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Published by National Aeronautics Council, 1942
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. 96 pages. The covers have some tears; faint discoloring; a solid booklet. B/w photos. Cover says "This issue contains 3 position silhouettes, general specifications and photographs of the leading fighting planes of United States, Great Britain, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, France." Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Aviation; Inventory No: 173025.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, 1942
Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Published by The National Aeronautics Council, New York, 1940
Seller: Phyllis35, Canyonville, OR, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated (illustrator). Green pictorial soft cover, print on spine and on the front cover in very good condition. Tips are bumped with a small tear at top and bottom. A name printed in ink on the title leaf. Noted two leafs inside with margin pencil notes otherwise a clean and tight copy, 123pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.45.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.45.
Published by Doubleday, 1971
Seller: Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd, 1940
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Fair. 1940. First UK Edition. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Sunning and dust marking to cloth. Sunning to spine. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Top edge of text block is dust marked.
Published by Stackpole, Harrisburg, PA, 1940
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Hardcover in gray beige boards with title in brown on spine. No dust jacket. 8vo. Second printing, from 1940. Light soiling to boards. Interior pages are clean. Spine is tight and straight, corners are sharp. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Frontispiece photo includes co-authors Nordoff and Hall of "Mutiny on the Bounty" fame. The author was commander of the 1st Pursuit Group in World War I, whose story he tells here. 333 pp.
First Printing of this edition. First Printing of this edition. small octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 312pp. Ace Books, Edited by Stanley Ulanoff. Hartney, a Canadian born combat pilot, was the Commander of the 1st Pursuit Group, United States Air Service, in WWI. A pioneer in aviation this story is his collection of personal memories of his service with the Canadian, British and American armies during WWI, the difficulty of pursuit development in the Air Service, and some of the things he foresaw in a future war for America. based on his own experience and observations. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Illustrated. Very fine copy. We maintain a very large stock of WWI aviation titles including books, letters, documents, photographs, and artifacts. small octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers.
Published by Aeronautics 1942, 1942
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
ed. paperback near very good condition with a bit of wear and soiling - shipping via USPS.
Published by Aeronautics 1942, 1942
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
ed. paperback near very good condition with a bit of wear and soiling - shipping via USPS.
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1971
Seller: Bookfeathers, LLC, Lewisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Not ex-lib. Hardcover in dark grey cloth, in jacket wth August Schug artwork spanning spine and front, 8vo. xviii + 360pp. List of aces, illustrations. Foreword by Theodore Rosevelt, Jr. NF/VG- to VG. Book is Fine, although clean, unmarked textblock is on off-quality paper stock. Bright, sharp cloth; tight, square binding. Jacket has 1/2" closed tear (internally tape-repaired) off upper front edge near hinge with associated 1" creases and surface loss; abrasion and light chips at upper spine end; mild rubbing rear panel only. Colors, figures and titles all bright and clean. Jacket in Brodart.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc.,, 1942
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: good. NOT an ex library book. Stapled book with orange and black cover. Name on cover. 1/2' split bottom of spine. 96 pages. Order form envelope still in binding. Part 2 only.
Published by Bailey Bros.& Swinfen Ltd, 1974
ISBN 10: 056100207XISBN 13: 9780561002071
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Book
1974 publication with B&W illustrations; binding tight; page edges yellowed/lightly foxed; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).
