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$50.00
2f51/29

The British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999


AUSTEN, MICHAEL & EVANS, KEVIN ET AL (Eds)

Folio, illus glossy heavy card boards with black lettering to blue spine, 912pp, VG+ (some light foxing) HEAVY ITEM

PUBLISHER: Air-Britian (Historians) Ltd 1999

KEYWORDS: Michael Austen Britain Ireland British Irish civil aircraft register aviation reference

$22.50
xxfoe92789

Impact Erebus


VETTE, GORDON & MACDONALD, JOHN

First edition, Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG+) illus; 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 1983

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Gordon Vette John MacDonald Erebus antartic aviation history plane disasters

$75.00
2g18a/14

De Wereld Van Boven


VIRULY, A

relevant photographs & maps tipped in to prelims & terminals, large quarto, illus heavy card boards with blue cloth spine, 54pp, illus, VG (some staining & tanning to boards, light scuffing to spine base, light tanning to page edges, some foxing & tanning to eps, light tanning elsewhere) TEXT IN DUTCH LANGUAGE

PUBLISHER: Douwe Egberts (n/d) but all handwritten captions dated 1936/1937?

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH A Viruly pilot de wereld van Boven KLM aviation history aircraft aeroplanes Holland Netherlands

$100.00
1p19a/49

Patria's Luchtvaart-Album


HEGENER, HENRI

TEXT IN DUTCH Oblong folio, blue cloth boards with darker blue lettering & blue plane motif to front board, unpaginated but aprox 64pp, illus with 114 collected and glued in cards (complete collection), VG (binding sloppy, tanning & fading to spine, light soiling to boards, slight tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Uitgave NV Biscuitfabriek Patria 1936

KEYWORDS: Henri Hegener Patria biscuits TEXT IN DUTCH LANGUAGE luchtballon luchtschip Lucht-acrobatiek vliegkampschefen warplanes air balloons aviation history

$40.00
2c23a/4

Boeing Aircraft Since 1916


BOWERS, PETER M.

First edition, octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained blue, frontispiece, 444pp, illus, VG (bookseller's stamp to fep, light tanning, esp to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, 2cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, nicks & 1cm loss to upper spine extrem, 2cm closed tear to front upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co 1966

KEYWORDS: Peter M Bowers Boeing aircraft aeroplanes aviation planes transport history

$40.00
2c23a/12

Wings of the Nation: A History of the New Zealand National Airways Corporation 1947-78


AIMER, PETER

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 288pp, illus, nr fine (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Bush Press 2000

KEYWORDS: Peter Aimer New Zealand National Airways Corporation aviation transport aeroplanes planes history

$25.00
xxsei92865

Action Stations 2: Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands


HALPENNY, BRUCE BARRYMORE

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens Ltd 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Bruce Barrymore Halpenny Lincolnshire East Midlands military airfields aviation history

$39.50
xxsej92917

SPANZ: South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand and Their DC-3 Viewmasters


WAUGH, RICHARD & LAYNE, PETER

Signed by both authors & Bob Anderson, 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Richard J. Waugh 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Richard Waugh Peter Layne South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand SPANZ aviation transport DC-3 Viewmasters business history signed

$50.00
2s1/21

Watson's Whizzers: Operation Lusty and the Race for Nazi Aviation Technology


SAMUEL, COL. WOLFGANG W. E

Quarto, illus light card covers with yellow and white lettering, 224pp, illus, VG+ (v slight rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Military Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: Colonel Wolfgange Samuel aeronautical engineering design technologh aviation history Nazi Germany Luftwaffe

$75.00
2s3/15

Men of The Battle of Britain: A Biographical Directory of the Few


WYNN, KENNETH G.

Folio, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 606pp, illus, VG+ (front & rear hinges reinforced with archival tape) in d/w, VG+ (creasing to rear, 2cm closed tear repaired with archival tape to upper rear edge, light creasing to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Frontline Books 2015 (Revised & updated edition)

KEYWORDS: Kenneth G Wynn World War Two Battle of Britain military aviation history biography reference pilots aviators air crew airmen

$95.00
2s3/19

The Kiwi's First Wings: The Story of the Walsh Brothers and the New Zealand Flying School 1910-1924


MULGAN, DAVID

Octavo, brown heavy card boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 150pp, illus, VG (inscription in ink to fep, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy staining & soiling, light creasing to edges, moderate browning to inside)

PUBLISHER: The Wingfield Press 1960

KEYWORDS: David Mulgan Leo Walsh Vivian Walsh Brothers biography New Zealand Kohimarama Flying School aviation World War One WW1 pilots

$150.00
2s3/21

The Principles of Aeroplane Construction with Calculations, Formulae and 51 Diagrams


KENNEDY, RANKIN

First edition, octavo, illus blue cloth boards with light blue lettering to front board and blind lettering to spine, vii + 137pp, illus, VG- (moderately heavy browning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges and to eps, prizewinning stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: J & A Churchill 1911

KEYWORDS: first edition Rankin Kennedy aeroplanes aviation aeronautical engineering mechanics physics design

$30.00
xxsep93287

The British Airship at War, 1914-1918


ABBOTT, PATRICK

First edition, imperial 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: Terence Dalton Ltd 1989

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Patrick Abbott British airships First World War One WWI military aviation history

$35.00
xxses93440

Qantas Rising: The Autobiography of The Flying Fysh


FYSH, HUDSON

First edition 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: Angus & Robertson Ltd 1965

KEYWORDS: Specials Hudson Fysh Autobiography Qantas Airline Planes Flying History war first edition Australia aviation

$15.00
xxses93443

Berlin Aircraft


RODRIGO, ROBERT

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: Cassell & Company Ltd 1960

KEYWORDS: specials Robert Rodrigo Berlin aircraft planes Germany aviation history

$30.00
2s4/34

De Vliegende Hollander: Samengesteld Met Medewerking Van Vele Vooraanstaande Deskundigen Op Luchtvaart-Gebied En Geillustreerd Met Meerendeels Origineele En Tot Nu Toe Niet Gepubliceerde Foto's


N/A

TEXT IN DUTCH, oblong large quarto, blue cloth boards, dark blue lettering & illus to front, light brown eps, unpaginated, VG- ( boards shaky, moderate rubbing/scratching to boards, light soiling to boards, some tanning, moderate foxing throughout but not affecting photos)

PUBLISHER: Uitgave: N.V. Biscuitfabriek Patria (nd)

KEYWORDS: De Vliegende Hollander the Flying Dutchman text in Dutch language aviation history

$12.50
xxseu93558

Into the Sun


THOMPSON, CLAUDE

Ex library, 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: Caude Thompson 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Claude Thompson New Zealand RNZAF aviation second world war two ww2 wwII military autobiography memoir

$120.00
2s5/16

Full Circle : A Pilot's Tale of Hurricanes, Spitfires and Woodpeckers, Hornets and Flying Camels in War and What Passed for Peace 1940-1958


JACOBS, VIVIAN K.

Signed by author, quarto, illus light card covers, 272pp (each chapter individully paginated), illus, VG+ (owner's inscription to title page, v light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: (not stated)

KEYWORDS: Sqn Ldr Squadron Leader Vivian K Jacobs military aviation autobiography memoir history signed

$8.50
xxsfe94074

Under Siege


COONTS, STEPHEN

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: Fontana 1991

KEYWORDS: Stephen Coonts novel fiction adventure aviation war

$8.50
xxsfe94091

Fatal Terrain


BROWN, DALE

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: Harper Collins 1998

KEYWORDS: Dale Brown novel fiction literature aviation pilot

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