Deurs George (69 results)

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

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

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 262 pages. Light shelf wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A VG+ copy solid and clean in good jacket with small chip and short closed tears to extremities.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($12.95 price intact). Published by Presidio Press, 1978. Octavo. Blue boards stamped in gold. Book is very good. Spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Spotting to page ends and bumps to corners of boards. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear, scuffing, and nicks. 246 pages. ISBN: 0891410341. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, 1978 Presidio Press CA.Near Fine in a VG DJ.just a hint of shelf/edge wear to DJ, slight sunning to spine and edges-now in protective mylar.Aquamarine cloth with gilt titles .no notes or writing-All pages are bright, clean and crisp.Theodore Gordon AKA "Spuds" Ellyson was awarded the first set of gold wings as a naval aviator in 1915. At the time, he was first lieutenant of the battleship South Carolina. Glenn Curtiss, a mechanical genius and the first licensed flyer in America, had taught Ellyson to fly in 1911. Fascinating story of the First Naval Aviator.ISBN-9780764948046. Thanks for supporting a small family business.LOC SSM-9.

paperback. Condition: New. *NEW* paperback, sealed in plastic. Fresh from a distributor with no price tags and no remainder marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Biography. Edition not noted. Blue cloth covers very nice, slight bumps on the corners. Dust jacket also very nice, light rubbing and edge wear. Interior clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A major figure in early American aviation history, Spuds Ellyson - pioneer in the air and under the sea. 246 pages, epilogue, bibliography, index. Several closed tears to the top of the dust jacket. Dust jacket and book are in Near Fine condition. ; Standard Book Size.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 6 1/4 x 9 1/8" 246 pages. rubbing to dj with a couple of small tears (dj now in mylar protector). small previous owner's name sticker on inside front cover.

Soft cover. Condition: As New in Original Wraps. A brand new larger softcover still in original plastic shrink-wraps. Thus, offered For Sale- AS NEW. Stored in yet, a second layer of sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999.

Soft cover. Condition: As New in Original Wraps. A brand new larger softcover still in original plastic shrink-wraps. Thus, offered For Sale- AS NEW. Stored in yet, a second layer of sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. A nice, bright copy. ; Color Illustrations; 11.5 X 10.0 X 7.7 inches; 188 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; yellowing; duststaining; erasure mark in corner of half-title page; overall clean & tight. DJ present w/ chips, creases, closed tears, scuffs, smudges, scratches, yellowing, duststaining/foxing, etc. 175 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Color Illustrations; 8 X 0.5 X 11.7 inches; 188 pages.

Ephemera. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, slightly off-white. Wraps have light handling wear. Contents: Bradley, The P-51 over Berlin. Greek Combat Aviation (an official history). van Deurs, Fly Before Buy. Griffin, The Role of the French Air Force, the Battle of France, 1940. Saab 37 Viggen (pictures). Frey, Setting the Record Straight, the First of Many American Air-to-Air Victories. Gerrard-Gough, Tiny Tim, the Navy's Unused Sunday Punch. Jones, The Birth of the Russian Air Weapon, 1909-1914. A Stillness at Sea (pictures). ; 11.25" tall; 60 pages. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (armed forces, aviation, united states, navy ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st ed. in rubbed, sl. chipped, price clipped dj.; 175 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Oversized hardcover. Marbled gray paper over boards with white cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Binding is good and tight. DJ is clean with light toning/fading and mild wear, wrapped in clear mylar cover. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1966. Mild toning and spotting on fore-edge. 175 pages. Pages are clean, crisp, and bright. B&W illustrations throughout. Overall a very good copy. This is an oversized book, so extra shipping will be necessary for priority or international shipping. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Private library liquidation. Book condition is Near fine. Book as stamp on first page.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. White spine on gray marbleized boards, pristine, bright and sharp. As New. Protected, price unclipped, dustjacket, clean and crisp, shelf rubbing. Very Good. Book is firm in binding, b&w historic photographs and illustrations. Aviation 1910 - 1916. 175 pages include Index and Author's Bio. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; B&W Photos & Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 175 pages.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Reminiscences of Rear Adm. George Van Deurs, USN (Ret.), Vol. II: 1901-1984. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Presumed first edition/first printing. xv, [1], 246, [2] p. 24 cm. Illustrations, Portraits. Bibliography. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Sticker residue inside front cover. George Van Deurs was designated a naval aviator in 1924, Admiral Van Deurs served as a pilot with Torpedo Squadron Four, then Observation Squadron Three, the first squadron to operate regularly from catapults, based in the USS Memphis (CL-13). After four months with Observation Squadron One, he served as flight instructor, later test pilot, at Naval Air Station Pensacola. In 1929 he reported to the Asiatic Station and had three years' duty in Scouting Squadron Eight, based in the USS Jason (AV-2), with temporary additional duty as aviator observer at Singapore and in the Netherlands East Indies. Returning from the Far East in 1932, he served as test pilot at Naval Air Station San Diego. He then was flight officer of Scouting Squadron One, based in the USS Ranger (CV-4), and additionally CO of the experimental Cold Weather Test Detachment of planes in that ship. He retired from the Navy in 1951. His writings included some thirty articles concerning the Navy, aviation, and travel. From Wikipedia: Theodore Gordon Ellyson, USN (27 February 1885-27 February 1928), nicknamed "Spuds", was the first United States Navy officer designated as an aviator ("Naval Aviator No. 1"). Ellyson served in the experimental development of aviation in the years before and after World War I. He also spent several years before the war as part of the Navy's new submarine service. A recipient of the Navy Cross for his aviation service in World War I, Ellyson died in 1928 when his aircraft crashed over the Chesapeake Bay.In December 1910, Ellyson was ordered to North Island, San Diego, California for instruction in aviation under Glenn Curtiss. While at an Aero Club show on 28 January 1911 near the flight school, Ellyson took off in a Curtiss grass cutter plane to become the first Naval aviator. With a blocked throttle, this ground plane was not supposed to fly, and Ellyson was not proficient enough to fly. He slewed off left, cracking up the plane somewhat by making a wing-first landing. However, Ellyson wasn t injured and from then on he was considered to have made his first flight on this date. He also cooperated with Curtiss in the design of a pontoon for aircraft and after Curtiss' first flight on 27 January 1911, Ellyson went up with Curtiss in February to become the first passenger to go aloft in a floatplane. Later that month, he participated in experiments demonstrating the potential use of floatplanes from ships, when the aircraft was hoisted onboard USS Pennsylvania and subsequently lowered to the water for its return flight to North Island. From the time Ellyson began instruction in aviation until 29 April 1913, he devoted all of his time to active flying and experimental work in aviation. This included the establishment of Naval Aviation Camps at Annapolis in September 1911 when, with then-Lieutenant John H. Towers, he flew an aircraft from Annapolis to Milford Haven, Virginia, a non-stop distance record for float planes. In 1917, he had duty at the Naval Academy and with the Midshipmen on cruise on USS Wyoming and USS Kansas. On 14 February 1918, he was detached for duty at the Submarine Chaser Base, New London, Connecticut and in June arrived in London, England for duty with a submarine chaser squadron at U.S. Naval Base 27 at Plymouth. Ellyson was awarded the Navy Cross for distinguished service in World War I for his development of successful tactics for the submarine chaser squadron. Following the Armistice in 1918, he remained in the European Area, commanding Nucleus Crew 14 (zeppelin) from March to May 1919. Upon his return to the United States, he assisted in fitting out the destroyer USS J. Fred Talbott at William Cramp and Sons, and served on that vessel as commanding officer from the time of her commissioning in June 1919 until July 1920. Durin.