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Published by Ace Books, New York, 1971
Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. Yellow soft cover, pictorial, price-sticker on front, text slightly darkened. WW I.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, 1942
Seller: Bookfeathers, LLC, Lewisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Not ex-lib. Staplebound in blue and yellow card wraps, 8vo. 96pp. Aircraft descriptions, each with accompanying b/w photo, 3 position silhouettes and marking in B/W figures. Fair to Good. Fairly strong rubbing and moisture-related rippling to strong colored wraps; associated milder but still notable rippling to overall clean, unmarked pages. Staples holding Fine.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, 1943
Seller: Bookfeathers, LLC, Lewisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Not ex-lib. Staplebound in white, orange and brown card wraps, 8vo. 94pp. Aircraft descriptions, each with accompanying b/w photo, 3 position silhouettes and marking in B/W figures. Fair to Good only. Fairly strong rubbing and moisture-related rippling to strongly colored wraps, soil to margins of rear panel; similar rippling to unmarked but stiff pages. Staples holding Fine.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc.,, 1942
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: very good. NOT an ex library book. Stapled book with green and black cover. Name on cover. 96 pages. Order form envelope still in binding. Part 3 only.
Published by Ace Books, USA, 1971
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: G++. 1st Thus. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Black mrk to fore text edge.
Published by National Aeronautics Council
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.15.
Published by Doubleday. 1971, 1971
Seller: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.
VG+ - reprint. Light shelf wear to DJ w/ small chipps to corners of DJ. Light soiling to rear of jacket. Minimal dust staining to edges of pages. All internal pages are FN. Binding is sound. A nice solid copy.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Washington, D. C., 1942
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Softcover in matte pictorial wraps. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp, clean, and unread, with the faintest hint of wear. Illustrated with black-and-white photos. 8vo. 96 pp.
Published by New York: Doubleday & Co. 1971, New York, 1971
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by NY Arno Press C1940., 1940
Seller: Ann Wendell, Bookseller, Oroville, CA, U.S.A.
vg+/no dj, prev owner name/date, o/w bright & tight book. size approx 6x9" with 333 pages, blue cover with gold airplane decorations. Illustrated by photographs. 1980 reprintst edition. Binding is blue hc.
Published by Ace Books, New York, 1971
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. First-hand account of dogfight combat in WW1. Bright tight clean copy of PB 1st, scarce. 312 pp, tinted edges. Fine unmarked, no spine creases. MM paperback in color illus wraps.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc., 1942
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Two small octavo volumes in paper wraps, stapled. B&W illustrations. Each contains 3-position silhouettes, photographs and general specifications of the leading fighting planes of the U.S., Great Britain, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russian, & France. Condition: Part 1 is extremely worn with nicked edges and a tear halfway down the length of the spine; Part 2 is in near fine condition; overall, good condition for both.
Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. An "Air Combat Classic".
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc., Washington D. C., 1942
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and edge wear. There are ink markings to the front cover and a previous owner's inked name on the rear cover. There is tearing to the end of both top and bottom edges of the spine. There is a previous owner's name and address on the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc., Washington D. C., 1942
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good- condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and edge wear. There are ink markings to the front cover and a previous owner's inked name on the rear cover. There is a three inch tear to the bottom spine end of the book cover. There is a previous owner's name and address on the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc., New York, 1942
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A World War II guidebook issued by the National Aeronautics Council for individuals with an interest in identifying the "leading fighting planes of the United States, Great Britain, Norway, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, France." Each war plane description includes a photograph, three position silhouettes, and general specifications including armaments. About 5 3/4 x 9 inches, 96 pages in stapled binding. Pictorial, light-card wrappers with rounded outside corners and front cover graphics showing multiple planes caught in spotlight beams above a city. Orange and blue color scheme with orange and black lettering. Back cover contains extensive list of planes included in black lettering against orange background. In addition to individual plane descriptions, contents include an index, recognition characteristics such as spinners, cockpit canopies, wing types and location. Also a page with the insignia used on planes by various nations. An order-form return envelope is bound-in. Wrappers and text are complete, clean and unmarked. There is a tiny chip missing at bottom of spine and a small, dime-sized discolored area near lower corner of back cover. No other noticeable flaws or damage. This copy also contains a laid-in flyer describing the Aeronautics Council's "new home instruction course" which helps prepare you for 48 kinds of aviation jobs from pilot to airport engineering and design. A collectable copy of a small piece of WWII history.