| ABOVE THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY, Springs, Elliott White, Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928, vg (rebound, moisture damage to last 25 pgs.)
Limited edition #22 of 150 copies, signed by Springs, Princeton-and Oxford-educated South Carolinian,
Elliott White Springs (1896-1959) was one of the highest ranking American air aces of WW I,
credited with 11 official kills, 275 pgs.
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$150.00 |
| AERIAL TRANSPORT, Thomas, G. Holt, Hodder and Stoughton, 1920 vg (embossed name), see photo,
written by one of Britain's airline pioneers, complete with fold-out maps showing projected
Empire air routes all the way to Australia and Africa, its chapters suggest how service might
begin, the role of mails, meteorology in commercial flying, airships, the law, passenger carrying,
photos, 259 pgs + fold-out maps.
| $150.00 |
| AERIAL WARFARE, Hearne, R.P., Bodley Head, 1908, vg (4 photos missing of 57 illustrations - they have
been replaced with copies, inked name) see photo, descriptions of dirigibles built for war, 237 pgs.
| $50.00 |
| ART OF AVIATION,
Brewer, Robert, Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1911, vg (rebound, some foxing on edges), see photo,
Handbook on aeroplanes, motors & propellers, photos, illustrations, 11 fold out drawings of planes & engines,
278 pgs. + fold-outs
| $125.00 |
| CONQUEST OF THE AIR, Berget, Alphonse, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1909, good (spine fade, fraying at top & bottom of spine, spine crack), see photo, 48 halftone illustrations tipped in on coated paper. Many diagrams and charts eexplainingthe science of flight and the construction of aeroplanes and dirigibles, 295 pgs.
| $100.00 |
| FLYING MACHINES: PRACTICE AND DESIGN, Kennedy, Rankin, D. Van Nostrand, 1909, vg,
principles, construction & working of aircraft with formulae, illustrations, 158 pgs.
| $95.00 |
| LOG OF H.M.A. R 34, JOURNEY TO AMERICA AND BACK, Maitland, E.M. Air -Commodore, Hodder & Stoughton, 1921,
vg (original, rebound), the first double crossing of the Atlantic by air, a day by day account of the two flights,
the outward from East Fortune, Scotland to Mineola, New York and the return to Pulham, Norfolk, the westbound flight
was not without drama, over 97% of the ship's fuel supply was used up, the first aerial stowaway was discovered
& a severe storm encountered, the commander Captain G.H. Scott commented that he wouldn't have wanted to be in a
23-class rigid in the conditions the R34 passed through, two observers were carried - LLt CmdrZachary Lansdowne westbound
and Col. William Hensley on the return, Lansdowne unluckily lost his life in the SHENANDOAH breakup, Hensley became rather
notorious for his secret negotiations with the Zeppelin Co. for a rigid airship for the US Army, photos (1 photo missing), fold-out map, 168 pgs.
| $150.00 |
| MILES AIRCRAFT SINCE 1925, Brown, Don, Putnam, 1970, f/f, see photo,
story of a company founded by two brothers with the help of a hhandfulof friends and enthusiasts. "Barnstorming" days when a mere handful of men grew to an organization of some 6000 employees. Drawings, photographs and tables of dimension and weights and performances of every design, 420 pgs. | $245.00 |
| PRACTICAL AERONAUTICS, Hayward, Charles, American Technical Society, 1917, vg (inked name, the spine has been pprofessionallyrebuilt), originally published in 1912, this is the 1917 edition which was updated to 1917, Example of illustrations, the theory of and history of balloons, dirigibles & aviation and aero engines. There are also descriptions of more than 30 current aircraft types, photos & many illustrations, 769 pgs.
| $250.00 |
| SKY'S THE LIMIT, Thomlinson, Tommy Ltn., Macrae-Smith, 1930, vg (cover wear, spine fade, book tight)/vg (lazer dj), see photo,
signed by author, Tomlinson was court mmarshaledfor landing his plane on the main street of Coronado, the fact was his engine had stopped,
he was a proud breaker of hundred of Navy regulations, this is a record of his life as a great flyer, photos, 289 pgs.
| $100.00 |
| SOLO TO SIDNEY, Chichester, F.C., John Hamilton, 1930, vg (spine fade, foxing on page edges),
signed by Chichester, recounts his 1929 solo flight from Croydon to Sydney, photos, 207 pgs.
| $85.00 |
| SPIDER WEB, THE, Hallam, T.D. Sqdn. Leader, William Blackwood & Sons, 1919, vg (cover wear,
spine fade), account of life at Felixtfowe air station during
WW I, where the author flew flying boats in search of enemy submarines, photos & maps, 278 pgs.
| $150.00 |
| UP SHIP!, Rosendahl, Charles, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1931, vg (spine rebuilt, new end papers, some moisture curl),
written by the ranking survivor of the Shenandoah tragedy, Commander Rosendahl gives a first-hand account of
that disaster & gives an insider's look at the life of the Akron & Los Angeles, of which he was later the
commanding officer, photos, 311 pgs.
| $100.00 |
WINGED MARS (Vol. 1: German Air Weapon 1870-1914) & THE AIR WEAPON 1914-1916 (Vol. II),
Cuneo, John,
Military Service Publishing, 1942 & 1947, very good with dust jackets,see photo of Vol. 1, carefully researched & prepared study of the development and practical
impact of the German air weapon, provides background information on the pre-war origins of German Military Aeronautics
and it continues in the second volume with Great Britain's early military aeronautices, French development & in a final
chapter on the air weapon in Europe at the start of the war, appendices, notes, bbibliography& index, drawings tables & maps, 840 pgs. (total count)see photo of Vol. II
| $225.00 (for the set) |
