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Hemel Hempstead, UK: Model Aeronautical Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has edge wear and rubbing. Slight browning to the endpapers. .

Hertfordshire, England: Model Aeronautical Press. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by Kenneth McDonough. First edition copy No. 322 label on front pastedown. This is the story of the conquest of an ocean; the linking of the Old World to the New by aeroplane. It attempts to create, by word and picture, the atmosphere of an age of vibrating fabric, the acrid fume of burning oil and cellulose dope, when two hundred miles an hour was still a magic figure. An age of hand-made aeroplanes, of pilots and navigators still learning their craft. Chips along fore edge of front board. Number on front pastedown. Between pages 56 & 57 is a color illustrated spread showing the Junkers W-33L, number D1167. It is upside down to the rest of the book. ; B&W and color Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 132 pages; 29056; Signed by Author .

Model Aeronautical Press, 1966-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. 11x8x0. Dust jacket and book are clean, jacket has rubbing to the edges and folds. Has a good binding, no marks or notations. Orange cloth boards.

Model Aeronautical Press Limited, 1966 good+. no dj, orange boards are clean and bright. both ends of the spinecovering show crush damage. nothing too unsightly. ffep carries prior owner's details, and drawn-over marking ( old price?) . no inscriptions or marginalia.

Herts, England: Model Aeronautical Press, 1966. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. McDonough, Kenneth. 132pp.incl.index; HB dk.blue w/gilt; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ seagreen w/white-color pic.covers; rubbed w/chips&tears; corner-cut. "The colour plates in this book illustrate twelve of the most important aeroplanes engaged in the Atlantic conquest." illus.&photos.

Model Aeronautical Press, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. No Edition Remarks. 132 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth boards with lettering. Contains colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Hertfordshire: Model Aeronautical Press, (1966). 132 pages. Contents are bright and clean. Orange cloth binding is tight with light shelfwear. Overall a very good copy in a good, edgeworn DJ. .

England: Model Aeronautical Press, 1966. Jacket is rubbed with chipped edges. Navy boards have light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. 6 sheet reprint from Aero Digest on Atlantic Flight Chronology is laid-in. . Hard Cover. Good/Good -. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire U.K.: Model Aeronautical Press, Ltd, 1966. Very Good condition in a Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped (90s). Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. 1966. First Edition. Full color illustrations by the author throughout. A history of the conquest of the North Atlantic by aeroplane. Includes chapters on Read, Smith, Arnold, Nelson and Harding; Hawker and MacKenzie-Grieve; Alcock and Brown; Nungesser and Coli; Charles Lindbergh; Chamberlin and Levine; Byrd, Balchen, Acosta and Noville; Von Huenefeld, Koehl and Fitzmaurice; Assolant, Lefevre and Lotti; Kingsford Smith, VanDyk, Saul and Stannage; Costes and Bellonte; The Flying Mollisons, Amelia Earhart, General Balbo, Codos and Rossi; Bennett and Coster, Corrigan. Five appendices. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the dust jacket: "The colour plates in… Read More

Illlustrations by author including 13 1/72nd scale drawings on colour plates

Hemel Hempstead: Model Aeronautical Press, 1966. 1st edition. Nice Copy. lge. octavo. dust jacket 132pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Story of the aeroplanes and the people who flew them across the North Atlantic from 1919 to 1939. Includes Charles Kingsford Smith and the "Southern CrossÓ. Inc. 19 beautiful full-page colour plates on art paper. Neat ownership stamp o/w nice copy

Hemel Hempstead.: Model Aeronautical Press, Ltd., ©1966.. 1st edition.. hard back.. vg/vg- ffep has a crease from being folded; dj is scuffed along the edges and chipped top and bottom of spine.. 4to.. Singed and numbered #67 by the author.

Hemel Hempstead: Model Aeronautical Press, 1966. 1st edition. Nice Copy. lge. octavo. dust jacket 132pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Story of the aeroplanes and the people who flew them across the North Atlantic from 1919 to 1939. Includes Charles Kingsford Smith and the "Southern CrossÓ. Inc. 19 beautiful full-page colour plates on art paper. First edition copy No. 71 signed by Kenneth McDonough