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Philadelphia: American Society for Testing Materials, 1949. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Square, tight binding. Clean but age-darkened pages. Wrappers faded at spine and around edges with general shelf wear. Technical manual explaining methods of testing various aspects of standards in the manufacture of textiles. 9.0" (23 cm) tall; 574 pages.

New York: Aerial Age Weekly, 1918. Ephemera. Fair with no dust jacket. Pages age-darkened. Stapled binding weak with rust stains from staples on pages. Wraps have closed tear at top with heavy handling wear and overall soiling. Cover illustration is monochrome reproduction of painting by Lieutenant Farré, official painter of the French army and navy. Illustrated with black and white photographic reproductions throughout and some line drawings. ; Contents: List of aviators' special orders and promotions. Jean Abel Lefranc, "Military Aircraft and Their Armament." William F. Durand, "The Aerodynamic Laboratory at Leland Stanford Junior University and the Equipment Installed with Special References to Tests on Air Propellers." W. G. Duffield, "Meteorology: Thunderstorms." G. A. Cavanagh, "Model News." Other news and features about World War I aviation and aviators. Many advertisements for aviation-related companies. ; 12.25" tall; 44 pages.

Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A.: Department of History, Kansas State University, 1974. Ephemera. Very Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, slightly off-white. Wraps have light handling wear. Contents: Bradley, The P-51 over Berlin. Greek Combat Aviation (an official history). van Deurs, Fly Before Buy. Griffin, The Role of the French Air Force, the Battle of France, 1940. Saab 37 Viggen (pictures). Frey, Setting the Record Straight, the First of Many American Air-to-Air Victories. Gerrard-Gough, Tiny Tim, the Navy's Unused Sunday Punch. Jones, The Birth of the Russian Air Weapon, 1909-1914. A Stillness at Sea (pictures). ; 11.25" tall; 60 pages.

Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A.: Department of History, Kansas State University, 1973. Ephemera. Very Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, slightly off-white. Wraps have light handling wear. Contents: Eaker, Air Chiefs Patrick and Fechet. The South African Air Force (A Short Official History). Test, The Hustler's Record. Morrow, The Prussian Army and the Aircraft Industry, 1909-14. The F-100 in Pictures. Henshaw, On Testing Spitfires, 1939-45. Whitley, Airways 1923. The Second Air Division Memorial. ; 11.25" tall; 60 pages.

Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.: Air Force Historical Foundaiton, 1968. Ephemera. Very Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, slightly off-white. Wraps have light handling wear. Contents: Michalski, Perfection Is His Trademark. Vaughn, Mission: Flying the President. Fillmore, When a Blue Jay Landed at Thule. Hobbs, Watch That Basket. Hinkle, Wings and Saddles (Part Two). Cap Goes to College. ; 11.25" tall; 48 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1972. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the Sikorsky Sea King SH-3H; Series 600 of Hawker-Siddeley's HS-125; evolution of cockpit design part 3; the Messerschmitt 262; the air skimmer project ("X" aircraft); others. ; 11.0" tall; 52 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1972. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on British air involvement in conflict in the Arabian Sultanate of Oman; the Anglo-French Jaguar; account of Captain Eric Brown, RN, and his test of the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet; the evolution of the Me 163; Swiss modification of C-3605 target tugs; history of British transport aeroplanes in the 1940s; others. ; 11.0" tall; 46 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1985. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on Finland's Soviet bombers; the racing sea Furies; the Dougals P-70; the Bristol Barbazon; the Focke-Wulf FW 190 in combat; a Vickers biplane family. ; 11.0" tall; 80 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1971. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the North American OV-10A (Bronco); the Trislander; fighters in the RAF (part 2); MiG jet fighters; others. ; 11.0" tall; 52 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1972. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on tree-top warriors; British Caledonian Airways; Australia's CA-15; the Yermolayev Yer-2; Northrop's F-5E Tiger II; the Curtiss Hawk III; others. ; 11.0" tall; 52 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1972. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the Lynx, Yeovil's revolutionary helicopter; evolution of cockpit arrangements (part II); mastering Heinkel's minimus; the Royal Saudi Air Force; the Fairey Firefly; part four of survey of transport gliders; others. ; 11.0" tall; 56 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1971. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the Turkish air forces; the Mitsubishi J4M fighter; "the fight for the ground"; the Arsenal VB 10; pictoria history of Turkish military aviation; the Trident 3B; the Caproni bomber; others. ; 11.0" tall; 56 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1972. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the F-14 and F-15; the Mercure; the rise and demise of transport gliders; flying the Trent-Meteor; the Fairey Firefly monoplane; others. ; 11.0" tall; 56 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1971. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the Lockheed Lancer; early WWII combat by the Slovak Air Force; the Concorde SST; history of fighter tactics in the RAF (part 1); the Bachem Natter; the Bf 109E in Yugoslav service; others. ; 11.0" tall; 56 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1971. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the MiG-21; the Vought A-7D; the Bell Airacobra; the Royal Malaysian Air Force; the Fokker D XXI; the Tupolev Tu-4; others. ; 11.0" tall; 48 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1971. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on fighters in the RAF; development and production of largest Fokkers built to date; Soviet Lyulka engines; the Curtiss Hawk 75 and P-36 family; recollection of flying the Havilland Mosquito; production models for the Messerschmitt Bf 109; others. ; 11.0" tall; 52 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1984. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Issue includes articles on Petter's lightweight gnat; Thomas-Morse's forgotten fighter; Douglas B-26 invaders in Korea; flight round Australia in a Fairey IIID Junkers' remarkable G 38; the ultimate Macchi fighter; Spain's Saeta. ; 11.0" tall; 80 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1971. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on the readiness of the Israeli air force; the Soviet IL-28; the McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk; the German VFW 614; the Curtiss Hawk; the Douglas DB-7 Boston and Havoc series; others. ; 11.0" tall; 52 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1974. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Soundly stapled binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Contents: "More Thunder for the USAF." "Two Decades of the 'Twenty-One.'" "Centaur - The Final Fling." "The Holy Day Air War." Regular columns and features. ; 11.0" tall; 52 pages.

Bromley, Kent: Pilot Press Ltd, 1972. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have edge rubbing with light overall shelf wear. ; Articles on Portugal's guerrilla war in Portuguese Guinea; cockpit layout and design (part 1); changes in the German Luftwaffe; new close-support aircraft for the USAF; Armstrong Whitworth Ensigns; the Australian Boomerang fighter; others. ; 11.0" tall; 56 pages.