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Anderson, Roy A. A Look at Lockheed. Newcomen Publication Number 1186. Princeton University Press, 1983, first printing. Ex-library soft cover with staple binding, clear tape on spine, 52 pages, clear tape along inside hinges, few b&w photos & diagrams, good condition. A history of the Lockheed Corporation given by the CEO in 1982 at a meeting of the Newcomen Society in North America.....$15 ((ml3177))

Flight and Flying: A Chronology ((mlo2366g))Baker, David. Flight and Flying: A Chronology. Facts on File, 1994. Large ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 549 pages, few b&w photos, good condition. ISBN 0816018545.....$25 ((mlo2366g))

Baker, David. Spaceflight and Rocketry. A Chronology. Facts On File, 1996. Large ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 528 pages, few b&w photos, good condition. ISBN 0816018537.....$17 ((mlo21))

Bell, Dana. USAF Colors and Markings in the 1990s. Stackpole Books, 1992. Large soft cover, 144 pages, b&w illustrations with paint chip colors in back, 144 pages, very good condition. ISBN 1853671711.....$11.50 ((bw1226))

The Aerospace Encyclopedia of Air Warfare. Volume 2: 1945 to the Present ((mlo2265))Bishop, Chris and Soph Moeng (editors). The Aerospace Encyclopedia of Air Warfare. Volume 2: 1945 to the Present. Aerospace Publishing, 1997. Large ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 256 pages, b&w and color photos, good condition. ISBN 1880588269.....$15 ((mlo2265))

Caidin, Martin. Planetfall. The Coming Exploration of Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Beyond. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1974. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 249 pages, b&w photos, good condition. ISBN 0698105362.....$5 ((gc5649f))

Camelo, Wilson. The U.S. Air Force and Military Careers. Enslow Publishers, 2006. Hardback w/o dj, 128 pages, color photos, review copy stamp front endpaper, like new condition. ISBN 0766025241.....$15 ((ml7631))

Chant, Christopher. The History of the RAF. From 1939 to the Present. Special revised edition. Grange Books, 1993. Large hardback w/dj, dj is scuffed/scratched/1" tear back dj, color and b&w photos, 183 pages plus index, very good condition. ISBN 1856274136.....$9.50 ((gc2348i))

Chester, Michael. Rockets and Spacecraft of the World. W.W. Norton, 1964. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 205 pages, b&w photos, tape foxing, cardboard showing cover edges, solid reading copy.....$5 ((cs1435))

Christopher, John. Riding the Jetstream. The story of ballooning: from Montgolfier to Breitling. John Murray, 2001. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 256 pages, few color photos, index, good condition. ISBN 0719560519.....$15 ((ml3062))

Corum, James S. and Richard R. Muller. The Luftwaffe's Way of War. German Air Force Doctrine 1911-1945. The Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1998. Hardback w/dj, 295 pages, dj shows light shelf wear, few b&w photos, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. ISBN 187785347X.....$25 ((gc1154y))

Jane's Historical Aircraft from 1902 to 1916 ((mlo2559))Drogheda, Countess of and C.G. Grey. Jane's Historical Aircraft from 1902 to 1916. Doubleday, 1973. Large oblong ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 96 pages, b&w photos, good condition. Includes historical prefaces on war balloons and parachutes, a brief history of modern aeronautics, and an aeronautical dictionary and some memoranda. ISBN 0385013140 .....$16.50 ((mlo2559))

Editors of Light Plane Maintenance Magazine. Basic and Advanced Light Plane Maintenance. Fuel and Oil Systems. Belvoir Publications, 1988. Hardback w/o dj, endpapers folded, 179 pages, few b&w photos, very good condition. ISBN 0961313927.....$8.50 ((cs840))

Editors. Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Volume II. ConAC Manual 50-9, April 1949. Air Force ROTC Continental Air Command, 1949. Large hardback w/o dj, black cloth, covers scuffed, large "classification cancelled" stamp with signature on title page, paginated by chapter, very good condition. This was originally a restricted manual.....$30 ((cs12g))

Editors. International Tensions and Security Organizations. Air Science 1, Volume IV. 1957 Edition. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1957. Hardback w/o dj, b&w photos, 171 pages, very good condition.....$25 ((gc6707))

Editors. Museum of Flight. 100 Years of Aviation History. Elton-Wolf Publishing, 2002. Large narrow hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear, b&w and color photos, DVD included, 192 pages, very good condition. ISBN 1586190393.....$45 ((ml1485n))

