Aeronautics: Signed (30 results)
before you fly essentials of aeronautics
joseph phillips, george rawlins, fred middlebrook, pearle robinson
Language: English
Published by henry holt, 1942
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Seller: Chiefly Books, Cheyenne, WY, U.S.A.Chiefly Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. inscribed to previous owner inside front cover and signed by authro, Joseph Phillips, previous owner has done small name stamp on title page, book and jacket are in great shape with just minor wear. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Purdue University Press, 2013
Series: Purdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Book 1 of 10. Book 1 of 10 - Purdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Seller: Prairie Home Books, Crosby, ND, U.S.A.Prairie Home Books
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition. Hard to tell, but it may be unread. Anyway there are no marks, and the book has the tight feel. Inscribed by the author on the title page. In protective covers. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Published by Purdue University Press, 2017
Series: Purdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Book 3 of 10. Book 3 of 10 - Purdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Seller: Manitou Books, Manitou Springs, CO, U.S.A.Manitou Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by author (Sunny Tsiao) on half title page: "To Alan, Keep looking up. Think Big!" then signed by author. Otherwise, inside is clean and unmarked. See photos. Inscribed by Author.
Language: English
Published by Prescott, AZ, 2008
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Seller: Chester Creek Bookstore, Duluth, MN, U.S.A.Chester Creek Bookstore
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Paperback. Signed by author on title page. Pages unmarked. Front cover slightly curled. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Canadian Aviation Historical Society, Willowdale, 1983
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Seller: Quickhatch Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaQuickhatch Books
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. xii, 328pp., index, ill. Previous ownership mark on front endpaper. Signed by Author(s).
Published by E.P. Dutton, New York, 1956
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Seller: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, U.S.A.Browse Awhile Books
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Faulty Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. Deep blue titles on light blue cloth. 176pp. Signed by both authors on ffep. Dust jacket has numerous small chips and 1/2"-1" loss at top of spine. A presentable copy, within new clear Brodart sleeve. Size: Large Octavo. Signed by Authors.
Language: English
Published by Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A., 2013
Series: Purdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Book 1 of 10. Book 1 of 10 - Purdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.Lowry's Books
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good w/ Protective Cover. Second Edition. Second Edition. Very good condition. Signed in ink on half-title page with inscription "To Derek Thwaits- God's Blessings, Jerry Ross". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. By Author.
Language: English
Published by Canadian Aviation Historical Society, Willowdale, 1983
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Seller: Quickhatch Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaQuickhatch Books
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xii, 328pp., index, ill. Inscribed from "Ken", presumably co-author Molson. Edgewear and nicks to jacket. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, U.S.A., 2012
Series: Leviathan, Book 1 of 1. Book 1 of 1 - Leviathan
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Seller: SkylarkerBooks, DAYTON, NV, U.S.A.SkylarkerBooks
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1ST. Outstanding Copy - Signed - To Patrick - Thanks For Introducing Me To Sdcc - By The Author On The Title Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered…. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy. Thompson, Keith (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s). Book.
Published by Edward Arnold, LLondon, 1920
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Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.COLLINS BOOKS
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HARDCOVER. 2nd edition. 331pp, octavo. presentation copy. ex-library, heavily worn boards, two pages at the end have been cut out (possibly endpapers or fold-out),includes one fold-out next to the removed pages, no marks to the text, Poor.
Published by Randolph S. Reynolds III
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Published by Northrup University, 1976
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Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The scarce hardcover issue in dust jacket. Historical data and reproductions compiled by the author. A bright and fine copy. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Signed.
