‎Aviation ‎

‎Winton John‎

‎Air Power at Sea 1939-45‎

‎Book Club Associates BCA London 1976. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Map illustrated end pages both different the front end pages show a map of Europe and northern Africa and the rear end page shows Pacific Islands Australia and south-east Asia. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white historic photographs. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper white and red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. "Air Power at Sea highlights the part aircraft played in all great actions of the war World War II: in the long and bitter struggle against the Atlantic U-boats in the daring night attack on Italian battle fleet at Taranto the pursuit and destruction of the Bismarck the blood and sacrifices of Norway Crete and Guadalcanal Pearl Harbor the fate of the Prince of Wales and Repulse the defence of Malta the life-and-death of the Tripitz the crucial battles of the Coal Sea and Midway and in the great Allied advanced across the remote islands of the Pacific." � from front fold over panel blurb. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges a very slight cock of the spine. Bumping to the lower book corners � the underlying board is visible. Light browning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Remnants of a sticker to the top right-hand corner of the free front end page. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and to the back strip edges. Rubbing to all edges of the dustwrapper and a little to the panels. Fading along the fold over edges and to the back strip. Browning to the verso. Numerous closed tears to the top dustwrapper edge. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. 3 4 - 185 1 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Aviation; WW II; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0283983132. ISBN/EAN: 9780283983139. Inventory No: 0126435. . 9780283983139 Book Club Associates (BCA) hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 0126435 ISBN : 0283983132 9780283983139

‎WINTON John‎

‎Air Power at Sea 1939-45. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎8vo. with illustrated title-spread numerous photographs throughout and endpaper maps; black cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A good general account and profusely illustrated. Enser p.160; Law 0802.‎

‎Wirt Mildred A.‎

‎Ruth Darrow in the Air Derby or Recovering the Silver Trophy‎

‎New York and Newark NJ: Barse and Co. 1930. Book. Illus. by John M. Foster. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Tan pebbled cloth lettered/illus. in teal blue. Mild shelf wear with modest binding lean typical toning/soiling along text block edges. Covers remain bright and relatively clean with minor surface soiling. Former owner's inscription and address inscription occupies upper 2/3 of front flyleaf and she has also filled her address in on the printed bookplate on front pastedown. 216 pp. Intact hinges firm binding an instance or two of light internal spotting. Decently preserved scarce. Girls' series aviation said to have been based on the exploits of aviatrix Ruth Elder by the author better known under her nom de plume Carolyn Keene. Barse and Co. Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 039644

‎Wirtz Jochen‎

‎Flying High in a Competitive Industry: Cost-Effective Service Excellence at Singapore Airlines‎

‎Mcgraw-Hill Professional 2006. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. With usual stamps and markings In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Stained pages. Mcgraw-Hill Professional paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 7455599 ISBN : 0071249648 9780071249645

‎Wise John‎

‎A System of Aeronautics‎

‎Fairfield: Ye Galleon Press 1979. reprint of 1850 edition. VG/no dust jacket bookplate on front pastedown top front cover bumped. limited to 500 copies x 321 p. illus illus endpapers index small 4to; Ye Galleon Press hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 37375 ISBN : 0877702276 9780877702276

