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Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1939 by C.G. Grey And Leonard Bridgman - 1939

by C.G. Grey And Leonard Bridgman

Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1939 by C.G. Grey And Leonard Bridgman - 1939

Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1939

by C.G. Grey And Leonard Bridgman

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Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, 1939. Hardcover. Good. 1939. First Edition. 103 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Book is split into 5 parts A, B, C, D, E each part is numbered separately. Includes book mark attached with ribbon. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with some foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are mildly rub worn, with some light shelf wear to spine, edges and corners, corners are bumped. Slight crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Spine has a split along rear hinge.
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  • Date Published 1939
LA NAVIGATION AERIENNE Histoire Documentaire Et Anecdotique
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LA NAVIGATION AERIENNE Histoire Documentaire Et Anecdotique

by Lecornu, J.

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Paris, France: Vuibert & Nony. Very Good+. ca. 1905. Second Edition. Hardcover. No date: Text narrative continues to 1905. Clean green pictorial covers, heavily decorated with gilt. All edges gilt. Text tight, clean & intact. Numerous photo and engraved illustrations. French text. ; Engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 442 pages .
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The All-American Boys: An Insider's Candid Look at the Space Program and the Myth of the Super Hero.

The All-American Boys: An Insider's Candid Look at the Space Program and the Myth of the Super Hero.

by [Signed Astronaut Memoir] Cunningham, Walter.

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New York:: Macmillan,, 1977.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Very Good copy with a small scuff to the front board with the boards bound upside down in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with one short tape-repaired edge tear. Cunningham was a member of the Apollo 7 crew that mapped future landing sites for the first moon landing in 1969. On October 11, 1968, he occupied the lunar module pilot seat for the eleven-day flight of Apollo 7 - the first manned flight test of the third generation United States spacecraft. With Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Donn F. Eisele, Cunningham participated in and executed maneuvers enabling the crew to perform exercises in transposition and docking and lunar orbit rendezvous with the S-IVB stage of their Saturn IB launch vehicle; completed eight successful test and maneuvering ignitions of the service module propulsion engine; measured the accuracy of performance of all spacecraft systems; and provided the first effective television transmission of onboard… Read More
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Go, Get' Em!: The True Adventures of an American Aviator of the Lafayette  Flying Corps who...

Go, Get' Em!: The True Adventures of an American Aviator of the Lafayette Flying Corps who was the only Yankee Flyer Fighting over General Pershing's Boys of the Rainbow Division in Lorraine, when they First Went "Over the Top"

by Wellman, William A. & Elliot Harlow Robinson (Introduction and Notes)

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Boston: The Page Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1918. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth cover with yellow lettering, yellow and blue illustration of aerial combat on front cover. There is wear at corners and head, tail of spine. Yellow on front has some scratches and chips. Binding sound. Gift note in pencil on ffep dated Nov. 1918. Pages otherwise unmarked. Lacking DJ. Author Wellman as an American joined the French Foreign Legion and flew fighter planes in WWI. After the war he was involved in the movie industry as an actor and director. This is his story of his experiences in WWI. ; Photographs. drawings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 284 pages .
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Aerial Transport
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Aerial Transport

by Thomas, G. Holt

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First edition. xviii+259 pp.+65 B&W illustrations and 4 folding maps in two colours h.t. 25,2x19,5 cm. Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1920.
--- Blindstamped cloth gilt (publishers bindint). Occasional foxing, light edgewear.
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OKB Tupolev; A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft

OKB Tupolev; A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft

by Gordon, Yefim (With Vladimir Rigmant.)

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Hinckley: Midland Publishing 978-1-85780-214-6 [978-1-85780-214-6] 2005. (4to) 368pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Black & white and color photographs and illustrations. Locale: Russia. (Military, Military Aircraft--Russia, OkB Tupolev, Tupolev aircraft).
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LA NAVIGATION AERIENNE Histoire Documentaire Et Anecdotique
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LA NAVIGATION AERIENNE Histoire Documentaire Et Anecdotique

by Lecornu, J.

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Paris, France: Vuibert & Nony. Very Good+. ca. 1905. Second Edition. Hardcover. No date: Text narrative continues to 1905. Clean green pictorial covers, heavily decorated with gilt. All edges gilt. Text tight, clean & intact. Numerous photo and engraved illustrations. French text. ; Engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 442 pages .
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The All-American Boys: An Insider's Candid Look at the Space Program and the Myth of the Super Hero.

