Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth with gilt stamping on front cover and spine, t.e.g., in printed dust jackets. (xx), (514)pp.; (xii), (362)pp. Houghton Mifflin Company, Edgar G. Hamilton, Associate Editor. Volume I with 3 full-page full-color plates from paintings by A. Vimnera, and over 124..... More
Minneapolis: Privately Printed, 1918, First Edition. octavo, grey-blue boards with buff boards spine and black leather spine label. (118)pp. Privately Printed, Chamberlain attended Princeton University and graduated in the class of 1910. In May of 1917 he sailed for France and upon arrival enlisted 3 June 1917 in the Lafayette..... More
Minneapolis: Privately Printed, 1918, First Edition. octavo, grey-blue boards with buff boards spine and black leather spine label. (118)pp. Privately Printed, Chamberlain attended Princeton University and graduated in the class of 1910. In May of 1917 he sailed for France and upon arrival enlisted 3 June 1917 in the Lafayette..... More
London: A. L. Humphreys for Private Circulation, 1918, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. T.e.g. (viii), 253pp. A. L. Humphreys for Private Circulation, Lubbock entered the RFC as an observer in August 1915 and served with No. 5 Squadron, earning the M.C. He underwent flight training in February 1916 and served..... More
(Waterloo, IA): For Private Circulation, (February, 1919), First Edition, one of perhaps 100 copies issued. large octavo, grey heavy paper wrappers with embossed USAF wings in silver and black on front wrapper and American Service Flag in gilt, red and blue on back wrapper. 146 pp., sewn. For Private Circulation..... More
[Garden City: Country Life Press], (1920), First Edition. large octavo, brown cloth stamped with the Squadron's insignia in white on the front cover. T.e.g. (xii), (172)pp. Country Life Press], Brown cloth stamped on front cover with the Squadron's insignia of a diving great snow owl with barbell over a ribbon..... More
New Haven, Conn: The Yale Publishing Association, Inc., 1919, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine and with a facsimile of the French aviation badge on the front cover stamped in gilt and silver. (vi), 196pp. The Yale Publishing Association, Inc., Printed on paper..... More
Minneapolis: Privately Printed, 1918, First Edition. octavo, grey-blue boards with buff boards spine and black leather spine label. (118)pp. Privately Printed, Chamberlain attended Princeton University and graduated in the class of 1910. In May of 1917 he sailed for France and upon arrival enlisted 3 June 1917 in the Lafayette..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919, First Edition, Limited to 1,000 copies. large octavo, publisher's gray cloth, blue crest with silver titles and trim on front cover. (xviii), 472pp.; (xii), 480pp. Houghton Mifflin, Two volumes. Vol. I contents: Introduction by A. Lawrence Lowell; The Faces of the Aviators by Joseph Edgar Chamberlin;..... More
[Garden City: Country Life Press], (1920), First Edition. large octavo, brown cloth stamped in white. T.e.g. (xii), (172)pp. Country Life Press], Brown cloth stamped on front cover with the squadron's insignia of a diving great snow owl with barbell over a ribbon carrying the squadron's motto, and with title in..... More
[Garden City: Country Life Press], (1920), First Edition. large octavo, brown cloth. (xii), (172)pp. Country Life Press], Brown cloth stamped on front cover with the squadron's insignia of a diving great snow owl with barbell over a ribbon carrying the squadron's motto, and with title in gilt on spine. t.e.g...... More
[Chicago: Rodgers & Co., 1925], First Edition. "Privately Printed, Limited Edition." octavo, dark blue boards and black leather spine. T.e.g. (116)pp. Rodgers & Co., Schulze , a 1917 USMA graduate, was assigned to the cavalry, transferred to aviation in France, and after training joined the U.S. 185th Aero Squadron about..... More
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1933, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth with gilt decoration of Squadron mascot on front cover. (238)pp., illustrations unpaginated. The Obelisk Press, "An intimate history of the 95th Squadron, first American Flying Squadron to go to the front in the war of 1914-1918." Five drawings by L...... More
Harrisburg, PA: The Military Service Publishing Co, (1940), First Edition. octavo, yellow cloth in dust jacket. xii, 201 pp. The Military Service Publishing Co, Marine Colonel del Valle was the official U.S. military observer with Italian forces during the Italo-Ethiopia War of 1936-1937. In 1940 he published his experiences and..... More
(London: The "Aeroplane" & General Publishing Co, no date, [1920], First Edition. quarto, full dark green pebbled cloth stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine. (106)pp. The "Aeroplane" & General Publishing Co, With a Foreword by Air Marshall H. M. Trenchard. The Squadron was formed at Hounslow in..... More
[Chicago: Rodgers & Co., 1925], First Edition. "Privately Printed, Limited Edition." octavo, dark blue boards and black leather spine. T.e.g. (116)pp. Rodgers & Co., Schulze , a 1917 USMA graduate, was assigned to the cavalry, transferred to aviation in France, and after training joined the U.S. 185th Aero Squadron about..... More
(Poplar Bluff: China-Burma-India Hump Pilots, Association, Inc., 1980, 1983), First Edition, Each volume limited to 3,200 copies. large octavo, black boards with silver logo on front cover. 596pp.; 628pp. China-Burma-India Hump Pilots, Association, Inc., Two volumes. With full color photographs of CBI patches. A history and roster. Numerous photographs. A...... More
Vol 1, Boylston; Vols 2, 3 and 4, Sturbridge, MA: Monogram Aviation Publications, Vol 1, (1987); Vol 2, (1989); Vol 3 (1991); Vol 4 (1993) , First Editions. quarto, dark blue boards stamped in silver on front cover and spine, in dust jackets. Vol 1, (194); Vol 2, (195); Vol..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1937, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 350 pp. Harper & Brothers, "The true story of the making of a flier." In 1948 Lay authored 12 O'Clock High which was made into the highly regarded movie starring Gregory Peck. Illustrated with photographs..... More
London: John Hamilton, no date [1934], First edition in English. octavo, black cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 178 pp. John Hamilton, Translated by Claud W. Sykes. Companion volume to Double-Decker C. 666, elaborating some of the events described in that book as well as those which followed the death of..... More
James Thomas Byford McCudden, VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar, MM (28 March 1895 – 9 July 1918) was a British flying ace of the First World War and among the most highly decorated airmen in British military history. Born in 1895 to a middle class family with military..... More
Memphis: Davis Printing Company, (1933), First Edition. small octavo, embossed wrappers with photographic label of Grider on front cover. 111pp. Davis Printing Company, "Marse John" was John McGavock Grider, a 1st Lt. attached to No. 85 Squadron RFC. This work is largely based on letters collected by his aunt with..... More
Princeton: Princeton Univ Press, 1918, First Edition. octavo, cloth. (vi), (94)pp. Princeton Univ Press, light blue cloth stamped in black on front cover and spine. "Chapter headings: Introduction; From Princeton to France; Stuart Walcott's Letters; The Final Combat; Stuart Walcott. Walcott enlisted 3 June 1917 in French aviation, trained at..... More
Printed by MacDonald & Evans, Boston, MA, no date, First Edition. small octavo, blue cloth with gilt decoration on front cover and corner of front cover stamped in red, white and blue. 181pp. Printed by MacDonald & Evans, Boston, MA, Contains reminiscences of Blodgett as a young boy by his..... More
Chicago: Privately Printed, 1921, First Edition. octavo, khaki cloth with gilt decoration on front cover. T.e.g. (92)pp. Privately Printed, A family memorial written by Crosby in McCordic's own words and in those of his friends and comrades and supplemented by his many letters home. After training at Wright Flying School..... More