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Coonts Stephen
The Cannibal Queen: An Aerial Odyssey Across America
NY: Pocket Books 1992 VG/VG First Edition 1st Printing stated. Nice copy no markings clean. Unclipped DJ has no tears no chipping. 6.5" x 9.5" 344 pages map endpapers color plates. - Novelist and Vietnam war pilot takes his teenage son on a father and son dream trip. This is the brilliant account of a 3 month aerial exploration of America in 1991 - from the open cockpit of a vintage 1942 Stearman biplane. . Hard Cover. Pocket Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007499 ISBN : 067174884X 9780671748845
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The Book of Flying
Evans Brothers 1948 Book on aircraft and flying aimed at the teenage with colour and black and white photographs. A gift inscription otherwise a tidy clean copy. Cloth. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Evans Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026450
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John W R Taylor
Aircraft Annual 1966
Ian Allan 1966 Bright unmarked copy in a complete jacket. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ian Allan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026456
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James B. Lamb
The Corvette Navy
Toronto: MacMillan 1977 general minor wear dj rubbed wear to extremities. 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000095 ISBN : 0770515789 9780770515782
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Maloney Elbert S.; Dutton Benjamin
Dutton's Nautical Navigation
Annapolis Maryland: Naval Institute Press 1978 Corner bumping. Top edge lightly soiled. Otherwise a clean tight copy. Extra postage will be required if ordered by priority mail. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Naval Institute Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008390 ISBN : 0870211641 9780870211645
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Kevin M Fox
The Aviation Enthusiast's Handbook
Argus 1991 "The one totally comprehensive guide and reference to the popular pastime of plane spotting." Crease to front cover otherwise a tidy clean copy. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Argus paperback
Bookseller reference : 026324
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Spencer Dunmore
Collision
Book Club Associates 1975 Very good copy in an edgeworn jacket. Novel about the imminent collision of three planes over Canada. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Book Club Associates hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026132
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Neufeld Jacob
The Development of Ballistic Missiles in the United States Air Force 1945-1960
Washington DC U.S.A.: Air Force History & Museums Program 1990. Book has 409 pages with a few b&w illustrations. Tiny bit of wear to edge/corner of cover. Crease/slight separation between page 224 and 225. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Air Force History & Museums Program paperback
Bookseller reference : 000344 ISBN : 0912799625 9780912799629
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Stokesbury James L
A Short History of Air Power
New York NY U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon 1986. Book has 313 pages .This superb account of the military use of the apirplane over the past seventy-five years is the work of a professional historian with an impressive knowledge of his subject. IT is a balanced and wholly captivating panorama of war in the air over both land and sea from Libya in 1911 to the Falklands in 1982. Emphasis is on the two world wars. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Morrow/Avon hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000241 ISBN : 0688050611 9780688050610
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Noaa Usdot Federal Aviation; NOAA USDOT Federal Aviation Administration Staff
Aviation Weather Services
Aviation Supplies & Academics 1995-05. Paperback. Good. Soft cover with minor wear. Small smudge on front cover. Clean pages. Binding in very good condition. Fast shipping! Aviation Supplies & Academics paperback
Bookseller reference : 122807NOAA0197 ISBN : 1560272295 9781560272298
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Robinson Derek
Goshawk Squadron
London: Cassell Military Paperbacks 2003 FINE reprint softcover. Nearly perfect covers as-new unmarked interiors appears unread. 5" x 7.75" 224 pages. - Shortlisted for the Booker Prize this is Derek Robinson's masterly novel of the war in the air over the Western Front in 1918. It's a classic account of aerial operations during WWI. The book describes the misfortunes of a British flight squadron the members of which experience disillusionment in the face of their commanding officer's merciless determination - and their convictions that the war will be lost. . Trade Paperback. Cassell Military Paperbacks paperback
Bookseller reference : 007240 ISBN : 0304356433 9780304356430
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Lamb James B
The Corvette Navy : True Stories from Canada's Atlantic War
Toronto: MacMillan Company of Canada 1977. Near Fine in hardcover in Very Good dustjacket. 22 by 14 cm. 179 pages. Navy cover with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated dustjacket. Bright clean. ISBN: 0770515789. History Canada Canadian Canadianna Military Shipping. Atlantic. Catalogs: Non-Fiction History. MacMillan Company of Canada hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008218 ISBN : 0770515789 9780770515782
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Szurovy Geza
Classic American Airlines
St. Paul Minnesota: Zenith Press an Imprint of MBI Publishing Company 2003. Top front corner bent right by tip publishers amount written on top corner of front endpage. 192 pages. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Photography By Martin Berinstein. 4to - - 10 " Square. Zenith Press, an Imprint of MBI Publishing Company paperback
Bookseller reference : 017447 ISBN : 0760316562 9780760316566
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Winslow Captain John
Mayday!
