AIR: Intelligence Training Bulletin, Volume VIII, Number 5, May 1956. "For Official Use Only"
Place_Pub: Mitchel Air Force Base, NY: Continental Air Command, Dir, 1956. 48, wraps, illus., aircraft profiles, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Place_Pub: Mitchel Air Force Base, NY: Continental Air Command, Dir, 1956. 48, wraps, illus., aircraft profiles, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
n.p. Eastern Airlines, 1968. 7, folder (wraps) slightly worn and soiled, two panels have some separation where the glue has failed. More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1961. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, xi, [1], 240 pages. Chronology. Abbreviations. Select Bibliography. Subject and Name Index. Pencil erasure residue on front endpaper. Minor wear to cover, some wear to spine lettering. Foreword by Deputy Administrator Hugh L. Dryden. Emme was an historian of science and technology and an aerospace historian. His education included a BA from Morningstar College in Iowa, 1941; MA, University of Iowa, 1946 and Ph. D. in 1949 both in Modern European History. He was a Navy pilot in the Pacific in World War II. He served in the Air Force Reserves, 1948-1972, retiring with the rank of colonel. In 1949, he became public historian for the Air University of the U.S. Air Force in Montgomery, Alabama before joining NASA, 1959-1979, as chief historian. His published books included: "The Impact of Air Power" 1959, "The History of Rocket Technology" 1964, and "A History of Space Flight" 1965. Emme wrote a brief survey of NASA in 1965, entitled "Historical Sketch of NASA (EP 29)", which was revised and expanded in 1976 by Frank W. Anderson, Jr. Emme was a member of many scholarly societies including the American Astrinautical Society for over 25 years. More
London: Jane's, 1983. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 179, illus., front DJ flap price clipped. More
New York: Ships and Aircraft, 1944. Second War Edition. 80, wraps, illus., tables, sticker on fr cov (ex-lib. ? ), edges of covers worn, tears at spine & sm pc missing, label ins fr cover. More
Washington, DC: Ships and Aircraft, 1950. Sixth Edition. Wraps. 48 pages, wraps, illus., tables, small piece of text (5.5" x 2") cut out of page 9, stain on front cover, covers somewhat stained/creased. More
Washington, DC: Ships and Aircraft, 1950, 1952. Sixth Edition. 48 + 8, wraps, illus., tables, pencil & red pencil notes on several pgs, note stapled onto p. 18, sticker on fr cover, covs stained. More
New York: Ships and Aircraft, 1945. Victory Edition. Wraps. 96 pages, wraps, illus., tables, some soiling to text, spine quite worn & large tear, rear cover creased & small piece missing. More
New York: Ships and Aircraft, 1944. War Edition. Wraps. 64 pages, wraps, illus., tables, covers somewhat creased: edges worn & small chips, spine worn, some soiling to text. More
Place_Pub: London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1941. First Edition. 101, DJ soiled, discolored, and worn: small edge tears/chips. More
Fort Sill, OK: Field Artillery School, 1940. Fourth Printing. 199, wraps, figures, tables, covers somewhat worn, soiled, and creased. More
Milwaukee, WI: Purnell Reference Books, c1979. 29 cm, 2685 total, 24-vol. set, illus., index. More
New York: Veritas press, 1940. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 3 p. L., ix-xi p., 5 L., [3]-273, [3] p. illus. (plans) 22 cm. More
Springfield, VA: NTIS, 1981. quarto, 135, wraps, footnotes, figures, small rust stains on covers Subtitled: Selections on USSR Air Forces from "Aviatsiya i Kosmonavtika," Nos. 4-6, 1980. Contains articles on flight safety, psycho-physiological factors of pilot success, aircraft maintenance, and training, among many other topics. More
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1989. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 144 pages. Illustrations. Foreword by Air Commodore Leonard J. Birchall. Glossary of Ranks. Index of Aircraft. DJ as a tear at mid-spine. TONY (JAMES ANTHONY) FOSTER Born in Winnipeg August 3, 1932, Tony was a 14th generation Canadian, the eldest son of Major General Harry Wickwire Foster and Margaret (Margo) Ruth Muir Foster. He joined the merchant navy at fifteen working the Atlantic trade routes. He served in the US Army and fought in the Korean War. Tony's aviation career spanned more than half his life. He was a commercial airline captain, a bush pilot, an executive pilot, a crop duster and owner of a small aircraft business. He flew an array of aircraft around the globe. He authored fifteen books, including "Meeting of Generals" for which he won the Canadian Authors Association Award for best Non-Fiction in Canada in 1987, as well as the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Prize. He produced numerous network television scripts and mini-series. He acted in several movies and television productions. Tony fit several lifetimes of adventure into his 79 years. He was larger than life. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 293 p. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. First Edition. 207, index, discoloration inside boards, DJ worn: small tears at spine, piece missing in front DJ. More
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, 1967. First Edition. 254, illus., footnotes, appendix, bibliography, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ pasted to boardsbook somewhat cocked and shaken. One of the Airmen & Aircraft series of which Martin Caidin was the General Editor. History of the rotating wing aircraft, from ancient times to their use in modern times as military aircraft and daring rescue machines. More
Leatherhead, Surrey, England, United Kingdom: Profile Publications Ltd., 1966. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. 16 p. Includes illustrations. Color illustrations inside front and back cover and at center. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1964. 72, wraps, illus. in black and white, covers somewhat worn/soiled, front cover curls at front edge. Three silhouettes per plane. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1964. 72, wraps, illus. in black and white, index. Three silhouette views per plane. More
New York: Military Press, 1984. First Printing. 30 cm, 216, profusely illus. (some color), book has been damaged by moisture at bottom, some pages stuck together. More
Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc. (in association with Phoebus Publishing), 1977. Hardcover. 127 p. : ill. (chiefly col. ), ports.; 31 cm. More
Washington, DC: Spartan Books, 1967. Forty-Fifth Edition. 558, illus., index, DJ worn, soiled, edge tears, and chips. More
Washington, DC: American Aviation Pub., Inc., 1960. 478, illus., diagrams, chronology, index, boards worn and soiled, corners bumped. More