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	Aero Detail 1 Messerschmitt Bf109E Japan, Model Graphix, 1993, Special Edition. (ISBN: 449920593x) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Fine/, Crisp, clean book measuring 10"x10-1/4. Text in both Japanese and English. Illustrated lavishly with color photos, black and white vintage photos and technical drawings throughout. Part of a series which hones in on the technical details of historic planes. not too commonly seen. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 19068K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	Boeing 747 Cargo and Baggage Systems , The Boeing Company; Commercial Airplane Division. Soft Cover, Oblong, Very Good/, Very nice, clean book, spiral bound to lie flat. Only fault is creaing to bottom front corner. No date, but the first mention of the 747 commercial plane was in 1966. This book superceds its predecessor "Boeing 747 Cargo/Baggage Accomodations." Tabbed for easy info retrtieval. Offers a general description, the main compartment, lower compartments and support systems. Unpaginated. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 19240K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	Lawson Aircraft Industry Builder Detroit, Michigan, Humanity Publishing Co. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/No DJ, as Issued, Very nice large quarto from the 1930's. Dark green boards show a small bit of wear to surface of spine at front and to a lesser degree at back -- no compromise to binding integrity. Gilt to face and spine faded. Endpapers show toning at edges and darkening to gutter.s Pages very clean with no names or writing. Wonderful drawingsx and photographs and much text about the Lawson Co., an industry leader in the transportation field. Also much aviation history. USD 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.75 \| £UK 33.25 \| JP¥ 4854] Book number: 19260 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	Model Research; The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1915-1958 (2 Vol. set) Washington, D.C., NASA, 1985. Soft Cover, Very Good/Wraps, Very Good, Crisp clean books in beautiful condition. Only fault is light edgewear. No spine crease, no cover curl, no markings of any kind. Nice clean pages and page edges. A hefty two volume set of 769 collective pages, plus two indexes. Photo illustrated, plus diagrams and charts. Examines the history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics from 1915 to its demise in 1958. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 16099 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	Su-25 All Variants Prague, 4+ Publication, 1993, Bi-lingual Edition. (ISBN: 809007085X) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Very nice clean book measuring 8-1/2"x11-3/4". Amply illustrated with detailed ohotos in both color and black and white, as well as detailed drawings. Biliginal edition offers text in both English and Czech. Explains the technicalities of the Su-25 which went into production in 1978 and was assigned by NATO the reporting name "Frogfoot." 56 pages plus a chart inside back cover. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 18045 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	COHEN, DANIEL The Great Airship Mystery: A UFO of the 1890s New York, Dodd, Mead, 1981, First Printing. (ISBN: 0396079903) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Very Good, Very nice, clean copy with no names or writing. Has not been price-clipped and dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. The first contemporary look at a phenomenon that from November 1886 to April 1897 had Americans from California to Chicago buzzing. Was it an airship they'd sighted created by a mysterious genius, or a UFO? It was seven years before the Wright Brothers put the Kitty Hawk in the sky, so even the first suggestion would have been astounding. Here the author recreates the incredible series of events which eventually passed into obscurity. Illustrated with drawings. 212 pages. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 17987K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CROUCH, TOM D. PH.D. The Eagle Aloft: Two Centuries of the Balloon in America Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Inst Press, 1983. (ISBN: 087474346x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine, Fabulous copy, only a shade off new. Could be given as a gift. No tears or chips. Pages and page edges pristine and dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. Very attactive midnight blue and black pictorial endpapers. The romance of ballooning has captivated people for over two centuries. When the first manned balloon went aloft in France in 1783 Americans were entranced with the idea of flying. Just one year later a thirteen year old American did it, thus beginning the great American race to perfect the balloon. This book, written from primary sources, is a comprehensive history that reads like a novel. It's beautifully illustrated with both art and photographs and covers the Founding Fathers and the balloon, the Golden Age of ballooning, the use of the balloon during the Civil War, the balloon as entertainment, and much more. It also brings to life the men who contributed to ballooning -- men such as Jeffries, Blanchard, Von Zeppelin, Godard, Samuel Archer King and many more. This is a massive book with 770 pages, including index. