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194657091New York NY: Institute of Aeronautical Sciences 1946. 4to. 409 1 pp. i.e. 420. With over 200 pages of illustrated manufacturers advertisements most in colour along with price lists etc. some leaves printed on colour-tinted paper. Pebbled-blue publisher’s cloth Art Deco lettering & cover design in silver silver on spine slight shelfwear very slight bumping to couple corners still NF copy. Third edition revised & expanded of this invaluable catalogue tracing the changeover of the aviation industry from World War II production to civil airlines in the Post-War era. Companies include Aerojet from Azusa CA touting their rocket propulsion jets; Allison Division of GM their jet propulsion engines such as the engine for the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star; Edison Aeronautical Equipment; B.F. Goodrich airline wheels and brakes; Hardman Manufacturing “Siesta Seats†for passenger airliners; the United States Rubber Co. airline upholstery fabrics; and even Warner Aircraft Engines. Last half is a detailed directory of all manufacturers listing over 2000 aviation parts. Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, hardcover
193251853Los Angeles CA & Portland OR: Occidental Publishing Co. 145 S. Spring St.; Portland District Army Air Corps January 1932. Two pieces. 4to. 64 pp. Over 100 text illustrations photo illustrations colour-tinted illustration Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art advertisement for Eclipse aviation engine starters colour advertisements on verso and rear covers for Curtiss-Wright Union and Douglas Amphibion aircraft slight scuffing minor shelfwear minor creasing 1 small tear still VG copy; 4to. 1 printed leaf very slight edgewear & toning still NF copy. First edition of this scarce issue of the famed California trade magazine intended for the fast growing aeronautical industry on the West Coast detailing the Goodrich Airplane Tires in Alaska United Airlines and review of the Army Air Corps in 1931. Of special interest is the exceedingly scarce humorous broadside for the Portland District of the Army Air Corps Zoom announcing the Frolics for Pearson Field commanded by Lieutenant Carlton F. Bond in Vancouver WA featuring officers friends and family of the 321st Squadron with the Seventh Infantry Band. Occidental Publishing Co., 145 S. Spring St.; Portland District, Army Air Corps, paperback
195845753Stuttgart: Drei Brunnen Verlag 1958. Thick 4to. 736 pp. Photo frontispiece 100s of photo illusts. maps diagrams. Blue cloth silver lettering minor shelfwear w/o endpapers still G copy. First edition of this famed illustrated monograph on German aviation history from before World War I until 1932. The author provides an expansive and excellent history of the formation of the German air force early German aviation pilots in the German Colonies the development of planes and pilots during World War I the evolution of air racing in Europe and much more. Drei Brunnen Verlag, hardcover
188859637Paris: Maurice Dreyfous Editeur 20 Rue de Tournon 1888. Tall 8vo. 7 x 10.5 in. xxiv 308 pp. Frontisp. portrait w/ text woodcut engravings engravings from photo illustrations and plates throughout. Elaborately decorated & embossed red publisher’s cloth decorative lettering & borders in gilt silver & black a.e.g. minor bumping to corners wear to corners uniform interior light toning edgewear still G copy from library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude balloons after World War II w/ ownership stamp on front pastedown. Revised edition of this beautifully illustrated book on the history of balloon ascensions by the author and his brother Gaston as they were the most renowned balloonists of the Mid-19th-Century. Gaston Tissandier 1843-1899 was a noted chemist meteorologist aviator and editor whose works focused solely on scientific amusements as a way to encourage and promote scientific learning. He founded and edited the scientific magazine La Nature and even managed to escape the 1870 siege of Paris by flying a balloon and in 1883 created the first powered airship by attaching a Siemens electric motor to an airship. Albert Tissandier 1839-1906 was a noted adventurer aviator architect and archaeologist who collaborated with his brother on the magazine La Nature. See: Sofie Lachapelle Conjuring Science: A History of Scientific Entertainment and Stage Magic in Modern France 2015. Maurice Dreyfous, Editeur, 20, Rue de Tournon, hardcover
195661052Garden City NY: Doubeday & Co. Inc. 1956. 8vo. 318 pp. Numerous colour and black & white photo plates. Beige publisher’s cloth blue & black lettering front cover & spine pictorial map endpapers slight shelfwear w/ d.j. wraparound cover art of the couple with their Cessna 180 “Charlie†slight scuffing shelfwear NF/NF copy. First edition stated of this uncommon aviation adventure chronicling the aerial odyssey of the Thomas’s over Africa Europe the Middle East and into Central Asia with stops in Post-World War II Afghanistan Iran Saudi Arabia Israel North Africa Turkey and more. Doubeday & Co., Inc., hardcover
