Early Aviation (18 results)
More imagesPublished by National Geographic Magazine, Washington 1928
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- Periodical
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United KingdomCosmo Books
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Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 46 pages, extensively illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: National Geographic Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29… years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.
More imagesPublished by National Geographic Magazine, Washington 1928
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- Periodical
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United KingdomCosmo Books
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Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 74 pages, extensively illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: National Geographic Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29… years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.
Papers Read Before the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba; Series III Number 14 (Series: Manitoba Historical Society Series III 14; Contributor Roy Brown--Origin and Growth of Western Canadian Aviation; William Douglas--Winnipeg Parks; Leonard F. Earl--Hudson Bay Railway; George P. MacLeod--Sir Hugh John MacDonald; A.M. Pratt--Early Manitoba Rural Newspapers.)
Kemp, Douglas (editor) (Biography of Hugh J. MacDonald; Contributor Roy Brown: Origin and Growth of Western Canadian Aviation; William Douglas: Winnipeg Parks; Leonard F. Earl: Hudson Bay Railway; George P. MacLeod: Sir Hugh John MacDonald; A.M. Pratt: Early Manitoba Rural Newspapers.)
Published by Historical & Scientific Society of Manitoba, Winnipeg
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Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaBurton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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1959. (Oversize paperback) Very good. 70pp. Biography of Hugh J. MacDonald. Contributors include Roy Brown (The Origin and Growth of Western Canadian Aviation), William Douglas (Winnipeg Parks), Leonard F. Earl (The Hudson Bay Railway), George P. MacLeod (Sir Hugh John MacDonald), A.M. Pratt (Early Manitoba Rural Newspapers). Lo…cale: . Series: Manitoba Historical Society Series III 14. (Manitoba, Aviation, Newspapers, Railways).
More imagesModel Airplane Desing and the theory of flight.
Hampson, Gray Grant (Civil Engineering Princeton; Graduate of the school of Military Aviation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Princeton Engineering Association; Member of the "Early Birds"; Editor of Model Airplane News Magazine).
Language: English
Published by Air Age Inc, New York 1943
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Seller: Librería "Franz Kafka" México., Cuernavaca, MOR, MexicoLibrería "Franz Kafka" México.
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Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bueno. Hampson, Gray Grant (Civil Engineering Princeton; Graduate of the school of Military Aviation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Princeton Engineering Association; Member of the "Early Birds"; Editor of Model Airplane News Magazine). Model Airplane Desing and the theory of…flight. New York, Air Age Inc., 1943. Características: Muy buen estado general. Pasta dura sobre tela editorial. Letras doradas sobre lomo. Diseño dorado sobre la portada. Lomo ligeramente roto en la parte inferior, sin gran importancia. Guardas limpias. Cantos limpios. 512 p. (23.5 x 16 cm) Peso: 1.000 g.
Published by Royal Aero Club of the United Kingsom, London 1911
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerQuarto. [2, ads], 581-602, [2, ads] pp. Numerous photographic illustrations and ads, Publisher's printed mauve wrappers. Bit of spine rubbing but clean and tight.The main article in this issue is about the race for the Gordon-Bennet Cup at Eastchurch. The Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy was an international airplane racing trophy… awarded by James Gordon Bennett Jr., the American owner and publisher of the New York Herald newspaper. Curtiss won the first Cup, Claude Graham-White the second and, as we learn from the issue, C. T. Weyman won the third cup (1911). Weyman was an American and flew a Nieuport aeroplane. Eleven pages are devoted to a detailed account of the race.
More imagesPublished by Collins, London 1943
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Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United KingdomJames M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. A medium format hardback. VG+ in like unclipped wrapper, which has a small chip to the base of the upper panel. Uncommon in such a bright, complete wrapper. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Published by L'Auto, Paris 1913
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst edition. Bifolio (16 3/4 by 24 inches). Now separated into two leaves but complete. Photographic illustrations. Very good.A free newspaper supplement detailing the 1913 Air Meet in France. The third page bears photographic illustrations of the winners and include; Monoplane Nieuport; Monoplane Morane-Saulnier; Biplan Bregu…et; Hydravion Borel; Biplan H. Farman; Monoplan Bleriot; Hydravion M. Farman; Hydravion Caudron. There are alos photographic portraits of 10 pilots including one woman: Mme de Laroche. Born on 22 August 1882 in Paris, Elise Raymonde Deroche was the daughter of a plumber. She had a fondness for sports as a child, as well as for motorcycles and automobiles when she was older. As a young woman she became an actress and used the stage name "Raymonde de Laroche". Inspired by Wright's demonstations of flight in Paris in 1908 she decided to become a pilot. "In October 1909, de Laroche appealed to her friend, aviator and aeroplane builder Charles Voisin, to instruct her in how to fly. On 22 October 1909, de Laroche went to the Voisin brothers' base of operations at Chalons, 90 miles east of Paris. Voisin's aircraft could seat only one person, so she operated the plane by herself while he stood on the ground and gave instructions. After she mastered taxiing around the airfield, she lifted off and flew 300 yards. De Laroche's flight is often cited as the first by a woman in a powered heavier-than-air craft; there is evidence that two other women, P. Van Pottelsberghe and Thérèse Peltier, had flown the previous year with Henri Farman and Delagrange respectively as passengers but not as pilots. On 8 March 1910, de Laroche became the first woman in the world to receive a pilot licence when the Aero-Club of France issued her licence #36 of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (International Aeronautics Federation or F.A.I.)" (Wiki).L'Auto was the main French sports daily, issued from 16 October 1900 to 17 August 1944 . Founded under the title L'Auto-Vélo (1900-1902), by its founder director Henri Desgrange , this organized the Tour de France. It was banned from publication in 1944 because it was considered favorable to the German Occupation.
