1920s-1930s
[F1726] Aircraft Year
Book - 1927. New York: Aeronautical Chamber Of Commerce
Of America, 1927. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Good / No Jacket. Ex-reference library. 1-inch at bottom
of both title page and first page of contents has been removed.
396 p., photos, dwgs. $75.00
[F1727] Aircraft Year
Book - 1929. New York: Aeronautical Chamber Of Commerce
Of America, 1929. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Ex-reference library. Only sign of
which is Corporate stamp on front free end paper. 484 p., photos,
dwgs. $90.00
[A418] 1929 Flying
Manual (Reprint). EAA Aviation Foundation, 1989. First
Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good
Minus Erasure mark to front cover. Light stain at bottom of spine
area. 72 p., photos, illus. $10.00
[A420] 1931 Flying and
Glider Manual (Reprint). EAA Aviation Foundation, 1989.
First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover.
Very Good Minus Erasure mark to front cover. 72 p., photos,
illus. $10.00
[A421] 1932 Flying and
Glider Manual (Reprint). EAA Aviation Foundation, .
First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover.
Very Good Minus Erasure mark to front cover. 72 p., photos,
illus. $10.00
[BC0026] Beamish, Richard J. The
Story of Lindbergh - The Lone Eagle. N.P.: The
International Press, 1927. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Spine is faded. Light soiling
overall. Previous owner's bookplate. 288 pages, photos,
illustrations, maps. $4.00
[F1744] Beamish, Richard J. The
Story Of Lindbergh - The Lone Eagle. N.P.: The
International Press, 1927. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Plus / No Jacket. Front hinge
weak. 288 p., 32 pages of photos. $5.00
[H0179] Bowyer, Chaz. The
Age of the Biplane. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall,
1981. First U.S. Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good Minus. 192 p., photos, color
photos, color illus. $20.00
[A822] Bowyer, Chaz. The
Age of the Biplane. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall,
1981 First American Edition, VG/VG. 192 p., photos, dwgs. $20.00
[F0796] Bradbrooke, F.D. The
Light Aeroplane Manual. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd.,
1931. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good / Good Plus. Foreword by Capt. G. DeHavilland.
DJ is chipped along edges and has a very small piece missing at
bottom of spine. Original price (?) penciled inside front cover.
251 p., photos, illus. $100.00
[49] Byrd, Richard E. Skyward.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928, VG. No DJ. 3rd printing. Rear
hinge weak. 359 p., photos. $15.00
[F0785] Byrd, Richard E. Skyward.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus / No
Jacket. "This copy is from the first printing of SKYWARD and
will be the only printing to contain the photogravure
frontispiece portrait of the author." Spine is soiled. 359
p., photos. $20.00
[6713] Casey, Louis S. The
First Nonstop Coast-To-Coast Flight And The Historic T-2 Airplane
- Smithsonian Annals Of Flight - Volume 1, Number 1.
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1964. First Edition. 4to
- over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus
Light wear to covers. 90 p., photos, map, illus. $10.00
[BC0019] Chiron, Etienne. Revue
Generale De L'Aeronautique - Numero 9. Paris: Librarie
Aeronautique, 1928. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft
Cover. Good Minus. Front cover is detached. Cover has spilt along
spine. Binding is somewhat loose, but still held together. 288
pages, photos, illustrations, graphs. $70.00
[F0735] Davis, Larry. P-12/F4B
In Action - Aircraft Number 141. Carrollton, TX:
Squadron/Signal Publications, 1993. First Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Near Fine 49 p., photos,
illus., 3-view drawings, color illus. $8.00
[6621] De Vries, Col. John A.
Alexander Eaglerock - A History of Alexander Aircraft
Company. Colorado Springs, CO: Century One Press, 1985.
Limited/Numbered. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good Plus / No Jacket. Hard cover limited edition.
Book is #426 of 500 copies. 126 p., photos, scale drawings.
$100.00
[H1411] Glass, Andrzej. PZL
P.7 - Cz. 1 - Monografie Lotnicze #72. Gdansk, Poland:
AJ Press, 2000. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"
tall. Soft Cover. Near Fine 104 pages, photos, ilustrations, 1/48
scale drawings, color ilustrations. $30.00
[F0614] Grey, C.G. (Editor). All
the World's Aircraft - 1920 (Reprint). New York: Johnson
Reprint Corporation, 1968. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus / No Dust Jacket, as
Issued. REPRINT of the 1920 edition. Extremely scarce, even in
the reprint. The advertising section has been deleted from this
reprint edition. Paginated in sections: Aeroplanes=300p. +
Engines=74p. + Airships=31p. + Index=2 pages. Photos, illus.