Australia: Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd 2002. Corner tips lightly rubbed publishers amount written on top corner of title page. "17 amazing true stories of aircrew fighting near impossible odds to bring their crippled aircraft back to earth" 112 pages. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : 017425 ISBN : 1875671560 9781875671564
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Oxford Air Training School
Basic Flying Manual
ESL 1974 326pp manual in very good condition internally but with slightly grubby covers. 4th impression. Soft Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. ESL paperback
Bookseller reference : 025379
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Alfred Price
Sky Warriors. Classic Air War Battles
London: Cassell 1994. 176pp 15 stories of air combat. Slight creasing to spine and covers. owner's name and label to prelims. Reprint. Soft Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Cassell unknown
Bookseller reference : 41586 ISBN : 030435130X 9780304351305
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Paul E. Illman
The Pilot's Radio Communications Handbook Tab Practical Flying
Tab Books 1994-03. Hardcover. Good. Hard cover with light to average shelf/handling/edge wear. Clean inside pages. Good binding. Tiny bit of black marking on inside first page.4th Edition. Fast shipping! Tab Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 092807ILLMAN0173 ISBN : 0070317577 9780070317574
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Coastal Command
HMSO 1942 "The Air Ministry account of the part played by Coastal Command in the battle of the seas 1939-42. Well illustrated 144pp official account. Corner of front cover is missing and a biro'd price on the front. Interior is clean. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. HMSO paperback
Bookseller reference : 024896
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Pustam Anil R
US Air Power 3 Modern Bombers Aircraft Weapons and Their Battlefield Might
London/ Pennsylvania: Greenhill Books/ Stackpole Books 2004. B-1 Lancer -- B-2 Spirit -- B-52 Stratofortress 72 pages. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Greenhill Books/ Stackpole Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 017216 ISBN : 1853676209 9781853676208
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Evans Anthony A
US Air Power 4 Modern US Navy & Marine Corps Aircraft Aircraft Weapons and Their Battlefield Might
London/ Pennsylvania: Greenhill Books/ Stackpole Books 2004. Publishers amount written on top corner of half title page. Including - F-14 Tomcat -- F/A-18 Hornet -- AV-88 Harrier -- EA-68 Prowler -- S-2 Tracker -- SH-60 Sea Hawk -- T-45 Goshawk -- CH-46 Sea Knight. 72 pages. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Greenhill Books/ Stackpole Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 017215 ISBN : 1853676292 9781853676291
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Fleischmann John
BLACK AND WHITE AIRMEN: THEIR TRUE STORY
2007 . Fleischmann John. BLACK AND WHITE AIRMEN: THEIR TRUE STORY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 2007. first printing. 160pp. index illus. photos. Sm. 4to. new hardcover in d/j $14.95 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 76216 ISBN : 0618562974 9780618562978
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Pilot's Flying Log Book
The British Light Aviation Centre Very tidy copy of the log book published in accordance with the requirements of the Air Navigation Act 1972. 8 pages have been completed as has the owners details form on the inside front cover. Also includes the previous owner's flying licence in a plastic wallet attached to the rear of the book. In blue cloth with gilt titles. Cloth. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. The British Light Aviation Centre hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024075
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J L Nayler
Dictionary of Astronautics
George Newnes 1964 "Designed as a reference book of space accomplishments in the form of an illustrated dictionary which it is hoped will be of value to technical and non-technical readers alike." Jacket is yellowed and worn at the top of the back panel. Interior is very good apart from a number of stamps of a previous owner. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. George Newnes hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024055
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Rene Dubos and Maya Pines
Flight
Time-Life Traces the growth of flying through a "colour-filled tour of laboratories airfields control towers and pilots cabins past and present." Very tidy copy. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Time-Life paperback
Bookseller reference : 024042
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Aviation Supplies & Academics
FE Test Prep: Study and Prepare for the Flight Engineer: Basic Turbojet Turboprop Reciprocating and Add-On Rating Knowledge Tests
