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1962382163Washington: Government Printing Office 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Multiple Senate Documents 87th Congress 2d Session bound in one volume. Thick octavo. With black and white photographs. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Ex-library with ink stamps front board and pastedown else no other markings. Moderate soiling to the boards very good. Contains the Senate hearing on the Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn Jr. No. 79: iii 126pp. black and white photographs and many important documents relating to the cold war foreign policy of the United States especially in Latin America. These include: Education for Survival in the Struggle Against World Communism No. 93: v 127pp.; Special Report on Latin America No. 80: v 62pp.; Latin America and United States Policies No. 82: v 85pp.; and Study Mission to South America No. 91: vi 17pp. A nice copy scarce in the trade. Government Printing Office hardcover
20142-0990606198Book Shed The 2014. Paperback. New. 598 pages. 11.00x8.50x1.35 inches. Book Shed, The paperback
1961382140Washington: Government Printing Office 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. House Documents Nos. 55 and 56 87th Congress 1st Session bound together with two other documents in one volume. Quarto. xxiii 278; xvii 186pp. black and white photographs and folding plates. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Ex-library with three small ink stamps front board and pastedown else no other markings. Moderate soiling to the boards very good. NASA's very scarce fourth semiannual report on Satellites Sounding Rockets Manned Space Flight Lunar and Planetary programs and other NASA programs and research. Bound with the equally scarce third annual report on America's activities in aeronautics and space exploration. Also included in this volume is Document No. 221: Operations of the Fulbright Program of the Department of State 158pp. and Document No. 234: Fifth Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program 110pp. OCLC locates only one copy of the Third Annual Report in the Fields of Aeronautics and Space and no copies of NASA's fourth semiannual report. Government Printing Office hardcover
1960382129Washington: Government Printing Office 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Two House Documents Nos. 361 and Nos. 454: 86th Congress 2d Session bound together in one volume. Octavo. vii 164; 180pp. black and white photographs and folding plates. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Ex-library with three small ink stamps front board and pastedown else no other markings. Light soiling to the boards very good. The very scarce second annual report on the NASA space flight program advanced aeronautics and space research and the NASA organization; and equally scarce third annual report on Project Mercury and other major programs experimental missions and related research. The first report is commoner. No copies in OCLC. Government Printing Office hardcover
186531117London: Chapman & Hall 1865. First Edition. THE DEDICATION COPY. A Copy with Fine Provenance being the copy given by the author to his mother the true dedicatee of the book as noted in the printed Dedication itself which reads "To The Lady Caroline Turnor and Christopher Turnor in Grateful Rembrance of Their Parental Care.This Volume is Dedicated by Their Son. The volume is further inscribed by hand as follows: <br><br>"My dear Mother<br> from her son Hatton<br>Knowledge is not Wisdom.<br>Knowledge puffeth up but Charity edifieth<br><br>This work was begun October 1863 &<br>finishes October 1864 from October till June<br>it was going thro' the prep<br> 21 June 1865" Profusely illustrated throughout including a chromolithographic frontispiece a photographic print tipped to the dedication page and 40 other full-page photozincographic plates on heavy paper and textual illustrations throughout in great number. Folio 326 x 252 mm. publisher's original royal-blue cloth the spine lettered in gilt the upper and lower covers decorated in gilt and blind original coated endleaves top edge gilt. xxiii 530 pp. A very handsome copy and very well preserved a little evidence of shelving and a little evidence of age but a very pleasing copy especially desirable in its present condition. THE DEDICATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION A COPY WITH WONDERFUL PROVENANCE. THE COPY GIVEN BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS MOTHER THE DEDICATEE OF THE BOOK WITH HIS PERSONAL THOUGHTS ABOUT WISDOM KNOWLEDGE PUFFERY AND CHARITY NOTED IN THE PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION AS WELL AS A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS OF THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THE BOOK.<br> Hatton Turnor's work covers and offers a vast survey of aeronautics and the literature available up until the time of the publication of his own work. The author gives a fine preface to the work in which he notes that his is the first great English publication devoted to the panorama of aeronautics. Chapters included are devoted to a study of the development of aeronautics from ancient times to the present to the ascents made from 1800 until 1864 to the subject of balloons used during war time to aerostats to the physical experience of ballooning in calm and storm to a caricature of the science itself and to a survey and consideration of the future of aeronautics.<br> The work is superbly illustrated throughout including the chromolithograph and original photograph at the front and the 40 additional full-page plates produced on heavy stock. Chapman & Hall hardcover
191888344Boston MA: W.S. Best 1918. First Edition. Octavo. 26.5cm. Publisher's bright green cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. 202pp. Strong solid and handsome some toning to spine and an old paper library label to tail; internally clean and fresh front hinge a little cosmetically cracked bookplate of the Library of the Army War College to front pastedown additional pencil library marks to contents leaf including a withdrawal stamp dated 1939 numerous plates some folding. A very good solid copy of a book that for some time in the early twentieth century was an indispensable reference work. <br /> <br /> Grover Cleveland Loening was one of those pioneering entrepreneurs of aviation who seems to have started out strong and just ascended from there. He managed a factory for the Wright Brothers in Dayton became chief aeronautical engineer for the army published this work became vice president of the Sturtevant Aeroplane Co. founded his own company and occupied major roles in military and civilian aviation up to WW2 when he was a consultant for Grumman and an advisor for the N.A.C.A. W.S. Best unknown
