New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1917, First Edition. octavo, red cloth with gilt stamping on front cover. (190)pp. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., Intended for non-technical readers this book presents the main principles of aviation as principles of flight, flying the airplane, cross-country flying, the rigging of airplanes, materials of..... More
London: Newnes, (1937), First Printing of this translation. octavo, black cloth stamped in gilt of spine. (252)pp. Newnes, Translated from the German by Kenneth Kirkness. Illustrated with photographs. With a list of Udet's World War I victories. With the bookplate of aviation book collector Alvin Kropff. Corners bumped, text block..... More
New Haven: Yale University, 1918, First American Printing of the first edition in English. octavo, gray-green pictorial boards stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. 256pp. Yale University, Translated from the French by Louise Morgan Sill. With an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. With frontispiece portrait of Guynemer by Rudolph..... More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1991), First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv); 450pp. Smithsonian Institution Press, Illustrated with photographs. A fine, comprehensive account of this legendary air force. A very fine, clean copy. Jacket not clipped. More
New York: The Norman W. Henley Publishing Company, 1918, First Edition. octavo, green cloth with pictorial on front cover. (xii), 13-274pp.,33pp. The Norman W. Henley Publishing Company, Illustrated with drawings, diagrams, tables, including many fold-out, and photographs. Nice war-date book-plate of the "War Service Library". With rubber stamp on front..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1967, First Edition of this translation. octavo, grey cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xxviii), 164pp. Doubleday, Illustrated with photographs. Preface by Marshall Ferdinand Foch. Foreword by Charles J. Biddle. Edited by Stanley M. Ulanoff. Translated by Martin H. Sabin and Stanley M. Ulanoff. Part of the Air..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919, First Trade Edition. quarto, decorated boards and cloth. (xviii), (144)pp. Houghton Mifflin, Translated into English by Catharine Rush. Farre served as a pilot with the French First Bombardment Group and as official artist for the French Government. With 24 mounted black and white illustrations from paintings..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1918), First Edition. octavo, olive green cloth stamped in gilt. (xiv), (284)pp. Harper & Brothers, O'Brien, an American, trained for the RFC in Canada and in 1917 was at the front flying a Sopwith Pup. On 17 August 1917 during the Battle of Ypres, he..... More
no place: no date, c. 1974, 3 x 5 inch file card, no date, Doolittle contributed to the progress of aviation. He was a very successful racing pilot and on April 18, 1942 he led the B-25 bombing raid on Tokyo, Japan. One of the greatest of aviators. Written on..... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1968), First American Edition. octavo, blue boards and red cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xxii), (234)pp. Harper & Row, Lee flew Sopwith Pups with No. 46 Squadron in the battles of Messines, Vimy, Ypres, Arras, and Cambrai. He was also assigned to Home Defence at..... More
New York: The John Day Company, (1961), First American Edition. octavo, black cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 246pp. The John Day Company, The author studied official documents, log books, flight reports, military correspondence, and personal interviews to record the aerial "blitz" of London in the years 1914-1918, by Germany's..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1920, First Edition. octavo, black cloth and green boards,deckle edge, t.e.g. (xiv), 260pp. Yale University Press, Bingham trained at the aviation school in Miami, FL during 1917, and was then assigned to Aviation Headquarters in Washington until 1918. During 1918, he was on duty with..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968, First Printing of this edition. octavo, gray cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xxii), (289)pp. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Edited by Stanley M. Ulanoff. Air Combat Classics Series. Biddle served with the French Air Service, the Lafayette Escadrille, and the U.S. Air Service during..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918, First Edition. octavo, red cloth, stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. (xiv); (394)pp. G.P. Putnam's Sons, Illustrations include 8 color reproductions of paintings by John E. Whiting, Lieut. Farre, and Wm. J. Wilson, and 100 black and white photographs and drawings. Very..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1968, First Printing of this Edition. octavo, grey cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xxviii), (260)pp. Doubleday, Foreword by George A. Vaughn, Jr. Edited by Stanley Ulanoff. Air Combat Classics series. Illustrated with photographs. Grinnell-Milne joined the RFC in 1915 and flew for No. 16 Squadron, was captured..... More
London: Grub Street, (1997), First Edition. quarto, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Grub Street, Illustrated with photographs. Four distinguished German air aces of World War I, and their battles with Allied airmen are profiled in this book. Max Immelmann, the "Eagle of Lille" accounted for 17 British and..... More
New York: Arcade, (2000), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (xiv), 274pp. Arcade, Illustrated with photographs. From breaking wild horses in Colorado to fighting the Red Baron's squadrons in the skies over France, here in his own words is the true story of a forgotten American hero: the cowboy..... More
Toronto: Macmillan, 1963, Second Printing. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (160)pp. Macmillan, Illustrated by William Wheeler. The story of 12 Canadians who ranked among the top aces of World War I: Collishaw, Billy Bishop, McKeever, MacLaren, Claxton, McCall, Quigley, Carter, Burder, Milne, Barker, and Bell-Irving. Numerous illustrations. Slight..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1960), First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 218pp. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., Illustrated with black and white photographs. A fine history of the Zeppelin. Jacket price clipped, otherwise a very fine, clean copy. More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1960), First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 218pp. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., Illustrated with black and white photographs. A fine history of the Zeppelin war. Neat booklabel on front endpaper, otherwise a very fine, clean copy. More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1960), First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 218pp. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., Illustrated with black and white photographs. A fine history of the Zeppelin war. Neat booklabel on front endpaper, otherwise a very fine, clean copy. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xviii), 338pp. Doubleday & Company, Inc., The story of the Americans who formed the Lafayette Escadrille to fly with the French in World War I. Illustrated with 32 photographs. A fine, clean copy of..... More
no place: no date, 1974, 2 5/8 x 2 inch clip from corner of envelope, no date, Clear and clean signature on the corner portion of an envelop. Dated in another hand, "April 16, 1974." Doolittle contributed to the progress of aviation. He was a very successful racing pilot and..... More
no place: no date, c. 1974, 3 x 5 inch file card, no date, Clear and clean signature on index card. Doolittle contributed to the progress of aviation. He was a very successful racing pilot and on April 18, 1942 he led the B-25 bombing raid on Tokyo, Japan. One..... More
