Search Results: Aviation from Minotavros Books

Toronto: The Ryerson Press. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Deer, Norman. 12mo [5" x 7.5"]. [Copr. 1932] Signed by Wallace on f.f.e.p.. ix, 117 p.p. With [15] illustrations. Light soiling to rear board. Spine bruised at ends. Rubbing to edges. Endpapers yellowed. Interior clean. In very good condition. This is a fun look at the history of flight for a youth audience from the earliest baloon ascents, daring flights, to the first person to fly around the world.

New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1976. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 200 pp. Numerous colour illustrations. Covers age toned, spine cocked.

New York: Pitman Publishing, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Orig. navy cloth, gilt titles. xv, 328 pp. B&W illustration in text. Light wear to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Dust jacket is sunned, worn and perforated to extremities.

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full black cloth. ix, 252 pp. B&W illustration. A few scuffs to boards, else fine.

Toronto: Mclleland & Stewart Limited, 1940. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Thomas Dick. 16mo. Orig. blue cloth with illustration on upper front cover, 27pp. Illustrated. Light wear on spine and edges, o/w near fine in chipped d/w. Originally published in The Times on June 18, 1940 and first published in book form August, 1940. A young airman's letter to his mother, to be delivered upon the event of his death.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. grey cloth, winged horse and helicopter devices to front board. Roughly cut edges. xi, 243 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Light bumping and rubbing to spine ends, light spotting to tail edge of boards. Bumping and creasing to upper corner of text block from pp. 215-222. Dust jacket is age toned, bumped and chafed to extremities, a few short open tears.

Toronto: McCleland and Stewart, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full black cloth. 224 pp. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Gift inscription to ffep. Fine condition.

Toronto: Canav Books, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo (imperial). Full blue paper boards. Pictorial endpapers. 372 pp. Colour and B&W illustrations. Some bumping and small indentations to extremities. Fine overall.

Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Orig. cream paper boards. x, 334 pp., [16] pp. B&W photos. Fine. Double Cross tells the story of James A. Richardson's dream of promoting commercial aviation in Canada. It is also the tale of how Canada lost its chance to become a world leader in aviation as a result of government shortsightedness, departmental rivalries, and bureaucratic bungling. This is a story of intrigue at the highest levels.

Kaunas: Lietuvos technikos muziejus, 1993. Soft cover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. card wraps. 71 pp. B&W illustrations. Some light rubbing to extremities, near fine overall.

1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo (small). n.p. [Private publication of limited circulation]. Author inscription on front free endpaper. 249 pp. plus XX pp. photographs. One art piece of Tracy Duggan. Light warping and smudging to front and back covers.

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full red cloth. xiv, 272 pp. [30] pp. B&W illustration, plus frontis. Spine shaken. Cloth damp stained to spine, soiled to boards. Some red damp staining to tail edge of text block at spine foot. Foxing and acid migration to endpapers. A few spots of foxing to interior. Dust jacket is cropped to flaps, foxed, age toned, damp stained, chipped to extremities.

London: William Kimber and Co, 1956. Soft cover. Very Good. 4.5" x 7" First Kimber Pocket edition, 1956. Paperback. 186 pp., ads. Covers age toned, rubbed to extremities, creased to spine. Interior age toned.

Herts, England: The De Havilland Aircraft Company, 1936. Soft cover. Good. 6" x 7.5" Soft leatherette covers. 25, [18], [17] folding illustrations at rear. Soiling to covers, spot of wear from removed tape or label to front cover. Short tear to foot of rear cover. Wear inside front cover. Some chipping to fore edge of interior.

Washintong, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1943. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. U.S. Department of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration Bulletin No. 25, January 1943. Second edition. Orig. grey wrappers. 246 pp. B&W illustrations, fold-out charts and maps. Sunning to extremities, staining to rear cover, tape repairs to spine and rear joint, chipping to spine ends, curling and creasing to corners. A few spots of light foxing. Ink ownership inscription to head of title page.

New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1970. Soft cover. Near Fine. Ward, Richard. 8vo. Arco-Aircam Aviation Series No. 20. Soft cover. Unpaginated, approx [48 pp.]. B&W photos and colour illustrations. Light foxing to title page, else fine overall.

[Westminster, Maryland]: Germany Philatelic Society, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Blue paper boards. 135 pp. B&W photos and illustrations in text. Light bruising to top and tail edges of rear board, else fine.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 18mo. Flight Preparation Training Series. Orig. blue cloth. 229 pp. B&W illustration. Dust jacket is age toned, one small damp stain to spine, about fine.

Paris: Gallilmard, 1942. Soft cover. Very Good. 4" x 7" Paperback. 248 pp. Creasing to spine, rubbing to extremities. Age toning to interior. Ink ownership inscription to half-title.

Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1941. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. iv, 60 p.p., [3 foldout B&W maps]. Blue paper wraps with black lettering, staple bound. Sunning to spine and sunned panel to rear cover, bumping to corners, rust to staples. Former owner signature scratched into front cover, very faint. Stub to p. ii, but pagination continues to p. iii, possible loss.