james h doolittle (20 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Reprint. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Dover Thrift Editions. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Xiv, 301 Pp. Fine In Fine Dj, With Generic Inscription By The Author, A Card With A Quotation Taped Below, And The Author's Flyer For The Book. Signed by Author(s).

Very good with fair dust jacket. Four line personal inscription by the author on front fly leaf. A little staining on front endpaper. Dust jacket is well worn at spine tips and corners and is rubbed at the edges with edge tears.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 622 pages. 9.50x6.25x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Zustand: Bien. Bantam Books, USA, 1991. Texto en inglés. Segunda guerra mundial. Aviación. Aviones. La incursión Doolittle realizada el 18 de abril de 1942, fue el primer bombardeo aéreo estadounidense sobre territorio japonés durante la segunda guerra mundial. Láminas b/n. Biografías. XV + 574 pp. 24 x 16. Tapa dura con tela y dorados en lomo y sobrecubierta de editorial ilustrada. Sin subrayados ni anotaciones. Buen estado de conservación. ISBN: 9780553078077.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 66 pages. 11.00x8.50x11.00 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Cover. first edition. some creasing to cover corners.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 352 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. xiv, 602 pp. ; illustrated ; textured sky-blue cloth with silver lettering ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Forty-Three Years and Counting -- AFA At a Glance -- General Information -- Alphabetical Listings, Life Members of [the] Air Force Association -- Geographical (Residence) Listings ; details of name, rank, personal residence address, name of spouse, job title, phone number, work location address ; excellent late 1980's reference for personal research, military analysis, genealogical, marriage records, address verification, and more ; rarely available resource ; VG. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. 35 Pages In Red Plastic Binder, 13" X 10 1/4" With White Plastic Comb Spine. The Book Consists Of 32 Pages Of Photographic Paper On Card, Each With A 10 1/4" X 8 3/8" High Quality Photographic Image At Top On Each Side, Documenting All Kinds Of Class Settings In The Studios And In Outside Locations, And 3 Pages Of The Same Paper Each With Four 4 3/4" Square Photographs Attached To The Pages On Each Side, Portraits Of The Teachers, For A Total Of 88 Photographs. There Is No Text Or Writing Of Any Kind Anywhere In The Book, But It Is Very Similar To A Set Of Pages In The Art Center School Of Design Archives In Pasadena, Punched For A Spiral Binding But Unbound, Having Four More Pages Than This Set, But Lacking Some Of The Photographs Present Here. Ansel Adams Is Shown Instructing Many Of The Classes, As Are Fred Archer, Clarence Bull, James H. Doolittle, Edward Kaminski, Paul Dorsey, C. K. Eaton, Otto Hulmer, A B Shore, Herman Wall And Others. The Photographs Are Very High Quality, Showing Excellent Composition And Detail. This Particular Collection Of Photographs May Be Unique, And In Any Case A Quite Rare And Desirable For Collectors Of Photography And, In Particular, The Ansel Adams Collector. Adams Developed His Zone System Technique Of Photography In 1941 While Teaching At The Art Center.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 50 pages. Features: Front cover Thompson Valves ad commemorates Navy flyer Lieut. Soucek and his 1930 altitude record at 43,166 feet; Good Year ad features photos of American Airways planes; Data on the strength of Aircraft Materials; Improving the Control System; Weight Reduction Versus Drag Reduction in Design; The Stark System of Instrument Flying; A New Army Fighting Grade Anti-Knock Aviation Gasoline - article by Major James H. Doolittle; Engineering Deductions of a Flight Around the World - Charles Healy Day and his Errant (Martin); The New Continental R-670; Care and Construction of Metal Propellers; 1931 Aircraft Production; Century Airlines Hangar-Terminal Building; Brief personality profile - with photo - of Charles N. Monteith, Boeing's chief engineer; Obituary of C.T. Porter; Autogiro photo ad inside back cover shows Juan De La Cierva taking off from Pier 34, New York, December 23, 1931; Nice illustrated back cover ad for the new Stinson Model "R"; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Aviation Engineering and Aircraft Servicing (Magazine), With Which is Consolidated Airway Age - The Technical Journal of the Aeronautical Industry, March (Mar.) 1932 - The Stark System of Instrument Flying / The New Continental R-670 Thompson Valves ad.

Small 8vo. pp. 4: 16: 20: 24: 20: 20: 20: 16: [40]: illustrations. Original wrappers bound in blue cloth with the name Captain R.M.S. Barrett in gilt; pencil signature of Barrett to front end paper. The first 4 pages consist of a letter to every member of the Eighth Air Force from Lieutenant General James Doolittle, the commanding officer. The army talks were restricted and issued to service personnel only except for the final issue "American Uncles" which was written by Peter Howard, political correspondent at the Daily Express. The single issue of the Royal Air Force Journal mostly concerns the US Army Air Force in Britain during the war. Scarce. I have been unable to trace any copies of the Army Talks in institutions or in commerce.