196960086Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co. Inc. 1969. 8vo. xiii 1 415 1 pp. With numerous black & white photo plates. Half-green over beige publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear rubbing w/ d.j. wraparound colour aerial photograph slight shelfwear NF/NF copy from library of George T. Banister w/ TLS laid-in addressed to Goddard and reply ALS from Gen. Goddard and copy inscribed by Goddard on title w/ clippings laid-in. First edition stated and signed chronicling the efforts of Gen. George Goddard 1889-1987 who pioneered aerial photography and began early studies in infra-red long-range photography aerial cameras photographic aircraft and field lab equipment for the US Military. Goddard writes in his poignant TLS to Banister that “I am please to know that you liked the book which I am sorry to say did not do very well. . . military books which were published in 1969 during the Vietnam War could not compete with books by Abbie Hoffman Dr. Spock Jane Fonda and their ilk.†Doubleday & Co., Inc., hardcover
4858Stiff Printed Wraps. Very Good. 4to. Seven items: 1. Northrop Flying Wings by Edward T. Maloney WWII Publications 1980 revised edition. 2. Pilot's Handbook for YB-49 Airplane by Northrop Aircraft Inc. Aviation Publications 1984. 3. The Horten Flying Wing in World War II - History and Development of the Ho 229 by H. P. Dabrowski Schiffer Publishing 1991.<br /> 4. Aviation Heritage November 1991 article by E. T. Wooldridge. 5. International Air Review Spring 1992 article by Michael O'Leary. 6. Air Fan International October 1995 article by René J. Francillon. 7. Air & Space Smithsonian July 1997 article by Daniel Ford. A fine collection of enthusiast publications on tailless aircraft. unknown
196962767Glendale CA: Heritage Press 1969. 4to. 79 1 pp. Over 150 photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams. Blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering w/ d.j. wraparound photo cover art minor chipping head & foot of spine minor dustsoiling shelfwear still VG copy from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition stated of this scare and lavishly illustrated history of the Stinson Family aviation pioneers whose Stinson Aviation Co. was founded originally in Hot Springs AR by Katherine Stinson b. 1891 the 4th woman to receive her pilot’s license in the U.S. and her mother. Her younger siblings Marjorie Jack & Eddie also had noted flying careers opened and operated the Stinson School of Flying in San Antonio TX and the youngest Jack founded the Stinson Aircraft Co. later in Dayton OH with Eddie. Scarce first in original dustjacket. Heritage Press, hardcover
192759061New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1927. 8vo. 318 pp. Frontisp. numerous photo illust. Blue illustrated publisher’s cloth cover art of Spirit of St. Louis on front cover illustrated endapapers w/ gilt lettering w/ d.j. cover art w/ initials CKS w/ N-X-211 in red creasing chipping edgewear closed tears tidemark to fore-edge of back cover still VG/Fair copy. First trade edition of the author’s famous account of his Transatlantic flight with biographical background and historical information. G.P. Putnam's Sons, hardcover
193963655New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1939. 8vo. 306 pp. Illustrated double-page title numerous text illustrations illustrated endpapers. Half-black over blue decorated publisher’s cloth minor edgewear slight rubbing w/ d.j. cover art by John O’Hara Cosgrave II minor edgewear creasing slight chipping head of spine very slight sunning still VG/VG copy w/ former owner’s bookplate on 2nd flyleaf. Eleventh printing d.j. 10th printing priced $ 2.75 of this surprisingly uncommon aviation classic and lyrical memoir of the author’s experiences as a pilot during wartime and surviving a crash in the Libyan desert while flying mail. Saint-Exupery 1900-1944 was a pioneering French aviator who flew both in the Spanish Civil War and World War II and is perhaps best remembered for his timeless classic The Little Prince. Reynal & Hitchcock, hardcover
201661378Denton & Lubbock TX: Univ. of North Texas; Texas Tech University Press 2016. Two vols. 8vo. xvii 5 440; xxiii 1 245 1 pp. Frontisp. in 2nd vol. with photo illustrations throughout. 1st vol. w/ blue boards black lettering & 2nd w/ half-beige cloth over Army green metallic green lettering both with d.j.’s NF/NF set. First edition 1st printing of both volumes detailing the careers personal lives and extensive training of the over 1100 women aviators flying as WASP ferry pilots during World War II. They delivered over 72 different aircraft logged 115000 flight hours and were crucial in the delivery of P-51 P-47 and P-39 fighter aircraft to the European theatre. Dorothy Scott was one of the pioneering women aviators initially known as WAFS Women’s Auxiliary Ferry Squadron and died in a mid-air crash at the age of 23 in Dec. 1943 over California delivering a P-39 fighter aircraft. Univ. of North Texas; Texas Tech University Press, hardcover
1996260603012AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some very minor wear but the individual magazines are in VERY nice condition. These are magazines that the previous owner had decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 2 years per book. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