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Published by Privately Printed, No Place, 1919
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Seller: John Liberati Books, Barkhamsted, CT, U.S.A.John Liberati Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. No Place: Privately Printed, 1919, 64p, first edition, illustrated with 6 b&w photographs. Inscribed to Dr. & Mrs. Charles D. W. by the Author. Charles D W. was the 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian, Director of the US Geological Survey in 1894. An address before the American Insti…tute of Electrical Engineers. Maroon cloth with gilt cover title. A Very Good+ copy with light wear, Inscription on front free endpaper. See Photos. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Seller: Grey Matter Books, Hadley, MA, U.S.A.Grey Matter Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed and inscribed by Bradford W. Parkinson inside the front cover of the first volume. Two volume set. Text is unmarked in both volumes; pages are bright. Bindings are tight and square. Dust jackets show a little light wear around the edges. International/Prio…rity shipping at cost. Inscribed by Author.
Published by Northrup University, 1976
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Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The scarce hardcover issue. A bright and fine copy in dust jacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Signed.
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Published by The Reilly & Britton Co, Chicago
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Seller: The Literary Lion, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.The Literary Lion
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. (1911). Stated third edition, revised and enlarged. Large, thick octavo blue decorated cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated throughout from photos of early flying machines and technical drawings by the author. Published only eight years after the Wright Brothers' flight, this is an ext…ensive and fascinating review of early aviation history. The author's younger half-brothers, Allan and Malcolm Lougheed, founded today's aerospace and defense firm. Lockheed-Martin. This copy INSCRIBED BY LOUGHEED on the front free endpaper. Light wear to the tips and edges; some small spots on the title page and heavy white spotting on the rear board. A very good, internally clean copy, scarce signed. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Seller: Sheapast Art and Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.Sheapast Art and Books
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No Binding. Condition: Fair. RARE engraving from noted American engraver Peter Maverick. AERONAUTICS (Antique hand-colored engraving). Plate 111 in top right corner. Depicts Lana's Aeronautic Vessel; Montgolfier's Balloon; Blanchard's Balloon and Charles & Robert's Balloon. Fig.5 is untitled. "Engraved by P.Maverick, Newark, NJ"… along the bottom. Dimensions approximately 10 3/8 x 8 ins. undated estimate 1809-1818. Peter Maverick (1780-1831), son of Peter Rushton Maverick and Ann Reynolds, was the most eminent of the Maverick family of engravers and a pioneer in the art of lithography. He lived and worked in New York City and, for more than a decade, in Newark. In 1809 he moved his family and shop from New York to a farm he had purchased on the Newark-Belleville road (now Broadway), later building a cottage on the "drift road" west of modern-day Lincoln Avenue and north of Chester Avenue. Maverick's years as a Newark engraver were among his most prolific, and included the period in which Asher Brown Durand (see below) was his apprentice and business partner. Many signed engravings of this period bear the names of "P. Maverick and Durand." John William Casilear was another distinguished pupil, and Maverick trained at least two of his many daughters, Emily and Maria Ann, and his son Peter Jr. in the trade as well. I HAVE A NUBER OF ANTIQUE BALLOON AND RAILROAD PRINTS LISTED FROM A NEWLY ACQUIRED LOS ANGELES ESTATE. "some marks and spots, see photos" TUR19. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Washington, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 1966., 1966
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Seller: Antiquariat Haufe & Lutz, Karlsruhe, BW, GermanyAntiquariat Haufe & Lutz
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8°. V, 1 Bl., 679, (1) S. mit einigen Abb. OKart. (NASA SP-4006). Titelbl. mit mont. Brief des amerikanischen Generalkonsuls Hermann Gutermuth an den Verleger Walter Zuerl. - Umschlag etwas berieben, St.a.D., sonst gutes Exemplar. Sprache: englisch.
