Aviation Engineering (Catalog) - Xerxes Books, Booksellers to the World Since 1980

Aviation Engineering:

(Lockheed) . EXPANDED DETAIL SPECIFICATION FOR THE SUPPLY OF LOCKHEED 12 TRANSPORT AIRPLANES
Burbank 1941. Report 777, detailed contract specifications for the construction of these transport planes, presumably for the war effort. 4to., 39 leaves (printed on recto only), some diagrams, bound in Lockheed clip binder. Good, some soiling, wear. (a17136)
$52.00 (navy) . HANDBOOK OF AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS VOLUME II
1 September 1944 Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics. NAVAER 05-1-500A. Hardcover. 4to., line drawings, photo illustrations, illustrations of equipment, dials, etc., stiff cardboard cover with green cloth along binding edge. Good, side tabs worn and bent. Volume II only. (a18129)
$95.00 Air Force . ANTENNA SYSTEMS
Air Force Manual 52-19. Hradcover. 4to., 296pp., limp boards in brassbound wraps. Owner signed. VG plus. (a20572)
$28.00 Sharp, H. Oakley et al . AIRPORT ENGINEERING
NY 1946 2nd Wiley. 8vo., 150pp., photos, index, hardcover. Owner name on front end page. VG, no DJ. (a20594)
$20.00 Sperry . THE SPERRY AIRCRAFT GYROPILOT MODEL A-3
Brooklyn December 1940 Sperry Gyroscope. 4to., 60pp., illus., wraps. Good, 7 binder holes in left margin. (a21359)
$75.00 (aircraft) . ALUMINUM IN AIRCRAFT
Pittsburgh 1941 Aluminum Company of America.Technical. Octavo, 103pp., photos, spiral bound wraps. Good, minor cover wear. (a22248)
$50.00 Viruly, A. and Han Hollander . GEILLUSTREERD ALBUM TER HERINNERING AAN DE LONDON-MELBOURNE RACE
Amsterdam n.d. (c.1930). Air race. In Dutch. Oblong 8vo., 64pp., photo illustrated, wraps. Good, a bit foxed, corners a bumped. (a27014)
$50.00 Hulbert, Edward A. . MY YEARS AS AN ENGINEER IN RETROSPECT 1918-1965
1983 Privately Printed. Michigan aircraft engineer. 4to., 24pp. mimeo plus photo illustrations, wraps with plastic clip binding.VG, light soiling on cover. (a38117)
$45.00(aviation). AIRCRAFT YEAR BOOK 1953
Washington 1953 Lincoln. 8vo., 461pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Owner stamp on endpaper. VG in VG DJ. (a38575)
$24.00Divone, Louis and Judene Divone. WINGS OF HISTORY THE AIR MUSEUMS OF EUROPE
Oakton 1989. 8vo., 299pp., illustrations, index, wraps. Near Fine. (a44614)
$24.00 Falco, Michael and Henry J. Kelley . AIRCRAFT SYMMETRIC FLIGHT OPTIMIZATION
NY 1973. 8vo., 40pp., removed from volume and rebound in wraps. VG. (a47384)
$35.00 Kellye, Henry J. . AIRCRAFT OPTIMIZATION BY REDUCED-ORDER APPROXIMATION
NY 1973. 8vo., 47pp., removed from volume and rebound in wraps. VG. (a47385)
$35.00 (airplanes) . AIRPLANE AND ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS REPRINTS FROM AMERICAN AIRMAN
Milwaukee 1931 Ken Cook. 4to., 92pp., numerous small monochrome photo illustrations of many different airplanes plus specifications for each, three ring metal binder with stiff wraps. Good, one hole on title page tearing. (a50716)
$55.00Grey, Charles G. THE HISTORY OF COMBAT AIRPLANES
Northfield 1941 Norwich University. 8vo., 158pp., wraps. Owner signed on title page. Good, 4 inch square chip on rear wrap. (a51034)
$29.00 Sandford, Maynard, Charles Ruhlin, E. Carson Yates JR. . SUBSONIC AND TRANSONIC FLUTTER AND FLOW INVESTIGATIONS OF THE T-TAIL OF A LARGE MULTIJET CARGO AIRPLANE
Washington February 1968 NASA TN D-4316. 4to., 39pp., printed wraps. Institute stamp on front and institute mailing address on rear cover. VG. (a52485)
$35.00 Chambers, Joseph R. and Sue B. Grafton . STATIC AND DYNAMIC LONGITUDINAL STABILITY DERIVATIVES OF A POWERED 0.18-SCALE MODEL OF A FAN-IN-WING VTOL AIRCRAFT
Washington 1968 NASA TN D-4322. 4to, 64pp., printed wraps. Institute stamp on front and institute mailing address on rear cover. VG. (a52489)
$40.00 Downs, W. R. . CHEMICALLY INDUCED IGNITION IN AIRCRAFT aND SPACECRAFT ELECTRICAL CIRCUITRY BY GLYCOL/WATER SOLUTIONS
Washington1968 NASA TN D-4327. Wraps. 4to., 15pp., color plates, printed wraps. Institute stamp on front and institute mailing address on rear cover. VG. (a52494)
$40.00 Hunter, Paul A. . AN ANALYSIS OF VGH DATA FROM ONE TYPE OF FOUR-ENGINE TURBOJET TRANSPORT AIRPLANE DURING COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
Washington 1968 NASA TN D-4330. 4to., 47pp., printed wraps. Institute stamp on front and institute mailing address on rear cover. VG. (a52497)
$45.00 Logan, George B. . AIRCRAFT LAW - MADE PLAIN
