A collection of works related to the history of aviation, aeronautical engineering, biographies of aviators, space travel, etc.
Washington, D.C. Office of Air Force History, 1977. Trade Paperback.
Spine head bumped, top corner of front wrapper creased, ink stamp and pencil note on last page.
227 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; List of Illustrations; The War Department and the Black Community; The Army Air Forces: Early Policies and.....
![Item #2308738 The Airpost Journal, Vols. I and II [Volumes 1 & 2]: Nov. [November] 1929 thru May...](/pictures/thumb/2308738.jpg?v=1644908079)
Chicago, Ill. The Airpost Journal / The Aero Philatelist Annals / American Air Mail Catalogue / E-Z Rocket Mail Catalogue, 1984. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. White out on front paste-down endpaper, minor general wear.
"The American Air Mail Society is pleased to offer this photostat volume of the Airpost Journal.....
Danville, Illinois: Interstate Publishers, Inc., 1992. Signed Copy. Hard Cover.
Signed by the editors without inscriptions. No jacket. Spine base very lightly bumped.
xvi, 409 pp. This is a story of the one of America's unsung heroes in the field of aviation-Carl Ben Eielson. Eielson grew up in an upper-middle-class.....
Great Britain: Granada, 1983. Second Edition. Hard Cover.
Second edition. Jacket near fine. Ink note on front free endpaper.
ix, 286 pp. Illustrated. "This book provides an introduction to the principles of automatic flight of fixed-wing and rotary wing aircraft. Representative types of aircraft (UK and US) are used to.....
Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1960. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Edges of jacket worn.
190 pp. Rare book of adventure on the airways by presenting hundreds of photographs. With these is the story of development told in a crisp readable style with an appendix for the technical minded.
![Item #2319632 Flat-Tops and Fledglings: A History of American Aircraft Carriers [Flattops]....](/pictures/thumb/2319632.jpg?v=1644908361)
New York: Castle Books, 1971. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Multiple tears to jacket, ink mark on front jacket flap. Page ridges foxed.
530 pp. ...traces the history of the American aircraft carrier from the early days of the twenties and thirties of experiment and theory which would not.....
New York: Orion Books, 1991. Revised Edition. Large Hardcover.
Sticker on rear jacket panel, otherwise an excellent copy.
ix, 310 pp. "Recounts the history of balloons, airships, and other lighter-than-air craft from the Montgolfier brothers, through the Hindenberg, to modern blimps and other revivals."
England: Airlife, 1995. First UK Edition. Large Hardcover.
First UK edition. Minor general wear to jacket. Board corners lightly rubbed.
160 pp. Development and background of each model -- from the DC-1 through the DC-7 -- is detailed, along with each aircraft's handling abilities, technical specifications, and service history.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1992. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Top page corners bumped.
255 pp. This text looks at the history of the aircraft manufacturers Bell, whose family of helicopters have been produced in their thousands for military and civil operations worldwide. It also deals with the.....
London: Michael Joseph, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by both authors with inscription, "Best wishes." Jacket near fine. Pencil name on front free endpaper, ink gift note on half-title page verso.
x, 245 pp. Gulf War heroes John Peters and John Nichol wrote about their ordeal as.....
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.
Washington D.C. Brassey's Inc., 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Edges slightly worn.
xv, 89 pp. The world entered the atomic age in August 1945, when the B-29 Superfortress nicknamed Enola Gay flew some 1,500 miles from the island of Tinian and dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.....
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: Orion Books, 1989. Trade Paperback.
Minor general wear.
xii, 209 pp. Log book follows text. "The authors describe their 1931, record-breaking flight around the world, including their preparations."
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.....
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.....
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.....