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Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 417-480. Many magnificent illustrated ads for manufacturers including United States Rubber, Cantilever Aero Company, Wyman-Gordon Company, J.L. Aircraft Corporation, Vickers, Caproni, Curtiss, American Dirigible Balloon Syndicate, Farman Aeroplanes, Quality Snap Rings, plus a great centerfold ad for the Lawson Airline Company of Milwaukee. The Farman ad is particularly outstanding as it features a photo of their "Goliath" in flight, as well as a list of the company's world records. Articles: Patrollers of the Skies; U.S. is ahead of world in Aerial transportation; Post Office department issues call for proposals for operation of aerial mail routes; Are you bidding for aerial mail contracts?; The large demand for aeroplanes in the United States; Memorial Day exercises at Romagne; Army flight to Alaska; Courts asked for injunction to help aero club maintain its national leadership - includes considerable controversial legal documentation; Aero Club of America; Aero Club of Pennsylvania; The Aero Club of Southern California; World welcomes commission organizing first aerial derby around the world; Aerial transportation and aerial touring. Nice map ad for U.S. Aerial Express on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A most informative vintage copy.

Six catalogues for auction sales on Wednesday, March 20 & Thursday March 21, 1985. Totalling over 400 pages, illustrated in colour and black & white; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges occasionally a trifle rubbed; together within a pictorial papered slipcase; Christie's, New York, 1985. *Japanese prints, armour, and sword fittings.