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 17026 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	GLINES, LT. COLONEL CARROLL V; MOSELEY, LT. COLONEL WEDELL F. Grand Old Lady; Story of the DC-3 Cleveland, Pennington Press, 1959. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Very Good, Nice, clean navy blue boards with silver printing and pictorial to face and silver printing to spine. Jacket is clean and nice with a small chip to upper front corner. Looks most handsome in brand new mylar. Price-clipped. Illustrated with period photographs in black and white. Tells the story of the plane that broke the 1948 Berlin blockade and established the Berlin Airlift, as well as the first to legally fly under San Franciso's Golden Gate bridge. 250 pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 19009K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LARKINS, WILLIAM T. U.S. Navy Aircraft 1921-1941/U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959/Two Classics in One Volume New York, New York, U.S.A., Orion Books, 1988, Second Printing. (ISBN: 0517569205) Hard Cover with dust jacket, NEW/New, Crisp, BRAND NEW. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. This is a BRAND NEW book purchased by a collector and then packed away and never read. It's in excellent condition with dustjacket protected by brand new mylar. Still contains the original postcard from the publisher. Books had originally been published in 1959 and 1961 respectively, but were brought together in this combined edition for the simple reason that they were considered two of the most valuable titles ever dedicated ot these planes. They contain a combined total of 1000 photographs and are the definitive record of the formative years for Nanvy and Marine Corps aviation.Books are arranged chronologically and feature an aircrafdt assignment table for each year indicating which aircraft and which squadrons were assigned to specific locations. This is in addition to his info on squadron use, experimental and one-of-a-kind types, insignia, colors and marking schemes, technical innovations and tactical deployment. Over 400 pages USD 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 \| £UK 17 \| JP¥ 2471] Book number: 17788K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LAYTON, DONALD Aircraft Performance Chesterland, Ohio, U.S.A., Matrix Publications, 1988, First Printing. (ISBN: 0916460401) Soft Cover, Very Good/, Very nice, clean book marred only by one small stain to outer side page edges. No names or wriitng and no spine crease. Material divided into the following sections: The Atmosphere; Drag, Thrust and Power; Climb; Range and Endurance; Maneuvering Right; Takeoff and Landing; and Performance Testing. Appendices cover Symbology, Stadard Values, Geopotential and Geometric Altitudes, ICAO Standard Altitudes and Ratios of Properties. 225 pages. Indexed. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 19103K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	EDITORS OF LIGHT PLANE MAINTENANCE Light Plane Maintenance Library: Firewall Forward -- Top End; Body Maintenance; Systems Maintenance; Maintaining Power; Rules and Inspections Riverside, Connecticut, Belvoir Publications, 1987. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine, Five volume set -- VOLUME FIVE MISSING. All are pristine with no names or writing, no tears or chips and all dustjackets protected by mylar. Instructive black and white photos, technical drawings and clear writing, plus case histories, provide the plane owner with the skills needed to keep the lightweight in top working order and detect problems at the start. Handy guides at back of books, such as the engine troubleshooting guide in volume one, make crucial information fast and accessible.Every procedure is finely detailed, so whether you are a beginner, or a veteran owner, you can apply the techniques outlined with confidence. Over1000 pages collectively. Acquired from a collector and in excellent condition. No names or writing and snow white pages and page edges. No chips or tears and all dustjackets USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 17948K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MAJOOR, MIREILLE Inside the Hindenburg; A Giant Cutaway Book Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Little Brown & Co, 2000, First Printing. (ISBN: 0316123862) Hard Cover, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall, Fine/Near Fine, Crisp, beautiful, BRAND NEW book. Book itself is without fault -- dustjacket shows a little wrinkle at tail of spine and a light one at upper back by spine, but is most handsome in brand new mylar. Beautifully illustrated throughout with color art and original black and white photographs. The Hindenburg's disastrous fate is told through the stories of two young people who were actually on board during ts first historic flight in 1937. The reader moves about the great airship with them, and with the help of a four page fold-out, even experiences its inner working mid-flight. And then of course comes the denouement. 