The Sky Pirates.
New York: Scribner's, (1972), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (x), 360pp. Scribner's, A history of aerial hijacking. Illustrated with photographs. A near fine copy. Jacket not price clipped. More
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Men in the Air. The Best Flight Stories of All Time from Greek Mythology to the Space Age.
New York: Crown, (1990), First Edition. large octavo, boards and cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), (558)pp. Crown, Foreword by Walter J. Boyne. Remainder dot and mark on bottom and top edge of text block, otherwise a near fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
Surviving the Skies. A Night Bomber Pilot in the Great War.
(Stroud: Spellmount, 2012), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 160pp. Spellmount, Illustrated with photographs. Captain Stephen Wynn Vickers joined the Cheshire Regiment in August 1914, but after being badly wounded, he remustered to the RFC (Royal Flying Corps). While other young pilots were killed or injured almost as soon..... More
Essex Airmen 1910-1918.
(Stroud): Tempus, (2006), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 192pp. Tempus , Extensively illustrated. The story of this county in England leading up to and throughout the First World War. Airmen from this county served in the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force and the Royal Naval Air Service..... More
The Complete Captain Combat.
Orchard Park, NY: Age of Aces, (2010), First Printing of this edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (388)pp. Age of Aces, Illustrated by Frederick Blakeslee. While Death flies the Swastika across the bloody skies of World War II, one American flier stands before the pendulum of history! In the vivid..... More
The Water Jump. The Story of Transatlantic Flight.
New York: Harper & Row, (1976), First American Edition. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), 304pp. Harper & Row, Well illustrated with photographs and maps. Top edge of text block a bit dusty, othwise a very nice copy, jacket not price clipped. More
Flight in America. From the Wrights to the Astronauts.
(Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987), Second Printing. large octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. xii, 356pp. Johns Hopkins University Press, Illustrated with photographs. A near fine copy. More
The Flying Squad.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, (1927), Later printing. octavo, blue cloth stamped in black on front cover and spine. Doubleday, Doran, Illustrated by C. Heurlin. Cloth worn, inscription on front endpaper, stains on front and back endpapers. More
The Heritage of Kitty Hawk.
New York: Norton, (1962), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (214)pp. Norton, Illustrated with photographs. Spine of book has some light fading spots, several pages have water staining (very slight and only affecting corners), lower corner of front board faded, jacket not price clipped. A nice, clean copy..... More
Atlantic Adventure. A Complete History of Transatlantic Flight.
London: Allan Wingate, (1958), First Edition. octavo, turquoise boards in pictorial dust jacket. 236pp. Allan Wingate, Illustrated with photographs. A slight waviness to the covering of the boards and endpapers due to a somewhat poor binding job - not unsightly. Publisher has affixed a tiny correction sticker to the copyright..... More
The Aviation Annual of 1946.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1946, First Edition. quarto, green cloth. x, (246)pp. Doubleday, Illustrated with photographs. "Award" sticker on front endpaper. Cloth slightly faded. More
Sky Battle: 1914-1918. The Story of Aviation in World War I.
New York: Norton, (1970), First Edition. octavo, red boards. (xvi), 304pp. Norton, Illustrated with photographs. Boards dusty at extremities. More
The Cannibal Queen. An Aerial Odyssey Across America.
New York: Pocket Books, (1992), First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. (vi), 344pp. Pocket Books, Slight shelfwear. Jacket not price clipped. More
The Air Show at Brescia, 1909.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2002), First Edition. octavo, cloth and boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xii), 254pp. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, An account of what happened in the air and on the ground before, during, and after this singular event of the modern age. Thousands of spectators came..... More
The Fullness of Wings. The Making of a New Daedalus.
(New York: Viking, 1990), First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 350pp. Viking, Illustrated with photographs. Fascinating story of this human-powered plane. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block. Jacket not price clipped. More
Handley Page.
(Gloucestershire, England): Tempus, (2000), Second Printing. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 128pp. Tempus , One in the series Images of Aviation. From its beginnings in 1909, Handley Page Ltd., grew to become a major manufacturer of large aircraft in Britain. Among the aeronautical achievements of the company were the O/400..... More
The Air Menace and the Answer.
New York: Macmillan, 1934, First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. xviii, (332)pp. Macmillan, Introduction by James T. Shotwell. With folding map. Light pencil underlining in text. More
Roscoe Turner. Aviation's Master Showman.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1996), Second Printing. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. xiv, 340pp. Smithsonian Institution Press, Illustrated with photographs. Spine of jacket faded and has internal mend with clear tape. Book fine, jacket not clipped. More
Yellow Birds and Silver Eagles. A Novel of Naval Aviation - When Airplanes Were Biplanes.
New York: Vantage Press, (1975), First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv), (274)pp. Vantage Press, Light shelf wear, jacket not not price clipped. More
The Flying Sportsman. Flying Afield for Fish and Game.
New York: Barnes, (1952), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 122pp. Barnes, Illustrated with photographs. Light wear and tiny tears to jacket, which is not price clipped. More
Sky High. The Story of Aviation.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1935, New Edition, Revised. octavo, cloth. xx, 337 pp. Little, Brown, Throughout the history of aviation there is a story of adventure, of men who are groping their way towards big ideas, of risks undertaked, though they were but half understood, and of a success that yielded..... More
Africultural Aviation Guide. A Growing Field of Pilot Employment.
New York: Sports Car Press, (1964), First Edition. octavo, pictorial paper wrappers. 112pp. Sports Car Press, Illustrated with photographs and with drawings by the author. Part of the Modern Aircraft Series. Near fine copy. More
The Skyracers. Speed Kings of Aviation's Golden Age.
New York: Grossett & Dunlap, (1969), First Edition. quarto, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Grossett & Dunlap, Extensively illustrated. Tiny remainder mark, light fading to edges of cloth. More
The Red Baron: Beyond the Legend.
(London): Cassell, (2002), Paperbound Edition, reprint. octavo, printed wrappers. 256pp. Cassell, Illustrated with photographs and two maps. One of the better biographies of Richthofen. Very fine copy. More
Fighter Heroes of WWI. The Extraordinary Story of the Pioneering Airmen of the Great War.
(London): Collins, (2008), First Paperback Edition. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. x, 374pp. Collins, This book was first published under the title: On a Wing and a Prayer. Few are aware of the risks that the pioneering airmen of World War I took. This oral history conveys the perils of..... More