Bookseller's Catalogue

Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

5924 Shenandoah Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90056-1426, U.S.A.
wongbooks@gmail.com

Aviation & Space

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This selection contains 20 title(s) on 1 page.
This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 20


	ALLEN, RICHARD SANDERS Revolution in the Sky: Those Fabulous Lockheeds: the pilots who flew them Brattleboro: Stephen Greene Press, 1967. revised edition, fine hard cover book/closed tears otherwise very good dust jacket, The period 1927-1937 spawned six prototype Lockheed designs which eventually evolved into 197 individual aircraft designs. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 106369 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	BACH, RICHARD Nothing by Chance: A Gypsy Pilot's Adventures in Modern America NY: MacMillan, 1969. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/small closed dust jacket corner otherwise near fine dust jacket. USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 \| £UK 60.25 \| JP¥ 8826] Book number: 50502 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	BISHOP, EDWARD Mosquito: The Wooden Wonder Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1995. 1st Airlife edition, fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book), After his proposal for an all-purpose wooden aircraft was turned down by Whitehall, Sir Geoffrey de Haviland decided to build the Mosquito privately. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 106218 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	COLLINS, RICHARD L. Mastering the Systems: Air Traffic Control and Weather NY: MacMillan, 1991. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, Collins demystifies the art of flying with solid advice and careful explanations of systems, such as VFR & IFR. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1236] Book number: 50505 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	AD HOC COMMITTEE ON REMOTE SENSING FOR DEVELOPMENT Resource Sensing from Space: Prospects for Developing Countries Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1977. 2nd printing, clean, unmarked near fine copy in decorative wrappers (soft cover book), the Ad Hoc Comittees report to the Agency of International Development (AID) examining new technologies for resource sensing from space & those steps necessary to foster the transfer & diffusion of these technologies. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 50500 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	GOERNER, FRED The Search for Amelia Earhart Fred Goerner, 1966. probably a Taiwanese pirated copy (although no Chinese imprint), slight darkening on end papers otherwise near fine hard cover book/closed tears & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket. USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 441] Book number: 50507 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	GOERNER, FRED The Search for Amelia Earhart Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. 1st printing of 1st edition, slight shelfwear otherwise near fine hard cover book/ no dust jacket. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 50506 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	COOK GRAEME Air Adventures: Landmarks in the True Story of Flight NY: St. Martin Press, 1975. 1st US edition, fine hard cover book/light edgewear otherwise near fine dust jacket, A brief but intense look at the pioneers of the first half century of flight. USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 662] Book number: 103934 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	GRIEHL, MANFRED German Twin-Engine Bombers of World War II West Chester: Schiffer Publishing, 1989. fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book), A history of twin engine bombers of the modern German air force beginning with the Dornier DE 17Z which first flew on Nov. 1934. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 106219 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	HEAPS, LEO Operation Morning Light: Terror in Our Skies- The True Story of Cosmos 954 NY: Paddington Press, 1974. 1st printing of 1st edition, remainder mark on bottom edge otherwise fine hard cover book/closed tears & rubbed otherwise very good dust jacket, The Soviet satellite Cosmos 954 came out of orbit & re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. This is the story of the re-entry & subsequent hunt for nuclear. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 50508 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	LINDBERGH, CHARLES A. The Spirit of St. Louis NY: Scribners, 1953. 8th printing, light shelfwear otherwise near fine hard cover book/small chip on rear dust jacket panel & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 50510 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MARKHAM, BERYL West with the Night San Francisco: North Point Press, 1983. 8th printing, fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 530] Book number: 5051 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	LOVELL MARY S. The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart NY: St. Martin Press, 1989. 1st printing of 1st US edition, previous owner's inscription on half title page otherwisefine hard cover book in fine dust jacket. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 50511 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MOONEY, MICHAEL M. The Hindenburg NY: Dodd, Mead, 1972. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/closed tears & edgewear otherwise good dust jacket, A detailed account of the final flight of the airship, Hindenburg. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 530] Book number: 103769 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MOSLEY, LEONARD Lindbergh: A Biography NY: Doubleday, 1976. 1st printing of 1st edition, owner's ink stamp on front end paper & front pastedown (inside front cover) otherwise near fine hard cover book/very good dust jacket. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 50512 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	O'NEILL, RALPH A. WITH JOSEPH F. HOOD A Dream of Eagles Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. 1st edition, fine hard cover book/clear dampstain at base of dust jacket spine otherwise very good dust jacket, O'Neill built the New York, Rio & Buenos Aires Line, a 7800 mile airline through some of the world's most difficult terrain and weather in the 1920s. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 103911 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	NORRIS, WILLIAM The Man Who Fell from the Sky NY: Viking, 1987. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/slightly wrinkled on foot of dust jacket spine otherwise near fine dust jacket, The wealthy financier Alfred Loewenstein departed from London in his Fokker trimotor but never reached Brussels (his destination). USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 50513 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	RICH, DORIS L. Amelia Earhart: A Biography NY: Dell, 1989. 1st paperback edition, fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 441] Book number: 50514 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	SERLING, ROBERT J. Stewardess NY: St. Martin Press, 1982. 1st printing of 1st edition, brief previous owner's name on front end paper otherwisefine hard cover book in fine dust jacket. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 794] Book number: 50515 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	SUNDMAN, PER OLOF The Flight of the Eagle NY: Pantheon, 1970. 1st printing of 1st edition, light foxing on bottom edge otherwise near fine hard cover book/front dust jacket panel foxed & top dust jacket spine chipped otherwise good dust jacket, An account of the failed 1897 attempt by the Swedish scientist S.A. Andree to sail to the North Pole in a hydrogrogen balloon. USD 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 \| £UK 4 \| JP¥ 574] Book number: 50516 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.