Aviation Supplies & Academics 1995. This book has a booklet "Computerized Testing Supplement for Flight Engineer" laid in. Soft Cover. Very Good. Aviation Supplies & Academics paperback
Bookseller reference : 0707227 ISBN : 1560272422 9781560272427
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Bramson Alan
Be a Better Pilot
NY: Arco 1980. Hard Cover. Good /Good. Wide 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" Tall. Mylar-covered DJ. 239 pp with index Arco hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2799 ISBN : 0668049014 9780668049016
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Caidin Martin
Fork-Tailed Devil
NY NY: Ballentine Books 1971. Mass Market Paperback. Good . Foxing covers ep's pp yellowing. B/w photos center pp. The Lockheed aircraft not designed to be a fighter plane that shot down more Japanese aircraft during World War II than any other fighter plane. Mystery & controversy on the P-38. 369 pp Ballentine Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 2651
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Cessna Pilot Center
Flight Instructor Manual of Flight
No Place of Pubn. Given: Jeppesen 1975. Trade Paperback. Good . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Cover: some soiling metallic gold with cloth-like texture. Some handwritten notes appear on some pages. Paginated by chapter. Includes Index Jeppesen hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2242
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Aero Products Research Aviation Education Department
Federal Aviation Regulations and Airman's Information Manual
LA CA: Aero Products Research 1983. 25th Edition. Trade Paperback. Good . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Pilot's Complete Reference Book". Bits of paper adhered to rear cover. Aero Products Research paperback
Bookseller reference : 2798 ISBN : 0912682361 9780912682365
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Frank Wootton
Drawing Aircraft
The Studio 1959 One of the scarcest titles in The Studio's Drawing series in very good condition with minor wear to the covers and a fresh tight and unmarked interior. First Edition. Laminated Boards. Very Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. The Studio hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023381
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DASO Dik Alan
Hap Arnold and the Evolution of American Airpower
Smithsonian Institution Press 2000 . hbk 314pp illustr ISBN: 156098824X excellent in dj as new Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000, unknown
Bookseller reference : Av23 ISBN : 156098824X 9781560988243
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Mary Gibson
Warneford VC
Friends of the Fleet air Arm Museum 1979 The story of the first man to shoot down a Zeppelin from an aeroplane written by his cousin. Tidy unmarked copy. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Friends of the Fleet air Arm Museum hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017508
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John W R Taylor Ed
Aircraft Annual 1957
Ian Allan 1957 A near very good clean copy in a near good unprice-clipped jacket bar roughing and chip at top edge. Cloth. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ian Allan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006840
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Fleet Air Arm
HMSO 1943 "The Admiralty account of Naval air operations." Covers have bookseller's price in biro and have some creases. Binding is usefully reinforced by tape on the exterior of the spine. Bright clean interior. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. HMSO paperback
Bookseller reference : 012020
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Gerald Bowman
War in the Air
Evans Brothers 1956 Based on a series of BBC films covering both World Wars and air combat in the interwar period. Written by a Squadron Leader. Neat and clean copy with slight roughing to spine. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Evans Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001666
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Neville Duke's Book of Flying
Cassell 1954 "Who can surpass this great test pilot as instructor in the wonders of high speed flying " Jacket is shelf worn and rubbed at edges with small tear to top. Interior is unmarked. Cloth. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Cassell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007192
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Dennis Baldry and Mike Jerram
The Dec Schneider Trophy Race
Osprey 1988 A largely photographic record of the race for light aircraft. Slight curl to top edge of front cover otherwise a near fine copy. First Edition. Card. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Osprey unknown
Bookseller reference : 021345
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W O Manning
Flight Handbook A Guide to Aeronautics
