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The Exploration of Mars by Ley, Willy and Wernher Von Braun - 1956: With 16 Paintings in Color and 5 Black and White

by Ley, Willy and Wernher Von Braun

The Exploration of Mars by Ley, Willy and Wernher Von Braun - 1956

The Exploration of Mars: With 16 Paintings in Color and 5 Black and White

by Ley, Willy and Wernher Von Braun

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New York: Viking Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. Bonestell, Chesley. Green cloth-covered boards show a bit of wear at top and bottom spine edges and front corner tips, but front board has the cloth worn away 2" along the front edge at the top. Boards are clean, but front board has a nickle size darkened spot and rear board has a darkened area along the top rear corner and another streak of the same along the middle of that board. Front board has a stamped in indentation of a rocket pointing toward mars. Decorative free front end papers and paste downs of ancient world maps. Interior pages are clean and unmarked. 176 pages include illustrations and paintings, an index of tables and bibliography.

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  • Edition First edition
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  • Publisher Viking Press
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1956
  • Keywords Space Exploration; Mars
Helicopters of the Third Reich

Helicopters of the Third Reich

by Steve Coates with Jean-Christophe Carbonel

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United Kingdom: Classic Publications, 2002. Foxing to title pages. 224 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Alberto Santos-Dumont: I Sailed the Wind
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Alberto Santos-Dumont: I Sailed the Wind: From Mastering the Steering of Balloons to the Conquest of Heavier-than-Air Flight 1898-1910

by Joao Luiz Musa, Marcelo Breda Mourao & Ricardo Tilkian

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9788520915554
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8520915558
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Aviation - Hardback First Edition (in English) Limited to 5000 copies
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Avro, Lancaster to York; Civil Lancasters, Lancastrians & Yorks

Avro, Lancaster to York; Civil Lancasters, Lancastrians & Yorks

by King, Derek A.

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9780851304908
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0851304907
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Tonbridge: Air-Britain 978-0-85130-490-8 [978-0-85130-490-8] 2018. (4to) 390pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Black & white and color photographs and illustrations, tables, appendices, bibliography. Minor bumps to the corners. (Transportation, Avro Aircraft--Lancaster, Avro Aircraft--Lancastrian, Avro Aircraft--York).
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Avro Arrow Orenda Training School Notes

Avro Arrow Orenda Training School Notes

by Avro Aircraft

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Avro [no date]. (loose pages) Fine. Approximately 100 hole-punched loose pages of confidential technical instructions on the Orenda engine including illustrations. (Military--Canada, Avro Arrow, Technical Manuals--Avro Arrow).
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Through Cuba to Oblivion

Through Cuba to Oblivion

by McVicar, Donald M.

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Dorval: Ad Astra Books [0-9696229-5-3] [circa 1994]. (4to plastic comb binding) 161pp. Very good. Signed with an inscription by the author. Illustrations, photographs, map. (Transportation, Airlines--Canada, World Wide Airways).
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Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation

Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation

by Taylor, Michael J.H. (editor)

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0517691868
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New York: Portland House [0-517-69186-8] [1989], later printing. (4to) 948pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Black and white and color photographs, index. "Over 200 illustrations recording the history of flight". (Military, Aircraft, Aviation, Encyclopedia).
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Aerial Transport
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Aerial Transport

by Thomas, G. Holt

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Illustrated
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First edition. xviii+259 pp.+65 B&W illustrations and 4 folding maps in two colours h.t. 25,2x19,5 cm. Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1920.
--- Blindstamped cloth gilt (publishers bindint). Occasional foxing, light edgewear.
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The Rocket Book
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The Rocket Book

by Newell, Peter

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By Peter Newell, author of "The Hole Book". The Rocket Book, Harper & Brothers Stated October, 1912 First Printing. USED. GOOD+ CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET INCLUDED. 7 1/8 X 8 7/8. Seller's Note: Sadly, (no one is sadder than me) the Front paper paste-down label has been removed from cover. Minor corner-bumps. No titling on spine if printed there originally. Pages are all present, in nice shape, and affixed to binding. HOLE-DRILLED straight through the book. RARE IN THIS FIRST PRINTING.
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Yukon Wings

Yukon Wings

by Cameron, Robert B.

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9781897181621
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1897181620
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Calgary: Frontenac House 978-1-897181-62-1 [978-1-897181-62-1] 2012, 2nd printing. (4to) 353pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Map endpapers, black & white and color photographs, list of airlines, cast of major characters, notes, indices. Locale: Yukon. (Transportation, Aircraft--Civil, Bush Pilots).
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The Avro Canada C102 Jetliner

The Avro Canada C102 Jetliner

by Floyd, Jim (Edited by Noel Hudson.)

