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Biblio booksellers have collected a large number of rare and antique aviation books, and they are available below in the Biblio Rare Book Room. Included in the collection are both large multi-volume sets and smaller books complete with original photographs and other ephemera. Many of the books have illustrations and ornate bindings, and any of these books could add value to your private rare and antique book collection. If you love the history of flight and flying, you should definitely peruse the featured rare and antique aviation books in the Biblio Rare Book Room.

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Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation

Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation

by Taylor, Michael J.H. (editor)

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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$105.00
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New York: Portland House [0-517-69186-8] [1989], later printing. (4to) 948pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Black and white and color photographs, index. "Over 200 illustrations recording the history of flight". (Military, Aircraft, Aviation, Encyclopedia).
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Pilot Training Manual for the Liberator B-24 Bomber Aircraft
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Pilot Training Manual for the Liberator B-24 Bomber Aircraft

  • Used
Condition
Used
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San Anselmo, California
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$850.00
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Published for Headquarters, Army Air Force- Office of Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training. October 1944. Bound in colour imprinted, pin perforated wrappers. 4to. Classified "Restricted" and marked as such on each page. Profusely illustrated throughout by colour and monochrome photographs, drawings, schematics, diagrams, foldout charts, etc. Exhaustive in both scope and illustration, this manual details every system comprising the B-24 including: Fuselage, engines, electrical systems, armaments, empennage, etc. An impressive piece of military history. Edges of covers chipped. Covers lightly soiled. Repaired Spine strip heavily chipped with several tiny portions lacking (not impacting tightness of binding). Several small numbers in red pencil to front cover. A Very Good, tight, well preserved copy.
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$850.00
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The All-American Boys: An Insider's Candid Look at the Space Program and the Myth of the Super Hero.

The All-American Boys: An Insider's Candid Look at the Space Program and the Myth of the Super Hero.

by [Signed Astronaut Memoir] Cunningham, Walter.

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used
Edition
First Printing of the First US Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Langley, Washington
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$225.00
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New York:: Macmillan,, 1977.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Very Good copy with a small scuff to the front board with the boards bound upside down in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with one short tape-repaired edge tear. Cunningham was a member of the Apollo 7 crew that mapped future landing sites for the first moon landing in 1969. On October 11, 1968, he occupied the lunar module pilot seat for the eleven-day flight of Apollo 7 - the first manned flight test of the third generation United States spacecraft. With Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Donn F. Eisele, Cunningham participated in and executed maneuvers enabling the crew to perform exercises in transposition and docking and lunar orbit rendezvous with the S-IVB stage of their Saturn IB launch vehicle; completed eight successful test and maneuvering ignitions of the service module propulsion engine; measured the accuracy of performance of all spacecraft systems; and provided the first effective television transmission of onboard… Read More
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$225.00
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Men from Earth: An Apollo Astronaut's Exciting Account of America's Space Program.
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Men from Earth: An Apollo Astronaut's Exciting Account of America's Space Program.

by [Astronaut Memoir] Aldrin, Buzz, Jr.; McConnell, Malcolm.

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used
Edition
First Printing of the First US Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Langley, Washington
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$450.00
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New York:: Bantam Books,, 1989.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight, copy in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed & inscribed by Aldrin on the half title page. Aldrin was the second man to walk on the Moon and in this memoir he tells the story of America's race with the Russians to the moon as seen from inside NASA.
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$450.00
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For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut.

For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut.

by [Astronaut Memoir Signed] Carpenter, Scott; Stoever, Kris.

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  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used
Edition
First Printing of the First Edition
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Langley, Washington
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$250.00
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San Diego:: Harcourt Brace,, 2002.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. Signed by Astronaut Carpenter. Scott Carpenter was one of seven Project Mercury astronauts who took part in America's burgeoning space program in the 1960s. He writes candidly of the pioneering science, training, and biomedicine of early space flight and tells the heart-stopping tale of his famous spaceflight aboard Aurora 7. He shares stories from the earliest days of NASA and, for the first time ever, Carpenter's own account of his controversial flight and splashdown.
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$250.00
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Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars
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Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars

by Brooks, Walter R.

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good-
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon
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$100.00
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Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars, Alfred A. Knopf 1st Ed. 1955. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Used. VG/ No DJ. Rose red boards. Spine lightly sunned. A nice copy of a scarce item.
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$100.00
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International Aviation Meet. Grant Park Chicago. Panoramic Post Card.
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International Aviation Meet. Grant Park Chicago. Panoramic Post Card.

by (Aviation) Max Rigo Selling Company

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Condition
Used
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Moray, United Kingdom
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Chicago, IL: Max Rigo, 1911. Folding panoramic postcard (290 x 195 mm). Professionally mounted, gazed, and framed using archival materials. Composite photographic image depicting the Chicago lakefront and early planes. The sender's and receiver's details filled out in black ink, and four landmarks noted on the image in the same hand. Marks from stamp, some toning and spotting of the verso, creasing and wear, particularly near the original folds (which are fragile) and at the corners and slightly affecting the image, small tape repair to one corner on the verso. Very good condition. A striking, oversized panoramic postcard photomontage depicting one of the most important aviation events prior to the First World War, the August 1911 International Aviation Meet at Grant Park in Chicago. The Chicago meet was the largest airshow held up to that time, only eight years after the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers. Over the course of nine days thirty-three amateur and professional aviators… Read More
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Freddy And The Men From Mars
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Freddy And The Men From Mars

by Brooks, Walter R.

