Stella Randolph (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. COVER (hardcover with dust jacket)- medium smudges; medium wear- scratches, creases (especially on back jacket flap inside), small tears. PAGES- pg. 127 was cut out and re-attached with clear tape, pg. 128 has one-inch scar, no other tears; bookstore notations on first blank page, author signature on title page, no other writing; slight stains. Not ex-library. 300+ pgs. Book.

Hard Back. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Limited First Edition. Hardback book bound in turquoise cloth-covered boards with white decoration on the front and white title on the spine. Only defect to note on the book is damp stain on lower back cover (does not appear on book pages); clean, tight and unmarked interior. The dust jacket has light edge wear. This is #1341 of a Limited First Edition. Book reports that history shows that Gustave Whitehead predated the aerial ventures of the Wright Brothers and thus was first to fly. Numerous black and white photos of early aircraft and pilots. 344 pages including the General Index for Documents. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcovers in box. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; Limited edtion. B&W Photographs; facsimile documents; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 344 pages; HC/DJ in original publisher issued box with pictorial title design and limitation mumber. 1st edition of a limited edition of numbered copies (of an unstated total) ; this copy numbered 1081. Uncommonly seen original publisher issued box houses the book and is complete with the same limitation number printed on the spine edge of the box. Soundly bound and clean in original color pictorial dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked from prior reading and just a little shaken in the spine. Light handling evidence to jacket edges and mild shelf evidence to jacket surfaces. Prior owner's small name/address label to the front flyleaf and a blank area of the title page. Primary text addresses the first powered flight controversy advocating for Whitehead. Scarce in box. VG/VG.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. This may prove to be the most procative indictment against American avaition historians and the Smithsonian's National Air Museum for clamping the lid shut on the true facts concerning achievement of man's first powered flight by Gustave Whitehead. With meticulous care the authors take the reader behind the scenes at the Smithsonian and with irrefutable documented facts, details the longest cover-up in aviation history. Included are photographs, an appendix, and a general index for documents. This copy is clean, solid, and has shelfwear to the dust jacket. This is #1042 of a limited edition. This is an important reference work for the aviation history library.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. private library liquidation new - Limited Edition No. 724/1000.

Tall 8vo. x, [11]-95, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo illusts., maps. Black silk moire, gilt lettering on front cover & spine (slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art illustration of Whitehead's machine in flight by Liebowitz, still F/F copy. First edition, first issue (w/o reviews on back cover) of this fascinating work which was the first to put forward the arguments that Gustave Whitehead (1874-1927) had achieved power flight 2 years before the Wright Brothers in 1901. This controversy has reemerged in the recent years because the editor of Jane's All the World's Aircraft chose to support the claim, while most, including the National Air & Space Museum Curator, feel that the evidence is very sparse. In addition, there have been recent teams in 1986 and 1998 constructing experimental reproductions of Whitehead 21B at the Experimental Association fly-in, and in Germany, but these have been disputed as well because they have used some modern materials such as fiberglass, and modern engines. Randolph (b. 1895) was initially drawn into researching the flights of Whitehead during the Great Depression as a free-lance writing assignment, and would eventually accumulate a substantial collection of correspondence, affidavits, articles, and interviews now held in the Special Collections, History of Aviation Collection, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, ID # H001-71.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. private library liquidation Black Cloth/gold letter no dj faded.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Fritz Majer & Sohn, Leutershausen, 1978. 344 S. mit Abb., Leineneinband mit Schutzumschlag---- sehr gutes Exemplar/ Mit Widmung des Autors O'Dwyer, datiert am 15.12.(19)78/ very good condition with dedication on first page - 1055 Gramm.