‎Wise SF. S. F.‎

‎Canadian Airmen and the First World War‎

‎Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0802023797 . Cloth boards show light edge wear. Dust jacket has some edge wear & light creasing ; A bright solid book Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A number of fold-out maps throughout ; The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force #1; B&W and Color Photographs Maps; 9.90 X 6.90 X 2.40 inches; 771 pages; The first of three volumes of the Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force this book provides the definitive story of Canadian airmen in World War I and moreover a revisionist account of the war in the air.Organized topically this volume begins with an overview of military aviation in Canada prior to 1914 as successful aircraft experiments like Baldwin's and McCurdy's Silver Dart are set against Defence Minister Sam Hughes' rejection of any government air policy. Financial timidity and political uncertainty subsequently decreed that the 20000 Canadians who trained for or fought in history's first air war would have no air force of their own but would fly in the British flying services.The sections which follow show that Canadians excelled in every aspect of the air war. Indeed although the First World War never saw an exclusively Canadian squadron in action and no Canadian rose to a command above Group level Professor Wise has been able to write a full account of the war in the air from the Canadian perspective. Recruitment and training the maritime air war the strategic bombing of Germany and the defence of Great Britain as well as action on the Western Front in Italy and in Macedonia are all covered in depth. Each section reveals the complexity of air operations as tactics strategy and aircraft evolved with astonishing speed. The exploits of remarkable fighter aces such as Billy Bishop Raymond Collishaw D.R. MaccLaren and W.G. Barker and of bomber leaders like R.H. Mulock are set in the context of the air war and the many thousands of Canadians who served with them.In his conclusion Wise traces the development of Canadian government air policy to the year 1920 during which time the first Canadian air force was born and quickly died. In analysing this major step in Canada's entry into the air age he lays the foundation for postwar civil expansion and the formation of the RCAF.Illustrated with specially prepared colour and sketch maps and over 200 photographs many of them published here for the first time this book should prove invaluable to the military historian and of wide appeal to the aviation enthusiast and general reader alike.The other volumes in the Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force are The Creation of a National Air Force by W.A.B. Douglas and The Crucible of War 1939-1945 by Brereton Greenhous . University of Toronto Press hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 18161 ISBN : 0802023797 9780802023797

‎Wise SF. S. F.‎

‎CANADIAN AIRMEN AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR. THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. VOLUME I. 1 - ONE‎

‎University of Toronto Press Toronto 1980. 771 pp large 8vo 9 7/8" H hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers. ISBN 0802023797 Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps some fold-out. ".provides the definitive story of Canadian airmen in World War I and moreover a revisi onist account of the war in the air. Organized topically this volume begins with an overview of military aviation in Canada prior to 1914 as successful aircraft experiments like Baldwin's and McCurdy's 'Silver Dart' are set against Defenc e M i n i s t er Sam Hughes' rejection of any government air policy. Financial timidity and political uncertainty subsequently decreed that the 20000 Canadians who trained for or fought in history's first air war would have no air force of thei r o wn b ut w ou ld fly in the British flying services. The sections which follow show that Canadians excelled in every aspect of the air war. Indeed athough the First World War never saw an exclusively Canadian squadron in action and no Canad ia n ros e t o a co mma nd above Group level Professor Wise has been able to write a full account of the war in the air from the Canadian perspective. Recruitment and training the maritime air war the strategic bombing of Germany and the defenc e o f Grea t Br itai n a s we ll as action on the Western Front in Italy and in Macedonia are all covered in depth. Each section reveals the complexity of air operations as tactics strategy and aircraft evolved with astonishing speed. The e xplo it s of remar kable figh ter a ces such as Billy Bishop Raymond Collishaw D.R. MacLaren and W.G. Barker and of bomber leaders like R.H. Mulock are set in the context of the air war and the many thousands of Canadians who served with them. In his conc lusion Wise traces the d evel opment of Canadian government air policy to the year 1920 during which time the first Canadian air force was born and quickly died. In analysing this major step in Canada's entry into the air age he l ays t he f oundat ion for postw ar civi l expan sion and the formation of the RCAF. Illustrated with specially prepared colour and sketch maps and over 200 photographs many of them published here for the first time this book should prove invalua ble to the militar y histor ian and of wide appeal to th e aviation enthusiast and general reader alike." A heavy volume which may require extra postage. Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine very light edge wear to boards small bump at botto m corne r of both boa rds. Dus t jacket has ligh t edge w rinkli ng light fading to spine color one small closed tear with crease light rubbing light browning at top edge of flaps. Very Good/Very Good-. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1980. hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 22915 ISBN : 0802023797 9780802023797

‎Wise SF.; Douglas WAB.; Greenhous Brereton; Harris Stephen J.; Johnston William C.; and Rawling William GP. S. F. W. A.‎

‎THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. 3 VOLUME SET. VOLUME I. CANADIAN AIRMEN AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR. VOLUME II. THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL AIR FORCE. VOLUME III. THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR 1939-1945.‎

