Daniel HARRINGTON
Pioneers of the Airlift. With an Essay by Daniel Harrington. NEAR FINE COPY
Allied Museum Berlin 1998. Oblong 4to. First Edition with frontispiece and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; printed wrappers a near fine copy. Allied Museum, Berlin, unknown
Referência livreiro : 26885
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Roland BEAMONT
My Part of the Sky . A Fighter Pilot's Firsthand Reminiscences 1939-1945. Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Smallwood. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Patrick Stephens Wellingborough 1986. 8vo. First Edition with numerous plates; terracotta cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Beamont's vivid account of his wartime service. Appendices include record of service and details of press coverage. Dustwrapper artwork by Peter Emms Patrick Stephens, [Wellingborough, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 26727
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Federal Aviation Administration FAA
FAR/FC 2014: Federal Aviation Regulations for Flight Crew FAR/AIM series
Aviation Supplies and Academics Inc 2013-07-01. Paperback. Used:Good. Aviation Supplies and Academics, Inc paperback
Referência livreiro : DADAX1560279966 ISBN : 1560279966 9781560279969
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Federal Aviation Administration FAA
FAR/AMT 2014: Federal Aviation Regulations for Aviation Maintenance Technicians FAR/AIM series
Aviation Supplies and Academics Inc 2013-07-01. Paperback. Used:Good. Aviation Supplies and Academics, Inc paperback
Referência livreiro : DADAX1560279982 ISBN : 1560279982 9781560279983
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R. CROSS and G. SCARBOROUGH.
Classic Aircraft No. 1: Spitfire. Classic Aircraft No. 1. Their History and how to model them.
Patrick Stephens in association with Airfix Products 1971. 4to. First Edition with very numerous photographs and diagrams throughout; pictorial boards a very good bright clean copy. Patrick Stephens in association with Airfix Products, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 26374
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Graham WALLACE
Claude Grahame-White. A Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Putnam 1960. 8vo. First Edition with portrait frontispiece and many plates small neat signature on front free endpaper; green cloth backstrip lettered in black a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Putnam, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 26060
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Philip GUEDALLA
Middle East 1940-1942. A Study in Air Power. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Hodder & Stoughton 1944. 8vo. First Edition with portrait frontispiece plates maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped lightly browned dustwrapper. Enser p.273. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 26196
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Jim MOLLISON
Playboy of the Air. IN FULL MOROCCO
Michael Joseph 1937. 8vo. First Edition handsomely bound in blue full morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Michael Joseph, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 26220
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A. THORNE
Lancaster at War 4: Pathfinder Squadron.
Ian Allan Shepperton 1990. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with illustrated title and numerous photographs in the text; cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author is a former PFF Lancaster pilot and master bomber. Scarce especially in this condition. Ian Allan, [Shepperton, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 25993
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Thomas LANCASHIRE and Stuart BURBRIDGE
A Trenchard Brat at War. Stirling Lancaster and Stalag IVB. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Pen & Sword Barnsley 2009. 8vo. First Edition with plates; black cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Pen & Sword, [Barnsley, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 25756
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ROYAL AIR FORCE. J. FALCONER
The Bomber Command Handbook 1939-1945.
Sutton Stroud 1998. Roy. 4to. First Edition with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in dustwrapper. Well-illustrated account of organisation personnel aircraft airfields equipment armament navigation and tactics. Includes portraits of notable airmen war diary and exhaustive squadron listings. Sutton, [Stroud, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 25825
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AIRCRAFT PROFILES
Aircraft Profiles Volume 2. Nos. 25-60. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Profile Publications Leatherhead 1965. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous coloured drawings and monochrome photographs throughout the text; buff buckram boards lettered in gilt red buckram back lettered in gilt a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION Profile Publications, Leatherhead, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 25876
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DMS. ROSS D. M.
Stapme. The Biography of Squadron Leader Basil Gerald Stapleton. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Grub Street 2002. 8vo. First Edition with plates; cloth a fine copy in dustwrapper. Grub Street, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 25401
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John GRIERSON
Air Whaler. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sampson Low Marston & Co. 1949. 8vo. First Edition with plates neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter mildly creased and frayed at edges and with small loss at bottom edge of rear panel. An interesting account of a season whaling in the Antarctic and of the first serious attempt to use aeroplanes for whaling. A minor classic of maritime aviation. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Spence 536. Sampson Low Marston & Co., hardcover
Referência livreiro : 25421
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B. SUTTON
Jungle Pilot.
