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AIRLINE BIBLIOGRAPHY, 2 VOLUMES,
Smith, Myron, Locus Hill Press, 1988. Hardback issued w/o dj (as new), Volume 1 - The United States. Divided into four sections:- 1) Reference Works 2) Historical Background of U.S. Airlines Since 1914 3) Economic and Operational Facets of America's Airlines 4) Individual Passenger Airlines of America, 1914-.238 pgs. Volume 2 - Airliners and Foreign Air Transport. Divided into 5 sections: - 1) Reference Works 2) Historic, Economic and Operational Facets of Foreign Air Transport 3) International Associations and Organizations 4) Airliners 5) Airlines of the World Outside the United States. 464 pgs.
$150.00

SINGAPORE THE JAPANESE VERSION,
Tsuji, Masanobu Col., St Martin's Press, 1960. Hardback (no dj, vg. author of this book is one of the planners of the Imperial Japanese Army’s invasion of Malaya & the capture of Singapore. He “unreservedly attributes Japan’s victory in Malaya to the patriotic fervour & self-sacrifice of the frontline officers, men of her 25th Army, which, in advancing six hundred miles and capturing Singapore in seventy days, achieved one of the decisive victories of World War II. photos & maps, 358 pgs.
$12.00

HISTORY OF AIRCRAFT PISTON ENGINES,
Smith, Herschel, Sunflower, 1981, Soft cover, very good. Shows the development of aircraft piston engines from the earliest to more recent ones by brand. Photos & detail drawings, 255 pages.
$20.00

U.S. NAVAL HISTORY SOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES,
Allaard, Dean, Naval History Div., 1979, Soft cover, VG. Repositories by states, photos, 235 pages. Air Fordek maps, 76 pages,
$35.00

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS,
Controvich, James, Air Force Historical Research, 1991, Soft cover, VG,Compiled for the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency is the most comprehensive listing of unofficial published histories of the United States Air Force and its antecedents. It covers the air force from its genesis as the US Army Signal Corps, Aviation Section to the present. These titles are a rich source of information for anyone interested in the history of combat and peacetime operations of the Air Force, 188 pgs.
$16.00

WORLD WAR II AT SEA - BIBLIOGRAPHY SOURCES IN ENGLISH, 3 VOLUMES,
Smith, Myron, Scarecrow Press, 1976, 3 hardback volumes issued without dust jackets (as new), A detailed bibliography. Volume 1: The European Theater; Volume 2: The Pacific Theater; Volume 3: General Works, Naval hardware, Chronology, Home Fronts, Special Studies, Index, 1370 pages total.
$40.00

WAR WINGS - FILMS OF THE FIRST AIR WAR,
Stewart, Philip, PMS press, 2008, f (as new) soft cover Chronicles over 2,550 individual scenes of filmed action--while hundreds more are summarized. Scenes of pilot training, airplane manufacturing, fighting in the skies over France, and the post-Armistice testing of enemy airplanes, were all captured on film during 1917-1919. 218 pgs.
$19.00

IMAGES OF AVIATION: TORRANCE AIRPORT,
Lobb, Charles, Arcadia, 2006. new (soft cover), Known today as Zamperini Field, the Torrance Municipal Airport, or TOA. This 490-acre parcel sent four squadrons of P-38 fighter pilots off to war with one commanded by the judge of the Charles Manson trial, an ex-Flying Tiger. Six other pilots became generals, two became commandants of cadets at the Air Force Academy, and one became the only fighter pilot with combat victories in both World War II and the Vietnam War. Japanese Americans returning from World War II internment camps found temporary housing at the field, and the world's largest manufacturer of civilian helicopters settled there in 1973. The first runway takeoff of a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft was pioneered at TOA, and aerobatic champ Bob Herendeen trained at the site.photos, 127 pgs.
$15.00

ANCHOR ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY, VOLS i & iI,
Kinder & Hilgemann, Anchor, 1974 & 1978, Soft cover (as new), Vol. I: over 270 color maps and illustrations with a detailed chronological summary.Gives full details of the main cultural, scientific, religious, and political events of the centuries from the Old Stone Age to the eve of the French Revolution299 pgs. Vol II: covers key events from the French Revolution to the American Bicentennial. It chronicles the discoveries, battles, inventions, political movements, treaties, elections, births, assassinations, coups, & coronations that have shaped our modern world, 328 pgs.
$18.00

