Aviation

Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books Inc., 1978. VERY GOOD to NEAR FINE book condition/GOOD+ dust jacket. Navy blue cloth hard cover with gilt lettering on spine. Tiny amount of edge & corner scuff. Colorful glossy dust jacket with edge & corner rubs & 1/2" closed tear at top front spine. Small amount of shelf scuff. Photograph of An English Electric Lightning travelling at 1,300 mph on front cover. The back cover is a picture of: Poster for the Nice Aviation Meeting of April 1910. Illustrated end papers. Very short biography of author on back flap. "The hundreds of photographs and drawings in this book have been specially selected to show clearly the countless technical innovations that have led to greater and fuller mastery of the air. The ever increasing efficiency of engines, from improvements in propellers to the introduction of jets; advances in the understanding of aerodynamics leading to the grace and beauty of many modern aircraft -- these and many other developments are presented by the author in a readily understandable form." 320 pp with index. Very clean, tight book. Appears unread. Extra postage of $2.00 (total $6.00) for US Non Priority mail required because of size & weight. (See Shipping Rates or Terms of Sale for additional information.) Contact seller for additional international shipping costs prior to ordering. Picture is provided by the seller & is of actual book you will receive. . Unstated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co, 1928. FINE book condition/NO dust jacket. Navy blue silk-like hard cover with gilt lettering on front & spine. Corners & edges square & have only a very light trace of rub. Spine ends very lightly shelf dented. Tops of pages have the original color. Rough cut pages. Black & white illustrated end papers showing flying maneuvers. Hinges are slightly loose. Dark fingerprint smudge on bottom back cover. Heavy paper moderately tanned. Eighteen chapters of the flight adventures of the brothers, Red & Dan McGee during World War I. 264 pp plus 8 pages describing different maneuvers during flight. Pages are clean, tight & unmarked. Picture is provided by the seller & is of actual book you will receive. . Unstated - Presumed First. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Macaulay Co., 1936. VERY GOOD book condition/NO dust jacket. Light copper cloth cover with black lettering on spine. Extremely light shelf dent to bottom of spine. Hinge gauze visible at page 16 & page 80 but still firmly attached. Glyn Morgan, the Welsh detective, investigages the murder of a secretary who was murdered at at aviation club dance. 313 pp. Pages clean. Picture is provided by the seller & is of actual book you will receive. . Presumed First. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1970. VERY GOOD to NEAR FINE book condition/NO dust jacket. Burgandy cloth hard cover with gilt lettering & NASA logo on front, slightly sun faded gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner bookplate on front paste down. Profusely illstrated with photographs from space of earth, the moon, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and the sun. Most of the photos are full color, but there are a few in black & white. Also infa-red photos. "At the beginninf of the 1970's, 12 men and a handful of automated spacecraft have looked back at Earth from distances as great as the orbit of its natural satellite, the Moon. Some of the images their lenses have captured, taken at ranges approaching a quarter of a million miles, are reproduced on these pages." A different way to view the planet we call home.182 pp with index. Very clean & tight. Appears unread. Picture is provided by the seller & is of actual book you will receive. . Presumed First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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