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199216406JLos Angeles 1992. Two Copies Four 4 pages typed on one side. Original article written by Herald Examiner Journalist and Hollywood Studio Publicist Art Ronnie. Includes copies of letters to two different publications seeking to have his piece published. Also includes copies of source material and photos. Mercury Aviation Company was one of the first commercial airline services founded in 1919 by Cecil B. DeMille. DeMille Hollywood American film director and producer was one of the first to see the aircraft's potential in commercial airline service. At first Mercury Aviation flew World War I surplus Curtiss JN-4 Jenny for sightseeing and charter flights from DeMille Field No. 1 and then later purchased passenger planes. DeMille restored a World War I plane in 1917. Mercury Aviation Company did not make a profit and closed in 1922 after two years of operation. Al Wilson was DeMille's flight instructor and became the manager of the company for a short time. unknown
19754091bx105<p>First American Edition. nearly VG with rubbing and creasing to the wraps. Many color and b/w photos. 159p index. </p> Haessner paperback
194627837Wichita KA: Beech Aircraft Corporation. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1946. First Edition. Card Covers with Metal clasps. Covers are soiled and stained. The pages are very good to very good . The folding diagrams in the back are intact but they were mimeographed and are fading. The outside edges of those pages are badly worn where they were proud of the book when they were misfolded. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 80 pages . Beech Aircraft Corporation unknown
1999105666Xlibris Corp. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 9780738802893 . Hardcover. 1999. SIGNED and Inscribed on the half title page. 433 pages. Book and Dust Jacket are in FINE condition. ; 8.82 X 6.38 X 1.32 inches; 433 pages; Signed by Author . Xlibris Corp hardcover
199017694Salem NH: Ayer Company. Fine. 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 602 pages . Ayer Company hardcover
1928103275New York: Rae D. Henkle Co. Inc. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1928. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Author; Hardcover. Book has shelfwear. Very Good Minus condition. Dust Jacket has some chipping and closed tears. Good condition. Signed and Inscribed on the endpaper. Profile of gentleman pasted next to autograph. 1928. Rae D. Henkle Co. Publisher. First Edition. 320 pages. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; 320 pages; Signed by Author . Rae D. Henkle Co. Inc. hardcover
19948518Osceola WI.: Motorbooks International 1994. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quarto 216 pp. color photos & illus. b/w photos & illus. line drawings tables appendices facsimiles bib. & footnotes glossary index. Story of the Me262 the first operational jet fighter. Foreword by Adolf Galland World War II ace & commander of the fighter arm of the Luftwaffe. Signed photo of Galland tipped-in on half-title p. Signed on t.p. by Franz Stigler Luftwaffe Ace. Hardcover book in v.g. cond. d/w v.g. cond. <br/> <br/> Motorbooks International hardcover
196820523NY: Cowles Book Company. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has a closed tear bottom front. A bit of rubbing at the corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages . Cowles Book Company hardcover
194225213East Hartford CT: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Binder. In the original binder. Rubbed at the edges. Owner's name on the title page. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Pratt & Whitney Aircraft unknown
1946103472Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Leatherbound. Original stiff wraps bound in Half Leather and cloth. Two small rubs on spine else FINE condition. 1946. Spanish folklore bullfighting ballooning and a chapter on aviation with photo's from 1909. Numerous illustrations of acts performed hanging from balloons. 177 pages. Red Leather Spine with Gold Gilt titles. Previous owners bullfighting bookplate inside front cover. Marbled endpapers. ; Biblioteca Valenciana De Divulgacion Historica IV; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 177 pages . hardcover
1957100158<p>Delray Beach Florida April 16 1957. 1957. Fine. - Over 30 words typed on his personal 5-1/2 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide stationery. Harold J. Roig requests that Saltford Florist "Please send flowering plant on Saturday 21st inst. . with card enclosed herewith." Signed "Harold J Roig". The flower shop's stamp dated April 19th indicates that the order was paid for with a couple of pencil markings. Near fine.</p><p>The American businessman Harold J. Roig 1886-1972 was Vice Chairman of the W.R. Grace & Co. by the time he retired in 1950. He'd first joined this international industrial company as counsel in 1915 and organized its legal department. A graduate of Cornell and Columbia Law School he was a member of numerous associations and several exchanges. He was a member and secretary of the Government agency that regulated the supplies of Chilean nitrate of soda during WWI and following the war was put in charge of Grace's Chilean nitrate sales. He took part in establishing Grace National Bank. In his role with Grace he was a pioneer in commercial aviation in South America being instrumental in the establishment of Panagra Pan American Grace Airways which flew the first U.S. certified route to Buenos Aires by way of South America's West Coast.</p> Delray Beach, Florida, April 16, 1957.
