| MAGNIFICENT MOISANTS, THE, Rich, Doris, Smithsonian, 1998, new with dj
new, see photo, Illinois family performed pre-WW I air shows, taught
Harriet Quimby to fly, photos, 248 pgs.
| $17.50 |
| MAN FLIES - STORY OF ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT, Winters, Nancy, Ecco Press, 1997, new, see photo,
internationally acclaimed as the first man to fly, Santos-Dumont was feted for several years in Europe
& America before learning that the Wright Brothers, whose early efforts had been discounted, had actually preceded him,
photos & illustrations, 160 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| MEN, WOMEN AND 10,000 KITES, Voisin, Gabriel, Putnam, 1963, vg/vg (some spine discoloration & wrinkling), see photo,
author, together with his brother, founded Aeroplanes Voisins in 1905. They built early gliders for
Bleriot and originated the famous "14-bis" in which Santos Dumont made the first flight in Europe, photos, 248 pgs.
| $75.00 |
| 'MICK', Dudgeon, James M., Robert Hale, 1981, f/f, see photo,
biography of Major Edward Mannock, 208 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| ONE PILOT'S LOG, Sloniger, Jerrold, Howell Press, 1997, new, bio of E. L. Sloniger, air mail pilot in the 20's, later first pilot for
American Airlines, photos, 190 pgs. | $24.95 |
| OVER AND ABOVE OUR PACIFIC McKew Parr, Charles, Whole World and Co., 1942, good (ex-library), in 1940, the author flew the China Clipper round trip across the Pacific. This book is a complitation of the letters he wrote about the trip and all the stops along the way, including an opinion of the Japanese influence in the Pacific, photos, 274 pgs.
| $8.50 |
| PASSION THAT LEFT THE GROUND, THE,
King, Stephan H., Word Associations Publisher, 2007, new, soft cover, see photo,signed by author,
Subject of this book are the machines dreamt up by Léon Levavasseur, a genius with eccentricities.
He was the man who designed the Antoinette engines & the Antoinette monoplanes, his machines were really works of art. His aircraft were featured in the movie "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines".
Levavasseur also evokes naturally the masterflyer Hubert Latham.
This book gives a fine account of pre-1914 flying, lots of illustrations (some of the l'Aérophile collection now in the Library of Congress),
158 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| PIONEER AVIATORS OF THE WORLD,
Matthews, Hart, McFarland, 2003, new (issued w/o dj),see photo,
the first pilots from each of a hundred countries have their stories told in this work,
a brief biography & description of his or her attempts to fly are provided for each early aviator,
except in a very few cases where facts are hard to find, photos, 208 pgs.
| $39.95 |
| POLAR EXETEMES, Pool, Beekman, University of Alaska Press, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo,
biography of Lincoln ELssworth, a fascinating & detailed portrait of one of America's greatest
Polar explorers, a man who was simultaneously a pioneer of high latitutde aviation, photos, maps, 311 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| RECORD FLIGHTS, Chamberlin, Clarence, Dorrance & Company, 1928 (2nd Printing), vg (some minor damage to back cover), inscribed to Abe Heler "in apreciation of your assistance in arranging my films" Clarence D. Chamberlin, New York, Dec. 1st, 1930, autobiography, he contributed to the exciting & spectacular development of American aviation after WW I. Chamberlain is best known for his flight across the Atlantic
by reaching Germany, broke Lindbergh's 2-week old distance record, in less spectacular, but perhaps more valuable ways, Chamberlain before and after his flight contributed to the growth of
American aviation, he was a test pilot for Giuseppe Bellanca, a pioneer designer of aircraft who also built the "Columbia" [the plane in which Chamberlain made his historic trans-Atlantic flight],
flying all of Bellanca's early planes to test their speed, mileage, handling & safety. He made the first trans-Atlantic airmail flight. Photos, 286 pgs.
| $100.00 |
| REUBEN FLEET, Wagner, William, Aero, 1976, vg/vg, see photo,
bio of Major Reuben Fleet and Consolidated aircraft, photos, 324 pgs.
| $18.50 |
| RICKENBACKER, Rickenbacker, Edward V., Prentice-Hall, 1967, vg (inked name)/vg, see photo,
autobiography, photos, 458 pgs.
| $12.50 |
| RICKENBACKER'S LUCK, Farr, Finis, Houghton Mifflin, 1979,
f/f, survived many air combats, race car driver, survived 23 days at
sea in a raft, photos, 366 pgs. | $12.95 |
| RYAN THE AVIATOR, Wagner, William, McGraw-Hill, 1971, vg/vg,
see photo, biography of T. Claude Ryan, many photos, 253 pgs.
| $25.00 |
