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AUTHOR/YEAR
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CONDITION/DESCRIPTION
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Kitplane Construction
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Ronald Wanttaja/1991
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Paperback by Tab books. Excellent shape, cover still shiny.
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Introduction To Flight
SOLD
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John D. Anderson/1985
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One of the best books on aeronautical engineering. Hardbound edition. Some scuffing and shelfware. Front page has some glue residue from a former label. No writing or highlighting.
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Design For Flying
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David B. Thurston/1978
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Hardbound without dustjacket. Excellent shape, except for minute shelfware. Otherwise, like new. This is a great book subjectwise too.
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Design For Flying
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David B. Thurston/1978
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Hardbound with dustjacket, although dustjacket is torn and shows much shelfware. Inside the dustjacket, the hardbound edition is in great shape with hardly any wear on the book. This is a great book subjectwise too.
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Illustrated Guide To Aerodynamics
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Skip Smith/1985
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Paperback edition is a good reading copy. Shows shelfware. Interior is in good condition.
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Foundations of Aerodynamics: 3rd Edition
SOLD
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Kuethe & Chow/1976
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Hardbound edition shows some shelfware, but has tight binding. Occasional yellow highlighting.
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Introduction To Fluid Mechanics
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Fox & McDonald/1985
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Hardbound edition shows some slight, but has tight binding. Very few marks except for a few pencil writings and a few yellow highlightings.
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Dynamics of Flight: Stability & Control, 2nd Edition
SOLD
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Bernard Etkin/1962
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Hardbound edition shows shelfware. Some highlighting and writing. This book is available only through me for $15.
Email me if you are interested or have questions.
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Aircraft Basic Science, 5th Edition
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Bent McKinley/1980
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Excellent paperback for learning all about basic aerodynamics and how the subject applies to aircraft.
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Schaums Fluid Dynamics, 2nd Edition
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Hughes & Brighton/1991
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Schaums is known for making "cheater" books regarding to specialty subjects. Cliff's notes for technical books. This paperback explains much of fluid dynamics.
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Complete Idiot's Guide: Flying & Climbing
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Lane & Jaffe/2000
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Excellent paperback edition for beginners; it explains the basics of flight.
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AUTHOR/YEAR
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CONDITION/DESCRIPTION
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Introduction to Gas-Turbine and Jet Propulsion Design
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Norman & Zimmerman/1948
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Rare collectable. An incredibly well-preserved explanation of turbine propulsion principles. Hardbound with almost no shelfware. No writing or highlighting except for owners name on title sheet. This book is only available directly through me for $100. Email me if you are interested or have questions.
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Jet Aircraft Power Systems
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Casamassa/1950
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Hardbound book discussing all aspects of jet propulsion. Contains both practical and technical information. Hardbound with no writing except for a catalog number from previous owner. Some shelfware. This book is only available directly through me for $40. Email me if you are interested or have questions.
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Aircraft and Missile Propulsion, Volume II
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Zucrow/1964
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Hardbound with very torn dust-jacket. Otherwise, book is in great shape with nice red cloth-covered hardbound covers (printed too). No writing or highlighting. Some minor shelfware. This book is only available directly through me for $40. Email me if you are interested or have questions.
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Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine Technology
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Treager/1970
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Large hardbound book has some minor shelfware and lots of highlighting. Obviously used as a textbook, contains lots of practical information. This book is only available directly through me for $35. Email me if you are interested or have questions.
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AUTHOR/YEAR
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CONDITION/DESCRIPTION
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The Wright Brothers
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Crouch & Jakab/2003
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Fantastic hardbound book explains how the Wright Brothers invented the airplane. Shows some minor shelfware, price sticker goo still on the cover. No dustjacket. Back cover has what look like some water drop stains.
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Top Gun Fighters (1988)
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Beekman House Press/1988
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Hardbound book filled with color pictures of fighter airplanes up until 1988. Dustjacket shows some wear, but all in all good shape..
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Modern Combat Aircraft (1984)
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Christopher Chant/1984
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Hardbound book filled with color and black/white pictures of combat airplanes up until 1984. Dustjacket shows wear.
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Chronicle of Aviation
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Gunston, Armitage, Bentley/1992
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Fantastic HEAVY hardcover book tells history of aviation by using old newspaper stories. Very interesting. Hardcover and dustjacket are in excellent shape.
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Pictorial History of American Aircraft
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Bill Yenne/1988
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Hardback large book with dustjacket. The book is 14.5" by 10.5" by 7/8". It's big. Lots of pictures. Shows some shelfware, but otherwise in good condition. Has name of owner on front page. This book is only available directly through me for $20.
Email me if you are interested or have questions.
