RITZ CARLTON RESTAURANT ON BOARD THE S.S. KAISERIN AUGUSTE VICTORIA / HAMBURG - AMERICAN LINE. Under the Management of THE CARLTON HOTEL, LONDON.

Promotional Book for the S.S. Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Ocean Liner, whose newest feature was the RITZ CARLTON RESTAURANT. The book gives details of the ship, its physical features, its various rooms and suites, its entertainments and amenities, landmarks found at various ports of call, and, of course, The Ritz Carlton. Illustrated with 25 pasted in b&w photographs.

Hardcovers, cloth covered boards, front cover has a mounted, art-deco designed plate that reads: "Ritz's Carlton Restaurant / S.S. Kaiserin Auguste Victoria / Hamburg-American Line", 9.5x11 inches oblong, approximately 80 unnumbered pages.

Condition: The covers have some spotting and soiling, wear to the edges and corner tips, and cracking / splitting at the spine folds, but are still doing their job, and the plate on the front cover is lovely; internally, the front inner hinge is cracked and the rear inner hinge is split but the binding is holding well; the blank endpapers have offsetting, the front free-endpaper has a vertical crease, the pages are toned, most notably at the margins, one leaf has a 2 inch closed tear at its blank bottom margin; otherwise the pages are bright and clear and the photographs are all present and sharp.

Scarce Illustrated Record of the Beginnings of the Luxury Cruise Ships. RITZ says it all.

About the S.S. KAISERIN AUGUSTE VICTORIA (from Wikipedia):

******Augusta Victoria, later Auguste Victoria, placed in service in 1889 and named for Empress Augusta Victoria, wife of German Emperor Wilhelm II, was the name ship of the Augusta Victoria series and the first of a new generation of luxury Hamburg America Line ocean liners. She was the first liner built in continental Europe with twin propellers and when first placed in service, the fastest liner in the Atlantic trade.

She was the first luxury liner at Hamburg America, introducing the concept of the "floating hotel"; she had "a rococo stair hall, illuminated by a milky way of pear-shaped prisms and naked light bulbs clutched by gilded cherubs, a reception court choked by palm trees and a dark and gothic smoking room." She was immediately successful.

In 1897, the ship underwent a comprehensive rebuilding at Harland & Wolff in Belfast arriving in the graving dock 19 December 1896. She was lengthened by 61 ft (18.6 m), her tonnage increased, and her speed increased by half a knot, and the middle of her three masts was removed. Her name was also changed to Auguste Victoria to correct an original inaccuracy; the Empress spelt her name with an e.******

CLOSE SUPPORT and SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT PRODUCT LINE. Produced by GENERAL DYNAMICS / CONVAIR. Produced for presentation to the USAF in the hopes of achieving a major government contract. Dates generally refer to 1964-1966, i.e. when proposals were made to various USAF officers, when various aircraft would go into production, etc. 43 printed sheets stapled together at their upper corner, printed on one side only, includes photos and diagrams of military aircraft and proposed military aircraft, timeline for building and delivering various Convair military aircraft, drawings showing Mission Capabilities of various aircraft, schematics showing Combat Effectiveness, Attack Procedures, and Mission Cost Effectiveness, etc. Rare and Scary. Convair really wanted to make a lot of money off the Vietnam War and were hoping that the USAF officers would give them the green light. A true Military Industrial Complex document. VERY GOOD condition, sheets lightly age toned, staple rusted, a few light page creases from handling, overall bright, clean, clear and unmarked. SCARCE. The only copy I have or have ever seen.

AVIATION SCRAPBOOK COLLECTION showing MANY AIRCRAFT from MANY MANUFACTURERS from the 1900s-1940s. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY first by MANUFACTURER then by DATE (though now a lot of the loose sheets are not in their proper alphabetical and/or chronological order - that will be your first order of business!).

Thousands of pictures of planes, their designers, pilots, etc., most clipped from magazines and journals of the day. I have never seen such a comprehensive collection of aircraft ephemera representing such a wide range of manufacturers. Many of the pictures were published in ephemeral publications and likely would be almost impossible to find today. This aviation scrapbook collection must have taken years to complete.

The aircraft manufacturers include Bell, Bleriot, Brown-Young, Buhl, Burnelli, Butler, Boeing, Brown, Cain, Curtis, Curtis-Reid, Cycloplane, Crusader, Cunningham, Davis, Douglas, Dare, Day, Flying Flea, Fokker, Ford, Franklin, General Western, Grumman, Kellett, Kinner, Lockheed, Martin, Pitcairn Auto-Giro, Porterfield, Ryan, Seversy, and, you get the idea, MANY MANY MORE.

The clippings are attached to approximately 600 large scrapbook sheets, 12x18 inches. Many of the sheets have clippings attached to both sides, many have lots of photos, some only a few (especially if the manufacturer had only a few planes that it produced). Some sheets have notes by the collector. The sheets were apparently bound in large three ring scrapbook binders, now about one-third of the scrapbook sheets are loose, the others are bound in three groups, each group held together with large metal rings, all lacking covers.

