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$125.00
2f34a/1

The Royal Air Force Review: August 1949 Vol. 5 No.1 to July 1950 Vol 5 No.12


n/a

Small quarto, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt RAF motif to front board, illus title page, each issue individually paginated (averaging 24pp per issue), illus, VG (some bruising to spine extrems, light fraying & rubbing to boards corners & edges, some browning to boards, esp spine & edges, some light staining to boards, moderate browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Air Ministry London 1949-1950

KEYWORDS: Royal Air Force magazine journal military aviation aeroplanes aircraft history literature humour sport exploration

$125.00
2f34a/3

The Royal Air Force Review: August 1950 to August 1951


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Small quarto, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt RAF motif to front board, illus title page, each issue individually paginated (aprox 25pp per issue), illus, VG (some bruising to spine extrems, light fraying & rubbing to boards corners & edges, some browning to boards, esp spine & edges, some light staining to boards, moderate browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Air Ministry London 1950-1951

KEYWORDS: Royal Air Force magazine journal military aviation aeroplanes aircraft history literature humour sport exploration

$125.00
2f34a/4

The Royal Air Force Review: July 1948 to July 1949


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Small quarto, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt RAF motif to front board, illus title page, each issue individually paginated (aprox 25pp per issue), illus, VG (some bruising to spine extrems, light fraying & rubbing to boards corners & edges, some browning to boards, esp spine & edges, some light staining to boards, moderate browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Air Ministry London 1948-1949

KEYWORDS: Royal Air Force magazine journal military aviation aeroplanes aircraft history literature humour sport exploration

$42.50
2f34a/9

Glory Gamblers: The Story of the Dole Race


FORDEN, LESLEY

Inscribed & signed by author, quarto, dark blue faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine & front page, vi + 194pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to rear board)

PUBLISHER: The Nottingham Press 1986

KEYWORDS: signed Lesley Forden USA American aviation history California to Hawaii Dole contestants airplanes aeroplanes aircraft pilots

$40.00
2f34a/10

Timeless Machines: Veteran and Vintage Motoring in Australia and New Zealand


DAVIS, PEDR

First edition, inscribed & signed by author, quarto, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Marque Publishing Co1990

KEYWORDS: Pedr Davis New Zealand Australia transport history veteran vintage cars automobiles motoring

$55.00
2f34a/22

British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972: Volume III (Three)


JACKSON, A. J.

This volume only, super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 636pp, illus, VG+ (heavy but small ding to front board fore-edge, slight ding to front board lower corner) in d/w, VG+ (v sl creasing to front lower edge)

PUBLISHER: Putnam / Conway Maritime Press 1988

KEYWORDS: AJ Jackson British aircraft aviation history transport aircraft civil military aeroplanes helicopters Hawker Siddeley Hunting Percival Martinsyde Miles Saunders-Roe reference specification illustration

$27.50
xxbca62308

New Zealand Green: The Story of Marijuana in New Zealand


YSKA, REDMER

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Redmer Yska New Zealand drugs marijuana history

$35.00
xxbca62310

Nor'Westers of the Pilbara Breed


HARDIE, JENNY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hesperian Press Reprint 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Jenny Hardie australian history Pilbara pioneers exploration expedition

$30.00
xxbca62314

The Rise and Fall of Athens


Wood engravings by Raymond Hawthorn

PLUTARCH & SCOTT-KILVERT, IAN (Trans)

Folio society super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: Folio Society 1967

KEYWORDS: specials classics Greece ancient Greek history Athens Plutarch Ian Scott-Kilvert Raymond Hawthorn

$16.50
xxbdaa62333

The Journal of the Victoria Cross Society


16th Edition March 2010

BEST, BRIAN (Ed)

Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Victoria Cross Society 2010

KEYWORDS: specials Brian Best Victoria Cross Society military history biography war magazine

$50.00
2f34a/17

Royal Flying Corps Communiques 1915-1916


COLE, CHRISTOPHER (Ed)

First edition, super octavo, orange boards with gilt lettering to spine, 352pp, illus, nr fine (v v slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Tom Donovan 1990

KEYWORDS: Christopher Cole aviation aircraft Royal Flying Corps history First World War One WWI air arm bombing damage intelligence aircrew first edition

$45.00
2f34a/18

Natal: An Illustrated Official Railway Guide and Handbook of General Information


HARRISON, C. W. FRANCIS

Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 300pp, illus + folding maps + large folding map in pocket to rear ep, G+ (heavy rubbing, fraying, bruising & tears to spine, rubbing & fraying to board edges, some browning & staining to boards, moderate browning to eps, owner's name address & date in ink to fep, corner of first six pages torn off, front hinge loose, heavy tanning & foxing to folding maps, some foxing throughout, browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Payne Jennings 1903

KEYWORDS: CW Francis Harrison South Africa Natal Durban transport trains railways travel tourism scenery attractions history immigration emigration

$29.50
xxbaaa62286

God On Our Side: The British Padres in World War I


MOYNIHAN, MICHAEL (Ed)

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: Leo Cooper / Martin Secker Warburg 1983

KEYWORDS: specials Michael Moynihan World War One WWI history regimental padres priests clerics chaplains church

$17.50
xxbba62292

Business In Great Waters


TERRAINE, JOHN

softcover super octavo (nr 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: Wordsworth 1999

KEYWORDS: specials John Terraine military submarine u-boat war history

$37.50
xxbdaa62343

Supersonic (Airliner) Non-Sense: A Case Study in Applied Market Research


DAVIES, R. E. G.

Warmly insribed & signed by author to NZ aviation author Ian Mackersey, super octavo hardcover (fine) 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: Paladwr Press 1998

KEYWORDS: specials REG Davies transport aviation history airlines aeroplanes supersonic airliners

$16.50
xxbda62353

Corsairville: The Lost Domain of the Flying Boat


COSTER, GRAHAM

Octavo softcover (nr 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: Penguin 2001

KEYWORDS: specials Graham Coster aviation flying boats airline flights Imperial Airways flying boat Corsair history travel

$28.50
xxbge62355

Ship of Courage: The Epic Story of HMAS Perth and Her Crew


WHITING, BRENDAN

First edition, ex library, 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: Allen & Unwin 1994

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Brendan Whiting HMAS Perth Australia World War Two WWII Battle of the Sundra Strait naval maritime history

$17.50
xxbge62359

The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur and Orville Wright


ADAMS, NOAH

First edition, octavo hardcover (fine) in 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: Simon & Schuster 2005

KEYWORDS: first edition Noah Adams Orville Wright Wilbur Wright biography Kitty Hawk aviation history specials

$25.00
xxbie62363

The Fledgling: An Autobiography


WHITEHOUSE, ARCH

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: Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1964

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Arch Whitehouse autobiography pilot aviation history World War One WWI Royal Flying Corps

$17.50
xxbja62373

Iron Dinosaurs


GARRATT, COLIN

First edition, small octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d;/w, (nr 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: Blandford Press 1976

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Colin Garratt railways transport trains steam engines history Java Sumatra Indonesia Taiwan Philippines

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