Books - "aviation"
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The World's Aeroplanes and Airships
Octavo hardcover (G+) front hinge cracked, lacks frontispiece; 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
KEYWORDS: aviation history aeroplanes airships
An Illustrated History of Airships
Square 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: Spurbooks 1973
KEYWORDS: aviation history airships aeronautical design engineering
On the Move.....Blimps
Super 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: Childrens Press / Regensteiner Publishing 1979
KEYWORDS: children's books aviation blimps airships design
Dirigibles That Made History
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1962
KEYWORDS: aviation history dirigibles aircraft pioneers
Les Premiers Dirigeables Francais: Collection Envols no.3
TEXT IN FRENCH, square super 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: ETAI 1997
KEYWORDS: text in French aviation history dirigibles airships aeronautical
LZ 126 ZR III USS Los Angeles
TEXT IN GERMAN, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Verlag Wilfried Eppe 1998
KEYWORDS: text in German aviation history aeronautical airships design
Alone in the Sky
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, sl tanning to edges of flaps)
PUBLISHER: Technical Books / Airlife 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history Jean Batten biography biographies memoir signed
Rescue Pilot
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: Penguin Random House 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rescue pilots John Funnell anecdotes autobiography autobiographies memoir search and rescue aviation nautical maritime
Whites Pictorial Reference of New Zealand (Second Edition)
Oblong imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 415pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate rubbing & discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation N/D (c.1960)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whites aviation aerial photography cities towns pictorial
Aircraft in War and Peace
Octavo, light brown buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, aviation illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 176pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate cracking to buckram on spine/rear hinge, moderate rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning to eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters, pgs 3-14 partially detached, light staining to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1916
KEYWORDS: aviation history aircraft aeroplanes
The Airship: Its Design, History, Operation and Future
LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, viii + 248pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems/edges, moderate fading & foxing to spine, light to moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate smatterings of foxing & soiling to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: airships aviation history design engineering
The Book of Famous Flyers
Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp plane illus to front board, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, G+ (moderate rubbing & chipping to board & spine extrems, moderate discolouration & soiling to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, sm ink stamps to front eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, whole page block detached and sections are loosley bound- very delicate! Varying degrees of soiling to pages- mostly light)
PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press N/D (Third Impression)
KEYWORDS: aviation aviators pilots biographies portraits pioneers history
Send for the Artist.... : Maurice Conley
LACKS FEP, 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: Random House 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation art military rnzaf Maurice Conley
Airfix Magazine Guide 6: RAF Fighters of World War 2
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: Patrick Stephens 1975
KEYWORDS: airfix magazine guides 6 military war history aviation raf British royal air force
Air Campaign: Arctic Convoys 1942
Imperial 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: Osprey / Bloomsbury 2022
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation aerial combat warfare Luftwaffe Russia Russian
New Zealand Aviation Yarns
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: Grantham House 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation literature industry anecdotes
Ten Thousand Hours in the Life of a Flying Doctor Pilot
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: Hesperian Press 1988
KEYWORDS: aviation history Harry Moss
Warbirds Over Wanaka: The Official Record of the 2008 Airshow
Oblong imperial 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: Penguin 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand airshows aviation warbirds over wanaka souvenirs past years 2008
Drawing the RAF: A Book of Portraits
LACKS D/W, super 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: Oxford University Press 1942
KEYWORDS: art history military British aviation raf royal air force portraits
Years of Combat: The First Volume of the Autobiography of Sholto Douglas
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket v 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Quality Book Club 1963
KEYWORDS: military history autobiogrfaphy autobiographies memoir Sholto Douglas aviation pilots raf royal air force