Boston: Beacon Press, (1982). Unbound. Uncorrected proof. Unbound folded and gathered signatures laid in proof dust jacket. Fine in a very good dust jacket with internal foxing, rubbing, and edgewear. Letter from the publisher laid in. More
(Mesa, Arizona): Champlin Fighter Museum, (1985). Softcover. First edition. Quarto. 152pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers. Lightly rubbed, small surface abrasion on rear wrapper along the bottom edge, near fine. Inscribed by Mike O'Connor to a well-known bookseller on the title page. More
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, (1994). Hardcover. Second printing. 133pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in a fine dust jacket. More
(Italy: Comune di Recoaro Terme, 2001). Softcover. First edition. 61pp. Illustrated from black-and-white photographs. Text in both Italian and English. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by Giuseppe Versolato on the front fly: "To my Friend Steve, Giuseppe, This is the story of an american [sic] pilot killed by Germans. This is..... More
Washington, D.C. Zenger Publishing Company, (1980). Hardcover. Reprint. Photo research by Thomas F. Mahar, Jr.196pp. Faint foxing on the page edges else near fine. More
(London): Book Club Associates, (1976). Hardcover. Book club edition. Illustrated by Chris Foss. A fine copy, lacking a dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to poet Michael Curtis on the title page. More
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, (1987). Hardcover. First edition. 272pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Ex-library copy with a label on the front free endpaper, bookplate on the front pastedown, and faint foxing on the page edge thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with some toning..... More
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, Publishers, (1970). Hardcover. Reprint. 374pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Light foxing on page edges, corners lightly bumped, near fine, issued without dust jacket. More
New York: Roy Publishers, (1944). Hardcover. First edition. Jacket art by Hugo Steiner-Prag. Very faint crease on front fly, slight toning at the crown, near fine in a very good dust jacket with nicks at the spine ends, and light rubbing on the rear panel. A semi-autobiographical story of a...... More
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania: Bell Publishing, (1950). Hardcover. Second edition. Decorations by Clayton Knight. 332pp. Illustrated with photographic plates, map endpapers. Covers slightly rubbed with extremities lightly bumped, spine a bit sunned, very good, lacking the dust jacket. Nicely inscribed by the subject, Bernt Balchen. Biography of the native Norwegian pioneer..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Hardcover. Book club edition. 561pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Some foxing on the page edges, slightly bumped corners, and some toning thus very good in a good only dust jacket with chips, tears, and foxing. More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, (1994). Hardcover. First edition thus. A new edition of William J. Powell's 1934 *Black Wings* with an introduction by Von Hardesty. 150pp. Original wrappers bound into hardcover. Near fine. More
New York: George H. Doran, (1927). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Clayton Knight. Fine lacking the dust jacket. Springs was a World War I ace who used his experiences in the writing of his popular stories and novels, several of which were made into films. The story "Belated Evidence," from..... More
New York: George H. Doran, (1926). Hardcover. Early printing, lacking the publisher's device. Illustrated by Clayton Knight. Large octavo. 277pp. Gilt-stamped teal cloth. Scattered foxing on pages, spine and edges lightly toned, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, else very good lacking the scarce dust jacket. A book written anonymously..... More