A collection of works related to the history of aviation, aeronautical engineering, biographies of aviators, space travel, etc.
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. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A nice copy.
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 Air Force to a clandestine.....
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.....
New York: Peacock Press / Bantam Books, 1979. 2nd Printing. Large Softcover.
Second printing. Wrappers lightly dog-eared.
Unpaginated. In the world of aviation painting Keith Ferris is a name to conjure with--he is justly famous, not only for the drama and beauty of his action paintings but for the absolute.....
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. Roberts, J.B. Hard Cover.
xiii, 570 pp. "The most significant types of aircraft operated by the Army and the Navy immediately before and during the Pacific War are described in the two main sections of this book, while a series of appendices provides information.....
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.....
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.....
New York: Eagle Books, 1944. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A few small chips and tears to jacket edges, jacket lightly foxed. Rear board slightly bowed, page ridges faintly foxed.
xi, 170 pp. An overall picture of the servicing of fighter planes and fliers in the various theaters of.....
New York: Orion Books, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
277 pp. America's World War II fighter ace describes his rise in the military, his amazing combat record, and his imprisonment in a POW camp.
New York: Hawthorn Books, 1969. George, Bob. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. small surface tear on front jacket panel, small chips to jacket spine head and spine base, some smudges on rear jacket panel, jacket clipped.
xvi, 365 pp. Maps by Bob George. "AIR ASSAULT is the first full-scale.....
Linden, N.J. / Trenton, N.J. / Bloomfield, N.J. / Tarrytown, N.Y. / Baltimore, M.D. Eastern Aircraft Division, 1944. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. Spine toned, boards lightly toned, rear board soiled.
A photographic history of The Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors, which produced F4F Wildcats and TBF Avengers under license.....
Carrollton: Squadron / Signal Publications, 1980. Stapled Binding.
Lightly rubbed.
The most successful and best known Italian fighter of WWII, the Macchi C.202 Folgore, and its development the Macchi C.205 Veltro are detailed.
New York: Ridge Press / Grosset & Dunlap, 1977. Gilbert, James. Large Hardcover.
Jacket edges rubbed, surface tear on front jacket panel. Ink date on front paste-down endpaper.
251 pp. A pilot's choice of the most spectacular, most significant, and best-flying aircraft in the history of aviation.
New York/London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Sticker on front jacket flap.
216 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. ""The day after which nothing could be the same for him was Friday, May 20, 1927. That morning, alone in a little plane powered by a single engine.....
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New York/London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A few small tears to top edge of rear jacket panel.
216 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. ""The day after which nothing could be the same for him was Friday, May 20, 1927. That morning, alone in a little.....
Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 2000. First Edition. Large Softcover.
First edition. Smudge on rear wrapper.
170 pp. "The First Flight Around the World Carrol V. Glines and Stan Cohen When the fixed-wing flying machine reached the point where it could span distances of more than a few miles.....