FIGUIER, Guillaume Louis, Montpellier, 15 février 1819, Paris, 8 novembre 1894, Ecrivain-vulgarisateur scientifiqueLivre Rare Book
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1867478681867 PARIS, E. Girard - Sans date: 1883/1885- Edition Originale - Complet en 4 volumes forts In-4, 28 x 20 cms - Chaque volume illustré de Gravures et Portraits - Reliure 1/2 havane, signée Le Chalonny, Tréguier - Dos lisse orné - Frontispice. dans chaque volume - illustrations en texte & P.P. H. T. - 630, III-644, 644, &644 pages - Dessins de J. Frat, A. Gilbert, Broux, etc...- Ex-libris J. Guillerm, Tréguier - Bon état général - Réf. 47868
PARIS, E. Girard - Sans date: 1883/1885- Edition Originale - Complet en 4 volumes forts In-4, 28 x 20 cms - Chaque volume illustré de Gravures et Portraits - Reliure 1/2 havane, signée Le Chalonny, Tréguier - Dos lisse orné - Frontispice. dans chaque volume - illustrations en texte & P.P. H. T. - 630, III-644, 644, &644 pages - Dessins de J. Frat, A. Gilbert, Broux, etc...- Ex-libris J. Guillerm, Tréguier - Bon état général - Réf. 47868
1870VOY459MHachette 1870. In-4° Relié en percaline bordeaux. 612 pp. 117 gravures sur bois et 6 chromolithographies par Eugène Cicéri et Adrien Marie d'après les croquis d'Albert Tissandier, 15 cartes et diagrammes.
193450220Préface du Général Perrier, 1 vol. in-8 br., Editions Baudinière, s.d. [ circa 1934 ], 478 pp
Préface du Général Perrier, 1 vol. in-8 br., Editions Baudinière, s.d. [ circa 1934 ], 478 pp Rare exemplaire en bon état de cet ouvrage de référence (couv. très lég. frottée) Français
21570PARIS, Nouvelle Librairie de France, 1968/1974 - Complet en 6 vol. In-4, 23 x 19cm - Reliure skyvertex verte de l'éditeur, Illustrée au 1 er Plat - Dos lisse à filets dorés - illustrations NB ou couleurs en texte ou HT, Cartes couleurs HT sur double page - 416 + 414 + 366 + 453 + 338 & 389 pages - Excellent état
PARIS, Nouvelle Librairie de France, 1968/1974 - Complet en 6 vol. In-4, 23 x 19cm - Reliure skyvertex verte de l'éditeur, Illustrée au 1 er Plat - Dos lisse à filets dorés - illustrations NB ou couleurs en texte ou HT, Cartes couleurs HT sur double page - 416 + 414 + 366 + 453 + 338 & 389 pages - Excellent état
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 33 fine coloured illustrations by Creek, and many hundreds of photographs and illustrations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Arguably the definitive account, augmented by Creek's superb illustrations.
