New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907. Cloth. Octavo. [6], xli, [1], 259, [1] pp., frontis, plates, illus. First edition. In publisher's decorative cloth with pictorial pastedown on the front board; all plates present as called for. Binding a trifle soiled, particularly on the rear board; spine dulled with some.....
[New York]: Aeronautics Press, 1910. Original Wrappers. Octavo. [2], 145-188, [2] pp., illus, adverts. As issued, stapled in pictorial wrappers. Interleaved throughout with advertisements that are outside the pagination. Light wear to the covers, but generally a solid copy of this periodical.
Minneaplis, MN: William Hood Dunwoody Industrial Institute, 1918. Original Wrappers. Octavo. [2], 7, [1] pp., folding plates. As issued, stapled into printed wrappers, with 3 scale diagrams of a biplane: front, top, and side view. Light wear to the extremities; contents clean with a couple of closed tears; generally, a......
New York: Society of Automobile Engineers, 1916. Original Wrappers. Octavo. [461]-588, 48 (adverts) pp., illus. First edition. As issued, in printed wrappers. Light to moderate wear to the spine; rear wrapper is nearly detached; binding is solid; contents clean. While principally, an automobile periodical, this issue contains a substantive, 20-page.....
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New York: Robert M. McBride, 1917. Cloth. 12mo. 102 pp., illus. First edition, third impression. In publisher's cloth. Binding a bit rubbed and soiled; spine dulled; foxing to the textblock edges occasionally showing up on the pages; contents are evenly and lightly toned. Uncommon.
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Equipment Division, Signal Corps, c. 1918. Cloth. Octavo. 123, [5] pp., illus. As issued, backed in linen with flexible, heavy card stock covers. Light to moderate wear to the covers and spine, but generally a nice copy with a slightly shaken textblock; clean throughout. The copies of this were stamp-numbered.....
Dayton, OH: Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company, 1919. Boards. Quarto. 43, [3] pp., illus. As issued, in cloth-backed boards. Moderate rubbing to the edges; evidence of moisture exposure with minor rippling to the pages; more significantly, the coated paper pages have stuck to one another in a couple of instances and.....
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1928. Original Wrappers. Octavo. 56 pp., plates, Stapled in printed wrappers; 16 plates on 5 leaves. Light toning, but generally, a very nice copy without appreciable wear; contents clean. An uncommon pamphlet related to the Wright-Langley controversy, in which Samuel Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian had.....
Burlington, VT: Lane Press, Inc., 1940. Original Wrappers. Octavo. vi, 78, [2] pp. First edition. In printed wrappers. Wrappers are detached at the spine but present; minor dampstaining to the top corner of the textblock that extends only a 1/8" to 1/4" onto the leaves of the first half of.....
New York: Brentano's, 1918. Cloth. 12mo. 118 pp., frontis. First American edition. In publisher's cloth. Light rubbing to the edges; previous owner has clipped the front free endpaper; contemporary owner name on the front pastedown otherwise internally clean. Revised and enlarged English edition of "Exposé Élémentaire des Connaissances Générales Utiles.....
Chicago: American School of Correspondence, 1912. Cloth. Octavo. vii, [1], 142 pp., frontis, plates, illus. As issued, in decorated cloth. Only light edgewear; spine a trifle sunned; scant and scattered foxing and age-toning, but generally, a very clean copy of this early aviation handbook.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1916. Wrappers. Octavo. iii, [1], 92 pp., plates, illus. First edition. As issued, in printed wrappers; all five plates called for are present. The wrappers are quite worn including a crease to the bottom corner of the front wrapper that is threatening to separate; the spine is.....
New York: Gardner-Moffat Company, 1918. Cloth. Quarto. 135, [1] pp., illus. First edition. In original cloth. Light rubbing to the edges; front hinge a bit loose; otherwise, a fairly nice copy of a book that is not entirely common. Based on a series of articles in Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering.....
Nancy, France: Printed by Berger-Levrault, [1919]. Cloth. Quarto. [168] pp., illus. First edition. In publisher's cloth. Backstrip is starting to separate from the volume (binding remains solid); dampstaining to the rear board; contents with even, persistent toning, but a solid, clean copy. Profusely illustrated unit history with photographs, comics, music.....
Boston: G. C. Loening | printed by W. S. Best Printing Company, 1916. Cloth. Octavo. 182 pp., illus. Second edition. As issued, in full cloth. Ex-university library copy with customary marking inside and out; hinges have been taped; aside from the library treatments, the binding shows only minor edgewear; contents.....
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New York: Munn & Company, 1911. Cloth. Octavo. xiv, [2], 331, [3 (adverts)] pp., illus. First edition. As issued, in publisher's cloth with pictorial paper pastedown on the front board. Binding is worn and soiled including early pencil scrawl (which can be found on at least one leaf in the.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company | Riverside Press, 1919, 1920. Cloth. Octavo. xvii, [1], 472; x, [2], 480 pp., illus. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. As issued, in cloth. Both volumes with fairly moderate edgewear; silver spine titling of Volume I is rubbed and only partially visible; bindings with some.....
New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1909. Half Leather. Octavo. xi, [1], 1255, [1] pp., frontis, plates, illus. First edition. Bound in morocco-backed boards with corners. Light rubbing to the binding; contents clean and binding is solid. An interesting collection of papers, but undoubtedly the contribution of principal interest.....
[New York]: Naval Consulting Board, 1918. Original Wrappers. Octavo. 32 pp. As issued, in self-wrappers. Irregular toning to the covers; staples are removed with only rust stains remaining; spine reinforced with clear tape; some tape repairs to the rear wrapper otherwise a fairly nice copy of the early bulletin with.....
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918. Cloth. Octavo. 47, [1] pp., plates, illus. As issued, in cloth over flexible covers; sixteen leaves of plates along with 10 large folding plates at the rear. Worn and soiled binding; evidence of moisture exposure that is minor except to the last few plates; each.....
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919. Cloth. Octavo. 90 pp., plates, illus. As issued, in cloth over flexible covers. Light soiling to the covers, but generally, quite a nice copy with minimal foxing; contents clean. Two folding plates at the rear. Uncommon in commerce and institutionally. Only ten libraries report ownership.....
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1919. Original Wrappers. Octavo. 64 pp., plates, illus. First edition. As issued, in printed wrappers. Wrappers are soiled and a bit worn with minor silverfishing to the top corner margin of the last several leaves; contents are a trifle toned throughout, but generally clean. 6.....
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[Houston?]: [United States Army Air Service?], 1918. Cloth. Quarto. 319, [1] pp., illus. First edition. As issued, in imitation leather over flexible covers. Rubbing to the extremities, but largely a solid and attractive copy; there is residue of a bookplate on the front pastedown, else clean. While there is no.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1920. Pictorial Boards. Octavo. [16], 112, [1] pp., frontis. First edition. As issued, in pictorial boards with dust jacket. Binding is a bit worn at the edges; endpapers show some browning; previous owner name; contents generally clean but for occasional finger-soiling in the margins; a......
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1919. Cloth. Octavo. xxx, 384 pp., frontis, plates. First edition. As issued, in publisher's boards, backed in cloth. The spine gilt is dulled; rubbing to the top edge of the front board; light and scattered foxing, else clean. An uncommon book in commerce, this.....