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Aviation - Early:

Hennessy, Juliette A. . THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR ARM APRIL 1861 TO APRIL 1917
1958. U.S.A.F. Historical Studies No. 98. 4to., 260pp., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. Personal spine label and rear bookplate removed. A few numbers on front but no other ownership marks. Good plus. Scarce as first printing. (a71958)
$59.00 (Captain Sir John Alcock; Sir Arthur Whitten Brown) . THE FIRST NON-STOP TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT
1919. Article at pp. 407-410, portraits of flyers, in issue of The Journal of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia. Included in a complete issue with several other articles. 4to., original wraps. Small owner stamp on front. VG. (a70609)
$45.00 Grooch, William Stephen . SKYWAY TO ASIA (signed)
NY 1936 1st Longmans, Green. The story of the first North Haven Expedition dispatched to build commercial air bases across the Pacific Ocean-the stepping stones for the flying Clipper Ships on their airway to the Orient (foreword). Hardcover. Octavo, 203pp., photo illustrations, endpaper maps, cloth. **Signed by Grooch on title page. Owner inscribed on half title (Ruth and Scott Newhall). VG, light soiling and fading on cover, light spotting on fore-edges. In new removable glassine protective jacket. (a67776)
$78.00 Zselyi, Aladar . PRINZIPIEN DER FLUGTECHNIK
Rostock i M. 1910 Volckmann. In German. Octavo, 79pp., 5 Tafeln und 39 Abbildungen, hardcover. VG. (a66331)
$75.00 Miller, Ivonette Wright . WRIGHT REMINISCENCES
Wright-Patterson AFB 1978 Air Force Museum Foundation. 4to., 201pp., illustrated wraps. Near Fine, slight wear. (a50729)
$39.00 (airplanes) . AIRPLANE AND ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS REPRINTS FROM AMERICAN AIRMAN
Milwaukee 1931 Ken Cook. 4to., 92pp., numerous small monochrome photo illustrationsof many different airplanes plus specifications for each, three ring metal binder with stiff wrapper. Good, one hole on title page tearing. (a50716)
$85.00 Smith, John T. Jr. . A HISTORY OF FLYING AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE PHOTOGRAMMETRY DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY 1919-79
Washington n.d. (c.1980). U.S. Department of Commerce. 4to., 486pp., photo illustrations, maps, wraps. Depository library stamp on front and on title page, some ink numbers on front. Good, 2 inch cut from front cover. (a49272)
$75.00 Rinehart, Mary Roberts . NOMAD'S LAND
NY 1926. Travel in Arabia. Author's adventures in Egypt and Bagdad, with American beef cowboys and amusing experiences of flying in very early airplanes. Octavo, 287pp., photo illustrations, printed cloth. Good, fore-edges and some pages foxed, no DJ. (a47864)
$25.00 Brigole, A. . SANTOS-DUMONT O PIONEIRO DO AIR
Rio de Janeiro 1941 1st Aero Clube do Brasil. Limited to 100 copies. History of early Brazilian aviation. In Portuguese. Hardcover. Octavo, 110pp., 3/4 leather. Paragraph presentation written on title page and signed by Brigole. Institution stamp on front endpapers, small slip removed from rear end paper. Good. (a13682)
$125.00 Black, Archibald . THE STORY OF FLYING
NY 1940 3rd Whittlesey McGraw. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 267p., photo illustrations of early aircraft, grey cloth, Good plus, spine ends and corners a bit frayed, no DJ. (a79923)
$22.00 Camac, Harriet J. M. . FROM INDIA TO ENGLAND BY AIR (SIGNED)
New York 1929 1st Privately printed. Foreword by Henry Prather Fletcher. Hardcover. 12mo., 20pp., photo illustrations, paper covered boards. **Presentation copy signed by Camac. VG, light cover fading. (a79891)
$75.00 (aviation) . AERO CLUB OF NEW ENGLAND
1910. Includes: Charter, Constitution, Members and Officers, Charles J .Glidden President. Chart of Flights of Club Balloons to October, 1910. Note at end about the Harvard Aeronautical Society meeting. Square 12mo., 22pp., stringbound in later wraps. Good, some light soiling and light wear. Scarce. (a77732)
$50.00 Cameron, Rebecca Hancock . TRAINING TO FLY - MILITARY FLIGHT TRAINING 1907 - 1945
Washington 1999 1st GPO. ISBN 0-16-050181-4. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 677pp., cloth. Light Depository Library stamps - no spine numbers and no pocket. Number label on front panel of jacket. Fine in VG DJ. (a75626)
$35.00 Golding, Harry (editor) . THE WONDER BOOK OF AIRCRAFT
London c. 1934 Ward Lock. Eighth edition. Hardcover 4to., 8 color plates and 250 photo illustrations, almost all of old airplanes, external and interior views some of airports and airport lounges, etc., cloth. Owner signed. Good, light wear. (a73228)
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