1920AQ22067London: Broadway Press 1920. 4pp. With an illustrated map and two photographic portraits in the text. Stapled as issued in original publisher's pictorial tan wrappers. A trifle creased two early horizontal folds. Internally clean and crisp. A rare survival of the sole edition of a succinct account by Australian aviator Sir Ross Smith 1892-1922 of his unprecedented flight from England to Australia in 1919. OCLC records copies at two locations NLA and State Library of New South Wales; COPAC adds one further National Aerospace Library. . First edition. Quarto. [Broadway Press] unknown
004600London: Hutchinson & Co Excellent book on the the author's aviation memoirs not dated but appears to be late 1920s or 1930s. 265 pages plus 24 pages of adverts in overall bright clean condition just a little browning to endpapers. Outer boards have a few light marks and blue background is faded on spine. Many old B/w photographs plus very informative text. No dustwrapper. A nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Gold Embossed Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8 ¾ x 5½ Inches. Hardcover. Hutchinson & Co Hardcover
52 pages. Features: Photo and "Aurevoir" by C.H. Greenway, Wing Commander, Commanding Officer; article by Chaplain F/L W.C. Daniel; The Philosopher and the Birds - A short Christmas Story; Ivan Ackery - A Master Showman, by LAC. S.R. Finkel; Station Adjutant Flight Lieutenant R.A. Kirkwood, by W01 K. Pugsley; Tops in Entertainment; Our First Station Dance; Sergeant John Chipman Kerr, V.C.; Film Cutting in One Uneasy Lesson, by Flying Officer Phillip Booth; Sports - considerable news of station sports activities; Phone interview with Lovely Susan Hawyard; Presentation of a Kittyhawk aircraft to the R.C.A.F.; Acceptance Testing of New Aircraft for the R.C.A.F., by W.L. Thomlinson, Squadron Leader; British Columbia Takes a Bow, by F/Sgt., D.J. Miller; Defence of the Airmen's Mess, by F/O H.J. Bird; Wonderful centerfold montage of photos with captions, and message from Commanding Officer; Army News; Women's Auxiliary to the Air Service; Nice photo ad for Harron Bros. Limited Funeral Home; Dozens of excellent vintage ads for Vancouver-area small businesses; and more. Moderate wear. Tiny ink stamp to front cover, otherwise unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy of this vintage R.C.A.F. publication. Magazine
In Colour: Abu Simbel; and the doomed monuments of Nubia. Also includes: The Worst Air Disaster in the History of British Civil Aviation; Prince Philip's Tour of Peru and Chile; West Country hit by Giant Waves; The Uniqueness of Light (part 6 in a series on the theory of relativity); Tunisian Gas Station; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: Mr. Gaitskell in the debate at the Scarborough Labour Party Conference; Prince Andrew photos; Flooding in the east and west of England - scenes of hardship; Boston, USA - An Electra airliner crashes shortly after take-off, killing 61; Ridley College, St. Catherines, Ontario; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
Pages 105-155 plus nine pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Northwest Passage By Air - many super photos; Canadian Handicraft Old and New; Canada's Million and More Needlecraft Workers; and more. Some of the best ads include: Canadian Pacific Airline (two-color ad inside front cover), Northern Electric (Red Cross Features); Westinghouse Electronics "Where a speck of dust could hide a Nazi airdrome". Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
191815834Mccook Field Dayton OH: War Department Bureau of Aircraft Production. Good. 1918. First Edition. Magazine. Rubbing and chipping to the spines & edges. Contents are very good. Volume 1 no. 1 has a small tear at the top of the last 3 pages. The last volume vol. 2 no. 3 was evidently on the bottom of the stack on a garage or basement floor. The back is water damaged. Wrinkled and the last 1/3 of the pages are stuck together. I discounted this volume in the price. The price is for all 4 issues. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; ~110 each pages . War Department, Bureau of Aircraft Production unknown
192541983Garden CityNY: Garden City Publishing Co 1925. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good. 544p large octavo illustrated. A very good copy in tan cloth. Dated 1925 but much later. Original edition was published by Boni and Liveright. This copy inscribed by Wiley Post the first pilot to fly around the world solo. Inscribed by Post in 1935 to aviation pioneer Will D Parker in 1935. Parker built his own plane in 1912 and flew with a British unit in World War 1 <br/><br/> Garden City Publishing Co hardcover
