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Airline Design

By Delius, Peter and Slaski, Jacek (eds.)

Germany: teNeues. VG wraps. 2005. paperback. paperback. 12mo . 400pp . Stiff wraps. Slight cock to spine, P O name and address. .

The Soaring Pilot

By Welch, Ann and Lorne and Irving, F. G.

London: John Murray. VG/VG (see notes). 1960. 3rd ptg. hardcover. 8vo . 227pp . Spine cocked some. .

Stalin's Aviation Gulag: A Memoir of Andrei Tupolev and the Purge Era

By Kerber, L. L. (Hardesty, ed.)

Washington, DC: Smithsonian. Near Fine/VG. 1996. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 394pp . Slight cant to spine, bit of rubbing to DJ. .

Adventures of a Yellowbird: The Biography of an Airline

By Mudge, Robert M.

Boston: Bradben Press. VG+/VG- (see notes). 1969. 1st. hardcover. 12mo . 374pp . Neat name front end paper. Couple 1/4" and a 3/4" tear to bit worn DJ. Unaccountably scarce. .

Flying: The Memoirs of a Spanish Aeronaut

By Herrera, Emilio (transl. Ladd)

Albuquerque: U. of New Mexico. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1984. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 231pp . Nice copy. .

Wings over Vermont: Early Aviation in Vermont

By Laird, Robert E.

Rutland, VT: Academy Books. VG+ wraps. 1998. 1st. paperback. 4to . 203pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Scarce item. .

The Sky's the Limit

By Kelly, Jr., Charles J.

NY: Coward McCann. VG-/Good only (see notes). 1963. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 317pp . 1/4" tear top spine of book cloth. DJ has a number of 1/2" chips, several similar tears and edgewear. In mylar. .

Wilbur and Orville

By Howard, Fred

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. VG+, no dj. 1989. reprint. hardcover. 8vo . 530pp . Bookplate down end paper, gift inscription on half title, else fine. Easton Press notes page and blank bookplate laid in. .

Zig-Zag-and-Swirl

By Henry, Jr.,, Lyell D.

Iowa City: U. of Iowa. VG+/Near Fine (see notes). 1991. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 336pp . A few foxing speckles top edge. .

Pilot's Handbook for Model YB-49 Airplane (The Flying Wings of Northrop)

By Northrop Aircraft (Leo J. Kohn, foreword)

Appleton, WI: Aviation Publications. VG wraps. 1977. paperback. paperback. 4to . 75pp . 1st page is starting to pull from spine (1 1/2" at bottom) .

Messerschmitt Me109

By Aero Publishers

Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers. VG wraps. 1965. paperback. paperback. large 8vo . 35pp . Mostly pictures. .

The AT-6 Harvard

By Morgan, Len

NY: Arco. VG wraps. 1965. trade paperbac. paperback. 4to . 64pp . Bit of a curl to wraps. More info here than you might think, as some pp have multiple pages on them. .

US Multi-Role Fighter Jets

By Davies, Steve

NY: Osprey. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2011. 1st. hardcover. large 8vo . 240pp .

Russian Aircraft

By Hooftmann, Hugo

Fallbrook, CA: Aero. VG+/VG- (see notes). 1965. 1st. hardcover. 4to . 158pp . 1/2" tear, rubbing and edgewear to DJ. .

A Passion for Wings: Aviation and the Western Imagination 1908-1918

By Wohl, Robert

New Haven: Yale U. Press. Near Fine/Fine. 1994. 1st. hardcover. 4to . 320pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Slightest cant to spine. .

The Merlin in Perspective--The Combat Years

By Harvey-Bailey, Alec

Derby, UK: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust. VG wraps (see notes). 1987. 3rd ptg. paperback. 8vo . 132pp . Name and 'Xmas 90' in red pen on 1st page. Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust books aren't common in the US. .

Mustang Designer: Edgar Schmued and the Development of the P-51

By Wagner, Ray

NY: Orion. VG+/Near Fine (see notes). 1990. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 240pp . Slight bow to covers. .

Flame Powered: The Bell XP-59A Airacomet and the General Electric I-A Engine

By Carpenter, David M.

NP: Jet Pioneers of America. VG/Near Fine (see notes--page 5-6 free from spine and re-tipped). 1992. 1st. hardcover. 4to . 78pp . Signed by the author: INSCRIBED "To...May all your flights land softly 12/11/92" on last page. Brief Xmas to from on free end p. .

The X-Planes: X-1 to X-29

By Miller, Jay

Marine on St. Croix, MN: Specialty Press. VG/Good+ (see notes). 1983. 1st. hardcover. 4to . 192pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Xmas to-from and a brief note front end paper. DJ has several tears to 1/2", 1/2" chip spine. .

Closet Cases

By Mertens, Randy

Kansas City: Pilot News Press. VG+/VG (see notes). 1982. 2nd ptg. hardcover. 4to . 110pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. P O name. Some sunning to DJ. Aviation failures. .