‎University of Toronto Press Toronto 1980 1986 1994. 771 pp 797 pp 1096 pp large 8vo 9 7/8" H hard covers in dust jackets. ISBN 0802023797 0802025846 0802005748. Map end papers many b&w photos some aerial maps charts graphs tables fold-out colour maps. Contents: Volume I. Introduct ion; Canadian Training and Air Policy; The Admiralty and the Air; Strategic Airpower; Airpower in the Land Battle; Conclusion; Appendices. Volume II. Between the Wars; The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan; The Air Defence of Canada 19 3 9 - 4 5 ; The North Atlantic Lifeline; Appendices. Volume III. Air Policy; The Fighter War; The Maritime Air War; The Bomber War; Air Transport; Appendices. Volume I - small stains from old tape at three corners of the free end papers minor wr in kl in g at b o ttom of spine very light edge wear slight waviness at top/bottom edge of text block. Dust jacket has two small areas of old tape residue on inside of spine minor edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-fold s sli ght f adi ng to spine color very light browning at top edge and on spine. Volume II - very light wrinkling at bottom of spine minor edge wear. Dust jacket has slight fading of color on spine very light browning on spine and top edge s mal l bu mp/d int and ti ny dint on rear hinge small shallow bump/dint on spine minor edge wrinkling minor rubbing. Volume III - minor edge wear. Dust jacket has very minor edge wrinkling very minor rubbing very slight browning to front pan el. Very Good/ Very Good Ve ry Good/Very Good Near fine/Near/Fine. University of Toronto Press, (Toronto, 1980, 1986, 1994). hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 23981 ISBN : 0802023797 9780802023797

‎WISSMAN ERNEST E.‎

‎AIRCRAFT INSPECTION First Edition Second Impression‎

‎NEW YORK: MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY. G. BOARDS EDGEWORN DARKENED ALONG EDGES SOILED AT REAR. Pages: 268. . 1942. 1ST ED 2ND IMP. HARDCOVER. PREV OWNER'S NAME/ADDRESS. HEAD DUST SOILED. YELLOW STICKER RPD. . MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : MASTER056807I

‎Witcomb Nan‎

‎Up Here and Down There‎

‎Adelaide: Published by the Author. 1986. Small Quarto Size approx 17.5cm x 24cm. Very Good in pictorial laminated boards. Complete with plastic dustjacket as issued. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 342 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Published by the Author hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : BIB285416 ISBN : 094933202X 9780949332028

‎Wixey KE. K. E.‎

‎Parnall Aircraft Since 1914‎

‎Putnam 1990. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN:9780851778419 Putnam hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 8363558 ISBN : 0851778410 9780851778419

‎Wixey Kenneth E.‎

‎Gloucestershire Aviation: A History‎

‎Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd 1995. 152 pages 560g. Blue cloth boards MINT in a MINT d/w. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Sutton Publishing Ltd Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 18538 ISBN : 0750907479 9780750907477

‎WIXEY Ken‎

‎The Lockheed Constellation‎

‎Stroud: Tempus 2001. The story of a classic aircraft type. 160 pages. Many b/w photographs. Every book is sent in a cardboard postal package. First Edition. Paperback. New. 25 Cm x 17 Cm. Tempus Paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 7045 ISBN : 0752417665 9780752417660

‎WIXEY Ken‎

‎Gloucestershire Aviation. A History. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.‎

‎Wixted Edward P.‎

‎The Last Flight of Bert Hinkler‎

‎New York NY U.S.A.: Vantage Press Incorporated 1992. Usual library marks and wear. 195 pages with b/w illustrations. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Vantage Press, Incorporated Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 022189 ISBN : 0533090210 9780533090211

‎Wixted Edward P.‎

‎The Life and Times of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith : An Illustrated Chronology‎

‎Brisbane QLD Australia: Self Published 1996. Minor foxing to endpapers. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. 305 pages with b/w illustrations. The book is organised in strict chronological basis. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Self Published Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 019218 ISBN : 0646280767 9780646280769

‎WJ. LAWRENCE W. J.‎

‎No. 5 Bomber Group RAF 1939-1945. 5 Bomber Group RAF 1939-1945. With a Preface by Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎Faber 1951. 8vo. First Edition with plates small contemporary signature on front paste-down; blue cloth backstrip blocked in silver a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter age-soiled at backstrip and on predominantly white rear panel. Enser p.65. Faber, hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 24334

