Rust H J, First Edition (6 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Numerous figures and tables. Slightly wear to head and tail of spine, minor creasing and chipping to corners of cover, minor soiling to page block, library plate on half-title page, slightly wear to corners of early pages, otherwise text and illustrations are clean, bright and tight throughout. Ex-Library.

Softcover. Condition: Befriedigend. Ohne Schutzumschlag. 1. Auflage.

First Edition. THE ARMCHAIR ESQUIRE, Putnam, 1958, first edition, rear corners gently bumped, else just about fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear. Contributions (with many of them being first book appearances) by Luigi Pirandello, D.H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound, E.E. Cummings, John dos Passos, Thomas Mann, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Theodore Dreiser, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Lee Masters, Thomas Wolfe, H.L. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, J.D. Salinger, Norman Mailer, Evelyn Waugh, Albert Camus, Aldous Huxley, John Steinbeck, Arthur Miller, Saul Bellow, Geroge Bernard Shaw, et.al.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Neatly inscribed by Vedder (Okahandja 10/7/1961) on title page to CR Swart, the first State President of the newly constituted Republic of South Africa, thanking him for his good wishes on his 85th birthday a week previously. Swart's rubber stamp to title page. 168pp unmarked incl. map and two b/w photos. Small nick to base of spine o/w in excellent condition. 170 x 235mm. Signed by Author(s).

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 79-150. Features: Ringmasters - A History of the 401st Bombardment Group (H); Mystery of the Dixmude (French navy rigid airship disaster in December 1923); The Old Rifle Range Airport - A field near Kitty Hawk now all but forgotten; Crusader De-Tails - Part II; Mortality in Army Aviation - from a 1914 War Department document describing in detail the 11 fatal aviation accidents which occurred since the initiation of Army aviation in 1908; Wedell-Williams "We Will Jr." - Wedell-Williams Air Service, Inc. resulted after one-eyed Texas flyer James Wedell met Louisiana lumber baron Harry P. Williams in 1928; Last of the Red-Hot Pilots - Flight Officer Ralph K. Hofer and his action over the English Channel in 1943; Mustangs of the Eighth - The NA-73, later renamed the Mustang I, was ordered by the Royal Air Force while the Battle of Britain reached its climax; Spirit of American Youth - The epic coast-to-coast flight of Richard [Dick] E. James, only 17, of Flushing, NY, in 1930; Waco's Military "Ds" - During 1937-38 the Waco Aircraft Company of Troy, Ohio manufactured and exported a number of Model D biplanes to Latin American countries, the WHD, S2HD, and JHD; Governor's Island Aviation School; Bibliography; Cover photo of a Douglas sleeper transport over Manhattan; and more. Profusely illustrated with informative black and white reproductions of archival photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this extremely informative issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: Forest Fire Air Attack System - The California-developed system of massive air drops of chemical fire retardants, popularly identified by the newspapers as "borate bombing" is now in its eighth year of operation; Flight From the Water - Glen Curtiss and his pioneering work in the development of flying from the water (float planes); The 12th Aero Squadron Observation (A.R. 2 & Salmsons) - Part I; The 313th Bombardment Wing; All American Aviation - Dr. Lytle S. Adams and his Tri-State Aviation; Ringmasters - A History of the 491st Bombardment Group (H) (Part II); Grumman Guardians - Developed from the XTB3F-1 (a torpedo bomber with the composite power sources of a reciprocating and jet engine which first flew on 1 December 1945); The First Women's Air Derby - Fascinating coverage of this 1929 race won by Louise Thaden, including group photo of some of the competitors which includes Amelia Earhart, who finished third; Bibliography; and more. Exceptionally well illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-234. Cover illustration of Consolidated PBY-5A Water Scooper unloading over a forest fire. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue.