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Wild About Flying! Dreamers, Doers, and Daredevils


MARSHALL, DAVID & HARRIS, BRUCE

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

$40.00
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Pulham Pigs: The History of an Airship Station


KINSEY, GORDON

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, ix + 166pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's labels to front flap, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Terence Dalton 1988

KEYWORDS: military history Pulham St Mary Airfield Norfolk England Great Briain British airships pigs the great war ww1 first 1st world war 1 one i

$55.00
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Airships - Cardington: A History of Cardington Airship Stattion and its Role in World Airship Development


CHAMBERLAIN, GEOFFREY

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

$100.00
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The Van Dyk Collection of LTA Plans & Drawings (With Commentary)


LTA INSTITUTE & VAN DYK, HERMAN (Text & Drawings)

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

$48.50
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Count Zeppelin: A Psychological Portrait


MEYER, Prof. HENRY CORD

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

$70.00
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Building the Kaiser's Navy: The Imperial Navy Office and German Industry in the von Tirpitz Era 1890-1919


WEIR, GARY E.

Super octavo, grey buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 289pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1991

KEYWORDS: military history German Germany marine nautical navy naval imperial industry Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz reichsmarineamt rma

$48.50
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Despatches From the Front: Far East Air Operations 1942-1945


MACE, MARTIN (Intro & Compiled by) & GREHAN, JOHN (Intro & Compiled by) & MITCHELL, SARA (Additional Research)

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

$100.00
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Papers and Correspondence of Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth Volume 1: The French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802


GRAINGER, JOHN D. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, xv + 577pp, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine edges/extrems, light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2022

KEYWORDS: military history Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth French revolution war correspondence letters biography

$48.50
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The Durham Papers: Selections From the Papers of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham G.C.B. (1763-1845)


RUBINSTEIN, HILARY L. (Ed)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, ix + 576pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2019

KEYWORDS: military history letters papers Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham navy naval

$65.00
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Illustrated Marine Encyclopedia


PAASCH, Capt. H. & MacGREGOR, DAVID R. (Intro)

FACSIMILE EDITION WITH TIDY HOMEMADE DUST WRAPPER, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 306pp + plates + unpaginated index to rear, VG (light bruising & tanning to base of spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink stamp to ffep, moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w- homemade, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Argus Boos 1977

KEYWORDS: maritime marine nautical history encyclopedia encyclopaedia terminology

$40.00
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Stellenbosch Three Centuries


BAUMBACH, L et al & SMUTS, FRANCOIS (Ed)

Quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus title page, 464pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy loss & archival tape repairs to lower spine edge, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Town Council of Steelenbosch 1979

KEYWORDS: history Stellenbosch South Africa

$150.00
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Repairing the Panzers: German Tank Maintenance in World War 2 (Volume 2)


FRIEDLI, LUKAS

THIS VOL (2) ONLY, oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, 1cm closed tear to top spine extrem)

PUBLISHER: Panzerwrecks & Lukas Friedli 2011

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii panzer army tanks armoured vehicles maintenance

$45.00
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The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records


KAHN, ASHLEY

Super octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 338pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & chafing to board edges, light tanning & sl soiling to page edges, sm ink scribble to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, sl fading to spine, sl tanning to flaps, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Granta Books 2006

KEYWORDS: Impulse Records music history jazz labels record companies John Coltrane

$45.00
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Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians


COHN, LAWRENCE & KING, B. B. (Intro)

Quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind embossed lettering to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, 432pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & adhesive residue/staining to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press 1993

KEYWORDS: blues music musicians biographies history criticism

$60.00
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360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story


WILENTZ, SEAN

Lg quarto, illu sheavy boards, black lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 336pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate soiling & damp wrinkling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep

PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 2012

KEYWORDS: Columbia Records music history record labels companies 360 industry

$175.00
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Sea Gypsy


TANGVALD, PETER

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 198pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1966

KEYWORDS: first editions history nautical maritime sailing exploration Peter Tangvald adventure autobiography memoir

$110.00
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New Zealand Engineers, Middle East


CODY, J. F.

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 774pp, folding maps, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing & surface loss/fraying to extrems, moderate water damage/staining to spine & boards- internal & external, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate water staining to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand official history military ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii engineers Middle East campaigns Greece Crete

$60.00
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Carriage Clocks: Their History & Development


ALLIX, CHARLES & BONNERT, PETER (Illus)

Quarto, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, vi + 484pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor staining, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Antique Collector's Club / Baron Publishing 1974

KEYWORDS: antiques collectables collectibles carriage clocks horology history design

$60.00
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Christmas at Sea


KLEBINGAT, CAPTAIN FRED K. & WEINSTEIN, ROBERT A. (Illus Collected & Ed by)

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus title page, 105pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking/closed tearing to spine & edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Bernice P. Bishop Museum 1974

KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical literature Christmas stories

$120.00
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Transactions / Maori Mythology


WOHLERS, Rev. J. F. H. et al

SIGNED BY JOHANNES ANDERSEN, AND HE HAS ADDED A HANDWRITTEN LIST OF CONTENTS, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, 112pp + addendum to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & discolouration spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, various university ink stamps throughout with light tanning & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: None Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand mythology history Maori culture transactions signed Johannes Andersen

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