Published by The Macmillan Company, New York, 1960
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing [Stated]. Quarto. [6], 160, [2] pages. Illustrations. Figures. Charts. Tables. References. Name Index. Subject Index. Ink inscription from editor on front flyleaf. Inscription reads "with the compliment of the editor." Slight discoloration to flyleaves and D…J soiled and edges worn, small tears, small chips missing. Robert Jastrow (September 7, 1925 - February 8, 2008) was an American astronomer and planetary physicist. Robert Jastrow was Director and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mount Wilson Institute. Dr. Jastrow received his Ph.D. degree in theoretical physics from Columbia University. He joined NASA in 1958 and was a prominent figure in the American space program from its inception. Dr. Jastrow was the first chairman of NASA's Lunar Exploration Committee, which established the scientific goals for the exploration of the Moon during the Apollo lunar landings. In 1961, Dr. Jastrow set up NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. He served as director of the Goddard Institute until his retirement from NASA in 1981. In recognition of his work in NASA, Dr. Jastrow received the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement and the Arthur S. Fleming Award for Outstanding Service in the U.S. Government. Dr. Jastrow hosted more than 100 CBS-TV network programs on space science. He was the special guest of NBC-TV with Wernher von Braun for the Apollo-Soyuz flights, and he was the featured guest of the Today show on the 10th anniversary of the landing on the Moon. Dr. Jastrow's articles have appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Atlantic Monthly, and Scientific American. "The National Academy of Sciences . had previously published . [these papers] in the Journal of geophysical research (August and November numbers, 1959). Among the contributors are: Fred L. Whipple, James A. Van Allen, N. C. Christofilos, Harold Urey, Gerard Kuiper, and Homer Newell. Among the topics are Solid particles, Solar System, Magnetic Fields, Solar Corona, Interplanetary Space, Corpuscular Radiation, Argus Experiment, Space Research, Rocket Astronomy, Satellites, Space Vehicles, and Space Sciences.
Published by Oxford, Pergamon Press (1965)., 1965
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Seller: Antiquariat Löcker, Wien, AustriaAntiquariat Löcker
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In Englisch. gr.-8°, XIII, 338 S., mit zahlr. Textfig., OLn. m. OUmschlag, ausgeschied. Bibl.-Expl. mit den üblichen Kennzeichnungen. "Widmungsexemplar ; ein unterfertigter Brief des Autors beiliegend.".
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Seller: Roland Antiquariat UG haftungsbeschränkt, Weinheim, GermanyRoland Antiquariat UG haftungsbeschränkt
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Hardcover. 48 S. AUTHOR SIGNATURES!!! Very good condition. Book has slight signs of storage. Author's signatures on title page. Otherwise very good copy. 9782916795225 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 3000. Uderzo, Marcel (illustrator).
Published by Oxford University Press. London., 1931
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Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bound in blue cloth over boards with gold lettering on spine. Covers are clean, lightly rubbed on crown and foot of spine. DJ is wrapped in protective mylar, mild toning, some light smudges, minimal wear. Binding is loosened but still sturdy and secure. Pages are clean… and bright with light toning and spotting on edges. Deckled edges. Printed in B&W. 290 pages. Title page dated 1931. No date on copyright page. Signed by author in black ink on first blank page, dated "27 March 1931." A very good copy. This volume comes from the Aviation collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling spent his lifetime teaching, writing, and collecting books on civil and military aviation. We are proud to house his Aviation collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: If there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. Signed by Author(s).
Why Man Explores: A Symposium Held At Beckman Auditorium, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, Jul 2, 1976 ~ Sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Bradbury, Ray; James Michener, Norman Cousins, Jacques Cousteau and Philip Morrison
Published by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wash. DC, 1977
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Seller: David Kaye Books & Memorabilia, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.David Kaye Books & Memorabilia
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition; First Printing. SIGNED and inscribed by Bradbury on the title page to his friend, actress/writer Lisa Mitchell (he used their affectionate nicknames for each other) ; gentle rubbing to outer edge of front cover else a tight bright un…marked copy in uncreased covers; first printing with no later statements; a scarce mass market-sized collectable book from NASA; photos available; Signed by One Author.
