Books - "aviation"
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A Marine Dive-Bomber Pilot at Guadalcanal
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Alabama Press 1987
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial warfare Guadalcanal ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pilots bombers campaigns battles
Out of My Mind: The Discovery of Saunders-Vixen
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1999
KEYWORDS: aviation flight Richard Bach literature design airplanes aeroplanes aircraft
British Experimental Turbojet Aircraft
Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press
KEYWORDS: aviation Great Britain British experiments turbojets aircraft fighter jet planes aeronautical design engineering
Coronation Wings: The Men & Machine of the Royal Air Force Coronation Review at Odiham 15 July 1953
Quarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hikoki Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: military aviation raf royal air force coronation aircraft design
First Airborne
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Secker and Warburg 1948
KEYWORDS: military history aviation Michael Packe aerial combat warfare ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 first editions
Flying for Freedom: The Allied Air Forces in the RAF 1939-45
Octavo softcover (VG) heavy bruising to rear; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The History Press 2011
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 raf royal air force aviation British armed forces defence defense
Tempting Fate
Super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 175pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking to gutters at rear) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine & edges, moderate fading to spine, attempts at tape repairs to internal sides, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Specialty Press Publishers 1997
KEYWORDS: aviation test pilots experimental near misses emergencies anecdotes Bob Rahn aircraft
A Pilot's Pilot, Karl Baur: Chief Test Pilot for Messerschmitt
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, black & blue lettering to spine, vi + 223pp, illus/photos, folding diagram to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: J J Fedorowicz Publishing 2000
KEYWORDS: first editions military history aviation pilots fighter chief test Karl Baur messerschmitt luftwaffe
Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea: The Story of 835 Naval Air Squadron in the Second World War
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1995
KEYWORDS: military history aviation 835 naval air squadron first editions ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Dowding and Headquarters Fighter Command
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Airlife 1996
KEYWORDS: military history battle of Britain aerial warfare combat aviation raf royal air force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Automatic Flight Control
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Granada Publishing 1979
KEYWORDS: aviation flight automatic
For Pilots' Eyes Only: Confessions of a Pan Am Veteran
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Paladwr Press 1993
KEYWORDS: aviation flight pilots Pan Am Ned Wilson autobiography
Fighter Pilot's Heaven: Flight Testing the Early Jets
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1995
KEYWORDS: first editions military history aviation test pilots early jets
Amelia Earhart: A Biography
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1989
KEYWORDS: first editions aviators aviation pilots Amelia Earhart history biography biographies memoir
NATO: Air Power Album
Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1980
KEYWORDS: NATO warfare military aviation aircraft plane fighter
Alone in the Sky
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED ON TIPPED IN PLATE, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims, 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, minor tanning)
PUBLISHER: Technical Books / Airlife Publishing 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders aviation history aviators Jean Batten autobiography autobiographies memoir signed
With the 6th Airborne Division in Normandy
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 160pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional soiling & foxing to pages- v sporadic) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & v heavy closed tearing to edges with some minor loss, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1948
KEYWORDS: 6th airborne division military history aviation aerial combat warfare Normandy Lieutenant General R N Gale
The Hardest Victory: RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: John Curtis / Hodder & Stoughton 1994
KEYWORDS: military history British armed forces aviation aerial warfare combat raf royal air force bomber command ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 first editions
A Nation of Fliers: German Aviation and the Popular Imagination
Ex-library, super octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1992
KEYWORDS: German aviation history 20th twentieth century
Airship Navigator: One Man's Part in the British Airship Tragedy 1916-1930
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 205pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, sl tanning to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Skyline Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: aviation disasters airships early 20th twentieth century history r101 Ernest L Johnston