Rising Above It: An Autobiography
New York: Orion Books, c1991. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 257, illus., bibliography, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: Orion Books, c1991. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 257, illus., bibliography, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1990. First Printing. 295, illus., glossary. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First Printing. 336, illus., appendix, fr bd weak, lib stamps, partial lib pocket ins rear bd, bds scuffed & worn, sm tear & lib call # on spine. More
Roslyn, NY: Privately Printed, 1944. Second Printing. C. 40, illus., boards extremely scuffed and lettering faded. More
New York: Hearst's Int'l Library Co., 1915. 314, illus., index, stamps ins fr flylf & to fore-edge, lib stamp ins fr flylf, binding somewhat shaken, spine faded & edge wear. More
New York: Brundage Story and Rose, 1955. 220, illus., tables, appendix, bibliography, errata note pasted ins fr flylf, slight foxing ins bds, bds & spine faded & some wear. More
Atlanta, Georgia: Longstreet Press, 1955. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. [2], ii, [2], 362 p. Illustrations. More
Barre, MA: Barre Gazette, 1960. 231, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat scuffed and soiled: small tears along edges. More
Palm Beach, FL: Literary Investment Guild, 1967. Reprint Edition. 175, references, index, DJ scuffed and soiled: small tears, small rough spot on front DJ. More
Hartford, CT: Sign of the Stone Book, 1955. 25 cm, 171, references, some wear and scratches to boards. Inscribed by the author on verso. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1992. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 271 pages, illus., former owner's stamp on front flyleaf. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. First Edition. 226, illus., pages have darkened somewhat, boards & spine scuffed & stained, edges of boards & spine worn. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. 160, profusely illus., maps, pages slightly darkened, DJ torn in several pieces: chips and larger pieces missing. More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987. First Edition. First Printing. 26 cm, 192, illus., maps, publisher's ephemera laid in, DJ worn at edges, some discoloration to DJ. More
New York: Wm. H. Wise and Co., Inc., 1948. 386, profusely illus., maps, index, top corner rear board slightly bumped, slight darkening to text. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1996. 37, wraps, illus., charts, reading list, slight wear to cover edges. More
New York: F. Fell Publishers, 1974. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 286, DJ edges somewhat worn and small chips missing. More
New York: Frederick Fell Publishers, 1974. 286, DJ somewhat soiled and scratched: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1953. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. vii, [1], 78.[2] pages. Introduction and Commentary by Fred C. Kelly (authorized biographer of the Wright Brothers). Format is 4.5 inches by 7 inches. DJ has some wear, chips and soiling. DJ is price clipped. Published in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the flight at Kitty Hawk. Fred Charters Kelly (1882–1959) was an American newspaperman, columnist and author. Kelly studied at the University of Michigan (1900–1902). He began his newspaper career in 1896 as a correspondent for a small town newspaper and wrote a column for The Plain Dealer for five years. His "Statesmen, Real and Near" column (1910–1918) was the first Washington, D.C. news column to be syndicated. In addition to his journalistic work, he was the official biographer of the Wright brothers, and worked to bring the original 1903 Wright Flyer home to the U.S. from the Science Museum in London, to which Orville Wright lent it during his long feud with the Smithsonian Institution over credit for the first flight. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. First Printing stated. Hardcover. ii, [2], 316, {2] pages. Includes Acknowledgments, and Introduction. DJ has some sticker residue at the back. Topics covered include The Age of the Flying Machine Had Come (The Wrights tell Their Story); Some Aeronautical Experiments (Technical Articles by the Wrights); The Greatest of the Precursors (The Wrights Assess Their Contemporaries); and It is Never Safe to Prophesy (The Wrights on the Future of Aviation). Also includes an Appendix (Witnesses to the Birth of Flight). Also includes Bibliography, Photography Credits, and Index. The authors bring together for the first time nearly seventy of Wilbur and Orville Wright's published writings into a single, annotated reference. Spanning the decades from the brothers' turn-of-the-century experiments with gliders until Orville's death in 1948, the articles describe the design of their aircraft, early test flights, and camp life at Kitty Hawk. As the airplane evolved, the brothers frequently commented on such subjects as the future of commercial aviation and air travel, sport flying, air safety, and military aviation. Because Wilber's sudden death in 1912 ended any hope that the Wrights would produce a book of their own, the articles collected in this volume are their only published words. The pieces illuminate how they chose to document their achievement and to shape their legacy. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1963. First American Edition. 278, illus., bibliography, appendix, index, small rough spot inside fr bd, some foxing to fore-edge, DJ worn & soiled: small tears. More
Cedar Ridge, CA: Chuck Yeager, 1998. Original signature on index card. Autographed Index Card. Index card, 3 inches by 5 inches, signed by Chuck Yeager. Envelop, 10 inches by 4 inches, with the return address printed in the upper left corner. The return address is Yeager, Inc. P. O. Box 128, Cedar Ridge, CA 95924. Postmarked Marysville, CA 959 2, dated 2 Oct 1998 PM. Canceled 32 cent stamp of First Supersonic Flight 1947 in upper right corner. Address of recipient written by hand at the center of the envelop. More
Cedar Ridge, CA: Chuck Yeager, 1998. Multiple original, uniquely inscribed. Photograph. Color photograph, approximatley 8 inches by 10 inches, inscribed by Chuck Yeager. The inscription reads To Raymond Lewis Good Luck! Chuck Yeager. The photo has General Yeager in the forground and a Stealth Bomber in the background. Raymond Lewis was a bombadier in the Army Air Forces who was based in North Africa and Italy during WWII. He flew B-17s and B-24s.Among his missions were sorties again the Ploesti oil fields. General Yeager only honored individual requests and personalized each picture. The family requested this personalized signed photo prior to Mr. Lewis' 80th birthday. More
Toronto: Bantam Books, 1988. First Printing. 247, illus. More