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19998533Gloucestershire: Tempus 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quarto xxvi 307 pp. b/w photos facsimiles glossary appendices index. Military biography of Heinz Schnauffer the most successful night fighter in World War II. Tipped-in color photo of Schnauffer & his friends Fritz Rumpelhardt & Kurt Meyer signed by Rumpelhardt on the half-title p. Long presentation in German on the t.p. from Meyer. All 3 were winners of the Knight's Cross Rumpelhardt was part of Schnauffer's crew & Meyer flew for the secretive KG200 & was a childhood friend of Schnauffer. Hardcover book in v.g. to fine cond. d/w v.g. cond. <br/> <br/> Tempus hardcover
20038516Bristol U.K.: Cerberus 2003. First English Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Short quarto xvi 304 pp. frontis b/w photos & illus. facsimiles appendices index. Until his death in Oct. 1944 Lent was the leading exponent of night fighter tactics. Special limited edition with a special plate attached to the f.f.e.p. containing the signatures of the author & 4 Luftwaffe Aces: Wolfgang Falck 7 victories Paul Zorner 59 victories Hans-joachim Jabs 50 victories & Georg Herman Greiner 51 victories. Hardcover book in fine cond. d/w in fine cond. <br/> <br/> Cerberus hardcover
1997901960Jeppesen Sanderson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. Incomplete. Ring Bound. 8 Volume set. United States. Has maps for 41 states plus one volume of enroute guides. Lacking the information for the Western States-- Alaska Arizona California Hawaii Idaho Nevada Oregon Utah Washington. . Jeppesen Sanderson hardcover
1931000737New York: Macmillan 1931. First Edition The Macmillan Company; New York; 1931 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover; 278 tanned deckle edged pages. This first collection of short stories by Frank O'Connor includes the title story Guest of the Nation and many others including: Attack Jumbo's Wife Nightpiece with Figures September Dawn Machine-Gun Corps in Action Laughter Jo Alec Soiree chez une belle jeune fille The Patriarch After Fourteen Years The Late Henry Conran The Sisters The Procession of Life Frank O'Connor 1903-1966 was an Irish short story writer and memoirist. This was his first book. Bumped worn and chipped head and heel of spine; worn corners; tanned pages penciled numbers on rear endpage. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Macmillan Hardcover
1957019768Moscow: State Publishing House of Defense Industry 1957. Good EX-LIBRARY. 1957 Russian language edition. This book is entirely in Russian. The authors Gennady Sinyarev & Mstislav Dobrowolski and title listed here are based on a Google translation of the book's Russian language characters. The following content summary is from the same Google site: "The book covers the fundamentals of the theory of liquid rocket engine design and methods of their basic parts and assemblies. The necessary data to calculate the strength and determination tyati basic sizes of units and units of liquid rocket engines. We give examples illustrating the application set out the methods of calculation. The book is a textbook for colleges but may be useful for university students as well as for employees working in the field of missile technology." Bound in the original gray cloth stamped in white. 1957 Russian language edition. Hardcover. Good EX-LIBRARY/No jacket. 8vo. 580pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. State Publishing House of Defense Industry Hardcover
193329048NY: Stanavo Specification Board Inc. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1933 1936 1938. First Edition. Flexible leather. 1933 is Fine including the unused note pad in the back. The other two are used with notes in the back note section. 1936 still has it's note pad also while 1938 has no provision for one. 1936 & 1938 are very good to very good . Price is for all 3. ; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 107 103 104 pages . Stanavo Specification Board, Inc. hardcover
1918000220U.S. Army 1918. Owner's name in ink top of front cover. Contains entries from 8/6/18 to 9/18/18 at Post Field Ft. Sill Oklahoma. While at Ft. Sill this 2nd Lieutenant from Kansas worked on reconnaissance infantry contact puff target sketching railroad yards machine gun proficiency. He then transferred to the School of Aerial Gunnery at Selfride Field Michigan from 9/30/18 to 10/19/18. All courses are listed with hours spent grading signed by instructors. Laid-in are orders to report to Selfride Field and a letter dated October 19 1918 naming the log's owner as being now rated as an Aerial Observer. A fine piece of aviation ephemera from the Great War. We find only one other similar pilot's log for sale at this time. Tan Cloth. Minor Edge Wear and Soiling. Square Octavo. U.S. Army Hardcover
