Gann, Ernest K.. All American Aircraft. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1941.

Price: US$98.95 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardcover, oblong octavo bound in blue cloth lettered in silver, lacking dust-jacket. 122 pages. Index. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and a map. First edition, with no other printings indicated on copyright page. A compendium of fifty-one civilian, commercial and military aircraft representing the state of American aviation just prior our entry into World War II. An early Gann title. He was "an American aviator, author, sailor, and conservationist. He is best known for his novels and memoirs about early aviation and nautical adventures. Some of his more famous aviation novels include The High and the Mighty and Island in the Sky, both of which were turned into Hollywood movies". No previous ownership marks. Light scuffing to front cover and somewhat heavier marking to rear cover. A clean, sound, internally unmarked copy, hinges strong, no writing or marking to text or illustrations. Not ex-library. A good or better copy.

Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.

Gann, Ernest. All American Aircraft. Thomas Crowell, New York, 1941.

Price: US$152.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Covers are slightly bent and edge-worn. Interior is clean and tight. A nice copy of Gann's first book. 122 pp. including index. Illustrated with B&W photos. Over 40 different airplanes are shown and discussed. Please view photo(s) to determine exact condition.

Seller: Novelty Shop Used & Rare Books, Novelty, OH, U.S.A.

Gann, Ernest K.. All American Aircraft. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1941.

Price: US$198.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover, in dustjacket. Oblong format. NAP. Gann's second book. Info and B&W pictures of WW2 vintage Military and Civil aircraft. Scarce in dustjacket. Just a bit of VERY light surface rubbing. Front board bowed out just a bit at the fore-edge. Else the binding is quite clean. Page edges just a bit age-toned, and small, fairly faint smudge on the page bottom edges. Else page s clean. There are tears, with associated creasing at the bottom of the DJ rear panel. Also some tears and creasing at the top of the DJ rear panel. Small chip, and some bumping at the bottom edge of the DJ front panel. Light bumping, tiny chips at the DJ spine extremities. There is a bit of light surface rubbing in the top title bar of the DJ. DJ price-clipped. The DJ front cover art is clean & bright. ; B&W Photographs; 26D; 7-3/4" x 9-1/2"; 122 pages

Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.

Gann, Ernest Kellogg. All American Aircraft. Thomas Y. Crowell company, New York, 1941.

Price: US$235.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Photographs; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 122 pages; 1941 Crowell oblong HC 1st edition. Review copy slip from publisher laid in. Blue cloth lettered in silver to cover and spine. Lacks dustjacket. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Gann's extraordinarily scarce 2nd book - a monograph on American made aircraft. Very mild touch of rubbing to board edges. Else quite neat. VG. Review copy

Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.