Aircraft Carriers
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.
Aviation & Aeronautics
A collection of works related to the history of aviation, aeronautical engineering, biographies of aviators, space travel, etc.
Luftwaffe: Birth, Life and Death of an Air Force (Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II: Weapons No. 10)
New York: Ballantine, 1971. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback.
3rd printing. Wrappers rubbed.
A history of the German air force during WWII, with an introduction by a German pilot who flew in the Luftwaffe.
Beale Air Force During the Cold War (Images of America)
New York: Arcadia Publishing, 2014. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
Edges slightly worn.
127 pp. KLAXON! The alarm immediately sent the aircrews at Beale Air Force Base, California, scrambling to their alert aircraft in a race to get airborne first. The KC-135 tankers were usually the quickest to taxi out, with.....
History of Aviation
New York: National Aeronautics Council, Inc., 1944. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Spine toned with light wear to spine head and spine base, tear along top edge of front free endpaper, pencil name on front free endpaper.
132 pp. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations, including Hindenburg disaster. Also features chapter on helicopters.....
Marines and Helicopters, 1946-1962
Washington, D.C. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1976. Large Softcover.
No jacket. Ink stamp on rear paste-down endpaper.
viii, 113 pp. Red cloth boards. CONTENTS: Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The Advent; Concept Development; A Revitalized Helicopter Program; Korean War Expansion; Seeking a New Order of Mobility; A Period.....
The Aviation/Space Dictionary (Seventh Edition)
Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Aero Publishers, 1990. Seventh Edition. Hard Cover.
Seventh edition. One inch tear in rear jacket, edges worn, page edges lightly smudged.
461 pp. A dictionary for exploring space.
Flying is My Life
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket corners rubbed, small tear along top edge of front jacket panel, jacket clipped. Board edges lightly rubbed, pencil note on front free endpaper.
vi, 246 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. Hanna Reitsch (29 March 1912 – 24 August.....
Amelia Earhart: A Biography
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A fine copy in a near fine jacket.
xiii, 321 pp. "A biography of the famous aviatrix who disappeared in the South Pacific on an around-the-world flight attempt in 1937."
Flying High: What It's Like to Be an Airline Stewardess
New York: Stein and Day, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "Happy landings." Jacket edges rubbed with some loss to jacket spine base, jacket clipped. Bottom page ridge lightly abraded.
189 pp. Flying High answers every conceivable question a girl considering this career might.....
The Originals: The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron of World War II
FL: Disc-Us Books, 2001. Signed Copy. Trade Paperback.
Signed by author with inscription. Spine head and spine base lightly bumped.
413 pp. Includes 100 photos. "History of the original women air pilots the U.S. government used to ferry and test planes during World War II. The Squadron was later incorporated.....
The Boy with the U.S. Aviators (U.S. Service Series)
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Spine rubbed, ink name stamp on front endpaper, rear hinge weakening, light stain on corner of last few pages.
xii, 266 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, black titles & borders, photographic illustration mounted on front board. Photo plates.....
The Wonder of War in the Air (U.S. Service Series)
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1917. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Spine lightly rubbed.
xii, 347 pp. Original pictorial cloth, cover depicts bi-plane in a dogfight. With forty-two illustrations from war photographs and sketches. A fictitious account of the history of aviation during war.
One Foot on the Ground: A Pilot's Memoirs of Aviators & Aviation
Rochester: ATC Press, 1998. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback.
2nd printing. Inscribed and signed by author on title page ('To: Charlie, Feb 24, 2012, Hope you enjoy the book! Paul I. Roxin'). A few light spots on front wrapper.
xv, 209 pp. "One Foot on the Ground is a collection of.....
One Foot on the Ground: A Pilot's Memoirs of Aviators & Aviation
Rochester: ATC Press, 1998. Trade Paperback.
Signed by author without inscription on title page.
xv, 209 pp. "One Foot on the Ground is a collection of short pieces on early aircraft in America and aviators, as experience by Paul I. Roxin, himself a pilot and flight instructor prior to World.....
One Foot on the Ground: A Pilot's Memoirs of Aviators & Aviation
Rochester: ATC Press, 1998. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback.
2nd printing.
xv, 209 pp. "One Foot on the Ground is a collection of short pieces on early aircraft in America and aviators, as experience by Paul I. Roxin, himself a pilot and flight instructor prior to World War II. Roxin's 60-some.....
One Foot on the Ground: A Pilot's Memoirs of Aviators & Aviation
Rochester: ATC Press, 1998. Third Edition. Trade Paperback.
Third edition, 2nd printing. Inscribed and signed by author on title page ('To: Fred, July 8, 2007, Hope you enjoy the book! Paul I. Roxin').
xv, 209 pp. "One Foot on the Ground is a collection of short pieces on early aircraft.....
End of the Spear: A True Story
Illinois: Salt River, 2005. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing. Front jacket flap slightly creased. Ink gift note on front free endpaper.
xvi, 338 pp. "Steve Saint was five years old when his father, missionary pilot Nate Saint, was speared to death by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe. In adulthood, Steve.....
The Day I Owned the Sky
New York: Bantam Books, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Former library copy - usual marks. Signed by author with inscription.
xviii, 238 pp. One of America's great fighter pilots and the author of "God Is My Co-Pilot" describes his lifelong love affair with flying, his battle to get.....
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura in Action (Aircraft No. 48)
Carrollton: Squadron / Signal Publications, 1985. Stapled Binding.
Faint edge wear.
A history of the plane that was used as both a bomber and fighter throughout WWII.
The Fearless Flier's Handbook: Learning to Beat the Fear of Flying with the Experts from the Qantas Clinic
Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press, 1998. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
1st printing. A nice copy.
ix, 198 pp. "As many as one in five people is afraid of flying. For some, the fear is so paralyzing that they have never boarded a plane. For others, flying is a necessary evil-they'll.....
Tracks Across the Sky: The Story of Pioneers of the U.S. Air Mail (Airmen & Aircraft)
Philadelphia / New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Former library copy - usual marks.
179 pp. An elaborately illustrated history of the intrepid men who flew the mail in the years between the wars.
D.H.: A History of de Havilland
England: Airlife, 1982. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
One inch tear along bottom edge of rear jacket panel, jacket edges lightly bumped. Ink note on front free endpaper.
487 pp. "Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was an English aviation.....
Living in Space: The Astronaut and His Environment
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1969. Hard Cover.
Former library copy - usual marks.
192 pp. "This book shows how man fits into the scheme of space exploration and the means by which he becomes a functional and necessary element of the spacecraft. For the most part, it regards man.....
Blacks in the Marine Corps
Washington, D.C. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1975. Large Softcover.
Wrapper edges lightly rubbed, ink stamp and pencil note on last page.
x, 108 pp. "Prior to President Harry Truman's 1948 declaration of intent to end segregation in the U.S. Armed Forces, blacks who served most often.....
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
Atlanta: Turner Publishing, Inc., 1994. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
Third printing. A fine copy in a near fine jacket.
383 pp. "Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first moon landing, two former astronauts tell of the intense human drama behind the lunar race between two superpowers, and of the sacrifices.....