Aviation from Minotavros Books

[Westminster, Maryland]: Germany Philatelic Society, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Blue paper boards. 135 pp. B&W photos and illustrations in text. Light bruising to top and tail edges of rear board, else fine.

London: William Kimber and Co, 1956. Soft cover. Very Good. 4.5" x 7" First Kimber Pocket edition, 1956. Paperback. 186 pp., ads. Covers age toned, rubbed to extremities, creased to spine. Interior age toned.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. grey cloth, winged horse and helicopter devices to front board. Roughly cut edges. xi, 243 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Light bumping and rubbing to spine ends, light spotting to tail edge of boards. Bumping and creasing to… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Green paper boards. 190 pp. Spine tilted, bleaching to spine foot. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, bumped to top edges, darkened to rear cover.

Herts, England: The De Havilland Aircraft Company, 1936. Soft cover. Good. 6" x 7.5" Soft leatherette covers. 25, [18], [17] folding illustrations at rear. Soiling to covers, spot of wear from removed tape or label to front cover. Short tear to foot of rear cover. Wear inside front cover. Some chipping to fore edge of interior.

Washintong, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1943. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. U.S. Department of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration Bulletin No. 25, January 1943. Second edition. Orig. grey wrappers. 246 pp. B&W illustrations, fold-out charts and maps. Sunning to extremities, staining to rear cover, tape repairs to spine and rear joint, chipping to spine ends, curling and… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Reilly and Britton Co, 1911. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Orig. blue cloth. 514 pp. Numerous plates with 270 illustrations. Chafing and light bruising to extremities, a few spots of light rubbing to boards. Tears to tail edges of pp. 131 and 133, text slightly affected but legible. … Read more about this item

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full red cloth. xiv, 272 pp. [30] pp. B&W illustration, plus frontis. Spine shaken. Cloth damp stained to spine, soiled to boards. Some red damp staining to tail edge of text block at spine foot. Foxing and acid migration to endpapers.… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 18mo. Flight Preparation Training Series. Orig. blue cloth. 229 pp. B&W illustration. Dust jacket is age toned, one small damp stain to spine, about fine.

New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 200 pp. Numerous colour illustrations. Covers age toned, spine cocked.

[Canada]: Warren Carroll, 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 127 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Light rubbing to extremities, spine tilted and creased. Minor edge toning to interior, else fine.

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company Limited, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated white cloth with b/w sketch on bottom cover, 170pp. In the 1920s, Wilfred Wop' May pioneered the first Canadian flight routes in the uncharted North. This is his story.

New York: Pitman Publishing, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Orig. navy cloth, gilt titles. xv, 328 pp. B&W illustration in text. Light wear to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Dust jacket is sunned, worn and perforated to extremities.

Paris: Gallilmard, 1942. Soft cover. Very Good. 4" x 7" Paperback. 248 pp. Creasing to spine, rubbing to extremities. Age toning to interior. Ink ownership inscription to half-title.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo. Orig. green cloth. B&W map to ffep. xxi, 137 pp. Cloth soiled, slight bumping to spine ends and corners. Offsetting to front endpapers. Ownership inscription to ffep. Pencil notations to text. Prior owner created a tabbed index system to vocabulary section at rear.

Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Orig. cream paper boards. x, 334 pp., [16] pp. B&W photos. Fine. Double Cross tells the story of James A. Richardson's dream of promoting commercial aviation in Canada. It is also the tale of how Canada lost its chance to become a world leader in aviation as a… Read more about this item

Kaunas: Lietuvos technikos muziejus, 1993. Soft cover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. card wraps. 71 pp. B&W illustrations. Some light rubbing to extremities, near fine overall.

Falls Church, Virigina: Rivilo Books, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full blue paper boards. vii, 244 pp., [24 pp. appendixes]. B&W photos in text. Spine tilted, else fine in fine jacket. Two page article about Virginia "Ginny" Schweizer (nee Mayer) laid in. Three boys named Schweizer launched a glider in New York State in 1930 - and… Read more about this item

New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1970. Soft cover. Near Fine. Ward, Richard. 8vo. Arco-Aircam Aviation Series No. 20. Soft cover. Unpaginated, approx [48 pp.]. B&W photos and colour illustrations. Light foxing to title page, else fine overall.

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full black cloth. ix, 252 pp. B&W illustration. A few scuffs to boards, else fine.