1994260603011AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some very minor wear but the individual magazines are in VERY nice condition. These are magazines that the previous owner had decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 2 years per book. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
1992260603010AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some very minor wear but the individual magazines are in VERY nice condition. These are magazines that the previous owner had decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 2 years per book. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
1975260603003AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some very minor wear but the individual magazines are in VERY nice condition. These are magazines that the previous owner decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 2 years per book. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
1957260603001AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some minor wear but the interiors are very nice. These are magazines that the previous owner had decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 2 years per book. Volumes 1 and 2 are stated 4th printing but no date. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
1959260603002AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some minor wear but the interiors are very nice. These are magazines that the previous owner had decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 2 years per book. Volume 3 is a stated 4th printing but no date. Volume 4 is a stated 4th printing dated 1980. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
2004260603015AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 2004. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some very minor wear but the individual magazines are in VERY nice condition. These are magazines that the previous owner had decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 2 years per book. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
2002260603014AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 2002. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some very minor wear but the individual magazines are in VERY nice condition. These are magazines that the previous owner had decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 2 years per book. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
1984260603008AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some very minor wear but the individual magazines are in VERY nice condition. These are magazines that the previous owner had decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 2 years per book. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
2000260603013AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society 2000. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding has some very minor wear but the individual magazines are in VERY nice condition. These are magazines that the previous owner had decided to be bound in a hardcover binding very common for magazines and are bound 2 years per book. AAHS Journal American Aviation Historical Society hardcover
1980008309Toronto: Intruder Press 1980 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First No Additional printings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark grey cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ has two small tears on front. The 418 Squadron operated at night from bases in southern England against German aerodromes in France and the Low Countries. Arranged in five parts : Air-Force Recruit; Debden; Bradwell Bay; Cranwell and Ford; and Home Again. Of a First Edition of 1000 copies this is No. 57 of 399 copies signed by the author and co-author. No other writing. 339 pp. Intruder Press hardcover
1975W1852Edwards California: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1975. Postal cover 3 5/8" by 6 1/2" with a cachet celebrating the flight of NASA's experimental aircraft X-24B at the NASA Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The postal cover is boldly SIGNED by Johnny G. Armstrong the famed hypersonic test flight engineer who who spent most of his 55-year career at Edwards A.F.B. As he noted with his signature he was the Project Manager for the X-24B. The cover was postmarked July 15 1975 in Edwards California. Provenance: from the collection of Lee Saegesser Chief Archivist from 1967 until 1997 in the Washington DC NASA Headquarters History Office. Certificate of Authenticity available if desired. The autograph is bright and unfaded; the postal cover is clean and bright. SIGNED. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Fine. 3 5/8" by 6 1/2". Manuscript. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Paperback
19432110502150502442Toyo Keizai Shimposha 1943. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Toyo Keizai Shimposha paperback
19442110502150412305Nagoya Regiment District General School 1944. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Nagoya Regiment District General School paperback