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Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New.

Etat : New. In.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. National Aeronautics Council, New York. c1942. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition/Printing not stated. Priced 25¢. Books are tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front wrap verso. Book Conditions: Part 1 and 3 are Good with soiling and wear; Part 2 is Fair and is missing half of the rear wrap. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in saddle staples; text is secure in binding. 288 pp in total (96pp in each part) 8vo. Each issue contains 3-position silhouettes, general specifications, and photographs of the leading fighting planes- Part 1 has US, Great Britain, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, France/ Part 2 has US, Great Britain, Norway, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, and France/ Part 3 has US, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, and France. These books were produced for civilian use stateside for those who wanted to follow the aircraft in WWII, or need to know the different planes for Civil Defense. They were never taken into the Theaters of War. A clean presentable set of books.…

Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

SIGNED BY COMPILER - family association copy. ix, [1], 991 pages. Hardcover: H 24.75 x L 17.5cm. No dust jacket. Blue cloth rubbed; gilt stamping to spine and front boards remains bright. Text block edges foxed with some toning; several small dark stains to bottom edge. Foxing to initial and rear leaves; slight foxing occasionally at margins of interior leaves but otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Co-compiler Dr. Kit Carson's eight-line ink inscription "12 May 1976 To Mother and Dad with so many thanks . . . Kit Carter III" upon the front free endpaper. Book has a 1973 copyright but Library of Congress catalog cites a 1975 publication date (which is likely accurate as the page iii Foreword by General Earl G. Beck is dated Decembre 1, 1974. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 4.5 pounds (2 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.…

Sectional pagination - approximately 250 pages total. Large paperback: H 27.75cm x L 21.25cm. Semi-rigid cardstock covers moderately stained with some soiling and toning; slight scuffing at cover edges with lightly worn corners; frayed and abraded black cloth tape affixed along boards' spine margins; three-punch hole binding with plastic screws at top and bottom holes with middle hole empty. Pages edges toned; some old pencil notes on front cover's blank verso; some foxing and a few spots of soiling occurring to interior leaves. Comprised of color and b/w illustrated text leaves citing updates and revisions varyingly dated for 1943, 1944, and 1945. Initial four leaves comprised of "Notes on Revision 18 Dated May 1, 1945," "Notes on Revision 17 Dated April 1, 1945," "Notes on Revision 16 Dated February 1, 1945," and "Notes on Revision 15 Dated January 1, 1945" with the text of each leaf starting and/or concluding with order to destroy sheet upon reading. "Section 1-General;" Section 2-Flight;" "Section 3-Weather Flying;" "Section 4-Man Goes Aloft;" "Section 5-Power Plant;" "Section 6-The Airplane;" "Section 7-Navigation Aids;" "Section 8-Emergencies;" plus concluding four page Index.…

Etat : New. Print on Demand.

Mint paperback reprint of a 1943 publication. 114pp. This is the 1943 edition of the pilots instructions for the British Fortress II version of this famous aircraft. It contains many superb illustrations of the aircraft from nose to tail, and a great deal of information which was essential to the safe flying of the aircraft. Unlike British Pilot's Notes which were typed and roneod, this is a full-blooded colour manual of a very high quality. Not to be missed by any air historian.…

pictorial wrappers Nice Copy lge. octavo 56pp., b/w pls., text ills., Inc. 'Mission to Regensburg' & ' Our B-26s win their wings over Western Europe'.

pictorial wrappers Nice Copy lge. octavo 56pp., b/w pls., text ills., Inc. 'Sweating out the First OCS Class in Australia' & ' Attack on Ploesti'.

Paperback. Etat : Fine. Paperback reprint, 2009, in overall fine, unread condition. Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - small set of initials to front endpaper upper right-hand corner tip; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. …

Softcover. Etat : New.