Macmillan 1946. 8vo. First Edition; cloth gilt back a good clean copy in dustwrapper the latter chipped and frayed with minor loss at edges and head and tail of backstrip. Sequel to 'The Way of a Pilot'. A Battle of Britain pilot continues his service in the jungles of Burma. Uncommon in the dustwrapper. Enser p. 92; Graham & Cole U71. Macmillan, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 25441
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Amy JOHNSON. Constance Babington SMITH
Amy Johnson. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Collins 1967. 8vo. First Edition with plates and a double-page map; cloth a near fine copy in dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION Collins, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 25160
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Ralph BARKER
The Schneider Trophy Races. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Chatto & Windus 1971. 8vo. First Edition with portrait frontispiece plates and full-page maps in the text; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Well-researched and vividly-written history of the legendary seaplane races from the first Monaco 1913 to the last Calshot 1931. Britain's success in the 1929 event at Calshot was due largely to a new Supermarine design powered by an equally innovative Rolls-Royce engine. A few years later this combination gave birth to a fighter aircraft named the Spitfire. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 25189
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John FOREMAN
Fighter Command War Diaries. The Operational History of Fighter Command Second Tactical Air Force 100 Group and Air Defence of Great Britain 1939-1945. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
Air Research Publications Walton-on-Thames 1996-2004. 5 vols. 8vo. First Edition with photographs in the text; cloth gilt backs a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: September 1939 to September 1940 1996; Vol. 2: September 1940 to December 1941 1998; Vol. 3: January 1942 to June 1943 2001; Vol. 4: July 1943 to June 1944 2002; Vol. 5: June 1944 to May 1945 2004. Complete sets of the first edition of this standard reference are very scarce. Air Research Publications, [Walton-on-Thames, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 25300
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Bob SPURDLE
The Blue Arena. Second and Best Edition. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Crecy Books 1995. 8vo. Second Edition with plates and facsimiles; black cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised version of the original edition of 1986. Enser p.196 recording the first edition. Crecy Books, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 25321
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RAFF. Richard BARKER
Stop Binding! A Day in the Life of a Flying Control Officer. Illustrated by RAFF. A RARE WWII SURVIVAL
Punch Bowl Press Preston 1946. 8vo. First Edition with numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers wire-stitched as issued covers mildly age-soiled else a very good bright clean copy. Typically humorous cartoons enliven this leaflet which almost certainly takes its name from the popular radio show 'Much Binding in the Marsh' running at the time. Crammed with wartime RAF jargon and a few explanations. A SCARCE SURVIVAL. [Punch Bowl Press, Preston, unknown
Referência livreiro : 25071
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RJ. BROOKS R. J.
Kent's Own. The History of 500 County of Kent Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
Meresborough Books Gillingham 1982. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous photographs in the text; original laminated boards a fine copy. Meresborough Books, [Gillingham], hardcover
Referência livreiro : 24663
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Robert CHANDLER
Off the Beam. The Memoirs of an Aircraft Radio Operator. Foreword by Air Vice Marshal Donald Bennett. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
David Rendel 1970. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece and endpaper maps; brige cloth backstrip lettered in black a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of comparatively few wartime accounts by a radio operator who began flying pre-WWII with Imperial Airways. His wartime service included National Air Communications chief radio operator to the Air Observers' Navigation School and finally RAF Ferry Command for the remainder of hostilities. After the war he worked with British South American Airways. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. David Rendel, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 24691
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Steve BIRDSALL
Saga of the Superfortess. The Dramatic Story of the B-29 and the Twentieth Air Force. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sidgwick & Jackson 1981. Roy. 8vo. First UK Edition with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition. Enser pp. 30277. Sidgwick & Jackson, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 24403
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Alfred PRICE
Aircraft versus Submarine. The Evolution of the Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1912 to 1980. Revised Edition. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Jane's 1980. 8vo. Best Edition with numerous plates neat inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Extended and revised version of the original edition of 1973 Jane's, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 24404
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P. COOKSLEY
Croydon Airport Flypast. Historic Aircraft Profiles in Colour.