193772247Detroit: Humanity Publishing Compnay 1937. First edition. Quarto. 304 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs. Publisher's faux-morocco green cloth with yellow lettering to front and spine. Lettering a bit faded but a very clean and attractive copy.Comes with three original photographs of a plane in service to the Lawson Air Line an unusual looking biplane with a very large covered cockpit at the front of the plane. This volume definitely is more than the cover would indicate. The ads in the back are a major clue although there is a hint in the publisher's notice: "The call of the Public for full information concerning the life and deeds of ALFRED LAWSON as well as the high prices asked and paid for books and documents relating to his connection with the establishment of the AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY and AIRLINES has created the necessity for this book."The book is primarily a compilation of other articles written by Lawson about the aviation world in general. But the ads in back tell another tale. One touts: "LAWSONOMY - Alfred Lawson - coined the word LAWSONOMY for his greatest work and has dissected the appellation as follows --- LAW - Stands for the procedure of God's Eternal acts. / SON - Stands for the continuity of the procedure of God's Eternal acts. / OMY - Stands for the process of the continuity of the procedure of God's Eternal acts." The next page introduces "The First Lawsonomy Baby. The Perfect Baby." and her parents ".who gave birth to a perfectly balanced physical and mental Baby."Another ad touts "Lawsonomy: The Base of Absolute Knowledge." It includes principles such as "Lawsonomy is based upon life as it is and not upon a theory of what it ought to be. Truth is Constructive and lives but falsity is destructive and dies. Truth is real and eternal but falsity is ephemeral and abortive. Truth breeds strength and intellect but falsity breeds weakness and smart-alick-ism." The symbol in the center of the page shows Lawsonomy at the center and everything eminating from it - music art heredity culture photography penetrability history radio drama prophecy navigation electricity evolution and much much more. At the bottom: "If it isn't Truth it isn't Lawsonomy."Born in 1869 Alfred Lawson declared his birth to be ".the most momentous occurrence since the birth of mankind." He claimed that he was "destined for greatness" and "If Lawson should die today posterity will honor and glorify him as no other mortal because he has given mankind the true base from which to start an edifice of super-knowledge of the universe and its laws."Lawson tried his hand at professional baseball failing as a player as well as on the business side his newly created leagues folding almost as quickly as they were started - one within a month. He then decided to publish two aviation magazines Fly and Aircraft although he knew nothing about publishing or aviation - and Lawson acknowledged that in 1908 only three men could fly - the two Wrights and Glenn Curtiss but he downplayed their accomplishments noting that the latter could only travel in short hops. He did however become the aircraft industry's most vocal "evangelist" touting air travel as the travel of the future.Lawson had many strange ideas including the notion that physics and economics were inseparable and one could not be understood without the other. His physics however was based on even stranger principles based on "Suction" and "Pressure" and including other principles such as "Penetrability" but he saw the concept of "Energy" as a complete fabrication and fallacy. Many other weird concepts flow from these such as achieving a balanced "state of maturity" in the body "Equaeverpoise" through a combination of diet hygiene rest and exercise that would allow one to live 200 years.In part because of his "success" - he failed at baseball he failed at running an airline his books do not appear to have flown off the shelves - by 1943 Lawson decided to found a school - devoted to studying Lawsonomy. Lawson's books were the only ones allowed on campus. The biggest problem was the program took years other problems include the usefulness of the studies!. One was expected to take interim exams in 10 and 20 years and a comprehensive exam after 30 years at which point one became a "Knowledgian." Unfortunately Lawson was the only Knowledgian at the time of his death and it took a Knowledgian to bestow that degree on others. One could then go on as their post-graduate work to study Lawsonian religion. Humanity Publishing Compnay hardcover
