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Lucas Alfred
Théorie élémentaire du compas gyroscopique à l'usage des marins et des aviateurs.
Société d'éditions géographiques maritimes et coloniales. 1940. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Non coupé. 55 pages - pages non coupées - nombreuses figures en noir et blanc dans et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 629.1-Aviation
Référence libraire : R320116693
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Lucas F. J.
POPEYE LUCAS QUEENSTOWN
Wellington: Reed. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Third Printing. Hard Cover. xii 186pp; illustrations ; 220 x 140mm . Reed hardcover
Référence libraire : 5800
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Lucas FJ. F. J.
Popeye Lucas Queenstown
Wellington New Zealand: A.H & A.W. Reed. 1969. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 186pages . Reprint. Hardback. A.H & A.W. Reed hardcover
Référence libraire : BIB279599
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Lucas FJ. F. J.
Popeye Lucas Queenstown
Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1972. 3rd printing. Fine/VG 2 short tears to top of dust jacket. xii 186 p. photos small 8vo; A.H. & A.W. Reed hardcover
Référence libraire : 36821 ISBN : 0589002945 9780589002947
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Lucas Jim.
Boeing 747 the First Twenty Years
Feltham: Browcom Pub Ltd 1989. 208 pages. 500g. Pictorial laminated Boards FINE with a small stain from old label to front paste-down. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Pictorial laminated Boards. Browcom Pub Ltd Hardcover
Référence libraire : 10832 ISBN : 0946141371 9780946141371
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Lucas John/Bader Douglas foreword
The Big Umbrella: The History of the Parachute from Da Vinci to Apollo
London: Elm Tree Books 1973. 1st printing. Very Good/Very Good dust jacket price clipped dust jacket. xiv 159 p. photos biblio index small 8vo; Elm Tree Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 44947 ISBN : 0241022940 9780241022948
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Lucas John A.; Dickinson C. H.
The Silken Canopy: History of the Parachute
UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd 1997. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Airlife Publishing Ltd Hardcover
Référence libraire : 036308 ISBN : 1853108553 9781853108556
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Lucas Laddie
Five Up - A Chronicle of Five Lives.
Canterbury: Wingham Press 1991. 270 pages. 655g. Blue cloth boards MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The autobiography of the famous fight ace of the Second World War who became a member of parliament plus busnessman among his five lives. Revised. Hard Cover. MINT/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Wingham Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 14160 ISBN : 187345404X 9781873454046
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Lucas Laddie
Flying Colours: The Epic Story of Douglas Bader
London: Hutchinson 1981. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Sir John Grandy's bookplate to front paste down. 303pp. Hutchinson Hardcover
Référence libraire : 034818 ISBN : 0091464706 9780091464707
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Lucas Laddie ed. KR. vand er Spuy James Byford McCudden Raymond Chance PS. Engelbach AAN. Breckon RT. Partridge CR. Cald
OUT OF THE BLUE: THE ROLE OF LUCK IN AIR WARFARE 1917-1966.
London: Grafton 1987. 542 pp 7" H. B&w drawings. "Beginning in 1917 with Lord Balfour's miraculous safe landing after ejection from his crushed biplane this is an extraordinary compilation of lucky escapes own goals and near-misses by both famous and unknown war pilots. Captain Len Trent VC tells us how luck saved his life in the legendary Great Escape from Stalag Luft III in 1944. Fighter pilot Yutaka Yokota who volunteered as a human torpedo in the Pacific recalls how mechanical trouble stopped him making the supreme sacrifice. And an Australian gunner tells the intriguing tale of his clairvoyant mongrel. Ranging from the horrific to the humorous and the frankly incredible this is a breathtaking assembly of stories by those who have risked their lives in aerial combat." Interior - very light browning to pages otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light browning to edges of text block minor edge wear small soft corner crease on front cover and rear cover. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Michael Trim. Grafton Paperback
Référence libraire : 25312 ISBN : 0586070885 9780586070888
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Lucas Laddie ed
Out of the Blue: The Role of Luck in Air Warfare 1917-1966
London: Hutchinson 1985. 1st printing. VG/VG dust jacket. 317 p. illus index 8vo; Hutchinson hardcover
Référence libraire : 12210 ISBN : 009162410X 9780091624101
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Lucas Laddie.
