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  • FIRST STOP HONOLULU Or Ted Scott Over the Pacific (#4 in The Ted Scott Flying Stories Series) by Dixon, Franklin W.
    Dixon, Franklin W.
    FIRST STOP HONOLULU Or Ted Scott Over the Pacific (#4 in The Ted Scott Flying Stories Series)

    Edition: First or early edition. .

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927). Hardcover - Lists to this title at the front of the book and to just 3 in the Hardy Boys series, The ad at the rear lists to a 1927 Garry Grayson title. The Ted Scott series was the longest-lived of the juvenile aviation series, selling over a million copies (in fact, during its heyday it outsold the Hardy Boys series.) Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Plain endpapers. 216 pp. plus 2 pp of publisher's ads.

    Condition: Good overall in red boards with green lettering, no dust jacket (boards slightly warped with slight spine slant, missing front endpaper and some scribbling on the verso of the frontispiece)

    Book ID: 84766
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  • THROUGH THE AIR TO ALASKA or Ted Scott's Search in Nugget Valley: Ted Scott Flying Stories #12. by Dixon, Franklin W.
    Dixon, Franklin W.
    THROUGH THE AIR TO ALASKA or Ted Scott's Search in Nugget Valley: Ted Scott Flying Stories #12.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1930) dj. Hardcover - A fairly uncommon later title in this popular aviation adventure series written under the same house name as the Hardy Boys series (the author was John W. Duffield, 1859-1946, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series.) Glossy frontispiece and orange and white endpapers. Illustrated by Walter S. Rogers. The Ted Scott series was the longest-lived of the juvenile aviation series, selling over a million copies (in fact, during its heyday it outsold the Hardy Boys series.) 216 pp. plus 2 pp of publishers ads (ad lists to #18 in this series, front flap of dj lists to #17)

    Condition: Very good in tan cloth with black lettering in a good dustjacket (short open tear to bottom edge of front cover, some spotting and soiling to back cover of dj)

    Book ID: 85850
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  • FLYING AGAINST TIME Or Ted Scott Breaking the Ocean to Ocean Record (#9 in The Ted Scott Flying Stories Series) by Dixon, Franklin W.
    Dixon, Franklin W.
    FLYING AGAINST TIME Or Ted Scott Breaking the Ocean to Ocean Record (#9 in The Ted Scott Flying Stories Series)

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). Hardcover - Lists to this title at the front of the book and to 12 in the ads at the rear. The Ted Scott series was the longest-lived of the juvenile aviation series, selling over a million copies (in fact, during its heyday it outsold the Hardy Boys series.) . Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Plain endpapers. 214 pp. plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.

    Condition: Good overall in red boards with green lettering, no dust jacket (boards slightly warped, gift inscription dated in 1931)

    Book ID: 84765
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  • [Earhart, Amelia] Long, Elgin M. and Marie K.
    AMELIA EARHART: The Mystery Solved.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. First edition - An authoritative reconstruction of Earhart's last days, based on the author's extensive research and the recently rediscovered radio logs of her last transmissions. In addition, this is a look at the primitive conditions under which Earhart - and other pilots of her era - flew by an experienced and ground-breaking pilot: author Elgen Long was the first person to fly solo around the world over both poles. Sources, bibliography. 258pp.

    Condition: Fine (as new) in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 27070
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  • PLANE JANE. by Fischer, Robert.
    Fischer, Robert.
    PLANE JANE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Dixon, CA: Martin Pearl Publishing, (2010). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel - featuring a "modern-day red-headed Amelia Earhart.. . After being discharged from the Air Force for refusing to wear a veil off-base in Saudi Arabia, fighter pilot Mary Jane contracts to repossess a luxury Boeing 747 from a powerful Saudi prince. She partners with co-pilot Jesus Martinez and together they risk capture and execution as they travel from Paris and San Francisco into the bizarre world of Arab opulence and corruption in quest of their illusive prize." SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 9780981482248.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58528
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  • Fisher, Alan.
    A RAGE OF ANGELS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Carroll & Graf, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel about aerial warfare in World War I, originally published in England in 1981.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (rem line.)

