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Histoire de L'Aéronautique par les Monuments, Peints, Sculptés, Dessinés et Gravés des Origines à 1830. François-Louis Bruel.

A Magnificently Produced Iconography of Aeronautical History

Histoire de L'Aéronautique par les Monuments, Peints, Sculptés, Dessinés et Gravés des Origines à 1830...

Paris: André Marty, 1909. First Edition, one of 325 copies. A Magnificently Produced Iconography of Aeronautical History. Lavish iconography of the early history of flight––the plates are magnificent facsimiles, either tipped-in, on different papers or on satin, some hand-colored, some on stubs. A wonderful compilation from five different sources, including... Read More

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Typed Letter, signed (“J.H. Doolittle”), to U.S. Congressman James M. Mead, explaining his flight in honor of the Bicentennial of the birth of George Washington, and in honor of the 157th Anniversary of the founding of the postal service. James Doolittle.

Honoring George Washington and the U.S. Postal Service

Typed Letter, signed (“J.H. Doolittle”), to U.S. Congressman James M. Mead, explaining his flight in honor of the Bicentennial of...

Dropped from plane “En Route”; envelope postmarked “Boston, Mass.”: July 25, 1932. Honoring George Washington and the U.S. Postal Service. Doolittle, the aviator who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for leading the bombing raids over Tokyo in World War II, writes: “I am making a flight over as many... Read More

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Do You want to Fly? Forman, Harrison.

Do You want to Fly?

Shanghai, China: The Comacrib Press, 1931. First edition. A lovely copy of this curious Shanghai imprint. Born in Milwaukee, Forman studied at the Layton School of Art and then the University of Wisconsin from where he graduated with a degree in Oriental Philosophy. He drew on both of these in... Read More

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Rockets. Robert Goddard.

Rockets.

New York: American Rocket Society American Rocket Society, [1946]. First Edition. Reprints of two articles, original published by the Smithsonian Institution. Includes: A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes. (first published 1919); Liquid-Propellant Rocket Development (first published 1936). Read More

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Typed Letter, Signed (“S Newcomb”), to the editors of The Independent, inquiring as to the fate of his article on “The Outlook for the Flying Machine”. Simon Newcomb.

Typed Letter, Signed (“S Newcomb”), to the editors of The Independent, inquiring as to the fate of his article on...

Washington, D.C: 22 October 1903. A brief and intriguing letter from the Canadian-born mathematical astronomer and political economist Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), inquiring about the receipt of his article, “The Outlook for the Flying Machine”, which he had sent the preceding week. “I am somewhat concerned in not having received from... Read More

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A Tour through Upper and Lower Canada. By a Citizen of the United States. Containing, A View of the Present State of Religion, Learning, Commerce, Agriculture, Colonization, Customs and Manners, among the English, French, and Indian Settlements. John Cosens Ogden.

A Tour through Upper and Lower Canada. By a Citizen of the United States. Containing, A View of the Present...

Litchfield: Printed at Litchfield [n.pub.], 1799. First edition. John Cosens Ogden (1751-1800) was an Episcopal clergyman from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, who visited Quebec, Lachine, Montreal, Trois-Rivieres, Kingston, Niagara and York in 1794. A section on his impressions of Upper Canada is contained in "A Letter from a Gentleman to his... Read More

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A unique album of correspondence, including 13 autographed photographs, 8 additional unsigned photographs, 6 Typed Letters, signed, and 4 Autographed Letters, signed, 9 completed “mimeographed form” war records with signed and handwritten responses, and other items of interest by, and about, some of the most distinguished aviators of WWI, including members of the renowned Lafayette Flying Corps, and Lafayette Escadrille. Most of the letters, forms, and photos were replies to inquiries from Colonel James Farber, a writer for the Dayton Daily News, who was asked by an aeronautics magazine in 1934, to “ascertain the present whereabouts and occupations of various wartime pilots.”. World War I. Aviation Album.

ACES AND AVIATORS OF WW I

A unique album of correspondence, including 13 autographed photographs, 8 additional unsigned photographs, 6 Typed Letters, signed, and 4 Autographed...

ACES AND AVIATORS OF WW I. Included among the 10 letters is a correspondence on personal letterhead, from renowned American war ace and Medal of Honor recipient, Eddie Rickenbacker, who had 26 aerial victories and was America’s most celebrated aviator of the war. Another intriguing response comes from combat pilot... Read More

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