OUT OF THE BLUE: THE ROLE OF LUCK IN AIR WARFARE 1917-1966.
Hutchinson London 1985 Ist ed. 317 pp 8vo hardcover in dust jacket. "Out of the Blue" follows the history of war in the air from the pioneering days of combat over the Western Front in World War I to the sophisticated aerial contests of the Vietnam War. It is a breathtaking a ssembly of stories - some horrific some humorous some frankly incredible - told with extraordinary freshness and vividness by some of the legendary names and unknown heroes of three wars. 16 illus. Previous owners bookplate on front p a s t e - d o w n . Dj has incredible paintings by Robert Taylor has minor edgewear tiny chip at top of rear flap-fold light edge wrinkling. VG/VG. Hutchinson, London, (1985), Ist ed. hardcover
Référence libraire : 9704
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Lucas Laddie
Thanks for the Memory : Unforgettable Characters in Air Warfare 1939-45
London : Stanley Paul 1989 . First Edition . . 8VO . Second world war airmen recall the most unforgettable characters they have met. Illustrated with black and white photos. Stanley Paul unknown
Référence libraire : 10399
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Lucas Laddie
Wings of War : Airmen of All Nations Tell Their Stories 1939-1945
London : Hutchinson 1983 . First Edition . NF/NF . 8VO . Airmen of all nations tell their stories. Illustrated with black and white photos. Lightest of wear to book and jacket a lovely copy. Hutchinson unknown
Référence libraire : 13608 ISBN : 0091542804 9780091542801
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LUCAS James
The Killing Ground. The Battle of the Falaise Gap, August 1944. [Second Impression]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with plates, and a double-page map in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published two months after the first edition. Enser, p.80.
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LUCAS John
The Big Umbrella. The History of the Parachute from Da Vinci to Apollo. With a Foreword by Group Captain Douglas Bader. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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LUCAS LADDIE Edited by:
Out of the Blue: The Role of Luck in Air Warfare 1917-1966.
<p>UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn.NFINE/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Brightcrispcleanglossy laminatedcolour pictorial paintings illustrated dw/djwith whiteblue lettering; with lightminimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A small closed tear with miniscule loss to fronttop corner of dw/dj and inevitable but minimallight and superficial scoring/indentations - without affecting bds beneath.Topfore-edges slightly aged/tanned - as usual/ normal - but generally clean; contents brighttightclean with page-edge tanning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread apart from my own collation.Brightcrispcleansharp-cornered publisher's originalplain air-force blue cloth bds with brightcrisp stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn5-317pp paginated includes contents list/tableacknowledgementsillus list/table8 sections16 b/w line illustrations by Michael Trim interspersed throughout the text and the bookand an index.Plus unpaginated half-titletitle pages and 2pp blanks at rear. <br /> One of the outstanding fighter pilots of World War IIand a distinguished author Laddie Lucas has compiled this astonishing collection of first- hand stories about the part played by luck in warfare over a period of five decades.A truly international volumedrawn principally from unpublished sources and relying on personal accounts of airmen all over the world'Out of the Blue' follows the history of war in the air from the pioneering days of combat over the Western Front in WWI to the sophisticated aerial contests of the Vietnam War. Beginning in 1917 with Lord Balfour's miraculous safe landing after an extraordinary ejection from his crushed bi-plane'Out of the Blue' is a breathtaking assembly of stories - some horrificsome humorous some frankly incredible - told with extraordinary freshness and vividness by some of the legendary names and unknown heroes of three wars.Air Marshal Sir Edward Chilton reconstructs in riveting detail the epic 'Channel dash' by three German battlecruisers in broad daylight through the Straits of Dover in 1942.Group Captain Leonard Trent VC tells how the luck of the draw saved his life in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III in 1944.Japanese fighter pilot Yutaka Yokotawho volunteered as a 'human torpedo' in the Pacific warrecalls how mechanical trouble prevented him from making the supreme sacrifice for his Emperor. Meanwhilea United States Air Force officerCol. Kenneth W. Cordiertells how he received a direct hit from a Soviet ground-to-air missile in the Vietnam War - and survived. The volume has its share of bizarre and amusing moments too.Here are shamefaced confessions of 'own goals' by off-course bomber pilotsthe intriguing tale of an Australian air gunner's clairvoyant mongrel Smudge and the account by a great USAF fighter leader of the last war of how his ability to blow impressive smoke rings from a cigar may have saved his life. 