Books - "aviation"
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Superfortress Over Japan : Twenty - Four Hours with a B - 29
Imperial octavo, softcover (NEAR 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Motor Books International 1996
KEYWORDS: history military aviation B 29 bomber bomb Japan ww2 world war 2 second photos black & white
Flight Handbook: The Theory and Practice of Powered Flight
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: Iliffe Books Ltd 1962
KEYWORDS: guide aviation flight theory practice flying pilot training graphs diagrams foldout plans cross sections aircraft photos black & white
The Technical Development of Modern Aviation
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 351pp, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, light/moderate foxing to page edges) in illus d/w VG- (moderate chipping to top edge, 1cm closed tear to top foreedge, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1968
KEYWORDS: history aviation aero techincal economics flying biplane monoplane
The Years Flew Past - 40 Years at the Leading Edge of Aviation
Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 192pp, illus - photog throughout, Near FINE in illus d/w Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Airlife 2001
KEYWORDS: memoir bee beamont pilot raf r.a.f. aviation 609 squadron hawker typhoon
Combat Aircraft Designer - The Ed Heinemann Story
Imperial octavo, pale olive cloth heavy board, blue lettering to spine, cream eps, xv + 277pp, illus, Near FINE in illus d/w Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Janes Publishing 1980
KEYWORDS: aircraft design aero edward ed heinemann aviation
A Million Miles in the Air: Personal Experiences, Impressions and Stories of Travel by Air
Super octavo, cream cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispice, 320pp, illus/plates, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate tanning/staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, top portion of fep removed, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to fep, sm unobtrusive numbers in ink to top of half title page, moderate foxing to pages- text still clear)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton n/d (approx. 1934)
KEYWORDS: Gordon Olley aviation history anecdotes autobiography pilot flying flight illustrated
Airplane Stability and Control: A History of the Technologies That Made Aviation Possible
Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy card boards, white/cream lettering to spine & boards, xvii + 373pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to board extrems, light foxing to top page edges, sm. unobtrusive numbers to top fep in ink)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: aviation history technology engineering illustrated
Advanced Soaring Made Easy
Quarto, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 336pp, illus, Nr FINE (sl bruising to top spine extrem, sm unobtrusive numbering in ink to top of fep)
PUBLISHER: Bernard Eckey n/d
KEYWORDS: aviation soaring Bernard Eckey illustrated autobiography how to guide
British Aviation : The Pioneer Years 1903 - 1914
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: Aero Publishers Inc 1967
KEYWORDS: history aviation aeroplane British pioneer years turn 20th twentieth century UK Britain plans photos black & white
Supermarine Aircraft since 1914
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edge purple, frontispiece, x + 400pp, illus, VG+ (light occasional foxing to page edges, v. slight brusing to spine extrems) in illus d/w VG (light sun fading to spine, few chips to top edge)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1981
KEYWORDS: air craft aeronautical marine british aviation supermarine thinwing monoplane s4 sea plane flying boats
The Captive Luftwaffe
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edge blue, frontispiece, viii + 147pp, illus, VG+ (light occasional tanning to page edges, v. slight brusing to spine extrems) in illus d/w VG+ (light tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1978
KEYWORDS: air craft british aviation world war two ww2 luftwaffe messerschmitt bf 109 fockewulf fw 190 heinkel he 111 junkers ju 88
Armament of British Aircraft 1909 - 1939
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edge blue, frontispiece, xiii + 457pp, illus, VG+ (moderate occasional tanning to page edges, v. slight brusing to spine extrems) in illus d/w VG+ (moderate tanning to spine and edges)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1971
KEYWORDS: air craft british aviation wartime intelligence armament
McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edge blue, frontispiece, xiii + 457pp, illus, VG+ (v. slight brusing to spine extrems) in illus d/w VG+ (moderate fading to spine and edges)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1979
KEYWORDS: air craft british aviation mcdonnell douglas skyray skyhawk skylancer
Saunders and Saro Aircraft since 1917
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering and rule to spine, frontispiece, ix + 359pp, illus, VG+ in illus d/w VG+ (moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1988
KEYWORDS: saunders roe saro aircraft history aircraft aviation aero flying boats
Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering and rule to spine, page edges blue, frontispiece, xiii + 570pp, illus, VG+ in illus d/w VG+ (moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1987
KEYWORDS: japanese aircraft history aircraft aviation aero army navy pacific war
German Aircraft of the First World War
Second edition. Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edge blue, frontispiece, xxxviii + 600pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in illus d/w VG+ (moderate tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1970
KEYWORDS: aircraft aviation planes world war one ww1 wwi aeronautical military history
Ferry Command
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: Airlife Publishing Ltd 1981
KEYWORDS: history military aviation ww2 world war 2 two second aeroplane deliveries North America UK drawings
A Passion for Flight - New Zealand Aviation Before the Great War
Volume 1 - Ideas, first flight attempts and the aeronauts 1868 -1909, Volume 2 - Aero clubs, aeroplanes, aviators and aeronauts 1910 - 1914, Volume 3 - The Joe Hammond story and military beginnings 1910 - 1914
3 x volume set, signed, dated and inscribed by author. Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, white and biege lettering to covers, 184pp & 320pp & 208pp, illus, Near FINE (light scuff to vol3 front cover, v. slight soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Volplane Press 2012 & 2013
KEYWORDS: history aviations aeronauts aeroplanes aviators joe hammond flight new zealand aviation nz
A Clasp for The Few - New Zealanders with the Battle of Britain Clasp
Signed & numbered limited edition, less common in hardcover, super octavo, blue cloth heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, frontispiece, xiv+ 470pp, illus, VG (light wear to board edges, gilt lettering fading) in illus d/w VG (light tanning and soiling)
PUBLISHER: Kenneth G. Wynn 1981
KEYWORDS: biography air crew aviation pilots r.a.f raf nz new zealand history battle of britain
Alone in the Sky
Super octavo, navy heavy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, iv + 190pp, illus - plates to centre, Near FINE (slight bruising to lower spine extrem) in illus d/w VG+ (heavy sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Technical Books NZ 1979
KEYWORDS: memoir biography jean batten aviation pilot history new zealand nz