| AERIAL WARFARE, Hearne, R.P., Bodley Head, 1908, vg (4 photos missing of 57 ilustrations - they have
been replaced with copies, inked name) see photo, descriptions of dirigibles built for war, 237 pgs.
| $50.00 |
| AIRSHIP, Abbott, Patrick, Adams & Dart, 1973, f/f, see photo,
first round trip trans-Atlantic flight, R.34, July 1919, photos, 163 pgs. | $28.00 |
| AIRSHIP SAGA, Ventry & Kolesnik, Blandford Press, 1982, as new with dj, see photo,
history of airships by the men who designed, built & flew them, photos, 192 pgs. | $36.00 |
| AIRSHIPWRECK, Deighton & Schwartzman, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1978, vg/vg, see photo, crash of the Hindenburg in 1937, many photos, 72 pgs. | $17.50 |
| BALLOONS AND AIRSHIPS, Ege, Lennard, Macmillan Color Series, 1974, vg/vg , see photo,
80 pages of full color illustrations from Montgolfier brothers to 1970s, each vehicles history, construction & operating details,
234 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| BIRDFLIGHT AS THE BASIS OF AVIATION, Lilienthal, Otto, American Aeronautical Archives, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo,
reprint of Lilienthal's observation, analysis, ingenuity and daring laid the foundation for the development
of aviation. After a comprehensive scientific study of how birds fly, Lilienthal recognized the superiority of
curved wing surfaces. He then developed a theory of flight and designed and built a series of gliders. From 1891
to 1896 he made over 2,000 glides, illustrations, 151 pgs.
| $19.95 |
| BRITISH AIRSHIP AT WAR, 1914-1918, Abbott, Patrick, Terence Dalton, 1989, as new, see photo,
225 airships were built during WW I, 107 were still in commission at the time of Armistice, played a significant
role in defeating the U-boats, photos & drawings, 142 pgs.
| $32.50 |
| BRITISH RIGID AIRSHIP 1908-1931, Higham, Robin, G.T. Foulis & Co., 1961, vg/vg,
see photo, origin, development & decline of the rigid airships, R100 & R101, extensive bibliography, photos, fold-out, 426 pgs.
| $75.00 |
| BY AIRSHIP TO THE NORTH POLE,
Capelotti, P.J., Rutgers Universty Press, NJ, 1999, f/f as new, see photo,
chronicles Andree's 1897 and Wellman's three attempts (1907 to 1909) to reach the North Pole by airship,
visits their base camps, photos, 209 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| DISASTER OF THE HINDENBURG, Tanaka, Shelley, Madison Press, 1993, vg/vg, see photo,
many photographs (including color) of structure & interior of Hindenburg, documenting the crash, 64 pgs. | $10.00 |
| FLYING AND BALLOONING FROM OLD PHOTOGRAPHS, Fabb, John, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1980, vg/vg,
see photo,
collection of 116 photographs with detailed annotations.
| $17.50 |
| GRAF ZEPPELIN, Vaeth, J.Gordon, Harper & Brothers, 1958, vg/vg (minor chipping) see photo, biography of Hugo Eckener, and the 10 years of air voyages of the Graf Zeppelin, 1928 to 1937, photos, 235 pgs.
| $27.50 |
| GRAF ZEPPELINS IDEE, Krusche, Peter, self-published, 1995,as new (issued with pictorial cover), see photos, German text, the history of lighter than air flight in Germany, 1850 to 1925, ending with LZ 126, which became the USS Los Angeles, photos, 192 pgs. | $28.50 |
| GREAT DIRIGIBLES, THE, Toland, John, Dover, 1972, as new, soft cover, see photos, formerly titled Ships in The Sky, their triumphs & disasters,
photo section, 352 pgs. | $8.95 |
| JANE'S ALL THE WORLD AIRSHIPS 1909, Jane, Fred (editor), Arco, 1969, vg / vg, see photo, reprint of a detailed book published only five years after the first flight by the Wright brothers,
this is the first annual edition of what has become the bible of the aviation industry, an illustrated
country-by-country catalogue of aircraft employed by the nations of the world, including both fixed-wing
craft & lighter than air dirigibles, the text includes a photograph, two scale drawings & detailed technical
specifications for each airship, 374 pgs.
. | $30.00 |
| JANE'S ALL THE WORLD AIRSHIPS 1913, Jane, Fred (editor), Arco, 1969, vg / vg (chipped),
see photo, reprint of the original first edition published by Sampson Low Marston in 1913. By 1913 the aviation scene had just begun to consolidate, and the names which were to feature in the industry in the future were beginning to emerge. Such makers as Bristol, Handley Page, D Havilland, Short, Breguet, Curtiss and Fokker were already active, 220 pgs.
