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$47.50
2f34a/33

From Wherry to Steam Ferry on the Waitemata


A History of the Romantic Conquest of the Silvery Waterway

WALSH, T.

Octavo, creamy/mauve mottled light card covers with blue lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 49pp, illus, manually typed errata page loosely enclosed, VG (heavy bruising & Creasing to cover edges, some light tanning to spine, coffee stain to rear cover, white label to front covering original price)

PUBLISHER: Walsh Printing 1932

KEYWORDS: T Walsh New Zealand Waitemata transport boats ferries passenger transport history

$45.00
2f34a/38

New Zealand Revisited


GORST, JOHN E.

Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, lacks title page, frontispiece, xi + 336pp, illus, VG- (lacks title page, moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light rubbing & soiling spots to rear board, bookseller's label to front pastedown, lacks title page, crease to contents page, frontispiece page loose, moderate foxing to prelims, slight staining to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Isaac Pitman 1908

KEYWORDS: Rt Hon Sir John E Gorst New Zealand history travel culture Maori customs life

$80.00
2f34a/41

Jet Pioneers: Gloster and the Birth of the Jet Age


Foreword by Eric Brown CBE

KERSHAW, TIM

Quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 150pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: Tim Kershaw military civilian aviation aeronautical history jet aircraft Frank Whittle Gloster Aircraft Company Eric Brown

$50.00
2f34a/44

Inland Waterways of Great Britain: England, Wales & Scotland


EDWARDS, LEWIS A.

Imperial octavo, maroon faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 447pp, illus + large folding map to rear, stapled supplement loosely enclosed, nr fine, in d/w, VG (bruising to spine extrems,slight staining to spine, portion cut off front flap lower edge, foxing inside)

PUBLISHER: Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson 1972

KEYWORDS: Lewis A Edwards Great Britian England Wales Scotland waterways canals rivers transport navigation narrowboats barges passengers industry trade cargo history

$46.50
2f34a/45

Warbird History: F-86 Sabre


DORR, ROBERT F

Quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps and red & black lettering to white spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 144pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Motorbooks International 1993

KEYWORDS: Robert F Dorr aviation aeronautical history fighter jets F86 Sabre naval FJ Fury design development pilots war air battles MiG-15 Korea wingmen

$75.00
2f34a/46

New Zealand for the Emigrant, Invalid, and Tourist


MOORE, JOHN MURRAY

Octavo, blue buckram boards with black lettering to front board & gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to edges & brown motif to front board, green coated eps, frontispiece map with tissueguard, xv + 253pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG (some fraying to spine extrems, bruise/bend to board corners, v. sl chaffing to spine edges, moderate foxing to tissueguard, v slight rubbing to rear board)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1890

KEYWORDS: John Murray Moore New Zealand history travel geography climate Maori culture immigration society government jobs

$28.50
xxewd62273

On Great White Wings


The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight

CULICK, FRED E.C. & DUNMORE, SPENCER

Hardcover square imperial 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Hyperion 2001

KEYWORDS: specials Fred E C Culick Spencer Dunmore aviation Wright brothers history aircraft flight planes

$24.50
xxewd62282

Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation


A Contribution Towards a System of Aviation

LILIENTHAL, OTTO

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Markwoski International Publishers 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Otto Lilienthal aviation history aircraft design engineering

$10.00
xxewd62283

The Flower of Gloster


THURSTON, E. TEMPLE

Ex-library 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 cost

PUBLISHER: David & Charles (Publishers) Limited 1968

KEYWORDS: specials E Temple Thurston memoir canal boats English history travel

$22.50
xxewd62285

First Flight


The Untold Story of the Wright Brothers

WALSH, JOHN EVANGELIST

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 cost

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1976

KEYWORDS: specials John Evangelist Walsh aviation history biography Wright brothers aircraft flying planes

$22.50
xxewd62306

Across the Great Divide


Robert Stuart and the Discovery of the Oregon Trail

MCCARTNEY, LATON

First UK edition 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing Limited 2004

KEYWORDS: first UK edition specials Laton McCartney American history pioneers Oregon Trail settlers biography Robert Stuart

$16.50
xxewd62312

Edge of Midnight: the Life of John Schlesinger


The Authorised Biography

MANN, WILLIAM J.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Arrow 2005

KEYWORDS: specials William J Mann biography John Schlesinger Hollywood history cinema film

$35.00
xxewd62316

Joseph Thomson: African Explorer


A Biography by his Brother

THOMSON, J.B.

Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; folding maps ; 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston and Company 1901

KEYWORDS: specials J B Thomson biography travel adventure Africa explorer history

$10.00
xxewd62318

Cape to Cairo


STRAGE, MARK

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1977

KEYWORDS: specials Mark Strage history British colonies Africa

$27.50
xxewd62322

Sir George Cayley


The Inventor of the Aeroplane

PRITCHARD, J. LAURENCE

First edition Hardcover super 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Max Parrish and Co. Ltd 1961

KEYWORDS: first edition specials J Laurence Pritchard biography Sir George Cayley aviation history inventor aeoplane aircraft

$16.50
xxewd62323

Bloody April


Slaughter in the skies over Arras, 1917

HART, PETER

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Cassell Military Paperbacks 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Peter Hart military history aviation aircraft World War I Great War Arras Bloody April aerial warfare

$25.00
xxewe62352

The Smithsonian Book of Flight


BOYNE, WALTER J.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Bantam Books 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Walter J Boyne aviation history aircraft planes

$14.50
xxewe62353

Kitty Hawk to Concorde


Jane's 100 Significant Aircraft

KING, H.F. & TAYLOR, JOHN W.R.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Company Limited 1970

KEYWORDS: specials H F King John W R Taylor aviation history aircraft aeronautical engineering

$22.50
xxewe62354

The Air Force Museum


APPLE, NICK P. & GURNEY, GENE

Seventh revised edition softcover quarto (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Nick P. Apple and Gene Gurney 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Nick P Apple Gene Gurney aviation United States Air Force history museum aircraft planes pilots

$22.50
xxewe62355

Twelve Seconds to the Moon


A Story of the Wright Brothers

YOUNG, ROSAMOND & FITZGERALD, CATHARINE

Hardcover quarto (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 cost

PUBLISHER: United States Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc. 1983

KEYWORDS: specials Rosamond Young Catharine Fitzgerald aviation history American aircraft Wright brothers pilots

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