32 interactive pages. Seven copies available. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 17737K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NOHARA, SHIGERU Aero Detail 2 FOCKE-WULF Fw190D Japan, Dai Nippon Kaiga Co. Ltd., 1990. (ISBN: 499205476) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Crisp, clean book measuring 10"x10-1/4. Only fault is light toning to edges of rear white cover.Text in both Japanese and English. Illustrated lavishly with color photos, black and white vintage photos and technical drawings throughout. Part of a series which hones in on the technical details of historic planes. Not too commonly seen. A few other titles in this series available. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 19212 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NOHARA, SHIGERU Aero Detail 5 Messerschmitt Bf109G Japan, Dai Nippon Kaiga Co. Ltd., 1993. (ISBN: 4499305891) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Crisp, clean book measuring 10"x10-1/4. No defect of note.Text in both Japanese and English. Illustrated lavishly with color photos, black and white vintage photos and technical drawings throughout. Part of a series which hones in on the technical details of historic planes. Not too commonly seen. A few other titles in this series available. Please inquire. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 19213 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NOHARA, SHIGERU Aero Detail 14; P-47 Thunderbolt Japan, Dai Nippon Kaiga Co. Ltd., 1995. (ISBN: 4499226481) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Crisp, clean book measuring 10"x10-1/4. No defect of note.Text in both Japanese and English. Illustrated lavishly with color photos, black and white vintage photos, and technical drawings throughout. Part of a series which hones in on the technical details of historic planes. Not too commonly seen. A few other titles in this series available. Please inquire. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 19334 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	PAUST, GILBERT (EDITOR) Machanix Illustrated Aviation Yearbook 1951 Greenwich, CT, Fawcett Publications, 1951. Soft Cover, Good/, Clean and tightly bound marred only by light stain to spine visible slighly at edge of front and back covers. Toning to page edges Measures 7"x9-1/2" and has 144 pages. Book offers a special U.S. and Russian military section, but what is especially interesting is the number of articles concerning air travel of the future. Ideas include a "Hopacopter" which is a helicopter for one; a nuclear aircraft (the Atomic Airliner) which could travel from New York to California in less than three hours with the potential of flying "forever" at 10,000 mpr.; and a "super dirigible designed for world travel with a dinging room, bar and other modern amenities. USD 12.95 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 \| £UK 8 \| JP¥ 1143] Book number: 18565K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SCHOENDORF, ROBERT The Buffalo Balloon Mail 1873-1877 (including a Specialized Listing with Prices) Bronx, New York, Al Zimmerman, 1979, Limited Edition. Soft Cover, Fine/, Crisp, clean, as new booklet with no fault. Very scarce. Inside front cover at bottom of page is hand-writtem #438 of 500. Printed on glossy paper and illustrated throughout with photographs. A look at the flights of Samual Archer King June 18 and 19, 1877 on which he carried mail bearing the first air mail stamp. This stamp, the Buffalo Balloon Stamp, is highly regarded in philately circles. Great collector piece. Includes original bill of sale from the Lighter Than Air Society. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 19147 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SHUL, BRIAN Blue Angels: A Portrait of Gold Chico, California, Mach 1, 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0929823400) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Fine/Fine, Beautiful book, gently cared for by its previous owner, a collector of aviation books. Oversized volume measures 10"x12-1/4". Black boards are clean and umbumped, pages are pristine and jacket shows no tears or chips and is protected by brand new mylar. Ben Shul, the author, boldly flat signed it on the front free endpaper and dated it 1996. There is a small bit of light soil to this page, but this is the only fault. It even still retains publisher's card which is laid-in. 180 exquisite color photographs, some full page and some even double spread. A first hand account of the incredible U.S. Navy flying team known as the world's most recognized for more than 50 years. To write the book and capture these images, Shul traveled with the team for a full year. 188 pages. USD 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.5 \| £UK 48.25 \| JP¥ 7061] Book number: 18561K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NO AUTHORS STATED P51 Mustang , Foulis Aviation Books, 1984. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/No DJ, as Issued, We are offering five titles in very clean condition. There is minor wrinkling at top of spine on a couple, but otherwise these are very nice. They are hardcover, designed without a dustjacket, and made with laminated pictorial boards. They measure 8-1/2"x11" and have 56 pages each. All books are nicely illustrated with pictorial endpapers and numerous interior photographs, most in black and white, but also some color. At the time of publication there were 37 separate stand-alone titles in the series.Each profile discusses design and development, variations, military service and specifications. USD 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.25 \| £UK 21.75 \| JP¥ 3177] Book number: 18424K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	TAYLOR, RICHARD L. Recreational Flying: The Complete Guide to Earning and Enjoying the New Recreational Pilot Certificate New York, New York, U.S.A., Macmillan, 1990, First Printing. (ISBN: 0026166356) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine, Crisp, beautiful copy. Pages and page edges pristine. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar. Has not been price-clipped. The author provides the recreational pilot with a basic knowledge of aviation princles, as well as the application of necessary skills. Explains such techniques as preflight, taxi, take-off, landing and navigation. 238 pages. Indexed. USD 7.95 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 702] Book number: 14608 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	THOMAS, W. DONALD (COMPILER, EDITOR) Air Transport Label Catalog Volume III United States & Possessions "A" Through "M' Section A; Volume III United States "N" Thru "Z" -- Canada and Caribbean Section B , Aeronautica & Air Label Collectoes Club, 1993. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Very nice copies of hard to find guides. Only minor soil to covers. Contents pristine. Two books, one covering the U.S. and possessions from A to M and the other the remaining U.S. and possession, as well as Canada and the Caribbean. Both contain much information and are not price guides, but rather drawings and descriptions of labels available on the collectors' market. There are six volumes and eight sections in the entire set, but we are offering here Volume III sections A and B only. Because they have a specialized audience and were produced by a club, book production costs were kept to a minimum with the result being that some pages are lighter than others, but all readable and valuable to the collector. We also have available the first two European books. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 18555K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	VERIER, MIKE Bell AH-1 Cobra University Park, Illinois, U.S.A., Osprey Pub Co, 1990. (ISBN: 0850459346) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Fine/, Crisp, clean copy. No defect of note. Measures 8"x10-1/2". Tells the story of a copter that proved to be the progenitor of a while new class that has proved itself not only in Vietnam, which is what it was intended for, but also Lebanon and Grenada. Illustrated with over 160 black and white photos and 12 in color. Appendices offer statistical data. 200 pages. Indexed. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 18213K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	WILD, THOMAS W. Transport Category Aircraft Systems Casper, Wyoming, IAP Inc., 1990. (ISBN: 0891003630) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Very nice clean, tightly bound copy with no names or writing. Pages and page edges pristine. Light superficial crease to back cover and small, again, susperficial creases to bottom corners of first couple pages. Overall quite nice. Illustrated profusely with technical drawings and black and white photos throughout. Book discusses in detail each individual system of aircraft transports. 336 pages including two appendices. Also includes study questions. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 16827K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	WOOD, DEREK Project Cancelled : The Disaster of Britain's Abandoned Aircraft Projects , Jane's, 1986, Revised and Expanded Edition. (ISBN: 0710604416) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/Very Good, Lovely copy. Black boards show no bumping and page edges are snow white, as are pages, with the exception of soiled spots at top and bottom of endpapers and first couple pages front and back.Small spot of wear to upper front corne of dustjacket, but no tears or chips. Has not been price-clipepd and is most handsome in brand new mylar. Photo illustrated in black and white with many technical drawings. The author examines in detail the cancellations of various projects which led to the steady decline of Britain's aerospace industry beginning with the immediate postwar period and the revolutionary Miles M.52. 256 pages. USD 89.95 [Appr.: EURO 60 \| £UK 54.25 \| JP¥ 7939] Book number: 17813K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.

