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New Arrivals in Aviation: Fighter Aces and Aerial Pioneers.

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Waddington, David. [Winston S. Churchill]

Winston Churchill Signed Royal Air Force Portrait.

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Rare color transfer print of Winston Churchill in his Royal Air Force (RAF) uniform by David Waddington, one of five known examples produced. Boldly signed by Winston Churchill in the lower border in ink, “Winston S. Churchill.” Additionally with Waddington’s signature printed in facsimile. While serving in the Royal Air Force, photographer David Waddington was assignedContinue reading "Winston Churchill Signed Royal Air Force Portrait."

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$28,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149619
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Greenlaw, Olga S

The Lady and the Tigers.

New York : E. P. Dutton, 1943.

First edition, early printing of this memoir from the official war diarist for the “Flying Tigers”. Octavo, original publisher’s orange cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece of the author, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper, “To Mrs. Philippe Coombes, who has contributedContinue reading "The Lady and the Tigers."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-149143
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Chennault, Claire Lee; Robert Hotz [Editor]

Way of a Fighter: The Memoirs of Claire Lee Chennault.

Tucson, Arizona : James Thorvardson & Sons, 1991.

Limited edition of this autobiographical account of Chennault’s military career. Octavo, original green cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed on the colophon page in black felt tip by sixteen members of the Flying Tigers, including: Tex Hill, Ken Jernstedt, Charles Mott, Paul J. Greene, Dick Rossi, Joe Rosbert, Bob Layher,Continue reading "Way of a Fighter: The Memoirs of Claire Lee Chennault."

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-149141
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Wolfe, Tom [Chuck Yeager and John Glenn]

The Right Stuff.

New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.

First edition of Wolfe’s classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, hand-made Italian marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signedContinue reading "The Right Stuff."

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$7,200.00
Item Number: RRB-150389
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[Hill, Tex; Ken Jernstedt; Paul J. Greene; Robert T. Smith; Dick Rossi; Erik Shilling; Bob Layher; Ed Rector; Charlie Bond; Robert M. Smith; Edward F. Gallagher; Frank Losonsky; Rolland Richardson; Carl Quick; Al Kaelin]

Chennault’s Flying Tigers: A Commemorative History of the American Volunteer Group.

Minnesota : Flying Tigers 14th Air Force Association, Inc, 1982.

First edition of this detailed and richly illustrated tribute to American Volunteer Group’s pivotal role in early World War II air combat. Quarto, original blue boards with an inlay of a flying tiger and Claire Lee Chennault, pictorial and cartographic endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Boldly signed on a Flying Tigers bookplateContinue reading "Chennault’s Flying Tigers: A Commemorative History of the American Volunteer Group."

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-148756
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Sherrod, Robert

History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II.

Washington : Combat Forces Press, 1952.

First edition of this authoritative account of U.S. Marine aviation in the Pacific Theater. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth with titles and the marine corps emblem stamped in blue on the spine, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 64 pages of black and white photographs, drawings, and maps. Presentation copy, inscribed “To Larry” and signed on the titleContinue reading "History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-148753
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Freeman, Roger A. [Gabby Gabreski; Robin Olds; Joseph Bennett; Walter Beckham; Steve Pisanos; William Allen; Lawrence Powell; Gerald Brown; Edwin Heller; Kit Carson; Urban Drew]

The Mighty Eighth: A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.

London : Arms and Armour, 1991.

Early printing of this detailed and authoritative account of the Eighth Air Force in World War II. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Boldly signed on a The Mighty Eighth bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper by twelve members of the United States Air Force, including: Gabby Gabreski,Continue reading "The Mighty Eighth: A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force."

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-148757
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Saint-Exupery, Antoine de

Flight To Arras.

New York : Reynal & Hitchcock, 1942.

First edition of this classic memoir. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated endpapers. Boldly signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupery on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated by Bernard Lamotte. Translated from the French by Lewis Galantiere. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition and signed.

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$3,500.00
Item Number: RRB-150149
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Tibbets, Paul W

Return of the Enola Gay.

Columbus, Ohio : Mid Coast Marketing, 1998.

First edition of Tibbets’ account of the bombing of Hiroshima. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed beneath their respective image by Paul Tibbets, Dutch Van Kirk, and Tom Ferebee. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable.

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-148742
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Tibbets, Paul W

Paul Tibbets Signed B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Model.

Philippines .

Rare limited edition B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay model on stand. Hand painted 1/72 scale model of the Enola Gay with a 23.5 inch wingspan and accompanied by four attachable propellors, each measuring approximately 2.5 inches in length. Boldly signed by Paul Tibbets on the stand’s metal plaque, “Paul Tibbets, Pilot 6 Aug. 1945.” In nearContinue reading "Paul Tibbets Signed B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Model."

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$2,250.00
Item Number: RRB-148418
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Earhart, Amelia

The Fun of It.

New York : Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932.

First edition of Earhart’s account of her childhood, her fascination with aviation, and her life through her 1932 flight across the Atlantic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout, with the original record in the rear pastedown. Boldly signed by Amelia Earhart on the front free endpaper. In very good condition.

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$7,000.00
Item Number: RRB-149914
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Tibbets, Paul W

Paul Tibbets Signed Photograph.

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Rare black and white photograph of the pilot of the Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets. Signed and dated by Tibbets, “Paul Tibbets, Pilot 6 AUG 1945.” The entire piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches. In fine condition.

