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Crown First Edition
2003 ISBN: 1400049121 Fine Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with a tiny chip of one corner - else Fine; in a clear protective cover. The author follows in the footsteps of the famous brothers in an attempt to know them more deeply, not just as inventors and pilots but as individuals as well. BIOGRAPHY,FLIGHT,AERONAUTICS,KITTY HAWK,AVIATION HISTORY,AIRPLANES,INVENTORS,AMERICAN HISTORY,TWENTIETH CENTURY Book #6282 |
US$12.00 |
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Jeremy P. Tarcher / Putnam
2000 ISBN: 1585420107 New Unread Trade Paperback. Unmarked. A reprint of the original of the same name first published in 1928 in which the famed polar explorer and admiral recounts the early days of aviation. Illustrated. . U.S.NAVY,NAVAL AVIATION,MILITARY AVIATION,AMERICAN HISTORY, U.S.HISTORY,POLAR EXPLORATION, TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT,NORTH POLE, SOUTH POLE Book #4522 |
US$12.00 |
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Doubleday 1972
Fine Hardcover in Fair Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with rubbing, edge wear and a lengthy, closed tear; now nicely held in a clear protective cover. From the box-kite planes he learned to fly in 1913 to the Atlas missiles he helped design in the 1960's, Frank T. Courtney's amazing career spans most of aviation history. BIOGRAPHY,AUTOBIOGRAPHY,AVIATION HISTORY,AIRPLANES,PILOTS, TEST PILOTS,MISSILES,SEAPLANES,HELICOPTERS,WORLD WAR I,WORLD II Book #5948 |
US$10.00 |
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Reaktion 2003 ISBN: 186189189X New Unread Trade Paperback. Unmarked. Sky Wars is a history of military air power, from the early airships, through two World Wars and various colonial and regional conflicts, to the use of air power today including the recent conflicts involving Iraq. MILITARY HISTORY,AIR POWER,AIR WARFARE,MILITARY AIRCRAFT Book #7408 |
US$12.00 |
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Kingston House
1958 Near Fine Hardcover in Poor Dustjacket. Very slight edge wear of binding. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ with edge wear with small chips and closed tears; now held in a clear protective cover. BIOGRAPHY,AVIATION,CIVIL WAR,UNION ARMY,HOT AIR BALLOONS,AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE, U.S. AIR FORCE,U.S. MILITARY Book #5974 |
US$10.00 |
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Simon & Schuster UK
2000 ISBN: 0684860260 New Unread Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. During his early years in America, he worked the same cattle trails as Buffalo Bill, played the same Dodge City roulette tables as Wyatt Earp and competed with the legendary Annie Oakley for the title of King of the Wild West sharpshooters. In Britain, with his wife and her two sons he formed the country's foremost Wild West family, but his fame reached its apex when he pioneered powered flight. Illustrated. HISTORY,BRITISH HISTORY, TWENTIETH CENTURY,BRITISH ARMY, BALLOONS,FARNBOROUGH,WILD WEST Book #5447 |
US$12.00 |
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Bantam First Edition
1985 ISBN: 0553050931 Near Fine Hardcover in Near Fine Dustjacket. Very slight tanning. Book is tight and unmarked. DJ with slight corner wear and a tiny, closed tear; in a clear protective cover. General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all...the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound... the World War II fighting ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang... the hero who defined a certain quality that all the hot-shot flyboys of the post-war era aimed to achieve... Many photos. BIOGRAPHY,PILOTS,LEADERS,ADVENTURERS,WORLD WAR II,U.S. AIR FORCE,P-51 MUSTANGS, SOUND BARRIER Book #7151 |
US$9.75 |