    Book ID: 15648
    Keywords: Aviation
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  • SKYMEN: Heroes of Fifty Years of Flying. by Forrester, Larry.
    Forrester, Larry.
    SKYMEN: Heroes of Fifty Years of Flying.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - Written for older children and young adults, this is a collection of anecdotes and personal histories of some of the most famous - and infamous - flyers. Illustrated with photographs. A list of the book's Role of Honour. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-312727828.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (name stamped on title page, some edgewear, price-clipped)

    Book ID: 87670
    Keywords: Aviation, young adult
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  • THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN: The Men Who Changed a Nation. by Francis, Charles E.
    Francis, Charles E.
    THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN: The Men Who Changed a Nation.

    Edition: First thus.

    Boston: Branden Publishing Company, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - An updated edition of a book originally published in 1955, an account of how the Tuskegee Airmen fought for equality - first as they integrated the Armed Forces- and did it with both skill in the air and courage and then in combating the enemy abroad and racism at home. Illustrated with over 100 photographs. 291 pp plus footnotes, references, appendices and index. ISBN: 0-828313865.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 71731
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  • ACES OF THE AIR. by French, Joseph Lewis, editor. Introduction by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker.
    French, Joseph Lewis, editor. Introduction by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker.
    ACES OF THE AIR.

    Edition: First edition.

    Springfield, Massachusetts: McLoughlin Brothers, (1930.). Hardcover first edition - Collection of first-person writings from early aviators, among them Lieutenant A. Soucek, U.S.N.; L. Mendell and R. Reinhart; R.E. Dowd; Robert B. Renfro; Wilbur R. Hanawalt; Lauren D. Lyman; Harry F. Guggenheim; Nelle F. Dooley; Cloyd P. Clevenger; Ray Little; Earle Ovington; Henry Ford and more. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Written for older children and young adults. Introduction by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. 316 pp.

    Condition: Very good in red cloth with black lettering (some fraying to the sides of the spine, corners bumped.)

    Book ID: 55496
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  • Goerner, Fred.
    THE SEARCH FOR AMELIA EARHART.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1966. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page. Photographs, index. 326 pgs. An interesting book, whether or not you agree with the conclusions reached by the author.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good+ dustjacket (name on endpaper, 2 closed tears and light edgewear to dj.) A nice copy of this book.

    Book ID: 12496
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  • FLYING THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD: IN THE COCKPIT ON A SECRET OPERATIONAL MISSION by Graham, Col. Richard H. USAF (ret)
    Graham, Col. Richard H. USAF (ret)
    FLYING THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD: IN THE COCKPIT ON A SECRET OPERATIONAL MISSION

    Edition: First printing.

    Minneapolis: Zenith Press, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The SR-71 is able to fly at three times the speed of sound and at altitudes of up to 80,000 ft. Colonel Graham was selected to enter the SR-71 strategic reconnaissance program in 1974 at Beale AFB, California. and then later as an instructor pilot. In 1978 was selected as the Chief, Standardization/Evaluation Division, which included the SR-71, U-2 and T-38 aircraft. Illustrated with photographs. Foreword by Jay Miller, aviation historian. Includes a pilot's checklist, list of acronmyms, index. xv, 288 pp. ISBN: 978-0760332399.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (some spine slant).

    Book ID: 88475
    Keywords: airforce, Aviation, military
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  • THE AIRMEN AND THE HEADHUNTERS: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II. by Heimann, Judith M.
    Heimann, Judith M.
    THE AIRMEN AND THE HEADHUNTERS: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2007). First edition - The story of American airmen, whose B-24 was shot down in 1944 during a mission over Japanese-controlled Borneo, into the territory of headhunters, who befriended and protected the airmen, as they used their hunting skills against the occupying Japanese, until the eventual rescue of the Americans. Glossary, sources. 271 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 66257
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  • THE POWDER PUFF DERBY OF 1929: The True Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race. by Jessen, Gene Nora.
    Jessen, Gene Nora.
    THE POWDER PUFF DERBY OF 1929: The True Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, (2002). First edition - An account of the 19 women who set out from Santa Monica California in 1929 to compete in the Powder Puff Derby, the first women's cross-country air race. Black and white photographs, Bibliography, xv, 296 pp. ISBN: 1-57071-7699.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (appears unread).

