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• Lost in the Air (1920), by Roy J. Snell (Gutenberg text)

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• Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot From 1854 to 1863 (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1909), by George Byron Merrick (page images at Google; US access only)

• Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot From 1854 to 1863 (Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1909), by George Byron Merrick (page images at Google; US access only)

• Minding the Helm: Marine Navigation and Piloting (1994), by National Research Council Marine Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• United States Coast Pilot (current electronic edition, 9 volumes), by United States National Ocean Service (PDF files with commentary at noaa.gov)

• A Series of Charts, With Sailing Directions, Embracing Surveys of the Farallones, Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo..., by Cadwalader Ringgold (page images at Mystic Seaport)

• Certain Errors in Navigation, Detected and Corrected by Edw. Wright; With Many Additions That Were Not in the Former Editions (London: J. Moxon, 1657), by Edward Wright (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The Colombian Navigator: or, Sailing Directory for the American Coasts and the West-Indies (2 volumes; London: Printed for R. H. Laurie, 1823-1824), by John Purdy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sailing Directions for the Coasts, Harbours, and Islands of North America, from Cape Canso to Philadelphia: Comprehending the Coasts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Within the Bay of Fundy, Also the Coast of the United States from Passamaquody Bay to Philadelphia (London: C. Wilson, 1856), by J. W. Norie and J. S. Hobbs
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• The Illustrated Coast Pilot, With Sailing Directions: The Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, Including Bays and Harbors (New York: Rudder Pub. Co., c1902), by N. L. Stebbins (multiple formats at Google)
• Sailing Directions for the Principal Ports on the East Coast of the United States of America (third edition; London: Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, and sold by J.D. Potter, 1882) (page images at Google)

• Navigation aux Côtes du Brésil (in French; Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1821), by Albin-Reine Roussin
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Handbook for the Guidance of Shipmasters on the Ichang-Chungking Section of the Yangtze River (Shanghai: Statistical Dept. of the Inspectorate General of Customs, 1920), by S. Cornell Plant (page images at HathiTrust)

• Thompson's Coast Pilot: For the Upper Lakes, on Both Shores from Chicago to Buffalo, Green Bay, Georgian Bay, and Lake Superior; Including the Rivers Detroit, St. Clair and Ste. Marie, with the Courses and Distances on Lake Ontario, and Other Information Relative Thereto (5th edition, 1869), by Thomas S. Thompson (page images at hhpl.on.ca)

• A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida: Containing an Account of the Natural Produce of All the Southern Part of British America, in the Three Kingdoms of Nature, Particularly the Animal and Vegetable (only volume published, with an appendix giving area sailing directions; New York: Printed for the author, 1775), by Bernard Romans, contrib. by William Brown (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A Buccaneer's Atlas: Basil Ringrose's South Sea Waggoner (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by Basil Ringrose, ed. by Derek Howse and Norman Joseph William Thrower (HTML at UC Press)

• A Buccaneer's Atlas: Basil Ringrose's South Sea Waggoner (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by Basil Ringrose, ed. by Derek Howse and Norman Joseph William Thrower (HTML at UC Press)

• Notices of the Western Coast of the United States (revised edition; Washington: Printed by Gideon and Co., 1851), by United States Coast Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Series of Charts, With Sailing Directions, Embracing Surveys of the Farallones, Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo..., by Cadwalader Ringgold (page images at Mystic Seaport)

• The American Pharos, or Light-House Guide (Washington: Thompson and Homans, 1832), by Robert Mills (multiple formats at Google)

• Navigation aux Côtes du Brésil (in French; Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1821), by Albin-Reine Roussin
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Colombian Navigator: or, Sailing Directory for the American Coasts and the West-Indies (2 volumes; London: Printed for R. H. Laurie, 1823-1824), by John Purdy (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida: Containing an Account of the Natural Produce of All the Southern Part of British America, in the Three Kingdoms of Nature, Particularly the Animal and Vegetable (only volume published, with an appendix giving area sailing directions; New York: Printed for the author, 1775), by Bernard Romans, contrib. by William Brown (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A Thorny Path, by Hesba Stretton (HTML at Wayback Machine)
• Pyxie: A Little Boy of the Pines (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1932), by Ethel Calvert Phillips, illust. by Maginel Wright Barney (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Blue Ghost Mystery (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1960), by John Blaine (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Sue: A Little Heroine, by L. T. Meade (Gutenberg text)
• Lenny, the Orphan: or, Trials and Triumphs (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, c1869), by Margaret Hosmer
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Tim and His Friends (London: Religious Tract Society, ca. 1892) (page images at Florida)

• The Dingo Boys, by George Manville Fenn, illust. by W. S. Stacey (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• First in the Field: A Story of New South Wales, by George Manville Fenn, illust. by W. Rainey (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Jack Harkaway and His Son's Adventures in Australia (complete; Chicago: M. A. Donohue and Co., n.d.), by Bracebridge Hemyng (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Shuttle, by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Gutenberg text and Librivox audio)
• The Shuttle (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., c1907), by Frances Hodgson Burnett (multiple formats at archive.org)

• A Sea Change (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1884), by Flora L. Shaw, illust. by Mary Ellen Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)

• Frank Merriwell on the Road: or, The All-Star Combination (New York: Street and Smith, c1898), by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg text)