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Invention In America
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Bourne/1996
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Hardbound book with perfect dustjacket presents the history of invention in American History. Lots of color pictures, sketches, drawings, lithorgraphs. A great read for any technical history buff.
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Aircraft 2000: The Future Of Aerospace Technology
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Bill Sweetman/1984
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This hardbound book, from a 1985 perspective, tries to predict what the aerospace industry will look like in 2000. This is a very entertaning book! Has dustjacket, shows some wear. Hardbound covers are in great shape. Book has been opened wide before.
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Victory Through Air Power
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Seversky/1942
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Historical book goes through Severskys' explanation of how important air power is. Hardbound, shows shelfware and gold-print titling is almost gone (although imprint is still there). This book is only available directly through me for $20.
Email me if you are interested or have questions.
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Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and letters of Anne Lindbergh, 1929-1932
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Wolf/1973
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Hardbound book shows the highs and lows of Lindbergh life between 1929 and 1932. Shows some shelfware. This book is only available directly through me for $10.
Email me if you are interested or have questions.
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AUTHOR/YEAR
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CONDITION/DESCRIPTION
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Flying Buttresses, Entropy, and O-Rings
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Adams/1991
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Great paperbbound book investigating the background and history of engineering. Easy to read. No writing. Excellent shape.
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To Engineer Is Human
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Petroski/1992
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Great paperback book looks at the history of engineering and its failures. Nontechnical. Easy to read. No writing. Excellent shape. Like new.
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Structural Dynamics: An introduction to Computer Methods
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Craig/1981
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SOLD
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Experimental Methods For Engineers
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Craig/1981
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Excellent summary text on experimental methods used by engineers and technicians. Hardbound. No writing or highlighting. Pretty good shape!
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Mechanical Measurements
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Beckwith,Buck/1973
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Hardbound edition. Study how technicians and engineers measure things. No writing or highlighting. This book is only available directly through me for only $15. Email me if you are interested or have questions.
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Engineering Vibration
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Inman/1994
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SOLD
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Schaums Outline Series: Feedback & Control Systems
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Stefano,Stubberud,Williams/1967
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Want to learn quickly about feedback and control systems? You can't beat this Schaums Outline Series book. Explains everything in practical terms. Quickly. With good worked examples. This book is only available directly through me for only $10. Email me if you are interested or have questions.
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Advanced Laboratory Practice in Electricity And Magnetism
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Terry/1929
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Rare collectable. This book introduces the "modern" technical side to electricity and magnatism as it was known the year the Great Depression started. This rare collectable is an interesting read. Hardbound, showing some shelfware, this book is in very good condition for its age. Some writing near beginning. This book is only available directly through me for $50. Email me if you are interested or have questions.
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QuickBASIC Programming for Scientists & Engineers
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Noggle/1993
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The title says QuickBASIC, but the book is about engineering algorythms. Splining, solving diff-equations, etc... all explained. This book is an incredible resource for any engineer or programmer. Hardbound in like-new condition. No writing and still shiny! 5.25" floppy disk is included, but I don't know if it works.
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Computer Game Design
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Lewinski/1999
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Paperbound developers guide to computer game design. An excellent tutorial on the subject. Mostly a huge overview, but no coding. Includes CD-ROM.
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Introduction To Digital Data Communications
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Stein/1985
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Hardbound introduction to data communication. Excellent tutorial on how data is transferred between all kinds of systems. Technical and good.
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Digital Computer Treatment of Partial Differential Equations
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Vemuri,Karplus/1981
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Hardbound introcution to solving partial differential equations with computers. Book is in fantastic shape. Writing on the cover sheetsGreat textbook for studying mechanical vibrations. Hardbound, excellent shape. Sharp corners. Still includes 3.5" floppy disk. Some highlighting and writing in the first few chapters.
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ZAP! The Rise and Fall of Atari
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Cohen/1984
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The incredible history of Atari. This small paperback is a great read for anybody who grew up playing Pong and the Atari 2600. It tells the story of Nolan Bushnell and his game company Atari.
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How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market
SOLD
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Darvas/1994
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Fantastic book chronicles how Nicolas Darvas made a fortune in the stock market in the 1950's. Excellent practical information. Learn about the stop loss system (i.e. you can't control how much profit you make, but you can control how much you lose).
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DOW 100,000: Fact Or Fiction.
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Kadlec/1999
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Rare collectable. Written in 1999, this book is autographed by the author with the inscription "With my best regards, Charles Kadlec, 11/19/1999, DOW 11,095."
Aside from the irony, this book is a fantastic read, especially when you know what happened about 6 months later! Hardbound with dustjacket which is blue (as opposed to the red cover shown on Half.com).
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