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-147884
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Sikorsky, Igor

The Story of the Winged-S: Late Developments and Recent Photographs of the Helicopter.

New York : Dodd, Meade & Company, 1958.

First edition, early printing of the autobiography of the Russian-American aviation pioneer and designer of the first viable American helicopter. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Jack Sloane with kindest personal regards of I. Sikorsky Jan 25 1963.” VeryContinue reading "The Story of the Winged-S: Late Developments and Recent Photographs of the Helicopter."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-148067
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Lindbergh, Charles A

The Spirit of St. Louis.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, [1953].

Special slipcase edition of Lindbergh’s autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, original gold half cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs, blue top stain, pictorial slipcase. Fine in a near fine slipcase.

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$375.00
Item Number: RRB-147646
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Lindbergh, Charles A

The Spirit of St. Louis.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.

First edition, early printing of Lindbergh’s autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the title page, “To J. Carlton Ward, Jr. With deep appreciation Charles A. Lindbergh.” Near fine in a nearContinue reading "The Spirit of St. Louis."

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-147812
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Sikorsky, Igor; Eddie Rickenbacker; James H. Doolittle; Alford J. Williams; Anthony Fokker; Charles E. Rosendahl; Sherman Fairchild; Roscoe Turner; Thomas Sopwith; George Stainforth; Richard Atcherley; Clyde Pangborn; Ruth Nichols; Glenn L. Martin; Hugh Herndon, Jr; Frank Hawks; William A. Bishop; Giuseppe Mario Bellanca

Aviator Autograph Collection.

1935-36.

Autograph collection with signatures from eighteen of the world’s famous aviation pioneers and fighter pilots. Octodecimo, eighteen pages mounted on carbon paper, the collection includes: postcard signed by Igor Sikorsky, “I. Sikorsky,” illustrated with a photograph of the Sikorsky S-42 flying boat; card signed by Edward Rickenbacker, “Capt Eddie Rickenbacker 1936,” mounted with a photographContinue reading "Aviator Autograph Collection."

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-147210
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Earhart, Amelia

The Fun of It.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932.

Early printing of Earhart’s account of her childhood, her fascination with aviation, and her life through her 1932 flight across the Atlantic. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated throughout. Signed by Amelia Earhart on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket, small bookplate to the rear pastedown. Accompanied by two pieces ofContinue reading "The Fun of It."

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$2,800.00
Item Number: RRB-147178
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Earhart, Amelia

20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship: The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.

First edition of Earhart’s thrilling account of of her experience as a passenger aboard the Friendship, which made her the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air in 1928. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece and 61 illustrations. Boldly signed by Amelia Earhart on the verso of the frontispiece. In near fineContinue reading "20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship: The American Girl, First Across the Atlantic by Air, Tells Her Story."

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$3,800.00
Item Number: RRB-146638
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Lemon, Frank; [Orville Wright]

Orville Wright Signed Lithograph of The Wright Brothers ‘Strange Contraption’ Rises at Kitty Hawk, 1903.

1928.

Lithograph of The Wright Brothers ‘Strange Contraption’ Rises at Kitty Hawk, 1903. Wright Aeronautical Corporation off-set color lithograph of a Frank Lemon watercolor painting honoring the Wright Brothers’ historic flight at Kitty Hawk, signed by Orville Wright in black ink along the horizon line. Framed. In fine condition. The piece measures 15.5 inches by 18.25Continue reading "Orville Wright Signed Lithograph of The Wright Brothers ‘Strange Contraption’ Rises at Kitty Hawk, 1903."

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$8,800.00
Item Number: RRB-146523
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The 56th Fighter Group In World War II.

Washington : Infantry Journal Press, 1948.

First edition of this authoritative record of the 56th Fighter Group’s achievements in the European Theater of Operations. Quarto, original publisher’s cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed by 13 members of the 56th Fighter Group on the half-title page including Robert S. Johnson, Robert J. Rankin, Billy G. Edens (with an additional signed card by EdensContinue reading "The 56th Fighter Group In World War II."

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$750.00
Item Number: RRB-146987
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Lindbergh, Charles A

The Spirit of St. Louis.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953.

First edition, early printing of Lindbergh’s autobiographical account about the events leading up to and including his 1927 solo trans-Atlantic flight. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentellesContinue reading "The Spirit of St. Louis."

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$1,250.00
Item Number: RRB-146307
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Wolfe, Tom [Chuck Yeager]

The Right Stuff.

New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.

First edition of Wolfe’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Brian Blevins Tom Wolfe” and additionally signed by pilot Chuck Yeager. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the second endpaper. Jacket design by Kiyoshi Kanai. A very sharp example, rare signedContinue reading "The Right Stuff."

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$3,000.00
Item Number: RRB-146151
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Mason, Robert

Chickenhawk.

New York : The Viking Press, 1983.

First edition, early printing of Mason’s classic first book, one of the finest about the Vietnam War. Octavo, original cloth, map by David Lindroth. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “‘No one is more shocked than I.’ Keep ’em flying! Robert Mason.” Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket illustrationContinue reading "Chickenhawk."

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$975.00
Item Number: RRB-146077
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Lindbergh, Charles A

Of Flight and Life.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1948.

First edition of this prophetic discourse on weapons of mass destruction. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “To Elizabeth Bartky with much affection, and best wishes from Charles A. Lindbergh August 1948.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An excellent association.

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$1,100.00
Item Number: RRB-144539
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