Flight Publishing Co 1941 A completely revised second edition including an extra chapter - First Principles Aerodynamics Aircraft Structures Instruments and Modern Developments are all covered. Great interior but wrapper is worn and has piece missing. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Flight Publishing Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 002647
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E Colston Shepherd
The Airforce of Today
Blackie & Son 1940 Written on the eve of the Battle of Britain this is a history of the RAF from its origins in the Fleet Air Arm to the end of the thirties. Slightly grimy cover but nice clean interior. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Blackie & Son hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003458
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R A Forsyth
Squadron Will Move
MacMillan 1947 Novel about a RAF squadron in India during the Second World War. Covers are slightly bumped but the interior is very good. Good overall. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003408
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Douglas Kiang
Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 Unauthorized Game Secrets
Prima Publishing Includes Cessna flight strategies basic and advanced dealing with weather conditions fun flight tricks and multiplayer tactics for Internet formation flying. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Prima Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 002699
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Percy F Westerman
The Riddle of the Air
Blackie & Son Presumed first edition of unusual twenties novel telling of Britain's defeat of the fictional country of Nessia. Front hinge weak and some shelf wear to covers but a good copy overall. Decorative Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Blackie & Son hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005720
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R.A.F.Badges
John Player & Sons An album of 50 cigarette cards depicting the badges and history of the squadrons of the RAF. Dates from about 1937 on internal evidence. The cards are all present all extremely well mounted and all in very good condition. The album itself is in less good condition having slightly grimy covers and being edgeworn and taped at the bottom of the spine. Card. Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. John Player & Sons unknown
Bookseller reference : 017778
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Harold Mansfield
The Challenge
Allan Wingate 1958 The story of the development of jet planes from the start of flying to the fifties focusing particularly on the role of the Boeing corporaton. An excellent copy. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Allan Wingate hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006957
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Richard Hough
The Fight to the Finish
Cassell 1979 The concluding part of the author's RAF trilogy set in the Second World War. Unmarked copy in a complete jacket. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Cassell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014641
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David Beaty
The Wind Off the Sea
The Companion Book Club 1962 A senior Air Force officer goes mysteriously missing from his airbase and an old acquaintance thinks back to when he first knew him. Tidy clean copy. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. The Companion Book Club hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008913
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U S Warplanes
Ian Allan 1961 Number 4 in the Aircraft Album series. 32pp booklet on US Warplanes with a picture and description of each. Tidy copy. Soft Cover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. Ian Allan paperback
Bookseller reference : 013600
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Spencer Dunmore
Collision
Book Club Associates 1975 Very good copy in a complete jacket. Novel about the imminent collision of three planes over Canada. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Book Club Associates hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016854
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Ronald Hadingham
Astronomical Air Navigation
The Technical Press Ltd 1943 "A comprehensive handbook embodying the latest principals for practical navigators instructors and students." Jacket is ragged at the edges and stained; very good interior. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Technical Press Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016083
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Fleet Air Arm
HMSO 1943 "The Admiralty account of Naval air operations." Solid copy with a clean interior. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. HMSO paperback
Bookseller reference : 016565
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