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Vines Mike
Wiind in the Wires: a Golden Era of Flight 1909-1939
Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good black boards a hint of rubbing to extremities near fine coloured pictorial dust jacket. No inscriptions. Fully illustrated with colour photographs. The book covers the development of manned aircraft from the days of the early pioneers to the late 1930's. A very good smart and clean copy. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 128 pages . Airlife Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4786
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Kennedy, Ludovic
A Book of Air Journeys
London: Collins 1982. 0002163772 . Fine red boards hardback fine coloured pictorial dustjacket not price clipped no inscriptions 8 vo. 350 pages illustrated in black and white. . London: Collins, 1982 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6816 ISBN : 0002163772 9780002163774
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O'Leary, Michael
Jet Warbirds
England: Haynes Publishing Group. Fine. 1990. Softcover. Fully illustrated in colour no marks or inscriptions. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 128 pages . Haynes Publishing Group paperback
Bookseller reference : 4813
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Brown, Malcolm
Spitfire Summer when Britain Stood Alone
London: Carlton Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine hardback with fine illustrated unclipped dust jacket. Foreword by Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris Chairman of the Battle of Britain Fighter Association. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages . Carlton Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4693
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Baldry, Dennis (Ed)
Hamlyn History of Aviation
Hamlyn. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine hardback with near fine colour pictorial price clipped dust jacket. Fully illustrated in black and white. The book covers every aspect of aviation: the early days of flight the use of aircraft in war the development of commercial air travel and the invention and use of helicopters. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 192 pages . Hamlyn hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4620
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Freeman, Roger
The U. S. Strategic Bomber
London: MacDonald and Jane's. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Dust jacket creased to extremities not price clipped presented to best advantage in a clear plastic sleeve. Small neat inscription to top right hand corner of front endpaper. Illustrated in black and white. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 180 pages . MacDonald and Jane's hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1939
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Harper. H
The Aeroplane in War
London & Glasgow: Blackie & Son. Good. N.D. Hardcover. War time economy book. Green boards with dark green lettering to front and spine. No dust jacket. Well used some background stains but nevertheless clean. Inscription on front paste down has at some time been removed leaving a slight unevenness to the surface. A good readable and useable copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages . Blackie & Son hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5302
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Bowyer, Chaz. and Ishoven, Armand Van
Hurricane At War Part One . Messerschmitt Bf109 At War Part Two .
The Promotional Reprint Compant Limited. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover in dust jacket. Near fine coloured pictorial laminated boards and matching colour illustrated unclipped dust jacket. No marks or inscriptions. Fully illustrated in black and white. This edition is a combination of two books first published in 1974 and 1977 by Ian Allan Ltd. With the titles 'Hurricane at War' and 'Messerschmitt BF109 At War'.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 319 pages . The Promotional Reprint Compant Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5305
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Nesbit, Roy Conyers Assisted by Hoare, Oliver
The R. A. F. in Camera Archive Photographs from the Public Record Office and the Ministry of Defence 1946-1995
London: Sutton Publishing in Association With the Public Record Office. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Reprint. Hardcover in dust jacket. Extremely minor shelf wear to extremities of dust jacket. No inscriptions no marks. Illustrated with black & white photographs. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pages . Sutton Publishing in Association With the Public Record Office hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1988
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Grant, R G
Flight One Hundred Years of Aviation
London Dorling Kindersley 2002. 0751337323 . Fine coloured pictorial boards matte finish 12.00 x 10.25 inches approx. matching fine dust jacket not price clipped no inscriptions 440 including index glossary and acknowledgments fully illustrated with many coloured photographs. Heavy book 2.75 kg approx. . London, Dorling Kindersley, 2002 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6419 ISBN : 0751337323 9780751337327
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R. A. F. the Second Year
London: Adam & Charles Black. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover with dust jacket. Some very minor fading to extremities and slight bumping to top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket somewhat delicate and worn '1/6' written in black in top right corner small tears to edges but presented to best advantage in a clear plastic sleeve. Pages 1- 16 followed by photographs 2-111. Total of 111photographs in photogravure. Produced in collaboration with the Air Ministry. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Adam & Charles Black hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2021
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Armitage, Michael (editor In Chief)
Classic RAF Battles from World War One to the Present
London: Brockhampton Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pictorial laminated boards in fine condition. Matching price clipped dust jacket also in superb condition. Microscopic 'nick' to top edge of front cover. No inscriptions. Illustrated in black & white and colour. A really nice clean and bright copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 171 pages . Brockhampton Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2771
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Nowarra, Heinz J
Die 109 Gesamtentwicklung Eines Legendaren Flugzeugs
Stutthgart: Motorbuch Verlag. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. German language text. Double sided dust jacket in near fine condition and not price clipped. No inscriptions. Fully illustrated with black and white illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages . Motorbuch Verlag hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2585
