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$8.50
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Flights of Passage


HYNES, SAMUEL

Paperback (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Pocket Books 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Samuel Hynes aviation war history memoir autobiography

$100.00
1d29/30

Automobile Engineering: A Reading Course & General Reference Work for Auto-mechanics, Chauffeurs, & Owners


Covering construction, care & repair of cars & motorcycles with special attention to ignition, starting, & lighting Systems, Aviation Engines, Welding etc

KUNS, RAY F. ET AL

Six-volume set, octavo, red cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and blind-stamped lettering in decorative panel to front covers, all edges stained red, illus eps, frontispiece to each vol, illus with over 1500 illustrations in the six volumes, VG- (some creasing, wear & chaffing to covers & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, some sporadic foxing & soiling spots, moderately heavy foxing to prelims) A well-read set.

PUBLISHER: American Technical Society 1931

KEYWORDS: automotive engineering mechanics mechanical engineering cars motorcycles motorbikes aviation engines design vehicles repair maintence manual

$9.50
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I Must Fly: Adventures of a Woman Pilot


SCOTT, SHEILA

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1968

KEYWORDS: specials Sheila Scott autobiography memoir aviation pilot

$10.00
xxfcc76749

Life on the Airlines


PRICE, BOB

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: Brooks Books 1991

KEYWORDS: specials Bob Price aviation short stories memoirs biography

$17.50
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Howard Hughes - The Secret Life


HIGHAM, CHARLES

hardcover octavo w 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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1993

KEYWORDS: specials charles higham howard hughes biography aviation

$14.00
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Biz-Jet 1986/7


GATES, BRIAN

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: Aviation Data 1986

KEYWORDS: specials brian gates aviation jets planes

$22.50
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Winging It!: The Adventures of Tim Wallis


PEAT, NEVILLE

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: Longacre Press 2007

KEYWORDS: specials Neville Peat Tim Wallis New Zealand aviation biography

$18.50
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X-Planes and Prototypes


WINCHESTER, JIM

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Grange Books 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Jim Winchester military aircraft aviation planes x-planes

$35.00
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The History of the Royal Air Force


RAWLINGS, JOHN D. R. (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Temple Press / Aerospacce 1985

KEYWORDS: specials John D R Rawlings aviation Royal Air Force aircraft planes military history

$16.50
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Early Risers: The Pioneering Story of Gisbourne and Hawkes Bay Aviation


WAUGH, RICHARD J. (Ed)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Richard J. Waugh 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Richard J Waugh New Zealand Gisbourne Hawkes bay aviation transport history

$12.50
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Solo: The Bert Hinkler Story


MACKENZIE, ROY

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: Ure Smith 1979

KEYWORDS: specials Roy Mackenzie Bert Hinkler aviation biography

$40.00
2b28a/37

Gold Wings and Webbed Feet


The Autobiography of a New Zealand Pilot; his Naval and Civilian Flying Experiences

NAIRN, DON

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, 292pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 1996

KEYWORDS: Don Nairn New Zealand aviator naval pilot autobiography aviation flying Royal Naval Air Service

$24.50
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Let Fly!: A Young Topdressing Pilot's Courageous Story


CARDNO, BARRY

Signed by author, 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: Longacre Press 2009

KEYWORDS: specials Barry Cardno New Zealand aviation autobiography memoir signed

$37.50
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Wings Over Waipapakauri: From Kauri Gumland to Royal New Zealand Air Force


RAMSEY, OLWYN

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Olwyn Ramsey 2007

KEYWORDS: specials Olwyn Ramsey New Zealand Waipapakauri RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force aviation history

$42.50
1o18/22

Aircraft in the Great War: A Record and Study


GRAHAME-WHITE, CLAUDE & HARPEr, HARRY

Ex library, first edition, super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine & white lettering to front board, 346pp + 5pp adverts, G+ (usu library markings, stitching repairs to damaged spine sides, head & foot, moderate fraying to board edges & corners, relatively heavy browning to page edges & eps, archival tape reinforcement to two pages, cracking to rear gutter, some soiling, annotation in ink to rear e)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1915

KEYWORDS: first edition Claude Grahame-White Harry Harper First World War One WW! Aircraft aeroplanes aviation history

$12.50
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Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader


BRICKHILL, PAUL

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1954

KEYWORDS: specials Paul Brickhill Douglas Bader aviation biography

$165.00
1i45b/22

Skyways of Maoriland


GARDINER, HUGH & SMITH, SIR CHARLES KINGSFORD (For

Inscribed dated & signed by author, first edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front & spine, frontispiece, vii + 160pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, two 3cm tears to cloth on upper and lower spine, front board slightly warped, light rubbing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, slight rubbing & fraying to board edges)

PUBLISHER: McKenzie, Thornton, Cooper Ltd 1934

KEYWORDS: Hugh Gardiner Sir Charles Kingsford Smith New Zealand aviation autobiography memoir singed first edition

$50.00
1i45c/36

British Aviation: The Adventuring Years 1920-1929


PENROSE, HARALD

Ex library, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 727pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, some light fraying to spine extrems & board edges, tape reinforcement to front & rear hinges, moderate tanning to page edges) in d/wVG (price clipped, tape residue stains to inside, some creasing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co 1973

KEYWORDS: Harald Penrose Britain British airlines aviation aircraft industry history transport

$40.00
1i45d/1

South African Airways: 50 Years of Flight


SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, VG+ (red cancellation stamps to eps, slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (light scuffing, some creasing & nicks to edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: Da Gama Publishers (n/d)

KEYWORDS: South African Airways aviation aeronautic history transport airlines

$40.00
1i45d/3

Flying: An Epitome and a Forecast


GRAHAME-WHITE, CLAUDE

First edition, small quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 263pp, illus, VG- (archival tape repairs to tears on page 97 but no loss of text, owner's name in ink to fep, some browning to spine, bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, light soiling & fading to boards, moderate browning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims, lighter foxing elsewhere)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1930

KEYWORDS: first edition Claude Grahame-White aviation aeronautics flying aeroplanes aircraft history

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