More imagesPublished by Thomas Nelson & Sons, New York, 1962
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Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.Cleveland Book Company, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. near fine. First Edition. Octavo, 260pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's grey cloth. Very gentle edgewear. In a near fine dust jacket, gently faded on the spine. A wonderful copy, SIGNED and lengthily inscribed by the author to the first person named in the Acknow…ledgements and dated in the year of publication: "To Miss Brown, With many, many thanks for all the help you and your co-workers gave me in gathering material and pictures for this book. It was really a pleasure working in your library. Sincerely, Charles Paul May." The book is geared towards a teenage/adolescent audience, and gives a richly detailed history of the many female aviation pioneers, as far back as the eighteenth century. "Miss Brown" (no other first name is given) is the first person that May thanks in the Acknowledgements; evidently she was his contact at the Institute for Aerospace Sciences. An appealing copy of this mid-20th century history of women in aviation.
Published by Circa. The Standard Art Book Co - London., 1919
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Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United KingdomBlack Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A
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Foreword by the late Capt Sir John Allcock KBE. SIGNED & DEDICATED by the editor. Lots of b&w photos of bi-planes & plans, diagrams etc. A thick volume with attractive cover design of a bi-plane & an airship. Spine a little dulled o/w generally G+ boards, contents VG.
More imagesPublished by The Aeronautical Institute of Canada, Toronto, 1942
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Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, CanadaMinotavros Books, ABAC ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to. Two magazines bound in one volume, original wrappers bound in. Flyers Library volumes I & II. 1st/1st. Only volume I dated. Special services editions. Volume 11 inscribed by the author. Full navy cloth. 64; 48 pp. B&W photos in text. Light rubbing and foxing to cloth…. Interior age toned. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1940., 1940
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Seller: Military Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Military Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 633p. Phd. Dissertation manuscript, typed, bound in black cloth. No photos as in printed version (Aeronautics in the Union & Confederate Armies with a Survey of Military Aeronautics Prior to 1861). SIGNED by Author. Oversize. Fine Copy. Signed by Author.
Published by Philadelphia. Joseph A. Speel. 1850, 1850
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Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth with blindstamped decorations. Gold lettering on the spine. Binding has been bumped around a bit, with curled corners, rubbing and some splotches, fading to the spine. Crown and foot of spine a bit threadbare and bumped. Title page dated 1850. 310 pages. Illustrated…with lithographic plates. Text block tight. Pages toned from age, and also with some marginal halfmoons of moisture damage, in the top margin throughout and on the outer margin for the first quarter. Frontispiece engraving of John Wise has a large chuck torn from the bottom margin, but not affecting the image. Overall, the book has the look of one that was used in the field for practical purposes, not kept in a sterile library. Some intriguing inscriptions on the endpapers. Inside front cover in pencil, the name Charles S. Flagg, Lancaster. Somewhat messy evidence of bookplate removed from inside front cover. Free endpaper has several more inscriptions in pencil. "Charles E. wise of Lancaster PA." "John Wise Lancaster" "ASL. J.B.S. Presented to C.S. Flagg." "Vices Wm. J. Bote." At the top corner of the front endpaper the name "John Wise" is signed in pen. The signature there is i na different hand than the other markings on this page, and is a very close match to the example of the author's signature as shown on the engraved portrait plate. Second blank page has "The Property of Charles D. Flagg. Presented by Charles E. Wise of Lancaster Pia." Portrait plate and protective tissue both faded and stained. We have another copy with author inscription where he has written "from the author" rather than his name, but this copy may have been his personal copy (as evidenced by his son giving it away) which might explain both the modest signature at the wear and tear from moisture and use. Please email with questions or to request photos. If there is a photo beside this listing, please note that it was placed there by ABE without our permission and is likely what they call a 'stock photo' (whatever that is). This volume is part of a large collection of Aviation and Ballooning books, a catalogue of which is available upon request. Most of the volumes have a small pencil notation on the first blank page - the letters KB and a number. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Stanford University, Palo Alto, 1965
