Books on Aviation
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    Brooks, Peter W.:  Historic Airships.  Greenwich: New York Graphic Soc., 1973. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A quarto measuring 13 1/8 by 9 1/4 inches In a very good+ dust jacket due to several short closed tears at the upper edges of both panels but the price is intact on the front flap. Illustrated by Peter W. M. Griffin. 59 pages followed by 10 full color plates of airships from 1852 to the 1928 Zeppelin.
    TB11701  $25.00




  • Buck, Robert N.:  Weather Flying.  New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Revised Edition, second printing of 1978. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt outlined text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/4" In a fine unclipped dust jacket with hints of curling at the ends of the spine area. 296 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings by Pierre Barre.
    TB24152  $10.00



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    Byrd, Richard Evelyn:  Little America Aerial Exploration In The Antarctic The Flight To The South Pole.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First Edition, Author's Autograph Edition. Near fine in 1/4 vellum and light blue paper-covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and blue paper end sheets. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 6 1/4 inches with two diagonal, what look like rust marks from possibly a paper clip at the upper edge of the front board, and nicks to the vellum at the upper corners of the spine which is also very slightly soiled. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author and publisher on the limitation page. One of only one thousand copies signed by the author with this copy identified as number 850. 436 pages including an index, appendix and text. Illustrated with four maps. two of which fold-out and 74 plates from black and white photographs.
    TB32458  $225.00



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    Delear, Frank J.:  Famous First Flights Across The Atlantic.  New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1979). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in purple cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with the cloth on the spine mottled. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with an ugly coffee stain at the upper edge of the front panel of the dust jacket which did not leak on to the front board. Signed, inscribed and dated "March 29, 1984 at Cape Cod, Mass." on the first free end page. 204 pages of text including an index, selected bibliography, chronology of Atlantic "firsts". Illustrated through out with images from black and white photographs.
    TB33599  $25.00



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    Drake, Francis Vivian:  Vertical Warfare.  Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1943. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in bright red cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and illustrated end papers. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with several short closed tears to the ends of the spine area which is also slightly faded. "The bombing program on which the United States Air Force and R.A.F. are basing their operations and their plans." 142 pages of text with extensive black and white photographs.
    TB19881  $20.00




  • Fillingham, Paul:  The Balloon Book.  New York: David McKay Company, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in textured blue cloth covered boards. In a very good- dust jacket with the color from the upper 3/4" of the spine area flecked off and a 2" closed tear to the front panel. 226 pages with index, text, black and white photographs and a number of sketches.
    TB07808  $14.00



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    Hall, James Norman, and Charles Bernard Nordhoff:  The Lafayette Flying Corps.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. First Edition, First printing. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good+ condition in decorated dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front boards. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt. The cloth at the corners of the heads and heels of the spines is lightly worn and rubbed and the spine of volume II is faded as is the outer edges of the front board. There is also a prior owner's name and address on the first free end pages of each volume. Both volumes are small quartos measuring 10 3/16" tall by 7" deep. Volume I contains 514 pages and volume II contains 361 pages including appendices and an index. Without dust jackets. Laid-in to volume II is an undated, three page specimen copy of an appeal from The Escadrille Lafayette Memorial Association for funds to help complete a memorial cemetery in France dedicated to the Americans who lost their lives over France during the First World War. Both volumes are illustrated with black and white photographs and color plate illustrations. Volume I contains the personal biographies and service records of each of the members of the Lafayette Flying Corps Considered by many to be the standard reference on the Lafayette Escadrille. A very handsome set with none of the foxing so often seen.
    TB20034  $800.00



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    Hart, Peter:  Bloody April Slaughter in the Skies over Arras, 1917.  London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 381 pages including an index, chapter notes and text . Illustrated with one section of black and white photographs. A clean, tight and handsome copy.
    TB25388  $35.00




  • Hennessy, Max:  The Challenging Heights.  New York: Atheneum, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in 1/4 purple cloth and stamped brown paper boards with modest fading to the edges of the spine and boards. The top edge of the text block is stamped: “Not For Resale” (see below for explanation). In a very good jacket wiht the price intact on the front flap with a 3/4” closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel. Max Hennessy is the pseudonym used by John Harris. This is his second book in the trilogy of founding of the R.A.F. The book is stamped "Not for Sale" on the title page indicating that it was a review copy.
    TB16152  $24.50



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    Hodgson, J. E.:  The History Of Aeronautics In Great Britain From The Earliest Times To The Latter Half Of The Nineteenth Century.  Mansfield Centre, Conn.: Martino Publishing, 1999. Facsimile Reprint. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt rules and text stamping on the spine. A thick, small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 8 1/2" with wrinkling to the upper fore corners of the last 40 +/- pages (the index) due to exposure to humidity. Without a dust jacket as issued. 436 pages including an index, appendices, bibliography and text. Illustrated with earlier works of art. A facsimile reprint of the original 1924 printing by Oxford University Press of London.
    TB27397  $45.00



