Pre-World War I
[F1755] The Aero Club Of
America. Navigating The Air - A Scientific Statement Of The
Progress Of Aeronautical Science Up To The Present Time. New
York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1907. First Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Plus / No Jacket. A
very nice copy of a scarce, very early work. Chapters by Chanute,
Wright, Alexander Bell, Thaddeus Lowe, Augustus Post, Manly, and
others. Light wear to top & bottom edges. darkening to spine.
Has small (1/2" x 5/16") sticker with number
"74" on spine from previous owner. 259 p., photos,
illus. $125.00
[F1753] Bacon, Gertrude.
Balloons Airships and Flying Machines . New York: Dodd, Mead
& Company, 1905. First U.S. Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" -
7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good Minus / No Jacket. A volume in
the "Practical Science Series". Binding is weak. Tear
to one page. 124 p., illus. $75.00
[H1125M] 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. Soft Cover. New
copy. 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
[BC0007] Corbin, Thomas W..
Aircraft Aeroplanes, Airships. Philadelphia: David McKay,
Publisher, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover.
Good Minus. Circa 1913. Hinges are weak. One photo plate has
piece torn from corner, just affecting bottom corner of image and
first letter of caption. 128 pages, photos, illustrations $75.00
[BC0008] Fontaine, Charles.
Comment Bleriot a Traverse La Manche . Paris: Librarie
Aeronautique, 1910. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard
Cover. Fair. Ex-Library. ext is in French. Front Free End Paper
is missing. Pencil sketching inside front cover. 152 pages,
photos. $150.00
[BC0052] Grey, C.G.. Jane's
Historical Aircraft from 1902 to 1916. London: Jane's, MacDonald
& Co., 1972. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. A facsimile reprint of a
portion of "Jane's All the World's Aircraft - 1917".
Wear & tears to Dust Jacket. 96 pages, photos. $10.00
[2502] Hobbs, Leonard S.. The
Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design - Smithsonian Annals of
Flight Number 5 . Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press,
1971. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good. 71 pages, photos, illustrations. $15.00
[B0949] Lieberg, Owen S.. The
First Air Race. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1974 First
Edition, VG+/VG+. The 8-day aviation meet at Reims, France in
1909. 229 p., photos. $25.00
[F0800] Lougheed, Victor.
Vehicles of the Air - A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics
with Working Drawngs . Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., 1909.
First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
BINDING COPY. A very complete manual on the state of aeronautics
in 1909. Includes sections on Balloons, Aircraft, Engines,
Construction, etc. The author later changed the spelling of his
last name to Lockheed. Binding is in poor condition with wear to
spine of book, front & rear hinges have been tape reinforced,
binding cracked in middle of book. Good candidate for rebinding,
or just kept as a READING COPY. 479 pages, photos, illustrations.
$60.00
[D1915] Lynn, Harold S..
Beginner's Hand-Book of Aeronautics and How to Build a Practical
Bi-Plane Glider . Cleveland, OH: The Arthur Westbook Company,
12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good Plus.
Circa 1909. 32 pages, photos, illustrations. $75.00
[D1390] Moolman, Valerie. The
Road To Kitty Hawk - The Epic Of Flight. Alexandria, VA:
Time-Life Books, 1980. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Dust Jacket, as Issued.
Previous owner's embossed stamp. 176 p., photos, color illus.
$8.00
[D1731] Nevin, David. The
Pathfinders - The Epic Of Flight. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life
Books, 1980. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good / No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Large portion
of the top corner of the FFEP has been cut off. 176 p., photos,
color illus. $4.00
[D1389] Prendergast, Curtis.
The First Aviators - The Epic Of Flight. Alexandria, VA:
Time-Life Books, 1980. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Dust Jacket, as Issued.
Previous owner's embossed stamp. 176 p., photos, color illus.
$8.00
[G0043] Randolph, Stella.
Lost Flights of Gustave Whitehead . Washington, DC: Places, Inc.,
1937. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Really nice copy of this scarce
book in an almost flawless dust jacket. Chronicals Whitehead's
aeronautical career and his supposed flights before the Wright
brothers. 95 pages, photos, map. $150.00
[G0044] Randolph, Stella. The
Story of Gustave Whitehead - Before the Wrights Flew . New York:
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good Plus. The story
of Gustave Whitehead who supposedly flew in August 1901, over 2
years before the Wright brothers. 191 pages, photos, facsimiles
of letters and newspaper clippings. $80.00
[D1360] Wallhauser, Henry T..
Pioneers Of Flight. N.P.: Hammond Inc., 1969. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket.
Light scuffing to covers. 93 p., photos, illus. $4.00
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