Published by Los Angeles 1992 1992
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller[Two Copies] Four (4) pages, typed on one side. Original article, written by Herald Examiner Journalist and Hollywood Studio Publicist, Art Ronnie. Includes copies of letters to two different publications, seeking to have his piece published. Also includes copies of source material and photos. Mercury Aviation Company was one of… the first commercial airline services founded in 1919 by Cecil B. DeMille. DeMille, Hollywood American film director and producer, was one of the first to see the aircraft's potential in commercial airline service. At first Mercury Aviation flew World War I surplus Curtiss JN-4 Jenny for sightseeing and charter flights from DeMille Field No. 1 and then later purchased passenger planes. DeMille restored a World War I plane in 1917. Mercury Aviation Company did not make a profit and closed in 1922 after two years of operation. Al Wilson was DeMille's flight instructor and became the manager of the company for a short time.
Published by C.M. [ca. 1911], Paris 1911
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst edition. Oblong octavo consisting of 20 photographic illustrations of early aeroplanes, each with a caption beneath in French. All with tissue guards. Publisher's printed brown wrappers with the front bearing images of a biplane and a monoplane. No copies located by OCLC. A very good copy.There is no information about this… publication but likely it was meant to accompany "Les Etapes de l'Aviation:Conférence Faite le 12 Décembre 1909" by Mathieu Varille. The conference was held in Lyon perhaps in anticipation of their 1910 air meet. Many of the (much monkeyed with) photographs herein are by M. Branger, a well known early aviation photographer.
Published by John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton, NJ
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst edition. Small octavo. [24] pp. with a plethora of photographic illustrations. Publisher's sewn blue printed wrappers with a window in the front cover to display a biplane aloft. Small marginal tear not afecting any text. A very good copy. None located by OCLC. The Roebling's history in Trenton dates to 1848, when John A.…Roebling purchased 25 acres of land in Chambersburg Best known today as the "father of the Brooklyn Bridge", Roebling (and the company he founded) supplied cables from Trenton to most of the major suspension bridges built in United States during the first half of the 20th century. Among the dozens of major bridges using Trenton-made cable are New York City's Williamsburg, Manhattan, and George Washington Bridges, as well as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.Roebling Lofts converted the "Clark Street Rope Shop" (Building 101), erected in 1917 during WW I. It was an ultra-modern facility for its time, with massive windows and a fire resistant design. It replaced an older factory that burned down in late 1915, allegedly by German saboteurs. Building 101 specialized in light- and medium-gauge wire rope such as used in aircraft. Perhaps the factory's most famous customer was Charles Lindbergh, who specified Roebling wire for The Spirit of St. Louis, the plane he flew non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. This has been called the single most influential flight in aviation history, excepting the 1903 first-flight by the Wright Brothers, who also used Roebling cables for bracing wings. Lindbergh used Roebling products for control cables, to brace the wings, for the ignition harness, and the plane's lightning rod. The testing lab for the aircraft business was located on the 4th floor of the Clark Street factory, including a massive machine designed to simulate stresses on wings. The machine survives in place on the 4th floor, and is being preserved in a lounge for use by residents of Roebling Lofts.
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Seller: Max Rambod Inc, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.Max Rambod Inc
Contact seller5-star seller[Women in Aviation]. Silver gelatin print photo of female pilot sitting in early aircraft with her hands on the gears, the body of the plane partially visible behind her. Circa 1920s. 4.75" x 6.5" inches. Legislative barriers as well as social and economic factors made it nearly impossible for women to participate in early aviat…ion. Getting through flight school and gaining access to a plane to fly was a testament to the incredible tenacity and resources required for a woman to access both. Photo shows a woman sitting belted to pilot's seat, one hand on each large gear shift, feet prepped on the thin ledge above the plane's front tire. She wears a gingham hat cut close to her head, a wool coat, wool pants and knee-high leather boots with protective-wear covering the shins. The plane's front tire is muddy suggesting she's just landed in a field. A few ink spots, do not obstruct the plane or female pilot. This original photo is evidence that women participated in early aviation. Overall good condition.
