Language: English
Published by Ace Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1971
Seller: The Aviator's Bookshelf, Bumpass, VA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. 312 pages. Previous owner's address sticker on ffep. Inked name and date inside front cover. Reading crease to spine.
Language: English
Published by Ace Books, 1971
Seller: Burnt Biscuit Books, NEWNAN, GA, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Good. Minor tanning. Book store stamp on fly page. Shelving code Pulp estate.
Published by Doubleday
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc.,, 1942
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: good. NOT an ex library book. Stapled book with orange and black cover. Name on cover. 1/2' split bottom of spine. 96 pages. Order form envelope still in binding. Part 2 only.
Published by Doubleday & Company
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc.,, 1942
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: very good. NOT an ex library book. Stapled book with green and black cover. Name on cover. 96 pages. Order form envelope still in binding. Part 3 only.
Language: English
Published by Stackpole Sons, 1940
Seller: Avol's Books LLC, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Presumed First Edition (no statement of later printings on copyright page). Beige cloth with brown lettering on spine. A few faint stains in lower right corner of back cover. Name & date inside front cover.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971
Seller: Books Galore, Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket is price clipped, but in good shape otherwise, with only minor wear around the edges. Pages clean and unmarked.
Language: English
Published by Bailey Brothers & Swinfen, 1974
ISBN 10: 056100207X ISBN 13: 9780561002071
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ has moderate edge wear with scuffing and smudging as well as tearing with light paperloss. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and bumping. Binding is sound. Endpages have moderate scuffing and smudging. Page edges have moderate age-toning with light scuffing and smudging. Interior pages are lightly smudged. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday, 1971
Seller: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1971 reissue. A fine copy in a fine DJ, protected by a removable mylar cover. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #B6.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.' Garden City, NY
Seller: Berry Hill Book Shop, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. (1971); Very Good/Near Fine dj, octavo, 359pp., gray cloth hardcover, excellent unclipped ($6.95) color pictorial dj, rear interior hinge paper just starting to crack but binding tight, text unmarked.
Language: English
Published by Bailey Bros.& Swinfen Ltd, United Kingdom, 1974
ISBN 10: 056100207X ISBN 13: 9780561002071
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback, octavo, a well preserved tightly bound copy with clean and unmarked contents and in a very good pictorial dust jacket that has faded only mildly to the spine. Illustrated, xviii + 359pp.
First Printing of this edition. First Printing of this edition. small octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 312pp. Ace Books, Edited by Stanley Ulanoff. Hartney, a Canadian born combat pilot, was the Commander of the 1st Pursuit Group, United States Air Service, in WWI. A pioneer in aviation this story is his collection of personal memories of his service with the Canadian, British and American armies during WWI, the difficulty of pursuit development in the Air Service, and some of the things he foresaw in a future war for America. based on his own experience and observations. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Illustrated. Very fine copy. We maintain a very large stock of WWI aviation titles including books, letters, documents, photographs, and artifacts. small octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers.
Published by Ace Books, New York, 1971
Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. Yellow soft cover, pictorial, price-sticker on front, text slightly darkened. WW I.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, 1940
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st edition. 123pp, quarto, blue cloth, tight binding, heavy wear to corners and spine ends, boards are soiled and worn but remain solid, heavy foxing and toning to endpapers & pastedowns, owner's name, small blue marks to side page edges, aesthetically rough, constitutionally sound.
Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Doubleday, 1971
Seller: Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
Published by Doubleday & Company, 1971
Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Later Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Doubleday & Company, 1971. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with spotting and toning on page ends. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
Published by NY Arno Press C1940., 1940
Seller: Ann Wendell, Bookseller, Oroville, CA, U.S.A.
