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DBookmahn Specializing in German military, Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, World Wars I and II, and Russian History Books |
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DBookmahn Specializing in German military, Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, World Wars I and II, and Russian History Books |
[001119] Behringer, Dr. Wolfgang. Mythen Und Marchen Vom Fliegen . Frankfurt Main, Germany: Lufthansa, 1989. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 98 pages. Numerous color and b&w illustrations. Historical myths and mythology of flight. German text.
[001161] Bowers, Peter M.. Boeing Aircraft Since 1916. Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1989. Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good++ / No Jacket. Book contains 668 heavily illustrated pages. Includes lots of appendices: Boeing Project Drawings, Type Certificates issued to Commercial Boeing Aeroplanes, Identification of Aircraft Designed or Built by Boeing, United States Registrations non-jet, Civil Registrations of Exported Aircraft non-jet, Serial Numbers of US Army and Air Force Aircraft, Serial Numbers of US Navy Aircraft, Serial Numbers of British Commonwealth Military Aircraft, Boeing Civil Jet Transport Aircraft, Boeing Jet Airliner Deliveries 1958-1988.
[000503] Cochran, Jacqueline; Brinley, Maryann B.. Jackie Cochran - The Autobiography of the Greatest Women Pilot in Aviation History. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1987. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 358 pages with several photos. Autobiography of one of America's most famous aviatrixes.
[001064] Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, III. Case Studies in the Development of Close Air Support. Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Air Force History & Museums Program, 1989. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good++ / No Jacket - Wraps. Book has 606 pages with illustrations. Book has not been opened but does have a tiny bit of edgewear to the edge of cover and one small spot along bottom edge of rear cover where the picture has been torn off. Various case studies about the use of airplanes in warfare.
[000972] Cross, Robin. The Bombers : The Illustrated Story of Offensive Strategy and Tactics in the Twentieth Century. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1987. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (folio). Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 224 pages with numerous photos, drawings and maps (some color). Detailed history of bombers and strategic bombing tactics from World War I to today.
[001101] Dmitri, Ivan. Flight to Everywhere : The Picture Journey of Ivan Dmitri. New York - London: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill, 1944. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Second Printing of First Edition. Book has 240 heavily illustrated pages with endpaper maps. Light wear to edge of cover. Top corner of front endpaper (above map) was been cut (assumed that a penned name was trimmed out). Ivan Dmitri, a famous photograhper, focused on some of the far flung operations of the Air Transport Command, Army Air Forces. This is also an important record of the air fighting forces in the Mediterranean, Near East and Far East areas.
[001312] Dwiggins, Don . They Flew the Bendix Race . Bendix Aerospace , 1965. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. 198 pages with a number of photos. A history of the competition for the Bendix Trophy.
[000480] Grandt, Robert L.. China Clipper : The Age of the Great Flying Boats. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1991. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good / Very Good. Book has 214 pages with illustrations. Light wear to edge of dj. Only library marking is removal of part of one rear endpaper and a stamp that states that the book was removed from the library due to "low demand" and stamp on top edges of pages. Book doesn't look like its been read - very clean inside and binding tight. Tiny bit of wear to edge of dj/cover. The history of the China Clipper.
[000817] Hawks, Captain Frank. Once To Every Pilot. New York: Stackpole Sons, 1937. 3rd Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Book has 144 pages plus illustrations. Cover has wear along the edge and a mark on the front where a red book's color ran onto the cloth. No water marks on cover or pages. Previous owner bookplate inside front cover. The author recounts aviation story of many aviators.
[001301] Knaack, Marcelle Size . Encyclopedia of U.S. Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems: Volume 2 - Post-World War II Bombers 1945-1973. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, 1988. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good(-). 619 pages with numerous photos and several line drawings. Details the background and history of the post-World War II USAF bombers. DJ has light wear/chipping.