191815941Boston: 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 . The Page Company hardcover
2014027893Zurich Switzerland: Orell Füssli Verlag 2014. HARDCOVER in dust jacket. In German. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. NO chips tears or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white fresh crisp clean and unmarked. 2. Auflage 2014. Vorwort Beat H. Perren. With 16 pages of photographs. Bound in the original eggshell white boards stamped in black on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "Mit beispiellosem Engagement und eisernem Willen organisieren Gerold Biner und seine Schweizer Kollegen aus Zermatt den Aufbau einer Rettungsstation und ein Ausbildungsprogramm in Nepal. Dabei erleben sie wunderbare Fortschritte aber auch dramatische Rückschläge. Eine Abenteuergeschichte der es nicht an persönlichen Statements fehlt sei es zur Leichtsinnigkeit mancher Berggänger oder zu Extremsportarten die den Tod als ständigen Begleiter haben. Biner redet Klartext und kontert die Kritik an den Schweizer Bergrettern im Zusammenhang mit Rettungseinsätzen auf dem Dach der Welt.". 2. Auflage. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 256pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Orell Füssli Verlag Hardcover
1993021214Nevada: Privately Published 1993. NOT a library discard. Near Very Good condition light cover soil. 1993. First edition No additional printings listed. Illustrated with photos. Crazy Ed's Sagas and Secrets of Desert Gold 2. Bound in the original blue pictorial stapled wraps. 5.25" wide by 8.5" tall. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Softcover. Near Very Good condition. 141pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Privately Published Paperback
1978008751Stonehouse Gloucester England: Technicopy Limited 1978. 8.5" wide by 11.75" tall. A clean square copy. Light wear/rubbing to cover. Inner hinges are perfectly sound. WITHDRAWN stamp and a few other library markings. Pages are clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Contains 20 papers all in English. Abstracts are in both English and Italian. Illustrated with figures and micrographs. Tables. Graphs. Bibliographical references after each paper. Bound in the original black imitation leather lettered in shiny silver on the spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY./No jacket. viii 196pp. Technicopy Limited Hardcover
1992063783Abbeville Press 1992. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Color illus. paper-covered boards square format. New/as issued dust jacket now in mylar. 1st ptg. 96 pp. illus. Abbeville Press Hardcover
2022SKU1737831Independently published 2022-12-22. paperback. New. 8x1x11. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Independently published paperback
1955704726PN. New. 1955. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
194311323Dorset Wings for Victory Campaign Committee Dorchester 1943. 8vo. First and Sole Edition with numerous photographs in the text small signature on front wrapper; original photographic wrappers wire-stitched as issued covers very lightly age-soiled and with one short teat at margin of front wrapper else a very good clean copy. In 1942 the National Savings Committees for Dorset united in a drive to replace by war savings the cruiser 'Dorsetshire'; £3000000 was raised in just over six months. Subsequently the Dorset Wings for Victory campaign set out to achieve a similar success for the RAF. Creasey was nominated co-Hon. Publicity Secretary from his address at 'Cattistock' Fernlea Avenue Ferndown Wimborne Dorset together with T.F.E. Jakeman of Weymouth. The pamphlet is sub-titled 'Vivid true Stories of epic Flights by the RAF'. A fragile item and a rare survival. Dorset Wings for Victory Campaign Committee, [Dorchester, unknown
20088763009Woodhead Publishing Ltd 2008. 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 item700grams ISBN:9781845693251 Woodhead Publishing Ltd hardcover
19979877455Hong Kong Conmilit Press Limited 1997. 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. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1700grams ISBN:9627128082 Hong Kong Conmilit Press Limited hardcover