    Book ID: 59891
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  • Klemin, Alexander.
    IF YOU WANT TO FLY: Boy's Book of Aviation.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Coward-McCann, 1928. Hardcover first edition - A basic book on learning to fly, using the fictional experiences of two boys, written the year after Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, written by a professor of aeronautics at the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, New York University. Illustrated thoughout with drawings and photographs. Preface by Harry F. Guggenheim. vii, 240 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in red cloth (missing 1 leaf - pp 63-64, slim band of white spray paint on spine covering)

    Book ID: 85830
    Keywords: Aviation, young adult
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  • THE PATHFINDER'S GREAT FLIGHT or Cloud Chasers over Amazon Jungles; The Aviation Series #4. by Langley, John Prentice (pseudonym of St. George Rathborne, 1854-1938)
    Langley, John Prentice (pseudonym of St. George Rathborne, 1854-1938)
    THE PATHFINDER'S GREAT FLIGHT or Cloud Chasers over Amazon Jungles; The Aviation Series #4.

    Edition: Very early printing (lists to #8 in this series in the back of the book).

    New York: Barse & Company, (1928.). Hardcover - The fourth book in a series inspired by the interest in aviation and the feats being performed by pilots - features Amos Green and his chum and navigator, Danny Cooper. "For boys from 8 to 80 (and girls too)" Illustrated by John M. Foster with a glossy frontispiece and 3 internal illustrations on plain paper. 206 pp plus 3 pp publisher's ad.

    Condition: Good overall in blue cloth with black lettering and airplane (usual toning to the pages, soiling to pages 38-41, prev owner's name), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 66514
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  • MASTERS OF THE AIR-LANES or Round the World in Fourteen Days; The Aviation Series.. by Langley, John Prentice (pseudonym of St. George Rathborne, 1854-1938)
    Langley, John Prentice (pseudonym of St. George Rathborne, 1854-1938)
    MASTERS OF THE AIR-LANES or Round the World in Fourteen Days; The Aviation Series..

    Edition: Vintage reprint. .

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1928.). Hardcover - A title in a series inspired by the interest in aviation and the feats being performed by pilots - features Amos Green and his chum, Danny Cooper. "For boys from 8 to 80 (and girls too)" Illustrated by John M. Foster with a glossy frontispiece and 3 internal illustrations on plain paper. 209 pp.

    Condition: Fair condition in blue boards with black lettering (toning and wear to the spine, some edgewear to the boards and corners), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85884
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  • THE PATHFINDER'S GREAT FLIGHT or Cloud Chasers over Amazon Jungles; The Aviation Series #4. by Langley, John Prentice (pseudonym of St. George Rathborne, 1854-1938)
    Langley, John Prentice (pseudonym of St. George Rathborne, 1854-1938)
    THE PATHFINDER'S GREAT FLIGHT or Cloud Chasers over Amazon Jungles; The Aviation Series #4.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Barse & Company, (1928.) dj. Hardcover - The fourth book in a series inspired by the interest in aviation and the feats being performed by pilots - features Amos Green and his chum, Danny Cooper. "For boys from 8 to 80 (and girls too)" Illustrated by John M. Foster with a glossy frontispiece and 3 internal illustrations on plain paper. Lists to this title in the ads at the back and on the verson of the dustjacket. 206 pp plus 3 pp publisher's ad.

    Condition: Very good in blue cloth with black lettering and airplane (penciled gift inscription dated 1931) in a poor dust jacket. (dust jacket is in 2 pieces, several chips, tears, loss of paper, etc, held together in an archival protector)

    Book ID: 85596
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  • CHASING THE SETTING SUN or A Hop, Skip and Jump to Australia; The Aviation Series #7. by Langley, John Prentice (pseudonym of St. George Rathborne, 1854-1938)
    Langley, John Prentice (pseudonym of St. George Rathborne, 1854-1938)
    CHASING THE SETTING SUN or A Hop, Skip and Jump to Australia; The Aviation Series #7.

    Edition: Very early printing (lists to #8 in this series in the back of the book).