$300.00
[D1292] Gwynn-Jones, Terry. Wings
Across The Pacific - The Courageous Aviators Who Challenged And
Conquered The Greatest Ocean. New York: Orion Books,
1991. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good Plus / Very Good. 256 p., photos. $20.00
[D0516M] Head, William. Every
Inch A Soldier - Augustine Warner Robins And The Building Of U.S.
Airpower. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University
Press, 1995 First Edition, Fine/Fine. New copy. 289 p., photos.
$45.00
[D0517] Head, William. Every
Inch A Soldier - Augustine Warner Robins And The Building Of U.S.
Airpower. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University
Press, 1995 First Edition, Fine/Fine. New copy. 289 p., photos.
$45.00
[G0067] Head, William. Every
Inch A Soldier - Augustine Warner Robins And The Building Of U.S.
Airpower. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University
Press, 1995. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Light fading of spine.
289 pages, photos. $15.00
[F0672] Hirschauer, L. And
Ch. Dollfus. L'Annee Aeronautique - 1925-1926 - 7e Annee.
Paris: Dunod, 1926. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 357 pages, photos, fold-out
map. $85.00
[F0675] Hirschauer, L. And
Ch. Dollfus. L'Annee Aeronautique - 1928-1929 - 10e Annee.
Paris: Dunod, 1929. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 451 pages + 12 pages,
photos, fold-out map. $85.00
[F0676] Hirschauer, L. And
Ch. Dollfus. L'Annee Aeronautique - 1929-1930 - 11e Annee.
Paris: Dunod, 1930. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 451 pages + 5 pages, photos,
fold-out maps. $85.00
[7725] Holland, Rupert
Sargent. Historic Airships. Philadelphia: Macrae
Smith Co., 1928 First Edition, VG. No DJ. Spine darkened. 343 p.,
photos, illus. $35.00
[6812] Ingells, Douglas J. Tin
Goose - The Fabulous Ford Trimotor. Fallbrook, CA: Aero
Publishers, 1968. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 96 p., photos. $15.00
[H0997] Ingells, Douglas J. Tin
Goose - The Fabulous Ford Trimotor. Fallbrook, CA: Aero
Publishers, 1968. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 96 p., photos. $15.00
[H0132] Jackson, Donald Dale.
Flying The Mail - The Epic Of Flight. Alexandria,
VA: Time-Life Books, 1982. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus / No Dust Jacket, as
Issued. Light bumps to corners. 176 p., photos, color illus.
$4.00
[F0666] Lawrence, John. Bernt
Balchen - Viking of the Air. New York: Brewer, Warren
& Putnam, 1931. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good Plus. The biography
of Balchen, who flew with Byrd across tha Atlantic and later to
the South Pole. DJ has small tears to edges and several small
pieces missing along edges. 165 p., photos. $40.00
[BC0010] Lindbergh, Charles. We
- The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic
Flight, Together with His Views on the Future of Aviation.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Plus / Good Minus. 31st
printing. 318 pages, photos. $15.00
[F0074M] Long, Elgen M. And
Marie K. Long. Amelia Earhart - The Mystery Solved.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First Trade. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. As New In 1937, Amelia
Earhart disappeared into the Pacific Ocean only days from
completing her famous around-the-world flight. Her plane was
never found. Now, with the recent discovery of long-lost radio
messages, combined with the authors twenty-five years of
research, the mystery surrounding Earhart has been solved. 320
p., photos, maps. $7.50
[B0273] Lovell, Mary S. The
Sound of Wings - The Biography of Amelia Earhart.
London: Hutchinson, 1989 First Edition, VG+/VG. 472 p., photos.
$10.00
[F0547] Luff, David. Bulldog
- The Bristol Bulldog Fighter. Washington, DC:
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988. First U.S. Edition. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus /
Very Good Plus. 188 p., photos, dwgs. $15.00
[BC0031] Maloney, Edward and
Frank Ryan. P-26 - History of the Famous Boeing P-26
"Peashooter". N. Hollywood, CA: Challenge
Publications, 1965. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 39 pages, photos,
illustrations, drawings. $20.00
[H1099] Marshall, Ian. Flying
Boats - The J-Class Yachts of Aviation. Charlottesville,
VA: Howell Press, 2002. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus / Very Good Minus.
