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[6506] Adams, Eustace L. War
Wings. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937, Good. Wear
to top of spine. Spine slightly faded. Fiction. 216 p. $5.00
[A323] Barber, H. The
Aeroplane Speaks. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co.,
1918, G+. No DJ. 6th printing. Spine faded. 180 p., illus. $40.00
[3002] Barber, H. The
Aeroplane Speaks. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co.,
1928, G+. No DJ. Top of FFEP removed. 9th printing. 198 p.,
illus. $30.00
[F1738] Barber, H. The
Aeroplane Speaks. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co.,
1918. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good
Minus / No Jacket. Ex-"War Service Library". Stain to
front cover. 6th printing. 180 p., illus. $15.00
[C1534] Bewsher, Paul. Green
Balls - The Adventures Of A Night Bomber. London:
Greenhill Books, 1986 First Thus, VG. Soft Cover. Very light bump
to bottom corner. 287 p. $25.00
[H0127] Bickers, Richard
Townshend. Von Richthofen - The Legend Evaluated.
Shrewsbury, England: Airlife, 1996. First Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus / Very
Good Plus. 172 p., photos. $10.00
[A113] Bingham, Hiram. An
Explorer in the Air Service. New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 1920, VG. Wear to top of spine, corner wear.
Bingham became a pilot in 1917, and later was in charge of the
military aviation schools. From August of 1918 to the end of the
year he was the commanding officer of the 3rd Aviation
Instruction Center at Issoudun, France. 260 p., plates.
Noffsinger #124. $90.00
[B0277] Bingham, Hiram. An
Explorer in the Air Service. New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 1920, VG. No DJ. 260 p., photos. $75.00
[5821] Bishop, William
Arthur. The Courage of the Early Morning. New
York: David McKay Co., 1967, VG/G. 2nd printing. 211 p., photos.
$22.50
[G0158] Bishop, William A.
(Billy). Winged Warfare. New York: Arco
Publishing, 1981. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good Minus. 280 p., photos.
$20.00
[A1512] Bordeaux, Henry. Vie
Heroique de Guynemer. Paris: Librairie Plon, 1927, VG.
No DJ. French text. 306 p. $22.50
[F0716] Brown, Walt, Jr.
(editor). An American for Lafayette - The Diaries of
E.C.C. Genet - Lafayette Escadrille. Charlottesville,
VA: University Press of Virginia, 1981. First Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine.
Small (1/8") tear to bottom of Dust Jacket. 224 pages,
photos. $45.00
[B0331] Chajkowsky, William
E. Royal Flying Corps. Cheltenham, Ontario:
Boston Mills Press, 1979, Near Fine/Near Fine. Early military
aviation in Canada, including training done in Texas during the
winter. 128 p., illus. Noffsinger #258. $30.00
[C1542] Chapman, Victor. Victor
Chapman's Letters From France. New York: Macmillan Co.,
1917, VG-. No DJ. Previous owner's address label inside front
cover, and name stamped at top of 3-4 pages through book. 196 p.,
photos. $75.00
[F1269] Clark, Don. Wild
Blue Yonder - The 300 Yankee Warbirds in Canada, Texas, and
France. Seattle, WA: Superior Publishing Company, 1972.
First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus. The story of 300 U.S. pilots
trained in Canada. DJ is price clipped. 172 p., photos $25.00
[2308] Cole, Christopher
(Editor). Royal Air Force 1918. London: Kimber,
1968, VG/VG. Extracts from official communiques from April, 1918
to November, 1918. 256 p., photos., illus., dwgs., tables.
Noffsinger #300. $40.00
[H1106] Cole, Christopher
(Editor). Royal Flying Corps 1915-1916. London:
William Kimber, 1969. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Extracts from
official communiques from July, 1915 to December, 1916. DJ is
price clipped. 352 p., illus., dwgs. Noffsinger #301. $30.00
[2307] Cole, Christopher
(Editor). Royal Flying Corps 1915-1916. London:
Kimber, 1969, VG/VG. Extracts from official communiques from
July, 1915 to December, 1916. 352 p., illus., dwgs. Noffsinger
#301. $40.00
[BC0043] Collier's New
Photographic History of the World's War - 1918. New
York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1918. First Edition. 4to - over
9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Fair / No Dust Jacket, as
Issued. Wear to edges of covers. Hinges are weak. 128 pages,
photos. $30.00
[B1582] Cooke, David C. The
Planes They Flew In World War I. New York: Dodd, Mead
& Co., 1969 First Edition, VG/G+. DJ has several tears, is
price clipped. 64 p., photos. $15.00
[D0708] Franks, Norman &
Alan Bennett. The Red Baron's Last Flight - A Mystery
Investigated. London: Grub Street, 1997, Fine/Fine. New copy. 143
p., photos, illus. $25.00
[B0744] Fredette, Major
Raymond H., USAF. The Sky On Fire - The First Battle of
Britain 1917-1918 and The Birth of The Royal Air Force.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966, VG+/G+. 289 p.,
photos. $25.00
[D1203] Funderburk, Thomas R.
The Fighters - The Men And Machines Of The First Air War.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1965. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus / Good. DJ has wear
and chipping to edges, small piece missing from bottom of front.