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	Aero Detail 1 Messerschmitt Bf109E Japan, Model Graphix, 1993, Special Edition. (ISBN: 449920593x) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Fine/, Crisp, clean book measuring 10"x10-1/4. Text in both Japanese and English. Illustrated lavishly with color photos, black and white vintage photos and technical drawings throughout. Part of a series which hones in on the technical details of historic planes. not too commonly seen. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 19068K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	Boeing 747 Cargo and Baggage Systems , The Boeing Company; Commercial Airplane Division. Soft Cover, Oblong, Very Good/, Very nice, clean book, spiral bound to lie flat. Only fault is creaing to bottom front corner. No date, but the first mention of the 747 commercial plane was in 1966. This book superceds its predecessor "Boeing 747 Cargo/Baggage Accomodations." Tabbed for easy info retrtieval. Offers a general description, the main compartment, lower compartments and support systems. Unpaginated. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 19240K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	Lawson Aircraft Industry Builder Detroit, Michigan, Humanity Publishing Co. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/No DJ, as Issued, Very nice large quarto from the 1930's. Dark green boards show a small bit of wear to surface of spine at front and to a lesser degree at back -- no compromise to binding integrity. Gilt to face and spine faded. Endpapers show toning at edges and darkening to gutter.s Pages very clean with no names or writing. Wonderful drawingsx and photographs and much text about the Lawson Co., an industry leader in the transportation field. Also much aviation history. USD 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.75 \| £UK 33.25 \| JP¥ 4854] Book number: 19260 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	Model Research; The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 1915-1958 (2 Vol. set) Washington, D.C., NASA, 1985. Soft Cover, Very Good/Wraps, Very Good, Crisp clean books in beautiful condition. Only fault is light edgewear. No spine crease, no cover curl, no markings of any kind. Nice clean pages and page edges. A hefty two volume set of 769 collective pages, plus two indexes. Photo illustrated, plus diagrams and charts. Examines the history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics from 1915 to its demise in 1958. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 16099 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	Su-25 All Variants Prague, 4+ Publication, 1993, Bi-lingual Edition. (ISBN: 809007085X) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Very nice clean book measuring 8-1/2"x11-3/4". Amply illustrated with detailed ohotos in both color and black and white, as well as detailed drawings. Biliginal edition offers text in both English and Czech. Explains the technicalities of the Su-25 which went into production in 1978 and was assigned by NATO the reporting name "Frogfoot." 56 pages plus a chart inside back cover. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 18045 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	COHEN, DANIEL The Great Airship Mystery: A UFO of the 1890s New York, Dodd, Mead, 1981, First Printing. (ISBN: 0396079903) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Very Good, Very nice, clean copy with no names or writing. Has not been price-clipped and dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. The first contemporary look at a phenomenon that from November 1886 to April 1897 had Americans from California to Chicago buzzing. Was it an airship they'd sighted created by a mysterious genius, or a UFO? It was seven years before the Wright Brothers put the Kitty Hawk in the sky, so even the first suggestion would have been astounding. Here the author recreates the incredible series of events which eventually passed into obscurity. Illustrated with drawings. 212 pages. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 17987K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CROUCH, TOM D. PH.D. The Eagle Aloft: Two Centuries of the Balloon in America Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Inst Press, 1983. (ISBN: 087474346x) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine, Fabulous copy, only a shade off new. Could be given as a gift. No tears or chips. Pages and page edges pristine and dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. Very attactive midnight blue and black pictorial endpapers. The romance of ballooning has captivated people for over two centuries. When the first manned balloon went aloft in France in 1783 Americans were entranced with the idea of flying. Just one year later a thirteen year old American did it, thus beginning the great American race to perfect the balloon. This book, written from primary sources, is a comprehensive history that reads like a novel. It's beautifully illustrated with both art and photographs and covers the Founding Fathers and the balloon, the Golden Age of ballooning, the use of the balloon during the Civil War, the balloon as entertainment, and much more. It also brings to life the men who contributed to ballooning -- men such as Jeffries, Blanchard, Von Zeppelin, Godard, Samuel Archer King and many more. This is a massive book with 770 pages, including index. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 17026 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	GLINES, LT. COLONEL CARROLL V; MOSELEY, LT. COLONEL WEDELL F. Grand Old Lady; Story of the DC-3 Cleveland, Pennington Press, 1959. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Very Good, Nice, clean navy blue boards with silver printing and pictorial to face and silver printing to spine. Jacket is clean and nice with a small chip to upper front corner. Looks most handsome in brand new mylar. Price-clipped. Illustrated with period photographs in black and white. Tells the story of the plane that broke the 1948 Berlin blockade and established the Berlin Airlift, as well as the first to legally fly under San Franciso's Golden Gate bridge. 250 pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 19009K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LARKINS, WILLIAM T. U.S. Navy Aircraft 1921-1941/U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959/Two Classics in One Volume New York, New York, U.S.A., Orion Books, 1988, Second Printing. (ISBN: 0517569205) Hard Cover with dust jacket, NEW/New, Crisp, BRAND NEW. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. This is a BRAND NEW book purchased by a collector and then packed away and never read. It's in excellent condition with dustjacket protected by brand new mylar. Still contains the original postcard from the publisher. Books had originally been published in 1959 and 1961 respectively, but were brought together in this combined edition for the simple reason that they were considered two of the most valuable titles ever dedicated ot these planes. They contain a combined total of 1000 photographs and are the definitive record of the formative years for Nanvy and Marine Corps aviation.Books are arranged chronologically and feature an aircrafdt assignment table for each year indicating which aircraft and which squadrons were assigned to specific locations. This is in addition to his info on squadron use, experimental and one-of-a-kind types, insignia, colors and marking schemes, technical innovations and tactical deployment. Over 400 pages USD 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 \| £UK 17 \| JP¥ 2471] Book number: 17788K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LAYTON, DONALD Aircraft Performance Chesterland, Ohio, U.S.A., Matrix Publications, 1988, First Printing. (ISBN: 0916460401) Soft Cover, Very Good/, Very nice, clean book marred only by one small stain to outer side page edges. No names or wriitng and no spine crease. Material divided into the following sections: The Atmosphere; Drag, Thrust and Power; Climb; Range and Endurance; Maneuvering Right; Takeoff and Landing; and Performance Testing. Appendices cover Symbology, Stadard Values, Geopotential and Geometric Altitudes, ICAO Standard Altitudes and Ratios of Properties. 225 pages. Indexed. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 19103K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	EDITORS OF LIGHT PLANE MAINTENANCE Light Plane Maintenance Library: Firewall Forward -- Top End; Body Maintenance; Systems Maintenance; Maintaining Power; Rules and Inspections Riverside, Connecticut, Belvoir Publications, 1987. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine, Five volume set -- VOLUME FIVE MISSING. All are pristine with no names or writing, no tears or chips and all dustjackets protected by mylar. Instructive black and white photos, technical drawings and clear writing, plus case histories, provide the plane owner with the skills needed to keep the lightweight in top working order and detect problems at the start. Handy guides at back of books, such as the engine troubleshooting guide in volume one, make crucial information fast and accessible.Every procedure is finely detailed, so whether you are a beginner, or a veteran owner, you can apply the techniques outlined with confidence. Over1000 pages collectively. Acquired from a collector and in excellent condition. No names or writing and snow white pages and page edges. No chips or tears and all dustjackets USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 17948K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MAJOOR, MIREILLE Inside the Hindenburg; A Giant Cutaway Book Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Little Brown & Co, 2000, First Printing. (ISBN: 0316123862) Hard Cover, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall, Fine/Near Fine, Crisp, beautiful, BRAND NEW book. Book itself is without fault -- dustjacket shows a little wrinkle at tail of spine and a light one at upper back by spine, but is most handsome in brand new mylar. Beautifully illustrated throughout with color art and original black and white photographs. The Hindenburg's disastrous fate is told through the stories of two young people who were actually on board during ts first historic flight in 1937. The reader moves about the great airship with them, and with the help of a four page fold-out, even experiences its inner working mid-flight. And then of course comes the denouement. 