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    Lindbergh, Charles A.:  Of Flight and Life.  New York: Charles Scribners, 1948. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 5 inches. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4" deep by 1/8" wide chip at the upper corner of the front panel at the fold to the spine area and several closed tears and related creasing around the edges of the front panel. Signed and warmly inscribed "To Dr. and Mrs. Charles A Beard | With great admiration | and best wishes" by the author and famous pilot in the year of publication. It is unfortunate though that the inscription is blurred by either the ink from Lindbergh's pen or the ink from another handwritten, ink note having been laid-in before it dried. This is an outstanding example of an association copy inscribed by one luminary to another. Lindbergh needs little in the way of introduction other than to say his signature is not often seen. Dr. Charles A. Beard was one of the most influential historians of the early 20th century and author of many books on history and political science and is best known for a book he co-wrote with his wife, The Rise of American Civilization in 1927. However, the link between Lindbergh and the Beards became more firmly cemented in the mid to late 1930's when both took a firm isolationist stand against Roosevelt in his attempts to bring the United States into war with Germany. Both men ultimately paid a dear price for their support of the Anti-War Movement. 56 pages of text. A very nice collectable copy.
    TB25071  $600.00



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    Lindner, Eric:  Tiger In The Sea The Ditching Of Flying Tiger 923 And The Desperate Struggle For Survival.  Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, (2021). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with bold silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 350 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated throughout the text from black and white photographs. A fine, tight and bright new copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32068  $30.00



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    Maloney, Edward T. and Uwe Feist:  Chance Vought Corsair.  Fallbrook, Calif.: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1967. . Very good in printed, heavy paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto measuring 10 3/4 by 7 1/4 inches with wear to the ends of the spine area and around the edges of the wraps. Without a dust jacket as issued. Unpaginated, but containing 50 pages with four pages of color drawings and illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.
    TB29013  $10.00




  • Mendelson, Michael:  The Complete Outfitting & Source Book for Hang Gliding.  Sausalito: The Great Outdoors Trading Company, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. In a very good+ dust jacket with several short closed tears at the upper edge of the front panel with related creasing. Overall a very handsome and collectable book. 208 pages of text and illustrated through out with photographs and drawings.
    TB17436  $15.00



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    Sekigawa, Eiichiro:  Airview's German Military Aircraft in The Second World War.  Tokyo: Kantosha Co., Ltd., 1960. Second Edition of 1960. Near fine in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. Without a dust jacket. 160 pages of text and tables describing the German aircraft of World War II. This volume is entirely in English.
    TB20655  $15.00




  • Taylor, Richard L.:  Understanding Flying.  New York: Delacorte Press, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 light blue and black cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with hints of light wear at the lower corners of the spine area. 342 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with black and white photographs and with drawings by Paul C. Haynie.
    TB24154  $10.00




  • Taylor, Richard L.:  Fair-Weather Flying.  New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1976. Third Printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2" In a fine unclipped dust jacket with hints of light wear at the lower corners of the spine area. 297 pages including an index glossary of weather terns and text. Illustrated with line drawings.
    TB24155  $10.00




  • United States Department of Commerce and the Civil Aeronautics Administration:  Fundamentals of Elementary Flight Maneuvers (Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 32 June 1943).  Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1943. First Edition, First printing. Good in stapled heavy paper covers with a stapled and braided cord binding. The corners of the covers are heavily worn, creased and chipped and show mild dampness staining. The title page shows a column of numbers in ink and a number of the pages in the body of the text have folded corners. Nevertheless, all pages are present. A small quarto containing 82 pages of text illustrated with line drawings and cartoons.
    TB22103  $10.00




  • Vetter, Ernest G.:  Let's Fly.  New York: Wm. Morrow and Co., 1940. First Edition. Near fine in bright red/orange cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front cover. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 7/8 inches. The cloth over the lower front, fore tip is worn through. The contents are clean, fine and tight as are the joints and hinges. In a very good+ price clipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch chips from the fore corners of the front panel and rubbing and wear to the top edges of the spine area. Written by Ernest G. Vetter and subtitled: An ABC of Flying. 116 pages of text and illustrated throughout with line drawings by Eric Sloane. This is the second book in which Eric Sloane appears as the illustrator and as this title is an uncommon title in the aviation genre as it is especially difficult to locate in collectible condition.
    TB34049  $350.00



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    Wilberg, Jim, Edited by Jack Herris:  Tumult In The Clouds The Aviation Art Of Russell Smith.  [Reno, Nev.]: Aeronaut Books, 2011. First Edition. Fine in illustrated paper covered boards over a sewn binding with dark blue text on the spine and the title above the artist's scene of a dog fight between British fighters and a single German plane. An oblong octavo of 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 172 pages of text and illustrated throughout with illustrations from color and black and white photographs and exquisite color painting by the artist Russell Smith. This book is not only a superb tribute to the extremely detailed World War I Aviation art of Russell Smith, but also a wonderful historical tribute to the pilots and planes of both the German, French, Italian, Australian, American and British forces.
    TB34002  $175.00




  • Wiley, Frank W.:  Montana and the Sky.  Minneapolis: Montana Aeronautics, 1966. First Edition. Near fine with the leather covered spine showing rubbing at the ends and small nicks in heavy cloth covered boards & gilt wings on front. Without a dust jacket; however, in a near fine slip case. Signed and numbered 155 out of only 250 copies printed on a laid-in page. 343 page with index and endpapers made of aeronautical maps of the Great Falls and Helena area. Subtitled: "The beginning of Aviation in the Land of the Shining Mountains."
    TB05799  $145.00




  • Willmontt, H. P.:  B-17 Flying Fortress.  New York: Gallery Books, 1980. Third Printing. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A 4to measuring 11.25" x 8.75". In a fine dust jacket. 64 pages containing specifications, text and numerous photographs throughout.
    TB13042  $10.50






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