Skyways by William Mitchell (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible; Good. First Edition. This hardcover book is Good, being square and tight. The boards and spine have soiling/spotting wear along with edges with pristine legible lettering. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. There is moderate toning in place (primarily end pages and next to photos) but all text is bright and absolutely legible. No dustjacket. This is an ex-lib copy with a number on the spine, stamps present, and card holder removed from rear board. No remainder mark. This is still a strong copy from General "Bill" Mitchell, considered by many to be one of the key personnel of the early US Army Air Force.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. private library liquidation cover stamped cloth. Book rubbed no dj. Book has some age spots, Shelf, edge corner wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First printing. Moderate edge and corner wear, sides of cover hinges have worn through to fabric layer, but no fraying. Moderate discoloration to sides of textblock. Torn corner on p.65, text is fully intact. Book is otherwise in decent shape, solid reading copy- covers are clean and corners are square. Dust jacket has borne the brunt of the damage, and carries several jagged tears throughout, though the largest is only a missing chip appx. 8cm sq. across base of spine. Heavy fading to spine, discoloration of cover surfaces. Has been given protective mylar jacketing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover without dust jacket bound in gray cloth over boards with black decoration and lettering on the front cover and spine. Covers are toned and worn with spotting and minor bumping along edges. Binding is tight and secure. Corners are bumped. Previous owner book plate on FFEP reads "Ex-Libris Len Schneider". Stamping to both the front and rear endpapers. Pages are toned throughout, but otherwise remain crisp and clean. Images are printed in B&W. J. B. Lippincott Company. Title page is dated 1930. Copyright page is dated 1930. 314 pages. A 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 s a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ernest Benn. Binding firm, loose hinges. Pages clean and bright, no markings. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. First. First U.K. edition. N.d. (1930). Sky blue cloth wth spine lettering gilt. 314 pps. with index. Illustrated with numerous monochrome plates. A cornerstone work on early 20th century aviation by Gen. "Billy" Mitchell, a key (and controversial) figure in the establishment of the U.S. Army Air Force. Mitchell does not confine himself to only to military matters but also examines the making of pilots, commercial and sporting aviation, airships and airplane manuvers, etc. A tight copy, spine a bit sunned but gilt lettering bright. No jacket. The U.K. edition is considerably harder to find.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Undated circa 1930. General Mitchell was former Commander Air Forces A.E.F. and director military aeronautics U.S. Army. Contains information on all branches of aeronautics, civil, commercial and military. 314 pages illustrated with monochrome plates.

Good condition. No dust jacket. Spine slightly faded. Some sunning. Hardback.

First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Lacking dustjacket. 314pp. Light bumping to spine ends, and some spots of discoloration to the fore-edges of the boards, straight and strong, gilt bright; internally clean and fresh, bookplate to front pastedown, illustrated throughout with black and white plates. A very good, solid copy, with some light wear. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and military aviation enthusiast, with his bookplate. A pre WW2 overview of mankind's meteoric rise into the skies from the beginning of the 20th century. Published in the US slightly earlier in the year, by Lippincott, and showing evidence of being American sheets with a Benn title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Book in very solid, unmarked condition. Dust jacket unclipped, in protective mylar, features attractive front and rear panel but spine is faded and stained.

Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Skyways A Book On Modern Aeronautics is a classic 1930 aviation book written by General William Billy Mitchell widely reagrded as the father of the United States Air Force Published shortly after Mitchells famous court martial and resignation from the military the book serves as both an educational text and a passionate manifesto on the transformatic future of aviation Our copy complete with its pictorial dust jacket is in good condition despite wear and closed tears to the extremities Small piece missing to the top of the spine Underneath lie cloth boards which despite a little fading to the spine are in a good clean condition The pages within are lightly toned although clean and illustrated with several black and white photographs pp314 A scarce title complete with its dust jacket and part of a huge aviation collection just acquired by St Marys Booksnbsp. book.