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The Fireside Book of Flying Stories

By: Jensen, Paul (Editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1952

Seller ID: 020013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Second Printing (stated) in dustjacket. Clean cloth boards with no bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front fly leaf. 464 pp. Dustjacket is not price clipped, but is a bit tattered with shallow edge chipping, tears at folds. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Short stories, fragments, vignettes, observations, essays, a novelette and a science fiction story--selected from the writings of the Age of Flight. Authors include: A. Conan Doyle; Edgar Allan Poe; John Dos P...
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The Sky Clowns

By: John Tomerlin

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Dutton: 1973

Seller ID: 021611

ISBN: 0525394508

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

"First Edition" stated on copyright page, in original unclipped jacket. Very clean orange cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean; clean brown endpapers (small previous owner name neatly stamped on front fixed endpaper). 184 pages. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped (4.95 on front inside flap), a few very shallow edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Flight Into Space - The Facts, Fancies and Philosophy

By: Leonard, Jonathan Norton

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1953

Seller ID: 017622

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, First Printing. Very clean unfaded black cloth boards with silver saucer shape on cover, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean gray endpapers, with very brief previous owner inscription on front fixed endpaper (short one liner). 307 pgs. with index. Clean unfaded dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap). Written by the science editor of TIME Magazine, authoritative book in its time which separated facts of space flight from theories ...
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Listen! The Wind

By: Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Price: $95.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace & Co.: 1938

Seller ID: 021279

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean first edition (stated) in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean red cloth boards with small gold airplane on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, very narrow line of fading at top and bottom spine edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers illustrated with maps. Small previous owner inscription at top of half-title page. SMall ink stamped number at bottom corner of rear blank endpaper (910210). 275 pages with appendix. Foreword and map drawings by Charles Lindbergh. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped (2.50 on fr...
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"We" - The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic Flight, Together with His Views on the Future of Aviation

By: Lindbergh, Charles A.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam: 1927

Seller ID: 028736

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean hardcover book in original illustrated slipcase. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering and airplane on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean decorated endpapers; no previous owner markings. Frontispiece photo portrait of Lindbergh standing in front of "The Spirit of St. Louis." With a Foreword by Myron T. Herrick, U.S. Ambassador to France. Illustrated throughout with historic photos. All pages and edges are clean. 318 pages. Illustrated paper-covered slipcase has very light soiling, some c...
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The Canvas Falcons: The Story of the Men and Planes of World War I

By: Longstreet, Stephen

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York/Cleveland, World Publishing Co.: 1970

Seller ID: 013754

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean blue cloth boards with black cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean with clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 365 pgs. Illustrated with historical photographs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Aviation.
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The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart

By: Lovell, Mary S

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, St Martins Press: 1989

Seller ID: 020815

ISBN: 0312034318

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition, First Printing, with full number line on copyright page in clean unclipped jacket. Clean beige boards with brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Bump to one corner tip, no fraying or rubbing. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean nap-illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 420 pp. + note about the author. Illustrated with photographs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (22.95 on front inside flap). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart

By: Lovell, Mary S.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, St Martins Press: 1989

Seller ID: 023936

ISBN: 0312034318

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing in clean unchipped original dust jacket. Very clean beige boards with clean brown cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean map-decorated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with historical photographs. 420 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart

By: Lovell, Mary S.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, St Martins Press: 1989

Seller ID: 026938

ISBN: 0312034318

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing (stated First Edition with full number line on copyright page), in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean beige boards with blind-stamped author's initials on cover, clean brown cloth spinlel, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, hinges are strong and uncracked, very slight lean to text block. All pages and edges are clean, with clean decorated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with photographs. 421 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable myla...
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Straight on Till Morning: the Biography of Beryl Markham

By: Lovell, Mary S.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, St Martins Press: 1987

