LoGisma Editore
LoGisma Editore is
an Italian publisher that publishes books on various subjects,
including several Aviation titles produced in collabration with
the "Museo G. Caproni". Several of these are
available in English. We are the exclusive U.S. importer for the
English language books.
[H1125] Calderara, Lodovico
and Attilio Marchetti. Mario Calderara - Aviator and Inventor - The
First Italian Pilot, Pupil of Wilbur Wright. LoGisma Editore, 2003. First English Language
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Copy. Soft
Cover. A biography of the first Italian pilot, who was a student
of Wilbur Wright. The book was written by his son, with the
assistance of General Attilio Marchetti. The inventor and
constructor of the first Italian water-borne glider, Calderara
was a brilliant aviation pioneer from 1909-1913. He was in touch
with the famous aviators of that time: Glenn Curtiss, Henry
Rougier, Leblanc, Anzani, Henri Farman, Otto Lilienthal, etc.
This book covers the period from his first aerial experiments in
1902 through his death in 1944, including his work with Wright
and Voisin. It also includes his 1911 essay "Dagli Aeroplani
Marini all'Aviazione Navale". (This essay is in Italian
only. The remainder of the book is in English.) 303 pages,
photos, bibliography. $24.00
[H1129] Hilliard, Jack B. CAPRONIs, FARMANs and SIAs - U.S. Army Aviation
Training and Combat in Italy with Fiorello LaGuardia 1917-1918. LoGisma Editore, 2006. First Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Copy. Soft Cover. When the United
States entered the First World War its military aviation was
unprepared for the immediate requirement of trained pilots. Our
Italian allies set up a bomber pilot training field at Foggia,
Italy. The first class of American students started their
training on September 29, 1917. This book reprints diary entries
and letters of these U.S. aviators. It includes a list of combat
missions and information on the aircraft used. 615 pages, photos.
$40.00
[H1115] Lewis, Edward Davis. Dear Bert - An American Pilot Flying In World War
I Italy. LoGisma Editore, 2002.
First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Copy.
Soft Cover. George M.D. Lewis was one of 400 American pilots
trained at Foggia, Italy in 1917-18, under Capt. Fiorello H.
LaGuardia. In July 1918 he copiloted the first American flight
over the Alps. During his service and travels in Italy and France
he encountered important personalities of the time, including
Gianni Caproni, Luigi Rizzo and Ernest Hemingway. Lewis'
photographs, dated journal entries, and excerpts from his letters
to his sweetheart Bertha ('Bert') Harsch shed new light on this
area of World War I aviation history. Included are more than 475
photos. 192 pages, photos. $24.00
[H1314] Van Der Mey, Michael.
Dornier 'Wal' - A Light Coming Over the Sea. LoGisma Editore, 2007. Revised and Corrected
Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Copy.
Soft Cover. The Dornier 'Wal'
(Whale) was the first all metal flying boat, manufactured in
Italy, Japan, Holland, Spain and the USSR because of the
restrictions imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles.
Overshadowed by its big brother, the Do-X, it is of great
interest for its international production, the technical
innovations, pioneer flights and mail flights to South America
assisted by catapult ships between West Africa and Brazil. The
decision Claude Dornier took to accept the offer by Italian
venture capitalists to construct the Dornier 'Wal' in Marina di
Pisa (Italy), made Dornier in every sense of the word. 222 pages, photos, maps, illustrations. $27.00
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