Published by Bud Morriss Airplane School, Chicago and Grand Rapids 1916
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerOriginal photograph of "Bud" Morriss, and his chief engineer Tony Stadlman, at the controls of his flying boat. Photograph measures 3 x 2 1/2 inches. It is in the original frame and with the original label on the verso which reads; "This is an authentic photograph taken in Grand Rapids, 1915, of P. G. B. (Bud) Morris at the cont…rols of his Benoist Flying Boat, accompanied by his Chief mechanician Tony Stadlman, who later became Superintendent of the Lockheed Airplane Company of Burbank." Together with an original stickpin for the school in brass and blue and with an image of a biplane. It reads "Bud Morriss Airplane School Chicago 1916." The original celluloid covering the photograph is still present. Rare mementos of an early and influential aviator and his aviation school.Percival George Brockhurst Morriss (1884-1944), a native of England, learned to fly at Brooklands racetrack in 1909. Soon after that he came to the United States. A former assistant engineer in the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, he championed the use of wireless to communicate with airplanes in flight. Later the same year he learned to fly a Bleriot in England, and then joined the Curzon aviators. In 1914 he operated a flying boat service on the Chicago lake front, and in the same year was managing editor of Aero & Hydro, an aviation weekly paper. In 1915 he opened the Bud Morriss Flying School in Chicago. His next venture was with the Benoist Aeroplane Co. of St. Louis, serving successively as assistant pilot and instructor, Chief instructor, and finally as vice-president and sales engineer. In 1917 he served as a member of the Chicago Aero Commission. During the First World War he enlisted as a seaman in the Navy, in which he served for 18 months. Upon discharge Morriss was executive officer of aviation schools at a naval air station. Anthony Stadlman was in 1886 in Bohemia. He emigrated to the United States from his home in what was then Czechoslovakia in 1906, ispired by news of the aviation work of Orville and Wilbur Wright. By 1910 he was helping to build flying machines at the Chicago School of Aviation. For a short while he was chief engineer at the Bud Morris Aviation School. The Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, originally called the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company, was organized in the summer of 1916 by brothers Allan and Malcolm Loughead. Their plant was located in the rear of a garage on State Street in Santa Barbara. Tony Stadlman met Allan Loughead on a Chicago airfield and became superintendent of manufacturing when the company changed its name to Lockheed in 1927.
Bericht Biot's von einer aerostatischen Reise, welche Gay-Lussac und er am 24sten Aug. 1804 unternommen habe. (+) Bericht Gay-Lussac's von seiner aerostatischen Reise, am 16ten Sept. 1804. (+) Versuche über die eudiometrischen Mittel, und über das V.
"BIOT, GAY-LUSSAC, HUMBOLDT, SACHAROW. - SCIENTIFIC BALOONING - EARLY AVIATION
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Seller: Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn ILAB-ABF, Copenhagen, DenmarkHerman H. J. Lynge & Søn ILAB-ABF
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Halle, Rengerschen Buchhandlung, 1805. Without wrappers. In "Annalen der Physik. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 20, Fünftes Stück. (The entire issue offered). Titlepage to vol. 20. Pp. 1-128. Biot's paper: pp. 1-18. - Gay-Lussac: pp. 19-37 - Humboldt & Gay-Lussac: pp. 38-92. - Sacharow: pp. 107-124. These 4 accou…nts of the earliest scientific ascents with balloons, had the same purposes, namely to make observations on the composition of the air, pressure and the earth's magnetic force. Brockett "Bibliography of Aeronautics" Nos 1856 a, 6303 a a. 10654 a.
More imagesLouis Breguet (1880-1955) - Rare signed photo
Louis Breguet (1880-1955) - French aircraft designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers
Language: French
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Seller: PhP Autographs, Hastière, BelgiumPhP Autographs
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Pas de couverture. Condition: Assez bon. RARE - Nice photo (postcard) signed around 1911. Size : 9x14 cm. Condition : slight folds, please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.
More imagesRoland Garros (1888-1918) - Rare signed photo - 1914
Roland Garros (1888-1918) - French pioneering aviator and fighter pilot during World War I and early days of aviation
Language: French
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Seller: PhP Autographs, Hastière, BelgiumPhP Autographs
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Pas de couverture. Condition: Bon. Rare - Superb photo (postcard) signed in Lambres in 1914. Stamp on the front. Beautiful large signature, the larger of his two signatures. Size : 9x14 cm. Condition : stamp on the front, please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.