[000484] Moore, John E. (editor). Jane's Fighting Ships, 1975-76. New York: Franklin Watts, 1975. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. Book has pages heavily ilustrated. Light wear to edge of dj with chip to top rear corner. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED - in U.S. add $5.00 extra to postage charges. Overseas, please email for quote.
[000717] Ravenstein, Charles A. (editor). The Lineage & Honors History of Air Force-Controlled (AFCON) Combat Wings, 1947-1977 (Part of The United States Air Force Reference Series). Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Air Force History & Museums Program, 1984. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / No Jacket Issued. Book has 341 pages. This volume is devoted to the Air Force-controlled (AFCON) combat wings of the post-World War II United States Air Force. All of these wings feature numerical deisgnations up to 3 digits (1 through 706): only five possess hisotry and honors from World War II. Each wing's history is traced from its origin through September 1977.
[000241] Stokesbury, James L.. A Short History of Air Power. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1986. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good+ / Very Good+. Book has 313 pages .This superb account of the military use of the apirplane over the past seventy-five years is the work of a professional historian with an impressive knowledge of his subject. IT is a balanced and wholly captivating panorama of war in the air over both land and sea from Libya in 1911 to the Falklands in 1982. Emphasis is on the two world wars.
[000483] Taylor, John (editor]. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1978-1979 : Sixty-Ninth Year of Issue : The Annual Record of Avidation Development and Progress. New York: Franklin Watts, 1979. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good+. Book has 804 pages heavily illustrated. Light wear to edge of dj. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED - If in U.S., add $5.00 to shipping costs. Overseas, contact seller for postage quote.
[001398] Taylor, John W.; Mason, R. A.. Aircraft, Strategy and Operations of the Soviet Air Force. Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.: Jane's Information Group, Incorporated, 1987. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 278 pages with numerous photos and line drawings.
[000973] Taylor, John W.; Mason, R. A.. Aircraft, Strategy and Operations of the Soviet Air Force. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Jane's Information Group, 1987. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (folio). Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 278 pages with numerous photos and line drawings. Detailed study of the Soviet Air Force in the late-1980s.
[001122] Taylor, Michael. Naval Air Power. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Prentice Hall , 1986. 1st Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 192 pages with over 200 illustrations including a number of cutaway aircraft drawings. Provides a detailed history of US Naval Air Power from its beginnings to the 1980s.
[000818] The Hydrographic Office Under the Authority of the Secretary of the Navy. Naval Air Pilot : Alaska Peninsula Southern and Southeastern Alaska (corrected to June 1, 1934). Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1934. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good(-) / No Jacket. Book has 236 pages with several illustrations and maps including a few fold-out maps. Cover is worn at the edge with some bumps and missing a small piece along the top edge of front cover. Fold-out maps/full page maps are in very good+ condition. Small amount of foxing in book.
[001169] Wissman, Ernest E.. Aircraft Inspection. New York - London: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill, 1942. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+ / Fair. Book has 268 pages with illustrations. Previous owner name and a couple of numbers written in front endpaper. DJ has a large tear at the bottom front and is missing a piece 2" by 2". A few chips to dj at the top corners and by binding. Tiny bit of shelfwear at corner of cover. An invaluable manual for aircraft inspectors and mechanics. Covers standards of workmanship: parts, tubing, tooling, subassemblies, fuel and oil systems, etc.
[001265] Wohl, Robert. A Passion for Wings : Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1908-1918. New Haven, CT, U.S.A.: Yale University Press, 1994. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good++ / Very Good. Book has 320 pages with many, many illustrations. DJ has light wear and a few chips along edge. Prize-winning historian Robert Wohl describes the colorful early aeronauts: the brilliant, taciturn Wilbur Wright, who arrived in France to demonstrate his invention to a skeptical audience and soon became their idol; Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian expatriate and dandy who delighted the Parisian public by landing his dirigible in front of his house on the Champs-Elysees; and Louis Bieriot, the first man to fly across the English Channel. He then looks at responses to the development of the flying machine by fames writers and artists.