'Out of the Blue' is a marvellous entertainmenta book of real-life adventure stories more thrilling than any to b found in fictionand a fine tribute to the courage and humour of all those who faced the challenge of the air in time of war.'For usthe air was always the master of our fate' says Laddie Lucaswho contributes his own personal stories of remarkable escape.'Take liberties with itpush your luck with it too farand your chances of survival were slim.The firmament wouldin the end always prevail.' Want more Victoria Cross-related titles Please search my SIGNED NAVAL/MILITARYGENERAL and BIOGRAPHY catalogues - using keywords: Victoria Cross_VC. Since April 2013and again in March 2015the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion templatealtering its pricesweight allowances dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too!<br />Soplease contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.ukbecause of the weight/value of this itemfor correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! .</p><br /> LONDON.HUTCHINSON & CO (PUBLISHERS) LTD.,1985. hardcover
Référence libraire : rja549915 ISBN : 009162410X 9780091624101
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LUCAS Laddie
Flying Colours. The Epic Story of Douglas Bader. [Fourth Impression.] SIGNED BY BADER AND LUCAS
8vo., Fourth Impression, with plates, short neat inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY DOUGLAS BADER AND LADDIES LUCAS ON TITLE. Published a year after the first edition.
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LUCAS Laddie
Flying Colours. The Epic Story of Douglas Bader. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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LUCAS Laddie
Out of the Blue. The Role of Luck in Air Warfare 1917-1966. Illustrated by Michael Trim. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON SLIP MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Enser, p.7.
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LUCAS Laddie
Out of the Blue. The Role of Luck in Air Warfare 1917-1966. Illustrated by Michael Trim. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.7.
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LUCAS Laddie
Thanks for the Memory. Unforgettable Characters in Air Warfare 1939-1945. [Second Impression]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with very numerous plates; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy In unclipped dustwrapper. This evocative collection of reminiscences includes contributions from Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, South Africa, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. First published in the previous year. Mulholland & Jordan L69 (recording the first edition).
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LUCAS, Chef d'Escadron Jean
La D.C.A. (Défense contre Aéronefs). De ses origines au 11 novembre 1918
Préface du Général Perrier, 1 vol. in-8 br., Editions Baudinière, s.d. [ circa 1934 ], 478 pp Rare exemplaire en bon état de cet ouvrage de référence (couv. très lég. frottée) Français
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Lucian Bartosik Hal Mcswain
Trikes The Flex-Wing Flyers
H & L Press 1999. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Very Good. name written inside front cover light staining towards back of book otherwise in excellent condition H & L Press paperback
Référence libraire : 110216003
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Luckett Perry D.; Byler Charles L.
Tempered Steel: The Three Wars of Triple Air Force Cross Winner Jim Kasler INSCRIBED
Dulles VA: Potomac Books 2006. Book. VG. Soft cover. Signed by Authors. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps. Modest binding lean with several stress creases otherwise only slight handling wear. Stated "First Edition" but with 2 lowest in number line. xv271 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. Inscribed by co-author Byler on half-title: "To Geri / who also flies. / All the best / Chuck Byler / F-105 weapons loader / 1963-1966 / Bitburg Germany.". Potomac Books Paperback
Référence libraire : RS224 ISBN : 1574888358 9781574888355
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LUDWIG RENN
Guerre (krieg).
Ernest Flammarion 75e mille, 1929, état moyen, 332 pages, in12
Référence libraire : 2436
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Ludovic Kennedy
A Book of Air Journeys
Aviation And Aircraft: Fontana 1983. 350 pgs. Photos. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Fontana Paperback
Référence libraire : 010026
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Ludovici LJ. L. J.
