Books - "aviation"
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Meteorology for Glider Pilots (Third International 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: John Murray 1977
KEYWORDS: aviation gliders gliding weather meteorology guide
The Winged Gospel: America's Romance with Aviation, 1900-1950
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1987
KEYWORDS: aviation history culture aeronautics technology flight
The Day John Died
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: William Morrow / HarperCollins 2000
KEYWORDS: JFK jr junior celebrity deaths conspiracy theories aviation disasters plane crashes
Wild About Flying! Dreamers, Doers, and Daredevils
Oblong 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: Random House New Zealand 2003
KEYWORDS: pilots aviation history illustrated david marshall bruce harris airplane airplanes aeroplane aeroplanes
Airships - Cardington: A History of Cardington Airship Stattion and its Role in World Airship Development
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xv + 227pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, moderate adhesive staining to spine & gutters, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Terence Dalton 1991
KEYWORDS: military aviation history airships Cardington
The Van Dyk Collection of LTA Plans & Drawings (With Commentary)
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 167pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, v sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: LTA Institute / Tiola Consolidated 2010
KEYWORDS: Herman Van Dyk aviation airships drawings plans design history
Count Zeppelin: A Psychological Portrait
Octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 118pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board extrems/edges, light chafing to boards, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Tiola Consolidated / LTA Institute 1998
KEYWORDS: Count Zeppelin family history aviation biography memoir airships zeppelins
Despatches From the Front: Far East Air Operations 1942-1945
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 248pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's labels to rear)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2014
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii aerial combat war warfare aviation reports air operations
Aero Artbook
TEXT IN FRENCH, lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 127pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, sm script/signature in pencil to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Editions Paquet 2009
KEYWORDS: text in French art collection aviation flight aircraft pilots
The Big Show
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: Chatto & Windus 1951
KEYWORDS: French fighter pilots raf royal air force military history aviation anecdotes Pierre Clostermann
Aviation Disasters (Fifth Edition)
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The History Press 2010
KEYWORDS: aviation disasters late 20th twentieth century flight aeroplane airplane crashes airliners transport travel
They Fought For the Sky: The Story of the First War in the Air
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: Cassell & Co 1958
KEYWORDS: aerial warfare combat military aviation history the great war ww1 first 1st world war 1 one i
The Topdressers
FIRST EDITION, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, 367pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems with minor discolouration, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor surface loss, moderate discolouration/fading)
PUBLISHER: NZ Aviation Press 1983
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand aviation aerial topdressing farming agriculture
Parachutes in Peace and War
LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Scientific Book Club 1942
KEYWORDS: aviation flight safety parachutes
The Second World War 1939-1945 Army: Airborne Forces
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 468pp, 21 maps to rear- all present, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Imperial War Museum 1990
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii army aviation British airborne forces 9th battalion paras paratroopers parachute regiment
Scotland's Wings: Triumph and Tragedy in the Skies
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Black & White Publishing 2022
KEYWORDS: civil aviation history Scotland Scottish military
The Sky Belongs to Them
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1976
KEYWORDS: bomber command air flying cross air force world war two second ww2 2 military history memoir autobiography aviation medicine
La Contribucion Italiana en la Aviacion Paraguaya
TEXT IN SPANISH, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, yellow lettering to spine, 297pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate to heavy creasing & scuffing to spine & covers, light chafing to covers, heavy creasing to edge of pgs 107/108)
PUBLISHER: Asuncion 2007
KEYWORDS: text in Spanish aviation history signed Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia
De Legendarische Vlucht van de Uiver: London-Melbourne oktober 1934
TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Teleboek BV 1983
KEYWORDS: text in Dutch aviation history civilian
De Nederlandse Vliegtuigen
TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 143pp, illus photos, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling to covers with moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Romen Haarlem 1982
KEYWORDS: text in Dutch aviation history