Great thread;
It motivated me to "start" a sample listing of the signed books. Now (maybe) my kids won't throw out the ones on the list.
I have a couple of thousand signed photos, couple of hundred signed, important aviation history signed documents. (like a Curtiss signed 1917 patent grant for triplane construction, with all the stamps & ribbons on it) Hundreds of signed art and photos by air racers and designers, Albums full of pre-WWI pilots and designer signed photos and documents. But This thread is about signed books. Here are "some" that I found quickly on the shelves. There are so many others scattered about the library, especially a lot of WWII subjects that I don't refer to very often. Most of these are author-signed, but include some aero history makers in there..
*Special*
O. Chanute; PROGRESS IN FLYING MACHINES, 1894, First ed. This signed book was the presentation copy to Western Society of Engineers, Dayton Ohio. Members who had read this book, questioned the reports of the earliest Wright Bothers experiments, there, in Dayton. As a result, Wilbur gave his first ever, public presentation of the Wrights experiments and theories of flight. In addition to the O.Chanute ink signature, this book is stamped in violet ink, at least five times, as “Property of The Western Society of Engineers.” The inscription reads: “Western Society of Engineers, With respects of the author, (signed) O. Chanute” It is (ex-WSoE library)
Signed books
11 Luftwaffe aces; HORRIDO!, 1968, first ed
14 Luftwaffe Aces; MESSERSCHMITT ACES, 1989, FIRST ED.
J. H. Doolittle AND Dock Knobloch & C. Glines ; DOOLITTLE’S TOKYO RAIDERS, 1964, first ed
Grover Loeinng: Wings Club-THE AIR ROAD WILL WIDEN, 1969
Ray Toliver & Trevor Constable PLUS WWII Aces; FIGHTER ACES OF THE LUFTWAFFE, 1956
Signed and inscribed
Bernt Balchen: COME NORTH WITH ME, 1958
Dan Brimm & Edward Bogess; AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANIC, 1939, FIRST ED
Adolf Galland, Ray Toliver & 6 Aces; FIGHTER GENERAL, 1990, first ed
Adolf Galland & Ray Toliver; FIGHTE GENERAL, 1990 first ed
Richard E. Byrd; SKYWARD, 1928, first ed
Terry Gwynn-Jones; THE AIR RACERS Golden Era 1906-1936, 1984, first ed
Grover Loening; TAKEOFF INTO GREATNESS, 1968, first ed
Robert B. Meyer Jr.; LANGLEY’S MODEL AERO ENGINE OF 1903, 1976
Charles Wiggin; FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT-Heritage Edition, Mrs Cal Rodger’s copy
Signed and inscribed to me
Alan Abel; BELLANCA’S GOLDEN AGE, 2004, first ed
Bill Allen; LOOPING THE LOOP, 2000
“Pappy” Boyington; BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP, 1977
August Blume; RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT (in Russian language) 2001
Walter Boyne; THE LEADING EDGE, 1986
Walt Burton; THE WRIGHT BROTHERS LEGACY
Jack Carpenter; PENDULUM (Wright & Curtiss), 2003
Peter Cohausz; COCKPITS DEUTSCHER FLUGZEUGE, 2000
Budd Davisson; THE WORLD OF SPORT AVIATION, 1982
Howard R. Dufour; CHARLES TAYLOR: THE WRIGHT BROTHERS MECHANICIAN, #156 Ltd First Ed
Loius R. Eltscher; CURTISS-WRIGHT-Greatness and Decline, 1998, first ed
Dennis Gordon; LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE PILOT BIOGRAPHIES, 1991, first ed
Peter Grosz; THE GERMAN GIANTS, 1993
Robert Hirsch; SCHNEIDER TROPHY RACERS, 1993, first ed
Henry Holden; HER MENTOR WAS AN ALBATROS (H. Quimby), 1993, first ed
Bill Holder; FIREPOWER (history of a/c guns), 2000
Tom Matowitz; CLEVELAND’S NATIONAL AIR RACES, 2005, first ed
Kimble McCutcheon; TORNADO (Wright engine),2001
Leo Murphy; FLYING MACHINES OVER PENSACOLA,2003, #547 of 1000
Leo Opdycke; FRENCH AEROPLANED BEFORE THE GREAT WAR, 1999, first ed
Ralph Rosanik; HAWK SAFARI (Hawk P6-E), 1993
Herschel Smith; AIRCRAFT PISTON ENGINES, hc, first ed, 1981
Joshua Stoff; BUILDING MOONSHIPS-Grumman LM, 2004
Joshua Stoff; AEROSPACE HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND, 1989
Joshua Stoff; DIRIGIBLE, 1985, first ed
Frank Strnad; HISTORY OF AVIATION ON LONG ISLAND 1908-1938, 1989, first ed
Quentin Wald; THE WRIGHT BROTHER AS ENGINEERS, 1999
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