London Borough of Sutton Libraries and Arts Services Sutton 1984. Oblong 4to. First Edition with numerous full-page coloured illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. London Borough of Sutton Libraries and Arts Services, [Sutton, unknown
Referência livreiro : 24458
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AG. LEE A. G.
No Parachute. A Fighter Pilot in World War I. Letters written in 1917 by Lieutenant A S G Lee Sherwood Foresters attached Royal Flying Corps. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY
Jarrolds 1968. 8vo. First Edition. with a portrait frontispiece plates and endpaper maps; brown cloth gilt back a very good clean copy. SCARCE. Enser p.123. Jarrolds, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 24196
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Gordon TAYLOR
Sopwith Scout 7309. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Cassell 1968. 8vo. First Edition. with plates and a full-page map in the text; blue cloth backstrip lettered in silver a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter mildly browned at backstrip and lightly rubbed at edges. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser p.124 306. Cassell, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 24191
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Paul HOFFMAN
Wings of Madness. Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Fourth Estate 2003. 8vo. First Edition. with plates; brown cloth backstrip lettered in silver brown endpapers a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With bookplate on front free endpaper. Fourth Estate, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 24209
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Alan W. COOPER
Air Gunner. The Men who manned the Turrets. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Pen & Sword Barnsley 2009. 8vo. First Edition with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Pen & Sword, [Barnsley, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 24321
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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
Referência livreiro : 24334
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Aviation Education Research Group
Science of Pre-Flight Aeronautics
New York: MacMillan 1944. reprint. orig. cloth. Very Good. 8vo. xix 868pp. b/w pls. text ills. diags. maps appends. glossary index Very comprehensive account of aviation technology to date. Neat ownership inscription o/w nice copy MacMillan hardcover
Referência livreiro : 57229
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C.A. LEWIS
Farewell to Wings. Illustrated by Leonard Bridgman. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Temple Press 1964. Sm. 4to. First Edition with a frontispiece 5 plates and numerous llustrations in the text; red cloth gilt gilt back a very good clean copy in dustwrapper the latter just a little browned at backstrip and rear panel. EXTREMELY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Temple Press, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 23909
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Sir Walter RALEIGH
The War in the Air. Being the Story of the Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. Vol. I this volume only. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY
Clarendon Press Oxford 1922. 8vo. First Edition with full-page maps in the text neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper free endpapers lightly browned; original black buckram gilt back a very good bright clean copy. Enser p.19. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 23946
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Don GREER. H H. STAPFER
Strangers in a Strange Land. Illustrated by Don Greer. NEAR FINE COPY
Squadron/Signal Publications Carrollton TX 1988. 8vo. First Edition with numerous coloured drawings and monochrome photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers a near fine copy. SCARCE Squadron/Signal Publications, [Carrollton TX, unknown
Referência livreiro : 23958
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Dan PATTERSON. Paul PERKINS
Mustang. North American P-51. Text by Paul Perkins. Photographs by Dan Patterson.
Airlife Shrewsbury 1995. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous coloured photographs throughout; original photographic wrappers wire-stitched as issued wrappers very lightly creased else a very good bright clean copy. First monograph in Airlife's 'WWII Living History' series. Uncommon especially in this condition. [Airlife, Shrewsbury, unknown
Referência livreiro : 14018
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Alfred PRICE
Battle of Britain Day. 15 September 1940. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sidgwick & Jackson 1990. 8vo. First Edition with 75 plates on 32 and maps in the text; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account of the peak day of the battle based on eye-witness material from over sixty participants in the air or on the ground. Sidgwick & Jackson, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 14016
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Ralph BARKER
A Brief History of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I. First Paperback Edition. NEAR FINE COPY
Robinson 2002. 8vo. First Paperback Edition with very numerous plates; original pictorial wrappers a near fine copy. Barker's acclaimed study was first published as 'The Royal Flying Corps in France' 2 vols 1995. This is the work's first appearance in paperback. Robinson, paperback
Referência livreiro : 14015
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PG. COOKSLEY P. G.