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Eigenhändige Unterschrift in Tinte signiert als President de la F.A.I., mit Porträtfoto unter schwarzem Passepartout (1 S. 4°) gerahmt.
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Contact seller5-star sellerBollée, Camille. Dispositif équilibreur pour aéroplanes (1909) documents early efforts to solve the problem of aircraft stability in the immediate years following the Wright brothers first powered flight, when engineers in Europe and the United States sought mechanical solutions to controlled flight. Issued by the French governm…ent, this patent establishes a technical approach to maintaining equilibrium through adjustable aerodynamic surfaces mounted on a rotating vertical shaft, shifting emphasis from pilot skill to engineered stabilization. The document supports research into early aviation engineering, international patent exchange, and the rapid development of aeronautical control systems in the pre-World War I period. Bollée, Camille. Dispositif équilibreur pour aéroplanes. Paris: Office National de la Propriété Industrielle, 1909. Three pages with one illustrated plate containing six technical diagrams; original printed paper wrapper measuring approximately 11 x 7.5 inches. Patent submitted March 26, 1909, granted July 12, and published August 21. The text describes a stabilization system "composed of a generally vertical shaft. capable of a rotating motion around its axis, upon which one or several surfaces are mounted," designed to counterbalance lateral instability through adjustable aerodynamic elements. Diagrams illustrate variable positioning of these surfaces to alter lift and drag, with the stated objective "to maintain the balance of airplanes. for example during lateral gusts or slips." Front page bears a Chicago patent office stamp dated July 27, 1910, indicating circulation and review within American patent or engineering contexts. This patent was produced during a period of intense international experimentation in powered flight, when inventors across France, Germany, and the United States pursued competing methods to improve control, safety, and maneuverability. Bollée's design reflects early recognition of the need for mechanical stabilization systems that could respond dynamically to environmental forces, anticipating later developments in controlled flight technologies. The presence of an American stamp demonstrates transatlantic interest in aeronautical innovation at a moment when aviation knowledge circulated rapidly through patent systems and technical publications. Light age toning with faint crease to upper corner; document remains clean and legible; overall near fine condition. This item provides direct evidence of early twentieth century engineering approaches to flight stability and the global exchange of aviation technology.
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc., South Orange, NJ, U.S.A.Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.
Contact seller2-star sellerArchive. 7 pieces. 1938 to 1939. A grouping of seven pieces concerning Frederic E. Humphreys, the first Army officer to fly solo. These pieces, arranged in chronological order, mention the thirtieth anniversary of Humphreys first flight.1) TLS. 1pp. 8 x 10. July 18, 1938. War Department. A typed letter signed J Totten on War Dep…artment letterhead concerning Special Recognition for Colonel F.E. Humphreys: Reference is made to your letter of November 12, 1937, recommending that some form of special recognition be awarded Colonel Frederic E. Humphreys, New York National Guard, for being the first officer of the United States Regular Army to fly a plane aloneit is proposed to make a suitable award to Colonel Humphreys. By order of the Secretary of War.2) TL. 1pp. 8 x 10. July 18, 1938. War Department. A typed letter that is an unsigned copy of #1.3) TDS. 1pp. 8 x 10. August 3, 1938. No place. A typed letter signed Ames T. Brown, indicating that he mailed a letter to Louis L. Pendleton concerning the 30th anniversary of the flight.4) TD. 1pp. 8 x 10. August 4, 1938. Camp Smith, Peekskill. A typed document, mentioning that it is to be addressed to Colonel Louis L. Pendleton.5) ALS. 1pp. 8 x 10. August 23 38. New York City. An autograph letter signed L.L. Pendleton Colonel addressed to Lieutenant Humphreys: Please not attached papers, which please return to me at your convenience. The Mills of the Gods grind slow it would seem but better late than never also applies. I hope I will be around next summer to see what they really do then!6) TLS. 1pp. 7 x 9. April 5, 1939. Aberdeen Proving Ground. A typed letter signed C.M. on Office of the Commanding Officer Aberdeen Proving Ground stationery. He wrote to Humphreys: It certainly was nice to get your pleasant letter of April 3rdmy memory is quite clear as to the time you and Lahm were trying out the first Wright airplane. I am glad you enjoyed the bulletin, or class letter, but I prepared it quite a while before it was issued and made some serious omissionsThere is a good article in the Sperryscope Vol 8, no 10, just out, by Lahm, which mentions the trying experience of your pamphlet. Call up the Sperryscope Co. and get a copy from Gillmor, who is an old friend of mine. Lahm received the first flying lesson, but Humphreys made the first solo flight, just before Lahm made his flight.7) Card. 1pp. No date. Governors Island, NY. A card imprinted Colonel Earl McFarland, and written on in pencil My best wishes and I hope to see you soon. Governors Island NY.
