Aeronca's Golden Age
Niceville, FL: Wind Canyon Books, 2001. First printing. Paperback. 2001, First Printing. Softcover. Illustrated. Near Fine. Clean contents.
Aviation
The Mystery of Flight 427: Inside a Crash Investigation
Washington DC: Smithsonian, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. First Printing. 2002. Hardcover. 230pp. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Only the tiniest bit of soil to rear panel of jacket. Contents unmarked.
Aircraft Year Book, for 1930; volume twelve
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1930. Hardcover. 647 pp. Hardcover, olive cloth, 8vo. A Good-, Ex-library copy: stamp and sticker remainder at foot of spine; withdrawn stamp at title page, perforated stamp there also, barcode sticker and bookplate at front pastedown. Illustrated, one fold-out map of the airways of America.....
The Conquest of the Air, the Romance of Aerial Navigation
New York: A. Wessels, 1902. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo, pictorial cloth, very good with light wear and soil. A previous owner, for whatever reason, has neatly and lightly gilded the edges of the text block. 160 pp., illustrated.
The Story of the Airship
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 1931. Hardcover. Seventh edition, 1931. Pictorial hardcover, 84 pp., illustrated, Very Good copy, old gift inscription on the front pastedown, minor age-toning to the outer pages and the page-edges, light soiling to the covers, covers with rubbing and a bit of wear at the.....
Antonovs Over the Arctic: Flying to the North Pole in Russian Biplanes [Signed by Anderson!]
Auckland, NZ: David Bateman, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Anderson! Green cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in color and b&w. Book has wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ has mild wear to spine.....
Prangmere Mess and Other Tales
London: Methuen & Co., 1945. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1945. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 100 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in about a Good dust jacket, owner's signature on the front pastedown, some soil and discoloration to the covers and page-edges, soil and discoloration also to.....
Preflight, Class of 43-J U.S. Army Air Forces Corps of Aviation Cadets Pre-Flight School for Pilots, Volume III, Number Four, April 1943
Montgomery, AL: Aviation Cadet Social Fund, Maxwell Field, 1943. Paperback. Single issue of Preflight periodical by the cadets of Maxwell Field, Alabama. April, 1943. Wraps, 8vo. 29pp. with photographic illustrations and army cartoons. Very good. Wear to wraps. Ownership mark and descriptive marginalia from the previous owner on less than.....
Cloud Cover: Recollections of an Intelligence Officer
London: Rich & Cowan. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, ca. 1943. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, illustrated, 176 pp., clean unmarked text, Good copy in Fair dust jacket, soiling and age-toning to the pages and the page-edges, light wear to the edges of some of the pages, rubbing and wear.....
Howard Hughes and His Flying Boat
Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, 1982. Third printing. Paperback. Third printing, 1982, paperback, small quarto, 272pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with mild soil and rubbing to wrap, small sticker to front panel, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Testing Years
London: Ian Allan, 1980. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1980. Quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 160 pp., heavily illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good+ copy in Very Good+ dust jacket, a bit of bumping to the tips of the book, dust jacket with light creasing or wear to the.....
Fly and Deliver: A Ferry Pilot's Log Book
England: Airlife, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1982, hardcover, octavo, 126pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with hint of wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ near fine with hint of rubbing.
My God! It's a Woman
Pymble, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1992. Fourth edition. Paperback. 1992 Softcover, in Fine condition, showing the very lightest shelf wear.
The Wichita 4: Cessna, Moellendick, Beech & Stearman
Destin: Aviation Heritage Inc., 1999. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 1999. Quarto, softcover, 148 pp., heavily illustrated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy.
Fighting Colours: RAF Fighter Camouflage and Markings 1937-1969
London: Patrick Stephens, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 1969 Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. In Very Good condition, with light edge wear, and with the previous seller notation to the front end papers. The price clipped Dust Jacket is also in Very Good condition, with light edge wear.
The Longitudinal Motions of a Hypervelocity Vehicle as Influenced by Centrifugal-Force and Air-Density Variations; Aerophysics Research Report FZA-282
Fort Worth: Convair, 1959. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1959. Softcover, 97 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good+ copy, light soiling and edgewear to the covers.
O Museu Aeroespacial Brasileiro / The Brazilian Aerospace Museum
Sao Paulo: Editora Aero. First printing. Paperback. First edition, no date--ca. 1984. Oblong quarto, softcover, illustrated in color, 247 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, light creasing to the tips of some pages, rubbing and wear to the edges of the book's covers. Bilingual text with half the text.....
The Birth of the Royal Air Force: The Early History and Experiences of the Flying Services
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1943. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1943. Cloth hardcover with gilt titles in dust jacket, illustrated, 199 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Fair dust jacket, owner's namestamp on the front flyleaf, age-toning to the pages and page-edges, light rubbing or wear.....
Air Progress: Air Trails Annual 1941
New York: Street & Smith, 1940. First Printing. Wraps. 11.25 x 9 inches, wraps, 95 pp, illustrated including 8 color plates. Light wear including a couple very short edge-tears to covers.
Service and Insturction Manual, Airplane General, B-24D Airplane (1942)
San Diego: Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, 1942. First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto, 11 x 8.75 inches, publisher's deep burgundy cloth gilt, very good, light rubbing to bottom of front cover, stamp on pastedown of USAAF and if the Bechtel-McCone-Parsons Corporation, and their slip and "pocket" on rear endpapers. 284 pp, illustrated, including.....
La Navigation Aérienne
Paris: Felix Alcan, No date, 1880s? Paperback. 12mo, 6 x 4 inches, plain orange-yellow wraps, fair copy with some wear, stains and amateur restoration to wraps and to fore-edge of title page, text somewhat tanned. 186 pp, index, ads, illustrated.
Mr. Piper and His Cubs
Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1973. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1973. Tall 8vo, cloth in dust jacket, inscribed by Devon Francis, 'For Al Bennett -- who not only taught me to fly but introduced me to the joy of it, with appreciation for his contribution to this book.....
Wings of History : The Air Museums of Europe
Oakton, Virginia: Oakton Hills Publications, 1989. First edition. Paperback. 1989 Softcover, in Near Fine condition, showing the very lightest shelf wear.
The War That Never Was
England: Airlife, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1991, hardcover, octavo, 186pp., not illustrated. Book fine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ near fine with hint of edgewear.
Solo - My Adventures in the Air - signed first edition
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 2005, signed by author, hardback in dust jacket, fine copy in fine jacket.