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HARD BACK RED. Condizione: GOOD. JACKET: SOILED DJ. General wear: foxing, water stains, small bookplate B&W photos DATE PUBLISHED: 1971 EDITION: 253.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 253 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket. DJ is toned with mild edge wear. There is one notable chip in the DJ on the top right corner of the front panel, but DJ is now house in a protective mylar cover. Book is bound in red cloth over boards with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Binding is tight and secure. Corners are square. Previous owners name written in black in the top right corner of the half-title page. Pages are mildly toned, but remain otherwise crisp and clean. Images are printed in B&W. McGraw-Hill. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1971. 253 pages. Included with this copy is a signed page bearing the signatures of both T. Claude Ryan and William Wagner. Overall a good copy. This is an oversized book, so extra shipping will be necessary for priority or international shipping. This volume comes from the Aviation collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling spent his lifetime teaching, writing, and collecting books on civil and military aviation. We are proud to house his Aviation collection, part of the extensive library which is his legacy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: If there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xi,253 Pp. Red Cloth. First Printing Indicated. Near Fine. With Inserted Signature Page, Inscribed By Robert C. Jackson, Signed By Wagner And T. Claude Ryan. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition. First Edition. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket. (xii); 253pp. McGraw-Hill Book Company, An interesting biography of Ryan's connection to many of the most dramatic episodes in aviation history: training World War II flyers in civilian flying schools; the building of the Spirit of St. Louis for Lindbergh; the design, development, and assembling of aircraft which greatly contributed to the allied air victory; and his contributions to civil aviation in the post-Lindbergh and post-War era. Name Index, Index of Ryan Planes, and Index of Other Aircraft and Spacecraft. Extensively illustrated with photographs, drawings, and facsimiles. Near fine copy, jacket not price clipped. quarto, red cloth in dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. Inscribed by subject of book opposite Title page in blue pen,"To my good friend Bob Hoover a wonderful pilot. Claude Ryan" One of a number of signed books from the collection of Robert (Bob) Anderson Hoover who was an American fighter and test pilot, record setting air show aviator and flew Spitfires during World War II and was shot down in 1944 off the coast of France. Complete number line. 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 Book; binding tight, straight boards have fading to top and bottom edges with mild chipping to bottom front edge; mild soiling to top and fore edges with minor bump to top corner and small paper loss to first two pages else text free of marks, appears gently read. Dust jacket ($18.50) has moderate chipping and paper loss to spine ends and cover edges with several short to medium and one 4" closed tear to edges with four having clear tape. Under archival quality mylar cover. Numerous photographs. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hb. Condizione: VG. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG. First Edition. Clean red cloth on boards with white titles. Edges: mild foxing. B/w illustrated Eps. Title page: owners name/address stamp, as well as to refp. Clean contents. Comprehensive b/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 253p Dj: light dusting of smudges, rubbing and scratches Spine: thin creasing to head. Couple of chips to head of rear edge. Price-cut to head of front flap.

1st edition dust jacket Very Good quarto xi + 263pp., b/w plates, text ills., indexes, Claude Ryan's company constructed Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" plane, & built training planes that were dominant during WWII in flying instruction, and some of the first airliners.

L. Lindy [Jacket], L. Roberts [Illustrator] (illustratore). .of Pioneer Airman & Businessman T. Claude Ryan [Illustrated] Very good. Rare in the UK. With dedication to John W. R. Taylor by T. Claude Ryan and William Wagner. Darkening on dust jacket. Some small spots on top text block. 1st. Dust jacket: Very good. Hardback.