Aeronautics from Roomful of Books

587 pages in photo illustrated wraps. Fifth printing of this Vintage trade paperback edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to John C. Sommerer [former director of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory] on the title page. Book is the winner of the Eugene Emme award for Astronautical Literature [gold and blue award sticker affixed to the first preliminary page.… Read more about this item

391 pages in blue cloth with dust jacket. Signed by the author, Peter N. Forman, at the title page and by the cover artist, Dave Paulley, at the copyright page. Color cover of two S-38 Sikorskys. Illustrated endpapers. Black and white photos throughout. Twelve pages of airliner profiles at rear. Binding square and tight. Clean, bright, unmarked.