2007 revised second edition INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY ENOLA GAY NAVIGATOR DUTCH VAN KIRK. [6], 354, [8] pages. Hardcover: H 28cm x L 21.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed with slight bumping at edges. Blue cloth with vibrant silver stamped spine lettering. Four-line ink inscription "To Chris Lucky - good luck | Dutch Van Kirk | Navigator - Enola Gay | 3-15-08" on title page; interior leaves are otherwise bright and clean. Binding is firm. Copyright page supplies an alternative title - "The 509th remembered: a history of the 509th Composite Group as told by the veterans themselves, 509th anniversary reunion, Wichita, Kansas October 7-10, 2004." Dust jacket's front panel notes "Includes over 850 photos of people, places, and planes." Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.5 pounds (1.58 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0923568662. …

Etat : Fine. First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 170 pp with monochrome archive photographs on loaded art paper throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £19.99. Member of the P.B.F.A. AMERICA [World War II].…

163 pages. Hardcover: H 31.25cm x L 23.25cm. No dust jacket. Blue cloth, some soiling and light staining to boards, mild fraying at spine ends. Interior leaves have faint staining at bottom spine corner margins extending upward by about 4cm from heels with shallow extensions into bottom margins; some scattered soiling to interior pages as well but otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A good+ copy. With front endpapers illustrated in blue and white, Foreword by Lt. General H.H. Arnold [Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold], early leaves inclusive to page 16 enhanced by some color illustration but remaining majority of book features b/w photographs/illustrations. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 2.75 pounds (1.24 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. …

1, [1], 2-31 pages plus covers. Staple-bound paperback booklet: H 13.6cm x L 10.3cm. Tan paper covers well rubbed with worn/curled corners; shallow losses at spine fold ends; front cover illustration by Pvt. M. Phillip Brady with three-line form for owner's name, etc. which has been filled by soldier's ink inscription. Interior leaves have some soiling and foxing as well as being creased/curled at fore-edge corners; a few blue ink smudges with blue ink number notations correcting stanza sequence on page 26. Binding staples rusted but holding. Title page credits Commanding Officer Colonel Robert E.M. Goolrick, Director of Band Training Lieutenant Colonel Harry G. Douglass, and Post Morale Singing Officer 2nd Lieutenant Alexander M. Sulloway. Text comprised of song lyrics only without any musical scores. OCLC only locates two copies at member institutions with Berea College evidently owning the same 1943 imprint and the University of Mississippi possessing a 1944 imprint. Only a good+ copy but US Army Air Forces base-printed soldier morale material is exceptionally uncommon as it would have been issued to servicemen in training and discarded prior to an overseas combat assignment.…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Unpaged - 32 pages plus covers. Staple-bound paperback: H 27.75cm x L 21.75cm. Covers rubbed and lightly soiled; slender scuffing along spine fold; light vertical creasing to covers and interior pages with have some bumping and light wear at edges; partial postmark ink stamp at rear cover's top left. Numerous b/w photos of servicemen at work and play including an image on page 20 of African American servicemen comprising the Delta Glee Club. Rear cover verso states "The editorial and photographic copy . . . was prepared by the Public Relations Office and the Photographic Section of the Greenville Army Flying School." Scarce WWII Army aviation publication for the Greenville, Mississippi training base; OCLC only locates a single copy held by the University of Southern Mississippi.…

1st ed. thus card covers As New lge. octavo 22pp., b/w pls., text ills., diags., Facsimile of wartime publication.

1st ed. thus card covers As New lge. octavo xiv + 40pp., b/w pls., text ills., diags., appendix, Inc. facsimile of wartime publication AN 01-60FE-1 (1945).

Unpaged - 36 pages plus covers. Staple-bound paperback: H 27.75cm x L 21.25cm. Color pictorial paper covers with spots of surface abrasion. Four-line ink inscription of Keesler Field private dated December 1942 on front cover's verso. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Some rust to staples but binding is firm. B/w photographs throughout with b/w cartoons on pages 18-19. Scarce Army Air Force Keesler Field wartime publication for which OCLC locates copies at four member institutions (another 36 page publication was also issued in 1942 under altered title "Keesler Field, Mississippi; We'll Keep 'Em Flying!" for which OCLC only locates a single institutional holding at University of Southern Mississippi).…

1st ed. thus card covers As New lge. octavo 105pp., b/w pls., text ills., diags., index, Facsimile of wartime publication AAF Manual 51-127-5 (1945).