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
2nd Printing Thus
Binding
Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon
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$100.00
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Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.
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Pylon (Stated 2nd Issue, 2nd Printing Thus)
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Pylon (Stated 2nd Issue, 2nd Printing Thus)

by Faulkner, William

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good-
Edition
Stated 2nd Issue
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
Salem, Oregon
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$400.00
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WILLIAM FAULKNER! Stated Second Issue, 2nd Printing Thus. NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. Faulkner, William: PYLON. Stated 2nd Issue, 2nd Printing 1935, Smith & Haas, NY. RARE IN THE ORIGINAL BLUE DUST JACKET. RARE SASCHA MAURER COVER ART. ART DECO. Used. Very Good-/ Very Good- Blue cloth, \ The second printing (stated). In second issue dust jacket (blank rear panel and flap. Faulkner's tale of the exciting, dangerous, and short-lived, sport of airplane "barnstorming". Set in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Original source material for the 1958 film "Tarnished Angels" Starring Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone, Robert Stack, and Jack Carson and directed by Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987)."
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North to the Orient
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North to the Orient

by Anne Morrow

  • Used
  • fair
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - fair
Edition
1st
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
Keswick, Virginia
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$100.00
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Boards have water stain.DJ with clipped corners and water stains.Feathered edges to pages.
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The ALT-98 Carvair: A Comprehensive History of the Aircraft and All 21 Airframes
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The ALT-98 Carvair: A Comprehensive History of the Aircraft and All 21 Airframes

by William Patrick Dean

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
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Los Angeles, California
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$150.00
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The ALT-98 Carvair - autograph by author -still crisp copy, no dust jacket small amounts of minutiae on glossy covers, couple small dings, small flaw foot of spine, Corners are good... crisp White paper about 12 point type sprinkled with black and white photographs throughout also includes the glued in Corrections booklet saddle stapled in the rear of the book that is cross indexed--excellent shape see pictures.. The ATL-98 Carvair - truly unusual aircraft. Converted from 19 C-54 World War II transport planes & two DC-4 airliners into a small fleet of air ferries by Aviation Traders of Southend, England, the Carvair allowed commercial air passengers to accompany their personal cars, loaded with luggage, onboard the aircraft.... Planes were dispersed throughout the world, operating for 75 airlines - transporting cars, royalty, rock groups, refugees, whales, rockets, military vehicles, gold, and even nuclear material... After 65 years, two Carvairs are still in service, it's hard to imagine any fleet of… Read More
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Popular Science Monthly, Complete Year Jan. - Dec. 1931
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Popular Science Monthly, Complete Year Jan. - Dec. 1931

by Including RARE First Reporting on Auguste Piccard's Record-Setting Hot Air Balloon Flight, entitled: "Ten Miles High in an Air-Tight Ball:"

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  • near fine
  • Paperback
  • first
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Printings
Binding
Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana
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New York: Popular Science Publishing Company, 1931. 12 issues, the complete run for the year 1931. Very Good Plus to Near Fine, four with light wear at spine ends, pencil inscription front cover and ink inscription rear cover of January issue. The August issue of particular interest due to the first coverage of August Piccard and Paul Kipfer's hot air balloon expedition to the new height of 9.8 miles above the Earth's surface, thus becoming the first human beings to enter the stratosphere. A great time capsule of popular scientific thought, with numerous articles, photos, and advertisements, and those wonderful and colorful covers ! . First Printings. Magazine. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Rocket Book
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The Rocket Book

by Newell, Peter

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Good-
Edition
First Printing Thus
Binding
Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon
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$248.89
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By Peter Newell, author of "The Hole Book". The Rocket Book, Harper & Brothers Stated October, 1912 First Printing. USED. GOOD+ CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET INCLUDED. 7 1/8 X 8 7/8. Seller's Note: Sadly, (no one is sadder than me) the Front paper paste-down label has been removed from cover. Minor corner-bumps. No titling on spine if printed there originally. Pages are all present, in nice shape, and affixed to binding. HOLE-DRILLED straight through the book. RARE IN THIS FIRST PRINTING.
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Avro, Lancaster to York; Civil Lancasters, Lancastrians & Yorks

Avro, Lancaster to York; Civil Lancasters, Lancastrians & Yorks

by King, Derek A.

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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$131.25
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Tonbridge: Air-Britain 978-0-85130-490-8 [978-0-85130-490-8] 2018. (4to) 390pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Black & white and color photographs and illustrations, tables, appendices, bibliography. Minor bumps to the corners. (Transportation, Avro Aircraft--Lancaster, Avro Aircraft--Lancastrian, Avro Aircraft--York).
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Surplus WWII U.S. Aircraft

Surplus WWII U.S. Aircraft

by Larkins, William T.

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  • Paperback
  • first
Condition
Used
Binding
Paperback
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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$115.50
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Upland: Bac Publishers 978-0-9655730-6-1 [978-0-9655730-6-1] 2005, 1st printing. (4to paperback) 210pp. Fine. Photographs, appendices, bibliography, index. (World War 2, Aircraft--Ww II--Surplus, Military Aircraft, U.S. Air Force).
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