190919735<p><strong>Extremely rare document containing the rules for the kite contest organized to mark the inauguration of Port-Aviation on May 23 1909.</strong></p><p>The text dated May 13 1909 was written by Hugues Malenfer General Secretary of the Société d'Encouragement à l'Aviation which organized the contest.<br />It is indicated that this leaflet was distributed to subscribers of <em>L'Echo du Cerf-Volant</em> one of the first aeronautical magazines founded and directed by the young Georges Houard 1893-1964. This document comes from his papers.<br />Houard went on to become one of the great names in the aviation press publishing Les Ailes from 1921 to 1960.</p><p><strong>A touching document on the competition of little pioneers to inaugurate the world's first aerodrome at one of the very first international airshows.</strong><br />The kite contest was no mere anecdote either as the wind blew hard and the pilots were unable to fly as much as they would have liked. Impatient and frustrated spectators enthusiastically attended the contest.</p><p><em>Francis Bedei et Max Joy. L'Histoire de Port-Aviation 1909-1919. Le Mée-sur-Seine Amatteis 1993.</em></p>
192714071Roma: Stabilimento di Costruzioni Aeronautiche 1927. Mancante dei 52 lembi di calendario settimanale ma ben conservato. Calendario pubblicato dallo Stabilimento di Costruzioni Aeronautiche di Roma composto di 55 tavole cm 31 x 22 entro copertina cartonata con anelli d’ottone; le tavole avevano un lembo inferiore con i giorni della settimana con guida traforata per il distacco - il nostro esemplare è privo di queste porzioni-calendario ma è ben conservato per il resto. Ciascuna tavola contiene un'illustrazione applicata e un breve testo dedicato a particolari avvenimenti e personaggi della storia dell'aviazione militare e civile in Italia reparti e servizi dell'aeronautica competizioni e altro. Raro. Stabilimento di Costruzioni Aeronautiche unknown
190910469Washington: Government Printing Office 1909. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. x 801 pp. plates maps illus. First edition. In publisher's cloth. Soiling and minor wear to the binding; front hinge is starting to separate; some soiling and foxing to the textblock edges but the contents are generally clean. <br /> <br /> Beyond the annual report from the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution there are a large number of articles and contributions ranging from technological to geologic to ethnographic and more. Of particular interest is a report by George O. Squire "The Present Status of Military Aeronautics" pp. 117-144. It is a survey of worldwide developments in aeroplane heavier than air and dirigible designs and practice. Significant discussion of the testing of the Wright Brothers aircraft in September 1908 at Fort Myer VA. Includes many black and white pictures of aircraft and dirigibles including pictures of the Wright Brothers aircraft tested at Fort Myer. This piece is followed by an article by Pierre-Roger Jourdain "Aviation in France in 1908" pp. 145-159. Jourdain's article is from a conference under the auspices of the association of former pupils of the Faculty of Sciences of Paris in December 1908. It was translated from the Reveue Scientifique Paris February 13 1909. Quiet early scientific material on aviation. This copy with a previous owner name of Reinhardt Thiessen on the front free endpaper. Likely the same Thiessen that was a chemist and researcher and an authority of the origin and composition of coal. Government Printing Office unknown
190910468New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1909. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Octavo. xi 1 1255 1 pp. frontis plates illus. First edition. Bound in morocco-backed boards with corners. Light rubbing to the binding; contents clean and binding is solid. <br /> <br /> An interesting collection of papers but undoubtedly the contribution of principal interest is that of George O. Squire "The Present Status of Military Aeronautics" pp. 639 – 721. It is a survey of worldwide developments in aeroplane heavier than air and dirigible designs and practice. Significant discussion of the testing of the Wright Brothers aircraft in September 1908 at Fort Myer VA. Includes the Army request for proposals and specifications for both the aeroplane and dirigible aircraft. This specification resulted in the first U.S. military aircraft contract. Includes many black and white pictures of aircraft and dirigibles including pictures of the Wright Brothers aircraft tested at Fort Myer. American Society of Mechanical Engineers unknown
199556085Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1995-8. First Edition. First printings. Three large octavo volumes 25cm. Green cloth-covered boards titled in gilt on spines and front covers; pictorial dustjackets; 795636608pp. Mild lean to text block of v.2 else a uniformly Fine unmarked and new-appearing set. National Aeronautics and Space Administration unknown
193714100Torino: Tipografia Vincenzo Bona 1937 circa. Lievi aloni sulla brossura buono stato. Fascicolo spillato in brossura cm 30 x 22 pp 8 illustrate in nero. Opuscolo di presentazione della versione «TER» equipaggiata con mitragliatrici Breda-SAFAT da 12.7 mm del biplano progettato da Celestino Rosatelli ed entrato in servizio nel 1935. Tipografia Vincenzo Bona unknown
30435New York: Academy of Aeronautics This is the complete 2 volume set published by the Academy of Aeronautics at La Guardia Airrport in New York City. The spines on both volumes show some sun fading. Also on the upper few inches of both spines there is a black stain - as if some ink spilled there long ago. Otherwise the volumes are tight and very usable. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Academy of Aeronautics Hardcover
19791641Moscow: Nauka / Ðаука 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Tan flexi-bound hardcover first edition. Text in Russian. A good only copy of this scarce publication from the USSR on lunar soil samples. Minor musty smell. Corners heavily bumped and soil to the front cover and the text block edges. Flexible binding is solid and pages are firmly bound in. Interior appears to be unmarked. Bumping to the lower corners of the pages. One miscut page is creased toward the final gathering of the book. Filled with charts graphs and some black and white photos. 708 pp. title page in English and Russian but the text is solely in Russian. Hard to find in any condition. <br /> Nauka / Ðаука hardcover
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