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On Extended Wings
Ackerman, Diane
New York Atheneum 1985 0-689-11540-7 / 9780689115400 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine Jacket
Clean dark blue boards with blue cloth spine, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 307 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. In this remarkable paean to flying, award-winning poet Diane Ackerman invites us to ride jump seat as she takes--literally and figuratively--to the sky. The book tells the story of how she gained mastery over the mysteries of flight and earned her private pilot's license, of her frustration and exhilaration during horus of lessons and endless touch and gos, of her first solo and her first cross-country flights. 8vo. Aviation. 015825
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55.00 USD
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The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe As Told by the Men Who Fought It
Astor, Gerald
New York Donald I Fine 1997 1556115105 / 9781556115103 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Fine Fine Jacket
First Edition, First Printing, with full number line on copyright page in clean unclipped jacket. Clean gray boards with darker gray spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 464 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 019053
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35.00 USD
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The Story of Lindbergh the Lone Eagle
Beamish, Richard J.
International Press 1927 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Dustjacket Jacket
Clean blue illustrated cloth boards with gold lettering. Light corner wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean. P/O name on front free endpaper. Illustrated with photographs. 320 pgs. 8vo. Aviation. 001520
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10.00 USD
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Lindbergh
Berg, A. Scott
Putnams 1998 0-399-14449-8 / 9780399144493 Cloth Bds Near FIne Near Fine Jacket
Nr Fine in Nr Fine DJ protected with Brodart mylar coverBiography. 001068
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10.00 USD
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Anyone Can Fly
Berman, Jules
Garden City Doubleday & Co. 1964 Hardcover Very Good+ very good+ Jacket
Very clean blue cloth boards with clean beige cloth spine, blue lettering on spine. No fading, fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 255 pgs. with index. Illustrated with over 200 photographs and diagrams. Copyright 1964 - no statement of printing. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped (4.95 on front inside flap), very tiny chip to one lower corner tip, hint of edge wear, several closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A simplified course of basic flight instructions, with step-by-step explanations of every phase of flying, invaluable guidance and advice, expert tips, more than two hundred "you-are-there" illustrations. 017674
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25.00 USD
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Flyboys
Bradley, James
Boston Little Brown 2003 0-316-10584-8 / 9780316105842 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Fine Fine Jacket
Stated First Edition, with full number line on copyright page. Clean unfaded dark blue boards with clean red spine, silver lettering on spine. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean photo-illustrated endpapers. 398 pgs. Illustrated with black & white plates. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The story of a group of American flyers who were captured by the Japanese during World War II and held prisoner on Chichi Jima. 6-1/4" x 9-1/2". World War II. 017003
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20.00 USD
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Punk's War
Carroll, Ward
Annapolis Naval Institute Press 2001 1-55750-236-6 / 9781557502360 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Fine Fine Jacket
Clean black cloth boards with red metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 224 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A fighter pilot's story as riveting as it is well written and honest. 8vo. War/Military. 013990
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20.00 USD
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Wings Over the Desert
Dean, Graham M.
New York Viking Press 1945 First edition Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket Wesley Dennis, Illustrator
"First Published by The Viking Press in October 1945" on copyright page. Very clean rust brown cloth boards with airplane illustration on cover, black lettering on spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 224 pgs. with illustrations by Wesley Dennis. Clean dustjacket has no tears, is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, small chip to upper corner of rear inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Story of the Civil Air Patrol at the start of World War II, in which a young cub reporter, physically unfit for the Armed Services, becomes involved in attempted sabotage, pulp-forest fires, exciting rescues, and a long series of other unusual adventures. 017969
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35.00 USD
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That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day
Dehan, Richard
New York/London G. P. Putnam's 1918 First Edition Hard Cover Good+ No Dustjacket Jacket
Clean green cloth with illustrated cover, gold lettering on cover and spine. Very light corner and edgewear. Binding is tight & square. Very nice color frontis illustration. Pages are clean. 625 pgs. 8vo. First Edition. 004561
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10.00 USD
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Following the Sun Shadow
Dixon, Franklin W.
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1932 Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good Jacket J. Clemens Gretta, Illustrator
Copyright 1932, no additional printings listed, in original unclipped jacket. Clean brown cloth boards with black lettering, black airplane illustration on cover. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean, with black top-stained page edges, clean decorated endpapers. No previous owner markings. 215 pp. Illustrations by J. Clemens Gretta. Dustjacket is not price clipped (.50 at top corner of front inside flap), has very small edge chips and slight edge wear, corner crease. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A Ted Scott Flying Story. 019054
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40.00 USD
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Through the Air To Alaska (Ted Scott Flying Stories)
Dixon, Franklin W.
