 1943. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
Third printing. Multiple chips and tears to jacket edges, jacket stained, sticker on front jacket panel.
ix, 74 pp. Non-rigid airships (blimps) have become a familiar part of the sky line of many cities. But their assignment to a place in.....
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institue Press, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Light general wear to jacket.
ix, 399, [1] pp. A history of the aircraft engineered by the Supermarine Aircraft Company in England.
New York: Warner / Madison Press, 1994. Marschall, Ken. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Dust jacket edges lightly worn.
229, [1] pp. Full-color illustrations complement a history of the era of dirigible flight, revealing what travel was like aboard the luxury German airship, the Hindenburg, and detailing its spectacular.....
Knollwood Field, N.C. Headquarters, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, 1942. Stapled Binding.
Ink name on front wrapper, front wrapper faintly foxed.
12 pp. CONTENTS: Master Cylinder Hydraulic Brake Systems.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Spine lightly creased, minor general wear.
xiii, 299 pp. An excellent inspirational wartime reference on what to expect as a military aviator. CONTENTS: Part One: Orientation; Part Two: Career Details; Part Three: Air Warfare.
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1928. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Loss to spine head, front board lightly soiled, ink name on front paste-down endpaper.
85 sketches and diagrams, glossary of terms, etc. CONTENTS: Prologue; Part I. The Elementary Principles Air Their Grievances; Part II. The Principles, Having Settled.....
Pasadena: Trilogy Books, 1994. Trade Paperback.
Fore edge lightly smudged.
Depicts the lives of Lady Heath, Lady Bailey, Violette De Sibour, Mary Bruce, Pauline Gower, Dorothy Spicer, Amy Johnson, Jean Batten, Amelia Earhart, Anne Lindbergh, and Louise Thaden.
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.
xiii, 141 pp. "This book is the first complete chronicle of the attempts--successful and unsuccessful--of fliers and their machines to better the air.....
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket lightly crinkled.
xvi, 494 pp. "Uncovers the story of Francis Gary Powers's flight in a CIA U-2 spy plane into Soviet airspace two weeks before a vital Paris summit meeting in 1960 between Eisenhower and Khrushchev."
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
366 pp. Black & white photographs. Without going very far beneath the surface, Biddle tells the story of the aviation pioneers whose business interests resulted in mega-corporations such as Boeing.....
Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 1984. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A near fine copy in a very good jacket. Top edge of jacket lightly rubbed with a few minor tears.
xii, 356 pp. Explains technological advances in aeronautics, assesses the links between American culture and flight technology.....
New York: McGraw Hill, 1990. Reissue. Trade Paperback.
1990 reissue of 1944 original, with a new afterword by Arthur Bishop. Faint edge wear.
First published in 1944, Winged Peace is the story of aviation, and its future as seen through the eyes of Canada's leading fighter pilot ace in World.....
New York: Silver Arrow Books / William Morrow, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket spine head and top corners of jacket bumped. Top corner of rear board bumped.
448 pp. Author piloted Gemini 7 and Apollo 8. "Recounts Borman's flights aboard NASA's Gemini 7 and Apollo 8, and.....
PA: TAB Books, 1984. 4th Printing. Large Softcover.
Fourth printing. Spine base bumped.
ix, 278 pp. "Here's a pictorial account of over 75 years of "far-out" flying machines... covers everything from the Wright Flyer and the Taylor Aerocar to the Ryan Vertijet and the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird! Grouped in categories.....
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1986. Large Hardcover.
Edges slightly worn.
231 pp. "Illustrated with evocative color photographs as well as blueprints, historical documents, and aviation memorabilia, this fascinating guide to aviation technology and its inventors conveys the excitement of this 20th-century frontier. 175 photographs, over 100 in full.....
VA: Howell Press, 1992. The American Society of Aviation Artists. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
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.....
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Top edge of jacket very lightly bumped. Pencil name on front free endpaper.
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.....
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.....
FL: Bluewater Press, 2012. Signed Copy. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Signed by author with inscription and author's business card taped to endpaper. A fine copy.
218 pp. In 1936, a wide-eyed boy by the name of LeRoy Brown clambered aboard a 1929 Waco 10 converted to crop dusting duty, sat.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1979. Reprint. Large Hardcover.
Reprint. Edges slightly worn.
504 pp. The thrill and excitement of a visit to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum is captured here with new chapters and specially taken photographs of the museum's five major new galleries.
Chicago, IL: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges slightly worn.
viii, 278 pp. Women with Wings is a perceptive and highly entertaining celebration of the achievements of female flyers from eighteenth-century balloonists to today's astronauts. For decades female aviators had to defy social prejudices despite.....