Books & Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a great hardcover 1945 first edition of "Two Hundred Thousand Flyers: The Story of the Civilian-AAF Pilot Training Program" by World War I veteran of the United States Navy, Willard Wiener. The book is a great reference for...

ARTIFACT: Scarce WWII Radar Bombing Manual for B-29s printed October 1944 "Under the direction of the Commanding General AAF Eastern Technical Training Command ST. Louis, Missouri. By training literature and instructional chart preparation...

ARTIFACT: Very rare, late WWII Pilot Flight Operating Instructions Manual for B-29 and B-29A Airplanes. The manual was published "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY" under the joint authority of the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, the Chief Bureau of...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare World War I photo unit history of the United States Air Service 113th Squadron Aero Engineers, one of the famous WWI "e;Spruce Squadrons"e; that operated in the American Northwest producing the needed lumber for...

ARTIFACT: This is a classic World War I unit history, "Squadron 95", written by Harold Buckley, a pilot with the 95th Aero Squadron. It is inscribed by the author to Bernt Balchen, a pioneering polar navigator of Norwegian descent. The 95th was...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I era book entitled "e;The Story of the First Flag"e;. It is the account of the mission of Arthur Clifford Kimber who in May 1917 carried to France the first American flag authorized by the United States Government after the...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare hardcover copy of "Granville: Tails and Tale Spins from a Flyer's Diary", the story of bombing military aviator Granville "Granny" Gutterson. Granville designed the Bombing Military Aviator (BMA) wing, which is pictured on the...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful circa 1900 owl bookmark in die-cut and lithographed aluminum. It reads: "A WORD TO THE WISE ADVERTISE" on the owl's chest. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 SIZE: Approximately 2-7/8" x 1-1/8" CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1934 Quaker Oats Babe Ruth “How to Play Baseball” complete set of four booklets in excellent condition. Each booklet covers a different aspect of playing the game, “How to Play the Outfield”, “How to Throw Curves...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of the “Cessna Air Crafter 1942”, a yearbook published by the Cessna Employees Club of Wichita, Kansas. Cessna has been producing aircraft since 1927. The book has many black and white and some colorized photographs (some...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful copy Ambulance No. 10 Personal Letters From The Front by Leslie Buswell and printed by Houghton Mifflin Company – The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. This example is the First Trade Edition of the previously private...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950 United States War Department pocket guide to Korea. This pocket guide has some great basic information for troops stationed in Korea. VINTAGE: Circa 1950. SIZE: About 4-1/4 in width by 5-1/4" in height; 48 pages in...