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1930 Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket Walter S. Rogers, Illustrator
Very clean unfaded red cloth boards with airplane illustration on cover, black outlined lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean (one faint small spot to bottom page edges). Clean bright endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 216 pgs. Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers. "Copyright 1930 by Grosset & Dunlap" on copyright page, no additional printings listed. Clean bright color illustrated dustjacket has a few closed edge tears, a few tiny nicks to outside edges. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 017619
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45.00 USD
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Fullness of Wings The Making of a New Daedalus
Dorsey, Gary
Penguin USA 1990 0670824445 / 9780670824441 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Near Fine very good Jacket
First Printing, with full number line on copyright page. Clean red-orange boards with clean unfaded black cloth spine, red lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean decorated endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 350 pgs. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears, light surface rubbing. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of one of the world's most romantic scientific endeavors--the making of a human-powered airplane that retracedthe flight of Daedalus and made a myth come true. 018180
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15.00 USD
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50 Years of Adventure and Progress in Canadian Skies
Ellis, Frank H.
Toronto The Ryerson Press 1959 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket
Very clean sky blue cloth boards with red lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 230 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, with a few tiny short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Clean gift-quality book. 8vo. Aviation. 009023
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30.00 USD
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The Vivid Air The Lafayette Escadrille
Flammer, Philip M.
Athens, GA University of Georgia Press 1981 0-8203-0537-5 / 9780820305370 First edition Hardcover Near Fine near fine Jacket
Very clean silver boards with black "gunshot" dot decoration on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean blue-black endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 249 pgs. Illustrated with historical photographs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Story of the American volunteer unit which fought with the French during World War I. A unique and elite squadron, the stirring initiative of the Americans in volunteering to fight and fly for France long before their own country entered the war ignited the admiration of the world. Here is a clear, fully documented study based on extensive research, including many interviews with survivors of the Lafayette Escadrille and others closely associated with it. 17466
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85.00 USD
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The Hurricane Story
Gallico, Paul
Garden City Doubleday & Co. 1959 Stated First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Jacket
Clean blue cloth boards with illustration of two planes on cover, gold lettering on spine. Hint of surface wear to spine corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates, very small abrasion to fixed endpaper where sticker was removed. 165 pgs. Clean color illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped, has chips at top and bottom of spine, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Paul Gallico, with the same magic touch and warmth of feeling of his great best sellers, has now turned out this chronicle of the Hurricane--the tenacious little single-seater plane that stood forth against the Luftwaffe. 8vo. Aviation. 013451
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10.00 USD
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Band of Brothers
Gann, Ernest K.
New York Simon & Schuster 1973 671-21630-9 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good+ Jacket
First Edition. Very clean blue cloth boards with silver airplane on cover, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 316 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, has one inch closed tear at top rear panel near spine fold, a few very tiny edge nicks. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Fiction. 015009
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30.00 USD
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The Grasshoppers Come
Garnett, David, Editor
Brewer, Warren & Putnam 1931 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Dustjacket Jacket Illustrated By Author
First Edition. Clean orange boards with red cloth spine, unchipped paper title label on spine. Spots of wear to spine corners, wear to board corners & edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 143 pgs. Illustrated with wood engravings by the author. 8vo. Aviation. 016516
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15.00 USD
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The Falcon's Disciples - Parachuting's Unforgettable Jumps
Gregory, Howard
New York Pageant Press, Inc. 1967 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket Signed
First Edition, SIGNED by author, in dustjacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers illustrated with maps. Inscribed and signed by author on verso of front free endpaper: "DIck: I hope you enjoy this book - Best Wishes, Howard." 331 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight edge wear, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A complete history of parachuting, documenting the earliest recorded jumps and charts the growth and sophistication of parachuting as a strategic weapon of war, world popular sport, and modern research and entertainment tool. 018137
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60.00 USD
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I Remember Lindbergh
Grierson, John
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1977 0-15-238895-8 / 9780152388959 Stated First Edition Hard Cover Fine Near Fine Jacket
192 pgs. Fine in Nr Fine DJ - new archival quality mylar cover. Very clean and tight blue cloth book with gold lettering on spine. No names or writing inside. Clean, bright dustjacket with one tiny closed tear at top edge, not price clipped.Biography. 002990
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12.00 USD
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Flights of Passage: Reflections of a World War II Aviator
Hynes, Samuel
Frederic C. Beil & Naval Institute Press 1988 Stated First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine Jacket
Very clean blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 270 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. World War II. 010632
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15.00 USD
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