WERTH (Léon) & DELANGE (René)
La vie de Saint-Exupéry, suivi de "Tel que je l'ai connu..."
In-8, 236p. Seconde édition. Avec quelques illustrations hors texte.
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LEVIS DE MIREPOIX (C. H. de) & BEAUBOIS (H.)
Le siècle de l'avion.
In-8, 485p. Préface de Louis Breguet. Orné de 132 illustrations (dont 100 photographies). A l'état de neuf, non coupé.
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MORTANE (Jacques)
Les Ailes glorieuses. Roland Garros - René Fonck - Ch. Lindbergh - Paul Codos.
In-8, 251p. Illustré de quelques photographies hors texte. Nom de possesseur en page de garde, sinon bel exemplaire.
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LEFORT (Pierre)
L'aviation. Aujourd'hui - Demain.
In-8, 189p. Illustré de 16 planches hors texte et de 49 figures dans le texte. A l'état de neuf, non coupé, bande de lancement conservée.
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PETIT (Edmond)
Les aviateurs.
In-8, 319p. Illustré de quelques photographies hors texte.
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LANCHBERY (Edward)
Contre le son. Vie du pilote d'essais Roland Beamont.
In-8, 318p. Avec quelques illustrations hors texte. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf, non coupé.
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GOUJON (Charles)
Trident.
In-8, 317p. Exemplaire en parfaite condition.
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TESSIER (Roland)
Henri Guillaumet.
In-4, 55p. Avec des illustrations en couleurs de Géo Ham. Légères rousseurs.
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FOURNIER (Christiane)
Filles du risque. Reportage documentaire.
In-8, 202p. A l'état de neuf, non coupé.
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MERIVE (René de)
Vers le ciel. Roman.
In-8, 217p. Exemplaire présenté sous couverture de relais de la Librairie des Sciences Aéronautiques - Louis Vivien. Rousseurs en première de couverture.
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JULLIAN (Marcel)
Nungesser. Le chevalier du ciel.
In-8, 253p. Avec un cahier photographique central. Bel exemplaire.
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CAILLAVA (Raymond)
Horizons san fin. Hélène Boucher.
In-8, 238p. Avec 16 illustrations hors texte. A l'état de neuf, non coupé.
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DASSART (André)
L'appel des ailes.
Gr. In-8, 293p. Quelques rousseurs, mais dans l'ensemble bon exemplaire, non coupé.
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CODOS (Paul)
Routes de ciel.
In-8, 315p. Avec quelques illustrations hors texte. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf, non coupé.
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[SAINT-EXUPERY] - CRISENOY (Maria de)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, poète et aviateur.
In-8, 222p. Bon exemplaire.
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FOURNIER (Christiane)
Ces avions sont français.
In-8, 204p. Avec quelques illustrations hors texte. Tete piquée, sinon l'état de neuf, non coupé.
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LANGEWIESCHE (Wolfgang)
Le monde de l'aviateur. L'aviation, le pilote et l'espace aérien.
In-8, 242p. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf, non coupé.
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[SAINT-EXUPERY] - ANET (Daniel)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Poète - Romancier - Moraliste.
In-8, 248p. Préface du Général Davet.
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CHOMBARD (P. A.)
Les équipements de planeurs et d'avions.
In-8, 186p. Préface de M. Hymans. Avec 74 figures dans le texte. Couverture piquée, sinon à l'état de neuf.
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ROMEYER (Jean)
L'aviation civile française.
In-8, 202p. Avec de nombreuses illustrations dans le texte.
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BOWMAN (Gerald)
La guerre dans les airs.
In-8, 314p. Avec quelques illustrations hors texte. Axemplaire à l'état de neuf.
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FOURNIER (Christiane)
Pilotes d'essai.
In-8, 230p. A l'état de neuf, non coupé.
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BOUDIER (Paul) & JULLIAN (Marcel)
Ils ont reconquis notre ciel.
In-8, 186p. Illustré de photographies hors texte. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf, non coupé.
