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FIRST YALE UNIT - VOLS 1 & 2,
Paine, Ralph, Riverside Press, 1925, vg (corners bumped, Duplicate stamped on fly page of volume 2, tight binding). Volume 1 is devoted to training. photos, 306 pages. Volume 2 to the war service at Felix-Stowe, Dunkirk, with the Northern Bombing Group and many other air stations during W.W.I. Includes the letters of David Ingalls & an account of operations out of Killingholme, photos, 400 pages. One of the few important works on the part played by US naval aviation in the Great War.
$125.00

AIRCRAFT SPOTTERS GUIDE - 1942 - 3 ISSUES,
Hartney, Harold, Nat, Aeronautics Council, 1942, VG (cover wear, Issue 1 has detached front cover, otherwise fine- no marks, tight binding). 3 position silhouettes, specifications & photographs of fighting planes,gliders, of U.S., Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Spain, Italy, 96 pgs. each.
$12.00

T.0.M. SOPWITH SIGNED ENVELOPE -1972,
$85.00

CURTIS CHAMBERLAIN SIGNED ENVELOPE - 1929,
$50.00

CURTAIN RISES,
Reynolds, Quentin, Random House, 1944, vg (no dj, spine wear), Inscribed by author, The war correspondent's experiences and reports from Russia, Iran, Palestine, North Africa & at the invasions of Sicily and Salerno. 353 pgs..
$6.00

CHASING ICARUS,
Mortimer, Gavin, Walker & Co., 2009, f/f (as new), By 1910, America and the world were transfixed by the danger and challenge of mastering the air; during the seventeen days in October 1910 that Gavin Mortimer vividly recounts, the question of primacy in the air was on full display, after which the future of aviation was never in doubt. The great dirigible "America," captained by Walter Wellman, lifted off from New Jersey and for several turbulent days attempted to be the first flying machine to cross the Atlantic, photos, 305 pgs.
$6.00

CERTIFICATE OR APPRECIATION TO WILLIAM P. MacCRACKEN, May 19, 1927 (Framed)
MacCracken was one of the founders of the National Aeronautic Association & Assistant Secretaru pf Commerce for Aeronautics. He was instrumental in having air commerce regulated by the Fedeeral Government. Document signed by Latin American dignitaries & the signature of Harr Guggenheim. Text of document faded. Included a bio of MacCracken.
$15.00

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	FIRST YALE UNIT - VOLS 1 & 2, Paine, Ralph, Riverside Press, 1925, vg (corners bumped, Duplicate stamped on fly page of volume 2, tight binding). Volume 1 is devoted to training. photos, 306 pages. Volume 2 to the war service at Felix-Stowe, Dunkirk, with the Northern Bombing Group and many other air stations during W.W.I. Includes the letters of David Ingalls & an account of operations out of Killingholme, photos, 400 pages. One of the few important works on the part played by US naval aviation in the Great War. $125.00
	AIRCRAFT SPOTTERS GUIDE - 1942 - 3 ISSUES, Hartney, Harold, Nat, Aeronautics Council, 1942, VG (cover wear, Issue 1 has detached front cover, otherwise fine- no marks, tight binding). 3 position silhouettes, specifications & photographs of fighting planes,gliders, of U.S., Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Spain, Italy, 96 pgs. each. $12.00
	T.0.M. SOPWITH SIGNED ENVELOPE -1972, $85.00
	CURTIS CHAMBERLAIN SIGNED ENVELOPE - 1929, $50.00
	CURTAIN RISES, Reynolds, Quentin, Random House, 1944, vg (no dj, spine wear), Inscribed by author, The war correspondent's experiences and reports from Russia, Iran, Palestine, North Africa & at the invasions of Sicily and Salerno. 353 pgs.. $6.00
	CHASING ICARUS, Mortimer, Gavin, Walker & Co., 2009, f/f (as new), By 1910, America and the world were transfixed by the danger and challenge of mastering the air; during the seventeen days in October 1910 that Gavin Mortimer vividly recounts, the question of primacy in the air was on full display, after which the future of aviation was never in doubt. The great dirigible "America," captained by Walter Wellman, lifted off from New Jersey and for several turbulent days attempted to be the first flying machine to cross the Atlantic, photos, 305 pgs. $6.00
	CERTIFICATE OR APPRECIATION TO WILLIAM P. MacCRACKEN, May 19, 1927 (Framed) MacCracken was one of the founders of the National Aeronautic Association & Assistant Secretaru pf Commerce for Aeronautics. He was instrumental in having air commerce regulated by the Fedeeral Government. Document signed by Latin American dignitaries & the signature of Harr Guggenheim. Text of document faded. Included a bio of MacCracken. $15.00