BEARSHAW, BRIAN & CHESWORTH, DAVID (illus.)

first edition, hardback octavo with 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: HALE 1985

KEYWORDS: specials england history brian bearshaw walking tramping

BRISTOW, PHILIP

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PUBLISHER: Nautical Books 1982

KEYWORDS: specials canals france history travel transport philip bristow

GLADWIN, D.D.

hardback octavo with 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: Spurbooks Ltd., 1977

KEYWORDS: specials gladwin dd britain waterways canals history transport travel

NEWELL, JENNY

new hardback square octavo (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: Harvard University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: specials pacific art jenny newell art culture history oceania

CORMACK, J.R.H. & STEVENSON, J. L.

this vol. only, hardback octavo, no 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: RCTS 1990

KEYWORDS: specials history railway travel transport britain drummond smtih cumming locomotives trains rail

CORMACK, J.R.H. & STEVENSON, J.L.

this vol. only, hardback octavo, lacks 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: RCTS 1988

KEYWORDS: specials britain railway trains travel transport history locomotives jrh cormack jl stevenson

MORROW, JOHN H.

(with annotated loose paper slips of Ian Mackersey, NZ aviation author), imperial octavo, grey heavy card boards with gilt lettering to green cloth spinexx + 458pp, illus, VG- (heavy dampstaining to spine & through to eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy dampstaining to spine internally & externally). The dampstaining is the only fault.

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institute (1993??)

KEYWORDS: John H Morrow military aviation history aeroplanes fighter planes pilots World War I WWI technological air power France Germany England Italy Russia USA aviators

MACMILLAN, CAPTAIN NORMAN & BATTEN, JEAN

An historically significant Jean Batten ASSOCIATION COPY: dated, signed and inscribed by the AUTHOR in 1931 to VICTOR DOREE, a fellow pioneer WW1 Royal Air Corps pilot, who in 1932 bought JEAN BATTEN her famous 'Gipsy Moth' aeroplane. Thus, it is likely that this copy of this book was a deciding factor in determining that Jean Batten would fly a Gipsy Moth. From the library of Ian Mackersey, Batten's biographer. DESCRIPTION: Scarce in d/w. Small octavo, light blue cloth boards with dark blue lettering to front board & spine, 175pp, illus, VG (slight rubbing to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to eps & page edges, 1cm tear with loss to lower corner half-title page,) in d/w, VG- (top 3cm portion of spine missing, bruising & nicks to lower spine extrem, creasing & nicks to rear upper edge & front lower edge, 1cm untidy tear to rear lower edge & to upper front/flap fold, some soiling)

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1929

KEYWORDS: Captain Norman Macmillan Air Vice-Marshall Sir Sefton Brancker Victor Doree signed Association Copy aviation history aircraft flying pilot Jean Batten

MOHLER, STANLEY R. & JOHNSON, BOBBY H.

Warmly inscribed to NZ Aviation Author Ian Mackersey and signed by author, small quarto, illus white light card covers, vii + 127pp, illus, VG+ (v slight tanning & rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution Press 1971

KEYWORDS: signed Stanley R Mohler Bobby H Johnson Wiley Post Winnie Mae aviation history pilot pioneer pressured flight aeronautical science

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

JAKAB, PETER L. & YOUNG, RICK (Eds)

Inscribed, dated & usigned by Editor Peter Jakab, first edition, super octavo, creamy green cloth boards with orange lettering to spine, xii + 316pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institute 2000

KEYWORDS: signed first edition Peter L Jakab Rick Young Wilbur Orville Wright aviation history pioneers articles speeches interviews letters aircraft flights aeronautics

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

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

HAMMER, RICHARD

Hardcover quarto (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: Playboy Press 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Richard Hammer history organized crime in the United States

SYMONS, JULIAN

First edition Hardcover quarto (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: Studio Vista Limited 1966

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Julian Symons history true crime nineteenth twentieth centuries

SWEETMAN, JOHN ET AL.

hardcover imperial octavo (NF) 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: Time Warner Books 2003

KEYWORDS: specials John Sweetman David Coward Gary Johnstone military history World War Two Second World War aviation Dambusters 617 squadron

N/A

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PUBLISHER: Auckland Teachers College 1958

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand history Auckland teachers college

KILLIP, JOHN (ED.)

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PUBLISHER: Auckland Teachers College 1957

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand history Auckland teachers college

BOTT, ALAN

hardcover 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: Doubleday, Page & Co 1918

KEYWORDS: specials Captain Alan Bott memoirs flying ace Contact british flying officer aviation history autobiography

MACMILLAN, NORMAN

hardcover super octavo, first edition, ownership signature of copy of Victor Doree, a fellow Royal Air Corps Pilot (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: G. Bell and Sons 1967

KEYWORDS: specials Norman Macmillan royal air corps pilot memoirs autobiography aviation history