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New York:: Thomas Y. Crowell,, [1930].. Revised edition, tenth printing.. publisher's decorated cloth.. Slightest of use to cloth; an attractive copy.. 8vo,. With 33 maps drawn by the author and 42 photographs..

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Publishers, 1930. Revised Edition/9th Printing . Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 562 pp. Over-sized and/or over weight book; extra postage required. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dust jacket. Stain on fore edge. Light foxing on page edges.

Thomas Crowell, 1942. Hardcover;. Good. Good Hardcover. 1942 Thomas Crowell. Ex-library with typical indications. The cover has light edgewear. Text is clean, bright and unmarked. Tight binding.

New York: Crowell. Near Fine. 1927. Hardcover. Illustrated hardcover. No dust jacket. Third printing of first edition. Book is in near fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Early history of aviation with an emphasis on early 20th century developments into World War I. Historic photos throughout. 8vo. 487 pp. Including index. .

Crowell, 1942., 1942-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Harback with aging on edges and cover. Great condition for reading.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company., 1939. 17th printing since 1926.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Light spine, corner wears. Back cover light blemishing. Right page block edge hourglass-shaped damp stain mostly not into pages. Sturdy, tight binding.. 1 Light blue cloth over boards. Black spine, front titles. xxiii, 846 p. 21 cm. B&W Illustrations, Maps, Portraits, Plates. Aviation Pioneers. Biographical and event info. Chronology from Wright Brothers 1903 into 1939, "The Trans-Atlantic" large flying boat of the American Export Airlines. Preface by author, 1939. Lengthy contents by event. With 80 maps drawn by the author.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1928. Hardcover. Good. Revised, later printing. Pictorial blue cloth stamped in dark blue and yellow. Illustrated from black and white photographs, maps. Owner's name and crease on front fly, gutter cracked, stain on rear board, good only.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1926. Hardcover. xv, 427p., plates and maps as called for, a hardbound first edition (first, per Zempel & Verkler) in remarkably good condition, just two quarter-inch droplet stains to the otherwise blank back cover. Blue cloth boards titled and figured in black and yellow, picture-images on cover and spine, Fraser's maps are well-drawn and the illustrating photographs seem uncommon; plates like all leaves here are in fine shape, endsheets are clean, sound and unmarked, book itself square and tight. Flaws: beyond the droplet stains mentioned above, corner-tips fractionally turned, top and tail rims a little crimped, spine panel faintly greyed with handling, still a very good, pleasing copy. Not by an aficionado of flight; author's menu shows her to be strictly a popularizer, if a good one. She did homework for this her latest effort, obtaining uncommon photos and inside stories. But her earliest books were "The Practical Book of Home Repairs" and "The Young Citizen's… Read More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1926. With 12 maps drawn by the author and 38 photographs. 427 pp. White endpapers, with faint stain on both front endpapers. Front board coming loose. Blue cloth with yellow titles. Corners bumped, stains, head and tail of spine lightly worn. VG. First Edition.

New York: Thomas Crowell, 1926. 15th printing, revised. HC w DJ. PC VG/Good. Pictorial blue cloth, titling bright, edgewear, corners bumped, FO stamp to FPEP, leaves age toned, unmarked, binding sound. Clipped DJ ($2.50 price intact) edgeworn w chipping to extremities, some loss to corners & tips, in protector. 68 map illustrations drawn by author. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.