Beirne Lay Jr (54 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. In very good, unmarked condition except price penciled on front endsheet. Cover is very good. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Mild wear to dustjacket. Now protected in a clear mylar cover.; 198 pages.

paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. NOT Ex-library. Good condition. Glossy softcover showing minimal shelfwear and edgewear; fore edge slightly lifting from use; back top corner lightly crimped. Clean pages, several pages in middle have crimped upper corners. Tight binding. Page edges unmarked. Until further notice, USPS Priority Mail only reliable option for Hawaii. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona. U15. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Second printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A superb copy in a Mylar dj cover.

paperback. Condition: Fair. Cover wear, some separation between pages and cover, but all pages are intact/tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. From the collection of Chicago Tribune columnist Thomas Buck, with his signature on the endpaper and no other inscription. A superb copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. An important documentation of the planning, construction and deployment of the Apollo and Saturn rockets, with much information on the Apollo moon mission. A clean, unclipped and unmarked copy with just a tiny nick at the top of the front jacket panel. Protected by a Brodart cover.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. AS NEW soft cover first edition of 140 pages is tight, bright and clean, free of markings.

Condition: Bueno. Revista literaria. Año XXIX. Nº 1389. Madrid. 1957. Rustica. 110 pp. 23 x 16.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Printing [stated]. vi, [4], 198 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Some page soiling noted. The dust jacket is price clipped, has tears and some soiling, and the front flap is creased. Beirne Lay Jr. (September 1, 1909 - May 26, 1982) was an American writer, aviation writer, Hollywood screenwriter, and combat veteran of WWII with the U.S. Army Air Forces. He is known for his collaboration with Sy Bartlett in authoring Twelve O'Clock High and adapting it into a major film. Lay enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in July 1932, and in June 1933, he earned his pilot's wings and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve at Kelly Field. He was assigned to the 20th Bombardment Squadron at Langley Field, Virginia, flying the Keystone B-6 and Curtiss B-2 Condor bombers. Lay began his writing career while still on active duty by submitting pieces on aviation, published in The Sportsman Pilot, Esquire, The Saturday Evening Post, Today, and Harper's. Lay returned to active duty after the outbreak of World War II in 1939, as a flying instructor. The publication of I Wanted Wings brought Lay to the attention of the staff of Army Air Forces Col. Ira Eaker, chief of the Air Corps Information Division. Eaker arranged his transfer to Headquarters USAAC in Washington, DC, in early 1940. There, promoted to captain, he worked as a speechwriter for General Henry H. Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Corps. In January 1942, Eaker was made brigadier general and was deployed to England to create what would become the Eighth Air Force. Lay was made Eighth Air Force historian and film unit commander. Fascinating and well written account of how the Saturn V was designed and built and the men who designed and built it. "By focusing on the problems encountered in the design and construction of each part of Apollo-Saturn, Lay treats the reader not only to a first-rate scientific detective yarn but a thorough, non-technical analysis of what precisely is required to fly a man to the moon and back." Illustrated with black and white photo plates and schematic drawing design of Saturn/Apollo launch vehicle endpapers. Also includes a listing of NASA Award Winner.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. moderate wear and soiling to boards, wormhole to fore edge, former owner's name/address, otherwise a clean, sound copy, octavo, 350 pages, medium blue cloth, no jacket, reprint of Harper & Brothers edition.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Satisfaisant. Dust Jacket Condition: Jaquette en état satisfaisant. Format: 16:23,5 DUST JACKET WITH LITTLE REPAIRS.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Good clean tight copy with moderate wear. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. DJ shows light edgewear and scuffing; Light smudging to upper page edges; This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Printing. Bantam 743. Movie tie-in. Very light wear along the edges of the wraps, with scraping/chipping along the spine edges.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Second printing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Covers betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages absent any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A very good copy in pictorial wraps. 2nd printing. General wear to covers and some light browning spots to the front cover. Overall, a solid tight copy with no names or inscriptions and no spine reading creases. Cover may not match stock copy photo. 8vo; ~ 274 pages.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Tela editorial con dorados. Colección Horizonte.226 p. 19 x 13,5 cm. Tela editorial con dorados. Buen estado. Lomera decolorada. Sin sobrecubierta. Narrativa.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex -School. ex-school book with usual stamps yellowing.

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Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Bantam Books, New York. 1949. Softcover/Mass Market Paperback. Stated Bantam Edition Published December 1949. Bantam 743, Complete and Unabridged. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fair; edge opening and spine wear; opening creases at spine; rubbing to wraps; faded textblock color; two bumped places in textblock fore edge. No DJ.ct Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 246 pp 12mo. This is the story of US Army Air Force General Frank Savage, the CO of the 918th Bomb Group over Germany and Europe. This book coincides with the release of the Twentieth Century-Fox movie of the same name. A clean presentable copy.…

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