191874511New Brunswick NJ: Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp. 1918. First edition. Octavo. 216 pp. plus six foldout diagrams at the rear and another 6 interspersed within the text. Profusely illustrated. Publisher's black cloth with gilt cover lettering. Gilt dulled some wear to spine extremities faint technical school stamps to front endpaper. A very clean and complete copy still sturdily bound.Instructions for the care and operation of model A-I-E Hispano-Suiza aeronautical engines.With the start of World War I Hispano-Suiza turned to the design and production of aircraft engines under the direction of Marc Birkigt. His chief engineer during this period was another Swiss Louis Massuger. Traditionally aircraft engines were manufactured by machining separate steel cylinders and then bolting these assemblies directly to the crankcase. Birkigt's novel solution called for the engine block to be formed from a single piece of cast aluminum and into which thin steel liners were secured. Manufacturing an engine in this way simplified construction and resulted in a lighter yet stronger more durable engine. Hispano-Suiza's aero engines produced at its own factories and under license became the most commonly used aero engines in the French and British air forces powering over half the alliance's fighter aircraft. Increased demand during World War I required licensing of this engine manufacturing in France England and the U.S. The Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation later the Wright Aeronautical Corporation acquired the American rights and claimed improvements during further development. Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp. hardcover
191974513New York: Manufacturers Aircraft Association 1919. First edition. Octavo. 398 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographic illustrations on nearly every page and 3 folding color maps of the current air routes World Europe United States. Publisher's blue cloth with blue lettering. Binding somewhat soiled extremities worn old bookplate of a lending library but a very good and clean copy sturdily bound.The publisher did a excellent job on the this the first issue of yearly publication that would continue all the way to 1959. In addition to an article by Orville Wright there are histories of all the major American aircraft makers of the time: Aeromarine Plane and Motor Corporation Burgess Company Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation St. Louis Aircraft Corporation Dayton Wright Airplane Company Engel Aircraft Company Glenn L. Martin Company L-W-F Engineering Company Standard Aircraft Corporation Standard Aero Corporation of N.Y. Springfield Aircraft Corporation Sturtevant Aeroplane Corporation Thomas-Moore Aircraft Corporation Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation. There are also chapters on the flying aces of America France England Germany and Italy. Manufacturers Aircraft Association hardcover
74125Trenton NJ: John A. Roebling's Sons Company. First edition. Small octavo. 24 pp. with a plethora of photographic illustrations. Publisher's sewn blue printed wrappers with a window in the front cover to display a biplane aloft. Small marginal tear not afecting any text. A very good copy. None located by OCLC. The Roebling's history in Trenton dates to 1848 when John A. Roebling purchased 25 acres of land in Chambersburg Best known today as the "father of the Brooklyn Bridge" Roebling and the company he founded supplied cables from Trenton to most of the major suspension bridges built in United States during the first half of the 20th century. Among the dozens of major bridges using Trenton-made cable are New York City's Williamsburg Manhattan and George Washington Bridges as well as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.Roebling Lofts converted the "Clark Street Rope Shop" Building 101 erected in 1917 during WW I. It was an ultra-modern facility for its time with massive windows and a fire resistant design. It replaced an older factory that burned down in late 1915 allegedly by German saboteurs. Building 101 specialized in light- and medium-gauge wire rope such as used in aircraft. Perhaps the factory's most famous customer was Charles Lindbergh who specified Roebling wire for The Spirit of St. Louis the plane he flew non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. This has been called the single most influential flight in aviation history excepting the 1903 first-flight by the Wright Brothers who also used Roebling cables for bracing wings. Lindbergh used Roebling products for control cables to brace the wings for the ignition harness and the plane's lightning rod. The testing lab for the aircraft business was located on the 4th floor of the Clark Street factory including a massive machine designed to simulate stresses on wings. The machine survives in place on the 4th floor and is being preserved in a lounge for use by residents of Roebling Lofts. John A. Roebling's Sons Company unknown
1942313964New York 1942. 1p. on Sergievsky's personal letterhead. 8vo. Old folds lower right hand corner chipped not affecting text or signature otherwise a fine letter with a bold clear signature. 1p. on Sergievsky's personal letterhead. 8vo. A letter written by the renowned Russian ace and world record setting Sikorsky test pilot on behalf of Danish-born ballet and Broadway dancer Paul Haakon considered by many to be one of greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. <br /> <br /> Reading in part: "I have known Paul Haakon Longreen for over sixteen years. In the theatrical profession he is known under the name of Paul Haakon. It is very well known that he is one of the best dancers in the world. He gave up his dancing recently to become a flying instructor purely to serve his country. I sincerely believe that anything which could be done to facilitate his joining the United States Army Air Force reserve would benefit our war effort."<br /> <br /> Despite Sergievsky's recommendation in our letter it seems Haakon never became a combat pilot during WWII and instead toured as an entertainer with the United Service Organizations. He died in New York in 1992. unknown
