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$16.50
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Smithy


The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith

MACKERSEY, IAN

First edition hardcover imperial octavo (NF) in d/w (NF) 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: Little, Brown and Company 1998

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Ian Mackersey biography Sir Charles Kingsford Smith aviation aircraft

$26.50
xxevc61714

The Wright Brothers


The Remarkable Story of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World

MACKERSEY, IAN

First edition hardcover imperial octavo (NF) in d/w (NF) 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: Little, Brown 2003

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Ian Mackersey biography Wilbur Wright Orville Wright aviation aircraft

$15.00
xxevc61718

Pilbara Bushman


The Life Experience of W. Dunn

WILSON, GRAHAM J.

Inscribed and signed by author. Softcover super octavo (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: Hesperian Press 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Graham J Wilson biography William Bill Dunn Australia

$15.00
xxevc61726

The Wright Brothers


The Remarkable Stoy of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World

MACKERSEY, IAN

Softcover octavo (NF) ; 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: Time Warner Paperbacks 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Ian Mackersey aviation biography history Orville and Wilbur Wright aircraft

$13.50
xxevc61743

Smithy


The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith

MACKERSEY, IAN

Softcover octavo (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: Warner Books 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Ian Mackersey biography Sir Charles Kingsford Smith aviation pilot

$24.50
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Robert Loraine


Soldier Actor Airman

LORAINE, WINIFRED

Hardcover imperial octavo (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Collins Publishers 1938

KEYWORDS: specials Winifred Loraine biography Robert Loraine aviation history

$15.00
xxevc61822

Lindbergh


BERG, A. SCOTT

paperback (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: Pan Books 1999

KEYWORDS: specials scott berg history charles lindbergh aviation biography

$12.50
xxeve61823

Jean Batten: The Garbo of the Skies


MACKERSEY, IAN

Octavo softcover (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: Warner Books 1999

KEYWORDS: specials ian mackersey jean battern aviation planes new zealand biography

$22.50
xxeve61826

Mad, Is He? The Character and Achievement of James Wolfe


GRINNELL-MILNE, DUNCAN

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: Bodley Head 1963

KEYWORDS: specials first edition duncan grinnell-milne james wolfe biography

$95.00
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Bishop Milton Wright and the Quest for a Christian America


ELLIOTT, DARYL MELVIN

Quarto, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, viii + 408pp, VG (heavily annotated in red ink by 'editor'?)

PUBLISHER: Authorised facsimile thesis reprint of the 1992 UMI PhD Dissertation 1999

KEYWORDS: Daryl Melvin Eilliott Bishop Milton Wright biography American aviation history religion Christianity

$22.50
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Nathanael West


The Art of His Life

MARTIN, JAY

Hardcover super octavo (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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1970

KEYWORDS: specials Jay Martin biography writer Nathanael West

$17.50
xxeve61872

Ancient Mariner


The Amazing Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Englishman Who Walked to the Arctic Ocean

MCGOOGAN, KEN

Softcover octavo (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: Bantam Books 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Ken McGoogan biography Samuel Hearne

$32.50
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King of Air Fighters - Biography of Major Mick Mannock, V.C., D.S.O., M.C.


JONES, FLIGHT-LIEUT. IRA

hardback octavo, lacks d/w, first edition rebound with new e.p's, loosely enclosed notes of NZ aviation author Ian Mackersey

PUBLISHER: Ivor Nicholson & Watson, Ltd. 1934

KEYWORDS: specials aviation ian mackersey ira jones major mick mannock air war fighter britain biography

$30.00
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The Fighting Parade - Letters from the Trenches 1915-1918 of Pat Leonard DSO


LEONARD, JOHN & LEONARD-JOHNSON, PHILIP (eds.)

first edition hardback octavo with d/w (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: Pen & Sword Military 2010

KEYWORDS: specials history pat leonard DSO john leonard philip leonard-johnson history ww1 correspondence letters soldiers biography

$12.50
xxewa61999

'Bomber' Harris


SAWARD, DUDLEY

ex library, fep coming loose, tanned pages, hardback octavo with plastic wrapped 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: Buchan & Enright Pubs., 1984

KEYWORDS: specials biography dudley saward arthur harris aviation ww2 britain

$50.00
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Head Wind: The Story of Robert Loraine


LORAINE, WINIFRED

Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 390pp, illus, VG (browning to spine & board edges, some fraying to spine extrems & board corners, moderately heavy browning to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Morrow & Co (nd)

KEYWORDS: Winifred Loraine Robert Loraine biography theatre actor acting drama

$50.00
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Bleriot: Herald of an Age


ELLIOTT, BRIAN A.

Imperial octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, 253pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Tempus Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: Brian A Elliott Louis Bleriot aviation history aeronautics pilot pioneer flying biography

$45.00
2f25a/8

Fly Fast, Sin Boldly: Flying, Spying & Surviving


Foreword by Anthony W 'Tony' Levier

LEAR, WILLIAM P.

Warmly inscribed, dated & Signed by author to NZ aviation author Ian Mackersey, super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 475pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Addax Publishing 2000

KEYWORDS: signed William P Lear Jr Anthony W Levier aviation history biography pioneer pilot Lockheed air racing aerobatics Learjet LearFan test pilot

$120.00
2f25a/9

Mick Mannock Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and Politics


Studies in Military and Strategic History

SMITH, ADRIAN

First edition, octavo, grey boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, ii + 211pp, VG (v slight soiling to page fore-edges) in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Palgrave 2001

KEYWORDS: first edition Adrian Smith Mick Mannock biography aviation history fighter pilot World War One WWI

$20.00
xxewc62260

New Zealand Writers and their Work: Ronald Hugh Morrieson


SIMPSON, PETER

Softcover octavo (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: Oxford University press 1982

KEYWORDS: specials Peter Simpson New Zealand literature Ronald Hugh Morrieson literary criticism biography

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