St. Louis 1928 1st . Dedication to Charles LIndbergh. 8vo., 155pp., rebound in later wraps. Good. (a58341)
$39.00 Thorne, T. G. . NAVIGATION SYSTEMS FOR AIRCRAFT AND SPACE VEHICLES
NY 1962 Pergammon. ACARDograph 55. Lg.8vo., 550pp., illustrations, original gilt printed hardcover. Institution stamps on fore-edges, label at heel of spine and a small number stamp on lower margin of one page. Good, no DJ. (a59344)
$35.00 Hoff, Nicholas John (editor) . HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS IN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES
NY 1958 Pergammon. ACARDograph 28. Lg.8vo., 357pp., illustrations, original gilt printed hardcover. Institution stamps on fore-edges, label at heel of spine and a small number stamp on lower margin of one page. Good, no DJ. (a59346)
$29.00 Perkins, Porter J., J. D Holdman and G. D. Nastrom (editors) . SIMULTANEOUS CABIN AND AMBIENT OZONE MEASUREMENTS ON TWO BOEING 747 AIRPLANES VOLUME I
Washington 1980. 4to., about 400pp., illustrations, original printed wraps. A few depository library stamps. Ink numbers on front. VG. Volume I. (a59495)
$125.00 Barrois, W. and E. L. Ripley (editors) . FATIGUE OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM HELD IN PARIS, 16TH-18TH MAY 1961
NY 1963 Macmillan. Large octavo, 362pp., original gilt printed hardcover. Institution stamps on fore-edges, label at heel of spine, number stamp at lower margin of one page. o/w VG , text clean and binding secure. no dj. (a61951)
$29.00 Freberg, C. R. and E. N. Kemler . AIRCRAFT VIBRATION AND FLUTTER
NY 1944 Wiley. Small octavo, 214pp., hardcover. Ex-university libraary. VG, text clean, no DJ. (a62026)
$20.00 Morley, A. W. and Jean Fabri (editors) . ADVANCED AERO ENGINE TESTING: PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE JOINT MEETING OF THE AGARD COMBUSTION AND PROPULSION AND WIND TUNNEL AND MODEL TESTING PANELS, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, OCTOBER, 1958
London 1959 Pergamon. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 298pp., blue cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges, label at heel of spine, number stamp at lower margin of one page. VG, no DJ. (a62079)
$29.00 Brun, E. A. . ICING PROBLEMS AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS QUELQUES PROBLEMES CONCERNANT LE GIVRAGE ET SOLUTIONS RECOMMANDEES
November 1957. NATO AGARDograph 16. In English and in French. 4to., 264pp., cardboard with original wraps mounted. Ex-university library. Good, some wrinkling throughout. (a62144)
$40.00 (aircraft) . THE COORDINATE SETTING MACHINE
Hagerstown 1952 Fairchild Aircraft Division. 4to., 48pp., illustrations, wraps with plastic spiral spine. VG, light soiling. light wear. (a72263)
$75.00 Westwood, Howard C. and Ernest W. Jennes . COMPULSORY INTERCHANGE OF AIRCRAFT BETWEEN CONNECTING AIR CARRIERS
1948 University of Virginia. Article at pp. 1-25 in the Virginia Law Review. Included in a complete issue with several other articles. Large octavo, wraps. Good, wraps a bit worn., spine ends chipped. (a72313a)
$35.00 Pratt, J. and F. L. Moloney . EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF TACTICAL AIRCRAFT AVIONICS AIR-TO-AIR MODELS
1966 Hughes. 4to., 65pp., wraps with plastic spiral spine. Owner name stamp. VG. wraps. (a72410)
$65.00 Hansen, Nis Jr. and R. M. McIntyre . EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF TACTICAL AIRCRAFT AVIONICS SELECTION OF PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES BY THE USE OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING AND COEFFICIENT MODELS
1966 Hughes. 4to., 59pp., wraps with plastic spiral spine. Owner name stamp. VG. wraps. (a72411)
$65.00 Taylor, John W. R. (editor) . JANE'S ALL THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT 1966-67
NY 1968 Macmillan. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 557pp., photo illustrations, original blue cloth. Library name and discard stamp, residue of label at heel of spine. Good plus, very slight rippling in text, no DJ. (a77153)
$49.00Page, Victor W.. MODERN AIRCRAFT BASIC PRINCIPLES, OPERATION, APPLICATION, CONSTRUCTION , REPAIR, MAINTENANCE A COMPLETE PRACTICAL TREATISE
New York 1928 Henley. Hardcover. Large octavo, 855pp., illustrations, cloth. Good plus, light discoloration and spots on cover. Binding secure and no ownership marks. no dj. (a77701)
$39.00 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