197364264New York NY: The Two Continents Publishing Group Ltd. 1973. Folio. 222 26 pp. With 82 colour illustrations many large folding 125 black & white illustrations some full page and 160 printed photographs. Gray cloth gilt dirigible on front cover gilt lettering on spine minor foxing to a few fore-edges and creases of large folding plates w/ d.j. still a VG/NF copy. First edition in English of this surprisingly scarce and extremely detailed lavishly illustrated work examining the development of the non-rigid and rigid airships of over 50 different basic designs built in several countries over a span of nearly 50 years. This work ranges from the first experiments with the “La France†airship the complex Zeppelin giants such as the “Graf Zeppelin†the “Hindenburg†the “R-100†the tragic “R-101†as well as the “Akron†and “Shenandoah.†The Two Continents Publishing Group, Ltd., hardcover
1943117040United States Naval Institute 1943. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Tight and unmarked but lacks jacket. Illustrated throughout. 1943 issue. D35 Please email for photos. United States Naval Institute hardcover
195053099Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1950. 4to. 28 pp unpaginated. printed throughout in red & black. Pictorial softcovers printed in gray-blue black & yellow black lettering cover art of the Lockheed XF-90 fighter jet slight shelfwear NF copy from the library of David H. Kenyon 1918-2011 former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager as well as aviation consultant for Pan American TWA and the Venezuelan Airlines and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. First edition of this very rare promotional sales brochure for the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. detailing their accomplishments and aircraft available for civilian and military use at the beginning of the 1950s. Sections are included on the development of jet engines turbine propeller engines afterburners rocket engines electronic surveillance Lockheed facilities and manufacturing and more. This brochure was written and published before the USAF contract had been awarded for the newly requested penetration jet fighter and bomber escort. The two competitors were the Lockheed XF-90 developed by Willis Hawkins and the Skunk Works team under Kelly Johnson who built two prototypes which was the first USAF jet with an afterburner and the first Lockheed jet to fly supersonic. Unfortunately Lockheed’s design proved underpowered and the XF-88 Voodoo won the production contract. Worldcat locates 4 copies; Pace The Projects of Skunk Works: 75 Years of Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs pp. 52-55. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, paperback
195853091Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1958. Eight parts. 4to. 11 1; 13 3; 15 1; 14 2; 19 1; 19 1; 15 1; 15 1 pp. all issues separately paginated black white & coloured ink throughout. With over 250 photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams maps. All issues with self-printed softcovers bound together with brass split-pin bracket at gutter margin very slight uniform toning minor creasing to corners slight shelfwear VG set from the library of David H. Kenyon 1918-2011 former Lockheed engineer & military sales manager as well as aviation consultant for Pan American TWA and the Venezuelan Airlines and later President of the Southern California Wing of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers. First editions of these scarce original printings of the in-house history magazine published by the Lockheed Public Relations office at the end of 1957 into 1958. This work was published in chapters each with separate heading and intended to stand alone so subscribers and Lockheed employees could choose to collect them all or just some. Back issues were available for only a limited time in 1958. These magazines drew from a number of Lockheed archive scrapbooks company factory photographs with contributions from Robert & Courtlandt Gross Cyril Chapellet Carl Squier Allan Lockheed Walter Varney John K. Northrop all providing an excellent and informative history of Lockheed aviation through the first six decades of the 20th century. Worldcat locates 1 complete collection Hagley -- several institutions hold assorted chapters the 1980 Arno reprint or the later continuation of the history under the same title. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, paperback