Condition: The scrapbook sheets are browned, brittle with age, and chipped and flaking at the edges (and continuing to chip and flake easily at the edges); the clippings themselves are in very good condition, bright and clear. An amazing reference collection that needs careful handling. If the scrapbook pages were put into sheet protectors and then into a set of binders they would make an incredible aviation history reference. Did I mention the edges of the shees chip and flake easily?

A unique collection gathered and organized by a completist.

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This collection is very heavy (approx 50 pounds packed for shipping) and will require substantial additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact us ahead of time to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.

CORD MODEL 810 & 812 OWNER'S COMPANION, A Reference Guide for the Model 810 and 812 Enthusiast...Reproducing original factory and independently produced primary source materials. Compiled by Dan R. Post. Published by Post Era Books, Arcadia, California, 1975.

This copy is SIGNED by GORDON BUEHRIG on the front free endpaper. Buehrig, b.1904 d.1990, designed the CORD MODEL 810 & 812 and many other classic cars. He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in October 1989.

This copy is also an INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY [presumably by the author, Dan R. Post] to Ernie Mendicki: "To Ernie Mendicki / one of those who knows that 812 is a lot more than two minutes after 810." The inscription is on the front free endpaper above the signature of Gordon Buehrig.

Hardcover book, brown cloth covered boards, gilt titling and design on the front cover and spine, 6x9 inches, approximately 200 pages (paginated in sections).

VERY GOOD condition, the top of the spine has been pulled leaving some creasing and a 1/4 inch closed tear, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, very nice copy.

Ernest Mendicki, 1938-2002, was a car enthusiast well known in the automotive community. He reportedly had an encyclopedic knowledge of classic cars. Dan R. Post, also a car enthusiast, wrote a number of books on automobiles. Gordon Buehrig has his own Wikipedia page, well worth reading.

EVERNHAM : RACER INNOVATOR LEADER. SPECIAL SIGNED, LIMITED, NUMBERED COLLECTOR'S EDITION IN SLIPCASE. This is Copy Number 68 of only 500 copies. SIGNED and HAND NUMBERED on a Special Tipped In

Collector's Edition Page (following the front free endpaper). Though not called for, THIS COPY is also SIGNED and INSCRIBED by EVERNHAM on the front free endpaper. Published by Tehabi Books, San Diego, 2002. First Edition, as stated on the copyright page, First Printing, with the number line starting at 1. Included with this Special Collector's Edition is a laid in Certificate of Authenticity sheet, signed by the Publisher, Christopher G. Capen, with the Publisher's blind stamped gold seal attached. Large format book in dustjacket and slipcase, 10.5x11 inches, 156 pages. Illustrated throughout. Condition: NEAR FINE book, tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a NEAR FINE dustjacket; both housed in a VERY GOOD slipcase that has a few rubs. Rare Special Collector's Edition copy in Slipcase, numbered 68 of only 500, Signed Twice, and with a Letter of Authenticity signed by the Publisher. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This book is large and heavy and will require substantial additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact me to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.

METAL-CLAD BLIMP ZMC-2 One of Only 4 Metal Hulled Blimps Ever Built

One of Only 2 Metal Hulled Blimps Ever Flown

METALCLAD AIRSHIPS. Presentation book promoting the first Metal-Clad blimp, with photographs showing the development, production and test flight of the ZMC-2 "Metalclad". Includes THIRTY-FOUR (34) ORIGINAL, GLOSSY, LINEN-BACKED 8x10 PHOTOGRAPHS of the ZMC-2 "METALCLAD" BLIMP as it was being developed and tested as a prototype for the U.S. Navy, which was expected to order a fleet of ZMC-2 blimps for military purposes. However, only ONE ZMC-2 metal-clad blimp was ever built. This one.

Presentation book, flexible leather boards, with title page, information sheet, and 34 linen backed photographs bound in. Each photograph is stamped on the linen backing "KALEC INC. / DETROIT". Kalec was an early Detroit photography company.

An 8x10 inch metal sample of the "Alclad Sheet" used on the hull of the ZMC-2 is laid in loosely at the front (it was bound in at the front but became disbound at some point).

Published by the Detroit Aircraft Corporation, circa 1929 for the purpose of promoting its metalclad blimps.

GOOD Condition: A few of the photos and the title page have some soiling, the metal sample of the hull is disbound, as noted above, overall a complete and amazing look at the production stages of a metal clad dirigible.

About METAL-CLAD AIRSHIPS (from Wikipedia):

******Metal-clad airships are airships which have a very thin airtight metal envelope, rather than the usual fabric envelope. Only four ships of this type are known to have been built, and only two actually flew: Schwarz's aluminum ship of 1893 collapsed on inflation; Schwarz's second airship flew at Tempelhof, Berlin in 1897, landed but then collapsed; the ZMC-2 that was ever manufactured flew 752 flights between 1929 and scrapping in 1941; while the Slate City of Glendale, was built in 1929 but never flew.

