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Pre-1914 Books

  • 16-B-00003

    CULLUM'S REGISTER of West Point Graduates - Rare Complete Set of 11 Volumes, 1879-1980

    SKU: 16-B-00003

    Cullum, Brevet MG George W.  Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy.  Complete run from Vol I to Vol IX (Vol VI in two parts) plus the 1970 and 1980 Cullum Memorial Editions.  Vol I-III published in 1879 and covered graduates back to 1802; subsequent volumes each covered the previous 10 years in detail but briefly went back to the first graduates and listed everyone subsequent.  All volumes are in good or better condition.  An extremely rare set; previous owner spent over 20 years assembling this wonderful reference.

    Price: $1,400.00
    $1,400.00
  • 15-B-00121

    Aeroplane in War

    SKU: 15-B-00121

    Grahame-White, Claude and Harry Harper.  Aeroplane in War.  Phila., Lippincott, 1913.  6x9", 214pp, x-lib.  Title page loose, rebound in maroon buckram.  Good reading copy.

    Price: $18.00
    $18.00
  • 15-B-00116

    Heroes of the Air

    SKU: 15-B-00116

    Grahame-White, Claude and Harry Harper.  Heroes of the Air.  London, Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1912.  6x9", 272pp, illus.  Library plate from Wright-Patterson Tech Library and stamp from German library WWI.  Colorful cover, usual library stamps, front hinge weak but intact, top of spine chipping.  About fair overall. 

    Price: $55.00
    $55.00
  • 15-B-00108

    The Airman - Mellor

    SKU: 15-B-00108

    Mellor, Captain C.  The Airman, Experiences While Obtaining a Brevet in France.  London, John Lane, 1913.  5x8", 123pp + 24pp ads, illus.  Good.  Very early flight training account.  Rare book.

    Price: $65.00
    $65.00
  • 15-B-00102

    The Boy's Book of Aeroplanes

    SKU: 15-B-00102

    Hubbard, T.O. and Charles C. Turner.  The Boy's Book of Aeroplanes.  Edinburgh, Neill & Co., 1913.  227pp, illus, 6x8".  Bright embossed covers, about good plus.  Nice chronology and list of first flights.  Interesting photos of early a/c and crashes. 

    Price: $45.00
    $45.00
  • 15-B-00101

    Story of the Aeroplane

    SKU: 15-B-00101

    Grahame-White, Claude.  The Story of the Aeroplane.  Boston, Small-Maynard, 1911.  390pp, illus, 6x8".  Rebound in green library buckram, clean textblock.

    Price: $25.00
    $25.00
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