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Bramson Alan
The Book of Flight Tests
New York: Arco Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good blue boards with very good colour pictorial unclipped dust jacket. Slight signs of shelf wear to top and bottom of spine. No inscriptions. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 223 pages . Arco Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3324
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Jerram, Mike
War Birds
London: Osprey Publications. Fine. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Fully illustrated with colour photographs. Spitfires Hurricanes Lightnings Daks Stringbags Iron Annies Harvards Forts 109s and Tiger Moths. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 128 pages . Osprey Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : 4815
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Grosser Morton
Gossamer Odyssey: the Triumph of Human-Powered Flight
London Michael Joseph 1981. Fine turquoise textured cloth boards 8 vo. silver lettering to spine and front board fine coloured pictorial dust jacket not price clipped no inscriptions 298 pages illustrated in colour with black and white line diagrams. . London, Michael Joseph, 1981 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5892
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Johnson, Brian
The History of Maritime Aviation Fly Navy
London: David & Charles. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good blue boards with very good unclipped dust jacket. Tiny ink 'tick' beside the ISBN number inside no other inscriptions fully illustrated in black & white. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 383 pages . David & Charles hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3353
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Shaw, Charles
In Love with Windsocks
East Sussex J & KH Publishing 1997. First Edition: Near fine coloured pictorial soft covers paperback tiny bump to back cover back cover shows a diagram of 'Three phases in the Life of a windsock ' no inscriptions no marks 155 pages illustrated in black & white with a section of colour photographs. An account of one man's sixty year obsession with aeroplanes and aerodromes. . East Sussex, J & KH Publishing, 1997 paperback
Bookseller reference : 6326
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Smith Peter C
Jungle Dive Bombers At War
London John Murray 1987. 0719544254 . Fine dark blue boards with gold lettering to spine 8 vo. very good coloured pictorial dust jacket some minor edge wear price clipped no inscriptions 182 pages black and white photographic illustrations. . London, John Murray, 1987 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8935 ISBN : 0719544254 9780719544255
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Sprigg C St J
Great Flights
London: Thomas Nelson 1936. Original blue cloth binding in very good condition clean and presentable but having some wear to extremities gold lettering to spine 8vo. poor dust jacket that is heavily chipped and torn to the extremities loss to bottom of front cover nevertheless the picture is visable it is a coloured scene of an aircraft and men in an polar situation no inscriptions some foxing 232 pages including index and publisher's advertisements. . London: Thomas Nelson, 1936 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9113
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Cunningham Pat
Peakland Air Crashes The Central Area
Ashbourne Great Britain: Landmark Publishing 2006. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Large 8vo. 1st edition. 208 pages. Lavishly illustrated throughout with excellent black and white photographic plates. This is a detailed account of aircraft crashes in around 100 sites in the central zone. Good whole page map. This is one of the Landmarks Collector's Library. In original attractive pictorial card covers. Near Fine. <br/> <br/> Landmark Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 010895
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Wagner Ray
Profile Publications Number 112 The Martin B-26B & C Marauder
Profile Publications Limited 12pp illus - colour and black & white all in very good condition . First Edition. Paper Back. Very Good. Profile Publications Limited
Bookseller reference : AB008201
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Wagner, Ray
Profile Publications Number 136 The Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk I-IV
Profile Publications Limited 1966. 12pp illus - colour and black & white all in very good condition . First Edition. Paper Back. Very Good. Profile Publications Limited
Bookseller reference : AB008204
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Greene F L
Aircraft Profile 53 Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat
Profile Publications Limited 1981. 12pp illus photos colour and black & white all in excellent condition. Original Card. Very Good. Profile Publications Limited Paperback
Bookseller reference : AB008198
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REMPT, Henry
The Philosophy Associated with the Testing of Airborne Electrical Systems
Burbank CA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1954. A paper presented at the Symposium on Electrical Systems for Military Aircraft in London on June 21 1954. Ex Royal Aircraft Establishment Library with the usual markings. 20 pages. Illustrated with photographs diagrams and drawings. Every book is sent in a cardboard postal package. Paperback. Good. 28 Cm x 21.5 Cm. Ex-Library. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Paperback
Bookseller reference : 6831
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Moyes, Philip J R
Profile Publications Number 93 The Bristol Blenheim I
Profile Publications Limited 1966. 16pp illus - colour and black & white all in very good condition . First Edition. Paper Back. Very Good. Profile Publications Limited
Bookseller reference : AB008196
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Federal Aviation Administration
Instrument Flying Handbook Federal Aviation Administration
Skyhorse Publishing 2008-04-17. Paperback. Good. Good book. Wear to cover edges and corners. Black line on bottom outer page edges. Date and note on first page. There are minimal pages with some black marks and underlining. Skyhorse Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : JE-G757-PII1 ISBN : 1602392609 9781602392601
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Strathcarron, Ian
Never Fear: Reliving the Life of Sir Francis Chichester
Unicorn 2016. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Firmly bound and very carefully read. The book is in excellent clean condition. SIGNED on the title page by the author & dedicated 'To Peter'. No further inscription or ownership mrkings. No torn loose or missing pages. The jacket is also in VG clean condition with a little light edge wear but no tears or loss. . Unicorn Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032832 ISBN : 1910787167 9781910787168
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SAUNDERS Keith A.