The Challenging Sky: The Life of Sir Alliott Verdon Roe
London: Herbert Jenkins 1956. 1st printing. VG/Fair dust jacket long tear top front of dust jacket price clipped dust jacket. 158 p. photos appendices index 8vo; Herbert Jenkins hardcover
Référence libraire : 62978
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Luff David
Bulldog: The Bristol Bulldog Fighter
Washington: Smithsonian Inst Pr 1988. 188 pages 670g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Book. Smithsonian Inst Pr Hardcover
Référence libraire : 22808 ISBN : 0874746485 9780874746488
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Luff David
BULLDOG: The Bristol Bulldog Fighter
Shrewbury England: Airlife Publishing 1987. viii 188pp. montage-style colour plate endpapers different art-work by Richard Ward. Numerous intext b/white halftone plates many archival line-drawings cutaways and tables. Book clean and square. Spine firm bright gilt title there-on. Boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated loose-plastic protected dustjacket near fine. Conceived as a private venture by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1926 the Bulldog was one of the best of the silver biplanes to fly with the Royal Air Force . . . Gives a detailed account of the Bulldog's conception and design construction engines and modifications. Contents include: Prelims. 10 chapters Appendices Biblio. Index. More. Book weight approx. 710g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Airlife Publishing Hardcover
Référence libraire : 005412 ISBN : 0906393949 9780906393949
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Luff David/Baxter Raymond foreword
Mollison the Flying Scotsman: The Life of Pioneer Aviator James Allan Mollison
Lytham St. Annes: Lidun Publishing 1993. 1st printing. Fine/Near Fine dust jacket. xii 399 p. frontis photos maps source notes index 8vo; Lidun Publishing hardcover
Référence libraire : 69507 ISBN : 0952183900 9780952183907
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Luftfahrerdank (Hrsg.)./ Otto, Friedrich (Schriftleitung)
Luftwaffe - Nr. 31/ März 1917
Berlin, Verlag Gustav Braunbeck, 1917. Illustrierte Wochenschrift für die Gesamtinteressen der Luftstreitkräfte und des Luftverkehrs - mit Fotos und Abbildungen - ungeh., 16 S., Folio.
Référence libraire : 46804
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Luftfahrt - AITCHISON C. S./ TUCKERMAN L. B
The "Pack" Method for Compressive Tests of thin Specimens of Materials used in Thin-Wall Structures.
Washington. 1939. 11 pp. With illustrations. Original Wraps. 29x23 cm.
Référence libraire : 60655
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Luftfahrt - ALLEN H. Julian
Calculation of teh Chordwise Load Distribution over Airfoil Sections with Plain, Plit or serially hinges Trailing-Edge Flaps.
Washington. 1938. 16 pp. With illustrations. Original Wraps. 29x23 cm.
Référence libraire : 60650
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Luftfahrt - BICKNELL Joseph
Determination of the Profile Drag of an Airplane Wing in Flight at High Reynolds Numbers.
Washington. 1939. 9 pp. With illustrations. Original Wraps. 29x23 cm.
Référence libraire : 60669
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Luftfahrt - BIERMAN David/ HARTMAN Edwin P
Tests of two Full-Scale Propellers with different Pitch Distributions, at Blade Angles up to 60°.
Washington. 1939. 15 pp. With illustrations. Original Wraps. 29x23 cm.
Référence libraire : 60661
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Luftfahrt - BONGERS M. / TREIBEL W
Luftverkehr mit Turbinenflugzeugen. Grundsätze für Standortbestimmung und Planung von Verkehrsflughäfen. Vorträge gehalten vor dem Luftfahrtbeirat am 22. März 1960 in Stuttgart..
(Stuttgart. Privatdruck. 1960). 57 Seiten. Mit 48 Abbildungen. Originalbroschur (Bibl.-Exemplar) 21x15 cm
Référence libraire : 18945
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Luftfahrt - BONIN L. von (Schriftleitung)
DFL. Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. Jahresbericht 1965. Braunschweig, Trauen,
Stuttgart. Hrsg. Vorstand der DFL. Herbst 1966. 80 Seiten u. eine Beilage. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Originalbroschur. 30x21 cm
Référence libraire : 49527
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Luftfahrt - BREVOORT M. J./ JOYNER U. T
Cooling on the Front of an Air-Cooled Engine Cylinder in a conventional Engine Cowling.
