Flying Dutchman by Anthony Fokker (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 246 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned. Name on ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards with gold lettering on spine. Covers toned, especially spine; lettering rubbed off almost entirely. Red topstain, deckled fore-edge. Binding sturdy. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1931. 282 pages. Black and white plates throughout. Pages uniformly lightly toned; clean with no marks or tears. Overall very good condition. 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's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG- to G+. Youth Edition. Rubbing & edgewear; some sornerwear; scuffs; yellowing; duststaining/foxing on spine; otherwise overall clean & sound. 278 pages.

Condition: Good+, NO dj. 1st. 8vo. 282pp. 1967 gift insc. front end paper. Spine sunned, and cocked a bit, a few. incidental spots on cloth. Binding is solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Book crammed with excitement , tells how Fokker was two million pounds by the British government if he would leave Germany. 8vo. Pp, vii,[1], 278. Original blue cloth covered boards , title in green lettering on front and on spine , some shelf wear. Front free end paper has previous owners signature, first few pages are foxed also last few. fore edge has spotting , frontispiece has photograph of author. Dust Wrapper although unclipped is damaged but has been repaired . Book is a fascinating story of an amazing man.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First impression of this Penguin paperback edition from 1938 in VG condition, please see pics, PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Penguin First. Sunning to spine, some wear to edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Middlesex. Penguin. A Flying Penguin. 1938. Soft Covers. Stated as first Penguin edition on copyright page. Moderate age toning to text block. Wraps are lightened; the head of the spine is chipped and there is general light wear. This edition is uncommon and is complete and unmarked inside. The story of maverick pilot and aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker. A combination of industrial espionage, luck, and deception then propelled him to become Germany's leading aircraft manufacturer during World War I and later the world. The U.S. Army and Navy acquired his machines, and his factories equipped legendary carriers such as Pan American and TWA at the dawn of commercial air transport. No 139 in the Travel and Adventure series (pink wraps).

1st ed. thus card covers Very Good octavo 246pp., A rather worn copy. Ownership stamp & signature, & piece torn from half-title. A very good reading/reference copy only.

1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Prelims tearing. Text remains clear and without blemish. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 256 p 18 cm. Subjects; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Travel and adventure. Fokker, Anthony H. G. (Anthony Herman Gerard) 1890-1939. Aircraft industry Netherlands ; Biography. Aircraft industry. Aeronautics ; Biography. Aeronautical engineers Biography. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Prelims tearing. Text remains clear and without blemish. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 256 p 18 cm. Subjects; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Travel and adventure. Fokker, Anthony H. G. (Anthony Herman Gerard) 1890-1939. Aircraft industry Netherlands ; Biography. Aircraft industry. Aeronautics ; Biography. Aeronautical engineers Biography. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Book crammed with excitement , tells how Fokker was two million pounds by the British government if he would leave Germany. 8vo. Pp, vii,[1], 278. Original blue cloth covered boards , title in green lettering on front and on spine , some shelf wear. Front free end paper has previous owners signature, first few pages are foxed also last few. fore edge has spotting , frontispiece has photograph of author. Dust Wrapper although unclipped is damaged but has been repaired . Book is a fascinating story of an amazing man.

Reprint, 1939. Royal blue cloth with black lettering on front board and spine; spine rather faded; extremities rubbed; name inked on front pastedown; scattered foxing present; tidemark stain on too edge of frontispiece portrait of subject; binding tight. Used - Good. Good Hardback (No dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket illustration by Carroll Shell / glossy B&W plates (illustrator). 1st Edition. "Good" original jacket shows some chipping to top of spine and is missing a small, 5/8ths inch X inch-and-a-half (16 X 38 mm.) horizontal strip from top of jacket rear panel near the spine (just touching the "R" of "Fokker.") Not price clipped; original $3.00 price showing. Oddly, a preliminary page here, stating "Two hundred and fifteen copies of this special edition of 'Flying Dutchman' have been printed and bound and have been signed by Anthony H.G. Fokker. Of these, none is for sale," is hand-numbered "124" -- yet we can find NO author signature in this copy. Fokker's synchronized machine gun allowed pilots to shoot safely between their own propeller blades. Before the World War Russia, Italy, Holland and England all turned down his "inherently stable" monoplane. Two years later, England offered 2 million pounds to anyone who could come up with something to defeat Fokker's deadly triplane, his speedy D-7 biplane, and finally his sleek D-8 monoplane, called by English pilots "the flying razor." They should have listened. "It was not until I had invented the synchronized machine gun shooting through the propeller that war in the air became the deadly combat which developed the race of heroic airmen the world knows and honors," writes Mr. Fokker. It's sobering to note that, in Europe and North America a full century later, no private designer would likely be able to legally lay hands on a machine gun with which to develop any equivalent innovation. In the event, Fokker's welded steel airplanes were so far ahead of their time that the German government ordered his competitors to manufacture Fokker's designs on a royalty basis, while the British started calling their own plummeting planes "Fokker fodder," with Parliament asking why their own forces had not contracted to buy this Dutchman's designs. In 1926, when Commander Byrd overflew the North Pole, he did so . . . in a Fokker Tri-motor. An uncommon first edition in original jacket. 282 pp. Now reduced from $700.

FIRST EDITION. 8vo., tan clothbound hardback gilt; 282pp. b/w portrait frontis plus many other b/w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and ink inscription to ffep, library stamps to endpapers and occaionally to margins. Lacking ffep. First gather a little loose, pp255-258 detached but present. Foxing to edges, endpapers and lightly throughout, some wear to page edges, light wear to boards, spine faded and gilt letters dulled. A Good, Sound copy overall. No dust jacket. (Shelf 200) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1931. Xii, 282 pgs. Illustrated with black and white plates. Number 185 in limited edition of 215 copies. States that "Of these, none are for sale". Signed and inscribed by Anthony Fokker on the frontispiece. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and gilt stamping present to the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is lightly faded along the spine). Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. From 1918 until the early 1930s, the most prominent aircraft manufacturer in the world was Anthony G. Fokker of Holland, aka the "Flying Dutchman." The inventor of a device that synchronized machine gun fire with propellers so that an aviator could use his machine gun without shooting himself out of the sky, Fokker is generally credited as the father of aerial combat. And yet, despite this distinction, he remains largely unknown outside the purview of aviation history buffs. That is mainly because, by the mid-1930s, the aircraft giant--whose production line and business interests spanned from Germany to Holland to the U. S. --was already fading into relative obscurity in the shadow of the fast-growing American aviation industry.

Cloth. Condition: Collectible; Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. An unusually well-preserved copy of the uncommon 1931 1st edition --and in its striking, art deco-ish dustjacket. Solid and VG (with light rubbing to the spine's gilt-lettering) in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with very light scuffing to the spine. Thick octavo, 282 pgs. Foreword by Col. Eddie Rickenbacker. Dramatic, fast-paced biography of the great German aviator and military pioneer.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. {Size: 14.60 x 22.86 cms} This book is available in 5 different Leather color without any extra cost. Explore More Options by Clicking on 'More Images' and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email within 24 hours of placing the order. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted by the prestigious organization "Rare Biblio" with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2016, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1931. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 346, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 346.