199226471Seattle Wa U. S. A.: University of Washington Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0295972033 . Owner's stamp on the endpapers. DJ is clipped. Inscribed on the half-title to that owner by Stan Hiller. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 224 pages; Signed by Biographee . University of Washington Press hardcover
194611917Great Neck NY: Sperry Gyroscope Company Inc. Fine with no dust jacket. 1946. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 206 pages . Sperry Gyroscope Company, Inc. hardcover
194544473Washington DC: Aviation Training Division 1945. good. Ringbound illus. some in color diagrams fold-out chart covers somwehat worn and soiled. This handbook was issued at the tail end of the Second World War and reflects training and operational practice of the time. This is an excellent resource for museums restoration use and re-enactors/collectors. Aviation Training Division unknown
1953215566Viking 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Bonestell Chesley; Freeman Fred; Klep Rolf. 126 pages. Oversized. Ex-library book some staining and wear to the covers; pages yellowed some stained margins. Musty from storage. Name stamped on cover and on title page. No jacket. A reading copy. Illustrator: Bonestell Chesley; Freeman Fred; Klep Rolf. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Aviation; Inventory No: 215566. . Viking hardcover
194225202Paterson NJ: Wright Aeronautical Corporation. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1942. Second Edition. Binder. In the original maroon binder. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 29215 pages . Wright Aeronautical Corporation unknown
19883978339ILR Press 1988. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:0875461395 ILR Press hardcover
1976Q-0891000801Aviation Maintenance Pub 1976-06-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Aviation Maintenance Pub paperback
19709945907Putnam 1970. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item900grams ISBN:0370001273 Putnam hardcover
1951TEAE00007Washington D. C: Government Printing Office 1951 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full beige cloth gilt titles in red green & compartments on spine black double rules on boards viii 648 pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps cloth soiled. Fits in medium flat-rate box. Shipping weight 6 lbs. . Very Good/No dj. 29½ X 24 cm. Government Printing Office Hardcover
20007080326Arnold 2000. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1300grams ISBN:9780340676509 Arnold hardcover
19590102783Ottawa: Canadian Hydrographic Service 1959. Hardcover. pp. xxiv 183; xi 434; x 370. Royal 8vo. Bound in white cloth with blue green or red lettering to spine and front board each volume with its own colour. Numerous fold-out maps to vol. I black and white photographs to vols. II and III. Folder to rear pastedowns for supplemental documents. Soiling to extremities vol. I and III: adhesive residue to front pastedowns vol. I: short tear to pp. iii minor pencilling to all volumes; good. Canadian Hydrographic Service hardcover
1947AERK00003New York: The Viking Press 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Orange cloth black titles on spine viii 374 pp 4 ff b & w photo plates 49 figures bibliography index. Ex-library from a defunct institution. A 4 mm tear to head of spine else VG lightly rubbed. DJ extremities rubbed and slightly chipped; book & DJ covered with thick mylar. Willy Ley's Rockets first appeared in 1944 was greatly enlarged twice under new titles--the present work of which this is the first printing in 1947 and Rockets Missiles and Space Travel in 1951--and went through intermediate and subsequent minor revisions and expansions all on account of rapid developments in rocketry in the postwar period. Ley traces the development of rockets from early fireworks and war rockets through the 20th century experiments such as those of Robert Goddard and Hermann Oberth and into the era of modern rocketry beginning with the German V-2 during the Second World War and subsequent developments. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Thus. . VG-/VG. 22 X 15 cm. The Viking Press Hardcover
19414370Baltimore: Bendix Aviation Corporation 1941. Quarto original printed wrappers 26 pages and 31 technical diagrams some folding. A well preserved copy. The Model TA-2J-24 Aircraft Transmitting Equipment is designed to provide reliable long range CW MCW or radio telephone communication between aircraft and ground stations or other aircraft while in actual flight. Complete remote control of the eight available frequency channels is provided over two ranges from 300 to 600 Kcs and from 2900 to 15000 Kcs. Bendix Aviation Corporation unknown
1968734050PN. New. 1968. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
