A collection of works related to the history of aviation, aeronautical engineering, biographies of aviators, space travel, etc.
New York: Double Day, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges slightly worn, pen marking on inner flap.
ix, 236 pp. A commercial airline pilot with more than 20 years experience, reports through the author of this book, on the state of the airline industry in the wake of.....
New York: Double Day, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges slightly worn. Two dust jackets.
ix, 236 pp. A commercial airline pilot with more than 20 years experience, reports through the author of this book, on the state of the airline industry in the wake of deregulation. He.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
2nd printing. Spine a bit faded, minimal loss form top jacket edge, jacket price clipped. Very Good.
190 pp. 8vo. 'The Immortal speech of Winston Churchill to Parliament in 1940 as the Battle of Britain raged above the skies of.....
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New York: Metro Books, 1998. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Edges of wrapper slightly worn.
192 pp. A fully illustrated guide to the most important fighter jets of World war II.
Michigan: Squadron / Signal Publications, 1977. Soft Cover.
Sticker on front cover, ink stamp on rear cover recto.
62 pp. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II[N 1] is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.[2].....
UK: Amber Books, 2009. Reprint. Large Softcover.
A very nice copy.
256 pp. Includes full-color artworks of key aircraft. Up to 200 design elements clearly annotated on each aircraft. Full specifications for each aircraft include dimensions, powerplant, weight, performance, and armament. Provides a comprehensive reference guide to modern military aviation
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New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 2007. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. No jacket. Pencil note on front free endpaper.
192 pp. The first of a nine-book series detailing two well-known units that fought together or head-on during World War II.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985. Revised Edition. Large Hardcover.
1985 revised edition. Several taped tears on front jacket, jacket bumped, inner left flap clipped, jacket toned. Fine book.
xiv, 398 pp. This book not only records the significant events of Canadian aviation but also pays tribute to the 'forgotten.....
New York: Viking Press, 1968. Carlo Demand. Large Hardcover.
Wrapper edges toned, ink mark on free endpaper.
201 pp. Color and black-and-white illustrations and diagram.
California: American Astronautical Society / Univelt, Inc., 1977. Signed Copy. Hard Cover.
Signed by three participants in this survey. No jacket. Ink name and address on front free endpaper.
xvi, 310 pp. Covers flight history from balloons and airships through space exploration. Participants in a symposium at the National Air.....
Washington, D.C. / New York: Smithsonian Books / Orion Books, 1992. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Sticker on rear panel of jacket and on front jacket flap. Ink gift note on front free endpaper.
256 pp. "Looks at milestone aircraft in the history of aviation, from the Wright Brothers'.....
New York: Times Books, 1977. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Jacket worn on spine, flaps toned.
xvii, 267 pp. 8vo. At the beginning of WWII the German Air Force was considered the finest in the world. But was it? The Treaty of Versailles had condemned the German.....
New York: Ships and Aircraft, 1946. First Edition. Stapled Binding.
First edition. Wrappers lightly toned, ink stamp on front wrapper verso.
64 pp. "...catalogues the United States Army's airplanes... Compiled from official documents and original source material, it delineates the development of each military type in tabular text and pictures.....
Canada: Buttenworth & Co., 1979. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Wrapper edges slightly worn.
v, 92 pp. A history of Canada's pioneer aviation companies.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with a few small tears, jacket clipped.
xiii, 440 pp. Endpapers illustrated with a map of the main operations of the Soviet Air Force from the Relief of Moscow and Stalingrad to.....
New York: The World Syndicate Co., Inc., 1927. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Spine head bumped.
vi, 282 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. A biography of the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Includes a chapter on the navigation of the Spirit of Saint Louis by Robert Schofield Wood.....
WI: Motorbooks International, 1991. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription.
160 pp. The author, the pilot of a dive bomber during World War II, describes his experiences at Coron Bay, Formosa, Leyte, Luzon, and other naval air battles.
New York: Pocket Books, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
xviii, 359 pp. A military hero, two-term governor of South Dakota, first and only commissioner of the American Football League, and president of the National Rifle Association looks back on.....
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1974. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A few small tears to jacket edges. Ink stamp and pencil note on rear free endpaper verso.
xi, 560 pp. This is a book about aeroplanes and speed... but primarily it is a book about the men who.....
Paris: France Editions, 1945. Stapled Binding.
Wrappers rubbed.
[16 pp.] French-language work with photographs, silhouette illustrations, and technical information on British aircraft during WWII.
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institue Press, 1987. Hard Cover.
Jacket near fine. Ink note on front free endpaper.
ix, 566 pp. "The first edition of Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913 was published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the rebirth of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in June, 1932. It was a great.....
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institue Press, 1987. Hard Cover.
A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. Rear endpaper creased.
ix, 566 pp. "The first edition of Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913 was published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the rebirth of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in June, 1932. It.....
Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1968. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing. Booklet laid in. Jacket clipped.
225 pp. "Here is told for the first time in detail the story behind the development of Tuskegee Army Base as a training center for Negro pilots. Drawing upon his continuous and close association.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Large Hardcover.
Jacket edges rubbed with a few minor chips and minor tears. Board edges rubbed.
200 pp. Illustrated by over 250 photographs - Fortress at War reveals, for the first time, how the famous B-17 evolved.
London: Ducimus Classic, 1970. Beavor, D.; Percy, Ronald; Sturgess, Arthur. First Edition. Large Softcover.
First edition. No publisher date (circa 1970s). Wrapper edges lightly rubbed, faint sticker ghosting on rear wrapper, ink stamp and ink note on rear wrapper recto.
72 pp.The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era.....