Jets of the World
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1952. Third printing [stated]. Hardcover. The format is approximately 9.125 inches by 6.5 inches. 62 pages. Illustrations. Cover has wear and soiling. Spine missing. Front and back boards weak/loose due to loss of spine. Decorative cover. Ink marks inside front cover. Covers Fighters, Bombers, and Transports from some NATO countries, Russia, Argentina and Sweden. Carroll Burleigh Colby (September 7, 1904 – October 31, 1977) was an American writer, primarily of nonfiction books. He wrote more than 100 books that were widely circulated in libraries in the United States. Colby sold his first story in 1929. Learning to fly glider aircraft in 1931, Colby began writing and illustrating articles for various aviation magazines, becoming an editor of Air Trails and Air Progress magazines that were Street & Smith publications. He co-authored the Junior Birdmen Standard Aviation Dictionary for the Junior Birdmen of America. In 1943 he became aviation editor of Popular Science magazine and became a war correspondent with the U.S. Army Air Forces in Newfoundland, Labrador, and Alaska. He left the magazine in 1946. Colby enlisted and served as an officer with the Civil Air Patrol. Colby's first book was early in 1951 as by "Carroll Colby": Gabbit, the Magic Rabbit, a self-illustrated picture book about a magician's rabbit who turns the tables. He began his non-fiction book writing with Our Fighting Jets in 1951. He specialized in outdoor subjects such as hunting, fishing, camping, and firearms. Many of his books were about military and public safety organizations or new technology, designed to be understood by the general public. More