Aviation Subjects

Zondervan, Grand Rapids MI, 1954. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. Zondervan 1954, second edition Burgandy hardboard with silver lettering, soft spin ends & bumped corners esle fine, clean pages turning tan, f.o name in pencil on ep, 142pp DJ missing large section from front top and bottom, chipped on back, remains intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction, Historical Aviation Subjects Inventory No: 000537. . more information

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W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A, 1994. First. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. WW Norton, first editon, Based on ten years of research, during which Randall Brink brought suits against the government, interviewed key witnesses willing to talk for the first time, reinterpreted photos and technical data, and made forays into the equatorial islands of the Pacific, Brink meticulously supports his shocking claim: Earhart's last flight was for a mission of espionage, and she was captured by the Japanese and held as a prisioner of war. NF/VG - small area inside of the DJ which apparently had gotten damp, discolored but not water stained, spine has slight discoloration at same location, also 1 inch closed tear on at fold of front flap. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History World Aviation Subjects ISBN: 0393026833 Inventory No: 000322. . more information

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Pocket Books, New York, New York, U.S.A, 1992. First Editon. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Clean bright copy. Clean. Fine in NF DJ, 1st/1st; DJ shelfwear top edge else fine. Illustrated with color photos, 344pp, map end-pages Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of Flight of the Intruder, Under Siege, and Cuba, has been hailed as the best contemporary author writing about flying. In The Cannibal Queen, he turns his storytelling genius to nonfiction with an exultant account of the summer of '91 -- of three glorious months spent exploring America from the cockpit of a 1942 Stearman vintage biplane. Joining the ranks of John Steinbeck and Charles Kuralt, Coonts takes us on an extraordinary adventure, touching down in all forty-eight of the continental United States, from sea to shining sea. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography Aviation Subjects ISBN: 067174884x Inventory No: 000580. . more information

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Henery Holt, N. Y, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. 1st / 1st, green cloth over board, f.o. name blackened w blk marker, (not neat) else clean and tight w light edge tone, DJ in new Mylar, maroon some scuffing, ends worn w small chips and creases, Not price clipped. 380 pps, colophon on end fly page, designed by Maurice Serle Kaplan w a beautiful "Owl" printers stamp, twelve global charts, four each for: Russia (before the USSR); British Empire; United States; six appndices: Paris Convention of 1919; The Nine Rules- 1922; Application of Treaty Article of 198- 1926; Chicago Convention-1944; International Air Servieces Transit Agreement-1944; and International Air Transport Agreement-1944; A great resource for history. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Aviation Subjects Antiquarian, Collectable History-Military Inventory No: 001547. . more information

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McGraw=Hill, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. Clean Bright copy, 366 pages including 20 charts for further study, tight square, clean copy, moderate shelf wear; This is a complete how to book for pilots who would like to explore the Eastern Caribbean or lower Antille Islands. It covers flight and en-rout planning, each of the territories, the appendices: piolot's briefing, check lists including charts, publications,, emergency gear, additional items to tlake, paperwork personal gear; Includes Tables, Club Med, Leeward Islands Air transport; further reading, FAA certified repair stations (dated)a Suppplemental Charts for information and index. Please Note that all technical information is dated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Aviation Subjects ISBN: 0070208158 Inventory No: 000034. . more information

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Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. Stated First edition, Random House - 210pp, white hardboard with blue spine, light shelf wear, spine ends bumped f.o. name plate inside front board DJ spine faded, light edgewear, inside flap has a yellow tinge to edges The U.S. U-2 pilots and their planes are brought vividly to life, with all the color, storytelling, and grace of the author's bestselling novels. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History World Aviation Subjects ISBN: 0394575075 Inventory No: 000539. . more information

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Link Aviation Inc, Bringhamton, New York, 1946. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Good/No Jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. Early childrens aviation text book printed by Link Aviation, this is the third priniting (Nov. 1946) first printed in Dec. 1945. A marbled coated board cover w/blue-gray pastdown wrap of various aircraft both wimsical and exsisting. 107 pgs, illustrated and indexed, toned throughout, loose binding w/library tape reinforcing front and back hinges, edges very worn corners frayed. Neatly written Library reference number on ffep and title, unknown sticker inside back cover (Gaylord patent). Overall a well written and highly illustrated w diagrams and b&w photos. Chapters include: Air transportation as it was then; History of Flight; Theory of flight; Aircraft -general structure, wings fuselage, etc.; the aircraft engine, flight technique, civil air regs; an extensive chapter on navigation; Meteolology, air traffic contorl and communications; questions and appendix. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Juvenile Non Fiction Aviation Subjects Antiquarian, Collectable Inventory No: 001757. . more information

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Turner Pub, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A, 1994. First Edition. Hard Back. Fine/Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. Atlanta, GA, Turner Pb., (1994). N Fine in a NFine Jacket. One corner bumped and light edge wear to Jacket, else an excellent copy. 383 pgs, Indexed, many photos, Shepard and the late Slayton, two of the original Mercury astronauts, here team up with two veteran space reporters to produce a firsthand account of the space program's early days. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Aviation Subjects History- United States Astronomy and Related Subjects ISBN: 1878685546 Inventory No: 001970. . more information

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Bantam Dell Pub Group, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A, 1985. First Edition. Hard Back. Near Fine/Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean bright copy. Clean. Maryland, Bantam Dell, (1985). 1st/1st HB Trade Edition. Gray board w/cloth black spine, somewhat sunned, DJ edges worn, closed tear on front, scrap scares w/ two small tear holes on back flap, (corresponding scrap marks on board) still sound jacket with general edge and flap wear not cliped. Yeager holds one's attention with the same ease that he brought to research and test flying. There is understatement in his descriptions of combat flying over Europe, of family life and his displeasure over having to be gone so long, of the years in the California desert; and his confident tone enhances these and other reminiscences in what has to be the aviation literature event of the year, and a bonus for general readers, too. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography Aviation Subjects ISBN: 0553050931 Inventory No: 001969. . more information

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