A collection of works related to the history of aviation, aeronautical engineering, biographies of aviators, space travel, etc.
New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 1980. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. No jacket. Smudge on front board, ink gift note on front free endpaper.
64 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Development; Preparing for Combat; The Raids from China; Early Raids from Marianas; The Destruction of Japan; Korean Swansong; Appendices; Bibliography; Acknowledgments.
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institue Press, 1987. Fourteenth Edition. Large Hardcover.
Fourteenth edition. Minor general wear.
xi, 591 pp. ...presents a comprehensive description of the Reagan administration's 600-ship Navy of the late 1980s. It includes not only the Navy's ships, submarines, and aircraft, but its people, organizations, weapons, and electronics as.....
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Edges lightly toned.
370 pp. Within this book, Norman Polmar and Floyd Kennedy have assembled the most comprehensive directory available of virtually every model of helicopter flown by the world's armed forces.
New York: Jane's Publishing Company Limited, 1980. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Edges lightly worn.
160 pp. Several color plates, black & white photographs throughout. Translated from the original 1979 edition Fokker Bouwer aan de Wereldluchtvaart.
New York City: Galahad Books, 1971. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Smudges on front jacket panel, jacket edges rubbed with a few small chips, one inch tear along top edge of rear jacket panel, sticker on front jacket flap. Board edges toned.
299 pp. Numerous maps, photos & illustrations.....
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.
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.....
Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges slightly worn.
viii, 217 pp. A biography on Hazel Raines, Georgia's first Lady of Flight!
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.....
PA: Stackpole Books, 1990. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Light general wear.
128 pp. "For six months after Pearl Harbor the nimble Japanese Zero-sen plane dominated the Pacific air war. Then, on June 4, 1942 a Zero crashed on tiny Akutan Island in the Aleutians. It lay there for.....
Greenwich, CT: Crescent Books, 1983. Large Hardcover.
Stain on top of front jacket panel, light foxing on page edges.
256 pp. This book tells the Boeing story from its beginnings in a Lake Union boathouse, to present status as the premier builder of commercial aircraft in the world.
New York: Crescent Books, 1983. Revised Edition. Large Hardcover.
Revised and updated edition. Half inch tear atop jacket spine.
256 pp. With a look at some of America's most memorable aircraft, the history of the Boeing company and its impact on the Pacific Northwest and the development of aviation is.....
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.
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges slightly worn.
xiv, 154 pp. Traces the life of Bessie Coleman, America's first African-American woman aviator, who dreamed of opening a flight school for African Americans but died in an crash in 1926. By the author of.....
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."
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.....
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.....
New York: Crescent Books, 1989. Large Hardcover.
Remainder mark.
256 pp. A guide to the organization, bases, aircraft, missiles and space launches, and budget of the USAF.
Georgia: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, 2011. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "To Laura Jantillo with love to a friend and kindred spirit! Love, June Scobee Rodgers." A fine copy in a fine jacket.
334 pp. Twenty-five years after the very public tragedy of the.....
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.
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
Rochester: ATC Press, 1998. Signed Copy. Trade Paperback.
SIGNED by author. An exceptional copy.
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.....