Search Results: Aircraft and Air Combat from Sweet Beagle Books

Air Power Development Centre. Fine. 2008. Paperback. No defects, book is As New. . Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 196 pages. G5 .

Air University Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1999. Softcover. No defects; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 312 pages. L3 .

Washington DC. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. 1st US Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Back panel of jacket is lightly rubbed, now protected with acid-free polyester sleeve. Book has no defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . "The true story of 2/Lt. Leslie Blacking, a nineteen-year-old pilot sent to serve with the 207 Squadron on the Western Front during the summer of 1918." Black cloth cover. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. F2 .

Robert Hale. Very Good. 1960. 1st Edition. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth boards are a bit dinged, a few light stains. Formerly owned by the U. S. Air Force, and the book bears discard stamps on the endpapers. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Includes 13 photographic plates. Lacking the dust jacket. . Author was one of Germany's top bomber pilots in World War Two, and these are his memoirs. A solid copy of the second printing. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 224 pages. J1 .

NY. NY: A & W Publishers, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1978. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. No defects in book or jacket. . Covers military and civil aviation from the beginnings to the date of publication. Alphabetically arranged with over 1000 reference illustrations. Includes technical glossary. Jacket is protected with acid-free mylar cover. Gift quality. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 320 pages. K0 .

World Book Company. Very Good. 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Several instances of penciled notes have been erased but some may have been missed. Book is in VG condition; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Owner name inked to first endpaper. An envelope is glued to the back pastedown where a protractor was once stored. Lacking the protractor and dustjacket. . This is the first edition (NAP) of an early textbook on aeronautics published in 1941. It is NOT the later revised edition or paperback edition. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 660 pages. C2 .

Washington DC. Washington DC: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Very Good. 1970. 1st Edition. Softcover. Blue paper covers have a few spots, small tear, minor sunning and cracking to spine with small loss of paper at foot. Mild corner bump. Contents are Fine, appear unread. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Eleven early papers associated with a symposium on lifting body flight test and landing studies done on the space shuttlecraft. A NASA Technical Memorandum. Scarce. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 159 pages. B0 .

Air Force History & Museums Program. Fine with no dust jacket. 2002. Softcover. No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; appears to be unread. . Printed on coated paper, profusely illustrated with b/w photos. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 388 pages. L3 .

Hounslow Press. Very Good+. 1998. 1st Edition. Paperback. Card covers are a little curled and bent at corners, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . The search continues. . Trade PB. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 414 pages. U1 .

Naval Institute Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. 1st Edition. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Dust jacket is rubbed, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has bookplate of former owner on verso of half-title page, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . A handsome copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 265 pages. A3 .

Naval Institute Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Jacket is a bit stressed at top edge, now in protective mylar cover. No defects in book; pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . Nineteen articles on aspects of the subject. Includes a section on naval aviation and organization, glossary of terms and abbreviations, selected bibliography, index, and an Introduction by John McCain. A beautiful copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 321 pages. I6 .

Harcourt Brace & Co.. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine book in Good jacket. Dust jacket is chipped and creased at extremities, 1.5x1-inch chip at bottom edge of back panel, creasing to back panel, rubbed. Front panel and spine of jacket are still bright and attractive, now protected by fresh mylar cover. Book has no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . This is a popularized scientific treatment of the effects of flying on the human body. Chapters include adjustment to temperature, respiration and breathing, Oxygen masks, aeroembolism, pressure suits, changes in speed and direction, positive and negative acceleration, eyes, ears, and much more. Illustrated with photos and drawings. A handsome copy of the first edition, in dust jacket. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 332 pages. K6 .

Naval Institute Press. New in New dust jacket. 2010. 1st Printing. Hardcover. New, no defects. . Sixteen essays by as many authors treat aspects of the general topic. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 336 pages. I4 .

Air Force History and Museums Program. Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Softcover. No other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Printed on coated paper. . Trade PB. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 501 pages. L3 .

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in VG* dust jacket. Book has no defects, jacket has a one-inch tear along the spine and light rubbing at edges, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 294 pages. L4 .

Shrewsbury, England. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife Publishing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Jacket has minor creasing at top of spine, now protected by fresh mylar cover. No defects in book. Pages are crisp, tight, unmarked; book appears unread. . The tale of the world's most famous collection of flyable historic airplains from the birth of flight until World War Two. B/w illustrations. A beautiful copy of the first edition. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 214 pages. K3 .

Hicksville, NY. Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Jacket is heavily rubbed on front panel and edges, spine is age-toned, now in fresh mylar cover. Book has sticker residue on back pastedown, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering, a beautiful copy. . Novel tells the story of a bomber pilot in World War Two, delving into the psychology, strategy, and morals of war. . Octavo - 8vo. 118 pages. M3 .