• The Rover Boys in the Mountains: or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune (1902), by Edward Stratemeyer (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• At Whispering Pine Lodge, by Lawrence J. Leslie (Gutenberg text)
• The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp, by Ross Kay (Gutenberg text)
• The Motor Girls in the Mountains: or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret (New York: Goldsmith Pub. Co., c1919), by Margaret Penrose (Gutenberg text)
• Tom Slade at Temple Camp, by Percy Keese Fitzhugh (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Minna Raymond, or, Self-Sacrifice: A Tale for the Young (London and New York: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1864), by Alfred Elwes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dickory Dock, by L. T. Meade (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Jessica's First Prayer (with color illustrations; London: Religious Tract Society. n.d.), by Hesba Stretton (PDF files with commentary at Roehampton)

• Opportunities: A Sequel to "What She Could" (London J. Nisbet and Co., 1871), by Susan Warner (Gutenberg text)
• Opportunities: A Sequel to "What She Could" (New York: R. Carter and Bros., 1871), by Susan Warner (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Andy Blake's Comet Coaster (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1928), by Leo Edwards, illust. by Bert Salg (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Air Patrol: A Story of the North-West Frontier (London: H. Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, 1913), by Herbert Strang, illust. by Cyrus Cuneo (Gutenberg text)

• The Flying Squad (London et al.: G. A. Harrap, 1933), by William Avery Bishop and Rothesay Stuart-Wortley (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The Aeroplane Boys Among the Clouds: or, Young Aviators in a Wreck (1912), by John Luther Langworthy (Gutenberg text)
• The Aeroplane Boys Flight: or, A Hydroplane Roundup, by John Luther Langworthy (Gutenberg text)
• The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing: or, Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics (1912), by John Luther Langworthy (Gutenberg text)
• Air Service Boys Over the Atlantic: or, The Longest Flight on Record, by Charles Amory Beach (Gutenberg text)
• The Airship Boys in Finance: or, The Flight of the Flying Cow (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1911), by H. L. Sayler, illust. by Sidney H. Riesenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Burton of the Flying Corps (London: H. Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, c1916), by Herbert Strang, illust. by C. E. Brock (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane, or, Daring Adventures Over The Great Lakes, by Roy Rockwood (Gutenberg text)
• The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship (Chicago and New York: M. A. Donohue and Co., ca. 1911), by Margaret Burnham (Gutenberg text)
• The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly (1912), by Margaret Burnham, illust. by Charles L. Wrenn (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings, by Margaret Burnham (Gutenberg text)
• L'Aventure de Nicolas Corbin (in French; Paris: Ch. Delagrave, 1890), by Maurice Champagne, illust. by René Giffey (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Motor Boys on the Wing: or, Seeking the Airship Treasure (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1912), by Clarence Young (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Motor Boys Over the Ocean: or, A Marvelous Rescue in Mid-Air (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1911), by Clarence Young (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Motor Boys Over the Rockies: or, A Mystery of the Air (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1911), by Clarence Young (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• On a Torn-Away World, or, The Captives of the Great Earthquake, by Roy Rockwood
  • Gutenberg text
  • page images at durendal.org
• On the Edge of the Arctic: or, An Aeroplane in Snowland (author writing as Ashton Lamar; Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1913), by H. L. Sayler, illust. by N. P. Hall (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• Round the World in Seven Days (1910), by Herbert Strang, illust. by A. C. Michael (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Tom Swift Circling the Globe: or, The Daring Cruise of the Air Monarch (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1927), by Victor Appleton (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Tom Swift and His Airline Express: or, From Ocean to Ocean by Daylight (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1926), by Victor Appleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Airship Boys in the Great War: or, The Rescue of Bob Russell (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1915), by De Lysle F. Cass, illust. by H. O. Kennedy (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Airship Boys' Ocean Flyer: or, New York to London in Twelve Hours (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1911), by H. L. Sayler, illust. by Sidney H. Riesenberg (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Boy Scouts of the Air at Cape Peril (Chicago: Reilly and Lee, 1921), by Gordon Stuart (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Boy Scouts of the Air at Eagle Camp (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1912), by Gordon Stuart, illust. by N. P. Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Boy Scouts of the Air at Greenwood School (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1912), by Gordon Stuart, illust. by N. P. Hall (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1912), by Gordon Stuart, illust. by N. P. Hall (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island, by Gordon Stuart (Gutenberg text)
• The Boy Scouts of the Air with Pershing (Chicago : Reilly and Lee Co., c1919), by Gordon Stuart, illust. by Joseph W. Wyckoff (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron, by Robert Shaler (Gutenberg text)
• The Flying Girl (published under "Edith Van Dyne" pseudonym; Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1911), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by Josef Pierre Nuyttens (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Motor Boys in the Clouds: or, A Trip for Fame and Fortune (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1910), by Clarence Young, illust. by Charles Nuttall (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Motor Boys Under the Sea: or, From Airship to Submarine (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1914), by Clarence Young, illust. by Dick Richards (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Tom Swift and His Air Scout, by Victor Appleton (Gutenberg text)
• Tom Swift and His Chest of Secrets: or, Tracing the Stolen Inventions (New York : Grosset and Dunlap, c1925), by Victor Appleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, by Victor Appleton (Gutenberg text)
• Linda Carlton, Air Pilot (Akron and New York: Saalfield Pub. Co., c1931), by Edith Lavell (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Dave Dashaway, Air Champion: or, Wizard Work in the Clouds (New York: Cupples and Leon, c1915), by Roy Rockwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Boy Scouts in an Airship: or, The Warning From the Sky, by G. Harvey Ralphson (Gutenberg text)

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