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paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st printing. 7 x 10, 193 pages. All the essays collected in this volume originated as papers comprising six sessions of the Tenth Pacific Science Congress, held in Honolulu, Hawaii,1961.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; 265 pages illustrations 27 cm OCLC 584166 LCCN 72095704 LC TL711.S8 S9 Dewey 797.54 ; blue cloth with silver lettering ; no dustjacket ; SIGNED presentation by Bill Sweet on front endpaper ; Contents: How does one get into this crazy business? -- The Linco days, boy, did we sell gasoline -- The busy years -- Some good old boys and good old planes -- Danny Fowlie, the Picabacks and sundry other tales -- The fabulous Gee Bees, ours and others -- The post war years -- Open that chute, Jack -- The day t he air shows stopped -- Johnny Skyrocket and his Vampires -- Bat men and other strange birds -- Dick McPherson, who flew through houses -- Ernie Simmons and his private air force -- The happiness boys -- Dome tales from the fabulous fifties -- Oversas and back for thirty dollars -- The day it rained rattlesnakes in Okeene -- My 16 years with Harold Krier -- Haold Krier, the recent years ; FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.