Ellis, Ken, Ed. (Geoffrey Jones, Francois Prins, Don Middleton, Michael Irvin, Stuart Howe, William Jesse, Arthur Pearcy, Stuart McKay, Malcolm Fillmore, Robbie Shaw, Jeremy Collins, Dave Smith.) Listings

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	1 Ellis, Ken, ed. (Geoffrey Jones, Francois Prins, Don Middleton, Michael Irvin, Stuart Howe, William Jesse, Arthur Pearcy, Stuart McKay, Malcolm Fillmore, Robbie Shaw, Jeremy Collins, Dave Smith.) FLYPAST. NO. 71. JUNE 1987. Key, Stamford, Lincs., 1987.  71 pp, 11 11/16" H, soft cover (magazine format - stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with b&w and color photographs. Contents: Castrol Challenge; Kermit opens up (Kermit Weeks' Florida Air Museum); Pathfinder (Don Bennett); Airspeed (Oxford aircraft manufacturer); Tunes of Glory (Pierce McKennon, 4th Fighter Group); Convair Survivors (Convair twins); Chalk's Seaplanes (Chalk's International Airline); News (P-38 Lightning); Airshow 87; Type Report (C-47s of SAAF, Moths); Aviation Archae ology (wrecks in highlands); Register Review; Museums of the World (Turkey); Preservation Project (Invader); Airfield (Chester, home of the HS.125), etc. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear , v e r y light wear at top/bottom of spine, very light rubbing on rear cover, tiny tear with crease on rear cover, minor browning to edges of textblock. VG  Price: 10.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Stuart, William. SKETCHES OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM STUART, THE FIRST AND MOST CELEBRATED CONTERFEITER OF CONNECTICUT. Times Print Shop, New Milford, Conn., 1932 - facsimile reprint of 1854 edition.  171 pp, small 8vo, hard cover - no dust jacket. The title continues: "Comprising startling facts of daring feats performed by himself - perils by sea and land - frequent arrests and imprisonment - blowing out of jail with powder - failure of escape after he had led his cowardly associates out of the horrible pit, in Simsbury, in the prison yard, &c." "William Stuart, Connecticut's first counterfeiter, has many years been more or less a legend in Western Connecticut, especially along t h e b o r d ers of the Housatonic and Shepaug Rivers. He spent his last days in Bridgewater..." Bequest bookplate on free front endpaper, very light browning to endpapers and pages, darkening to top of textblock and to spine, light soiling to boa rd s, ti ny s ta ins on front hinge, minor edge wear to boards. VG  Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart