Aviation from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 1982. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 261pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. First of this softbound edition of the late astronaut's memoir, first published in 1973. On the half-title page, he boldly inscribes and signs in black fineline to "St. Orres Family / His Love / Jim Irwin / Apollo 15" with his trademark crescent… Read more about this item

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 526pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition, but exceptionally tight and bright.

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter red cloth with gilt spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 183pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Handsome and tight first edition of what jacket front panel calls "35 Daylight Missions Against Nazi Germany" by this young B-17 bombardier.

London: Arms and Armour, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 212pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Superb, pristine second edition of this raid on Berlin study first published by Jane's in 1981.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1942. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 354pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn and rubbed, though front panel graphics pleasing and bright. Tight, decent book club edition of this military aviation classic. BOMC leaflet with Henry Seidel Canby's essay on this title neatly tipped to front… Read more about this item

Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 2004. Hardcover. Wide 8vo. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 448pp. Extensive color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good/fine. Book fine but for couple of abrasions to pictorial pastedowns. A tight and quite nice later printing of this enormous and heavily illustrated survey. The largest section is devoted to World War Two, and this… Read more about this item

Pacifica, CA: Pacifica Military History, 2000. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xiii, 213pp. Fine. First edition, pristine and tight. Admiral Noel A.M. Gayler introduces this memoir by the American naval ace (1921-2008) who participated in many critical Pacific Ocean operations in World War Two, flying 89 missions and becoming the first carrier pilot double ace as well… Read more about this item

New Hope, PA: Enola Gay Remembered, Inc, 2004. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 339pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/fine. A handsome and tight "60th Anniversary Restoration Edition" observing the restoration of the iconic airplane. Inner flyleaf WW2 image shows Tibbets together with his navigator (Theodore Van Kirk) at left and bombardier at right, and… Read more about this item

Lexington: Sue Johnpeter, 2014. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. v, 155pp. Fine. Pristine first edition of this account of the 385th Bombardment Group aviator (1924-2020) who was shot down over Germany and became a prisoner of war. On the title page, both King and Johnpeter sign large and bold in black ballpoint. Seldom seen signed.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Hardcover. Small 8vo. White paper over boards with red and silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 145pp, (4pp). Fine/fine. Tight and pristine -- truly right-off-the-shelf crisp -- first edition of this first-person fictional novella.

N.p.: Richard J. Beamish, 1927. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt front board lettering and black rules/pictorial stamping. v, (ca. 100pp), (8pp ad + blank lined pages). Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Mild binding wear; tight and internally near fine. Handsome salesman's subscription copy ("dummy") of the first edition of this quickie biography cranked out just months after Lindbergh's epic… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. Hardcover. Drawings by James MacDonald.8vo. Black cloth with yellow lettering and graphic. xii, 252pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Binding lightly edgeworn; faint floral mustiness. A tight and decent early printing of this thorough, well-illustrated account and how-to.

New York: Newmarket Press, 1981. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and grey paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 341pp. Illustrations, maps, line drawings. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition, but supremely tight and lovely.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 341pp. Illustrations, map. Near fine/very good. Bit of freckling to page edges; minor jacket edgewear. Just a book club edition, but tight and quite nice.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. v, 226pp. Illustrations, map. Fine/fine. Only a book club edition of this account of the air battle over New Guinea in March 1943, but perfectly pristine.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 251pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/very good. Just a book club edition, but tight and quite attractive.

Novato, CA: Presidio, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and red paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 253pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Fine/near fine. Merely a book club edition -- but perfectly tight and near pristine.

Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1992. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 192pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this account of Hubert "Hub" Zemke's famed unit.

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1955. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. 160pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Spine lightly sunned, else internally tight and near fine. Nice, tight first edition of this early look at UFOs from the heyday of the phenomenon. Uncommon. Citadel Press in New York brought out an American edition the following year. … Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2011. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and grey paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 300pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Absolutely pristine, choice 5th printing of the Apollo 15 command module pilot's memoir, inscribed and signed by him large and bold in black marker on half-title page: "To Arthur -- / Al Worden /… Read more about this item