The All-American Boys: An Insider's Candid Look at the Space Program and the Myth of the Super Hero.

by [Signed Astronaut Memoir] Cunningham, Walter.

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780025292406 / 0025292404
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New York:: Macmillan,, 1977.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Very Good copy with a small scuff to the front board with the boards bound upside down in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with one short tape-repaired edge tear. Cunningham was a member of the Apollo 7 crew that mapped future landing sites for the first moon landing in 1969. On October 11, 1968, he occupied the lunar module pilot seat for the eleven-day flight of Apollo 7 - the first manned flight test of the third generation United States spacecraft. With Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Donn F. Eisele, Cunningham participated in and executed maneuvers enabling the crew to perform exercises in transposition and docking and lunar orbit rendezvous with the S-IVB stage of their Saturn IB launch vehicle; completed eight successful test and maneuvering ignitions of the service module propulsion engine; measured the accuracy of performance of all spacecraft systems; and provided the first effective television transmission of onboard… Read More
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Go, Get' Em!: The True Adventures of an American Aviator of the Lafayette  Flying Corps who...

Go, Get' Em!: The True Adventures of an American Aviator of the Lafayette Flying Corps who was the only Yankee Flyer Fighting over General Pershing's Boys of the Rainbow Division in Lorraine, when they First Went "Over the Top"

by Wellman, William A. & Elliot Harlow Robinson (Introduction and Notes)

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Boston: The Page Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1918. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth cover with yellow lettering, yellow and blue illustration of aerial combat on front cover. There is wear at corners and head, tail of spine. Yellow on front has some scratches and chips. Binding sound. Gift note in pencil on ffep dated Nov. 1918. Pages otherwise unmarked. Lacking DJ. Author Wellman as an American joined the French Foreign Legion and flew fighter planes in WWI. After the war he was involved in the movie industry as an actor and director. This is his story of his experiences in WWI. ; Photographs. drawings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 284 pages .
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Aerial Transport
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Aerial Transport

by Thomas, G. Holt

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First edition. xviii+259 pp.+65 B&W illustrations and 4 folding maps in two colours h.t. 25,2x19,5 cm. Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1920.
--- Blindstamped cloth gilt (publishers bindint). Occasional foxing, light edgewear.
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OKB Tupolev; A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft

OKB Tupolev; A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft

by Gordon, Yefim (With Vladimir Rigmant.)

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9781857802146 / 1857802144
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Hinckley: Midland Publishing 978-1-85780-214-6 [978-1-85780-214-6] 2005. (4to) 368pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Black & white and color photographs and illustrations. Locale: Russia. (Military, Military Aircraft--Russia, OkB Tupolev, Tupolev aircraft).
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THE BATTLE OF EASTLEIGH
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THE BATTLE OF EASTLEIGH

by Bolle, Frederick N

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Octavo (8 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches) New York: United States Naval Air Force, 1918. First Edition. oblong format, 144 pages illustrated with black and white halftone photographs, and a map, original gray cloth, hardcover, good condition (lower right corner of front cover slightly bumped, minor shelf wear to lower spine, not affecting contents which are clean and complete).

This is a unit history, with many photos of the Eastleigh U. S. Navy repair base in England during World War I; its officers and men. There are many photos of early military aircraft, and an essay on "Liberty Twelves" and "DeHavilands."
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Sky High
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Sky High: The Story of Aviation

by Hodgins, Eric ; F[rederick] Alexander Magoun

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 8vo. xx, 338 pp. Bound in full red cloth, title and decoration stamped in black on cover and spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Includes index. Hodgins would later write the novel Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and its sequel Blandings' Way. Near Fine, minor age-toning to pages, otherwise clean, hinges tight, binding bright and clean, faintest of rubbing to bottom edge, in Very Good+ dust jacket with age-darkening to spine, rubbing and chipping to extremities, light soiling. Beautiful copy.
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TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF FLIGHT IN AMERICA: A Bicentennial Survey
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TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF FLIGHT IN AMERICA: A Bicentennial Survey

by Emme, Eugene M. (editor)