    New York: Barse & Company, (1930.). Hardcover - The 7th book in a series inspired by the interest in aviation and the feats being performed by pilots - features Amos Green and his chum, Danny Cooper. "For boys from 8 to 80 (and girls too)" Illustrated by John M. Foster with a glossy frontispiece. 212 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ad.

    Condition: Good overall in blue cloth with black lettering and airplane (usual toning to the pages, some corners creased, gift inscription dated Christmas 1931), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 67318
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  • LISTEN! THE WIND by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
    Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
    LISTEN! THE WIND

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1938. Hardcover - The story of the Lindberghs' flight across the Atlantic, from Africa to Brazil, in December 1933. With a foreword and map drawings by Charles Lindbergh. Appendix compiled by Charles Lindbergh with a photograph of the plane, list of equipment, log of the flight, etc. 275 pp. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Very good in red cloth covered boards, spine faded, previous owner's name, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74445
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  • THE STEEP ASCENT. by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow.
    Lindbergh, Anne Morrow.
    THE STEEP ASCENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1944.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Lindbergh's first novel, which she describes as a fictional account of an event that took place in the lives of her and her husband Charles Lindbergh - "the story of a dangerous flight made over the Alps made by a young couple, Eve and Gerald, whose close relationship forms the basic pattern of the narrative." 120 pp. War time publication with "buy bonds" on the rear flap.

    Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (erasure of prev owner's name on front endpaper - date still there - approx 2 by 1/2 inch chip on top edge of front cover of dj, other edgewear.)

    Book ID: 40705
    Keywords: Aviation, first novel
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  • LISTEN! THE WIND by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
    Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
    LISTEN! THE WIND

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1938. Hardcover first edition - The story of the Lindberghs' flight across the Atlantic, from Africa to Brazil, in December 1933. With a foreword and map drawings by Charles Lindbergh. Appendix. Map endpapers. 375 pp.

    Condition: Very good in red cloth covered boards, spine slightly faded, as usual.

    Book ID: 37417
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  • Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
    HOUR OF GOLD, HOUR OF LEAD: Diaries and Letters 1929-1932

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. dj. Illustrated with photographs. Covers the early years of her marriage, and the tragedy of their baby's kidnapping.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (slight edgewear.)

    Book ID: 12692
    Keywords: Aviation
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  • Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
    BRING ME A UNICORN: Diaries and Letters, 1922-1928.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. dj. A picture of the young Anne Morrow, in her own words, as a schoolgirl and as a college student, ending shortly after the trip to Mexico where she met Charles Lindbergh. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 258 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1141808.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 7351
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  • THE UNICORN and Other Poems, 1935 - 1955. by Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
    Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
    THE UNICORN and Other Poems, 1935 - 1955.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (1956.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her first collection of poetry - a representative selection of her work from a period spanning twenty years. One of only 10,000 copies in the first printing, 86 pp. Photograph of Anne Lindbergh on the back cover of the dj.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (sunning to edges of boards spine of dust jacket, price-clipped)

    Book ID: 59444
    Keywords: aviation, Poetry
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  • ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH: Her Life. by [Lindbergh, Anne Morrow] Hertog, Susan.
    [Lindbergh, Anne Morrow] Hertog, Susan.
    ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH: Her Life.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first full length study of this woman who was an author, heiress, and wife of aviator Charles Lindbergh, a woman touched by tragedy and crime when their son was kidnapped and murdered. Based in part on nearly five years of interviews with Lindbergh. Photographs, family trees, notes, index. 561 pp. ISBN: -38546973X.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (name on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 69840
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  • STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING: The Biography of Beryl Markham. by [Markham, Beryl, 1902--1986] Lovell, Mary S.
    [Markham, Beryl, 1902--1986] Lovell, Mary S.
    STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING: The Biography of Beryl Markham.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first biography of this English-born Kenyan aviator who became Africa's first female thoroughbred trainer and its first female bush pilot. In 1936, she became the first pilot to fly solo from England to North America - against the headwinds. Shortly before her death, Lovell was able to interview Markham, and they become friends.Illustrated with photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. xxiv, 408 pp. ISBN: 0-312010966.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 78730
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  • THE LIVES OF BERYL MARKHAM: Out of Africa's Hidden Free Spirit and Denys Finch Hatton's Last Great Love. by [Markham, Beryl. 1902-1986] Trzebinski, Errol
    [Markham, Beryl. 1902-1986] Trzebinski, Errol
    THE LIVES OF BERYL MARKHAM: Out of Africa's Hidden Free Spirit and Denys Finch Hatton's Last Great Love.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography of this aviatrix who won fame with her transatlantic solo flight in 1936, one which "peels away the layers of myth in Markham's popular memoir, 'West with the Night', to reveal a sexually insatiable woman whose charisma concealed a selfish, ruthless, insecure self-doubter. Trzebinski knew Markham for many years in Kenya, where the future ace pilot, racehorse trainer and royal courtesan to Edward, Prince of Wales and to the Duke of Gloucester was raised by her English father, a rampant colonialist, and by Masai servants. . . The gutsy aviator's obsessive affair with rakish pilot/safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton, whose other mistress was Danish…

