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Aviation List
Last Updated January 13, 2012
1. Bester, Alfred. THE
LIFE AND DEATH OF A SATELLITE: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE MEN AND MACHINES AT WAR WITH
SPACE.. Boston: Little, Brown, 1966. Ex-library
with card pocket, Label on dust jacket. Jacket is affixed to boards. $2.45
2. Commander, Kingsmill. VIKINGS
OF THE STARS.. New York: Harold Vinal Ltd, 1928.
97 pages. Signed by the author. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and
corners. $15.00
3. Editors of Flying Magazine. THE
BEST OF FLYING: A FIFTY-YEAR SAMPLER.. New York-et
al: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977. 352 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and
corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips. This book also has a First Day
of Issue stamped envelope of the Charles A. Lindbergh 50th Anniversary stamp.
$11.00
4. Emerson, Tom. SEAPLANES
FROM COEUR D'ALENE.. [n.p.]: Private Printing,
1973. 128 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some wear to the
edges. $12.50
5. Ford, Daniel. Flying
Tigers:. Washington & London: Smithsonian Inst
Press, 1991. 480 pages. VG in lightly worn dust jacket. $9.00
6. Gurney, Gene. TEST
PILOTS. Watts Aerospace Library.. New York:
Franklin Watts, 1962. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips to
edges. This is the 1962 edition in a nice dust jacket. $12.00
7. Harmer, C. H. C. NEWFOUNDLAND
AIR MAILS, AIR STAMPS AND FLIGHT COVERS FROM 1919 THROUGH MARCH 31, 1949 (AN
UPDATE OF 1953 EDITION).. Cinnaminson, New Jersey:
American Air Mail Society, 1984. 181 pages. Near new condition. $55.00
8. Hylander, C.J. FLYING
POWER. Aircraft Engines and Their Operations.. New
York: Macmillan, 1943. 164 pages. Some shelf wear and slight discoloration to
binding. Dust jacket has some chips to the edges. $5.75
9. Iseman, J.W. THE BOOK OF AIRPLANES.. New York: Oxford University Press, 1929. Shelf wear to binding. Corners slightly bumped. Dust jacket has slight chipping to edges and some soiling. There is some wrinkling of paper on dust jacket and a couple of pages from water contact. $4.50
10. Jerram, Michael F. SPORTING
AND HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT.. London: Macdonald
Phoebus, 1981. 65 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and
corners. $14.75
11. Kraght, Peter E. KEEPING
AHEAD OF THE WEATHER.. New York: Associated
Aviation Underwriters, 1940. 61 pages. Small softcover booklet. Slight shelf
wear. A few small soiled and browned spots to the paper covers. $9.95
12. Kritser, Shelby M. AIRCRAFT
IDENTIFICATION MANUAL. . Amarillo, Texas: Amarillo
College, 1942. 63 pages. Softbound covers. Wear and soiling to the covers.
Spiral binding. $20.00
13. Navy, U.S.. Pictorial
Manual:. Columbus, Ohio: U.S. Navy, 1942. Oblong
blue laminated card covers with string tie binding. This was an aircraft
recognition manual published in 1942 for military aviators. It was marked
"restricted" on the front. There are some pages that have water damage
and staining at the bottoms. A few of the pages have been separated from being
stuck together at the bottom and have some page damage. A scarce publication.
$15.00
14. Norris, Geoffrey. PROFILE
142: THE SHORT STIRLING.. England: Profile
Publications, 1966. 15 pages. Some shelf wear to covers. Softcover. $7.25
15. Nowarra, Heinz J. JUNKERS,
JU87.. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers,
1966. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Soiling to
the covers. 8379add $6.00
16. Schoendorf, Robert. CATALOG
OF CLASSIC AMERICAN AIRPOSTS AND AERONAUTICA, 1784-1900.. Southfield,
MI: Roger Koerber, 1982. 99 pages. Slight wear to binding and rubbing to spine
and corners. $24.95
17. United States Navy. Aviation
Flight Training for the United States Navy and Marine Corps: . [n.p.]:
US Navy and Marine Corps, 1941. 19 pages. Softbound covers. There is some wear
to the covers and slight soiling. This was published in 1941, shortly before the
United States entered World War II. $30.00
18. United States Navy Department. AIRCRAFT
NAVIGATION MANUAL.. Washington, D.C.: United
States Navy Department, 1941. 258 pages. Some wear to spine and corners. Slight
soiling to covers. $5.25