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9780877031017 / 0877031010
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San Diego, California: American Astronautical Society (AAS), 1981. xvi, 310 pages. Third printing of Volume 1 in the AAS History Series, that was first published in 1977. Laid in is a handwritten note from Gene Emme to NASA archivist Lee Saegesser, with whom Emme had worked closely for years in the NASA History Office. Emme was NASA's first official historian and the founder of the NASA History Office. Through national meetings, technical meetings, symposia and publications, the American Astronautical Society has provided the perspectives and expertise of the leading American space professionals in advancing all space activities. In this book 13 of those professionals provide important perspectives on the history of flight in the U. S. just after the opening of the National Air and Space Museum. The book offered here is from the personal collection of Lee Saegesser, NASA's chief archivist for 30 years. The book is in very good condition: clean, bright, and tight, with just a hint of… Read More
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Some Milestones in Aviation

Some Milestones in Aviation

by W. E. Johns

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John Hamilton, London, England, No date. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo - over 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" tall. 232 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Spine caps are fraying. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: Aviation; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001321. .
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Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars
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Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars

by Brooks, Walter R

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Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars, Alfred A. Knopf 1st Ed. 1955. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Used. VG/ No DJ. Rose red boards. Spine lightly sunned. A nice copy of a scarce item.
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Freddy And The Men From Mars
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Freddy And The Men From Mars

by Brooks, Walter R

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Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.
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The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction

The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction

by Margulies, Leo

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LEO MARGULIES, EDITOR. The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction (1954, Merlin Press 1st Ed. w/dj)Please see our stock cover photo. Edited by Leo Margulies and Oscar J. Friend. Used. VG/G- original unclipped $3.95 DJ. 1954, Merlin Press, Inc. 580 pages. ANTHOLOGY.. 10 stories included in this volume are: Enchantress of Venus by Leigh Brackett; Gateway to darkness by Fredric Brown; The girl in the golden atom by Ray Cummings; Forgotten world by Edmond Hamilton; By his bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein; Sword of tomorrow by Henry Kuttner; Things pass by, by Murray Leinster; Rogue Ship by A. E. Van Vogt; Island in the sky by Manly Wade Wellman; The Sun Maker by Jack Williamson.
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Pan American's Pacific Pioneers: The Rest of the Story A Pictorial History of Pan Am's Pacific...
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Pan American's Pacific Pioneers: The Rest of the Story A Pictorial History of Pan Am's Pacific First Flights 1935-1946

by Jon E. Krupnick

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Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Missoula, 2000, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 696 pages, 9.5" x 12.25", slight edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight. Cover art by Bob Jenny.
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Fatigue of Aircraft Structures

Fatigue of Aircraft Structures

by Grover, Horace J

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Research and Technology, Naval Air Systems Command, Department of the Navy, U.S.A., 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Fine/--. 9 x 6 x 1. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing INCLUDES PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book FINE/ Covers NEAR FINE. NEVER OPENED. Covers are light blue, lettering black, Dept. of the Navy Air Systems Command logo on front. Spine is sunned so that the light blue is now grey but the black text of title is clear, spine has a few minor wrinkles, perhaps from age acting on the glue. The front and back covers are flat, clean, bright, no rips, very slightly bent corners, no spine creases, a bit of sunning around all edges. Spine is slightly rounded instead of sharply right angled. Pages edges very slightly sunned. Inside of book is tight, clean, bright, flat. One page dog eared about 1/2 inch, restored flat. Book is unread but may have gently fallen causing it to be slightly over-opened at page 14-15 but spine is not exposed and binding is not broken. No loose or missing… Read More
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The Challenging Skies
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The Challenging Skies: The Colorful Story of Aviation's Most Exciting Years 1919-39

by Roseberry, C.R

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The Dust Jacket is on the Book, but is in Fair to Poor condition with a lot of wear especially on the back cover, which has seve
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This Book is a great background and historical publication of the colorful years of Aviation. This Book is in really Good condition despite the Dust Jacket. Dust Jacket could be removed to reveal to sky blue underlying covers. This is a great piece of work by Author C.R. Roseberry with many interesting true stories about aviation. Book has 533 pages and over 300 historical photographs from the time period covered.
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