Search Results: Aviation from Gene W. Baade Books on the West

Baltimore: n.p., 1928. First Edition. Soft cover. Good. Nearly folio printed gray-brown wraps. (40pp). Illus. We note condition first. There is a full page ad several page in which appears to possibly serve as a title page. The top one-half is missing. The bottom half says "By THE FLYING CLUB OF BALTIMORE and THE AIR CORPS, MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD." However, another full page present lists officers of the club, staff of the Maryland Nat'l Guard Air Corps, pilots, & the airport commission. Also,two leaves are detached & have been archivally reattached with minimal. but sufficient application. Notwithstanding, we still grade this as a good copy. The front cover has a lower corner crease (1") & there is a wrinkle at the top. This is really quite a remarkable program with portraits of important military people, ads, descriptions of competitive events: National Guard Race, Parachute Jump, Pursuit Race, Maneuverability Contest, Mixed Relay Race, Parachute Jump (2nd heat). There are short articles such as,… Read More

NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Very Good/Very Good. 1st printing. Cloth. 350pp. Illus. Index. Signed by Albertazzie on ffep "Best Wishes 8-7-79" and then signature. At top of ffep former owner's signature. The owner was an Air Force One mechanic. Superficial scratches on front cover not cutting the cloth. This vg in vg dj.

Kent: King County Journal Newspapers, 2001. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to glossy pictorial wraps. 98pp. Profusely illustrated with vintage photos of and related to this SE Seattle suburb noted for Boeing. Well designed centennial book. Just about fine.

n.p.: Windsor Publications, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Collectible Fine/Fine. 1st printing. 4to gilt-stamped cloth. 135pp. Illus. Index. Endpaper photos. Signed "Best Wishes 1989" (then signature of Buerge only). Renton is a SE suburb of Seattle. Fine in fine dj.

Don Mills, ONT: General Publishing Co, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st printing. Cloth. 184pp. Memoir of a WWII Royal Canadian Air Force navigator who flew the "starboard" seat of a"Mosquito" fighter fighting Japan. From the dj: "41 trips aboard a Mosquito--A true story of 418 Squadron (City of Edmonton). He was the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross. From U. S. Air Force Museum website: "The famous British Mosquito - known to many as "Mossie" - was a versatile aircraft used extensively during World War II. Constructed primarily of plywood with a balsa wood core, it had excellent speed, altitude and range. First flown on November 25, 1940, the Mosquito entered production in mid-1941 and was produced until well after the end of the war. Almost 8,000 Mossies were built in Great Britain, Canada, and Australia." Vg in modererately worn-throughout, but complete dj.