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PAQUIER (Pierre)
Aviation, école du bonheur.
In-8, 243p. Avec quelques illustrations hors texte. Tranches piquées, sinon très bel exemplaire.
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MITTELHOLZER (W.)
Les Ailes et les Alpes.
Gr. In-8, 108p. Illustré de 191 planches photographiques en noir et blanc hors-texte. Rousseurs sur tranches comme souvent. La jaquette manque. Sinon très bel exemplaire.
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MITTELHOLZER (Walter) / FLUCKIGER (Otto)
La Suisse à vol d'oiseau.
In-4, XXXXIII-176p. Traduction française par René Meylan. Avec 274 photographies en noir et blanc tirées sur papier couché. Très bel exemplaire.
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MORGAN (Stuart)
Villes et bourgades neuchateloises. Vues aériennes.
Gr. In-8 à l'italienne, 116p. Notices historiques par Jean-Pierre Jelmini. Photographies aériennes en couleurs de l'auteur. Epuisé.
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LITHGOW (Mike)
Mach 1.
In-8, 302p. Avant-propos du colonel Ladousse (on ne rit pas!). Avec quelques illustrations hors texte. Menus accrocs à la jaquette, sinon bel exemplaire.
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DANRIT (capitaine) [DRIANT (Lt-Colonel)]
L'aviateur du Pacifique.
In-4, 512p. Un des nombreux retirage. Avec de nombreuses illustrations en noir de G. Dutriac. Marque d'appartenance au dos du frontispice, sinon bel exemplaire.
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FONCK (René)
Mes combats.
In-8, 252p. Exemplaire du vingt-et-unième mille. Avec un portrait de l'As des as en frontispice. Accompagné d'une carte manuscrite dans laquelle un membre de la famille Fonck qui s'excuse que la page 25-26 soit faussement relié en début d'ouvrage. Bel exemplaire, agréablement relié. Rare.
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MITTELHOLZER (Walter) / GOUZY (René) / HEIM (Arnold)
R-A-S-T. En hydravion de Zurich au Cap de Bonne-Espérance.
Gr. In-8, 182p. Premier ouvrage édité par La Baconnière. Orné de 108 illustrations et de 5 cartes dont une en couleurs. Accrocs à la fragile couverture.
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CENDRARS (Blaise)
Saint Joseph de Cupertino.
In-8, 240p. Edition hors commerce tirée à 2000 exemplaires numérotés. Le texte est la seconde partie de l'ouvrage "Le Lotissement du Ciel", intitulée Le nouveau patron de l'aviation. Maquette d'Odette Ducarre. Bords de la reliure ayant viré au mauve, comme presque toujours, autrement bel exemplaire.
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JEANNERET (René) & ZEHR (Georges-André)
Au temps des aéroplanes (1909-1939).
Pt. In-8, 160p. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs dans le texte. En excellente condition.
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CLOSTERMANN (Pierre)
Le grand cirque. Souvenirs d'un pilote de chasse français de la R.A.F.
In-8, 308p. Illustré de quelques photographies hors texte.
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KALLIR Otto
[Sale Catalogue of] The Otto Kallir Collection of Aviation History. 14 June 1993. FINE COPY
4to., with a frontispiece, 15 coloured plates and very numerous monochrome facsimiles (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The sale of this notable collection comprises 211 lots. It is particularly strong in the early years of flight, especially French ballooning and early US powered flight. Numerous items relating to the Wrights, Byrd, Lindbergh, Earhart, Amundsen, Peary, Saint-Exupery and many others.
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BOWYER Charles
Path Finders at War. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Sm. folio, First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt entirely legible) else a very good, clean copy. The RAF's path finders and target-markers over Germany during WWII. Enser, p.172.
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BARKER Ralph
A Brief History of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I. [First Paperback Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
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.
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ASHWORTH Christopher
Action Stations 5. Military Airfields of the South-West. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy.
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BROOKS Robin J.
Sussex Airfields in the Second World War.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Includes indexes by airfield and squadron, and select bibliography.]
