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
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
Biella: Eventi & Progetti Editore, 2005. Paperback. 83p., profuse b&w aerial photos of sizeable cities, taken at various altitudes, with a few pages of prefatory material; text entirely in the Italian language. Softbound in 8.5 inch square wraps decorated with one of the pictures. A bit edgeworn, with a remnant..... More
Cat.No: 291123
Milan: the monthly, 1928. Magazine. 96p., softbound magazine in color wraps (art deco image of European lady on howdah, credited to Erberto Carboni), 13x9.5 inches, profuse b&w photographic illustrations throughout running texts. Condition is a bit rough with an abraded spine panel, complete and clean within, a handleable useful copy..... More
Cat.No: 224708
Moscow: Foreign Languages Press, 1939. Pamphlet. 32p., wraps with a trace of soiling else very good condition, 4.25x5.5 inches, illustrated. More
Cat.No: 126760
San Jose: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics;, 1988. Paperback. unpaginated, softbound oblong, profusely illustrated with b&w photos including employees and their families, very good in 11x8.5 inch wraps. The reunion was held at Moffett Field. More
Cat.No: 144868
San Francisco: Northern California Peace Action Coalition, [1972]. Handbill. Leaflet, 8.5x11 inches, very good condition, printed on one side only. More
Cat.No: 275288
Brescia: Editore Giulio Vannini, 1934 / XIII. Paperback. 99p., glazed alkaline paper throughout featuring numerous illustrations from wartime activity (aviation pix the most interesting) and documents in facsimile, signatures mostly unopened thus many photos are hidden from us, softbound in 10x7 inch decorated wraps. Covers have a small corner bump..... More
Cat.No: 287414
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. Hardcover. 199p., first edition, very good condition in like dj. More
Cat.No: 216854
San Francisco: The Peck-Judah Company, Inc., 1931. Paperback. 192p., small booklet in 6x4.5 inch perfectbound wraps. The "perfect" binding (a glue-only method) is weak and several cracks have developed, without immediate risk of losing leaves. Absolutely clean and unmarked with bright-white alkaline paperstock throughout; except for the cracks an astonishingly..... More
Cat.No: 227572
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. Hardcover. viii, 359p., bookplate removal stains on endpaper, ownership signature on same page, edges foxed otherwise good first edition green cloth boards. The title appears to be meant in aviation's sense of "friction," according to Leo Ribuffo's discussion of Pelley, citation below. The plot..... More
Cat.No: 196409
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. Hardcover. viii, 359p., first edition green cloth boards, tinted top edge and front-cover panelling in blind; a reasonably nice production in quite good condition. The title appears to be meant in aviation's sense of "friction," according to Leo Ribuffo's discussion of Pelley, citation below..... More
Cat.No: 217206
Novato: Presidio Press, 1991. Hardcover. xvi, 366p. + 16p. photographs, previous owner's gift inscription to front free endpaper near top. price clipped dj. African American author. More
Cat.No: 11103
Novato: Presidio Press, 1991. Hardcover. xvi, 366p. + 16p. photographs, 1st printing. signed with a brief inscription by Phelps, previous owner's signature, dj. The African American author's biography of the Tuskegee airman. More
Cat.No: 126318