Washington. 1939. 13 pp. With illustrations. Original Wraps. 29x23 cm.
Référence libraire : 60675
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Luftfahrt - BROCKHAUS, GEISENHEYNER, GRUBER, u.a
Fliegt mit! Die Popularisierung der Fliegerei. Gemeinschaftskatalog der Antiquariate Brockhaus, Winfried Geisenheyner, Gerhard Gruber, Interlibrum, Patzer & Trenkle, Franz Siegle. (Band 1).
Kornwestheim u.a. 1992. 111 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen teils ganzseitigen Abbildungen u. der gefalteten, zweifarbigen Beilage "Papierflugzeug zum Falten". Illustrierte Originalbroschur. (Umschlag gebräunt). 24x16 cm
Référence libraire : 134548
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Luftfahrt - BRUDERS Peter (Schriftleitung)
DVL. Jahresbericht 1966. Deutsche Versuchanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. Herausgegeben im Juli 1967 vom Wissenschaftlichen Sekretariat der DVL.
(Ohne Ort. 1967). XXV, 237 Seiten u. 5 gefaltete Anlagentafeln. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Originalbroschur. (Etwas fleckig). 30x21 cm
Référence libraire : 49528
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Luftfahrt - CHALLIER W. O. W./ HEYWORTH A. J
V/Stol Transition. Society of automotive engineers.
New York. (Publ. 788 C). 1964. 19 pages with 28 figures. Original-Cover. 28x22 cm
Référence libraire : 49536
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Luftfahrt - DEARBORN C. H./ KIRSCHBAUM H. W
Maneuverability Investigation of an F6C-4 Fighting Airplane.
Washington. 1931. 24, (1) pp. With illustrations. Original Wraps. 29x23 cm.
Référence libraire : 60623
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Luftfahrt - DEARBORN C. H./ KIRSCHBAUM H. W
Maneuverability Investigation of the F6C-3 Airplain with Special Flight Instruments.
Washington. 1930. 18, (2) pp. With illustrations. Original Wraps. 29x23 cm.
Référence libraire : 60620
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Luftfahrt - DIJKMAN Hans (Tekst)
KLU 75 1913 - 1988. 75 jar Nederlandse Luchtmacht.
(Ohne Ort. 1988). 61, (3) Seiten. Mit zahlreichen teils farbigen u. faks. Abbildungen. Farbig ill. Originalbroschur. Tadelloses Exemplar! 30x21 cm
Référence libraire : 47651
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Luftfahrt - GOETT H. J./ REEDER J. P
Effects of Elevator Nose Shape, Gap, Ballance, and Tabs on teh Aerodynamic Characteristics of a horizontal Tail Surface.
Washington. 1939. 11 pp. With illustrations. Original Wraps. 29x23 cm.
Référence libraire : 60676
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Luftfahrt - GOETT Harry J
Experimental Investigation of the Momentum Method for Determining Profile Drag.
Washington. 1939. 7 pp. With illustrations. Original Wraps. 29x23 cm.
Référence libraire : 60663
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Luftfahrt - GYMNICH Alfried Fluglehrer
Das Verkehrsflugzeug (Moderne Flugzeuge Bd. 2). Mit 127 Abbildungen.
Berlin. Richard Carl Schmidt & Co. 1926. 207, (11) Seiten. Mit 127 fotografischen Abbildungen u. technischen Skizzen im Text u. auf gefalteten Tafeln. Geprägter, roter Original-Leinwand-Einband. (Einband etwas berieben. Titelblatt mit kleinem Stempel u. handschriftlichem Namenseintrag) 17x12 cm
Référence libraire : 54054
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Luftfahrt - HARRIS Thomas A
Reduction of Hinge Moments of Airplaine Control Surfaces by Tabs.
Washington. 1935. 32 pp. With illustrations. Original Wraps. 29x23 cm.
Référence libraire : 60635
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Luftfahrt - HILDEBRANDT Alfred
Vom Flugahnen zum Höhenflug.
Berlin. VDI-Verlag. 1933. Seite 65 bis Seite 93. Mit 6 Abbildungen. Ill. Originalbroschur. (Umschlag lose u.etwas berieben). 21x15 cm
Référence libraire : 56593
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