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    New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography of this aviatrix who won fame with her transatlantic solo flight in 1936, one which "peels away the layers of myth in Markham's popular memoir, 'West with the Night', to reveal a sexually insatiable woman whose charisma concealed a selfish, ruthless, insecure self-doubter. Trzebinski knew Markham for many years in Kenya, where the future ace pilot, racehorse trainer and royal courtesan to Edward, Prince of Wales and to the Duke of Gloucester was raised by her English father, a rampant colonialist, and by Masai servants. . . The gutsy aviator's obsessive affair with rakish pilot/safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton, whose other mistress was Danish Baroness Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), is fully disclosed here. Also presented is compelling evidence that 'West with the Night' was written by Markham's third husband, Hollywood ghostwriter Raoul Schumacher." (Publishers Weekly) Illustrated with photographs. Notes, references, index. xx, 396 pp. ISBN: 0-393035565.

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    Condition: Very good in a very near fine dust jacket (binding cracking between pp 146-147, but the book is still tight and straight, bump to top edge of rear board).

    Book ID: 84956
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  • DEAL. by Masotto, Michael.
    Masotto, Michael.
    DEAL.

    Edition: First printing.

    Bloomington, Indiana: Xlibris Corp, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel set in Los Angeles based on the author's own experiences as an air traffic controller. The title "deal" is a term used when the required separation between two planes has been lost. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page - "Sacramento reading is cleared for take-off" Includes a challenge to aviation buffs at the back of the book. 366 pp. Wraparound photographic dust jacket by Daniel Olivas. ISBN: 0-738820822.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (crease to corner of dj flap).

    Book ID: 71879
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  • McCullough, David.
    THE WRIGHT BROTHERS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2015). First edition - A book by this Pulitzer Prize winning biographer, "the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly Wilbur and Orville Wright. On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two brothers, bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio changed history. . .That they had no more than a public high school education and little money never stopped them in their mission to take to the air. Nothing did, not even the self-evident reality that every time they took off, they risked being killed" Based on the extensive Wright family papers this profiles not only the brothers but discusses the "little known contributions…

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    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2015). First edition - A book by this Pulitzer Prize winning biographer, "the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly Wilbur and Orville Wright. On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two brothers, bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio changed history. . .That they had no more than a public high school education and little money never stopped them in their mission to take to the air. Nothing did, not even the self-evident reality that every time they took off, they risked being killed" Based on the extensive Wright family papers this profiles not only the brothers but discusses the "little known contributions of their sister, Katharine, without whom things might well have gone differently for them." Frontispiece portrait. Source notes, bibliography. 307 pp.

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    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 88952
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  • THE DELTOID PUMPKIN SEED. by McPhee, John.
    McPhee, John.
    THE DELTOID PUMPKIN SEED.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1973.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the incredible efforts of a group of a group of inventors, engineers and investors, who, in New Jersey, created the Aereon, a strange, orange wingless hybrid airplane/dirigible-- that looked like a delta from the top and like a fat pumpkin seed from the side. 184 pp. ISBN: 0-345241312.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dj.

    Book ID: 44737
    Keywords: Aviation
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