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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. .

MiG Master: The Story of the F-8 Crusader

By Tillman, Barrett

Annapolis: Nautical and Aviation. VG+/Near Fine (see notes). 1980. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 224pp . Date written on fep, bit of foxing top edge. .

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. .

Northrop Flying Wings

By Maloney, Edward T.

Corona del Mar, CA: Planes of Fame/ WWII Publica. VG wraps. 1980. 3rd ptg revsd. paperback. 4to . 58pp .

Beriev's Jet Flying Boats

By Gordon, Yefim et al

Hinckley, UK: Midland. VG+ wraps. 2006. trade pbk. paperback. 4to . 127pp . Xmas to-from on 1st page. Very scarce item. .

U.S. Bombers

By Jones, Lloyd S.

NY: Aero. VG+/VG. 1974. reprint. hardcover. large 8vo . 256pp . P O name. 1/2" tear and some rubbing to DJ. An updated version of the author's 1962 book. .

North American P-51H Mustang

By McLaren, David

Simi Valley, CA: Air Force Legends. VG+ wraps. 2000. trade pbk. paperback. 4to . 113pp .

With Brass and Gas

By Baldwin, Munson

Boston: Beacon Press. VG+/VG- (see notes). 1967. 1st. hardcover. 12mo . 238pp . Some edgewear, and some sunning to spine of price-clipped DJ. .

Airplanes, Women, and Song

By Sergievsky, Boris

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse U. Press. VG/VG (see notes). 1999. 1st. hardcover. large 8vo . 272pp . P O name, slight bow to cover. Crease to rear flap of lightly worn DJ. .

Out on a Wing: An Autobiography

By Thomas, Miles

London: Michael Joseph. VG+/Good+. 1964. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 406pp . Three 1/2" to 1" interior tape-repaired tears to price clipped DJ. .

Progress in Flying Machines

By Chanute, Octave

Long Beach, CA: Lorenz and Herweg. VG+/VG- (see notes). 1894. Reprint. hardcover. 8vo . 308pp . Facsimile reprint of the original 1894 ed, no other date listed, 12.50 cover. Several tears to 1/2", some edgewear to DJ. .