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

47, (5)pp., 211 plates (22 color). Lrg. 4to. Cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. as pictured First edition Very good condition hard cover good dust jacket , worn tips , edgewear . tiny tears at corners gently read clean pages.

First enlarged edition, early printing of the autobiography of the Russian-American aviation pioneer and designer of the first viable American helicopter. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs. In fine condition. Russianâ"American aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky's first success came with the S-2, the second aircraft of his design and construction. His fifth airplane, the S-5, won him national recognition as well as F.A.I. license number 64. In 1939, Sikorsky designed and flew the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, the first viable American helicopter, which pioneered the rotor configuration used by most helicopters today. He was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame in 1966.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and smudging as well as bumping. Binding is sound. End pages have light age-toning and smudging with foxing. Page edges have age-toning with scuffing and smudging. Interior pages are age-toned and foxed. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. This copy is the First Edition of the published work. This copy is the Tenth Printing of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

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

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First edition. In mint condition, dust jacket flawed 47 pages, 189 monochrome illustrations, 22 full colour plates Original-cloth, gilt on spine, with Orig.-dust-jacket, 4°.

Sm.folio. 48 p.; ca. 240 pls. Cl. (On palaeolithic, neolithic, chalcolithic, bronze age, Hallstatt, Roman finds in 'Czechoslovakia') 0 gr.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Inscribed by Sikorsky on FFEP, the book has shelf wear to the edges and corners. Very slight spotting to lower right front cover and top of spine (both about 1/2"or less). Internally, Gen. W. B. Bunker's bookplate is pasted down to the front end paper. Internally nice and clean, slight toning to rear end papers. Dust jacket is in one piece, though barely. Larger chips to the top and bottom of spine as well as much smaller to the rear of the dust jacket. Jacket is split about halfway up from the bottom on the front hinge. Inscription by Sikorsky "To General "Bill" Butler with kindest personal regards", dated Nov. 11, 1958 (Veterans Day). Also laid in is a letter from E. E. Gustafson, on Sikorsky Aircraft letterhead, mentioning to Gen. Butler that "as you know, he is very fond of you." General William Beehler Butler was a key figure in the adoption of helicopters in the US Army. Photos available upon request. All of our items are individually inspected and described. Never ex-library unless specifically described as such. Signed by Author(s).

Folio, navy blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 79 pp ads. + vi + 132 pp + 65 pp + 316 pp + 107 pp + 6 pp + [ii] pp, ribboned bookmarks. Near Fine, with former-owner bookplate; in a Near Fine dust jacket with light foxing (age darkened spotting). Aviation, Aeroplane, Airplane, Aircraft, Aeronautics, World War II, Air planes. axsli.

Folio, navy blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, [77] pp + v pp + 105 pp + 58 pp + 295 pp + 103 pp + 5 pp, ribboned bookmarks. Near Fine, with former-owner bookplate; in a Very Good dust jacket with edgewear that includes light chipping. Aviation, Aeroplane, Airplane, Aircraft, Aeronautics, World War II, Air planes. axsli.

Condition: Good. INSCRIBED! New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1958. Enlarged edition. 10th printing. Blue cloth with dark blue lettering in pictorial dust jacket. 280pp. Illustrations. Inscribed by author on front endpage: "To Colonel R. R. Posey / With kindest personal regards." Good book. Fair dust jacket. Dust jacket is edgeworn with chipping and small tears. A 4 x .25 inch section of the top edge of the front jacket panel has been cut off. The rear panel is slightly dampstained and partially adhered to the rear board. Corners bumped. Page edges are toned. Some foxing on endpapers. (Helicopters, Autobiography) Inquire if you need further information.

'Legatura editoriale. Dedica autografa dell''autore in antiporta.Illustrato dalle foto dell''archivio personale dell''autore. Fisiologici segni del tempo. Volume di difficile reperibilità'.

Decorated hard cover. First edition, tenth printing. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Inscribed by the author "To Theodor P. Lechner?, Jr. With kindest personal regards of I. Sikorsky April 2 1964". Fine copy in edge chipped, lightly faded dust jacket (in mylar). 280 pps.