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Hardcover
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9780919783669
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091978366X
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Erin: Boston Mills Press [0-919783-66-X] 1986. (4to) 280pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Color frontispiece, photograph front endpaper, illustration back endpaper, black and white and color photographs, graphs, diagrams, appendices, notes. Edited by Noel Hudson. Foreword by R. Dixon Speas. (Transportation, Avro Aircraft, C102 Jetliner, Avro, Civil Aviation--Canada).
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Collier's Octoberr 18, 1952 Man On The Moon

by Willy Ley, Fred L. Whipple, Wernher Von Braun, Cornelius Ryan; Color Cover And Interior Illustrations By Chesley Bonestell

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First Edition
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Springfield Oh: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 1952. First Edition . Wrappers. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 16 3/8" Tall. 86 Pages, Lightly Used, Bright And Clean.
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THE BATTLE OF EASTLEIGH
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THE BATTLE OF EASTLEIGH

by Bolle, Frederick N

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Octavo (8 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches) New York: United States Naval Air Force, 1918. First Edition. oblong format, 144 pages illustrated with black and white halftone photographs, and a map, original gray cloth, hardcover, good condition (lower right corner of front cover slightly bumped, minor shelf wear to lower spine, not affecting contents which are clean and complete).

This is a unit history, with many photos of the Eastleigh U. S. Navy repair base in England during World War I; its officers and men. There are many photos of early military aircraft, and an essay on "Liberty Twelves" and "DeHavilands."
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Sky High
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Sky High: The Story of Aviation

by Hodgins, Eric ; F[rederick] Alexander Magoun

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 8vo. xx, 338 pp. Bound in full red cloth, title and decoration stamped in black on cover and spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Includes index. Hodgins would later write the novel Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and its sequel Blandings' Way. Near Fine, minor age-toning to pages, otherwise clean, hinges tight, binding bright and clean, faintest of rubbing to bottom edge, in Very Good+ dust jacket with age-darkening to spine, rubbing and chipping to extremities, light soiling. Beautiful copy.
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TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF FLIGHT IN AMERICA: A Bicentennial Survey
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TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF FLIGHT IN AMERICA: A Bicentennial Survey

by Emme, Eugene M. (editor)

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3rd Printing
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9780877031017
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0877031010
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San Diego, California: American Astronautical Society (AAS), 1981. xvi, 310 pages. Third printing of Volume 1 in the AAS History Series, that was first published in 1977. Laid in is a handwritten note from Gene Emme to NASA archivist Lee Saegesser, with whom Emme had worked closely for years in the NASA History Office. Emme was NASA's first official historian and the founder of the NASA History Office. Through national meetings, technical meetings, symposia and publications, the American Astronautical Society has provided the perspectives and expertise of the leading American space professionals in advancing all space activities. In this book 13 of those professionals provide important perspectives on the history of flight in the U. S. just after the opening of the National Air and Space Museum. The book offered here is from the personal collection of Lee Saegesser, NASA's chief archivist for 30 years. The book is in very good condition: clean, bright, and tight, with just a hint of… Read More
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The Challenging Skies
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The Challenging Skies: The Colorful Story of Aviation's Most Exciting Years 1919-39

by Roseberry, C.R

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This Book is a great background and historical publication of the colorful years of Aviation. This Book is in really Good condition despite the Dust Jacket. Dust Jacket could be removed to reveal to sky blue underlying covers. This is a great piece of work by Author C.R. Roseberry with many interesting true stories about aviation. Book has 533 pages and over 300 historical photographs from the time period covered.
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Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars
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Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars

by Brooks, Walter R

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Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars, Alfred A. Knopf 1st Ed. 1955. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Used. VG/ No DJ. Rose red boards. Spine lightly sunned. A nice copy of a scarce item.
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Freddy And The Men From Mars
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Freddy And The Men From Mars

by Brooks, Walter R

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Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.
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The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction

The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction

by Margulies, Leo

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LEO MARGULIES, EDITOR. The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction (1954, Merlin Press 1st Ed. w/dj)Please see our stock cover photo. Edited by Leo Margulies and Oscar J. Friend. Used. VG/G- original unclipped $3.95 DJ. 1954, Merlin Press, Inc. 580 pages. ANTHOLOGY.. 10 stories included in this volume are: Enchantress of Venus by Leigh Brackett; Gateway to darkness by Fredric Brown; The girl in the golden atom by Ray Cummings; Forgotten world by Edmond Hamilton; By his bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein; Sword of tomorrow by Henry Kuttner; Things pass by, by Murray Leinster; Rogue Ship by A. E. Van Vogt; Island in the sky by Manly Wade Wellman; The Sun Maker by Jack Williamson.
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Some Milestones in Aviation

Some Milestones in Aviation

by W. E. Johns

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John Hamilton, London, England, No date. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo - over 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" tall. 232 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Spine caps are fraying. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: Aviation; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001321. .
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The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh
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The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh

by Lindbergh. Charles A

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9780151946259
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0151946256
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This Book was published in 1970, the same year that is listed in the front pages. This Book should be the First Edition, although the frontispiece doesn't specifically state that. This Book describes the content of the diaries of Charles Lindbergh from 1937 to 1945 and contains 1,038 pages. Charles Lindbergh was an American hero who had a lifetime of achievements. This Book contains several sections of photos and is in Very Good condition and well preserved.
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Pan American's Pacific Pioneers: The Rest of the Story A Pictorial History of Pan Am's Pacific...
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Pan American's Pacific Pioneers: The Rest of the Story A Pictorial History of Pan Am's Pacific First Flights 1935-1946

by Jon E. Krupnick

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9781575100760
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Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Missoula, 2000, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 696 pages, 9.5" x 12.25", slight edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight. Cover art by Bob Jenny.
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