Aviation

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).

Published for Headquarters, Army Air Force- Office of Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training. October 1944. Bound in colour imprinted, pin perforated wrappers. 4to. Classified "Restricted" and marked as such on each page. Profusely illustrated throughout by colour and monochrome photographs, drawings, schematics, diagrams, foldout charts, etc. Exhaustive in both scope and illustration, this manual details every system comprising the B-24 including: Fuselage, engines, electrical systems, armaments, empennage, etc. An impressive piece of military history. Edges of covers chipped. Covers lightly soiled. Repaired Spine strip heavily chipped with several tiny portions lacking (not impacting tightness of binding). Several small numbers in red pencil to front cover. A Very Good, tight, well preserved copy.

London, John Hamilton, 1935.. 1st edition. Boards and spine showing some wear, with a small triangle missing from top of spine, otherwise V.G. No dustwrapper.

The Associated Press, 1969. Signed by Buzz Aldrin on page 192 next to a photograph of Aldrin facing the American flag on the Lunar surface. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

New York:: Bantam Books,, 1989.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight, copy in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed & inscribed by Aldrin on the half title page. Aldrin was the second man to walk on the Moon and in this memoir he tells the story of America's race with the Russians to the moon as seen from inside NASA.

Washington D. C. Headquarters-U.S. Army Air Forces. 1944. Punch and clipbound in stylized titled coloured pictorial wrappers. Thin 4to. Classified "Restricted" and marked as such on each page. The December 1944, Original "Brown Cover" issue. Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings, maps, diagrams, charts, etc. During its time, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning was considered the most sophisticated aircraft Lockheed had ever built. In February 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corps released Specification X-608, a daunting requirement that called for speed, range, and climb capabilities impossible to achieve at that time with a single-engine aircraft. In Burbank, California, a Lockheed design team led by Hall Hibbard, and assisted by a young engineer named Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, immediately began a series of designs that would culminate in the contract-winning XP-38. Jim Gerschler became project engineer on the aircraft.The XP-38 (it was many months before it was… Read More

San Diego:: Harcourt Brace,, 2002.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. Signed by Astronaut Carpenter. Scott Carpenter was one of seven Project Mercury astronauts who took part in America's burgeoning space program in the 1960s. He writes candidly of the pioneering science, training, and biomedicine of early space flight and tells the heart-stopping tale of his famous spaceflight aboard Aurora 7. He shares stories from the earliest days of NASA and, for the first time ever, Carpenter's own account of his controversial flight and splashdown.

Bathurst, NSW, Australia: Robert Brown & Associates Pty Ltd, 1990. General wear to edges of jackets. Three volume set consists of:- Volume 1, The Early Years (ISBN 0949267503), 296 pages with b/w illustrations. Volume 2, The Rise of Talair (ISBN 1862730148), 296 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Minor chip to rear of jacket. Volume 3 (ISBN 1862730474), 352 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Heavy set (4.6kg), please ask for postage quote. . Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

WILLIAM FAULKNER! Stated Second Issue, 2nd Printing Thus. NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. Faulkner, William: PYLON. Stated 2nd Issue, 2nd Printing 1935, Smith & Haas, NY. RARE IN THE ORIGINAL BLUE DUST JACKET. RARE SASCHA MAURER COVER ART. ART DECO. Used. Very Good-/ Very Good- Blue cloth, \ The second printing (stated). In second issue dust jacket (blank rear panel and flap. Faulkner's tale of the exciting, dangerous, and short-lived, sport of airplane "barnstorming". Set in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Original source material for the 1958 film "Tarnished Angels" Starring Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone, Robert Stack, and Jack Carson and directed by Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987)."

Boards have water stain.DJ with clipped corners and water stains.Feathered edges to pages.

The ALT-98 Carvair - autograph by author -still crisp copy, no dust jacket small amounts of minutiae on glossy covers, couple small dings, small flaw foot of spine, Corners are good... crisp White paper about 12 point type sprinkled with black and white photographs throughout also includes the glued in Corrections booklet saddle stapled in the rear of the book that is cross indexed--excellent shape see pictures.. The ATL-98 Carvair - truly unusual aircraft. Converted from 19 C-54 World War II transport planes & two DC-4 airliners into a small fleet of air ferries by Aviation Traders of Southend, England, the Carvair allowed commercial air passengers to accompany their personal cars, loaded with luggage, onboard the aircraft.... Planes were dispersed throughout the world, operating for 75 airlines - transporting cars, royalty, rock groups, refugees, whales, rockets, military vehicles, gold, and even nuclear material... After 65 years, two Carvairs are still in service, it's hard to imagine any fleet of… Read More

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).

Upland: Bac Publishers 978-0-9655730-6-1 [978-0-9655730-6-1] 2005, 1st printing. (4to paperback) 210pp. Fine. Photographs, appendices, bibliography, index. (World War 2, Aircraft--Ww II--Surplus, Military Aircraft, U.S. Air Force).

Midland Publishing 978-1-906537-34-0 [978-1-906537-34-0] 2013. (4to) 640pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Black & white and color photographs and illustrations. Locale: Russia; U.S.S.R. (Transportation, Aviation, Experimental Aircraft--Russia, Transportation).

Bracknell: Airline Publications 0143-5604 [0143-5604] 1980, 1981. (plastic binder) Near fine, no dust jacket. 24 issues in 2 vinyl binders. Issues 1-18 professionally produced with color covers and photos, issues 19-24 done in black and white and with diminished production values. (Transportation, DC-3 Dakota, Douglas).