KEYHOE, Major DONALD E

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blu eheavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 248pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, frontispiece detached but present, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, 4cm open tear to rear cover, heavy creasing & chipping/tearing/loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions space aliens ufos spaceships conspiracy theories aviation aerospace

HALL, NORMAN S

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt lettering & aviation illus to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 191pp, illus, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges, distributor's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Arno Press 1972

KEYWORDS: aviation history biography Frank Luke

DAVIS, LARRY

Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Squadron/Signal Publications

KEYWORDS: u2 spyplane aviation larry davis

THOMPSON, Wing Commander H L

3 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus/maps, VG (light fading/tanning to spines, light to moderate scuffing & rubbing to board edges & extrems, occasional patches of paper residue to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1953-59

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official war histories series RAF royal air force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation

MULLEY, CLARE

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pan / Macmillan 2018

KEYWORDS: Hanna Reitsch Melitta Von von Stauffenberg female pilots aviation history world war two third Reich women

FORRESTER, LARRY & LORD DOWLING, AIR CHIEF MARSHALL (INTRO.)

Ex-library octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Collins 1961

KEYWORDS: Wing Commander R. R. Stanford Tuck biography aviation military

GRIERSON, JOHN

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 243pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor tanning & soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional sl foxing/soiling throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Smapson Low, Marston & Co 1949

KEYWORDS: aviation history Antarctica south pole Antarctic

CROUCH, TOM D.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton and Company 1990

KEYWORDS: Wilbur Wright Orville Wright inventors biography aviation history

TAYLOR, JOHN W R (Fore)

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to title page) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light chafing, sl creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Studio Editions 1990

KEYWORDS: military history Jane's Janes fighting aircraft fighter planes ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war aerial combat warfare aviation

ROSS, Squadron Leader J M S

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 343pp, illus/maps- all maps counted & present, VG (light fading & rubbing/bruising to spine extrems, sl scuffing to board edges/corners, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's details in ink to front pastedown, 3cm stain to preface page, sl foxing to prelims, occasional closed tear to folding maps) in d/w, G+ (heavy cracking & tearing to fold of front flap- failed yellowing tape repairs, other heavy creasing & chipping to edges, minor fading to spine, moderate loss to base of spine, general tanning & soiling & other discreet but yellowing tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1955

KEYWORDS: official history series histories RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation

SCHMITT, GUNTER

Quarto, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, blue & silver gilt motif to front board, printed/illus eps, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (boards sl warped, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, sm scuff to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate staining to base of rear cover, sl tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Transpress 1988

KEYWORDS: aviation Hugo Junkers aircraft aeroplanes design engineering

DAWSON, LESLIE

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 320pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Aviation 2013

KEYWORDS: flying boats history passenger civil aviation engineering maritime aquatic nautical

BEALE, NICK & D'AMICO, FERDINANDO & VALENTINI, GABRIELE

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Italian Italy aviation axis air force

OGILVY, DAVID

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 174pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate fading & scuffing to spine, minor creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1984

KEYWORDS: aviation history dh88 dh 88 comet de Havilland monoplane monoplanes

RICKENBACKER, EDWARD V

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, blue lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 458pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading/discolouration to board & spine edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall 1968

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Edward V Rickenbacker military history aviation pilots

FLINTHAM, VIC & THOMAS, ANDREW

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 271pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to base of covers, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Aviation 2008

KEYWORDS: military history aviation British Commonwealth allied air force unit codes

WALKER, PERCY B

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 375pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to front board, minor foxing & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, minor soiling/discolouration to rear eps/terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to base of spine, light creasing & scuffing to edges, sl chafing, light tanning to flaps) in slipcase, VG (moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: first editions aviation history aeroplanes royal aircraft establishment Farnborough

BROWN, K S et al (Compiled by) & ROBERTSON, BRUCE (Ed)

Quarto, beige buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (minor foxing & discolouration to spine, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, minro wrinkling to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate fading & cracking/tearing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to covers & flaps)

PUBLISHER: Harleyford Publications 1961

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warfare aircraft planes fighter US American army air force design engineering

PENTLAND, GEOFFREY

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 66pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning & eps) in d/w, VG+ (prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light chafing, light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to flaps, sl scuffing to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Kookaburra Technical Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes aircraft p-40 kittyhawk Australia Australian ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 air force

VERNALEKEN, CHRISTOPH & HANDIG, MARTIN

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, patterned/printed eps, illus title page, 408pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl fading to base of boards) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: first editions military history aviation fighter planes Junkers Ju 388 design engineering luftwaffe German Germany