‎WN. Hess W. N.‎

‎The American Aces Of World War II And Korea‎

‎Aircraft USA Types: Arco Publishing Inc. 1968. 64 pgs. photos & Aces List. Cover has small edge tear and sticker. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus. Illus. by Richard Groh. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Arco Publishing, Inc. Paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 002708

‎Wogstad James/Miller Jay/Friddell Phil modeling section‎

‎AV-8 Harrier Aerophile Extra No. 1‎

‎San Antonio: Aerophile 1982. 1st edition. VG. 84 p. photos illus biblio 4to paperback; Aerophile paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : 71567 ISBN : 093866400X 9780938664000

‎Wohl Professor Robert‎

‎A Passion for Wings Aviation and the Western Imagination 1908-1918‎

‎New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0300057784 . DJ shows some shelf wear with small tears. ; A bright solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 320 pages; "The invention of the aeroplane was both the realization of an age-old human fantasy and a portent of a great new future. This book - a cultural history of the pioneering phase of aviation - tells the story of the ways in which powered flight captured the imagination of writers artists and intellectuals and helped to shape new visions of the world. Prize-winning historian Robert Wohl describes the colourful early aeronauts: the brilliant taciturn Wilbur Wright who arrived in France to demonstrate his invention to a sceptical audience and soon became their idol; Alberto Santos-Dumont a Brazilian expatriate and dandy who delighted the Parisian public by landing his dirigible in front of his house on the Champs-Elysees; and Louis Bleriot the first man to fly across the English Channel. He then looks at responses to the development of the flying machine by such writers and artists as H.G. Wells Emile Driant Franz Kafka Gabriele D'Annunzio Edmond Rostand F.T. Marinetti Vasily Kamensky Kazimir Malevich and Robert Delaunay showing how the responses ranged from celebration of flight to dire warnings of its military implications. Finally he explores the creation of the flying ace the knights-errant of the sky analyzing how such men as Roland Garros Oswald Boelcke Manfred von Richthofen and Georges Guynemer became famous how they came to terms with their deadly pursuit and how they were mythologised after their deaths. Generously illustrated with rare photographs drawings paintings and posters the book evokes an era of pride power and endless possibility when the sky first became a new frontier." . Yale University Press hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 18820 ISBN : 0300057784 9780300057782

‎Wohl Robert‎

‎A Passion for Wings: Aviation and the Western Imagination 1908-1918‎

‎New Haven: Yale University Press 1994. 1st edition. VG/VG dust jacket. viii 320 p. photos color/bw illus notes index 4to; Yale University Press hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : 42060 ISBN : 0300057784 9780300057782

‎Wohl Robert‎

‎A Passion for Wings‎

‎Yale University Press New Haven 1994 F/NF average shelf wear later printing. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1994 unknown‎

Ссылка продавца : 416

‎WOJG Carroll S Abbott Ed‎

‎Fourth Coast Artillery Battalion 1812 - 1953 A Pictorial History‎

‎Oxonian Press 1953. 192pp illus photos throughout portraits the book is primarily devoted to the activities of the Fourth during the first 3 years it served on the Royal Air Force bases in England between 1951 and 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oxonian Press Hardcover‎

Ссылка продавца : AB007015

‎Wolf, B‎

‎Kriegsflugzeuge und Kriegsführung‎

‎Basel, ca. 1920 - 1930. Glasnegative ca. 8,5 x 10 cms. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden + gebraucht, einige mit Glassprung.‎

‎138 Glasnegative meist von B. Wolf - Photo (Basel) aus Archiven von Swissair-Photo, AD Astra-Aero, B. Wolf. 138 Negative, davon 99 mit Abbildungen von Kriegsflugzeugen, 33 mit als Lehrmittel zur Kriegsführung und 6 mit Luftaufnahem aus den Kriegsgebieten.‎

Ссылка продавца : 693DG

‎Wolfe Martin‎

‎Green Light!: A Troop Carrier Squadron's War from Normandy to the Rhine‎

‎Washington DC: Center For Air Force History 1993 immaculate and unread; covers lightly edge-worn; 498pp. including index; the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron in World War II. Wraps. Near Fine. Illus. by Photos. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Paper Back. Center For Air Force History paperback‎

Ссылка продавца : DC1990 ISBN : 0160425085 9780160425080