. | $30.00 |
| JANE'S POCKET BOOK OF AIRSHIPS, Ventry & Kolesnik (editors), Collier Books, 1976, vg (soft cover),
covers airships from the 1870s to the 1970s, many photos, 244 pgs.
| $7.50 |
| LOG OF H.M.A. R 34, JOURNEY TO AMERICA AND BACK, Maitland, E.M. Air -Commodore, Hodder & Stoughton, 1921,
vg (original, rebound), the first double crossing of the Atlantic by air, a day by day account of the two flights,
the outward from East Fortune, Scotland to Mineola, New York and the return to Pulham, Norfolk, the westbound flight
was not without drama, over 97% of the ship's fuel supply was used up, the first aerial stowaway was discovered
& a severe storm encountered, the commander Captain G.H. Scott commented that he wouldn't have wanted to be in a
23-class rigid in the conditions the R34 passed through, two observers were carried - LtCmdr Zachary Lansdowne westbound
and Col. William Hensley on the return, Lansdowne unluckily lost his life in the SHENANDOAH breakup, Hensley became rather
notorious for his secret negotiations with the Zeppelin Co. for a rigid airship for the US Army, photos (1 photo missing), fold-out map, 168 pgs.
| $150.00 |
| LOG OF H.M.A. R34, Maitland, E.M., Air-Commodor, Lighter-Than-Air-Institute, 1997, new (issued w/o dj), see photo,
new edition of Air Commodore Maitland's classic 1920 book on the first double crossing of the
Atlantic by air, day by day account of the two flights - the outward from East Fortune, Scotland,
to Mineola, New York, and the return to Pulham, Norfolk, westbound flight was not without drama,
over 97% of the ship's fuel supply was used up, the first aerial stowaway was discovered & a severe
storm encountered, photos, fold-out map, 88 pgs.
| $28.95 |
| MEN, WOMEN AND 10,000 KITES, Voisin, Gabriel, Putnam, 1963, vg/vg (some spine discoloration & wrinkling), see photo,
author, together with his brother, founded Aeroplanes Voisins in 1905. They built early gliders for
Bleriot and originated the famous "14-bis" in which Santos Dumont made the first flight in Europe, photos, 248 pgs.
| $75.00 |
| MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS AND THE INVENTION OF AVIATION, Gillispie, Charles, Princeton University Press, 1983, f/f,
see photo, invention of aviation 1783- 1784,
importance of ballooning for the science of heat & the art of building railroads, drawings, 210 pgs.
| $32.50 |
| R101 - THE AIRSHIP DISASTER - 1930 reprint of the historic official papers from the archive of HMSO, as new, soft cover, 162 pgs.
| $10.00 |
| STORY OF THE AIRSHIP, Allen, Hugh, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 1931, vg (pictorial cover), photos, still in original mailing envelope, see photo, annual publication on the Goodyear zeppelin, many photos, 71 pgs. | $50.00 |
| UN MOTORE PER L'AERONAVE, Zanrosso, Giorgio, Tipografia Menin, 1991, fine, soft cover, inscribed by author, Italian text, airship engines prior to 1910,
photos & illustrations, 253 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| "UP SHIP!", Robinson & Keller, Naval Institute, 1982, vg/vg, see photo,, U.S. Navy rigid airships 1919-1935, photos. 236 pgs. | $27.50 |
| UP SHIP!, Rosendahl, Charles, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1931, vg (spine rebuilt, new end papers, some moisture curl),
written by the ranking survivor of the Shenandoah tragedy, Commander Rosendahl gives a first-hand account of
that disaster & gives an insider's look at the life of the Akron & Los Angeles, of which he was later the
commanding officer, photos, 311 pgs.
| $100.00 |
| USS LOS ANGELES, Althoff, William, Potomac Books, 2004, new (soft cover), see photo
Navy's venerable airship & aviation technology, story of the u.s. navy's airship, USS Los Angeles, the most successful aircraft of its type ever flown,
includes characteristics & performance, roster of graduates (1923-1940), flight log (1924-32),
ship's crew (1931-32), navigational equipment, photos, 287 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| USS SHENADOAH, Keller, C.L., WW I Aero, 1978, vg, soft cover (some rubbing and slight moisture curl at top),
history and many photos, 25 pgs.
| $8.50 |
| WITTGENSTEIN FLIES A KITE, Sterrett, Susan, Pi Press, 2006, new, see photo, demonstrates what Wittgenstein's experimental models were
crucial to the Wright Brothers solving the problem of flight, 329 pgs.
| $9.95 |
| ZEPPELIN, ca 1909, see photo,
A special edition of "The Week" magazine. A biography of Count Zeppelin and description of this airship flights.
20 pages of text (German) and 20 pages of photographs. (9 1/2" x 12 1/2")
| $37.50 |
