Aviation Related from Deja Vu Books

1931. Blue hardcover binding square and tight, Illustrated endpapers of flight, 304 pages plus facsimile of logbook. A bit of staining to front and back endpapers else clean interior.. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Aero Publishing, 1982. Dark blue hardcover binding is clean, square and tight. Previous owner name/address ffep only writing, tears or marks. DJ has some minor shelfwear. Originally published 1962, this 1982 book club edition includes an epilogue by the author. In April 1943 an American B-24 Liberator bomber called Lady Be Good failed to return to its base and was… Read more about this item

Prentice-Hall, 1963. Ex-library in good condition. Front pocket intact, endpapers have remains of paper from glued on plastic. usual stamps and marks, but overall clean interior. Dustjacket has two spine stickers but now protected in clean Brodart and displays nicely. 223 pages. Cobb was the first woman to satisfy the criteria for space flight. In this book she describes her… Read more about this item

Specialty Press - Midland Publishing, 2002. Pictorial hardcover binding clean, square and tight. DJ clean and crisp. Appears unread. No writing, tears or marks. 178 pages with appendix and index. Endpapers illustrated.. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - Square. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Aviation Chicago Press, 2018. Softcover in clean, unread condition. Sticker on front cover indicating autographed copy. Author inscription on title page, 450 pages. Aviation history in Chicago starting with Pre-1900 until 2014. Includes bibliography, notes and index.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

North Hollywood, Calif: Pan American Navigation Service, 1955. Yellow and green softcover binding has wear at corners, some rubbing and sun faded. 352 pages. Some minor soiling and yellowing pages but no writing or marks. Several b/w photos of airlines - frontispiece is a United Air Lines Convair 340. Text material to prepare applicant for aircraft dispatcher and control tower… Read more about this item

Ginn and Company, 1931. Decorated hardcover blue cloth binding is square and tight. Lightly soiled, bumped corners. 566 pages, some foxing.. Illus. by photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1930. Beige hardcover cloth binding square and tight with just minimal soiling Interior clean and tight, foxing. Illustrated endpapers. 128 pages. Color frontispiece illustration plus many b/w sketches throughout. Illustrator not named. Using some young children as the subjects, author tells how to fly an airplane along with the different jobs airplanes are used for. Starts… Read more about this item

Superior WI: Savage Press, 2007. Dark blue hardcover binding with gilt titles clean square and tight. Signed by both authors on title page. Just a bit of shelfwear. Clean and tight interior. 285 pages includes index and bibliography along with a list of websites on the subject.. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).… Read more about this item

Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 1933. Yellow hardcover cloth binding of picture pastedown of boy with plane and dog on front rubbed along edges, frayed top of spine, back library pocket and dateslip intact, usual library marks and stamps, binding integrity good. 160 pages. 22 different plane models described with patterns and instructions for kids to build. Gliders, stick monoplanes,… Read more about this item

New York - Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1954. Hardcover cloth binding with rubbed/bumped corners, minor soiling, library date slip inside front cover, minimal library stamps and marks. 96 pages with Teacher's notes and glossary. Students learn about ships, planes, trains, buses, trucks and other types of transportation. Illus. by photographs. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover.… Read more about this item

Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1928. Leather-like binding is flexible, split in spine, bound with three pegs - over 140 pages numbered with almost that many for parts lists and pull-out diagrams of the engines. Condition is definitely used but all intact.. Illus. by illustrated with photos and sketches. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Stiff Wraps. Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item

Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1932. Purple decorated hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. Sun-faded spine and minor soiling. Hinges good, some foxing to endpapers illustrated with sketches of early aircraft in flight. Bookseller stamp fep. 277 pages. B/W frontispiece plate is of Santos-Dumont's Motor-Driven Plane. Chapters include: Make-Believe Flyers, Wooden Pigeon, Ship of the Air, Wings Like Birds,… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. Light blue hardcover cloth binding with silhouette of bi-plane on front cover, title and author in gilt. Rounded spine, bumped corners, light soiling of covers. Hinge cracked inside front endpaper with other books by author. Crack inside back hinge. Binding is secure although a little bit shaky. 361 pages. Good reading copy. Story of… Read more about this item

Avenel, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Outlet, 1984. Silver boards binding clean square and tight. DJ has shelfwear, slit in spine paper. Gift notation ffep, else clean bright and tight interior. 632 pages with index. Covers the production and development of 12 classic aircraft including: P-38 Lightning ,P-51 Mustang, B-17 Flying Fortress, Hellcat, F4U Corsair, Spitfire, Mosquito, Lancaster, Messerschmitt Bf109, Focke-Wulf Fw190,… Read more about this item

Boston: W. A. Wilde Company, 1946. Blue hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. DJ missing large piece from back of jacket. Chips, closed tears, and rubbed edges. 291 pages. From the front flap: Story of the International Air Sea Rescue Service that developed out of a war-time efforts to rescue Allied fighting men on land and sea.. Illus. by… Read more about this item

New York and Racine Wisconsin: Golden Book - Western Publishing, 1971. Pictorial hardcover cloth biding square and tight, bumped corners, lightly soiled, spine sticker. Rubbed top of spine, front pocket intact, usual stamps and marks. Interior clean and bright. 160 pages with index. Scarce title by popular aviation expert Barry Schiff. Book under the general editorship of Vera R. Webster.… Read more about this item

New York: Exeter Books, 1984. Blue hardcover binding clean square and tight. DJ has some closed tears to cover and shelfwear. 224 pages with index. Created as a separate force in 1947, the US Air Force heritage goes back to the creation of the Aeronautical Division of the US Army Signal Corps in 1907. Book tells of history of its… Read more about this item

Houston Texas: Wings Over Houston Airshow, 2000. Excellent condition, small cease in spine. Cover shows jet fighters along with P47Thunderbolt Tarhell Hal. Lots of ads and photos, map of airshow grounds plus articles and photos of F-15 Eagle, F-16 Hornet, F-117 Nighthawk (Stealth fighter), F-18 Hornet, B-1B Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress. Performers included Red Baron Stearman Squadron, Randy Henderson with… Read more about this item

Lincoln Nebraska: Writer's Showcase presented By Writer's Digest 1999, 1999. 393 Trade Paperback is clean, cover shows slight shelfwear, clean and tight interior. Story follows author as she graduates from the US Naval Academy and enters the Navy's extremely demanding and dangerous jet pilot training program. She recounts her first tour in the Phillippines as surreal as she describes the… Read more about this item