Koehl Captain Hermann (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, German-language version. Orig. cloth stamped in gold with profile of plane that made the flight on front board. Illustrated. Cloth with spot of soiling on front board, spine very slightly nicked, overall very good. Illustrated. Account of the flight of the "Bremen," a single-engined Junkers W. 33 with the serial number D 1167 as shown on the cover, over the Atlantic from Baldonnel, Ireland to Greenly Island in the Strait of Belle Isle, Canada, on April 12 and 13, 1928. Copyright page states "This is a copy of the first edition in the German language." There was also an English version, but two out of the three authors wrote their parts in German, so this is the original text so far as they are concerned. Scarce in this version.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This copy lacks the signed limitation page, and so is NOT signed, but is probably one of 260 copies. 330 pages untrimmed. Illustrated with black and white plates. Brown cloth with salmon paper covered boards. Gilt printing to the spine. The spine ends are chipped and frayed. The front hinge is cracked but the contents are bright. Nice and Complete.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. The first East-West Atlantic flight. A remarkable achievement in the Junkers 'Bremen'. Transl. G. Dunay. pp.xi.330. Illus. Boards dull with wear to edges of spine.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Collectible; Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A very sharp copy of the 1928 1st trade edition, in a very sharp example of the pictorial dustjacket. Clean and VG+ in a crisp, Near Fine jacket. Octavo, 330 pgs.

Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. St Marys Books is proud to present this 1928 first edition of The Three Musketeers of the Air The Story of the three Bremen Flyers Their Conquest of the Atlantic from East to West by Captain Hermann Koehl Major James C Fitzmaurice and Baron Guenther von Huenefeld Housed in its original vibrant orange and blue dustjacket featuring an illustration of an aeroplane flying over a lighthouse this hardback book is bound in blue cloth with gold gilt lettering and decorations on the cover and spine Inside past the bright blue free endpapers with illustrations of aeroplanes one finds ixi and 330 pages of text peppered with contemporary black and white photographs such as the frontispiece image of the three musketeers This story of heroism and adventure is in very good condition though the dustjacket is significantly damaged and thus can only be described as fair the book itself remains remarkably clean and readable given its age and rarity The Three Musketeers of the Air is looking for a new home and would make for the perfect gift for any aviation enthusiast. book.…

German Translation of Captain Koehl's and Baron Von Huenefeld's Versions by George F. Dunay. xi, 330 pp. With 31 Illustrations. Large 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards. First edition; Author's Autograph Edition; No. 108 of 260 copies, signed by the authors and publisher. Very slightest of rubbing to the tips of the corners; otherwise a beautiful copy.…

Translated by George F. Dunay. xi, 330 pp. With 31 Illustrations. 8vo, publisher's half cloth and paper-covered boards in glassine wrapper and publisher's numbered two-part box. First edition; Author's Autograph Edition; No. 81 of 260 copies, signed by the three authors and by G. P. Putnam's Sons. A very fine copy in chipped and torn glassine. The publisher's box is lightly worn. Laid in is an issue of "The Air Mail Collector" featuring the Bremen Fliers, two pieces of Bremen Flyer ephemera, and four postal covers sent via special flights commemorating the Bremen Fliers.…