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1936 AIR RACE PROGRAM - LOS ANGELES
Official program, very good condition, 56 pgs.
$50.00

FLYIN' FROLIC - LOVE FIELD, DALLAS, Nov. 8 & 9, 1918
34 page booklet describing military air show, includes 3 tickets to show.
$50.00

LIBRO de ORO FUERZA AEREA ARGENTINA, 1912-1962, ,
Oversized flex binder, Sapnish text, very good condition, celebrating the first 50 years of Argentina's Air Force, the organization, the aircraft and the personnel, many photos, 409 pages.
$35.00

AERONAUTICS - 3 VOLUMES,
Davy, M.J.B., HMSO, a set of 3 volume handbooks of aviation, vg, soft cover, collections at London's Science Museum:
HEAVIER THAN AIRCRAFT, published 1929, 115 pgs.
AIRCRAFT ENGINES, 1930, 104 pgs.,
LIGHTER-THAN-AIR CRAFT, 1950, 112 pgs.
$25.00

WINGS OF WAR,
Stark, Rudolph, Casemate, 2015, f/f (new copy), originally published in 1933, account of flying in the last year of WWI, based closely on the diaries the author kept while flying Fokker D7s, Stark became commander of Jasta 35 & had 11 confirmed and 5 unconfirmed victories, photos, 200 pgs.
$29.95

JG 54,
Scutts, Jerry, Motorbooks, 1992, f/f (as new), signed by Wolfgang Spate and Kurt Schulze (both 109 pilots)< History of the German Fighter Group 54. They were stationed mostly and very successfully on the Western Front. They had victory claims of over 8,000 aircraft, photos, color profiles, 165 pgs.
$65.00

CAPTAIN RETREAD,
Hough, Donald, Norton, 1944, vg/vg, inscribed by author, after service in 1918, he re-entered the Air Corps in 1942 in charge of aerial gunnery cadets at Ajo, Yuma & Las Vegas. He takes a somewhat lighthearted view of his service, 218 pgs.
$10.00

BACK TO MANDALAY,
Thomas, Lowell, Greystone, 1951, vg/vg, Inscribed by Lowell Thomas to Jackie Cochran & Floyd Odlum, " To Jackie and Floyd, Whose life story has been as romantic as The Road To Mandalay", the recapture of Burma with Wingate's Raders & the American Air Commandos, photos, 320 pgs.
$60.00

HILLER HIGHLIGHTS - 1958,
Volume 1, No. 1, the first of their 8 page newsletters.
$8.50

GWINN AIR CAR - 1937
22" x 8" folder, only 2 of these built. Frank Hawks was killed in the crash of one of them.
$65.00

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	1936 AIR RACE PROGRAM - LOS ANGELES Official program, very good condition, 56 pgs. $50.00
	FLYIN' FROLIC - LOVE FIELD, DALLAS, Nov. 8 & 9, 1918 34 page booklet describing military air show, includes 3 tickets to show. $50.00
	LIBRO de ORO FUERZA AEREA ARGENTINA, 1912-1962, , Oversized flex binder, Sapnish text, very good condition, celebrating the first 50 years of Argentina's Air Force, the organization, the aircraft and the personnel, many photos, 409 pages. $35.00
	AERONAUTICS - 3 VOLUMES, Davy, M.J.B., HMSO, a set of 3 volume handbooks of aviation, vg, soft cover, collections at London's Science Museum: HEAVIER THAN AIRCRAFT, published 1929, 115 pgs. AIRCRAFT ENGINES, 1930, 104 pgs., LIGHTER-THAN-AIR CRAFT, 1950, 112 pgs. $25.00
	WINGS OF WAR, Stark, Rudolph, Casemate, 2015, f/f (new copy), originally published in 1933, account of flying in the last year of WWI, based closely on the diaries the author kept while flying Fokker D7s, Stark became commander of Jasta 35 & had 11 confirmed and 5 unconfirmed victories, photos, 200 pgs. $29.95
	JG 54, Scutts, Jerry, Motorbooks, 1992, f/f (as new), signed by Wolfgang Spate and Kurt Schulze (both 109 pilots)< History of the German Fighter Group 54. They were stationed mostly and very successfully on the Western Front. They had victory claims of over 8,000 aircraft, photos, color profiles, 165 pgs. $65.00
	CAPTAIN RETREAD, Hough, Donald, Norton, 1944, vg/vg, inscribed by author, after service in 1918, he re-entered the Air Corps in 1942 in charge of aerial gunnery cadets at Ajo, Yuma & Las Vegas. He takes a somewhat lighthearted view of his service, 218 pgs. $10.00
	BACK TO MANDALAY, Thomas, Lowell, Greystone, 1951, vg/vg, Inscribed by Lowell Thomas to Jackie Cochran & Floyd Odlum, " To Jackie and Floyd, Whose life story has been as romantic as The Road To Mandalay", the recapture of Burma with Wingate's Raders & the American Air Commandos, photos, 320 pgs. $60.00
	HILLER HIGHLIGHTS - 1958, Volume 1, No. 1, the first of their 8 page newsletters. $8.50
	GWINN AIR CAR - 1937 22" x 8" folder, only 2 of these built. Frank Hawks was killed in the crash of one of them. $65.00