Published by Street & Smith, Elizabeth, N.J., 1950., 1950
Seller: Capricorn Books, Oakville, ON, Canada
98 pp, 11 1/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps - magazine format). Profusely illustrated, predominantly in b&w, with photographs, drawings, plans, advertisements. Contents: Showcase; Sailplane Parade; Advance Word; Development Highlights; Air Not es; Models Par Excellence; Your Job in Aviation; Vol a Voile: Gliding with a French Accent; Lindbergh: "Tech Rep"; Air Progress; Development of the Aeroplane - Part 1; Mr (Curtis) Pitts and the Mighty Midgets; Airmen of Vision; Clancy Lower s t h e B o o m; Solo Club; C.A.P. Newsletter; Goodyear-Continental Midget Race Planes; All American Free Flight Job; Dope Can; 150 mph-Plus! (Part 1); The Spirit of St. Louis; Rudolph: the Rocket-powered Sailplane; Piasecki Air Force Rescue Helic op t er H -2 1 ; Cu rt iss XPW-8; Model of the Month: Nifties; Motor of the Month: Forster 29; Plymouth International; Contest Calendar. Interior - very light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterio r - l igh t w ear a t top /bo ttom of spine - minor on spine, light browning to edges of textblock, light browning on spine and rear cover, minor rubbing. Very Good.
Published by Street & Smith, Elizabeth, N.J., 1949., 1949
Seller: Capricorn Books, Oakville, ON, Canada
98 pp, 11 1/4" H, soft cover (magazine format). Profusely illustrated, predominantly in b&w, with photographs, drawings, plans, advertisements. Contents: Balloon Age Oddities; This Winged World: Egg Beater Parade; First Supersonic Guided Missile; The New Look of Our Tactical Aviation; We Fly the Luscombe Sedan; C.A.P. at Work; C.A.P. Newsletter; Supersonic Miniatures; Curtiss P-6E Hawks; Minutemen of the Air (Air National Guard); Air Progress: The Air Force Story - Part I; Let's Ha v e a N e w Deal in Free-Flight; The Southerner; Nightmare; Tipsy Junior; Mini-Racers; Roscoe; Model of the Month: Profile Trixter; Record Review; A New Twist In Props. Departments: Showcase; Development Highlights; Air Notes; Airmen of Vision; So lo Cl u b; D op e Can; Sketch Book; Contest Calendar; The Last Word. Interior - very light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light wear at top/bottom of spine, a few small wrinkles on spi ne. min or we ar at st aples, light browning to edges of textblock, very light browning on spine and rear cover, minor rubbing. Very Good.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Douglas Rolfe (illustrator). Revised Edition. 1. Quarter bound in publisher's white cloth over red boards with black embossed airplanes on the front cover, black lettering on a spine decorated with yellow arrows, dark gray top-stain, yellow endpapers illustrated in the front with the genealogy of the military airplane and in the rear with the geneaology of the transport airplane. . Head of spine has light dust soiling, top edge has a faint droplet mark, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has light creasing and some short tears at the edges, chipping at the top of the spine. VERY GOOD+/ FAIR. . B&W drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 354 pp.