Simonds William Black Fred (7 results)

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1930 Doubleday Doran first edition. The authors were journalists who specialized in books on American business. This book is "novelized" non-fiction, an account of a young man's association with all aspects of the aviation industry and flying. Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. It shows light wear from age and storage. Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows some shelf wear. It is protected in a new mylar cover. Price discounted for inventory reduction.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. (8), 279 pp with lists of b&w illustrations, fictional supplements and line cuts; index. First Editioln, 1930. A fictionalized history of aviation as seen through the eyes of young Pat Callahan. Minor edge wear top and bottom spine edge and fore-edge tips with lightly age-toned text block edges. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth with yellow plane and lettering to front board, and yellow lettering to spine. Size: 8vo. Book.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good (-). No Jacket. First Edition (stated). 279 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, f.e. deckled, photo frontis; a.e. well tanned/spattered, decorative bookplate + gift inscription dated year of publication inked ffep. Cover: blue, yellow airplane front, yellow titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, extrems worn, spine/edges sunned, a dozen or so sm dk stains front. Aviation explained via the fictional exploits of young Pat Callahan.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the front endpaper, along with a longish inscription. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends, spine joints, edges and corners have some bumping, rubbing , small nicks and wear. The spine of the book has some darkening / toning . There are a couple of spots of discoloration to the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. " Since my election to the presidency of the Early Birds in December, 1934, I have given a great deal of thought to the accomplishment of some worthwhile undertaking during my tenure of office. Upon various occasions it had come to my attention that our organization had long sought a suitable place to safely preserve for posterity the records, photographs, biographies, antiques and other matters of historical interest of the Early Birds. The first person of whom I thought in this regard was Mr. Edsel Ford, who at the time was attending the California-Pacific International Exposition at San Diego. Notwithstanding this I called Mr. Ford by long distance and outlined to him at length our desire. He expressed interest in our proposed undertaking and requested that I contact him upon his return to Detroit. This, of course, I did, and found him interested in the idea in connection with the Edison Institute Museum at Dearborn, Michigan." (from Wikipedia).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition Stated. Blue cloth stamped in yellow. Signed, inscribed by the co-author, Fred L. Black in 1935. He has inscribed this to a Ned Guyman who may be the author and book collector of detective fiction. Guyman lived in my area of the country. The upper corners are bumped, a little sunning to the lower spine area. The dust jacket has chips and small tears, light soiling. Original price of $2.00 for the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages; Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor to Fair. First Edition. 279 pages. Edges rubbed. Pages slightly discolored. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed with backstrip area discolored. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.