No Place: Saracen Publications, 1988. 160p, pictorial wraps, illustrated, very good. First edition, signed by author. From the inception of Stark County's aviation activities in 1852 through 137 years of evolution. Includes early ballooning, Stark County's aviation meet in 1911, a chapter on Taylorcraft aircraft manufactured in Alliance, Ohio, the.....
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. 359p, cloth, illustrated, map endpapers, light edge wear, small spot on rear cover, good - very good. First printing with photogravure frontispiece portrait of the author.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1979. 243p, 11" X 8 1/2", cloth, illus., vg in lightly worn dj. 1st edition. Story of the effort to restore to flying condition an over 40 year old Junkers Ju-52 aircraft.
Savannah, Ga., 2002. 280p, paperback, illustrated, very good. First edition, signed by author. Personal story of a Jewish B-24 navigator through training, combat, loss of aircraft, capture, and finally release after VE-Day. One of the best Frank ever read.
New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, (1946). 216p, cloth, illus. (incl. photos, drawings, charts), vg in dj with tear mended with tape. A detailed study of the design and operation of cargo-aircraft. A volume in Pitman's "Air Transport Operation and Management Series."
New York: Macmillan Pub. (1974). Otto Frello. 234p, cloth, color illustrations by Otto Frello, vg+ in dj. World Aircraft in Color Series.
Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961. 240p, cloth, vg+. 1st edition. Index. Foreword by Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator.
Paris: B. Le Franq, 1784. 204p, disbound, illus. (4 of 9 plates), spine broken, leaves loose, text worn, 5 plates missing, poor. 1st edition thus. See Blackwell's Catalogue 949, no. 704. The folded table is present. Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741-1819) was a noted geologist and traveler, an expert on volcanoes.....
New York: David McKay, (1977). 226p, cloth, illus., very good in dust jacket with light edge wear.
1984. Geilbert, Ron and Tucker Malishenko, eds. EARLY FLIGHT: 1900-1911. Original Photographs from the Wright Brothers Personal Collection. Dayton, OH: Landfall Press, (1984). 95p., 8 1/2" x 10", illus wrappers, illus, very good. This publication accompanied an exhibition at the U.S. Air Force Museum, Wright Patterson Air Force Base in.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, (1952). 343p., cloth, illus., light edge wear to cover, good. Xlibrary. First edition. A text for advanced engineering students. Contains a complete list of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics publications relating to rotating-wing aircraft.
London: Oxford University Press, 1924. 436p, 11" x 7 3/4", cloth, top edge gilt, many illustrations (a few in color), spine browned, bumped corner, good. First edition. One of 1000 copies.
New York: The Viking Press, 1952. 147p, 10 3/4" x 8", cloth, b & w line drawings and great color illustrations, color illustrated endpapers, some wear to edges, good. First edition. Contributors include Wernher Von Braun, Willy Ley, Heinz Haber, Oscar Schachter, and Fred Whipple. "The story of the greatest.....
1976. Knausel, Hans G. ZEPPELIN UND DIE USA. Friedrichshafen, Germany: Luftschiffbau Zeppelin Gmbh, 1976. 93p., wrappers, illus., covers lightly worn and soiled, very good. "Zeppelin-Taschenbuch 1", An introduction to the Zeppelin airship in the United States. In German.
1976. Knight, R.W. THE HINDENBURG ACCIDENT: A Comparative Digest of the Investigations and Findings with the American and Translated German Reports Included. (Riverside, CT: 7 C's Press, 1976). 68p., 10 1/2" X 1/2", illus. wrappers, illus., covers lightly soiled, good, reprint. First Published in 1938, cover-title. A detailed study of.....
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, no date. pp. 113 - 125, in a pamphlet binding with cloth spine, illustrated, very good. Extracted from Smithsonian Institution Annual Report for 1904. Also includes Curtis, Thomas E., "The Zeppelin Air Ship," pp217-222, illus., from Smithsonian Institution Annual Report for 1900; "Count Von Zeppelin's Airship,".....
Mill Valley, California: Squarebooks, 1977. 95p, boards, many illustrations (some in color), 2" tear to dust jacket, vg. First edition. Photos by Geo. Hall & Baron Wolman.
Wichita, Kansas: Robert R. Longo, Publisher, 1956. 106p and 23p photos and illustrations, wraps, illustrations throughout text and at end of text, very good. First edition, inscribed by the author.
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. Meyer, Henry Cord. AIRSHIPMEN, BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICS 1890-1940. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1991). 273p., 10"X8", cloth, dust jacket, illus., very good. "Smithsonian History of Aviation Series". A discussion of many of the business men who developed and promoted the airship for commercial and.....
1976. Blanchard, Jean-Pierre Baptiste. JOURNAL OF MY FORTY-FIFTH ASCENSION. Oakham, Mass.: The Oakham Bindery, 1976. 77p, 2 3/8" x 2 1/8", 1/4 leather with decorated boards, illustrated, wear to spine ends, vg. #100 of 500 copies.
Chicago: Privately Printed, 1923. 239p, 1/4 cloth-backed boards, front board has emblem of the LaFayette Flying Corps blind stamped, illustrated by photos and portraits, torn glassene dust jacket and worn slipcase, a few light spots on top page edges, very good+. Privately printed and distributed. First edition. Noffsinger 1054. Moseley.....
London: Peerage Books, (1975). 352p, boards, color illustrations, dust jacket, very good.
New York: Arco Publishing, (1979). 136p, boards, illus., name stamp, vg in price-clipped dj with edge tears.
London: Souvenir Press, 1956. 239p, boards, illustrated with photographs, g-vg in torn dj. 1st Eng. Edition. Edited by Victor Houart.
Berlin: C. J. E. Volckmann, 1927. 4 volumes (48, 51, 64 & 87p), wrappers, illustrated, covers lightly soiled, vg. A series of technical books on the construction of airplanes: 1. General principles and construction of wings; 2. Support structures and tail unit construction; 3. Fuselage and landing gear; 4. Aerodynamics.....