Books
- 15-B-00091
Unlocking the Sky - Glenn Hammond Curtiss and the Race to Invent the Airplane
SKU: 15-B-00091Shulman, Seth. Unlocking the Sky, Glenn Hammond Curtiss.... NY, Harper-Collins, 2002. 258pp, illus, 6x9". As new in dj.
Price: $12.00$12.00 - 15-B-00089
The Aeroplane - Grahame-White and Harper
SKU: 15-B-00089Grahame-White, Claude and Harry Harper. The Aeroplane - Romance of Reality Series. London, Jack Ltd., 1914. 280pp, illus, 6x8". Fair, photo cover, chips top of spine, ink inscrip inside front cover. Early summary during the exciting early days of HTA flight.
Price: $45.00$45.00 - 15-B-00088
Echoes of Eagles
SKU: 15-B-00088Woolley, Charles. Echoes of Eagles, A Son's Search for his Father.... New York, Dutton, 2003. 307pp, illus. 6x9". As new w/dj. Sons' account of his father's service in the First Pursuit Group, US Air Service, WWI.
Price: $15.00$15.00 - 15-B-00083
Deutsche Luftwaffe - Vol I & II
SKU: 15-B-00083Nowarra, H.J. 50 Jahre Deutsche Luftwaffe, Vol I (1910-1915) and Vol II (1915-1918). Berlin/Geno/USA, 1961/1964. 212pp/231pp, profusely photo illus, 6x9". VG w/good dj. German and English text and illustrated titles. Seldom found important set.
Price: $70.00$70.00 - 15-B-00082
War Letters of Edmond Genet - WWI Lafayette Escadrille Pilot
SKU: 15-B-00082Channing, Grace Ellery (ed). War Letters of Edmond Genet, The First American Aviator Killed Flying the Stars and Stripes. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918. 330pp, illus, 5x8". Good plus. Important memorial volume of a famous WWI pilot KIA.
Price: $110.00$110.00 - 15-B-00084
The A-B-C of Aviation - Page 1919 Edition
SKU: 15-B-00084Page, Capt. Victor W. The A-B-C of Aviation. NY, Henley Publ., 1918. 274pp, illus with photos and drawings, 6x9". Wonderful detailed foldouts of aircraft structure, controls, etc. Very good condition. Rare today.
Price: $85.00$85.00 - 15-B-00081
Airplanes, Airships, Aircraft Engines - 1921
SKU: 15-B-00081Tucker, Lieut. Albert (USN). Airplanes, Airships, Aircraft Engines. Annapolis, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1921. 436pp, illus w/photos and drawings, 6x8". Good plus condition. Comprehensive treatment of aircraft/airship components right down to painted insignia specs. Wonderful drawings of instruments, rigging, etc. Just post WWI so very applicable to first war aviation.
Price: $55.00$55.00 - 15-B-00080
Navigating the Air - Aero Club of America - 1907
SKU: 15-B-00080(Aero Club of America.) Navigating the Air, A Scientific Statement of the Progress of Aeronautical Science up to the Present Time. New York, Doubleday, 1907. 259pp, photo illus, 6x8", good condition, ink inscription inside front cover, 23 chapters by various famous authors/aviation figures, about 60 figures. Of interest to me was a chapter by Lowe on the flight of his balloon Enterprise in 1861.
Price: $85.00$85.00 - 15-B-00079
Winged Warfare - Billy Bishop - WWI
SKU: 15-B-00079Bishop, Major W.A. Winged Warfare, Hunting the Huns in the Air. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1919. 301pp, photo illus, 5x8". Bishop was a famous WWI ace, awarded the V.C., D.S.O. and M.C. Good condition, light hinge split, previous owner ink inscr. inside front free end paper. A key memoir in any WWI aero library.
Price: $60.00$60.00 - 15-B-00078
The Wonder of War in the Air - 1917
SKU: 15-B-00078Rolt-Wheeler, Francis. The Wonder of War in the Air. Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1917. 347pp plus ads, illus, 6x8". Good condition, ink owners name inside cover. Novelized account of various true aviation events to 1917.
Price: $35.00$35.00