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Seller: Biblioctopus, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Biblioctopus
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. December 15, 1965. 4to (280 × 215mm), pp. 81, [1]. Photomechanically reproduced typescript, staple-bound, some creasing, file number sticker to the front page, else very good. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lederberg on the front page: "I think you will enjoy this. J." ExAbraham Pais. Part II of Lederberg's DENDR…AL-64 series, supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health, and submitted from the Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, Stanford University. Where Part I established a canonical formulation for chemical graphs that are pure trees (that is, acyclic molecular structures representable as single branching hierarchies), Part II addresses the harder problem of ring structures, defined here as strictly cyclic graphs: sets of atoms not separable by fewer than two cuts. Part III, as the introduction indicates, will extend the analysis to complete structures in which rings appear as special nodes within a larger tree. The report is concerned with the topology of cyclic graphs as a foundation for the systematic computer enumeration of organic ring systems, from simple cycles such as benzene to polycyclic structures including the steroid nucleus, the morphine nucleus, naphthalene, and biphenyl, each assigned a unique graph-theoretic encoding. The objectives set out for the treatment of trivalent cyclic graphs (enumeration of all possible graphs, identification of isomorphisms between superficially different representations, rational description and ordering of each graph, characterization of symmetries, rational numbering of vertices and paths, and compact computable notation) define a program that is recognizably that of modern cheminformatics, pursued here at the moment of its inception. This report is an early technical foundation of the DENDRAL project, the first expert system in the history of artificial intelligence, which sought to encode the reasoning of a chemist skilled in mass spectrometric structure determination and make it executable by machine. Lederberg's graph-theoretic approach to molecular structure was the mathematical substrate on which that ambition rested. The methods developed here thus stand at the origin of both computational chemistry and machine reasoning about scientific problems, two fields whose subsequent development has touched virtually every area of drug discovery, materials science, and chemical research. The recipient, Abraham Pais, was theoretical physicist, historian of twentieth-century science, and author of the definitive scientific biographies of Einstein and Bohr; a provenance that unites two of the most consequential scientific intellects of the postwar decades. In the context of artificial intelligence, DENDRAL-64 Part II is best understood not as a curiosity of chemical graph theory but as an essential structural pillar of the first expert system, and the one that set the template for all that followed. What Lederberg accomplishes here is to make molecular structures (especially the complex ring systems that had resisted systematic treatment) available to symbolic reasoning, giving the computer a precise, unambiguous language in which to generate, label, and compare them. Without that foundation, the larger DENDRAL ambition was simply impossible: "chemists' intuition" about plausible structures cannot be translated into executable rules unless the structures themselves can be represented without ambiguity or redundancy. With it, DENDRAL could do something no program had done before: systematically explore the space of chemically possible candidates, discard equivalents, and converge on solutions that matched experimental data, behaving, in effect, like a genuine domain expert. In this sense, the report stands at the effective origin point of knowledge?based AI in scientific practice, setting the template for how later systems in medicine and engineering would encode and manipulate expert knowledge. While its techniques belong to th.
OTTO HILLIG (1874-1954) amerikanischer Fotograf dt. Herkunft, Pionier der Luftfahrtfotografie / noted photographer and pioneer of aerial photography; ROGER Q. WILLIAMS (1894-1976) American aviator. He established The Roger Q. Williams School of Aeronautics. He designed the Yankee Aerocoupe.
OTTO HILLIG (1874-1954) amerikanischer Fotograf dt. Herkunft, Pionier der Luftfahrtfotografie / noted photographer and pioneer of aerial photography; ROGER Q. WILLIAMS (1894-1976) American aviator. He established The Roger Q. Williams School of Aeronautics. He designed the Yankee Aerocoupe.
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Luftpostumschlag (blanko, airplane from New York to Greece), von beiden Luftfahrtpionieren in Tinte eigenhändig signiert.
