Lyon Thoburn (78 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Eleventh Edition. The standard in air navigation since 1935. Shelf wear to dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good Condition. Repaired with book tape. Has a small amount of writing/highlighting. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good++. 11th Edition. Written to help students pass exams by providing a clear understanding of the principles involved in air navigation. 318 pages. Diagrams, charts, maps. Dust jacket has general light wear with a couple of small, mended tears and a chip along top edge at spine. Book is very nice. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 11th Edition. worn and chipped dustjacket, prior owner's name inked on front end page.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. DJ VG-. Gilt titles on light blue cloth. 318pp. Dust jacket has minor rubs and is worn at top of spine, with a small tear on bottom front spine corner. Quite presentable within new Brodart sleeve. Size: Large Octavo.

Paperback. Condition: Good. U.S. Government Printing Office 1945 Good/ Some light creasing to cover, pages lightly tanned and unmarked. multi-page color map in envelope. illustrated throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Cover is rubbed, lightly sunned with edgewear, has been signed by prior owner. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Libris.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket has shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Minimal shelfwear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Soft cover. Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Twelfth Edition 1975. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 318 p. Charts; diagrams. Previous owner's name to inside front cover. Some highlighting to text. 1" stain to fore-edge. Soil to rear cover. Purpose of this book is to instruct pilots and navigators, and it has been prepared with full cooperation of the FAA, other government agencies, and many in the industry.…

Soft cover. Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Fourth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. U. S. Department of Commerce Civil Aeronautics Administration Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 24. 245 p. Charts; diagrams. Stamps in ink to title page & front cover. Wear to cover, especially at spine; head & tail corners of front cover & first few pages dog-eared. Purpose of this book is to instruct pilots and navigators.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

HARDCOVER. Hardcover edition. 116pp, folded air traffic chart, smaller octavo in blue cloth. minor cover wear, light spine fade, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good-.

Soft cover. Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. U. S. Department of Commerce Coast and Geodetic Survey Special Publication No. 197. 199 p. Charts; diagrams. Wear to cover, especially at spine; tears along rear joint 1" at head & 1/2" at tail. Previous owner's name to front cover. Purpose of this book is to instruct pilots and navigators.…

paperback. Condition: Fair. 12th Printing. 318 p., clean but with occasional underlining and a line of number is written on crumpled but not brittle t.p.; paper strong and only mildly age-toned; diagrams; binding firm; glossy yellow pictorial wrapper is rubbed corners with prominent crease across front panel; faint smudges on rear panel.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG+, sound and clean save for previous owner's name inked to top of front fly leaf.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. September 1940, bulletin number 24. Supersedes publication number 197.; Octavo. Illustrated by Illustrated (illustrator).

Cloth Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 116pp including index Large fold-out map Charts Diagrams Photographs Light foxing inside covers and pages are a little age-toned Dust jacket has chips and tears on edges.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Elementary Air Navigation (1944) — A Vital WWII Aviation Manual by Thoburn C. Lyon A Primary Artifact of World War II Pilot Training and Aerial Cartography Secure a fascinating piece of aviation history with this 1944 First Edition technical manual. Authored by Thoburn C. Lyon, a preeminent authority on cartography and navigation, this volume was a standard instructional text for the National Aeronautics Council during the height of the Allied flight training program in World War II. Collector Highlights: Authentic Wartime Manual: Published in New York in 1944, this book served as the literal "flight plan" for thousands of trainee pilots learning the high-stakes art of dead reckoning and celestial navigation. Expert Authorship: Thoburn C. Lyon's methods laid the groundwork for modern aerial navigation; his clear, practical approach made complex technical concepts accessible to the "citizen-soldiers" of the Greatest Generation. Historical Provenance: The front flyleaf and pastedown feature a previous owner's name stamp, providing a tangible link to the individuals who studied these pages during the 1940s. Condition & Binding: Binding: Housed in original Cloth boards. State: Very Good. The volume is remarkably well-preserved for a wartime technical text, maintaining a tight structure and clean interior. Format: 8vo (Octavo). An essential acquisition for collectors of WWII militaria, aviation history, or vintage technical manuals. [Store Loc. 2.3].…

Condition: Good. Good condition. Special Publication no. 197 (Reference, Manual, Navigation, Areronautics) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket present. Twelfth Edition. This trade paperback edition of "Practical Air Navigation" shows signs of wear consistent with its age. The cover has some scuff marks and creases, and the spine shows signs of use. The interior pages are clean and free of inscriptions, maintaining the book?s readability and reference value. Overall, the book is in good condition for its age.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Second edition. Softcover. Very good in wrappers. (Pages: 351) Spine browned.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book with cloth covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light edge wear, bumping and nicking. The bottom front corner of the book cover has started to separate from the lining. There is one small nick / tear to the top front spine joint. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, but does have some light toning to the edges. The envelope at the rear of the book includes four maps and a key- all in clean, bright condition. "Air navigation is accomplished by various methods. The method or system that a pilot uses for navigating through today's airspace system will depend on the type of flight that will occur (VFR or IFR) , which navigation systems are installed on the aircraft, and which navigation systems are available in a certain area.". …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Later edition. Wrappers. 318pp. Very good with previous owner signature on the front pastedown, a slightly faded spine, and some minor rubbing on the rear panel.

Paperback. Condition: Good-. GOOD-. Brown illustrated paperback. Approx. 9.5" x 6.5". Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Rub wear, dust markings and light scratches to covers. Book itself is crumpled. Edges are frayed. Creases to spine ends and along spine. Light brown stain to right side of first 20 or so pages. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Eleventh Edition of this clean and tight copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus. 128 pages, illustrated, appendix, bibliography, pages tanned, foxing to back cover, (Colportage Library 451).

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition, thus. 1st edition, thus. A Very Good copy. 4to., 245 pp., illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, and maps; large folding color map at the front. Bound in printed, stiff grey wrappers. Light toning to the wraps, with a small loss at the spine's crown.