Recent Arrivals from The Aviator's Bookshelf

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Henry Regnery Company, 1971. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An illustrated account of the German Air Force between wars. 222 pages. Inked name and date inside front cover. Previous owner's blindstamp on title page.

Newport News, VA: The Mariners' Museum, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of the coasting four-masted schooner, "Albert F. Paul" from construction and launching in 1917 to her loss at sea in 1942. 269 pages. Ex library with usual markings.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Memoirs of a B-17 bombardier who flew 35 missions over Germany in World War II. 195 pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Spine slanted.

Beverly, MA: Pilot Handbook Publishing, 2009. First Edition (Stated) . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The flight bag book of procedures, operations, communications and reference for the pilots of general aviation aircraft. 332 pages. Spiral bound. About 40% of the pages are wavy from previous exposure to moisture. Text is… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Brassey's, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of the pilots who flew the Republic A-10 Warthog in the Gulf War. 262 pages. Light shelf wear to dust jacket at bottom of spine.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Smithsonian Books, 2010. 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pilot narrative of a WASP who was a military test pilot in World War II. 132 pages.

Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of the American volunteers who flew in the Battle of Britain, the Eagle Squadrons of the RAF. 501 pages. Includes dust jacket.

Plymouth, MI: Plymouth Press Ltd, 1995. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 36 airliners are described and illustrated with photographs. 177 pages. Inscribed by author on half title page.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. First American Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Battle narrative of a series of Allied bomber raids on Hamburg in July of 1943. In one night alone, 40,000 people died in fire storm that developed during the RAF raid. Shelf wear to dust… Read more about this item

Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Military/Aviation History, 1995. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Autobiography of General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle. 574 pages. Includes dust jacket.

N. Charleston, SC: Self Published By Author, 2013. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pilot narrative of a fast FAC F-100 pilot of the Vietnam War. 292 pages. Inscribed by author on title page.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Back Bay Books, 1996. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of Lockheed's secret airplanes and deep black missions that changed the course of history. 372 pages. Previous owner's inked name and date on ffep.

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2010. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 287 pages. Inscribed by author on ffep.

Newcastle, WA: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., 2004. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maneuvers required by the test standards for the Private, Commercial and Flight Instructor certificates are illustrated in this book. 55 pages. ASA-VFM-LO-2

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author addresses military, political, ethical and historical issues of a famous and controversial wartime special operation. Smithsonian History of Aviation Series. Includes dust jacket. 220 pages. Ffep is price-clipped.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Center for Air Force History, 1992. Commemorative Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wings at War Series, No. 2. Eyewitness accounts of AAF aviators and details from official unit histories of key air campaigns in WW II. Commemorative reprint of a report originally published by the… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little, Brown and Company, 2002. First Edition (Stated) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography of the Air Force pilot who developed the fighter specifications that led to the F-16, F-15 and F/A 18. He also contributed to the "Hail Mary" strategy in the first Gulf War. … Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co, 1987. First Edition (Stated) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Memoirs of aerial combat at night during the Battle of Britain. Includes dust jacket. 240 pages. Half title page is corner-clipped.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1961. First Edition (Stated) . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author's personal narrative of his experiences while doing pioneering research for the USAF on high-altitude parachute design. He made a parachute jump from 102,800 feet in 1960 that was the altitude record… Read more about this item

Winter Haven, FL: Self Published By Author, 1996. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The official single engine seaplane training manual of Jack Brown's Seaplane Base, Florida. Answers to study questions in the appendix have been filled in by the previous owner.