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Philadelphia: American Society for Testing Materials, 1949. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Square, tight binding. Clean but age-darkened pages. Wrappers faded at spine and around edges with general shelf wear. Technical manual explaining methods of testing various aspects of standards in the manufacture of textiles. 9.0" (23 cm) tall; 574 pages.

New York: Aerial Age Weekly, 1918. Ephemera. Fair with no dust jacket. Pages age-darkened. Stapled binding weak with rust stains from staples on pages. Wraps have closed tear at top with heavy handling wear and overall soiling. Cover illustration is monochrome reproduction of painting by Lieutenant Farré, official painter of the French army and navy. Illustrated with black and white photographic reproductions throughout and some line drawings. ; Contents: List of aviators' special orders and promotions. Jean Abel Lefranc, "Military Aircraft and Their Armament." William F. Durand, "The Aerodynamic Laboratory at Leland Stanford Junior University and the Equipment Installed with Special References to Tests on Air Propellers." W. G. Duffield, "Meteorology: Thunderstorms." G. A. Cavanagh, "Model News." Other news and features about World War I aviation and aviators. Many advertisements for aviation-related companies. ; 12.25" tall; 44 pages.

Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.: Air Force Historical Foundaiton, 1968. Ephemera. Very Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, slightly off-white. Wraps have light handling wear. Contents: Michalski, Perfection Is His Trademark. Vaughn, Mission: Flying the President. Fillmore, When a Blue Jay Landed at Thule. Hobbs, Watch That Basket. Hinkle, Wings and Saddles (Part Two). Cap Goes to College. ; 11.25" tall; 48 pages.

Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A.: Department of History, Kansas State University, 1974. Ephemera. Very Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, slightly off-white. Wraps have light handling wear. Contents: Bradley, The P-51 over Berlin. Greek Combat Aviation (an official history). van Deurs, Fly Before Buy. Griffin, The Role of the French Air Force, the Battle of France, 1940. Saab 37 Viggen (pictures). Frey, Setting the Record Straight, the First of Many American Air-to-Air Victories. Gerrard-Gough, Tiny Tim, the Navy's Unused Sunday Punch. Jones, The Birth of the Russian Air Weapon, 1909-1914. A Stillness at Sea (pictures). ; 11.25" tall; 60 pages.

Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A.: Department of History, Kansas State University, 1973. Ephemera. Very Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, slightly off-white. Wraps have light handling wear. Contents: Eaker, Air Chiefs Patrick and Fechet. The South African Air Force (A Short Official History). Test, The Hustler's Record. Morrow, The Prussian Army and the Aircraft Industry, 1909-14. The F-100 in Pictures. Henshaw, On Testing Spitfires, 1939-45. Whitley, Airways 1923. The Second Air Division Memorial. ; 11.25" tall; 60 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1972. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on Pease Air Force Base, home of the USAF's first Strategic Air Command unit operational on the General Dynamics FB 111A supersonic bomber; Canadair's VTOL and STOL aircraft; the Macchi C-202; the Junkers Ju 86; others. ; 11.0" tall; 52 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1974. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Soundly stapled binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Contents: "More Thunder for the USAF." "Two Decades of the 'Twenty-One.'" "Centaur - The Final Fling." "The Holy Day Air War." Regular columns and features. ; 11.0" tall; 52 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1984. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on Shackleton, end of an era; Hueys and the Vietnam connection; the Curtiss Hawk biplanes; Dutch Mitchells in the Far East; Leticia conflict. ; 11.0" tall; 80 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1972. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the Royal Netherlands Air Force adoption of the Northrop NF-5; B-1: deterrent or dodo?; the Nakajima Ki 44 Shoki, WWII Japanese combat aircraft; Australian Aircraft Restoration Group; the Vultee V-1 monoplane; the Westland Lysander; others. ; 11.0" tall; 52 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1972. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on Portugal's guerrilla war in Portuguese Guinea; cockpit layout and design (part 1); changes in the German Luftwaffe; new close-support aircraft for the USAF; Armstrong Whitworth Ensigns; the Australian Boomerang fighter; others. ; 11.0" tall; 56 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1971. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the readiness of the Israeli air force; the Soviet IL-28; the McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk; the German VFW 614; the Curtiss Hawk; the Douglas DB-7 Boston and Havoc series; others. ; 11.0" tall; 52 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1983. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the (shooting) star of Korea; Vickers Commercial One; the Gamecock story; Dornier DO-24; Snowbird through the lens; others. ; 11.0" tall; 80 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1981. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on rise and fall of the VNAF; Douglas sixes and sevens; CW-21:St. Louis lightweight; Yugoslav Blenheims; USAAF Spitfires. ; 11.0" tall; 80 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1984. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Issue includes articles on Petter's lightweight gnat; Thomas-Morse's forgotten fighter; Douglas B-26 invaders in Korea; flight round Australia in a Fairey IIID Junkers' remarkable G 38; the ultimate Macchi fighter; Spain's Saeta. ; 11.0" tall; 80 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1971. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on fighters in the RAF; development and production of largest Fokkers built to date; Soviet Lyulka engines; the Curtiss Hawk 75 and P-36 family; recollection of flying the Havilland Mosquito; production models for the Messerschmitt Bf 109; others. ; 11.0" tall; 52 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1972. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the Sikorsky Sea King SH-3H; Series 600 of Hawker-Siddeley's HS-125; evolution of cockpit design part 3; the Messerschmitt 262; the air skimmer project ("X" aircraft); others. ; 11.0" tall; 52 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1972. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the Lynx, Yeovil's revolutionary helicopter; evolution of cockpit arrangements (part II); mastering Heinkel's minimus; the Royal Saudi Air Force; the Fairey Firefly; part four of survey of transport gliders; others. ; 11.0" tall; 56 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1971. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the Lockheed Lancer; early WWII combat by the Slovak Air Force; the Concorde SST; history of fighter tactics in the RAF (part 1); the Bachem Natter; the Bf 109E in Yugoslav service; others. ; 11.0" tall; 56 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1971. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the MiG-21; the Vought A-7D; the Bell Airacobra; the Royal Malaysian Air Force; the Fokker D XXI; the Tupolev Tu-4; others. ; 11.0" tall; 48 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1972. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the F-14 and F-15; the Mercure; the rise and demise of transport gliders; flying the Trent-Meteor; the Fairey Firefly monoplane; others. ; 11.0" tall; 56 pages.