Small tear on back of dust jacket. 136 pages, sketches, color
drawings. $25.00
[D0605] Mason, Jr., Herbert
Molloy. The Rise Of The Luftwaffe 1918-1940. New
York: Dial Press, 1973, VG-/VG-. Book Club edition. Previous
owner's bookplate. 402 p., photos, maps. $15.00
[8705] Mason, Jr., Herbert
Molloy. The Rise of the Luftwaffe 1918-1940. New
York: Dial Press, 1973, G+/G. Book Club edition. 402 p., photos,
maps. $15.00
[A820] McKay, Stuart. Tiger
Moth - A Tribute. New York: Orion Books, 1988. First
U.S. Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Very Good Minus. DJ is price clipped. 160 p., photos,
color photos. $25.00
[F0830] Mills, Stephen E. And
James W. Phillips. Sourdough Sky - A Pictorial History Of
Flights And Flyers In The Bush Country. New York:
Bonanza Books, 1960. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. DJ has crease to front cover,
wear along edges. 176 p., photos. $17.50
[F0530] Mizrahi, J.V. Carrier
Fighters - Volume I. Northridge, CA: Sentry Books, 1969.
First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover.
Very Good Plus 64 p., photos, color illus. $20.00
[F1297] Mohler, Stanley R.
and Bobby H. Johnson. Wiley Post, His Winnie Mae, And The
World's First Pressure Suit - Smithsonian Annals Of Flight -
Number 8. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press,
1978. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good
4th printing. 127 pages, photos, map, illustrations. $10.00
[G1582] Mohler, Stanley R.
and Bobby H. Johnson. Wiley Post, His Winnie Mae, And The
World's First Pressure Suit - Smithsonian Annals Of Flight -
Number 8. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press,
1971. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good Light stain on (blank) back cover. 127 pages,
photos, map, illustrations. $10.00
[B0819] Mohler, Stanley R.
and Bobby H. Johnson. Wiley Post, His Winnie Mae, And The
World's First Pressure Suit - Smithsonian Annals Of Flight -
Number 8. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press,
1978. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good 127 pages, photos, map, illustrations. $10.00
[D1394] Nevin, David. Architects
Of Air Power - The Epic Of Flight. Alexandria, VA:
Time-Life Books, 1981. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Dust Jacket, as Issued.
176 p., photos, color illus. $10.00
[B1597] O'Brien, P.J. The
Lindberghs - The Story Of A Distinguished Family. n.p.:
International Press, 1935, G+. No DJ. 352 p., photos. $12.00
[D1403] O'Neil, Paul. Barnstormers
& Speed Kings - The Epic Of Flight. Alexandria, VA:
Time-Life Books, 1981. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Dust Jacket, as Issued.
176 p., photos, color illus. $10.00
[6804] Phillips, Ed. Travel
Air - Wings Over the Prairie. Eagan, MN: Flying Books,
1982. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard
Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. Light wear to DJ. 126 p., photos,
scale drawings. $35.00
[D0609] Rawlings, Roger. The
Last Airmen - Exploring My Father's World. New York:
Harper & Row, 1989 First Edition, VG+/VG+. 241 p. $10.00
[H0955] Rosanik, Ralph. Hawk
Safari - The Search for a Rare Bird - A Curtiss Hawk P6-E.
Omaha, NE: Lion Publications, 1993. First Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. New Copy 182 p., photos,
color photos. $12.95
[BC0021] Thomas, Lowell. The
First World Flight. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1925.
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good
Minus / No Jacket. 2nd printing. 328 pages, photos. $20.00
[B0510] Wagner, William. Ryan
Broughams and Their Builders. Terre Haute, IN: SunShine
House, 1991. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover.
Near Fine Second printing. 98 pages, photos, scale view dwgs.
$17.50
[B0513] Wallick, Jr., S.L.
"Lew" and Peter M. Bowers. Flying The P-12.
n.p.: Classic Publications, 1982, VG. Soft Cover. 80 p., photos,
color illus. $25.00
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