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194515609Glenview IL: Naval Air Training Command 1945. First Edition. Wraps. Good . 4to. Illustrated wraps. Contemporary post binding added at left margin. Most paper lost from spine. Wrapper edges worn chipped. Internally clean sound. <br/><br/>An original illustrated manual issued to WWII Naval flight cadets training at NAS Glenview dated July 1 1945 to the title page. Generously illustrated throughout with dozens of original drawings likely the work of a single unnamed illustrator and photograph reproductions executed and lettered in a decidedly Seuss-ian style heavily influenced by modern cartooning lending a simplistic treatment to gravely serious and technical material. A portion of the "Safety" chapter on p. 29 with the exaggerated likeness of a pilot resting upon a cloud holding a harp wearing angel wings and captioned: "Don't try to be the 'hottest' pilot but try to be the 'oldest.'" and "There are bold pilots and there are old piltos 'But!' - there are no old bold pilots." Six chapters are broken into dozens of sections with titles like: Your Parachute Safety Inherent Stability Turns Normal Spins Landings Steep Turns Precision Immelmans Progressive Spins etc. The impact of the allied air campaign and skill of American pilots during World War II is seldom mentioned in modesty. This is a rare flight training publication and exceptional example of illustrative instruction. OCLC notes only 2 institutional holdings one at The Smithsonian the other in the aviation archives at Wright State in Dayton OH. None in commerce June 2015. 243pp. Naval Air Training Command paperback books
1919M8116Washington D.C.:: Government Printing Office 1919. 1919. 267 x 190 mm. Tall 8vo. 446 pp. Color frontis. extensively illustrated with photographs of aviation equipment in use physical examinations of flight candidates and test equipment constructed to test the physiological effects of flight conditions tables 1 folding index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth; rubbed inner hinge cracked. Very good. Government Printing Office, 1919. hardcover books
1919M8115Washington D.C.:: Government Printing Office 1919. 1919. 267 x 190 mm. Tall 8vo. 446 pp. Color frontis. extensively illustrated tables 1 folding index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth; rubbed. Very good. This extensively illustrated manual for the medical personnel of the United States Air Service contains numerous figures and plates including photographs of aviation equipment in use physical examinations of flight candidates and test equipment constructed to test the physiological effects of flight conditions. Government Printing Office, 1919. hardcover books
1983686221983. AVIATION. THE ULTRALIGHT PILOT CASSETTE GROUND SCHOOL. COmplete Guide to FLying Ultralights Safely with text and cassettes. n.p. Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc. 1983. Blue plastic three-ring binder with text and four audio cassettes. Very good plus. Aviation. unknown books
19702321New York: Macmillan 1970. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr. F/Nr. F lt soiling to rear dj panel. 308 pp including Index. 16 pp of b&w photographs. 8vo. <br/><br/>The history of aerial reconnaissance. Macmillan hardcover books
198437068San Francisco: The Lake Mojave Press 1984. First printing thus. A Roxburghe / Zamorano Club Keepsake limited to 150 copies. Blue paper wrappers with blue woodcut and blue title lettering printed to front wrapper. A VG copy. 14 2 pp. Two black and white photographic images. 12-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/> The Lake Mojave Press unknown books
19817156New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co 1981. 5th edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. VG. 878 pp including index illustrated thick 8vo. <br/><br/> Van Nostrand Reinhold Co hardcover books
15941The Heavier-Than-Air; The Aeroplane". 1918 English Translation from the original French as "A Course for the American Officers" in Paris for service in World War I. Written by Marchis a professor at the University of Paris. Mimeographed translation in English. A very rare example of early Franco-American cooperation on aeronautics especially under the threat of World War I and a glimpse in to the very earliest use of aircraft for military purposes. No examples of this rare mimeograph text are found in any institutional collection or library in the United States or abroad according to a search of OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Less than a decade following the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk North Carolina in 1902 flight was growing as an intense area of study both in America and across the Atlantic in Europe. Paris became a center for aeronautic discovery with the Deutsch-Archdeacon Prize given in 1906 to the first observed flight greater than 25 meters and the Aero-Club de France. This text book "Heavier-Than-Air; The Aeroplane" was originally published in parts from 1910 to 1912. World War I provided intense motivation on both sides of the Atlantic to push forward the development of the airplane to a usable form of transport as well as a weapon. The American troops deployed to Paris were put under the tutelage of Professor Marchis of the University of Paris to learn the mechanics of flight as well as operation and maintenance of aircraft and exciting recent developments. Professor Marchis had his groundbreaking text book translated hurriedly into English in order to accompany his courses to the American Officers in his training. One chapter begins "The Eiffel Tower was the first laboratory utilized by the celebrated engineer in his researches in aerodynamics carried on during the past ten years. Bodies thrown from one of the platforms of the tower have permitted a study of free fall in calm air." Other chapters explain "Data Varying with Altitude" "Gyration" etc. There are several double-sized or even much larger sheets of equations and hand-drawn graphs on blue carbon paper folded in to explain aspects of flight. One of the most exciting features of this book is the apparent speed under which it was translated and prepared for use. Double-prints of words "the the" pages that drop off midway through and pick up again on the following page spelling errors and misprints abound. The quality of the original printing varies dramatically as the mimeograph machine apparently lost ink. The hand-drawn carbon images of graphs are transferred directly from the original and not translated from French. The quality of the book demonstrates its immediate necessity for the immense task at hand in winning the war. Hard-bound brown half morocco covers. Spine labeled in gilt in French "L. Marchis Cours Aeronautique Pours Les Officers Americains." A large-sized thick book of over 300 pages. Rubbed on spine and corners. Partial split along spine. Very rare. unknown books
198628657Denver CO: State of the Art Ltd 1986. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the Author on the t.p. Color pictorial wrappers. Fine. 210 pp. Illustrated. 4to. 11" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> State of the Art Ltd unknown books
199326003Washington: Brassey's. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 002881021X . Second printing. Fine in a very near fine tiny closed edge tear at the top of the front panel dust jacket. . Brassey's hardcover books
16473Alicia Patterson. Vintage original Gelatin silver print press photo. January 7 1931. 8 x 7 in. Black/white photograph of a Alicia Patterson in her flight suit. Original press caption on back in part: "Sydney Australia. Alicia Patterson well known American Aviatrix who accompanied by Elizabeth Chase of Chicago left here yesterday January 6th to fly to Darwin North Australia 1960 miles away. Most of the route will take the daring girls over the practically uninhabited desert of the interior. They will pause for several days in a Central Australian Oasis for the Kangaroo Hunting. From Darwin the girls will proceed to Java Singapore China and the United States. After this historic flight Patterson went on to found the Pulitzler-Prize winning publication Newsday. Dated on back "R-1-7-31" January 7 1931. Very good. unknown books
1977662901977. AVIATION. WORLD WAR I AIRPLANES. Poughkeepsie NY: Leonard E. Opdycke 1977. Oblong 8vo. stapled pamphlet 24 xeroxed typscript pp. Touch of ruffling to edges gentle vertical crease to whole; very good. unknown books
