Around the World in Eight Days. (Signed) de Post, Wiley, and Harold Gatty - 1931: The Flight of the Winnie Mae.

Published by The Aviation Book Club, John Hamilton Ltd., 1932 (Circa.). Hardback. Very Good/Good. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. A complete and intimate account of the authors' adventures around the world in eight days in the 'Winnie Mae'. Green boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. Spine and corners slightly bumped, cover edges lightly rubbed. Name in ink to front pastedown. Some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

London: John Hamilton Ltd., n.d. Octavo, greenboards (hardcover), 221 pp + Log Book. Very Good+, with light foxing and neat former-owner bookplate; in a Good+, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes light chipping. From dust jacket: A sleek, white plane, speeding like a streaking bullet, roars out of the west and sets the world afire with enthusiasm for its feat -- the circling of the earth in eight days. “Two young men in a hurr,” have spun this strudy monoplane around the globe, thereby winning for themselves a place with the immortals of the air. They have clipped the zero off Jules Vere’s once incredible 80 days, cut over three years from the time-record of the first circumnavigation of the world -- Magellan’s -- and beat the “Graf Zeppelin” by 12 days. In Around the World in Eight Days, W. Post and H. Gatty give a complete and intimate account of their wonderful adventure. With the same apparent ease with which the flew the “Winnie Mae” to victory, these… Leer más

Rand McNally, 1931., 1931. 1st printing august 1931. 304p. Photos + facsimile of their log book. Rear flyleaf torn in half with old scotch tape repair.Spine slightly darkened. Good copy. 1st. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Book.

New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST ISSUE, SIGNED BY POST AND BY GATTY and rare thus. Original cloth, a bit soiled, lacking DJ. Housed in a custom clamshell box.

Octavo (8 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches) New York: United States Naval Air Force, 1918. First Edition. oblong format, 144 pages illustrated with black and white halftone photographs, and a map, original gray cloth, hardcover, good condition (lower right corner of front cover slightly bumped, minor shelf wear to lower spine, not affecting contents which are clean and complete).

This is a unit history, with many photos of the Eastleigh U. S. Navy repair base in England during World War I; its officers and men. There are many photos of early military aircraft, and an essay on "Liberty Twelves" and "DeHavilands."

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 8vo. xx, 338 pp. Bound in full red cloth, title and decoration stamped in black on cover and spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Includes index. Hodgins would later write the novel Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and its sequel Blandings' Way. Near Fine, minor age-toning to pages, otherwise clean, hinges tight, binding bright and clean, faintest of rubbing to bottom edge, in Very Good+ dust jacket with age-darkening to spine, rubbing and chipping to extremities, light soiling. Beautiful copy.

San Diego, California: American Astronautical Society (AAS), 1981. xvi, 310 pages. Third printing of Volume 1 in the AAS History Series, that was first published in 1977. Laid in is a handwritten note from Gene Emme to NASA archivist Lee Saegesser, with whom Emme had worked closely for years in the NASA History Office. Emme was NASA's first official historian and the founder of the NASA History Office. Through national meetings, technical meetings, symposia and publications, the American Astronautical Society has provided the perspectives and expertise of the leading American space professionals in advancing all space activities. In this book 13 of those professionals provide important perspectives on the history of flight in the U. S. just after the opening of the National Air and Space Museum. The book offered here is from the personal collection of Lee Saegesser, NASA's chief archivist for 30 years. The book is in very good condition: clean, bright, and tight, with just a hint of… Leer más

John Hamilton, London, England, No date. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo - over 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" tall. 232 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean. Spine caps are fraying. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: Aviation; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001321. .

Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars, Alfred A. Knopf 1st Ed. 1955. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Used. VG/ No DJ. Rose red boards. Spine lightly sunned. A nice copy of a scarce item.

Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.

LEO MARGULIES, EDITOR. The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction (1954, Merlin Press 1st Ed. w/dj)Please see our stock cover photo. Edited by Leo Margulies and Oscar J. Friend. Used. VG/G- original unclipped $3.95 DJ. 1954, Merlin Press, Inc. 580 pages. ANTHOLOGY.. 10 stories included in this volume are: Enchantress of Venus by Leigh Brackett; Gateway to darkness by Fredric Brown; The girl in the golden atom by Ray Cummings; Forgotten world by Edmond Hamilton; By his bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein; Sword of tomorrow by Henry Kuttner; Things pass by, by Murray Leinster; Rogue Ship by A. E. Van Vogt; Island in the sky by Manly Wade Wellman; The Sun Maker by Jack Williamson.

Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Missoula, 2000, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 696 pages, 9.5" x 12.25", slight edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight. Cover art by Bob Jenny.

Research and Technology, Naval Air Systems Command, Department of the Navy, U.S.A., 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Fine/--. 9 x 6 x 1. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing INCLUDES PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book FINE/ Covers NEAR FINE. NEVER OPENED. Covers are light blue, lettering black, Dept. of the Navy Air Systems Command logo on front. Spine is sunned so that the light blue is now grey but the black text of title is clear, spine has a few minor wrinkles, perhaps from age acting on the glue. The front and back covers are flat, clean, bright, no rips, very slightly bent corners, no spine creases, a bit of sunning around all edges. Spine is slightly rounded instead of sharply right angled. Pages edges very slightly sunned. Inside of book is tight, clean, bright, flat. One page dog eared about 1/2 inch, restored flat. Book is unread but may have gently fallen causing it to be slightly over-opened at page 14-15 but spine is not exposed and binding is not broken. No loose or missing… Leer más

Isla de pinos centro de aviacion por gabriel camps segunda edicion 1928 descripcion y relatos sobre la isla de pinos cuba.