[Two pinback buttons]
San Francisco, etc. IAM, n.d. Two pins, 1.25 and 1 inch diameter, with different designs: "IAM Federal Employees" with eagle and "Naval Aircraft Lodge / Alameda Local 739 / IAM, AFL." Very good. More
Cat.No: 185468
San Francisco, etc. IAM, n.d. Two pins, 1.25 and 1 inch diameter, with different designs: "IAM Federal Employees" with eagle and "Naval Aircraft Lodge / Alameda Local 739 / IAM, AFL." Very good. More
Cat.No: 185468
San Jose / Salinas: I. A. of M. and A. W., no date, 1960s or 70s. Respectively 26p. and 7p., similar 5.5x3.5 inch staplebound wraps format, the one laid into the other. A rear blank for "Notes" has been torn out, causing its signature opposite (title leaf) to be loose..... More
Cat.No: 168847
Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1992. xi, 416p., illus., dj. More
Cat.No: 36105
San Mateo CA: Delores K. Jibby, 1948 X 1949. Spiral_bound. A peculiar book; unpaginated, perhaps two hundred pages, profuse b&w photography (pedestrian, modest reproduction quality), texts rendered from typed ms and holograph headings. Softbound with a wide-diameter wire spiral. Covers are detached (but present) and very ragged along spine fastening..... More
Cat.No: 237607
New York: Public Affairs Committee, 1944. Pamphlet. 31p., + [1]p. ad; staplebound 8.5x5.25 inch wraps, mild edgewear, staple rusted else very good condition. Public affairs pamphlet no. 78. More
Cat.No: 59642
[San Francisco]: Self-published by the author, c1984. Pamphlet. 48p., 5.5x8.5 inches; photos., slight handling, else very good. Signed by the author. More
Cat.No: 292920
Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation, 1960. Pamphlet. 46p., staplebound, 5.5x7.5 inches; flattened from middle fold, covers a bit toned, fading pen notation on front wrap, else good. More
Cat.No: 308086
NICAP - National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, 1963-1967. Pamphlet. Issues run 8p. each, folio leaves of alkaline paperstock printed, folded and paste-fastened into standard 11x8.5 inch newsletter-brochures; illustrations are portraits (of human investigtators) as well as photos (of possible extra-terrestrial vehicles), also diagrams and pix of applicable engineering. Each..... More
Cat.No: 263604
Gilroy Ca; various US cities: "alumni" associations, 1989 - 1992. Substanial packet of newsletters, survivor directories, job opportunities, aviation museum brochures, reunion association cards and printouts, a holograph note with a color family snapshot, a licenceplate-sized logo on thick plastic, offers of memorial coins, many items in original envelopes addressed..... More
Cat.No: 198460
Washington DC: Smithsonian, 1999. Hardcover. 160p., introduction, illustrated with b&w photos in-text, front free endpaper bears a signed personal inscription from Kirkland to Black Scholar editor and "fellow author" Robert Allen. Fine first edition gray cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the fine unclipped dust jacket. Smithsonian History of Aviation..... More
Cat.No: 180650
Redstone Arsenal AL: Research Branch, Redstone Scientific Information Center, U. S. Army Missile Command, 31 July 1965. Paperback. v, 58p., keyboard-set text, plain printed 11x8.5 inch wraps, very good copy. Contents cover the results of component testing, future or planned work, literature cited, bibliography, survey participants. The distribution list, covering..... More
Cat.No: 167265
Catasauqua PA: The Dispatch Press, 1944. Hardcover. 126p., 8x5.5 inch red cloth boards and dust jacket. Book itself is quite sound and perfectly clean and unmarked, while the dj has short tears and small chips (text flap remains intact). Good copy. Hanna 2134. The protagonist of this novel works in..... More
Cat.No: 265267
New York: Carroll and Graf, 2006. Hardcover. xv, 346p., author's note, prologue, afterword, b&w photo section, very good first edition, first printing stated in boards and bright unclipped dj. Captain Lehmkuhl's memoir of his service in USAF followed by a stint on CBS The Amazing Race (he won) and his..... More
Cat.No: 264374
Chicago: America First Committee, 1941. Pamphlet. 14p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. Lindbergh argues against going to war with Germany, stating that England is in an unwinnable position against Germany even with American help. He hearkens back to his father's role in arguing against participation in WW I. The America First..... More
Cat.No: 270186
Chicago: America First Committee, 1941. 14p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. Inside of front cover has a red pencil note that it was obtained from the AFC in Chicago. Lindbergh argues against going to war with Germany, stating that such a war would be unwinnable, whereas no nation would ever succeed..... More
Cat.No: 265808
Chicago: America First Committee, 1941. Pamphlet. 14p., staplebound pamphlet, mild edgewear and a couple of faint rust marks to the rear cover. Lindbergh argues against going to war with Germany, stating that such a war would be unwinnable, whereas no nation would ever succeed at attacking the United States. He..... More
Cat.No: 265812
New York: Scribner's Commentator, 1940. 18p., staplebound pamphlet, two small rust marks near bottom of cover, otherwise very good. Isolationist speeches by the aviator, from the period before the foundation of the America First Committee for which he served as a celebrity spokesman. More
Cat.No: 272133
Washington DC: National Committee to Keep America Out of Foreign Wars, 1939. Four-panel pamphlet, very good. Lindbergh argues against being lured into the war in Europe. "Much of our news is already colored. Every incident and every accident will be seized upon to influence us. And in a modern war..... More
Cat.No: 288057
Jersey City: Time Inc., 1945. Paperback. Softcover item: 272p., the usual lavish color and b&w photogravure production; 13x10.5 inch wraps with cover illustration credit to US Navy; somewhat edgeworn with severe silverfishing to spine panel, and small touches elsewhere on cover; contents very good. Good copy. Substantial story with color..... More
Cat.No: 181397
Twentynine Palms: Twentynine Palms Air Academy. ; United States.; Army Air Forces.; Seventeenth Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment, [1944]. [36p] 8.5x11.25 inches, photographs of administrative officers, commanders, instructors, crew members and trainees, staff, caricatures, cartoons, biographical sketches, mild wear to cover edges otherwise very good flight school yearbook in..... More
Cat.No: 217215
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. 192p., b&w photo insert section, first edition boards in color-photo dj. A quite good copy. Mountaineering accidents in Scotland; some Scottish "glens" are wicked and often the scene of fatalities. Civilian rescue teams are formed by locals aided by a military helicopter. More
Cat.No: 169283
Raleigh, NC: Todd Huvard, 1998. viii, 200p., hardcover with dj, a fine bright copy inscribed by author. Narrative of a cross-country trip by a Scotsman in an ultralight plane nicknamed the Pink Panther. More
Cat.No: 127653
New York: Pathfinder, 1991. Paperback. 91p., wraps, illus., very good condition. More
Cat.No: 79284
npl: Harold Mansfield :: Boeing Airplane Company, 1958. Pamphlet. 31p., 3.5x8 inch staplebound pamphlet; in very good condition. Propaganda on economic and industrial competition between Russians and Americans. More
Cat.No: 304340
New York: American Geographical Society, 1931. Paperback. Offprint, pp.201-212, diagrammatic charts amidst text on coated stock; paperback item in plain printed grey 10x6.5 inch wraps; an old vertical crease affects all leaves, expect dustsoil, handling and a touch of rust at the staples, a fair copy. More
Cat.No: 180976