Ryan Aviator Being Adventures by Wagner William (21 results)

HARD BACK RED. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: SOILED DJ. General wear: foxing, water stains, small bookplate B&W photos DATE PUBLISHED: 1971 EDITION: 253.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 264 pages. Signed by the author, William Wagner and inscribed by Claude Ryan . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Oversize book in original red cloth with white lettering. Small prior owner bookplate of a newspaper columnist else very good in a very good dust jacket with mylar cover. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xi,253 Pp. Red Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Near Fine. With Inserted Signature Page, Inscribed By Jackson, Signed By Wagner And T. Claude Ryan. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket. DJ is toned with mild edge wear. There is one notable chip in the DJ on the top right corner of the front panel, but DJ is now house in a protective mylar cover. Book is bound in red cloth over boards with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Binding is tight and secure. Corners are square. Previous owners name written in black in the top right corner of the half-title page. Pages are mildly toned, but remain otherwise crisp and clean. Images are printed in B&W. McGraw-Hill. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1971. 253 pages. Included with this copy is a signed page bearing the signatures of both T. Claude Ryan and William Wagner. Overall a good copy. This is an oversized book, so extra shipping will be necessary for priority or international shipping. 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).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book size about 8 1/2 by 11 inches with some 253 pages. Bound in red cloth with white lettering. Photo illustrated end papers (Same for front and rear). In the original dust wrapper with a front flap price of $18.50. Glued to the free front end paper is a printed sheet stating: 'This Edition Bears the Autograph Signatures of T. Claude Ryan and the Author'--the signatures being at the bottom of the sheet. Also a presentation above the signatures to a California State Senator with a signature that I cannot identify. Book with very slight wear. Wrapper with small tear at front bottom fold area; small tear at rear top; other light wear. NEAR FINE/GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

First Edition. First Edition. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. (xii); 253pp. McGraw-Hill Book Company, An interesting biography of Ryan's connection to many of the most dramatic episodes in aviation history: training World War II flyers in civilian flying schools; the building of the Spirit of St. Louis for Lindbergh; the design, development, and assembling of aircraft which greatly contributed to the allied air victory; and his contributions to civil aviation in the post-Lindbergh and post-War era. Name Index, Index of Ryan Planes, and Index of Other Aircraft and Spacecraft. Extensively illustrated with photographs, drawings, and facsimiles. Near fine copy, jacket not price clipped. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket.

Photos, 11 x 85, red cloth, 253 pp, covers a bit rubbed, hinges loose, contents edge-toned, ex-lib (UAW Retirees Library) with usual markings, in toned and soiled dust jacket tht is taped down with a slice through the middle of the front cover. AFFIXED TO HALF-TITLE IS PRINTED PRESENTATION SHEET SIGNED BY T. CLAUDE RYAN, WILLIAM WAGNER; IT IS ALSO INSCRIBED TO UAW PRESIDENT LEONARD WOODCOCK BY TWO OTHERS (Dan Arnez? And ___Herbert?).

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Clean red cloth on boards with white titles. Edges: mild foxing. B/w illustrated Eps. Title page: owners name/address stamp, as well as to refp. Clean contents. Comprehensive b/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 253p Dj: light dusting of smudges, rubbing and scratches Spine: thin creasing to head. Couple of chips to head of rear edge. Price-cut to head of front flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. First Edition. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. (xii); 253pp. McGraw-Hill Book Company. Inscribed by T. Claude Ryan: "To Col. Perc Hart with my personal regards, Sincerely, T. Claude Ryan. Also signed (w/o inscription) by William Wagner. AS A BONUS, I'M INCLUDING THE "TEMPORARY VISITOR'S PASS" THAT COL. HART RECEIVED WHEN HE VISITED THE RYAN AERONAUTICAL IN JULY 1974. PRESUMABLY, BOOK WAS SIGNED DURING THAT VISIT. An interesting biography of Ryan's connection to many of the most dramatic episodes in aviation history: training World War II flyers in civilian flying schools; the building of the Spirit of St. Louis for Lindbergh; the design, development, and assembling of aircraft which greatly contributed to the allied air victory; and his contributions to civil aviation in the post-Lindbergh and post-War era. Name Index, Index of Ryan Planes, and Index of Other Aircraft and Spacecraft. Extensively illustrated with photographs, drawings, and facsimiles. Near fine copy, jacket not price clipped. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Gilt decorated hard cover. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Inscribed by the authors "To the Humphrey Wilkinsons - Best wishes to Earl's Loyal World War I "Buddy", "Hump?" and his very fine family. Adelaide? Pendden? William Wagner T. Claude Ryan". Rare. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 253 pps. First edition. Limited edition of 200 copies, number 28.

1st edition dust jacket Very Good quarto xi + 263pp., b/w plates, text ills., indexes, Claude Ryan's company constructed Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" plane, & built training planes that were dominant during WWII in flying instruction, and some of the first airliners.