| GETTING OFF THE GROUND, Vecsey & Dade, E.P. Dutton, 1979, vg/vg, see photo,
bio's of 31 pioneer aviators including, Newell, Stadlman, Ryan, Wysong, Girney, Bruno, Northrop, Merril and others,
photos, 304 pgs. | $14.95 |
| HENRI MIGNET AND HIS FLYING FLEAS, Ellis & Jones, Haynes,1990, f/f, see photo, biography of Mignet, how he came to build the flea and modern variations of the aircraft, history of "Pou de Ciel" and modern versions, many photos, 224 pgs.
| $50.00 |
| HEROES OF THE AIR, Fraser, Chelsea, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1927, vg (embossed cover, ex-library) biographies of early aviators, photos & maps, 487 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| HEROES OF THE AIR, Grahame-white & Harper, Hodder & Stoughton, 1912, vg (inked inscription, front fly missing, weak hinges), see photo, early aviators including the Wright Brothers, Lilienthall, Santos Dumont, Farman, Paulhan and Bleriot, 6 illustrations in color by Cyrus Cuneo and photographs, 272 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| HISTORY OF BRITISH AVIATION 1908-1914, Brett, R.
Dallas, John Hamillton, 1933, vg (cover wear, minor foxing), 1st edition,
photos, 388 pgs | $65.00 |
| INVENTION OF THE AEROPLANE Gibbs-Smith, Charles, Faber & Faber, 1965, vg/vg (yellowing), see photo, survey of the forerunners of modern aviation from Sir George Cayley's first aeroplane design of 1799 to Plicher's death in 1899, assemblade of some 250 contemporary photos, analyses how the powered aeroplane arrived in the world, 360 pgs.
| $32.50 |
| JAMES MEANS AND THE PROBLEM OF MANFLIGHT DURING THE PERIOD 1882-1920, Means, James Howard, Smithsonian, 1964, vg (no dj)
author's account of his father's interest and achievements in aeronautics; James Means, Sr., is best known for compiling the Aeronautical Annual (1895- 1897)
and for developing the James Means Control, photos & illustrations, 143 pgs.
| $17.50 |
| JANE'S HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT FROM 1902 TO 1916, Grey, C.G. (editor), Arco, 1969, vg/ vg-,
Reprint, see photo, book consists of part of the 1917 edition of 'Jane's All The World's Aircraft' and offers a pictorial record of the early days of aviation. Includes 180 black and white photographs,
historical prefaces on war balloons & parachutes, 93 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| J'AI VU NAITRE L'AVIATION ( I SAW THE BIRTH OF AVIATION), Fabre, Henri, Imprimerie Guirimand, 1980, vg (soft cover), French text, see photo, aviation from the Montgolfieres flight in 1783 to about 1910, the author built and flew the first seaplane in 1910, illustrations, 267 pgs.
| $20.00 |
| KNIGHTS OF THE AIR, Maitland, Lester Lt., Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929, vg (minor cover wear),
history of early flying with an emphasis on the first flights across continents, and trans-Pacific,
photos, 338 pgs.
| $35.00 |
| KOSCIUSKO SQUADRON 1919-1921, Kopanski & Kzok, Mushroom, 2005, new (soft cover),
many photos & color plates, 80 pgs.
| $21.00 |
KOSCIUSZKO, WE ARE HERE!
Cizek, Janusz, McFarland, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo,
Poland was in ruins after World War I. The fighting front had rolled through some areas more than seven different times, and the result was the almost complete destruction of the roads, railways, bridges, water systems, and power plants. The government was based mainly on civil servants of Polish descent who remained on the job after the fall of Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary. Even after Poland regained her independence in 1918, the borders were not yet defined and the nation was vulnerable to continued threats from Germany and Russia.
This work presents the story of the Kosciuszko Squadron, a small group of American flyers that formed without the support of the State Department and the American Expeditionary Force in Europe, to defend Poland from the Bolshevik armies and to prevent the communist revolution in Russia from uniting with a Germany frustrated by provisions of the Treaty of Versaille.
The book covers the events leading up to the formation of the squadron and the first efforts to enlist American military help for Poland in 1918. It explores why that small group of Americans felt compelled to fight for Poland and what they knew about who and what they were fighting for and against, and discusses the people, events, and issues that figured prominently in the war. The Squadron was named, of course, in honor of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, who famously came from Poland in 1776 to join the Colonial forces fighting the War of Independence from Britain, photos, 248 pgs.
| $45.00 |
| LAST TRAIN OVER ROSTOV BRIDGE, Aten & Orrmont, Julian Messner, 1961, vg/vg (chipping & repaired), see photo,
Americans that flew with White Russian Army during the Russian Civil War, maps on end pages, 340 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| LOST FLIGHTS OF GUSTAVE WHITEHEAD, Randolph, Stella, Places Inc., 1937, vg/vg, see photo,
claims Whitehead made powered flights in 1901 and 1902, photos, 95 pgs.
| $75.00 |
| MAGNIFICENT DISTANCES, Duffy & Crane, Sound Heritage Series, 1980, vg (soft cover), early aviation in British Columbia, 1910-1940, photos, 78 pgs.
| $13.50 |
| MAGNIFICENT MOISANTS, THE, Rich, Doris, Smithsonian, 1998,
new, see photo, Illinois family performed pre-WW I air shows, taught
Harriet Quimby to fly, photos, 248 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| MARINE FIGHTING SQUADRON NINE, Barrow, Jess, TAB,
1981, f, soft cover, see photo, VF-9M, 1925 to 1938, photos, 239 pgs. | $10.00 |
| MAVERICKS OF THE SKY, Rosenberg & Macaulay, William Morrow, new with dj, see photo,
recouns the crucial first three years of the U.S. Air Mail Service, a collection of former World War I ace pilots,
pushing the limits of flight to the extreme to deliver mail, famously known as "the Suicide Club",
photos, 341 pgs.
| $14.95 |
| MEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD - AVIATION PIONEERS,
Cooksley, Peter, Sutton, 2003, as new with dj, see photo, examination of the steps that led the Wright brothers to build &
fly the worldÕs first powered aircraft exploring the development of flight by other aviation pioneers of the time
& comparing the achievements of men like Cayley, Lilienthal, Cody and Berliot with the Wrights and with one another, photos, 179 pgs.
| $35.00 |
| MERCY PILOT, Tordoff, Epicenter Press, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo,
bio of Joe Crosson, a national hero between the world wars flying mercy missions in the North,
including a dangerous search in a dark Siberian winter for a lost pilot, Carl Ben Eielson,
& a bitterly cold winter flight in an open cockpit carrying serum through uncharted mountains to Barrow, Alaska
the first pilot to land on a glacier, photos, 254 pgs.
| $17.95 |
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| MONOPLANES AND BIPLANES, Loening, Grover, Munn & Co., 1911, vg (rebound), see photo,current state of aerodynamics, the work of Langley, lilienthal and Chanute, various contemporary aircraft are detailed and described, 278 illustrations, 331 pgs.
| $165.00 |
| MONTANA & THE SKY, Wiley, Frank, Montana Aeronautics
Comm., 1966, vg/vg (rubbed), see photo, history of aviation in Montana, 1885 to 1930,
featuring prominent Montana aviators, photos, 343 pgs. | $50.00 |