Air Warfare. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Arms & Armour 1997. 4to. First Edition with photographic title-spread and very numerous photographs in the text; cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the series 'Encyclopedia of 20th Century Conflict'. Arms & Armour, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 14013
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KE. WIXEY K. E.
Parnall Aircraft since 1914. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Putnam 1990. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. SCARCE Putnam, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 23655
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Heinz KNOKE
I Flew for the Fuhrer. The Story of a German Airman. Translated by John Ewing. First English Edition. Fourth Impression. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Evans Brothers 1953. 8vo. Fourth Impression with portrait frontispiece and plates; black cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly browned on predominantly white rear panel. First English edition of the autobiography of one of Germany's outstanding fighter pilots of WWII. Published four months after the first edition. Enser p.184. Evans Brothers, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 23717
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Joe STEIN
Lift is where you find it. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
Zig Zag Papers Zigzag OR 1985. 8vo. First Edition with photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Zig Zag Papers, Zigzag OR, unknown
Referência livreiro : 23584
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T. DOCHERTY
Swift to Battle. No. 72 Squadron RAF in Action. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
Pen & Sword Barnsley 2009-2010. 3 vols. 8vo. First Edition with plates and maps; cloth gilt backs a near fine set in dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1937 to 1942. Phoney War Dunkirk Battle of Britain Offensive Operations; Vol II: 1942-1947. North Africa. Malta. Sicily; Vol. III: 1947-1961. Into The Jet-Age Cold War Operations Pen & Sword, [Barnsley, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 23442
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JRW. TAYLOR ed. J. R.
Combat Aircraft of the World. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Ebury Press & Michael Joseph 1969. Roy. 4to. First Edition with many hundreds of photographs and drawings in the text free endpapers very lightly browned; blue cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ebury Press & Michael Joseph, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 23353
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GWR. NICHOLL G. W.
The Supermarine Walrus. The Story of a unique Aircraft. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Foulis 1966. 8vo. First Edition with 14 plates on 8 and endpaper 'cutaway' illustrations; original blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. This improbable looking aircraft saw gallant service in many roles throughout WWII most notably in the early years and its history is engagingly described. VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Law 0784; not recorded by Enser. Foulis, hardcover
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FLYING REVIEW INTERNATIONAL
Flying Review International. Volume 19 1963-1964. Bound Volume. NEAR FINE COPY
Flying Review International 1963-1964. 12 parts in 1 vols. 8vo. First Edition with many hundreds and photographs and drawings throughout; brown cloth gilt back all original coloured wrappers preserved backstrip very lightly faded else a near fine copy. The volume comprises September 1963 Vol. 19 No 1 to August 1964 Vol. 19 No. 12. VERY SCARCE. Flying Review International, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 23350
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Joshua STOFF
The Thunder Factory. An Illustrated History of the Republic Aviation Corporation. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Arms & Armour 1990. 8vo. First Edition with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Arms & Armour, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 23349
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Janusz PIEKALKIEWICZ
The Air War 1939-1945. Translated from the German by Jan van Heurck. First English Edition. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Blandford Press Poole 1985. 4to. First Edition with a frontispiece very numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First English version of the original German edition of 1978. Enser p.7. Blandford Press, Poole, hardcover
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MJB. DAVY M. J.
Interpretative History of Flight. A Survey of the History and Development of Aeronautics with particular Reference to contemporary Influences and Conditions. Second Edition. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
HMSO 1948. 8vo. Second Edition with a portrait frontispiece and 32 plates; blue cloth upper board blocked in blind gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with one short closed tear. First published for the Ministry of Education and the Science Museum in 1937. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. HMSO, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 23365
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JR. MCCRARY and D. SCHERMAN. J. R.
First of the Many. A Journal of Action with the Men of the Eighth Air Force. Second Edition. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Robson Books 1981. 8vo. Second Edition with very numerous plates; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1941. Splendid collection of rarely-seen photographs. Enser p.453 recording the first edition. Robson Books, hardcover
Referência livreiro : 23370
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RC. Stafford ALLEN R. C.
Theory of Flight for Glider Pilots. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oliver & Boyd Edinburgh 1962. 8vo. First Edition with diagrams in the text; red tweed cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, hardcover
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