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 photograph of Rickenbacker in uniform; card signed by Major James Harold Doolittle, "J.H. Doolittle," mounted with a photograph of Doolittle; card signed by Major Alford J. Williams, "Major Al Williams / U S Marine Corps (R)"; card signed by Anthony Fokker in green ink, "Fokker," mounted with a newspaper clipping adhered to the verso of the carbon paper 'Edsel Ford Dead of Old Malady - Head of Auto Company, 49, Expanded Vast Industrial Empire'; card signed by Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, "C.E. Rosendahl Commander U.S. Navy," mounted with a photograph of Rosendahl in uniform; collector's typed letter signed by Sherman Fairchild on the verso, "Sherm / Sherman M Fairchild"; card signed by Roscoe Turner in green ink, "Roscoe Turner 1935," mounted with a photograph of a signed photo of the NR257Y; card signed by Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, "T.O.M. Sopwith," mounted with a news clipping portrait of Sopwith adhered to the carbon paper; card signed by Flight Lieutenant George Stainforth, "G.H. Stainforth" and Richard Atcherley, "R.R. Atcherley," mounted with a diagram of Stainforth's supermarine seaplane S6B; autograph letter signed by Stainforth to the collector on 'Experimental Section Royal Aircraft Establishment' stationary, "13 Aug. 35. Eric Brett. I have just found . your letter in sorting papers . or send an autograph in case it was not sent before. G.H. Stainforth"; typed letter signed by Wing Commander Clyde Pangborn to the collector on 'Bill Barnes Air Trails' stationary, 'July 8, 1935 . Requests for autographs since my London-to-Melbourne flight threatened me with writer's cramp . I'd have to find some way to fly without gasoline, and use only airmail covers for petrol . "Clyde Pangborn,"' news clipping portrait of Pangborn adhered to the lower left corner; card signed by Ruth Nichols, "Ruth R. Nichols"; card signed by Glenn L. Martin, "Glenn L. Martin," mounted to a typed letter signed by his secretary to the collector on 'Glenn L. Martin Company' stationary; card signed by Hugh Herndon, Jr, "Hugh Herndon, Jr," mounted with a clipped photograph of Herndon, Jr. beside his Stinson; card inscribed by Frank Hawks, "Sincerely Frank Hawks Feb 22 1935," mounted with news clipped images of Captain Hawks, his Texaco No. 13, and his Texaco Sky Chief; card signed by Billy Bishop, "W.A. Bishop," ink stamped with a flying cross, accompanied by a clipped magazine photograph of Bishop; and a clipped signature of Giuseppe Mario Bellanca, "GMBallanca," adhered to a card featuring photographs of Bellanca and his aircraft. In very good to fine condition. A unique collection. Just coming into military use at the outset of World War I, airplanes were employed mostly for reconnaissance before gathering use in more specialized ways as fighters, bombers, and trench strafers.

Kurzer Brief (1 S. 4 to, mit gedrucktem pers. Briefkopf ) mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Carmel, CA 30.6.1988 Every good wish to you and yours. (dito : Grosses Original-Porträtfoto (in Uniform, 8 to) mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Empfehlung, Unterschrift signiert Euro 245,-).

Signed vintage matte-finish studio photograph (stamp verso), shows James H. `Jimmy` Doolittle in an official chest-up portrait in his Air Force uniform, 8 x 10 inch, signed blue ballpoint ink "J. H. Doolittle", with some silvering, one mild vertical crease, and slightly waved to the edges - in fine condition. Accompanied by a photograph signed by Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934-2012), 8 x 10 inch, signed in golden ink, in very fine condition & a mounted photograph signed by Alfred Mason Gray Jr. (1928-2024), 11 x 14 inch, signed and inscribed on the mount in black felt tip, with mild signs of wear - in fine to very fine condition.

framed. 7" x 9" black & white photograph, inscribed and signed "To. J.H. Doolittle". Please inquire for a full description and further images. American aviation pioneer and Medal of Honor recipient. He attained the rank of Lieutenant General in a career that lasted over 50 years.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's rousing "date which will live in infamy" speech, in which the livid president declares that a state of war exists between the United States and the Empire of Japan, set the tone for World War Two and quickly became one of the most famous speeches in American history. Typescript captioned "Roosevelt's War Message on Japan, December 8, 1941," 1p, 8½ X 13", n.p., n.d. Very good. Mailing folds. Full text of FDR's noted speech, opening with "Yesterday, December 7, 1941" and closing with "I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack. a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire." Boldly signed at the conclusion by four American military leaders (left to right): Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966), who adds "USN"; James H. Doolittle (1896-1993); Raymond A. Spruance (1886-1969), who adds "Admiral, U.S.N. (Ret.)"; and Albert C. Wedemeyer (1897-1989), who adds "General, U.S.A. Ret." A fine display piece.