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New York, New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Burningham, John. The quintessential British children's tale of a magical flying car, made into a beloved movie starring Dick Van Dyke in 1968. Just removed from my personal shelves, this is a FIRST EDITION, slightly later printing, from 1964, with former owner's… Read more about this item

Institute of Race Relations/Oxford University Press, 1975. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Part of a five-year project on different aspects of race relations in Britain conducted in the 1960s, this volume reports on immigrants & minorities working in the London pubic transport sector. Just removed from storage where it has been since received brand… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons/Knickerbocker Press, 1928. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. The famed explorer & retired U.S. Navy Commander recounts "his life, his thrilling adventures, his North Pole and Trans-Atlantic flights, together with his plans for conquering the Antarctic by air." In 359 pages with 46 black-and-white vintage photos… Read more about this item

San Diego, California: Ward Ritchie Press/Maritime Association of San Diego, 1969. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. MacMullen, Jerry. Longtime San Diego resident & newspaperman chronicles the history of this port city through the development of its Bay, the first point of entry into the US on the West Coast, then a major hub of the… Read more about this item

Grosset and Dunlap, 1943. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG+/Near Fine. Laune, Paul. Book #3 (of only 9) in the children's series featuring flying ace Stan Wilson. Part of a larger genre of "air combat stories" that were wildly popular in the period surrounding WWII, these all featured heroic Americans battling foreign forces & always emerging victorious.… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1955. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Lindbergh, Charles. The wife of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, & an accomplished pilot in her own right, offers this very personal travelogue of the flight the couple took through the Orient in the summer of 1931 via what was known… Read more about this item

New Orleans, Louisiana: Passenger Traffic Department, Southern Pacific-Sunset Route, 1908. Soft cover. VG-/G+. A guide issued by the Southern Pacific line of steamships to entice travelers to board one of their ships for "a hundred glorious hours at seas" as it journeyed from New York to New Orleans ("the Paris of America") during the 1908/09 season. The many… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1942. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Set right in the middle of WWII, the author, who served as both an aeronautical designer & bomber pilot in that war, reviews the importance of air power in winning all the crucial battles of the war thus far, & argues… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1985. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Autobiography of the record-shattering test pilot, in 342 pages with Index + 24 pages of black-and-white photos. A FIRST EDITION, later (16th) printing from 1985, this hardcover 8vo has a quarter black cloth-wrapped spine with tan paper over the remaining boards. Condition… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1938. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The man who became famous in popular cultural lore as "Wrong Way Corrigan" tells, for the first time, the true story behind that ill-fated flight & other details about his life, revealing himself to be the epitome of… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Wiesner, David. Fantastic tale in which a third-grade New Jersey girl's science project goes stunningly awry! A FIRST EDITION, First printing, SIGNED by the AUTHOR with a personalized inscription to ffep, this oblong hardcover small 4to (11" x 9.25") has an… Read more about this item

1963. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good+. Promotional/informational brochure describing two forthcoming high-speed XV-5A research aircraft being developed by General Electric & the Ryan Aeronautical Company at Ft. Eustis, Virginia, which were scheduled for their first flight in late 1963. Here, the XV-5A program & the planes' design features & capabilities are described in words,… Read more about this item

San Diego, California: Ryan Aeronautical Company, 1964. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good+. Promotional brochure c. 1964 documenting Ryan Aeronautical's many contributions to aviation & the development of manned flight, 1925-1964. Both schematic drawings & vintage black-and-white photos provide accompaniment to text. In 16 unnumbered pages & decorative wrappers, stapled binding, this softcover 4to is… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Rogers, Walter S.. Book #9 in the 20-book YA series penned by under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to… Read more about this item

Arleta, California: Clymer Publications, 1987. Sixth Edition . Soft cover. VG-/G+. DIY guide to maintaining or repairing your vintage VW Transporter, 1961-1979. Thoroughly illustrated with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions. Orig. published in 1972, this is the 6th edition, 6th printing from 1987, revised over the years to include newer models. Oversized softcover in 329 pages with Index & blank… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: Crown Publishers Inc., 1943. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. Book #11 in the 15-book WWII adventure series for boys featuring young aviator Dave Dawson, who follows his father to Europe at the outbreak of WWII & fights the Nazis alongside his British friend, Freddy Farmer. A FIRST EDITION from Crown (but later printing,… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1941. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Book #4 in the 15-book WWII adventure series for boys featuring aviator Dave Dawson. Orig. published in 1941 by Crown, this is a contemporaneous reprint from Saalfied, not a modern reprint. Hardcover with deep blue cloth over boards stamped with a black image of Dave &… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1941. First Thus . Hardcover. G-/Good-. Book #3 in the 15-book WWII adventure series for boys featuring aviator Dave Dawson. Orig. published in 1941 by Crown, this is a contemporaneous reprint from Saalfied, not a modern reprint. Hardcover with dark blue cloth over boards stamped with a black image of Dave & his… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1941. First Thus . Hardcover. Fair. Book #5 in the 15-book WWII adventure series for boys featuring aviator Dave Dawson. Orig. published in 1941 by Crown, this is a contemporaneous reprint from Saalfied, not a modern reprint. Hardcover 12 mo with purple cloth over boards stamped with a black image of Dave &… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1942. First Thus . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Book #8 in the 15-book WWII adventure series for boys featuring aviator Dave Dawson. Orig. published in 1942 by Crown, this is a contemporaneous reprint from Saalfied, not a modern reprint. Hardcover with blue-green cloth over boards stamped with a black image of Dave & his… Read more about this item