Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian Institution, [1928]. Third edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 32; numerous black & white photographic illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Covers lightly soiled and toned, faded light blue pencil notation on upper cover, otherwise very good. More
Milwaukee: January 1, 1927 to April, 1942. Folio manuscript ledger book recording primarily arrivals and departures, but also records of fuel and oil consumption, canteen vendors & sales, passenger records, locker assignment records, etc. For 1927 there is an entry for every day's arrivals and departures, with details on the..... More
[London: Ministry of Aircraft Production, 1943]. Abridged edition for handy reference, to accompany the full directory "which is now to be issued in June and December only"; 8vo, pp. 43, [1]; printed blue wrappers; some toning, two pages with pen revisions, text clean and sound, very good. A restricted internal..... More
Easthampton: Warwick Press, 1992. Edition limited to 125 copies signed by the author and the illustrator (one in the same), 8vo, pp. [24]; hand-colored vignette title page and 11 hand-colored text illustrations by Carol Blinn; white paper-covered boards, hand-colored label on upper cover and spine, fine. A duck develops a...... More
Tokyo: 武揚堂 [Buyodou], 1941. 16mo, pp. 10, 234, [12], [2], [4]; 4 folding charts; 33 detailed folding schematic plates (final plate missing); title page(?) and wrappers perished, text toned, colophon and final leaf loose but present, the edges of a few plates frayed but most in fine condition within a fair..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1911. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 445; photographic frontispiece, 35 leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos, map endpapers; original tan pictorial cloth (a bit soiled) stamped in brown and gilt ; spine considerably darkened, edges rubbed; interior fine. Photographs by the author..... More
Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing Company, [1938]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 11-251, [1]; text toned; original blue pictorial cloth a bit spotted, preserving the dust jacket which shows a small tear at the top of the spine, a small piece missing from the top of the lower panel, and a sunned..... More
Boston: Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1948. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [3], 348; fine copy in original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine, in a near fine dust jacket. Bifolium Abstract for the book laid in; presentation copy, inscribed: "Study carefully, regards from the author [signature..... More
Bach-Mai Airfield, Hanoi: 1935. 41-page quarto typescript variously paginated, full-page hand-colored map of Vietnam, and 67 mounted photographs (approx. 6" x 8½") showing aerial views of the various villages, hamlets, and French outposts in central and south Vietnam, each with a tissue guard; later brown cloth-backed marbled boards, leather label..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1932]. First edition in English, 8vo, pp. 320; portrait frontispiece and 27 photographic illustrations on 13 plates; full gray cloth; light edge rubbing, residue in gutter of upper endpaper from something removed, textblock clean and sound, very good. Translated from the original German. Brandenfels..... More
Toledo: [privately printed], 1895. 8vo, pp. 90; frontispiece portrait and 7 plates; original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; near fine. "The author, an obscure 70 year-old Ohio physician, identified himself on the title page as "Discoverer of the Circulation of the Nerves and Inventor of..... More
London: Alan Wingate, [April 1958[. First impression, 8vo, pp. [7]. xii, [2], 15-236; frontispiece, 36 photographic illus on rectos and versos of 11 plates, and several figures and charts in text; very good in dustjacket. Copyright info canceled with dark blue ink stamp and lacking pp. vii-x (p. x being..... More
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948. Second edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 191, [2, ads]; very good in original blue cloth in dust-jacket slightly discolored, with light edgewear. This second edition includes a new chapter on the use and implications of aircraft during the Second World War. Other chapters have been..... More
[Friedrichshaften: Dornier, 1983.]. 8vo, pp. [3]-154; illustrated throughout showing the complete Dornier fleet of plans 1915-1983; fine in silver pictorial wrappers. Parallel text in German and English. This appears to be the first bilingual edition. More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., [1934]. Reprint edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 11-264; pictorial front endpapers, rear map endpapers; original green cloth stamped in gilt on spine; a good, sound, and clean copy. Yakushi F40a: "Account of the first flight over Everest sponsored by Lady Houston in 1933." More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1873. First edition, 8vo, pp. 20; full-page map; wrappers and stitching perished; paper quite toned, old library release stamp on title page; fair copy of a rare book. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1949. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 268, [2]; plates; fine in original blue cloth, spine stamped in silver, dust-jacket with minimal wear. More
[Perry Hall, MD: Jon-Jay Publishers, 1972]. First edition, oblong 4to, pp. [8], 121, [1]; illustrated throughout; original camouflage cloth with rising sun; near fine throughout. Presentation copy from the author inscribed by him on the title page; subsequent presentation on front free endpaper to James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1948. 8vo, pp. [2], 429-457, [1] (i.e. 32 pages); 21 graphs and tables in the text; largely unopened; original gray printed wrappers; near fine. Reprinted from the Smithsonian Report for 1947. More
London: Frank Cass, [1995]. Tall 4to, pp. liv, 211, [5]; text illustrations, charts and graphs; corners bumped, hint of soiling to edges, near fine in lightly soiled dust jacket. More
Stuttgart: Germania-verlag g.m.b.h., [1925]. Folio, pp. xii, 396; 4 color plates, numerous illustrations throughout, mostly from photographs; later red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; slightly skewed, else near fine. More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1938. First edition. 8vo, pp. xii, 356; photograph frontispiece, several illustrations and diagrams throughout; original blue cloth stamped in silver on the front cover and spine; very good with a slightly skewed spine and a faint dampstain on the front free endpaper; lacks the..... More
New York: K. L. M. Royal Dutch Airlines, 1969. Oblong 8vo, spiral-bound; 3 p.l., plus 34 high-quality photographs, each with a captioned tissue guard; pictorial card covers lightly rubbed, else near fine. A K.L.M. promotional in celebration of their 50th year of service. More
New York: Harcourt Brace, [1973]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 363; 33 illustrations on rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine in the jacket. Political biography of the aviator's father. Signed on the title-page by Lindbergh, Jr., the aviator, and by the author. Lindbergh autographed the book the last..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1935]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 255, [1]; map endpapers and maps in the text by Charles A. Lindbergh; frontispiece; original blue cloth stamped in silver on spine and upper cover; silver dust jacket printed in blue on the spine; previous owner's 1935 signature on front free..... More