Eschel, Lt. Col. David (editor). Israel Air Force 1984. Eshel-Dramit Ltd., 1984. Large soft cover, remains price sticker back cover, 96 pages, b&w and color photos, bumped corner, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition.....$22.50 ((mlo2096))

Fry, Bernard M. and Foster E. Mohrhardt (editors). A Guide to Information Sources in Space Science and Technology. Volume 1. Interscience Publishers, 1963. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, grey cloth, front hinge separation, 579 pages, good condition.....$15 ((gc6905f))

Green, William, Gordon Swanborough, and John Mowinski. Modern Commercial Aircraft. Portland House, 1987. Large hardback w/dj, with 575 full-color and b&w illustrations, red remainder dot, dj is scuffed/scratched/soiled slightly, 208 pages, good condition. ISBN 0517633698.....$5 ((gc2348k))

Gunston, Bill (foreword by F/A 18 test pilot Jack Krings). Stingers. The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18. Mallard Press, 1990. Large hardback w/dj, 5" tear in front dj, label remains on dj, dj scuffed & dented, filled with color photos, unpaginated, approx. 120 pages, good condition . ISBN 0792451880.....$7.50 ((gc2348c))

Gunston, Bill. Grumman. Sixty Years of Excellence. Orion Books, 1988. Large hardback w/dj, b&w and color photos, 157 pages plus index, very good condition. ISBN 0517567962.....$14 ((gc6839))

Hardy, M.J. The Lockheed Constellation. Arco Publishing, 1973. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 128 pages, b&w photos, good condition. ISBN 0668028858 .....$35 ((ml2634))

Hirsch, S. Carl (illus. by Burt Silverman). The Globe for the Space Age. Viking Press, 1963. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 88 pages, library binding, good condition.....$5 ((gc5649g))

Hoyt, Edwin P. (illus. by George J. Zaffo). Heroes of the Skies. Doubleday, 1963, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, library rebound, 160 pages, good condition.....$10 ((cs934))

Concepts of Space. The History of Theories of Space in Physics ((gm259))Jammer, Max (with foreword by Albert Einstein). Concepts of Space. The History of Theories of Space in Physics. Harvard University Press, 1957. Hardback w/dj, 196 pages, dj shows light shelf wear, black mark front endpaper, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. .....$7 ((gm259))

Johnson, Brian. Classic Aircraft. A Century of Powered Flight. Channel 4 Books, 1998. Large hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, bumped corner/pages, color photos, 156 pages, good condition. ISBN 0752213296.....$9 ((gc6846))

Kinert, Reed. Racing Planes and Air Races. 1969 Annual (Covering 1968 Air Races). Volume V, Reference Series No. 1. Aero Publishers, 1969. Hardback w/o dj, blue cloth, b&w photos and diagrams, very good condition.....$28.75 ((ml2039))

Lehn, Howard M. Seventy Years of Commercial Aviation. Ye Galleon Press, 1998. Large ex-library soft cover, laminated covers, clear tape along inside hinges, 187 pages, few b&w photos, good condition. ISBN 0877706727.....$15 ((ml1238p))

Adventure in Space. Space Pilots ((go216))Ley, Willy (illus. by John Polgreen). Adventure in Space. Space Pilots. Guild Press, 1957. Large hardback w/o dj, clear library tape on spine, pictorial cover, cover shows wear/rubbing, 44 pages, b&w and color illustrations, text is clean & unmarked, good condition. "This book, Space Pilots, is the second of a series on Adventure in Space. The series is the story of the rocket age in which Man will pierce the atmosphere and conquer the open space beyond it. This age is going to come much sooner than most people realize, and some of you who read this will take an active part in it. Here you will learn about the people who will fly the rocket ships. Some of you may be among those who will be trained for this task.".....$6 ((go216))

Lowery, John. Professional Pilot. Iowa State University Press, 1983, First Edition. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear, 155 pages, few b&w diagrams & tables, very good condition. ISBN 0813814111.....$10 ((ml2037))

Lucas, John W. (editor). Heat Transfer and Spacecraft Thermal Control. Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics. Volume 24. MIT Press, 1971. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, tape marks front cover, 658 pages plus index, good condition. Technical papers selected from the AIAA 8th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 1970, and the AIAA 5th Thermophysics Conference, June-July 1970, subsequently reviewed for this volume. ISBN 0262120429.....$35 ((gc3421d))

