Aviation

Grahame-White, Claude & Harry HarperBiblio.com

OUR FIRST AIRWAYS THEIR ORGANIZATION EQUIPMENT AND FINANCE

191911663N. Y & London: John Lane Co. Very Good. 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean lt. Brown cloth with black lettering on spine. Text tight clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. B/W illustrations. Can air service be made safe Can it be made reliable Can it be made to pay Spine cloth slightly sun faded Aviation; B/W Illus.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 185 pages . John Lane Co. hardcover

Nick Bikoff, Bookseller · États-Unis50,00 $US≈ 42,31 €

[Aviation]Biblio.com

ORMER LOCKLEAR ARCHIVE

74692An archive of research and writing materials gathered for a biography of Ormer Locklear the daredevil aerial stuntman who was the first to change planes mid-air and died while filming the silent movie The Skywayman 1920. It took more than a decade for author Art Ronnie to research Locklearâ€™s life and find a publisher for his book Locklear: The Man Who Walked on Wings 1973. Born in Greenville Texas Locklear 1891â€“1920 became fascinated with flying when aviation pioneer Calbraith Perry Rodgers landed in a Fort Worth field to unclog a fuel line. With his brothers Locklear built gliders and later learned to fly after joining the U.S. Army Air Force in 1917 eventually becoming a flight instructor. He left the Army in 1919 and with two colleagues joined show promoter and manager William Pickens to form an aerial circus before he was recruited for the silver screen. In his personal life Locklear married Ruby Graves in 1915 but they separated in 1919 and thereafter she refused to grant him a divorce. After moving to Hollywood he became involved with silent screen actress Viola Dana who was at the airfield the night of the accident and witnessed his death. One of the key items in this archive is a scarce original poster for Locklearâ€™s first feature film The Great Air Robbery Universal 1919. After watching one of Locklearâ€™s aerial circus shows Carl Laemmle signed Locklear to a series of motion pictures. In this movie Locklear played Larry Cassidy a pilot for the U.S. Air Mail Service who defends a shipment of $20000 in gold from the villainous clutches of the evil Chester Van Arland Ray Ripley. The film made use of all the stunts that had made Locklear a household name as a barnstormer. The picture was a hit and Locklear was well on his way to a fabulous career on the silver screen. The stone lithographic posters measures 27â€ x 41â€ and features a portrait of the daring aviator. It is archivally framed with an acid-free mount and UV plexiglass. This film and The Skywayman are both considered â€œlost filmsâ€ as no known prints exists in archives. This archive also includes more than 300 hundred negatives and photographs of Locklearâ€™s short life and career that were collected by Art Ronnie from Locklear family members newspapers movie studios and historical societies. Included among them is a framed 8â€ x 10â€ black-and-white photograph that is signed by Locklear who is wearing his military uniform. A second framed photograph from his Hollywood days includes a signature framed below the photo. Neither of these images have been inspected outside the frame. Ronnie was a meticulous record keeper. This archive includes copies of letters the author wrote to Locklearfamily members friends film studios libraries and historical societies. It includes two expandable folders containing copies of the more than 300 letters Ronnie wrote researching the book with the recipientsâ€™ responses attached. He began his research in 1961 while working at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner using the newspaperâ€™s stationary with the intention of writing a magazine piece on spec. After the initial article was published he decided to pursue a book and many of his later letters reflect the struggle to find a publisher. By 1962 he is using Twentieth Century Fox Television letterhead after having switched careers to be a publicist with the network. Among the early letters Ronnie wrote is one to Locklearâ€™s sister Anita Mae Locklear who still lived in the familyâ€™s hometown of Fort Worth Texas. â€œWould you please write down anything you recall about Ormer â€“ his personality his motorcycling and racing days any amusing anecdotes his first desires to fly his decision to come to Hollywood and his funeral which I understand was one of the largest ever held in Fort Worth.â€ In her return letter Anita shared a few facts: â€œHe was flying with Pickens Flying Circus when the studio was interested and signed him up for the pictures.