The book, Boeing Aircraft Since 1916 represents an authoritarian and thorough 50-year review of the company, as well as, the many production and prototype aircraft built during Boeing’s first 50 years.  Every aircraft type and variant is mentioned and described in considerable detail, including aircraft built but not designed by Boeing, such as the Blackburn Shark and Consolidate Catalina.  Each of the major type aircraft reviewed in “Boeing Aircraft Since 1916” includes the following technical data: 1) Type; 2) Accommodation; 3) Power Plant; 4) Span; 5) Length; 6) Height; 7) Wing Area; 8) Empty Weight; 9) Gross Weight; 10) Maximum Speed; 11) Cruising Speed; 12) Climb; 13) Service Ceiling; 14) Range and 15) Armament.  The major sections of “Boeing Aircraft Since 1916” are as follows: 1) Photographs And Acknowledgements; 2) Designations And Markings; 3) The Beginning Of Boeing; 4) Furniture And Other People’s Aeroplanes; 5) Original Boeing Fighters; 6) Early Navy And Commercial Developments; 7) The Famous Fighter Family; 8) New Concepts; 9) World War II; 10) The B-17 Flying Fortress; 11) The B-29; 12) After World War II; 13) Jet Bombers; 14) Jet Transports; 15) 1965-1967 Activity; 16) Appendix I – (Boeing Project Drawings); 17) Appendix II – (Type Certificates Issued To Commercial Boeing Aeroplanes, 1927-1964); 18) Introduction To Appendices III To VII (Identification Of Aircraft Designed Or Built By Boeing); 19) Appendix III (United States Civil Registrations); 20) Appendix IV – (Civil Registrations Of Exported Aircraft); 21) Appendix V – (Serial Numbers Of U. S. Army And Air Force Aircraft); 22) Appendix VI – (Serial Numbers Of U. S. Navy Aircraft); 23) Appendix VII (Serial Numbers Of British Commonwealth Military Aircraft) and 24) Index.  In addition to an informative narrative, “Boeing Aircraft Since 1916” includes the following features: 1) Approximately 387 vintage black and white photographs; 2) 5 black and white illustrations and 3) About 81 black and white three-view illustrations.  Overall, “Boeing Aircraft since 1916” represents perhaps the most comprehensive analysis of Boeing products available as a reference source.  This book is 465 pages and is in very good condition.  The author is Peter M. Bowers.  Edition published in 1968.