Air Devils by Dwiggins Don (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Third Printing. Hardcopy. Wear spots on covers, Good, in Good Dust Jacket with edge tears and edge chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Mylar Covered DJ. Binding tight and square. Pages clean and free of writing or marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Aviation. First edition stated. Siver and black covers very nice, spine ends bumped, light rubbing. Dust jacket rubbed, moderate soil, price clipped, small tear on the front flap. Ink stamp and notes on the first endpaper, otherwise the interior is clean and tight, top edge dusty.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Aviation. Second printing. Silver and black covers nice, spine ends bumped. Dust jacket rubbed, moisture damage at the bottom of the spine panel, wear and small chips on the spine panel ends, price clipped. Small owner notes on the endpapers, otherwise the interior is clean and tight, top edge dusty.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Photographs; This book is part of the Airmen & Aircraft Series, edited by Martin Caidin. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some discoloration to the spine joints of the book cover. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. "Don Dwiggins was an American journalist and author, specializing in aviation. Dwiggins was born on November 13, 1918, in Plainfield, New Jersey. During World War II, he joined the United States Army Air Forces and worked as a flight instructor with the Royal Air Force. Beginning in the late 1940s, Dwiggins worked as a free-lance journalist and editor, working for a variety of Los Angeles-based publications. A prolific author, he wrote numerous articles for aviation magazines, and authored several dozen books, most of them focusing on aviation history. Between 1974 and 1982, he was a senior editor and columnist for Plane & Pilot magazine. " (from Wikipedia).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good (Protective cover). First Edition. Cover is in excellent condition, save for minimal corner bumping. DJ is unclipped and in good condition, save for rubbing/yellowing with age, corner wear, and two tears at upper edge of back cover. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for penned ownership on FEP. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Corner clipped from front flap. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark blue cloth spine with metallic blue lettering and silver paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 226pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Tight and handsome first edition, with interesting autograph addition: Tipped opposite illustrations of stunt pilot legend Marion Cole performing is an unsigned holograph note noting, "I have seen Marion perform his inverted ribbon cutting & other stunts. Omer introduced me to Marion & Mrs Cole at EAA Airshow in Oshkosh circa 1992.".