â€ Ronnie appeared to have the most success and the longest running correspondence with Locklearâ€™s brother James who became the point person for the family. The two men corresponded excitedly after uncovering a copy of the Barron Field Review which contained a photo feature of â€œLocklearâ€™s Class in Aerial Calisthenics.â€ Ronnie tracked down one of Locklearâ€™s fellow aviators who recalled in a letter that Locklear was fearless and often got in trouble for aerial antics: â€œHe liked stunts and thrills and experimented with crawling all over the plane which finally gave him the idea that he could change planes in the air.â€ Among the letters is a typed signed reply from the actress Mary Pickford who provides Ronnie with a contact to Charlie Chaplin and notes that her brother Jack and Ormer were good friends: â€œOn the night that Locklear was killed my brother was scheduled to go up with him but mother had prepared Jackâ€™s favorite dinner and as luck would have it the dinner was late.â€ Ronnie also chased down leads that didnâ€™t pan out. He corresponded in 1961 with movie producer Robert Youngson about a rumor that Locklear was one of the stunt pilots involved in the unplanned mid-air collision of two planes during the filming of the Harry Houdini movie The Grim Game. â€œMy own guess is that the stuntman on that wing could not possibly have escaped and must have been killedâ€ Youngson wrote. The publicity machine around the 1919 film claimed Houdini was involved and escaped the crash but Ronnieâ€™s research uncovered the fact that Houdini was nowhere near the planes. Miraculously his stunt double survived the crash with just a few cuts and bruises. After working on the project for more than a decade Ronnie landed A.S. Barnes as a publisher. One of the folders in this archive contains dozens of rejection letters he received from publishers between 1962 and 1971 when he signed his publishing deal. For the first several years he was represented by literary agent Carolyn Willyoung Stagg of Lester Lewis Associates. After receiving feedback from Holt she wrote the following in January 1962 to Ronnie: â€œAre you at all interested in doing a couple of consecutive chapters which will be less â€˜journalistic and slap-dashed styleâ€™ and will get down the essential motivation and characterization which made Locklear a colorful figureâ€ In 1969 Barnes rejected Ronnieâ€™s manuscript but decided to move forward with it in 1971. He was paid a $250 royalty advance. Once the book went to press Ronnie pushed the publisher about its promotion and sales strategies taking on much of the public relations campaign himself calling in favors and urging those he knew in the media to mention his book. He seemed less impressed with Barnesâ€™ sales efforts writing to Julien Yoseloff of Barnes in October 1973: â€œWhen a book has received the publicity Locklear has I believe it behooves the publisher to let the booksellers know about itâ€¦I believe the publicity Locklear has received in very unusual. In addition to reviews more than 800 newspapers have mentioned it and excerpts have appeared in eight magazines.â€ Ronnieâ€™s personal copy of the book is included with the archive. It contains his bookplate and is inscribed by Viola Dana and her sister Shirley Mason also an actress from the silent film era. This copy is also signed by Jimmy Doolittle who provided Ronnie with an opening quote for the book. The materials including several typescript versions of the book in this collection are stored in three banker boxes and all the materials are in very good condition. This archive provides a complete record of an important early aviator who transitioned into movie making. In addition it is an important writers archive demonstrating how original research is developed and the evolution of a book as well as its printing and promotion. Please inquire for a complete inventory of this archive. unknown

Johnson Rare Books & Archives · États-Unis5 000,00 $US≈ 4 230,50 €

Scott, Blanche StuartBiblio.com

ORIGINAL SNAPSHOT PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY BLANCHE STUART SCOTT

1931W2423Unknown Place: Unpublished 1931. The press called Blanche Stuart Scott 1884-1970 the "Tomboy of the Air" in celebration of her groundbreaking role as a pilot. In addition to being the first American woman to fly solo she was the first woman stunt pilot and the first to fly from coast to coast. The picture appears to have been signed at an airshow clearly after Scott's soloing days were over. The autograph in blue ink remains bright and unfaded--as is the snapshot itself. . SIGNED. Original. Single Sheet. Near Fine. 5 7/8 inches by 3 1/2 Inches. Manuscript. Unpublished

Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €

(EARLY AVIATION) MORRISS, BudBiblio.com

Original Photograph and Stickpin.

