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[004620] . GROUND OBSERVERS' GUIDE / AF MANUAL 50 - 12 . ill. Photographs. Washington: Department of Air Force, 1951. Size:11" x 8 ". Stiff Covers. Air Force. Good Published for the information and guidance of the civilian Ground Observers in the Air Defense System with illustrations of U.S. aircraft and aircraft from England, France, Italy, and Russian. Oblong in size. Mildly soiled covers. Overall Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $15.00

[004364] . KIWANIS MAGAZINE, The Confederate Air Force. September 1974. ill. Photographs & Drawings. 1974. Size: Approx. 7 3/4" x 11". Very Good+ / In Plastic Covers. Cover illustration of The Confederate Air Force. "The famous P-40 fighter flown by the Flying Tigers in China is still flying today, snaring across the skies of Texas with other World War II Combat planes in the Confederate Air Force's "flying museum"." Article: THE CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE'S FLYING MUSEUM about Colonel Davis F. Strickland. Gift inscription on front cover from Strickland. Magazine in protective plastic covering. Red ribbon taped at top of article. Magazine is Very Good + or better. $15.00

[003997] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1885-1887. ill. Plates, Tables,Figures (line drawings) Maps. Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Fair Interior Very Good Vol.IV Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: W. LE CONTE STEVENS - "Aerial Navigation" with 4 illustrations; and MARY WHITNEY - "New Stars in Andromeda and Orion" with an illustration. 3 articles by William G. Stevenson, President of The Institute: "Interpretations of Nature", "Genius and Mental Disease" and "Earthquakes". Other articles by Rev. Henry L. Ziegenfuss, Capt. Henry C. Taylor, Isabel Mulford, Charles L. Bristol, Edward Riggs,William B. Dwight, and Charles B. Warring. 282 pp. Front paper cover missing bottom corner and two small pieces at side edge. Water mark at front top corner and down side edge. Shows on top corner of title page and no further. Spine paper cracking. Strip at base missing. Back cover missing. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[000994] . FORTUNE MAGAZINE, October 1947. New Jersey: Time, Inc, 1947. Size:10 1/2" x 13". Wraps. Fortune Magazine. Very Good Volume XXXVI, Number 4. Contents: THE FARMER GOES TO TOWN...with a lot of money, and brings home many urban amenities.; GENERAL CABLE, Recharged with novel ideas, this biggest of wiremakers cuts prices, raises wages, and holds profits.; TURKEY: AID FOR WHAT? by Max Weston Thornburg, Business criteria for helping a nation help itself. MR. O'HARA'S NICKEL DRINK, After sixty-three snug years in the South, Dr. Pepper wants national distribution-cheap.; NORTHROP WING, Long an aerodynamic ideal, the airplane without fuselage or tail is a giant jet-propelled reality.; HONG KONG, Britain's commercial crown jewel shines brighter than it did before the Japanese seized it. A report and a portfolio of pictures.; WORLD SHORTAGE OF PULP, One of civilization's basic fibers will be scarce and high until Europe recovers.; LOCK, STOCK & BARREL, A portfolio of fine modern shooting irons, with some notes on an ancient sport.; THE RIGHT TO MOVE, by Herrymon Maurer. Migration, once free, has been planned to a standstill., Cover art by Edmund D. Lewandowski. No tears. Spine faded and rubbed otherwise Very Good+. Interior is also Very Good. +. 208 pp. $35.00

[002245] Bishop,William A. The Flying Squad . 1927. Aviation. Very Good $13.50

[004619] Dmitri, Ivan. FLIGHT TO EVERYWHERE. ill. Photographs. New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill, 1944. First Edition, Second Printing. Size: Approx. 8 1/2 " x 11". Aviation. Very Good / Good-. Story of the Air Transport Command, taken in magnificent photographs-over 480 of them, with 180 in color. Ivan Dmitri, ace photographer for the Saturday Evening Post, spent months flying 32,000 miles of The Air Transport Command routes with his cameras and equipment. 240 pp. Book covers mildly soiled, mainly around edges. Spine ends bumped.Overall VG to VG-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. DJ's verso with scotch taped repairs. Shows through a bit at spine ends. Tears/creases around edges. Back cover with 2"x1" tear and missing small piece. DJ is worn but intact. Overall Good-. $18.00

[001592] Pendray, G. Edward. THE GUGGENHEIM MEDALISTS. ARCHITECTS OF THE AGE OF FLIGHT.. 1964. Soft Cover. Good+ ex-lib paper label to spine-only lib. marking. some fading to cover. $6.00

[003534] Sainsbury, Noel. Billy Smith Secret Service Ace; or, Airplane Adventures in Arabia . New York: Cupples & Leon, 1932. Red Cloth. Aviation. Very Good- spine faded. several small areas rubbed to back cover, otherwise exterior is VG. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $13.50

[001349] Schneider, Hans J.. FLYING TO BE FREE. 1978. Paperback. Very Good $4.00

[004363] Skilling, William T. And Robert S. Richardson. The Practical Essentials of Pre-Training Navigation . ill. Tables, Maps, Figures. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1942. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Stiff Covers. Navigation. Good Celestial Navigation. Meteorology. Map Projection. 113 pp. including Glossary and Index. 19 illustrations. Stain?/soiling to front cover, otherwise covers are Very Good. On title page, San Diego address written next to William T. Skilling name. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. $15.00

[002290] Weems, P.V.H.. AIR NAVIGATION. ill. Fold-out Maps. 1938. Second Edition. Good Ninth impression. Mild moisture (?) stain on top edge, thin line on some pages along border, not in text. Otherwise interior is clean, tight & VG. $8.50