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BRICKHILL Paul
The Dam Busters. With a Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Tedder. IN FULL MOROCCO WITH THEME TOOLING
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and third compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propeller motif, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and Operation CHASTISE, arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. This book formed the basis of Michael Anderson's classic feature film (1954) of the same name starring Michael Redgrave, Richard Todd and Nigel Stock. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121
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COLLYER David G.
Battle of Britain Diary . [An Account of the Events in East Kent]. July-September 1940]. NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece map, and numerous photographs and maps (a number full-page) in the text, small personal book-label on front inside wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, covers very lightly creased else a very good, clean copy.
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CREASEY John
Heroes of the Air. A Tribute to the Courage, Sacrifice and Skill of the Men of the RAF. [Foreword by the Earl of Shaftesbury]. SCARCE WARTIME JOHN CREASEY
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with numerous photographs in the text, small signature on front wrapper; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly age-soiled and with one short teat at margin of front wrapper else a very good, clean copy. In 1942 the National Savings Committees for Dorset united in a drive to replace by war savings the cruiser 'Dorsetshire'; £3,000,000 was raised in just over six months. Subsequently the Dorset Wings for Victory campaign set out to achieve a similar success for the RAF. Creasey was nominated co-Hon. Publicity Secretary (from his address at 'Cattistock', Fernlea Avenue, Ferndown, Wimborne, Dorset) together with T.F.E. Jakeman of Weymouth. The pamphlet is sub-titled 'Vivid true Stories of epic Flights by the RAF'. A fragile item and a rare survival.
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GARBETT, Mike
The Lancaster at War 1-5. [Complete set]. CLEAN WORKING SET
5 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition [save one volume], with very numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text and photographic or pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt backs, backstrip of first volume missing (but binding entirely sound), small scar on title of fifth volume else a very good, clean working set. Splendid pictorial record spanning nearly a quarter of a century of publishing. The set comprises: The Lancaster at War (first edition, 1971); Lancaster at War 2 (1979; third impression, 1981); Lancaster at War 3 (first edition, 1984); Lancaster at War 4: Pathfinder Squadron (first edition, 1990); Lancaster at War 5: Fifty Years On (first edition, 1995). UNCOMMON AS A SET. Enser, p.31 (recording the first volume).
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GOULDING Brian
[Aircraft] Profile 65. The Avro Lancaster I. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN WRAPPERS
4to., with 4pp of colour plates (including many liveries) and numerous monochrome photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a good, clean copy. As always with this series, a detailed statistical account with many useful photographs.
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GRIERSON John
Jet Flight. Foreword by Lord Beaverbrook. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, very numerous full-page photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers, title very lightly age-marked; handsomely bound in full dark blue crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A scarce and important text in the history of British (and in many respects international) aviation. Test pilot Grierson traces the initial development and operation of the jet engine from Whittle (pictured as a flight cadet in the frontispiece) and the Gloster E.28 aircraft to the Meteor and Vampire, as well as progress in the USA.
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HALPENNY B.B.
Action Stations 2. Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands. [Fourth Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Fourth Impression, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. First published in 1981.
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HAUPT-HEYDEMARCK [G.]
Double-Decker C.666. Translated by Claud W. Sykes. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
8vo., First English Edition, with a frontispiece, 27 plates and a folding map, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, some mild spotting (mainly marginal but rather heavier on title) throughout; cloth, gilt back, a very good, tight copy. With 3pp publisher's advertisements at end. Very scarce.Classic account of German pilot's flying experiences in WWI.Scarce.
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HUMPHREYS Roy S.
Hawkinge 1912-1961. An in depth history of the former Royal Air Force Station Hawkinge. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Second Impression, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. First published in 1981.
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KERSHAW, ed. Andrew
The First War Planes [Purnell's History of the World Wars. Special.]. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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LEARMONTH Bob
The First Croydon Airport 1915-1928. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text, small neat personal stamp on title; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy.
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