Staining to end-papers from cellophane tape used to hold
protective cover (removed). 200 p., photos, scale drawings.
$20.00
[F0034] Gordon, Dennis. The Lafayette Flying Corps
- The American Volunteers in the French Air Service in World War
One. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2000. First
Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. As New
/ As New. 499 p., photos. $59.95
[B1008] Grey, C.G. (editor). Jane's
All The World's Aircraft - 1919 (Reprint Edition). New
York: Arco Publishing, 1969, VG+/VG. Previous owner's name. 107
p. ads, 490 p. aircraft, 154 p. engines, 36 p. airships. Photos.
Noffsinger #783. $120.00
[BC0035] Grinnell-Milne,
Duncan. Wind in the Wires - The Celebrated Memoir of a
World War I British Air Ace. New York: Ace Publishing,
1968. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market
Paperback. Very Good. 221 pages. $8.00
[BC0028] Grosz, Peter M. and
Egon Kruger. Pfalz - First Detailed Story of the Company
and Its Famous Planes. West Roxbury, MA: World War I
Aero Publishers, Inc., 1964. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾"
- 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good. 24 pages, photos,
drawings. $20.00
[F0071] Guttman, Jon. SPAD VII Aces of World War 1
- Osprey Aircraft of the Aces #39. Oxford, England:
Osprey Publishing, 2001. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. As New 96 p., photos, color illus.
$18.95
[F0056] Henshaw, Trevor. The Sky Their Battlefield
- Air Fighting And The Complete List Of Allied Air Casualties
From Enemy Action In The First War - British, Commonwealth, And
United States Air Services 1914 To 1918. London: Grub
Street, 1995 First Edition, New. Hardcover with DJ. 578 p.,
photos. $69.95
[H1129M] 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. Soft Cover. New Copy. 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
[D0719] Kennett, Lee. The
First Air War. New York: The Free Press, 1991. Book Club
(BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good + / Good. DJ has wear to bottom of spine, short tear on
back panel. 275 p., photos. $15.00
[A2216M] Kennett, Lee. The
First Air War. New York: The Free Press, 1991,
Fine/Fine. As New. 275 p., photos. $20.00
[F0410] Kilduff, Peter. The
Illustrated Red Baron - The Life and Times of Manfred Von
Richthofen. London: Cassell & Co., 2000. First Thus.
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. New Copy. 160
pages, photos, pilot rosters. $30.00
[F0411] Kilduff, Peter. The
Illustrated Red Baron - The Life and Times of Manfred Von
Richthofen. London: Cassell & Co., 2000. First Thus.
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. New Copy. 160
pages, photos, pilot rosters. $30.00
[F1084] Lewis, Cecil.
Sagittarius Rising. Richmond, VA: Time-Life Books, 1991. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine / No Dust
Jacket, as Issued. Embossed cover, all edges silvered, ribbon
bookmark. A volume from the "Wings Of War" series. A
facsimile reprint of the 1936 edition. 332 pages. $15.00
[D2000M] Lewis, Cecil.
Sagittarius Rising . London: Warner Books, 1997. 12mo - over
6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. As New. A classic of WWI
literature. 332 p. $10.00
[H1115M] Lewis, Edward Davis.
Dear Bert - An American Pilot Flying In World
War I Italy. LoGisma
Editore, 2002. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. New copy. 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
[BC0038] Lloyd, John. Aircraft
of World War 1. London: Ian Allan, 1958. First Edition.
12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good
Minus. Light bump to bottom corner. 62 pages, photos. $9.00
[5815] Mason, Jr., Herbert
Molloy. High Flew The Falcons. Philadelphia: J.B.
Lippincott Co., 1965, VG/VG. Ex-Library. Sub-titled: The French
Aces of World War I. 172 p., photos. $12.50
[9321] Mason, Jr., Herbert
Molloy. High Flew The Falcons. Philadelphia: J.B.
Lippincott Co., 1965, VG/VG. First Edition. 172 p., photos.
$25.00
[1119] Mason, Jr., Herbert
Molloy. The Lafayette Escadrille. New York:
Random House, 1964, VG/VG. DJ is price clipped. Previous owner's
name on FFEP and half-title page. 340 p., photos. $30.00
[2619] Mason, Jr., Herbert
Molloy. The Lafayette Escadrille. New York:
Random House, 1964, VG+/VG. DJ is price clipped. First Edition.
340 p., photos. $30.00
[B0329] McMinnies, W.G. Practical
Flying. London: Temple Press, 1918, VG. Sub-titled:
Complete Course of Flying Instruction. 237 p., illus., glossary.
Noffsinger #964. $85.00
[8819] Middleton, Edgar C. Airfare
of Today and of the Future. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons, 1918, Fair. No DJ. Overall wear. Cracking to spine edge.
Interior good. 192 p., photos. $15.00
[BC0039] Munson, Kenneth. Aircraft
of World War I. London: Ian Allan, 1967. First Edition.
12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good /
Very Good. 175 pages, photos. $15.00
[D1665] Neumann, Georg Paul. Die
Deutschen Luftstreitkrafte Im Weltkriege. Berlin: E.S.
