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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 253 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy; Ltd. ed. #29/200; signed by Ryan and Wagner; larger-format. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. First Edition. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. (xii); 253pp. McGraw-Hill Book Company, An interesting biography of Ryan's connection to many of the most dramatic episodes in aviation history: training World War II flyers in civilian flying schools; the building of the Spirit of St. Louis for Lindbergh; the design, development, and assembling of aircraft which greatly contributed to the allied air victory; and his contributions to civil aviation in the post-Lindbergh and post-War era. Name Index, Index of Ryan Planes, and Index of Other Aircraft and Spacecraft. Extensively illustrated with photographs, drawings, and facsimiles. Near fine copy, jacket not price clipped. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xi,253 Pp. Red Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Near Fine. With Inserted Signature Page, Inscribed By Robert C. Jackson, Signed By Wagner And T. Claude Ryan. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Inscribed by subject of book opposite Title page in blue pen,"To my good friend Bob Hoover a wonderful pilot. Claude Ryan" One of a number of signed books from the collection of Robert (Bob) Anderson Hoover who was an American fighter and test pilot, record setting air show aviator and flew Spitfires during World War II and was shot down in 1944 off the coast of France. Complete number line. 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 Book; binding tight, straight boards have fading to top and bottom edges with mild chipping to bottom front edge; mild soiling to top and fore edges with minor bump to top corner and small paper loss to first two pages else text free of marks, appears gently read. Dust jacket ($18.50) has moderate chipping and paper loss to spine ends and cover edges with several short to medium and one 4" closed tear to edges with four having clear tape. Under archival quality mylar cover. Numerous photographs. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Clean red cloth on boards with white titles. Edges: mild foxing. B/w illustrated Eps. Title page: owners name/address stamp, as well as to refp. Clean contents. Comprehensive b/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 253p Dj: light dusting of smudges, rubbing and scratches Spine: thin creasing to head. Couple of chips to head of rear edge. Price-cut to head of front flap.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. private library liquidat10n very good SIGND BOTH SIGS.

1st edition dust jacket Very Good quarto xi + 263pp., b/w plates, text ills., indexes, Claude Ryan's company constructed Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" plane, & built training planes that were dominant during WWII in flying instruction, and some of the first airliners.