191673081Chicago and Grand Rapids: Bud Morriss Airplane School 1916. Original photograph of "Bud" Morriss and his chief engineer Tony Stadlman at the controls of his flying boat. Photograph measures 3 x 2 1/2 inches. It is in the original frame and with the original label on the verso which reads; "This is an authentic photograph taken in Grand Rapids 1915 of P. G. B. Bud Morris at the controls of his Benoist Flying Boat accompanied by his Chief mechanician Tony Stadlman who later became Superintendent of the Lockheed Airplane Company of Burbank." Together with an original stickpin for the school in brass and blue and with an image of a biplane. It reads "Bud Morriss Airplane School Chicago 1916." The original celluloid covering the photograph is still present. Rare mementos of an early and influential aviator and his aviation school.Percival George Brockhurst Morriss 1884-1944 a native of England learned to fly at Brooklands racetrack in 1909. Soon after that he came to the United States. A former assistant engineer in the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company he championed the use of wireless to communicate with airplanes in flight. Later the same year he learned to fly a Bleriot in England and then joined the Curzon aviators. In 1914 he operated a flying boat service on the Chicago lake front and in the same year was managing editor of Aero & Hydro an aviation weekly paper. In 1915 he opened the Bud Morriss Flying School in Chicago. His next venture was with the Benoist Aeroplane Co. of St. Louis serving successively as assistant pilot and instructor Chief instructor and finally as vice-president and sales engineer. In 1917 he served as a member of the Chicago Aero Commission. During the First World War he enlisted as a seaman in the Navy in which he served for 18 months. Upon discharge Morriss was executive officer of aviation schools at a naval air station. Anthony Stadlman was in 1886 in Bohemia. He emigrated to the United States from his home in what was then Czechoslovakia in 1906 ispired by news of the aviation work of Orville and Wilbur Wright. By 1910 he was helping to build flying machines at the Chicago School of Aviation. For a short while he was chief engineer at the Bud Morris Aviation School. The Lockheed Aircraft Corporation originally called the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company was organized in the summer of 1916 by brothers Allan and Malcolm Loughead. Their plant was located in the rear of a garage on State Street in Santa Barbara. Tony Stadlman met Allan Loughead on a Chicago airfield and became superintendent of manufacturing when the company changed its name to Lockheed in 1927. Bud Morriss Airplane School unknown

Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA · États-Unis275,00 $US≈ 232,68 €

Women in Early AviationBiblio.com

Original Photo of Female Pilot a Testament to Women's Role in Early Aviation Circa 1920s

18789Women in Aviation. Silver gelatin print photo of female pilot sitting in early aircraft with her hands on the gears the body of the plane partially visible behind her. Circa 1920s. 4.75" x 6.5" inches. Legislative barriers as well as social and economic factors made it nearly impossible for women to participate in early aviation. Getting through flight school and gaining access to a plane to fly was a testament to the incredible tenacity and resources required for a woman to access both. Photo shows a woman sitting belted to pilot's seat one hand on each large gear shift feet prepped on the thin ledge above the plane's front tire. She wears a gingham hat cut close to her head a wool coat wool pants and knee-high leather boots with protective-wear covering the shins. The plane's front tire is muddy suggesting she's just landed in a field. A few ink spots do not obstruct the plane or female pilot. This original photo is evidence that women participated in early aviation. Overall good condition. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis225,00 $US≈ 190,37 €