From the Presentation Book's Information Sheet:

******U.S. NAVY ZMC-2 // The photographs which follow describe the progressive steps in the construction of the world's first METALCLAD AIRSHIP, built at Grosse Ile Airport, Detroit, Michigan, for the U. S. Navy by the Aircraft Development Corporation, division of Detroit Aircraft Corporation. This first successful application of all metal construction to rigid airships is the result of the cooperation of the Federal Government with private initiative.

The first rivet was driven in the bow section of the hull on March 7, 1928, and the ship was completed and inflated with helium seventeen months later. On August 19, 1929, the ZMC 2 made its first test flight of 49 minutes and 55 seconds.

Included with these photographs is a sample of the machine riveted ALCLAD sheet with which the hull of the ship is covered. The diffusion of helium through the riveted seams is considerably less than through goldbeater skin. Its resistance to fatigue from vibration has been successfully demonstrated.

The METALCLAD ZMC-2 is the first all American conceived, American designed and American built rigid airship. As an experimental unit, it has a displacement of only 200,000 cubic feet and is too small for extended military and commercial uses. In its larger sizes [which were in development by the Detroit Aircraft Corporation but later abandoned], it is destined to play an important role in the general advancement and prosperity of our country.

Compliments of DETROIT AIRCRAFT CORPORATION [no relation to the Detroit Aircraft Company incorporated in 2011].******

Original vintage 1965 FLY PAN AM TO HAWAII Poster. From an original photograph believed to be taken by long time Pan Am staff photographer Chester "Blackie" Kronfeld who died tragically at the age of 49 while on assignment in the horrific American Airlines plane crash that killed 95 people in New York on March 1, 1962.

Off-set Color Lithograph, published by [Pan American Airlines], November, 1965 (as indicated by the printing code 11/65 in the lower right margin), large format 34.5" x 44", printed on matte paper. VERY GOOD Condition: the bottom edge has some wear/creasing and a tiny chip on the lower left corner, and a quarter size touch of light shorelining on the rear of the image that is barely visible in the sky, overall a bright, clean and uncommon 1965 Pan Am advertising poster. Will be shipped safely rolled in a sturdy tube. A striking vintage poster that would make a powerful statement framed.

In the 1960s Pan Am produced a series of large format promotional travel posters depicting fabulous shots of iconic destinations with bold red and blue text and airplane icon at the bottom stating "Fly Pan Am To ..."

A scarce unrealized illustrated transportation report undertaken to identify alternate means of travel between Marin County and San Francisco. This May 1967 San Francisco Marin Crossing presents serious construction plans for increasing access to Marin county. Plans include: building a second bridge from San Francisco to Marin, building a bridge to Angel Island connecting to Tiburon, building an underwater tube linking San Francisco and Marin, and a number of lower deck options for the Golden Gate Bridge are also investigated. A graphic treasure trove of imagery, construction plans, projects, renderings, maps, and photographs illuminating what today looks like a science fictional landscape. Iconic Plans that might have been, will probably never be realized, but you never know .

SAN FRANCISCO MARIN CROSSING May 1967

Published by the State of California Transportation Agency, Department of Public Works, Division of Bay Toll Crossings, San Francisco, May 1967. First and only edition. Illustrated stiff card covers, plastic spiral comb binding, 17" x 11", viii, 110 pages, illustrated throughout with maps, renderings, and photographs. GOOD Condition: some of the plastic comb spirals are broken but still holding, relevant business card taped to front cover (Y. Tito Sasaki - Golden Gate Bridge District Transportation Planner), and light wear to the covers, internally, title page with relevant penciled note, light wear from age and use, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Scarce, no copies in the OCLC.

THREE SIGNED POSTERS after Bob Seidemann's original series of aviation photographs the AIRPLANE AS ART.

P-38 Lightening

Fuselage, F-86D

Canadian Snowbirds

Photolithographs, each is 18" x 24". Published by Classic Images, Distributed by Pacific Images, Glendale, California, 1989. Each hand signed in black pen by Bob Seidemann. VERY GOOD CONDITION. Three scarce signed posters, I could not find any in commerce or auction records.

Photographer Bob Seidemann (1941-2017) is famous for his Hippie era rock posters. He was one of the most recognized rock 'n' roll photographers of the 1960s, he photographed Janis Joplin wearing only beads, he photographed album covers for the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Jackson Browne, Neil Young, and the infamous Blind Faith album cover. Raised near LaGuardia Airport he developed an early fascination with aircraft that inspired his acclaimed aviation project which began in the 1980s. In 2007 the original Airplanes As Art photography portfolio sold at auction for $216,000 at Sotheby's.

The three posters will be shipped together, safely rolled in a sturdy mailing tube.