Seller ID: 028158

ISBN: 0312010966

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean hardcover book and dust jacket, book club edition. Pale olive boards with ivory cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with glossy black and white photographs. 408 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, has a few very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Biography of one of the twentieth century's most remarkable women. First person every to fly the Atla...
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Hallelujah Flight

By: Lynn, Jack

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martins Press: 1990

Seller ID: 027567

ISBN: 0312043244

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First U.S. Edition (first printing, with full number line) in unclipped dust jacket. Clean black boards with gold lettering on spine. Slight wear to one corner tip, tiny bump to one corner. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 237 pages. Clean illustrated dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, has two short closed edge tears along flap fold edges. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An adventure novel based on the true story of two black aviators (J...
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West With the Night

By: Markham, Beryl

Price: $40.00

Publisher: San Francisco, North Point Press: 1987

Seller ID: 029001

ISBN: 0865473048

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

The Illustrated Edition, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean brown boards with small gold illustration on cover, clean green cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with glossy black & white photographs (thirty-two pages of photographs). 261 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Exquisitely written autobiography of one of the ...
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The Airman's War: World War II in the Sky

By: Marrin, Albert

Price: $95.00

Publisher: New York, Atheneum: 1982

Seller ID: 015430

ISBN: 0-689-30907-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

As new, Stated First Edition. Very clean rust brown cloth boards with bright stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 213 pgs. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. World War II.
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Double Eagle: Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, Larry Newman

By: McCarry, Charles

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston/Toronto, Little, Brown & Co.: 1979

Seller ID: 016022

ISBN: 0-316-55360-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition. Clean blue boards with darker blue cloth spine, bright silver lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers illustrated with maps; no names, writing or bookplates. 278 pgs. Illustrated with full color photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A riveting, true account of the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean by men in a balloon--by all reckonings one of the most extr...
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The Naval Air War, 1939-1945

By: Miller, Nathan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. Of America: 1980

Seller ID: 025310

ISBN: 0933852118

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Very clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Liberally illustrated with black and white photographs. 224 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, one short closed tear at top of spine edge, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Flying Doctor

By: Noonan, Michael

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, John Day Company: 1961

Seller ID: 025480

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in clean original unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 191pages. Illustrated dust jacket is not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap), no chips, one short closed tear at top of spine front fold. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Story of the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia, who serve the residents of the Australian outback. Michael Noonan's novel is f...
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The Royal Air Force: A Concise History

By: Pollard, Captain A. O.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.:

Seller ID: 010422

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Very slight wear at spine edges. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Small neatly penned previous owner name on front free endpaper. Illustrated with photo plates of some of the great airplanes of history. 276 pgs. with index. 8vo. Aviation.
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The Flying North

By: Potter, Jean

Price: $65.00

Publisher: New York, Macmillan: 1965

Seller ID: 025314

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Special printing by Macmillan for the The Book Cache & Alaska News Agency, Anchorage, Alaska in illustrated original dust jacket. Clean light blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 261 pages with index. Illustrated dust jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has some edge wear, closed tears. Nice photo of author with her plane on rear panel. Enclo...
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The Call of the Clouds

By: Powell, A. Van Buren

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York/Boston, Books, Inc.: 1940

Seller ID: 009264

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean moss green cloth boards with black lettering and decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper. 211 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket has a few short closed edge tears, tiny bit of chipping at top of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Boys Fiction.
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Stormy Genius: The Life of Aviation's Maverick Bill Lear

By: Rashke, Richard L.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1985

Seller ID: 022317

ISBN: 0395353726

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, SIGNED by the author, in original unclipped jacket. Clean blue paper covered boards with dark blue cloth spine, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "To Pat with my best wishes - Richard Rashke - 12/13/85". Illustrated with black and white plates. 401 pages with index. Clean jacket is not price clipped (19.95 on front inside flap), unchipped, a few tiny closed edge tears and tiny rubs. Photo of Bill Lear on rear panel with h...
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Category: Aviation