Butler, Howard KBiblio.com

Organic Aviation in the Ground Arms 1941-1947

1992009048Saint Louis Missouri: United States Army Aviation Systems Command Historical Office 1992. 8.75" wide by 11" tall. A bright clean tight copy. The spine is square and flat although it does have two light reading creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Sequel to the author's earlier book ARMY AIR CORPS AIRPLANES AND OBSERVATION 1935-1941. Illustrated with 109 b/w photographs -- primarily full-page shots of planes rotary-winged autogyros and helicopters. Bound in the original off-white wraps stamped in black on the spine and front cover. From the preface: "This book resumes as it were the narrative. After some background necessary both for those who did not read ARMY AIR and those unfamiliar with the game and some of the players this second installment on the origins of what is today Army aviation speaks of the foundation of organic aviation in the Ground Arms the expansion of aviation the interplay amongst the major Army elements on the question of aviation the standing of aviation between war's end and the secession of the Air Corps from the rest of the Army and because of its overwhelming importance in later decades to Army aviation the maturation of the rotary-winged aircraft and its placement in the Army.". First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good condition. xx 636pp. United States Army Aviation Systems Command, Historical Office Paperback

About Books · États-Unis265,00 $US≈ 224,22 €

Biblio.com

Oregon Air News 70 Issues July1940 to December 1955

194913826Salem Oregon: The Oregon State Board of Aeronautics. Very Good. 1949-1955. First Edition. Magazine. Includes 10 issues from the first two volumes then a straight run from volume 3 no. 1 to vol. 7 no. 12. The first two volumes are 8 1/2x11 4 pages the rest are half that size 6 to 10 pages. A very scarce bit of Northwest aviation history. First two volumes are punched for a three ring binder the rest have gummed tabs applied for the same purpose. Should be removeable if you wish as they are water based and a damp sponge will remove them. I've never seen another copy of this publication. The only xlib marks are a stamp or pencil notation in the upper right corner. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . The Oregon State Board of Aeronautics unknown

Robert's Bookshop · États-Unis300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

Aircooled Motors CorporationBiblio.com

Operators Handbook and Parts Catalog Franklin Aircraft Engines: Model 4AC-176

194025793Syracuse NY: Aircooled Motors Corporation. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1940. First Edition. Softcover. Also includes several service bulletins for those engines plus carburetors and magnetos. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 47 pages . Aircooled Motors Corporation paperback

Robert's Bookshop · États-Unis75,00 $US≈ 63,46 €

Various / UnstatedBiblio.com

Operators Handbook Restricted Double Wasp A and B Series Engines

6104East Hartford Connecticut: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation. Third Edition January 1943. East Hartford Connecticut: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation Third Edition January 1943 8vo 170pp spiral bound blue paper covers diagrams folding charts -- Corners moderately bumped covers lightly soiled -- Good condition X1510 Quantity Available: 1 Category: Aviation; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 006104. East Hartford, Connecticut: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation. Third Edition, January, 1943 unknown

Lonesome Water Books · États-Unis95,00 $US≈ 80,38 €

Pratt & WhitneyBiblio.com

Operator's Handbook: Wasp Jr. B Wasp H1 and Hornet E Series Engines Part No. 49130

194127592East Hartford CT: Pratt & Whitner Aircraft. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1941. Second Edition. Metal comb binding. Small chip to the upper right corner of the front cover. ; 8"; 103 pages . Pratt & Whitner Aircraft unknown

Robert's Bookshop · États-Unis75,00 $US≈ 63,46 €

(Faa), Federal Aviation AdministrationBiblio.com

Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

1329650301.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback

Bonita · États-Unis58,11 $US≈ 49,17 €

Rayner, GeoffBiblio.com

One Hurricane One Raid

1990biblio2841st edition Signed by author Airlife Publishing Ltd hardcover

Olympia Books · États-Unis70,00 $US≈ 59,23 €

Watts, W Ken Sqn LeaderBiblio.com

One Airman's War. An Australian Fighter Pilot's Experience of a Lifetime

1990BIB330848Melbourne: Published by Author. No DateCirca 1990. Square Small Quarto Size approx 21x23cm. Good Condition. Covers rubbed and lightly foxed. Some mild foxing to endpapers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Copies of flight logs. Map. List of Australian personnel Stalag Luft 1 Barth Germany 1943-1945. Inscribed and signed by author to previous owner. Scarce title. 100 pages approx. The author served with the RAAF and RAF from 1940 until 1945 - including as a POW and this book relates his experiences during that time. . Good. 1st Edition Presumed. Softcover. Published by Author paperback

