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$80.00
ak5/6/12

Cross-Country Soaring


REICHMANN, HELMUT

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus front eps, unpaginated prelims + 151pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps, moderate cracking to front gutter, light foxing to prelims, sm ink numerals to top of ffep & half title page, a lovely old book smell) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Thomson Publications 1978

KEYWORDS: aviation gliding soaring cross-country performance competition practice theory techniques

$55.00
ak5/6/21

Hoki to Haast: New Zealand's First Airline


WAUGH, RICHARD

SCARCE IN HARDCOVER, quarto, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, 152pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges, sm numerals in ink to ffep, date & signature in ink to title page, minoradhesion damage to dedication/copyright & foreword pages_

PUBLISHER: The Kynaston Charitable Trust 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand civil aviation history flight passenger flights Air Travel (NZ) Richard Waugh

$32.50
xx95pol212748

Aircraft Versus Submarine


PRICE, ALFRED

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: Jane's Publishing 1980

KEYWORDS: military history design evolution anti-submarine aircraft aviation naval navies

$19.50
xxeof212837

Cloud Cuckooland


PENROSE, HARALD; GIBBINGS, DAVID (illus.)

First edition. 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: Airlife 1981

KEYWORDS: Harald Penrose aviation flying plane air planes reminiscences stories

$45.00
1a4a/8

Flying Navy: The Story of New Zealanders Who Flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of Those Who Died in Action and on Active Service


ALLISON, DAVID

OWNERSHIP OF FORMER DIRECTOR OF AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light creasing to rear cover, sl chafing to covers, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, aforementioned prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history aviation Fleet Air Arm soldiers roll of honour honor 20th twentieth century FAA RNAS Royal Navy Air Service

$55.00
1a4a/11

The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm


STURTIVANT, RAY

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 544pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & moderate rubbing to board edges/extrems, binding a little sloppy, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owners' names/labels to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy wrinkling/creasing, moderate chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Air-Britain (Historians) 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history aviation Fleet Air Arm squadrons aerial aircraft carriers naval navy

$25.00
xx97pol212851

The Platypus Papers: Fifty Years of Powerless Pilotage


BIRD, MICHAEL

Quarto 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: Platypus Publications 2000

KEYWORDS: aviation aeronautics sailplanes gliding gliders history

$30.00
xx97pol212852

The Joy of Soaring: A Training Manual


CONWAY, CARLE & PARCELL, GIL (Illus)

Quarto 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: The Soaring Society of America 1974

KEYWORDS: aviation soaring gliding training manuals flight

$40.00
1u24a/21

The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945


HATCH, F J

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xix + 223pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, moderate cracking to spine, light to moderate tanning/soiling & wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name label to ffep, 2cm closed tear to base of rear cover/spine join, light to moderate cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Canadian Government Publishing Centre 1983

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Canada Britain Canadian British air training plan aviation defence defense

$25.00
xxaoc213699

Spitfire Mark I P9374


SAUNDERS, ANDY

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: Grub Street Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: military aviation history Spitfire fighter planes aerial combat warfare design first editions

$30.00
xxaoc213703

Green Devils / Red Devils: Untold Tales of the Airborne Forces in the Second World War


BLANDFORD, EDMUND L

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 1993

KEYWORDS: first editions military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation aerial combat warfare

$25.00
xxbcc213920

Airways of New Zealand


WASLEY, DON

Oblong super 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: A H & A W Reed 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history flight civilian aircraft

$20.00
xxykd214093

West Coast Memories, Volume 1


LEGG, PAUL BEAUCHAMP

THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, 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: Paul Beauchamp Legg 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand West Coast aviation flight flying autobiography memoir Paul Beauchamp Legg

$40.00
1g34a/26

Die Eroberung der Luft


N/A

CIGARETTE CARD ALBUM- COMPLETE, TEXT IN GERMAN, quarto, illus grey card covers, illus title page with tissue guard, unpaginated illus prelims, 39pp of cards, VG- (heavy rubbing & scuffing to extrems, 4cm heavy crack/scuff to base of spine, moderate chafing & soiling/staining to covers, contents neat & tidy with no cards missing)

PUBLISHER: Bildersammlung der Garbaty Cigarettenfabrik N/D

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN complete cigarette card sets aviation German aircraft

$35.00
xxgia214273

Lancaster NX665


STERLING, M D & DUNCAN. J B

SIGNED BY ONE AUTHOR, quarto stapled light card covers (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: Society of the Museum of Transport & Technology 1992

KEYWORDS: military aviation Lancaster bombers nx665 design engineering aerial warfare New Zealand signed J B Duncan

$35.00
xxgia214274

Wings of the Navy (Second Edition)


BROWN, Captain ERIC & GREEN, WILLIAM (Ed) & SWANBOROUGH, GORDON (Ed)

Quarto 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 / Naval Institute Press 1987

KEYWORDS: military history aviation carrier aircraft carriers navy naval fighter planes

$25.00
xxgmc214325

The British Fighter Since 1912: Fifty Years of Design and Development


LEWIS, PETER

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: Putnam & Company 1967

KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes British design development engineering

$22.50
xxgoa214356

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force Since 1918


THETFORD, OWEN

Super 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: Putnam & Company 1971

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British RAF royal air force aircraft fighter planes military history aviation

$32.50
xxgoa214357

United States Military Aircraft Since 1908


SWANBOROUGH, GORDON & BOWERS, PETER M

Super 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: Putnam & Company 1971

KEYWORDS: US America American military aviation aircraft history

$27.50
xxgob214377

United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911


SWANBOROUGH, GORDON & BOWERS, PETER M

Super 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: Funk & Wagnalls 1968

KEYWORDS: US America American navy naval aircraft maritime aviation history fighter planes

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