L B Gatchell (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The American Air Mail Society, Albion, PA. 1947. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; bumped lower tips. No DJ. Dark blue pebble grained cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 604 pp 8vo. This book is a reference listing of the Airports of the World and the update to the 1940 edition. This book covers a field of aero-philatelic history not found anywhere else. Volume II will be published in a companion edition at a later date. A clean very presentable copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Gilt lettering on textured green covers. 8vo, 96pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Gilt lettering on pebble-textured red covers. 8vo, 541pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Gilt lettering on pebble-textured red covers. 8vo, 541pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. 1959 supplement, Volume Three ("supplement to material included in certain sections of Volumes 1 and 2") . This volume lists and catalogues aerophilatelic material that appeared since the publications of two earlier volumes, in 1947 and 1950. Book is crisp, clean, and sturdily bound. Unclipped dust jacket is bright and intact, with a few chips at bottom of spine. Book covers information about air mail stamps, first day covers, pioneer flights, U. S. Contract air mail flights, crash covers, airport dedication covers, and foreign contract air mail flights. Includes ads, maps, and pictures. Laid in is a four-page "invitation" to join the American Air Mail Society, the publisher of the book. Pagination is continuous with the earlier volumes. In protective Mylar.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ VG-. Fourth Edition. Silver titles on marbled burgundy leatherette. 541pp + unmarked Notes pages. Size: Octavo.

Hardcover. A a blue leather casebound book with silver text os the spine. Matte dust jacket with white text on a red and light blue spine. 608 pages; illustrated with black-and-white. Volume one ONLY. VG-/VG: The dust jacket has significant wear to the edges and corners, as well as small tears. There is a clear-tape repair over a tear on the front cover on the top edge. Stains to the blue covers. Bump in the middle of the top of teh cover. Majority clean body pages and solid binding.

Hardcover. A red casebound book with gilt text on the spine. The textblocks are gilted. 608 pages; illustrated with black-and-white. Volume one ONLY. VG: Wear to the edges and corners. Clean body pages and solid binding.

Hardcover. A half-leatherbound book with a blue spine and silver text. The remainder of the boards and gray. The textblocks are silver. 608 pages; illustrated with black-and-white. Volume one ONLY. VG: Stains to the gray of the covers. Missing dust jacket. Clean body pages and solid binding.

Booklet. Condition: Good. 1949 Edition. 56 p. 22 cm. B&w illustrations. Stapled b&w illustrations. Stapled red covers with label on front, some light wear. Ink stamp and signature of Ian Morgan on title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. Volume 2 has no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Fine. 5th or later Edition. Silver titles on black cloth. Faint, light dusting on edges of text blocks. 2132pp + back matter Volume 4.