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	ALLEN, RICHARD SANDERS Revolution in the Sky: Those Fabulous Lockheeds: the pilots who flew them Brattleboro: Stephen Greene Press, 1967. revised edition, fine hard cover book/closed tears otherwise very good dust jacket, The period 1927-1937 spawned six prototype Lockheed designs which eventually evolved into 197 individual aircraft designs. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 106369 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	BACH, RICHARD Nothing by Chance: A Gypsy Pilot's Adventures in Modern America NY: MacMillan, 1969. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/small closed dust jacket corner otherwise near fine dust jacket. USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.75 \| £UK 60.25 \| JP¥ 8826] Book number: 50502 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	BISHOP, EDWARD Mosquito: The Wooden Wonder Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1995. 1st Airlife edition, fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book), After his proposal for an all-purpose wooden aircraft was turned down by Whitehall, Sir Geoffrey de Haviland decided to build the Mosquito privately. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 106218 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	COLLINS, RICHARD L. Mastering the Systems: Air Traffic Control and Weather NY: MacMillan, 1991. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket, Collins demystifies the art of flying with solid advice and careful explanations of systems, such as VFR & IFR. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1236] Book number: 50505 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	AD HOC COMMITTEE ON REMOTE SENSING FOR DEVELOPMENT Resource Sensing from Space: Prospects for Developing Countries Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1977. 2nd printing, clean, unmarked near fine copy in decorative wrappers (soft cover book), the Ad Hoc Comittees report to the Agency of International Development (AID) examining new technologies for resource sensing from space & those steps necessary to foster the transfer & diffusion of these technologies. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 50500 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	GOERNER, FRED The Search for Amelia Earhart Fred Goerner, 1966. probably a Taiwanese pirated copy (although no Chinese imprint), slight darkening on end papers otherwise near fine hard cover book/closed tears & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket. USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 441] Book number: 50507 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	GOERNER, FRED The Search for Amelia Earhart Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. 1st printing of 1st edition, slight shelfwear otherwise near fine hard cover book/ no dust jacket. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 50506 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	COOK GRAEME Air Adventures: Landmarks in the True Story of Flight NY: St. Martin Press, 1975. 1st US edition, fine hard cover book/light edgewear otherwise near fine dust jacket, A brief but intense look at the pioneers of the first half century of flight. USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 662] Book number: 103934 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	GRIEHL, MANFRED German Twin-Engine Bombers of World War II West Chester: Schiffer Publishing, 1989. fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book), A history of twin engine bombers of the modern German air force beginning with the Dornier DE 17Z which first flew on Nov. 1934. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 106219 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	HEAPS, LEO Operation Morning Light: Terror in Our Skies- The True Story of Cosmos 954 NY: Paddington Press, 1974. 1st printing of 1st edition, remainder mark on bottom edge otherwise fine hard cover book/closed tears & rubbed otherwise very good dust jacket, The Soviet satellite Cosmos 954 came out of orbit & re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. This is the story of the re-entry & subsequent hunt for nuclear. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 50508 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	LINDBERGH, CHARLES A. The Spirit of St. Louis NY: Scribners, 1953. 8th printing, light shelfwear otherwise near fine hard cover book/small chip on rear dust jacket panel & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 50510 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MARKHAM, BERYL West with the Night San Francisco: North Point Press, 1983. 8th printing, fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 530] Book number: 5051 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	LOVELL MARY S. The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart NY: St. Martin Press, 1989. 1st printing of 1st US edition, previous owner's inscription on half title page otherwisefine hard cover book in fine dust jacket. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 50511 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MOONEY, MICHAEL M. The Hindenburg NY: Dodd, Mead, 1972. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/closed tears & edgewear otherwise good dust jacket, A detailed account of the final flight of the airship, Hindenburg. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 530] Book number: 103769 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	MOSLEY, LEONARD Lindbergh: A Biography NY: Doubleday, 1976. 1st printing of 1st edition, owner's ink stamp on front end paper & front pastedown (inside front cover) otherwise near fine hard cover book/very good dust jacket. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 50512 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	O'NEILL, RALPH A. WITH JOSEPH F. HOOD A Dream of Eagles Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. 1st edition, fine hard cover book/clear dampstain at base of dust jacket spine otherwise very good dust jacket, O'Neill built the New York, Rio & Buenos Aires Line, a 7800 mile airline through some of the world's most difficult terrain and weather in the 1920s. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 103911 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	NORRIS, WILLIAM The Man Who Fell from the Sky NY: Viking, 1987. 1st printing of 1st edition, fine hard cover book/slightly wrinkled on foot of dust jacket spine otherwise near fine dust jacket, The wealthy financier Alfred Loewenstein departed from London in his Fokker trimotor but never reached Brussels (his destination). USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 50513 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	RICH, DORIS L. Amelia Earhart: A Biography NY: Dell, 1989. 1st paperback edition, fine in decorative wrappers (soft cover book). USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 441] Book number: 50514 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	SERLING, ROBERT J. Stewardess NY: St. Martin Press, 1982. 1st printing of 1st edition, brief previous owner's name on front end paper otherwisefine hard cover book in fine dust jacket. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 794] Book number: 50515 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.
	SUNDMAN, PER OLOF The Flight of the Eagle NY: Pantheon, 1970. 1st printing of 1st edition, light foxing on bottom edge otherwise near fine hard cover book/front dust jacket panel foxed & top dust jacket spine chipped otherwise good dust jacket, An account of the failed 1897 attempt by the Swedish scientist S.A. Andree to sail to the North Pole in a hydrogrogen balloon. USD 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 \| £UK 4 \| JP¥ 574] Book number: 50516 Click here to order or inquire at Lorrin Wong, Bookseller.