1999002006Dayton Ohio: Wright State University 1999. 7.75" wide by 10.25" tall. Fine condition in Near Fine Dust Jacket just a touch of rubbing. No chips. No tears. No creases. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean square tight and unmarked. From the Dust Jacket: "These diaries of the father of Wilbur and Orville Wright record the full range of experiences of his adult life from 1857 to his death in 1917. They provide a detailed chronicle of Milton Wright's dynamic and sometimes controversial ministry and leadership in the United Brethren Church and his role as the father of the famed inventors of powered flight Probably the most important contribution the diaries make to present day scholarship on the Wright Brothers is the greater knowledge we gain about the dynamics of the Wright family Taken as a whole the diaries provide an essential resource in the study of the history of the Wright Brothers' career in aviation the history of the United Brethren Church and the life of a man dedicated to his family and his church." kEYWORDS: Wright Brothers. Aviation history. . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Original black cloth/DJ Not Price Clipped 39.95. Wright State University Hardcover
1984007069University AL: Univ of Alabama Pr 1984. 281pp/illus/maps. The growth of the CIA's "air Force began with theKorean War. The CIA used CAT ti dekuver weaoibs to anti-Communist elements in Burma make numerous overflights of China in support of guerrilla carry operatives between secret bases throughout the Far East and provide secure airlift for other clandestine missions. Clean. First Edition. Hard Coveer. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Univ of Alabama Pr unknown
2005007597London: Grub Street 2005. Excellent book on fighter pilots who flew in the Second World War SIGNEDon title page by author Stephen Darlow plus fighter personnel KIT NORTH LEWIS DAVID INCE NORMAN CROOKS KEITH LAWRENCE GEORGE D KELSEY DEREK TAPSONDEREK LOVELL BRIAN TITCH HARRIS GEORGE WOOD and one indecipherable name each signature has their squadron number beside it. 256 pages in very bright clean condition many B/w photographs and illustrationsall present as listed plus very informative text Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean not price clipped. A very nice near fine example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Signed by Author and Others. First Edition. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9 ¾ x 6 ¼ Inches. Hardcover. Grub Street Hardcover
1982EW1775Public Relations Office 303rd Bombardment Group H 1982. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers lightly edge and corner rubbed with some light wear on the binding; small pen mark on front cover. 31p. Stapled White Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Sgt. William A. Frenney Photographer. 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Paperback. Public Relations Office, 303rd Bombardment Group (H) Paperback
199424488Shelton CT: The Greenwich Workshop Inc 1994. Lacks the limited and numbered editon print titled "Into the Throne Room of God" which was originally laid-in otherwise this is a perfect copy of the Artist's Proof Edition #28 of 100; Bound in full adobe cloth with matching lightly rubbed slip case; 172p. . Signed by Artist. Artist's Proof Edition No 28 of 100. Full Adobe Cloth. Fine. Illus. by William S. Phillips Full-Color Plates. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover w/Slipcase. The Greenwich Workshop Inc Hardcover
a50924Washington 1985. 4to. 733pp. photo illustrations diagrams wraps. Small depository library stamp and some ink numbers on front. Number stamp on title page. VG. paperback
1952001218New York: Aviation Week 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. New York: Aviation Week 1952 and 1953. First Edition and presumed only editions of two of their large six-fold aeronautical specifications tables charts. Wraps heavy light blue paper folded. Folding is as issued some toning notably at the fold else Near Fine. These are essentially large 32" x 16' folded in six printed on both sides. The equivalent in chart form of 12 8 1/2" x 11" pages of tables each. Aeronautical specifications categories for the tables are: 1952 table chart: "U.S. Helicopter Designations"; "U.S. Civil and Military Aircraft"; "Foreign Military and Civil Aircraft"; U.S> Gas Turbine Engines"; "USSR Military Aircraft"; "U.S. Military Aircraft" "U.S> Personal and Executive Aircraft"; "U.S Civile and Military Transport Aircraft". 1953 table chart: "U.S. Reciprocating Engines"; "U.S. Gas Turbine Engines"; "Foreign Military and Civil Aircraft"; "U.S. Civil and Military Helicopters"; "U.S. Military Aircraft"; "U.S. Personal and Executive Aircraft"; and "U.S. Civil and Military Transport Aircraft". Nice historic densely informative piece of aviation history. L-32 <br/> <br/> Aviation Week paperback
1917009050New York: Robert M. McBride & Co 1917. 200pp large octavo with thirty-six full pages of types of aeroplanes and eighty-seven sketches and diagrams and many advertisments to front. Original cloth gilt. Minimal markings. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Robert M. McBride & Co hardcover