Scheppler Robert (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good -. A very nice signed copy wiith firm hinges, o owner marks in text,a nd no wear to the cover. Jacket has a two inch open tear at lower spine plus several small closed tears. Signed & inscribed by the author on title page. Author's address label on front endpaper. technical. Signed & Inscrbed By the Autho.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover has light wear. Pages are clean/intact.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The true story of the first Pacific air race--August 16, 1927. Of eight entrants, only two finished, three were lost at sea, two crashed on takeoff, and one caught fire and returned to Oakland after the start. Light shelf wear to dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. LOOKS LIKE NEW. VERY WELL ILLUSTRATED. k73.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition 1988. Hardcover with DJ. Condition as new, square tight and crisp book, no markings of any kind, no names no underlinings no highlights no bent pages, Not a reminder. DJ fine with one very small closed tear, Not clipped 8vo, 148 pages, illustrated with historic photographs. Story of the first Pacific Air Race- August 16, 1927.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Hardcover with dustjacket. SIGNED & inscribed by author on title page. Slight spine lean. Boards lightly rubbed. Faint sticker scar on front fly leaf. Foxing to end papers. Edgewear with light creases and short tears to DJ. Spine head has been repaired with tape on the inner DJ. Light rubbing to DJ panels. ; B&W Photographs; 22D; 9.10 X 6.20 X 0.80 inches; 208 pages; Signed by Author.

vii, 148p., b/w illus., dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover in jacket. Inscribed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed. dedicated and signed by the author on the cover. shows minor wear.

Ephemera. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, age-darkened. Typescript font. Wraps are age-darkened with handling wear. ; Contents: Borden, "The Remarkable John B. Moisant." Mackey, "The Control of Airship Planes." Scheppler, "The Boeing 'Stratoliners.'" Sloan, "The 25th Aero Squadron, Part 3." Hardesty, "S.E.5a Tested in the U.S." Salo, "Postwar S.E.5s." Molson, "Canadians at the Wright School." Morehouse, "The Flying Pioneers." Larkins & Andrews, "Some Rare Navy/USMC Types." McLean, "Mustangs in the N.A.R." Dunavent, "Line, Shade, and Shadow." Features. ; 11.0" tall; 75 pages.

Hardcover. Presumed first edition/first printing. vii, [1], 148 p. Illustrations. Aircraft Specifications. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index. In 1927 James D. Dole offered $25, 000 to the first flier to cross from North America to Honolulu. Only two of the seven planes that started made it. From the dust jacket: "From a prospective field of thirty pilots, fifteen entered the race, but only nine were ready for take-off on August 16, 1927. Three planes had crashed en route to Oakland; three participants were dead. Others withdrew, were disqualified, or never showed up. To the cheers of 75, 000 people, eight planes managed to take off into the fog over San Francisco. Tragically, seven more died during the course of the race. Only two planes finished the trip: the Woolaroc reached Wheeler Field in a little over 26 hours and the Aloha arrived a couple of hours later. Fifty thousand people were there to greet them, ." Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ is in a plastic sleeve and has slight wear and soiling.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Spine ends lightly bumped, else fine in fine dustwrapper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The true story of the first Pacific air race, August 16, 1927.

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Related material laid in. Fine copy in near fine (light edge wear, bottom edge) dust jacket (in mylar).

Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Features: Checkertails - History of the 325th Fighter Group Part I - August 1942-May 1944; The Martin Clippers; China and Hawaii Clippers; Philippine Clipper; Beachey's Little Looper; Curtiss Reims Racer - On August 28th, 1909, at Reims, France, Glenn Curtiss won the first aeroplane race held in the world; First Aero Squadron in Mexico; Winging to San Antonio - Bill Taylor and Jim Barton ferry a de Havilland DH-4 from California to Texas; The Many Faces of 22-1117; Navy and Marine DH-4 Aircraft; DH-4 And the Air Mail; First New Zealand Flight - Richard Pearse; Waldo Dean Waterman; Days of the Waco Ten; Old Sabres Never Die; Bibliography Section; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-226. Cover features photo of a Republic P-47D-10-RE of the 325th Fighter Group. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society, A.A.H.S., Fall 1965, Volume 10 Number 3, Robert Baseler, Herschel H. Green, Lincoln Beachey, Checkertails, 325th Fighter Group, Martin Clipper, China Clipper, Hawaii Clipper, Philippine Clipper, Beachey.