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Old Greenwich, CT: WE Inc., (1969), First Edition. quarto, pictorial cloth in dust jacket. (ii), 182pp. WE Inc., A well-illustrated and informative history. Light shelf-wear. More
Old Greenwich, CT: WE Inc., (1969), First Edition. quarto, pictorial cloth in dust jacket. (ii), 182pp. WE Inc., A well-illustrated and informative history. Light shelf-wear. More
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1972), First Edition. octavo, gray cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 122pp. Dorrance & Company, With drawings by Don Wootton. Illustrated with photographs. Inscribed and signed by Kinney and dated October 28, 1972. Kinney was a fighter pilot with the British in World War One. A...... More
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1972), First Edition. octavo, gray cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 122pp. Dorrance & Company, With drawings by Don Wootton. Illustrated with photographs. Inscribed and signed by Kinney and dated July, 1975. Kinney was a fighter pilot with the British in World War One. A fine..... More
Munich: Oldenbourg, 1943, Reprint of the edition of 1889. quarto, original decorated brown boards. 8, (196)pp. Oldenbourg, With an introduction by L. Prandtl. Frontispiece in color. With eight folding charts. With numerous in-text illustrattions and graphs. Lilienthal applied the results of his experiments in bird-flight to the problem of human..... More
(Paris: Desfosses-Neogravure, 1945), First Edition. quarto, 26 leaves. Desfosses-Neogravure, Design and with numerous paintings in full color by Milton Marx, Capt. A.C. A most attractive book. Light wear to extremities as is usually the case with this book, but still a very nice copy. More
(Crowborough): Classic Publications, (1999), First Edition. tall quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (97) - 192pp96pp. Classic Publications, Extensively illustrated with photographs and with other illustrations in color and black and white, including numerous, detailed color side views. A very fine, clean copy. More
(Mountain View, CA: Flying Machines Press, 1995), First Edition. large quarto, dark blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. vi, 448pp. Flying Machines Press, With over 430 photographs, maps, and documents, eight pages of color illustrations of squadron aircraft, and 3-view drawings (to both 1/48 and 1/72 scales) of the SE5..... More
London: Palgrave, (2001), First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 211pp. Palgrave, The story of a staunch socialist who became Britain's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War as a member of No's 40, 74, and 85 Squadrons, and won the Victoria Cross posthumously. He..... More
(Hersham): Ian Allan, (2012), Second Printing. quarto, grey boards in pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Ian Allan, Volume 12 of the Classic Series. Technical Drawings by Arthur Bentley. Color artwork by Andrei Shepelev. Extensivey illustrated with photographs. Slight bumping to head and foot of spine, otherwise a very fine, clean copy..... More
(Bucovice, CZ): Jakab, (2004; 2005), First Edition. tall quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 72; 104pp. Jakab, The Letov Š-28 was a Czechoslovak single-engined, two-seat reconnaissance aircraft. It was manufactured by Letov Kbely in a number of versions with different powerplants. The most important version was the Š-328, which was produced..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1965), First American Printing of this Edition. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), (310)pp. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, Illustrated with photographs. Very slight shelf wear, otherwise a fine, clean copy. Jacket not price clipped. Presentation Copy, inscribed and signed by Whitehouse on..... More
(Lublin): Kagero, (2003); (2004), First Edition. tall quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 72; 81pp., plus many pages of line drawings and fold-outs. Kagero, Extensively illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and side views in full color.A detailed study of the Luftwaffe's twin-engine heavy fighter. Includes first-hand pilot accounts plus developmental and..... More
(Lublin): Kagero, (2002; 2003), First Edition. tall quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (72); (88)pp., plus many pages of line drawings and fold-outs. Kagero, Extensively illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and side views in full color. Unopened decal sheets laid in. With 2 folding plates. A very fine, clean set... More
(Lublin): Kagero, (2005), First Edition. tall quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (100)pp. Kagero, Extensively illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and side views in full color.A detailed study of the Luftwaffe's twin-engine heavy fighter. Includes first-hand pilot accounts plus developmental and operational histories. Features more than 130 b/w photos, 20 color..... More
(Lublin): Kagero, (2005), First Edition. tall quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (100)pp. Kagero, Extensively illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and side views in full color.A detailed study of the Luftwaffe's twin-engine heavy fighter. Includes first-hand pilot accounts plus developmental and operational histories. Features more than 130 b/w photos, 20 color..... More
(Lublin): Kagero, (2014), First Edition. tall quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (112); (116)pp. Kagero, Extensively illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and side views in full color. A detailed study of the Luftwaffe's famous dive bomber. As new condition. More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (2006), First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. 464pp. Schiffer, Volume Two of this monumental series. Sanke, Liersch and NPG postcards featuring German World War I aviators have been collected, traded, and reproduced in many publications over the years, but for the first time the..... More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (2006), First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. 366pp. Schiffer , With the stalemate of trench warfare it was imperative that the two-seater observation/reconnaissance airplanes of Germany be prevented in carrying out their activities and destroyed, in effect to deny the enemy his 'eyes.' These..... More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (2008), First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. 260pp. Schiffer, The last great mystery of World War I has been solved. Drawing from more than two thousand pages of unpublished material, archeological digs in France and dozens of interviews with the descendents of those involved..... More
One typed letter, signed, from Pete Pearson, dated March 19, 1968, regarding a rebuilt DH-4 Mail plane which had crashed in 1920 and had just recently been rebuilt. The plane was flown from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. and was turned over to the National Air Museum. Pete (E. J.)..... More
London: William Kimber, (1969), First Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (195)pp. William Kimber, Introduction by John Alcock. The authors' own record of their non-stop Atlantic flight in June, 1919, to win the 10,000 pounds offered by Lord Northcliffe six years before. Pioneers of the first crossing in..... More
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, (1969), First Edition. octavo, dark blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 566pp. Funk and Wagnalls, Extensively illustrated with photographs and three-view drawings. With fine coverage of Vickers' World War One aircraft. A near fine copy, very slight scuffs to jacket. Jacket not price clipped..... More
Huntington Park, CA: Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Beck, (1946), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 200pp. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Beck, Beck's biography including his forced landing in France, 18 days of sanctuary in a cafe after taking refuge with members of the French underground..... More
London: The Aviation Book Club, (1933, 1935), Reprint. octavo, original green cloth in printed dust jacket. (6), 216; xx, 207pp. The Aviation Book Club, Illustrated with photographs. Valuable information on the state of British aviation at the beginning of World War I. Shelf wear, cloth of volume I water stained..... More
London: Putnam, (1957), First Edition. quarto, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (viii), 742pp. Putnam, Extensive coverage of 286 basic types of British aircraft either designed or manufactured during the war. Copious details of performance figures, service use, armament, production, contractors, contract numbers, serial numbers, and notes on individual machines..... More