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Aviator of Fortune: Lowell Yerex and the Anglo-American Commercial Rivalry, 1931-1946


BENSON, ERIK & YEREX, LOWELL

Super octavo, dark beige heavy boards, stamped black lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges, minor marking to head of rear hinge and rear board, minor folding to page corners to pages throughout) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to edges of flaps, edges of wrappers, extrems and heads and bases of spine and hinges, light soiling to wrappers and spine, minor soiling to edges of flaps) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Texas A&M University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: civil aviation commercial biography memoirs Lowell Yerex planes

$50.00
3x4/760

Boeing 707 Group: A History


SIMONS, GRAHAM M

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, minor creasing to head of rear hinge, lower edge of front board and head and base of front hinge) in d/w, VG+ (minor soiling to wrappers, extrems and flap edges, minor creasing to extrems and edges of flaps) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword 2017

KEYWORDS: Boeing 707 aviation planes engineering mechanics history

$60.00
3x4/762

Lockheed Tristar: The Most Technologically Advanced Commercial Jet of its Time


SIMONS, GRAHAM M

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ (minor creasing to base of spine, extrems and heads and bases of hinges) in d/w, VG+ (minor soiling to wrappers, minor creasing to edges of flaps, upper edge of front wrapper and base of spine) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Air World 2021

KEYWORDS: civil aviation mechanics engineering history jets

$40.00
3x4/773

The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Clubb: Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War


CLEAVER, THOMAS MCKELVEY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges and spine) in d/w, VG+ (minor soiling to front wrapper, minor creasing to heads of spine and hinges, extrems and edges of flaps, minor foxing to upper page edges) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Osprey 2021

KEYWORDS: First Edition Vietnam War military history navy aviation Tonkin Gulf

$95.00
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Reach for the Sky


BRICKHILL, PAUL & BADER, Group Captain Sir DOUGLAS (Afterword)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, blue cloth & black buckram boards, white lettering & blue decoration to black spine, black & white illus to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 362pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2017

KEYWORDS: folio society aviation military history Douglas Bader biography memoir

$45.00
3w4/954

Schneider Trophy Racers: History of the Schneider Trophy International Speed Contests 1913-131


HIRSCH, ROBERT S

Super octavo, dark grey heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor fading to spine) in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Motorbooks International 1993

KEYWORDS: seaplanes planes racing aviation military mechanics engineering history Schneider Trophy

$50.00
3w4/959

The History of British European Airways


WOODLEY, CHARLES

Super octavo, oxford blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Aviation 2006

KEYWORDS: history civil aviation british airports planes

$50.00
3w4/974

Hawker Siddeley Aviation and Dynamics 1960-77


SKINNER, STEPHEN

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Crowood Press 2014

KEYWORDS: aviation civil military history mechanics engineering

$100.00
3w4/975

The 377 Stratocruiser & KC-97 Stratofreighter: Boeing's Great Post War Transports


YENNE, BILL

Quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow and white lettering to front board and spine, illus title page, 207pp, illus/photos, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Crecy Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: military civil aviation history mecahnics engineering planes Boeing

$40.00
3w4/979

Aircraft in Profile: Volume 11


CAIN, CHARLE W (ed) & BRITTAIN, T (illus) ET AL

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, green patterned heavy boards quarter bound in black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (

PUBLISHER: Profile Publications 1972

KEYWORDS: aircraft planes military civil mecahnics engineering aviation

$15.00
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Fate is the Hunter


GANN, ERNEST K

Octavo softcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2011

KEYWORDS: Ernest K Gann commercial aviation history flying

$26.50
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Interceptor Fighters for the Royal Air Force, 1935-45


BOWYER, MICHAEL J F

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Patrick Stephens 1984

KEYWORDS: RAF Royal Air Force planes fighters ww2 Second World War II Two 2 aviation

$60.00
3w5/1031

Canadian Starfighters: The CF-104 and CF-104D in Canadian Service 1961-1986


MARTIN, PATRICK

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, teal, black and red lettering to front wrapper, teal and black lettering to spine, illus/photos/tables, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: AirDoc 2015

KEYWORDS: Canada jets military aviation history mechanics engineering

$135.00
3w5/1042

A-4 Skyhawk: 'Heinemann's Hot Rod'


WINCHESTER, JIM

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 304pp, illus/photos/diagrams, Near Fine in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Aviation 2005

KEYWORDS: military aviation history Skyhawk jets mecahnics engineering

$185.00
3w5/1044

From Fledgling to Eagle: The South African Airforce During The Border War


LORD, BRIG-GEN DICK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, 528pp, illus/photos/maps, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: 30° South Publishing

KEYWORDS: First Edition military aviation South Africa war history

$200.00
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World War II Wrecks of The Truk Lagoon


BAILEY, DAN E

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black, white and grey lettering to front board, white and grey lettering to spine, XVI + 517pp, diving permit taped to fep, enclosed ephemera related to dives to rear eps, illus/photos/diagrams/maps, Near Fine (heavy annotations to terminals and rep, minor previous owner's marking to fep) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: North Valley Diver Publications Redding 2000

KEYWORDS: World War 2 WWII shipwrecks ships planes tanks military history navy aviation

$100.00
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Flying Guns: The Modern Era: Development of Aircraft Guns, Ammuniations and Installations Since 1945


WILLIAMS, ANTHONY G

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos/diagrams, Near Fine in d/w Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Crowood Press 2013

KEYWORDS: aircraft military aviation history mechanics engineering jets planes

$60.00
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Grunman F9F Panther/Cougar: First Grunman Cat of the Jet Age


ELWARD, BRAD

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, yellow and white lettering to front board and spine, illus/photos/diagrams, Near Fine in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Specialty Press 2010

KEYWORDS: military aviation american jets history mechanics engineering

$60.00
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Britain's Fleet Air Arm in World War II


MACKAY, RON

Imperial octavo, red, dark blue and black lettering to front board and spine, illus/photos, VG+ in d/w VG+ (loose protective cover) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer 2005

KEYWORDS: World War 2 WWII history british aviation navy military

$60.00
3v2/1113

Boeing's B-47 Stratojet


LLOYD, ALWYN T

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, dark blue, red and yellow lettering to front board, white and grey lettering to spine, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Specialty 2005

KEYWORDS: Boeing jets military aviation history mechanics engineering

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