Mittler & Sohn, 1920. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" -
12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Front free end
paper has been removed. Title page is attached, but loosely. Text
in German. About one-half of this book was later translated and
published as "The German Air Force In The Great War".
600 p., photos, illus., charts. $325.00
[B0242] New England Aviators
Publishing Committee. New England Aviators 1914-1918.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919, A 2-volume set, limited to 1000
copies. Most ended up in New England libraries. This set is
ex-library. The first several pages have their corners clipped.
Blacked out markings on the spine. Paper stickers inside the
covers. Hence a rating of Good. 472+480 pgs., ports. Noffsinger
#1082. $400.00
[F1166] O'Connor, Neal W..
Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I and the Men
Who Earned Them - The Aviation Awards of Eight German States and
the Three Free Cities - (Volume VII). Atglen, PA: Schiffer
Publishing, 2002. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"
tall. Hard Cover. As New / As New. The last volume in this
series. Maintains Mr. O'Connor's high standards. 514 p., photos.
$69.95
[F1164M] O'Connor, Neal W..
Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I and the Men
Who Earned Them - The Aviation Awards of Eight German States and
the Three Free Cities - (Volume VII). Atglen, PA: Schiffer
Publishing, 2002. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"
tall. Hard Cover. As New / As New. The last volume in this
series. Maintains Mr. O'Connor's high standards. 514 p., photos.
$69.95
[G1537] Over The Front
- Volume 5-#3 - Autumn 1990. League Of World War I
Aviation Historians, 1990. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. $10.00
[3911] Parsons, Edwin C. I
Flew With The Lafayette Escadrille. Indianapolis: E.C.
Seale & Co., 1963, VG+/VG+. Previous owner's name inside
front cover. 335 p., photos. $40.00
[1418] Parsons, Edwin C. I
Flew With The Lafayette Escadrille. Indianapolis: E.C.
Seale & Co., 1963, VG+/VG+. DJ spine slightly darkened. 335
p., photos. $40.00
[B0337] Rawlinson, A. The
Defence of London 1915-1918. London: Andrew Melrose,
Ltd., 1923, Near VG. Corners bumped, foxing. Previous owner's
book plate. The history of the air raids on London including the
formation of the anti-aircraft defences and their equipment.
267p., plates, folding map. Noffsinger #1186. $80.00
[D08XX] Rickenbacker, Edward
V. Fighting The Flying Circus. Alexandria, VA:
Time-Life Books, 1990. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. As New / No Dust Jacket, as Issued. A
NEW copy, in a sealed Time-Life mailing box. This volume is one
of the "Wings Of War" series. Reproduced
photographically from the 1919 First Edition. Leatherette-type
embossed binding. All page edges are silvered. A ribbon bookmark
is bound in. 371 p. $15.00
[F0855] Robertson, Bruce
(editor). Air Aces of the 1914-1918 War - Second (Revised)
Edition. Letchworth, England: Harleyford Publications,
1959. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good
Minus / Good Minus. Overall wear to DJ. 211 p., photos. $25.00
[1514] Rolt-Wheeler, Francis.
The Wonder Of War In The Air. Boston: Lothrop,
Lee & Shepard Co., 1917, VG. No DJ. Pictorial cover. 347 p.,
photos, illus. $35.00
[B0300] Springs, Elliott
White. Nocturne Militaire. London: John Hamilton
Ltd., n.d., VG. No DJ. Spine faded. 284 p., dwgs. $35.00
[H1683] U.S. Navy Department
- Bureau of Construction and Repair. The HS-1L Flying Boat
Handbook. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1918.
First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good Minus / No Dust Jacket, as Issued.
Specifications (8 pages) and instructions for assembling the
Curtiss HS-1L Flying Boat. Also includes information on the
modifications then being undertaken to the HS-1L which resulted
in the HS-2L. Light staining to covers. 44 pages, photos,
drawings, (11) fold out drawings. $200.00
[A2716] Van Deurs, George. Anchors
in the Sky. San Rafael, CA: Presidio, 1978, Near Fine/Near
Fine. DJ is price clipped. Biography of Spuds Ellyson, the first
naval aviator. 246 p., photos. $30.00
[BC0012] Von Richthofen,
Manfred Freiherr. Der Rote Kampfflieger. Berlin:
Im Deutschen Verlag, 1933. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus / Good Plus. Somewhat scarce in
a Dust Jacket. Text is in German. 262 pages, photos. $50.00
[9711] Whitehouse, Arch. Heroes
Of The Sunlit Sky. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co.,
1967, VG/VG. Biographies of 134 World War I aces. 384 p., photos.
$17.50
[B0330] Wing Adjutant. The
Royal Flying Corps in the War. London: Cassell &
Co., 1918, VG. Corners bumped. Second printing, March, 1918.
"Wing Adjutant" was the pseudonym of Wilfred Blake.
123p. Noffsinger #133. $35.00
[B0303] Wortley, Rothesay
Stuart. Letters From A Flying Officer. London:
Oxford University Press, 1929, VG. No DJ. 4th printing. Some
foxing. 207 p. $50.00
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