32 interactive pages. Seven copies available. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 17737K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NOHARA, SHIGERU Aero Detail 2 FOCKE-WULF Fw190D Japan, Dai Nippon Kaiga Co. Ltd., 1990. (ISBN: 499205476) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Crisp, clean book measuring 10"x10-1/4. Only fault is light toning to edges of rear white cover.Text in both Japanese and English. Illustrated lavishly with color photos, black and white vintage photos and technical drawings throughout. Part of a series which hones in on the technical details of historic planes. Not too commonly seen. A few other titles in this series available. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 19212 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NOHARA, SHIGERU Aero Detail 5 Messerschmitt Bf109G Japan, Dai Nippon Kaiga Co. Ltd., 1993. (ISBN: 4499305891) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Crisp, clean book measuring 10"x10-1/4. No defect of note.Text in both Japanese and English. Illustrated lavishly with color photos, black and white vintage photos and technical drawings throughout. Part of a series which hones in on the technical details of historic planes. Not too commonly seen. A few other titles in this series available. Please inquire. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 19213 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NOHARA, SHIGERU Aero Detail 14; P-47 Thunderbolt Japan, Dai Nippon Kaiga Co. Ltd., 1995. (ISBN: 4499226481) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Crisp, clean book measuring 10"x10-1/4. No defect of note.Text in both Japanese and English. Illustrated lavishly with color photos, black and white vintage photos, and technical drawings throughout. Part of a series which hones in on the technical details of historic planes. Not too commonly seen. A few other titles in this series available. Please inquire. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 19334 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	PAUST, GILBERT (EDITOR) Machanix Illustrated Aviation Yearbook 1951 Greenwich, CT, Fawcett Publications, 1951. Soft Cover, Good/, Clean and tightly bound marred only by light stain to spine visible slighly at edge of front and back covers. Toning to page edges Measures 7"x9-1/2" and has 144 pages. Book offers a special U.S. and Russian military section, but what is especially interesting is the number of articles concerning air travel of the future. Ideas include a "Hopacopter" which is a helicopter for one; a nuclear aircraft (the Atomic Airliner) which could travel from New York to California in less than three hours with the potential of flying "forever" at 10,000 mpr.; and a "super dirigible designed for world travel with a dinging room, bar and other modern amenities. USD 12.95 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 \| £UK 8 \| JP¥ 1143] Book number: 18565K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SCHOENDORF, ROBERT The Buffalo Balloon Mail 1873-1877 (including a Specialized Listing with Prices) Bronx, New York, Al Zimmerman, 1979, Limited Edition. Soft Cover, Fine/, Crisp, clean, as new booklet with no fault. Very scarce. Inside front cover at bottom of page is hand-writtem #438 of 500. Printed on glossy paper and illustrated throughout with photographs. A look at the flights of Samual Archer King June 18 and 19, 1877 on which he carried mail bearing the first air mail stamp. This stamp, the Buffalo Balloon Stamp, is highly regarded in philately circles. Great collector piece. Includes original bill of sale from the Lighter Than Air Society. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 19147 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SHUL, BRIAN Blue Angels: A Portrait of Gold Chico, California, Mach 1, 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0929823400) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Fine/Fine, Beautiful book, gently cared for by its previous owner, a collector of aviation books. Oversized volume measures 10"x12-1/4". Black boards are clean and umbumped, pages are pristine and jacket shows no tears or chips and is protected by brand new mylar. Ben Shul, the author, boldly flat signed it on the front free endpaper and dated it 1996. There is a small bit of light soil to this page, but this is the only fault. It even still retains publisher's card which is laid-in. 180 exquisite color photographs, some full page and some even double spread. A first hand account of the incredible U.S. Navy flying team known as the world's most recognized for more than 50 years. To write the book and capture these images, Shul traveled with the team for a full year. 188 pages. USD 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.5 \| £UK 48.25 \| JP¥ 7061] Book number: 18561K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NO AUTHORS STATED P51 Mustang , Foulis Aviation Books, 1984. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/No DJ, as Issued, We are offering five titles in very clean condition. There is minor wrinkling at top of spine on a couple, but otherwise these are very nice. They are hardcover, designed without a dustjacket, and made with laminated pictorial boards. They measure 8-1/2"x11" and have 56 pages each. All books are nicely illustrated with pictorial endpapers and numerous interior photographs, most in black and white, but also some color. At the time of publication there were 37 separate stand-alone titles in the series.Each profile discusses design and development, variations, military service and specifications. USD 36.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.25 \| £UK 21.75 \| JP¥ 3177] Book number: 18424K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	TAYLOR, RICHARD L. Recreational Flying: The Complete Guide to Earning and Enjoying the New Recreational Pilot Certificate New York, New York, U.S.A., Macmillan, 1990, First Printing. (ISBN: 0026166356) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine, Crisp, beautiful copy. Pages and page edges pristine. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar. Has not been price-clipped. The author provides the recreational pilot with a basic knowledge of aviation princles, as well as the application of necessary skills. Explains such techniques as preflight, taxi, take-off, landing and navigation. 238 pages. Indexed. USD 7.95 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 702] Book number: 14608 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	THOMAS, W. DONALD (COMPILER, EDITOR) Air Transport Label Catalog Volume III United States & Possessions "A" Through "M' Section A; Volume III United States "N" Thru "Z" -- Canada and Caribbean Section B , Aeronautica & Air Label Collectoes Club, 1993. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Very nice copies of hard to find guides. Only minor soil to covers. Contents pristine. Two books, one covering the U.S. and possessions from A to M and the other the remaining U.S. and possession, as well as Canada and the Caribbean. Both contain much information and are not price guides, but rather drawings and descriptions of labels available on the collectors' market. There are six volumes and eight sections in the entire set, but we are offering here Volume III sections A and B only. Because they have a specialized audience and were produced by a club, book production costs were kept to a minimum with the result being that some pages are lighter than others, but all readable and valuable to the collector. We also have available the first two European books. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 18555K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	VERIER, MIKE Bell AH-1 Cobra University Park, Illinois, U.S.A., Osprey Pub Co, 1990. (ISBN: 0850459346) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Fine/, Crisp, clean copy. No defect of note. Measures 8"x10-1/2". Tells the story of a copter that proved to be the progenitor of a while new class that has proved itself not only in Vietnam, which is what it was intended for, but also Lebanon and Grenada. Illustrated with over 160 black and white photos and 12 in color. Appendices offer statistical data. 200 pages. Indexed. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 18213K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	WILD, THOMAS W. Transport Category Aircraft Systems Casper, Wyoming, IAP Inc., 1990. (ISBN: 0891003630) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Very nice clean, tightly bound copy with no names or writing. Pages and page edges pristine. Light superficial crease to back cover and small, again, susperficial creases to bottom corners of first couple pages. Overall quite nice. Illustrated profusely with technical drawings and black and white photos throughout. Book discusses in detail each individual system of aircraft transports. 336 pages including two appendices. Also includes study questions. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 16827K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	WOOD, DEREK Project Cancelled : The Disaster of Britain's Abandoned Aircraft Projects , Jane's, 1986, Revised and Expanded Edition. (ISBN: 0710604416) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/Very Good, Lovely copy. Black boards show no bumping and page edges are snow white, as are pages, with the exception of soiled spots at top and bottom of endpapers and first couple pages front and back.Small spot of wear to upper front corne of dustjacket, but no tears or chips. Has not been price-clipepd and is most handsome in brand new mylar. Photo illustrated in black and white with many technical drawings. The author examines in detail the cancellations of various projects which led to the steady decline of Britain's aerospace industry beginning with the immediate postwar period and the revolutionary Miles M.52. 256 pages. USD 89.95 [Appr.: EURO 60 \| £UK 54.25 \| JP¥ 7939] Book number: 17813K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.