Adelaide Booksellers · Australie75,00 $AU≈ 49,43 €

Mitchell, John HBiblio.com

On Wings We Conquer. In Alis Vicimus. The 19th and 7th Bomb Groups of the United States Air Force in the Southwest Pacific in the first year of World War Two. Signed

1990BIB330824Springfield Missouri: Published by Author. 1990. Large octavo size 16x24cm approx. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Signed by author of front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 201 pages. . Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. Published by Author hardcover

Adelaide Booksellers · Australie200,00 $AU≈ 131,82 €

Granger, Byrd HowellBiblio.com

On Final Approach: The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

1991059922Scottsdale AZ: Falconer Publishing Co. 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth lettered in silver foil. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with a few surface scratches to rear panel now in mylar. 1st ed. viiv4822410821195320 pp. illus. Falconer Publishing Co. Hardcover

Saucony Book Shop · États-Unis65,00 $US≈ 55,00 €

CHANDLER RobertBiblio.com

Off the Beam. The Memoirs of an Aircraft Radio Operator. Foreword by Air Vice Marshal Donald Bennett. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

197024691David Rendel 1970. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece and endpaper maps; brige cloth backstrip lettered in black a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of comparatively few wartime accounts by a radio operator who began flying pre-WWII with Imperial Airways. His wartime service included National Air Communications chief radio operator to the Air Observers' Navigation School and finally RAF Ferry Command for the remainder of hostilities. After the war he worked with British South American Airways. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. David Rendel, hardcover

Island Books · Royaume-Uni40,00 £GB≈ 45,67 €

Irbitis, KarlisBiblio.com

Of Struggle and Flight The History of Latvian Aviation

1986AER0242Stittsville Ontario: Canada's Wings. As New in As New dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0920002366 . 211 pp. Index. Photos diagrams. Unread. A fascinating look at the history of aviation development and aircraft design in the Baltic state of Latvia between the First and Second World Wars. Written by one of its leading aviation engineers who went to Canada and worked on the development of a VTOL aircraft at Canadair. Cover art by Don Connolly. Heavy book. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Canada's Wings hardcover

Riverwash Books · Canada110,00 $US≈ 93,07 €

Irbitis, KarlisBiblio.com

Of Struggle and Flight: The History of Latvian Aviation

1986012174Canada's Wings 1986. 211 pp. The author " . Latvia's most prolific aircraft designer describes it all from the earliest pioneers to the final Soviet occupation--military and civil aviation flying clubs and airlines competitions and long-distance flights aircraft design and production." Numerous b&w photos and figures. Red cloth. A bright clean copy. . Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Canada's Wings hardcover

Frabjous Books · Canada300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

[AVIATION -- LOCKHEED]. [JUERGENS, Philip L (Ed).]Biblio.com

Of men and stars: A history of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1913-1957 Chapters I-IX March - January.

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

Zephyr Used & Rare Books · États-Unis200,00 $US≈ 169,22 €

Montague, RichardBiblio.com

Oceans Poles and Airmen: The First Flights over Wide Waters and Desolate Ice autographed

1971007540New York: Random House 1971. 307pp/illus. Inscribed by author on ffep. Exploration and adventures in flight in the 1920's and 1930's. Clean. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House hardcover

DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books · États-Unis59,50 $US≈ 50,34 €

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TECHNICAL CENTER ATLANTIC CITY NJBiblio.com