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$22.50
xxqej156882

American Pilots in the RAF: The WWII Eagle Squadrons


CAINE, PHILIP D.

Super octavo softcover (nr fine); 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: Brassey's 1998

KEYWORDS: Philip Caine WWII WW2 world war two aviation flying RAF american eagle squadrons military conflict spitfires

$30.00
ak1/2/040

The RAAF At War: World War II, Korea, Malaya & Vietnam


TURNER, JIM

Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Kangaroo Press 1999

KEYWORDS: military aviation aircraft air combat RAF royal force world war 2 ww2 korea malaya vietnam history illustrated

$37.50
ak1/2/45

The Narrow Margin: The Battle of Britain and the Rise of Air Power 1930-1940


WOOD, DEREK & DEMPSTER, DEREK

Quarto hardcover (VG+, some foxing) in d/w (VG+) w/ wrap around ribbon (RAF Benevolent Fund's Battle of Britain Appeal); 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: Tri-Service Press 1990

KEYWORDS: air military aviation combat force military history RAF royal air force battle britain UK british spitfire luftwaffe world war 2 ww2

$75.00
ak1/4/84

Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion (Third Edition)


OATES, GORDON C.

THIRD EDITION, octavo, olive heavy card boards, navy blue lettering & diagram to cover, xii+456pp, VG+ (light soiling to edges, unobtrusive wear to front board)

PUBLISHER: AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1997 third edition fifth printing

KEYWORDS: aerothermodynamics thermodynamics science engineering gas turbine rocket propulsion rockets aviation physics aeronautics

$19.50
xxqfb156903

On The Wings Of History - Volume One, 2nd Edition


UDY, ALLAN & MITCHELL, ALEX

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: Historical Aviation Film Unit / Golden Micro Solutions 2013

KEYWORDS: aviation periodical flying planes nz warbirds of wanaka aircraft

$16.50
xxqfh156945

Airborne for Pleasure - A Guide to Flying, Gliding, Ballooning and Parachuting


MORGAN, ALBERT

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1977

KEYWORDS: ballooing gliding parachuting piloting flying manual guide technical aviation

$13.50
xxqfh156946

Aircraft Seventy One


TAYLOR, JOHN W. R.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ian Allen 1970

KEYWORDS: flying aircraft pilots aviation

$32.50
xxqfh156950

Silent Wings - The Story of the Glider Pilots of World War 2


DEVLIN, GERARD M.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: W. H. Allen 1985

KEYWORDS: aviation pilots gliders wartime world war two ww2 glider pilot

$22.50
xxqfi156954

The Men who Breached the Dams : 617 Squadron - The Dambusters


COOPER, ALAN W.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1982

KEYWORDS: history aviation ww2 world war two aircraft

$22.50
xxpif157074

Pedigree of Champions: Boeing Since 1916: Sixth Edition


n/a

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 cost

PUBLISHER: The Boeing Company 1985

KEYWORDS: boeing aviation aircraft history

$55.00
ak1/5/110

The Glider Soldiers: A History of British Military Glider Forces


WOOD, ALAN

Octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 345pp, nr. FINE (save for prev, owner's catalogue number in pen to fep., unobtrusive) in d/w nr. FINE (NOT price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: Spellmount 1992

KEYWORDS: military history glider aviation world war 2 ww2 fort eden emael norway burma sicily normandy british

$55.00
ak1/7/158

Jet Flight


GRIERSON, JOHN

Octavo brown cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, illus., xvi+270pp, VG (boards slightly warped, light soiling to contents, prev. owner's catalogue number in pen to fep., in d/w VG (scuffing, chips to spine repaired with archival tape, price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. [n/d, c. late 1940's]

KEYWORDS: test pilot flight aviation military Gloster-Whittle aeroplane planes jet engine world war 2 ww2 Meteor

$55.00
ak1/7/164

Engines & Enterprise: The Life of Sir Harry Ricardo


REYNOLDS, JOHN & DOWNS, SIR DIARMUID (foreword)

Octavo navy blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., xiii+241pp, nr. FINE in d/w nr. FINE (sl rubbing, scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 1999

KEYWORDS: Sir Henry Ricardo engineering engineer biography engine engines internal combustion internal-combustion automotive military civil aviation industry industrial motoring

$50.00
ak1/7/169

Military Wings


DEERE, BRENDON

2 VOL. SET, octavo illus. light card covers, illus., 120pp (both volumes), VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to covers of both)

PUBLISHER: MS Marketing 1979 (vol. 1) / 1980 (vol. 2)

KEYWORDS: Military aviation New Zealand RNZAF royal air force Canberra Corsair Dakota Kittyhawk Mosquito Mustang Skyhawk Sunderland Vampire history

$145.00
ak1/7/173

German Aircraft Industry and Production 1933 - 1945


VAJDA, FERENC A. & DANCEY, PETER

Quarto blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 329pp, VG+ (v. slight soiling to edges & endpapers, hint of adhesion, prev. owner's catalouge number in pen to fep., unobtrusive), in d/w nr. FINE (slightest hint of sticker residue to rear) NB ostensibly published by SAE International, in fact 2x stickers with SAE details have been pasted over the Airlife Publishing Ltd. details originally printed (also 1998)

PUBLISHER: SAE International 1998 (Airlife Publishing Ltd.)

KEYWORDS: Luftwaffe german aircraft aviation military history world war 2 ww2 RLM Reich

$25.00
ak1/8/183

Man-Powered Flight (Man Powered Flight)


SHERWIN, KEITH

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: Model & Allied Publications 1971

KEYWORDS: Flight aviation planes man powered Hatfield Puffin aeromodeller civil

$25.00
ak1/8/194

The Romance of a Modern Airway


HARPER, HARRY & BRANCKER, SIR SEFTON (intro)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. [n/d, c. mid-early 20th. c.]

KEYWORDS: civil aviation airway airlines airline airways transport planes air-mail air mail british

$28.50
ak2/1/221

Nothing is Impossible: A Glider Pilot's story of Sicily, Arnhem and the Rhine Crossing


MILLER, VICTOR (DUSTY)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Spellmount 1994

KEYWORDS: Glider gliding aviation military queen's royal regiment world war 2 ww2 second POW prisoner of war Arnhem RAF air force

$45.00
ak2/1/230

Lords of the Air


HARPER, HARRY

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOUR & HIS WIFE, octavo blue boards with silver lettering to spine, illus., 216pp VG- (moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning and foxing to pages) in d/w VG- (chipped, scuffed & soiling, prev. owner's tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: R.T.S Lutterworth Press 1940

KEYWORDS: aviation history plane flying planes civil aeroplane pilot diaries memoirs racing

$50.00
ak2/2/229a

Air Navigation: Volume 1


N/A [AIR MINISTRY 1944]

Quarto blue cloth boards, white lettering to front board & spine, illus., 296pp, incl. folding maps/charts (charts of magnetic variation for 1933, 1922; plotting series 5th edition; navigation log, form 441), VG- (soiling and scuffing to boards (moderate), front hinge internally sloppy, moderate tanning & soiling to conents)

PUBLISHER: Command of the Air Council / Air Ministry, May, 1944

KEYWORDS: Royal Air Force Ministry Council navigation pathfinding aviation military history historical document documents RAF air world word second 2 ww2 star charts maps topography tactics tactical air combat

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