vg+/no dj, prev owner name/date, o/w bright & tight book. size approx 6x9" with 333 pages, blue cover with gold airplane decorations. Illustrated by photographs. 1980 reprintst edition. Binding is blue hc.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc., 1942
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Two small octavo volumes in paper wraps, stapled. B&W illustrations. Each contains 3-position silhouettes, photographs and general specifications of the leading fighting planes of the U.S., Great Britain, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russian, & France. Condition: Part 1 is extremely worn with nicked edges and a tear halfway down the length of the spine; Part 2 is in near fine condition; overall, good condition for both.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc., New York, 1942
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A World War II guidebook issued by the National Aeronautics Council for individuals with an interest in identifying the "leading fighting planes of the United States, Great Britain, Norway, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, France." Each war plane description includes a photograph, three position silhouettes, and general specifications including armaments. About 5 3/4 x 9 inches, 96 pages in stapled binding. Pictorial, light-card wrappers with rounded outside corners and front cover graphics showing multiple planes caught in spotlight beams above a city. Orange and blue color scheme with orange and black lettering. Back cover contains extensive list of planes included in black lettering against orange background. In addition to individual plane descriptions, contents include an index, recognition characteristics such as spinners, cockpit canopies, wing types and location. Also a page with the insignia used on planes by various nations. An order-form return envelope is bound-in. Wrappers and text are complete, clean and unmarked. There is a tiny chip missing at bottom of spine and a small, dime-sized discolored area near lower corner of back cover. No other noticeable flaws or damage. This copy also contains a laid-in flyer describing the Aeronautics Council's "new home instruction course" which helps prepare you for 48 kinds of aviation jobs from pilot to airport engineering and design. A collectable copy of a small piece of WWII history.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc., Washington D. C., 1942
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and edge wear. There are ink markings to the front cover and a previous owner's inked name on the rear cover. There is tearing to the end of both top and bottom edges of the spine. There is a previous owner's name and address on the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc., Washington D. C., 1942
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good- condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and edge wear. There are ink markings to the front cover and a previous owner's inked name on the rear cover. There is a three inch tear to the bottom spine end of the book cover. There is a previous owner's name and address on the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright.
Published by Ace Books, New York, 1971
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. First-hand account of dogfight combat in WW1. Bright tight clean copy of PB 1st, scarce. 312 pp, tinted edges. Fine unmarked, no spine creases. MM paperback in color illus wraps.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday, 1971
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. (Air Combat Classic series) Edited by Stanley M. Ulanoff. Slightly smaller book, gray cloth, red and blue lettering with design very fine on spine, 359 lightly browned heavy pages plus a list of leading Enemy Aces in World War I and photographs. An account of the 1st Pursuit Group. DJ beneath mylar has color-illustration of an air battle between biplanes on front and spine, b/w photo of officer in uniform on back--Hartney. DJ has light wear to front bookfold edge, very slight wear to bottom front tip, very tiny tear and crease with slight wear along spine top edge, very tiny tear and light wear to spine bottom edge, white back edges very slightly browned. Good+ DJ/Near Very Fine book.
Published by National Aeronautics Council, Inc., 1942
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Stapled Orange Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Photographs/Position Silhouettes (illustrator). Original copy; Former owner's stamped names on page 1, usual age toning to the textblock, else clean and tight, staples are sound and secure. Small chip on the spine near the bottom staple, usual shelf wear/soiling. 96p. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback.
Language: English
Published by Bailey Bros.& Swinfen, Folkestone, UK, 1974
ISBN 10: 056100207X ISBN 13: 9780561002071
Seller: All Lost Books, Wollaston, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Includes 29*b/w photographs. xx, 360pp. DJ protected by removable clear plastic cover. Surface of the plastic cover rippled on the rear panel.
Language: English
Published by Bailey Bros.& Swinfen Ltd, 1974
ISBN 10: 056100207X ISBN 13: 9780561002071
Seller: Dandy Lion Editions, Beare Green, Dorking, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition 1974. Firmly bound and carefully read. Both book & unclipped jacket are in VG clean condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss.
Language: English
Published by National Aeronautics Council, New York, NY, 1942
Seller: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. National Aeronautics Council, New York. c1942. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition/Printing not stated. Priced 25˘. Books are tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front wrap verso. Book Conditions: Part 1 and 3 are Good with soiling and wear; Part 2 is Fair and is missing half of the rear wrap. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in saddle staples; text is secure in binding. 288 pp in total (96pp in each part) 8vo. Each issue contains 3-position silhouettes, general specifications, and photographs of the leading fighting planes- Part 1 has US, Great Britain, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, France/ Part 2 has US, Great Britain, Norway, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, and France/ Part 3 has US, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, and France. These books were produced for civilian use stateside for those who wanted to follow the aircraft in WWII, or need to know the different planes for Civil Defense. They were never taken into the Theaters of War. A clean presentable set of books.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.