1st ed. thus card covers As New lge. octavo 50pp., b/w pls., text ills., diags., Facsimile of TO 01-65BC-1 1943.

1st ed. thus card covers As New lge. octavo 29 + 29pp., b/w pls., text ills., fldg. exploded view, Inc. facsimile of wartime publication No. F-SU-1111-ND (1946) ME-262 A-1 Pilot's Handbook.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. ] Hardback, small octavo, 192 pages, VG in G dj (dj in mylar). DJ surfaces not too bad, but edges tattered, corners chipped & short tears. FFEP has ownership rank, name, serial number and address (AAF, Dyersburg, Tenn) + warm inscription in the author's wife's hand (?) signed by her and then SIGNED by the author himself. Perhaps a presentation copy to a friend. "To Mildred - Loads of Luck and Kindest Regards, 'Annie' (?) & Bill Crawford." The last page of the book tells of Crawford's relocation to Dyersburg as an Army Air Force instructor pilot & where he and 'Marg' were married. ('Annie' is hard to read, and whatever it does read I presume to be a nickname for Crawford's wife Marg.) Illustrated title page. Photo-illustrations on glossy stock incl. frontis of author (repeated on back panel of dj) & additional 12-page photo section. RWR5 Military Aviation World War Two WWII Biography Autobiography United States Army Air Force Signed.…

Unpaged - 72 pages. Hardcover: H 27.5cm x L 20.25cm. Blue boards; light soiling to front board which retains bright silver stamping; slender scratch to rear board. Past owner's ink signature on front pastedown; at least two ink signatures of the base supply officer and a fellow pilot trainee classmate. Binding is firm.…

1st edition card covers Very Good lge. octavo viii + 18 + 30pp., b/w pls., text ills., fldg. exploded view, Inc. facsimile of wartime publication No. F-SU-1111-ND (1946) ME-262 A-1 Pilot's Handbook. Inc. 2-page exploded view & cockpit detail.

No Binding. Etat : Near Fine. 3rd Edition. Cold War map of the Libyan Desert. Colour printed sheet 74x56cm, with index map, keys, and aeronautical data to the verso. Near fine, neatly folded, lightly tanned. Prepared in September 1944, this 3rd edition is dated December 1948 with ACS aero overprint 12-48. Centred on the Great Sand Sea, this includes the Oases of Farafra (NE), Dakhla (E), and Kufra (SW), with the Sand Sea of Calanscio (NW). Colour tinted for elevation with contours and spot heights, details include oasis settlements and stone dwellings, desert tracks, airstrips, dune fields, rocky hills, sand or gravel plains, plateau, etc. Airstrips of unknown length are shown at Kufra and Dakhla. Several captions in the image describe the terrain, some of which are speculative, approximate or doubtful. The vast movement of windblown sand is captured with reference to "hills half buried in sand". The Sand Sea of Calanscio was where USAAF B24 "Lady be Good" crash landed in 1943, with its survivors dying from dehydration. Returning to Libya from a bombing raid over Naples, it had overflown its base at Soluch Field in a sandstorm and ran out of fuel. Calanscio is here described as "complicated big crested dunes" with "doubtful tracks" along its edges. During WW2, the USAAF had a major base at Wheelus on the Libyan coast (at one point its largest military facility outside of the US). It closed briefly in 1947, reopening as Wheelus Air Base in June 1948, retaining a major Cold War presence. At the time this map was issued, Wheelus AB was operated by the USAF Military Air Transportation Service, flying Douglas C-47 Skytrains and C-54s to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Cyprus.…