Wiley Post Harold Gatty (27 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Remainder mark, light edge wear, clean copy.

Soft cover. Condition: G+. 1st Edition. This book is the first printing of this paperback. The book is tight with clean page and cover is lightly scuffed.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. First Thus. Glossy Softcover, 209 Pages Plus Logbook - 15 Pages, Illustrated With Black-And-White Photographs. As New Condition. "Back In Price At Last - - The Classic Account Of The 1931 Record-Breaking Eight Day Flight Around The World By Wally Post And Harold Getty, As Told In Their Own Words." Introduction By Will Rogers. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library marks, wear, chipped spine tips. The pages have some staining and creasing; a solid reading copy but only a reading copy. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Aviation; Inventory No: 221812.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Softcover. Stated first edition. 209 numbered pages. Fine condition. (F2).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Printing, Stated. ---Hardcover---Tan cloth with dark brown lettering on cover and spine. Book is 9" tall, 304 pages plus pages of reproduction of the "log book"- - FAIR CONDITION,worn covers and spine, but best is that the text is tight and clean, solidly bound book- -no dust jacket. Exlibrary book with white painted # on spine and "withdrawn" stamp on flyleaf and with library stamp on blank page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. reprint. Circa 1932 edition. Includes all plates. Aviation. Includes log-book facsimilie. Book is lightly foxed.

Soft Covers. Condition: VG. None. Reprint. None. Reprint. 23cm By 15.5cm. In 1930 the authors set out to create a record flight around the globe, an objective they achieved in eight days, compared to the 21 days the giant German airship Graf Zeppelin had taken for a similar feat a little earlier.They believed, however, the future for international air travel lay with the aeroplane, not the airship, and it was this they set out to prove in Post's Lockheed Vega, single engine monoplane. Their planning, preparation, back up and equipment was limited, but skill and determination prevailed. First published in 1931 their book, recording the flight in their own words, was long out of print before republished in this Orion edition. 224 pages, including 14 unpaginated pages of facsimile reproduction of the flight log kept by Gatty. 14 b/w photos, map. Card covers VG with slightly curled corners, creased top corner at back with tiny adhesion damage on crease top edge, minor edgewear top front. Red marker pan stripe top left page edges adjacent spine. Small stain title page, text block otherwise excellent. Photos, Map, Documents (illustrator).…

SOFTCOVER. 1989. A trade paperback copy in very good condition with only minor bumping of the corners of the wraps, very light spotting on the edges and a remainder line on the top edge. The contents are fine and unmarked.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (aeronautics, voyages around the world) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The epic journey in the Winnie Mae. pp209, log book extracts, illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. (Ref. S3) Green cloth boards with black lettering. Spine-faded and around edges. Signs of wear to extremities, head and heel of spine creased. No DJ. Small crack to inside hinge. Prelims tanned with faint signs of foxing. Owner's small signature to 2nd endpaper. Infrequent spotting to some page edges otherwise good.…

Condition: very good. no dustjacket. 8vo pp.209. book.

Hardback. No Jacket. This is a thrilling account of Post and Gattys eight day aeroplane trip around the world It is bound in lovely deep blue cloth with bright yellow lettering on the spine It is richly illustrated with seventeen pages of black and white photographs which document the different stages of their journey Additionally towards the end of the book are reproduced exact facsimiles of the pages of the Log Book kept by Harold Gatty during the flight Overall this book is in good condition with clean and undamaged pages all throughout There is some slight spotting to the edgeblock The blue cover remains bright in colour unfaded Around the World in Eight Days form a part of the extensive aviation collection that St Marys Books has recently acquired pp 304nbsp. book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Reprint edition. Illustrated. The spine ends have light wear. Previous owner's name is whited out on the front free endpaper. Otherwise unmarked and in a square, tight binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The account of the famous flight. nd; c1932. pp222, illus. Solid binding. DW worn, chipped, now in archival sleeve. Log book facsimile present in other eds not present in this ed.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Riveting account of the famous flight. nd; c1932. pp222, illus. Solid binding. Does not contain the log-book facsimile.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The account of the famous flight. nd; owners mark and date of 1936. pp301, illus, plus pp16 logbook facsimile. Very solid binding; remains of a sticker on front cover; was it from Boot's library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in blue cloth with yellow title on the spine. Yellow top edge and deckled fore and bottom edges. Around the World in Eight Days: The Flight of the Winnie Mae is the premier first-hand historical account of the record-shattering 1931 circumnavigation of the globe written by American aviator Wiley Post and Australian navigator Harold Gatty. Published immediately following their return in late 1931, the book includes a celebratory introduction by famed humorist Will Rogers and features a detailed reproduction of Gatty?s original flight log. Blue, grey and black dustjacket.CONDITION: Mild shelf wear. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are square and sound. Dustjacket has mild rubbing and moderate edge wear. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Introduction by Major Oliver Stewart. London: John Hamilton, 1932. 317 pp. + plates. Illustrated. Publishers green cloth, faded spine. 22 x 17 cm.*The last 16 pages contains the Logbook by Post and Gatty in facsimile.[#\5534].

8vo. 304 pp., plus 16 pp. of facsimile reproduction of the original log book. Frontisp. photo, numerous photo illust., maps on endpapers. Blue cloth, yellow lettering, fore-edges uncut (minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art of the Winnie Mae, a modified Lockheed 5C Vega hurtling across the globe (chipping & minor tears to upper fore-edge, minor chipping head of spine, couple closed tears), still VG/G- copy. Garden City reprint of this work detailing the world record flight around the world by Post and navigator Garry in eight days. Tragically the introduction was written by Will Rogers, with whom Wiley Post was killed in August, 1935 in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Printing; Very nice and attractive book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Later Printing. Signed by author Harold Gatty (one of the greatest aerial navigators of his era) on title page in his beautiful and distinctive hand. A good copy in original brown cloth (minor wear; scattered light spotting to edges; some evidence of dampstains to cloth on rear cover).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Octavo, with illustrations; original cloth in dustjacket. Very slight foxing to edges, a fine copy. We will advise postage costs and delivery times, which will vary from those quoted by Abe.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Photographs; 8.5 X 11; 304, [16] pages; Wiley Post and Harold Gatty. Around the World in 8 Days. The Flight of the Winnie Mae. New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1931. First edition, first printing stated. Signed by Harold Gatty in bold black pen on half-title. Obedie the notation that, "Wiley Post and Will Rogers killed in airplane crash August 16th 1935 at Point Barrow Alaska. Cctavo. 304 pages. Photographic frontispiece of Winnie Mae and crew, plus fifteen photographs. Facsimile reprint of Harold Gatty's log book of the flight of the Winnie Mae, fifteen pages, in the rear. Publisher's light green cloth with dark green titles. Map endpapers; Signed by Author.…

Original-Leinenband. Condition: Sehr gut. Dust Jacket Condition: etwas beschädigt. gr8 Original-Leinenband en 304 pp. Schutzumschlag: etwas beschädigt.

First Edition. POST, Wiley, and GATTY, Harold. Around the World in Eight Days: The Flight of the Winnie Mae. New York: Rand McNally, (1931). Octavo, original tan cloth, original dust jacket. $2800.First edition, signed by both Post and Gatty on the half title, in scarce original dust jacket.This tale of their historic flight around the world in eight days and 16 hours is illustrated with numerous black and white photographic plates, diagrams, and a facsimile of the log-book kept by Harold Gatty. With an introduction by Will Rogers who, four years later, died in a plane crash with Post at Point Barrow, Alaska. Cloth with mild stain at head of spine, original dust jacket with a bit of toning, a few shallow chips along top edge. Signed.…