| MAD MAJOR, Draper, Major Christopher, Air Review Ltd., 1962, vg/vg, see photo,
autobiography, RFC flyer in WW I and later flew under the Tower Bridge in London. photos, 231 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| MAGNIFICENT MOISANTS, THE, Rich, Doris, Smithsonian, 1998, vg (ex-library)/vg (glued to book)
new, see photo, Illinois family performed pre-WW I air shows, taught
Harriet Quimby to fly, photos, 248 pgs.
| $10.00 |
| MAN FLIES - STORY OF ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT, Winters, Nancy, Ecco Press, 1997, new, see photo,
internationally acclaimed as the first man to fly, Santos-Dumont was feted for several years in Europe
& America before learning that the Wright Brothers, whose early efforts had been discounted, had actually preceded him,
photos & illustrations, 160 pgs.
| $15.00 |
| 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 |
| 'MICK', Dudgeon, James M., Robert Hale, 1981, f/f, see photo,
biography of Major Edward Mannock, 208 pgs.
| $36.00 |
| MR. PIPER AND HIS CUBS, Francis, Devon, Iowa State University, 1973, vg/vg, see photo, biography of William Piper, who entered the aircraft business in the 1920's, he invested $400 in the Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corp., which became a household word as his flying machines served as a nursery for the pilots of WW II, photos, 256 pgs.
| $23 50 |
| MY FLYING SCRAPBOOK, Turner, C. C. Major, Sampson, Low Marston & Co., 1946, vg (dust jacket has a piece missing), see photo,
author started on balloons in 1907, first professional journalist to learn to fly, he describes his 36 years of flying, photos, 111 pgs.
| $35.00 |
| NOTES OF AN AIRCRAFT DESIGNER, Yakovlev, Alexander, Foreign Language Publishing House, 1962, vg/vg, see photo, translated from Russian, author created the Yak planes & helicopters, many photos, 274 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| ONE PILOT'S LOG, Sloniger, Jerrold, Howell Press, 1997, new, bio of E. L. Sloniger, air mail pilot in the 20's, later first pilot for
American Airlines, photos, 190 pgs. | $24.95 |
| OVER AND ABOVE OUR PACIFIC McKew Parr, Charles, Whole World and Co., 1942, good (ex-library), in 1940, the author flew the China Clipper round trip across the Pacific. This book is a complitation of the letters he wrote about the trip and all the stops along the way, including an opinion of the Japanese influence in the Pacific, photos, 274 pgs.
| $8.50 |
| PASSION THAT LEFT THE GROUND, THE,
King, Stephan H., Word Associations Publisher, 2007, new, soft cover, see photo,signed by author,
Subject of this book are the machines dreamt up by Léon Levavasseur, a genius with eccentricities.
He was the man who designed the Antoinette engines & the Antoinette monoplanes, his machines were really works of art. His aircraft were featured in the movie "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines".
Levavasseur also evokes naturally the masterflyer Hubert Latham.
This book gives a fine account of pre-1914 flying, lots of illustrations (some of the l'Aérophile collection now in the Library of Congress),
158 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| PIONEER AVIATORS OF THE WORLD,
Matthews, Hart, McFarland, 2003, new (issued w/o dj),see photo,
the first pilots from each of a hundred countries have their stories told in this work,
a brief biography & description of his or her attempts to fly are provided for each early aviator,
except in a very few cases where facts are hard to find, photos, 208 pgs.
| $39.95 |
| POLAR EXETEMES, Pool, Beekman, University of Alaska Press, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo,
biography of Lincoln ELssworth, a fascinating & detailed portrait of one of America's greatest
Polar explorers, a man who was simultaneously a pioneer of high latitutde aviation, photos, maps, 311 pgs.
| $24.95 |
| PUTTY AND BESS, Cunningham, Charlie & Jackie, vg (soft cover), see photo,Biography of Albert C. Read and his wife. Read commanded the NC-4 on its 1919 trans-Atlantic flight, photos, 227 pgs.
| $7.50 |
| RECORD FLIGHTS, Chamberlin, Clarence, Dorrance & Company, 1925, vg (some yellowing of pages), signed by Clarence D. Chamberlin, Number 42 of a Limited Edition of 500, see photo,
autobiography, he contributed to the exciting & spectacular development of American aviation after WW I. Chamberlain is best known for his flight across the Atlantic
by reaching Germany, broke Lindbergh's 2-week old distance record, in less spectacular, but perhaps more valuable ways, Chamberlain before and after his flight contributed to the growth of
American aviation, he was a test pilot for Giuseppe Bellanca, a pioneer designer of aircraft who also built the "Columbia" [the plane in which Chamberlain made his historic trans-Atlantic flight],
flying all of Bellanca's early planes to test their speed, mileage, handling & safety. He made the first trans-Atlantic airmail flight. Photos, 286 pgs.
| $150.00 |
| REUBEN FLEET, Wagner, William, Aero, 1976, vg/vg, see photo,
bio of Major Reuben Fleet and Consolidated aircraft, photos, 324 pgs.
| $18.50 |
| RICKENBACKER, Rickenbacker, Edward V., Prentice-Hall, 1967, vg (inked name)/vg, see photo,
autobiography, photos, 458 pgs.
| $12.50 |
| RICKENBACKER'S LUCK, Farr, Finis, Houghton Mifflin, 1979,
f/f, survived many air combats, race car driver, survived 23 days at
sea in a raft, photos, 366 pgs. | $12.95 |
| ROAR OF THE TIGER, Howard, James, Orion, 1991, f/f, see photo, Jim Howard had 6 aerial victories flying with Tex Hill's Squadron with the AVG,
he flew P-51s with the 354th FG where he attacked 30 German aircraft and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour,
photos, 310 pgs.
| $47.50 |
| ROSCOE TURNER, Glines, Carroll, Smithsonian, 2000, new, see photo,
incisive look at one of the most colorful figures in aviation history,
Roscoe Turner, an air pilot of the 1920's and 30's who barnstormed & raced
airplanes during the Golden Age of Aviation, photos, 340 pgs. | $29.95 |
| RYAN THE AVIATOR, Wagner, William, McGraw-Hill, 1971, vg/vg,
see photo, biography of T. Claude Ryan, many photos, 253 pgs.
| $37.50 |