DEVON AERODROMES in Old Photographs
Stroud: Alan Sutton 1994. Part of the 'Britain in Old Photographs' series. 160 pages. Over 200 b/w photographs. Condition: Slight bump to head of spine but otherwise tight and clean. Every book is sent in a cardboard postal package. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 22 cm x 15.5 Cm. Alan Sutton Paperback
Bookseller reference : 1116 ISBN : 0750908084 9780750908085
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Davis, Peter and Stephen Piercey
Bristol 170: Britannia and Canadian Developments
Tonbridge Kent: Air-Britain Historians. VG. 1977. Stapled paperback. 0851300545 . Edgewear to cover with bumps to corners and small chip to spine foot. Line rubbed along spine/hinge and light rubbing overall; Page are clean and unmarked. On cover: "The Bristol 170 Britannia Canadair CL-28 and CL-44." ; B&W Illustrations; Magazine format; 56 p. . Air-Britain (Historians) paperback
Bookseller reference : 3319 ISBN : 0851300545 9780851300542
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Vorderman, Don
The Great Air Races
Garden City N.Y.: Doubleday & Company. VG/VG. 1969. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Light edgewear to boards ; With a foreword by Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle USAF; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 p. . Doubleday & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3311
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Don Stafford
Flying the Thermal Skies : A History of Aviation in the Rotorua District
Thermalart Productions 1983. General wear to edges of jacket. Slight lean to spine. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. 295 pages with b/w illustrations. Aircraft personnel and events in Rotorua from 1918 to 1982. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thermalart Productions Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023615
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David Jones
Wings on the River : Flying Boats on the Brisbane River & Redland Bay
2007. Usual library marks and wear. 112 pages with b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 023369 ISBN : 1921054271 9781921054273
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Legg, David
Consolidated PBY Catalina : The Peacetime Record
United Kingdom: Airlife Publishing Ltd 2002. 297 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Airlife Publishing Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020901 ISBN : 1840372761 9781840372762
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Hewson, Robert
Airbus A330 and A340 Airlife's Airliners: 16
United Kingdom: Airlife Publishing Ltd 2003. 128 pages with colour illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Airlife Publishing Ltd Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020621 ISBN : 1840373415 9781840373417
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Gilchrist Peter
Boeing 747-400 Airliner Color History
U.S.A.: MBI Publishing Company 1998. 128 pages with colour illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. MBI Publishing Company Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020622 ISBN : 0760306168 9780760306161
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AH. Lukins and DA. Russell A. H. D. A.
The Book of Miles Aircraft
Leicester United Kingdom: The Harborough Publishing Co. Ltd 88 pages with b/w illustrations. No date C1940's. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Harborough Publishing Co. Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020044
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Murray Rubenstein; Richard M. Goldman
To Join with the Eagles : A Complete Illustrated History of Curtiss-Wright Aircraft from 1903 to 1965
New York New York U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1974. Jacket has general wear two large chips at the front and small chips to the top and bottom of the spine. 230 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Doubleday & Company, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019567 ISBN : 038502794x 9780385027946
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Pisano, Dominick; Winter, Frank H.; Van Der Linden, F. Robert
Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 : Breaking the Sound Barrier
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Association with Harry N. Abrams Inc 2006. Usual library marks. Lean to spine. 144 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Association with Harry N. Abrams Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017065 ISBN : 0810955350 9780810955356
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Anthony Harold editor
Camera Above the Clouds Volume 3 : The Colour Collection of Charles E. Brown
ShrewsburyUK: Airlife Publishing Ltd 1992. Foxing to front endpapers. 147 pages with colour illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Airlife Publishing Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016357 ISBN : 1853103691 9781853103698
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Whitford, Ray
Evolution of the Airliner
Marlborough United Kingdom: Crowood Press Limited 2007. Usual library stamps. 192 pages with b/w illustrations. A book for anyone interested in the design of commercial airliners and the history of the airline industry from biplanes and flying boats to supersonic flight and high-capacity airliners. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. Crowood Press, Limited, Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016339 ISBN : 186126870x 9781861268709
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Cameron, Don
Thirty Years On. Queensland Air Museum : Major Collections
Caloundra QLD Australia: Queensland Air Museum 2005. 143 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Queensland Air Museum Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015213 ISBN : 0646451073 9780646451077
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Lebow, Eileen F.
Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Transcontinental Flight
Washington DC U.S.A.: Smithsonian Inst Press 1989. Usual library marks. Jacket has fading to spine. 275 pages with b/w illustrations. The story of the man the flight and the airplane that in 49 days flew from New York to California in 1911. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Smithsonian Inst Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008928 ISBN : 087474704x 9780874747041
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Findlay, Christopher C.; Chia, Lin Sien; Singh, Karmjit
Asia Pacific Air Transport: Challenges and Policy Reforms
Singapore: Published under the auspices of Australia-Japan Research Centre AJR Chartered Institute of Transport CIT Singapore National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation SINCPEC by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 1997. Usual library marks. Illustrated boards. 208 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Published under the auspices of Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJR), Chartered Institute of Transport (CIT), Singapore Nationa Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008450 ISBN : 981230004x 9789812300041
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Thole, Lou
Forgotten Fields of America: World War II Bases and Training Now and Then
Missoula Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co. Inc. 1999. Minor bump to bottom corners else textblock is very clean and tight b&w photographs. Bumping to corners light to moderate shelf wear. 158pp. Focused on training bases this volume covers the following airfields: Atterbury Coffeyville Lockbourne Fairmont Herrington Baer Freeman Stout Hendricks Smyrna Chanute and Ephrata. . Third Printing. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by B&W Photographs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback. Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : SB14614 ISBN : 157510010X 9781575100104
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Association of Naval Aviation
The Association of Naval Aviation First Annual Convention
Association of Naval Aviation 1976. Softcover 28 pages. Good condition. Size 11"x8.5". Program brochure for the First Annual Convention held at Virginia Beach Virginia September 17 & 18 1976. George H. W. Bush is presented as the featured speaker. Includes a list of charter members. Moderate exterior soiling and light indentations to paper due to handling. Previous owner's stamp on back wrapper. Minor notations on Schedule of Events page interior text else clean and unmarked. Good. Association of Naval Aviation paperback
Bookseller reference : 007657
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Bartsch, Gordon
Lady on a Pedestal
Calgary: Epix Design Inc 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/near fine. Royal 8vo. pp. 271 Illustrated with b&w photos maps glossary bibliography. -- Very bottom edges of the covers have small dampstain. First free endpaper has a couple. of light vertical creases. -- Signed inscription by the author on the half-title page. 1 edition published in 2013 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide. A scarce book. -- Overall Condition. "Dawn Bartsch excelled as a pilot at a time when women were not welcome in the cockpit of a commercial airplane. Dawn's career had her hauling kegs of fuel to places called Mammoth and Molar often flying blind and landing safely - even at -60F. Her flights into the village of Old Crow above the Arctic Circle provided an important lifeline to the outside world. She and CPY navigated this hostile environment in the 1960's".-dj. Epix Design Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10287 ISBN : 0992083400 9780992083403
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Edwin Shipley & John WTJeffries W. T.
WALSALL AVIATION: A Short History of Aviation in the Walsall Area
Self Published Undated but probably 1990s. The story of flying and other aviation activity at Walsall Aerodrome during the pre-war years. 77 pages prelims. Many b/w photographs and other illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. Condition: A previous owner's address sticker is attached to the rear of the front cover. The book is otherwise unmarked. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 30.5 Cm x 21.5 Cm. Self Published Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 12150
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Brown Alan
Airmen in Exile
Stroud Great Britain: Sutton Publishing 2000. First Edition . Buckram. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 1st edition. 216 pages including good bibliography and index. 16 good black and white photographic plates. This is an account of the allied air forces in the Second World War. In original black buckram gilt hard cover binding. Very Good in Very Good attractive pictorial dust wrapper which has a small repaired tear at the top of the front cover. <br/> <br/> Sutton Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10704
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Battle of Britain Memorial Flight 2004
Great Britain: Royal Air Force 2004. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. A4. 1st edition. 40 pages. Printed on heavy quality glossy paper. Lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs in black and white and mainly colour relating to the 2004 Memorial Flight. A splendid publication. In attractive glossy card covers with a crease at he bottom front corner otherwise Very Good . REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM. <br/> <br/> Royal Air Force paperback
Bookseller reference : 10703
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