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$20.00
xxsjb197498

The Airship: A History


COLLIER, BASIL

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: Hart-Davis 1974

KEYWORDS: aviation airships history militarty aeriel warfare combat

$35.00
xxsjb197499

Polar Flight


CLARKE, BASIL

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: Ian Allan 1964

KEYWORDS: polar exploration flight north pole arctic aviation

$25.00
xxsjd197512

A Yankee Inventor's Flying Ship


PORTER, RUFUS & GILMAN, RHODA R (Ed)

Oblong 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: Minnesota Historical Society 1969

KEYWORDS: aviation history aerial flying ships airships

$16.50
xxsjd197513

The World's Aeroplanes and Airships


JACKSON, G GIBBARD

Octavo hardcover (G+) front hinge cracked, lacks frontispiece; 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: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: aviation history aeroplanes airships

$16.50
xxsjd197514

An Illustrated History of Airships


DEESON, A F L

Square 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: Spurbooks 1973

KEYWORDS: aviation history airships aeronautical design engineering

$15.00
xxsjd197515

On the Move.....Blimps


FREEMAN, TONY

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: Childrens Press / Regensteiner Publishing 1979

KEYWORDS: children's books aviation blimps airships design

$25.00
xxsjd197520

Dirigibles That Made History


COOKE, DAVID C

Oblong 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: G P Putnam's Sons 1962

KEYWORDS: aviation history dirigibles aircraft pioneers

$35.00
xxsje197521

Les Premiers Dirigeables Francais: Collection Envols no.3


NICOLAOU, STEPHANE

TEXT IN FRENCH, square 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: ETAI 1997

KEYWORDS: text in French aviation history dirigibles airships aeronautical

$35.00
xxsje197522

LZ 126 ZR III USS Los Angeles


BORZUTZKI, SIEGFRIED

TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial 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: Verlag Wilfried Eppe 1998

KEYWORDS: text in German aviation history aeronautical airships design

$55.00
1y42a/26

Alone in the Sky


BATTEN, JEAN & WILLIAMS, L R (Drawings)

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, sl tanning to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Technical Books / Airlife 1979

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history Jean Batten biography biographies memoir signed

$19.50
xxsme197726

Spitfire on My Tail: A View From the Other Side


STEINHILPER, ULRICH & OSBORNE, PETER

SLIT TO FRONT COVER, 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: Independent Books 2009

KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warfare German luftwaffe

$19.50
xxsme197732

Rescue Pilot


FUNNELL, JOHN

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: Penguin Random House 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rescue pilots John Funnell anecdotes autobiography autobiographies memoir search and rescue aviation nautical maritime

$19.50
xxsnc197792

Strong to Serve: An Australian Spitfire Pilot's War Over Europe


MACK, JOSEPH

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: Big Sky Publishing 2022

KEYWORDS: military history Australia spitfire pilots aviation Australian raaf

$60.00
1y47a/13

Whites Pictorial Reference of New Zealand (Second Edition)


WHITE, LEO (Compiled by)

Oblong imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 415pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate rubbing & discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation N/D (c.1960)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whites aviation aerial photography cities towns pictorial

$40.00
1y47a/25

Aircraft in War and Peace


ROBSON, WILLIAM A

Octavo, light brown buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, aviation illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 176pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate cracking to buckram on spine/rear hinge, moderate rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning to eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters, pgs 3-14 partially detached, light staining to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1916

KEYWORDS: aviation history aircraft aeroplanes

$65.00
1y47a/26

The Aerial Age: A Thousand Miles by Airship Over the Atlantic Ocean


WELLMAN, WALTER

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, aviation illus to front board, frontispiece, 448pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading & chipping to spine, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: A R Keller & Company 1911.

KEYWORDS: aviation history airships airship voyages travel literature writing atlantic ocean polar sea aerial navigation

$50.00
1y47a/29

The Airship: Its Design, History, Operation and Future


SPRIGG, CHRISTOPHER

LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, viii + 248pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems/edges, moderate fading & foxing to spine, light to moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate smatterings of foxing & soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: airships aviation history design engineering

$40.00
1y47a/31

The Book of Famous Flyers


MOLLISON, J A (Ed)

Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp plane illus to front board, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, G+ (moderate rubbing & chipping to board & spine extrems, moderate discolouration & soiling to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, sm ink stamps to front eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, whole page block detached and sections are loosley bound- very delicate! Varying degrees of soiling to pages- mostly light)

PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press N/D (Third Impression)

KEYWORDS: aviation aviators pilots biographies portraits pioneers history

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