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	AIRLINE BIBLIOGRAPHY, 2 VOLUMES, Smith, Myron, Locus Hill Press, 1988. Hardback issued w/o dj (as new), Volume 1 - The United States. Divided into four sections:- 1) Reference Works 2) Historical Background of U.S. Airlines Since 1914 3) Economic and Operational Facets of America's Airlines 4) Individual Passenger Airlines of America, 1914-.238 pgs. Volume 2 - Airliners and Foreign Air Transport. Divided into 5 sections: - 1) Reference Works 2) Historic, Economic and Operational Facets of Foreign Air Transport 3) International Associations and Organizations 4) Airliners 5) Airlines of the World Outside the United States. 464 pgs. $150.00
	SINGAPORE THE JAPANESE VERSION, Tsuji, Masanobu Col., St Martin's Press, 1960. Hardback (no dj, vg. author of this book is one of the planners of the Imperial Japanese Army’s invasion of Malaya & the capture of Singapore. He “unreservedly attributes Japan’s victory in Malaya to the patriotic fervour & self-sacrifice of the frontline officers, men of her 25th Army, which, in advancing six hundred miles and capturing Singapore in seventy days, achieved one of the decisive victories of World War II. photos & maps, 358 pgs. $12.00
	HISTORY OF AIRCRAFT PISTON ENGINES, Smith, Herschel, Sunflower, 1981, Soft cover, very good. Shows the development of aircraft piston engines from the earliest to more recent ones by brand. Photos & detail drawings, 255 pages. $20.00
	U.S. NAVAL HISTORY SOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES, Allaard, Dean, Naval History Div., 1979, Soft cover, VG. Repositories by states, photos, 235 pages. Air Fordek maps, 76 pages, $35.00
	UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS, Controvich, James, Air Force Historical Research, 1991, Soft cover, VG,Compiled for the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency is the most comprehensive listing of unofficial published histories of the United States Air Force and its antecedents. It covers the air force from its genesis as the US Army Signal Corps, Aviation Section to the present. These titles are a rich source of information for anyone interested in the history of combat and peacetime operations of the Air Force, 188 pgs. $16.00
	WORLD WAR II AT SEA - BIBLIOGRAPHY SOURCES IN ENGLISH, 3 VOLUMES, Smith, Myron, Scarecrow Press, 1976, 3 hardback volumes issued without dust jackets (as new), A detailed bibliography. Volume 1: The European Theater; Volume 2: The Pacific Theater; Volume 3: General Works, Naval hardware, Chronology, Home Fronts, Special Studies, Index, 1370 pages total. $40.00
	WAR WINGS - FILMS OF THE FIRST AIR WAR, Stewart, Philip, PMS press, 2008, f (as new) soft cover Chronicles over 2,550 individual scenes of filmed action--while hundreds more are summarized. Scenes of pilot training, airplane manufacturing, fighting in the skies over France, and the post-Armistice testing of enemy airplanes, were all captured on film during 1917-1919. 218 pgs. $19.00
	IMAGES OF AVIATION: TORRANCE AIRPORT, Lobb, Charles, Arcadia, 2006. new (soft cover), Known today as Zamperini Field, the Torrance Municipal Airport, or TOA. This 490-acre parcel sent four squadrons of P-38 fighter pilots off to war with one commanded by the judge of the Charles Manson trial, an ex-Flying Tiger. Six other pilots became generals, two became commandants of cadets at the Air Force Academy, and one became the only fighter pilot with combat victories in both World War II and the Vietnam War. Japanese Americans returning from World War II internment camps found temporary housing at the field, and the world's largest manufacturer of civilian helicopters settled there in 1973. The first runway takeoff of a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft was pioneered at TOA, and aerobatic champ Bob Herendeen trained at the site.photos, 127 pgs. $15.00
	ANCHOR ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY, VOLS i & iI, Kinder & Hilgemann, Anchor, 1974 & 1978, Soft cover (as new), Vol. I: over 270 color maps and illustrations with a detailed chronological summary.Gives full details of the main cultural, scientific, religious, and political events of the centuries from the Old Stone Age to the eve of the French Revolution299 pgs. Vol II: covers key events from the French Revolution to the American Bicentennial. It chronicles the discoveries, battles, inventions, political movements, treaties, elections, births, assassinations, coups, & coronations that have shaped our modern world, 328 pgs. $18.00