The AMERICAN AIRCRAFT ALBUM. "A Hobby for the Airminded". Contains Spaces for 360 "Plane Pix" ... With Complete Information on Each Type of Plane in the Series. This Collection Consists of the Most Popular Sport, Racing, Transport, Army, Navy, Marine and Coast Guard Type of Airplanes Built in the U.S.A. by [Aviation Scrap Book] - (n. d.)

New York: William Wood & Co., 1921. Near Fine condition but for a rusty paperclip impression in the upper margin of three leaves. See photos. NOT a library discard. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy of the 1921 First American Edition. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. By Dr. Maublanc and Dr. Ratié, of the Chatres School of Flying. Introduction to English Readers by Wing-Commander Martin Flack. Translated from the French by Norman Ball. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in gold on the spine. This book is from the library of, and bears the ink signature of Dr. Arthur Frank Payne (1876-1939) of Newton, New Jersey. Dr. Payne earned the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago and that of Master of Arts at Columbia University. In 1917 he served as executive secretary of the Military Training Commission in New York. In 1918 he was director of the United States War Department surveys. He… Read More

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1933. Very Good condition. Light edge wear. SEE PHOTOS. Square and tight. A few pages have dog-eared corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Softcover. 5.75" wide by 9" tall. Illustrated with photos of landing fields and numerous maps in color, a few folding. Detailed guide to air routes, distances, air traffic rules, airstrips, sea plane anchorages and landing fields in Mexico. Hydrographic Office Publication No. 193. Index. Bound in the original green wraps, stamped in black.. First printing of 1933 Revised Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. v, 95pp.

Buderim, QLD, Australia: Self Published, 2003. Illustrated laminated boards. Volumes 1 and 3 are signed by the author on the title page. Volume One, Development of air transport 1903-1943, 414 pages (ISBN 0646426370, published 2003) : Volume Two, 1943 - Year of expansion and consolidation, 566 pages (ISBN 064645837x, published 2006) : Volume Three, 1943 - Air transport approaches full strength, 453 pages (ISBN9780646484143, published 2008) : Volume Four, 1944 - Supporting the Allied advances, 555 pages (ISBN 9780646926377, published 2013). All volumes with b/w illustrations. Heavy set, please ask for postage quote. . SIGNED. Hard Back. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Aviation - Hardback First Edition (in English) Limited to 5000 copies

Paris: Octave Doin et fils , 1920. First edition, in yellow cloth hardback, with red and black print to boards. Boards and plates are all in good condition, however pages are slightly age toned. Tipped-in to front is a compliment slip from Émile Wenz-Chaponnière. Émile was a pioneer of aerial photography in France through his use of kites. His work is referenced in this book. 350, xii pp. 136 illustrations in text, plus 10 unnumbered plates (some fold-out). 185 x 125 mm (7¼ x 5 inches). . Edition originale, cartonnée en toile jaune, avec impression rouge et noire sur les plats. Les planches et les planches sont toutes en bon état, mais les pages sont légèrement vieillies. Il on se trouve un note compliment d'Émile Wenz-Chaponnière. Émile a été un pionnier de la photographie aérienne en France grâce à son utilisation de cerfs-volants. Son travail est référencé dans ce livre. 350, xii pp. avec 136 figures dans le texte et 10 planches hors texte. 185 x 125 mm.

1913. EIFFEL, G., transl. Jerome C. HUNSAKER. THE RESISTANCE OF THE AIR AND AVIATION: EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED AT THE CHAMP-DE-MARS LABORATORY. London: Constable & Co./Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1913. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. xvi + 242 pp. 4to., red cloth sunned to brown at spine, stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth soiled, corners bumped. B/w photo reproductions, diagrams in the text; large folding b/w charts at rear. A few of the charts have pencil notations. Binding sound and text clean, complete.

New York:: Putnam,, 1996.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed by astronaut Mitchell on the half-title page. Apollo 14 astronaut Mitchell offers a vision in which technology and intuition are harmonized in pursuit of a more advanced consciousness. When Mitchell was hurtling back to earth after walking on the moon in 1971, he had a profound sense that all things are interconnected and that the universe is an intelligent process with which we need to link up. We hear how Mitchell began a career as a fighter pilot in the years following WW II, switched to NASA with the hope of being part of the new space program, and came to know the legendary Wernher von Braun, whom he believes was a true visionary rather than a Nazi opportunist. Mitchell tells how, while returning to earth, he carried out a private ESP experiment that seemed to yield positive results. Subsequently, he founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences, in order to test paranormal phenomena… Read More

Buderim, QLD, Australia: Self Published, 2003. Illustrated laminated boards. Volumes 1 and 3 are signed by the author on the title page. Volume One, Development of air transport 1903-1943, 414 pages (ISBN 0646426370, published 2003) : Volume Two, 1943 - Year of expansion and consolidation, 566 pages (ISBN 064645837x, published 2006) : Volume Three, 1943 - Air transport approaches full strength, 453 pages (ISBN9780646484143, published 2008) : Volume Four, 1944 - Supporting the Allied advances, 555 pages (ISBN 9780646926377, published 2013). All volumes with b/w illustrations. Heavy set, please ask for postage quote. . SIGNED. Hard Back. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Tonbridge: Air-Britain [0-85130-284-X] 2001. (4to) 594pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Photographs, tables, registration numbers, appendices, bibliography. A tear at the foot of the spine. (Transportation, Lockheed Aircraft).

Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1976. First edition. Hard cover. Published Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1976. Folio, 10 3/4" x 14 1/2", ix+459pp., illustrated with 400 color plates, maps, map endpapers. Pictorial cloth with black titles. Minor bump to top tip of front cover. A fine copy. . 1st. Hard. Fine/No Jacket. Folio.