The Aerospace Encyclopedia of Air Warfare. Volume 1: 1911 - 1945 ((mlo2266))March, Daniel J. and John Heathcott (editors). The Aerospace Encyclopedia of Air Warfare. Volume 1: 1911 - 1945. Aerospace Publishing, 1997. Large ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 256 pages, b&w and color photos, good condition. ISBN 1880588250.....$25 ((mlo2266))

McIntosh, Colin H. Radio Navigation for Pilots. Instrument Flight Part Two. McGraw-Hill, 1943. Hardback w/o dj, green cloth, foxing, pages browning, 183 pages, few folded pages, good condition.....$5.50 ((gc4240s))

Early Birds ((ml7294))Miller, H.C. Early Birds. Rigby Limited, 1968. Hardback w/o dj, white scuff marks on cover, book store sticker inside cover, 166 pages, b&w photos, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. .....$30 ((ml7294))

Mondey, David (illus. by Gordon Davies). Rockets and Missiles. The Knowledge Library. Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. Large hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, 75 pages, color illustrations, very good condition. ISBN 044800366X.....$5 ((gc2348h))

Moore, Patrick (illus. by David A. Hardy). Space. The story of man's greatest feat of exploration. Natural History Press, 1969. Large hardback w/dj, dj frayed/torn/rubbed, 216 pages, b&w and color photos, price sticker on spine, overall very good condition.....$10 ((gc2348p))

Muirhead, John. Those Who Fall. An Unforgettable Chronicle of War in the Air. Random House, 1986, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear/fraying, 258 pages, very good condition.....$25 ((ml2145))

Aircraft of World War I ((ml7210))Munson, Kenneth. Aircraft of World War I. Doubleday, 1968. Small ex-library hardback w/dj, 175 pages, b&w photos, good condition. .....$15 ((ml7210))

Phillips, Sydney H. with C. Wisberg. Aircraft Processes. Crocker-Union, 1941. Hardback w/o dj, covers rubbed/scuffed, 176 pages, pages yellowing, few b&w photos, overall very good condition.....$15 ((cs1168))

Poole, Lynn (illus. by Gustav Schrotter). Ballooning in the Space Age. Whittlesey House, 1958. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, front endpaper removed, 160 pages, bumped corner, tape foxing, good condition.....$7 ((gc2883t))

Richmond, Samuel B. Regulation and Competition in Air Transportation. Columbia University Press, 1961. Hardback w/o dj, price stamp front endpaper, 309 pages, ink text underlining, two pages show foxing from newspaper clipping, good condition.....$85 ((ml712n))

Stine, G. Harry. Shuttle into Space. A Ride in America's Space Transportation System. Follett, 1978. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, front endpaper torn, dj frayed, 127 pages, b&w and few color photos, good condition. ISBN 0695409204.....$5.50 ((cs610))

Tagg, Michael C. World War II Battle in the Air. Mallard Press, 1990. Large hardback w/dj, dj is scratched/frayed slightly, 176 pages, b&w photos, very good condition. ISBN 0792453751.....$7 ((gc2348j))

Taylor, Michael J. H. (chief editor). Brassey's World Aircraft and Systems Directory 1999/2000 Edition. The World's Most Comprehensive Aviation Reference Work. Brassey's Inc., 1999. Very large hardback w/dj, dj shows light shelf wear, 787 pages, filled with b&w photos, pages are clean & unmarked, very good condition. Gift quality. ISBN 1857532457.....$47.50 ((go1041))

Thomson, William Tyrrell. Introduction to Space Dyamics. John Wiley & Sons, 1961. Hardback w/o dj, previous owner inscription, 317 pages, very good condition.....$8.75 ((gc4174u))

Aircraft and Missile Propulsion. Volume I: Thermodynamics of Fluid Flow and Application to Propulsion Engines ((ml7255))Zucrow, M.J. Aircraft and Missile Propulsion. Volume I: Thermodynamics of Fluid Flow and Application to Propulsion Engines. John Wiley & Sons, 1958. Hardback w/o dj, black mark inside cover, 538 pages, black mark on page side, red pencil underlining in text, good condition. .....$15 ((ml7255))

Aircraft and Missile Propulsion. Volume II: The Gas Turbine Power Plant, the Turboprop, Turbojet, Ramjet, and Rocket Engines ((ml7254))Zucrow, M.J. Aircraft and Missile Propulsion. Volume II: The Gas Turbine Power Plant, the Turboprop, Turbojet, Ramjet, and Rocket Engines. John Wiley & Sons, 1958. Hardback w/o dj, black mark inside cover, 636 pages, red pencil underlining in text, good condition. .....$15 ((ml7254))

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