‎Aviación‎

‎Brimson Samuel.‎

‎THE AIRLINES OF THE WORLD.‎

‎Dreamweaver Sydney 1985. 256 pp 4to 11 3/4" H hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 094982500X Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs. "This is the story of commercial aviation - of the individual airlines which grew out of humble beginnings into the corpora te giants they are today. It is also the story of people. People such as Paterson Six Boeing Fysh Trippe Hanshue Plesman Rickenbacker Hughes Frye and many other who pioneered commercial aviation and went on to found some of the gr e a t e s t a irlines in the world. The names of Boeing Douglas Lockhhed Fokker etc. are synonymous with flying today; but what of other pioneers of companies which have ceased to exist or have gone out of aircraft building Here the storie s of d eH av il l an d Handley Page Convair Vickers Stinson Junkers Airspeed Avro Bristol Hawker Siddeley as well as many smaller companies are told in the context of the airlines that flew their products. With airline operations so con fu sed an d d epr ess ed to day this book looks back on their illustrious histories - at the efforts of people who made them grow at the attempts to halt that growth at the transition from air travel in splendid comfort only for the wealthy to tod ay's 747 s D C10s and L1 011s which pack in the low-fare-paying passengers like sardines. All in all this is a fascinating chronicle of the world of commercial aviation from its very beginnings until the present." This is a heavy volum e an d may requ ire e xtra posta ge depen ding on destination. Light cigarette odor small bump to top/bottom of spine and to top corners of both boards minor edge wear. Dust jacket has moderate edge wrinkling - mainly at top edge very light r ubbin g thr ee ver y smal l tea rs ach ival ly tap ed slight fading to spine color. Good/Good. Dreamweaver, Sydney, 1985. hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 23038 ISBN : 094982500X 9780949825001

‎Barris Ted.‎

‎BEHIND THE GLORY.‎

‎Toronto: Thomas Allen 1992. 358 pp 8vo 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs map endpapers. "When war broke out in September 1939 the Allied air forces had few combat aircraft and even fewer military pilots ready to fight. It was clear that air superiority would determine the outcome of the war so in December 1939 Britain Australia New Zealand and Canada created the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Most of the aircrew training took place in Canada - ." Minor bump at bottom of front hinge tiny light stain on fore-edge of text block. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Thomas Allen Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 22835 ISBN : 0887622127 9780887622120

‎Smallwood JW. J. W.‎

‎TOMLIN'S CREW: A BOMBARDIER'S STORY.‎

‎Sunflower University Press Manhattan Kansas 1992. 260 pp 8vo 9" H soft cover. ISBN 0897451546 B&w illustrations. "John William Smallwood Jr. says 'The general idea for writing this book formed in my mind while commuting from New Jersey to New York City in the early 1950s once the aftermat h of some fairly arduous World War II experiences had begun to jell.' Over the next 20 years he assembled his personal diaries letters written home and news clippings bearing on the war in Europe then confirmed details in several univers i t y l i b r aries as well as in the U.S. Air Force archives." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear small group of tiny soiling marks on top of textblock tiny scuffs on front cover. Very Good. Sunflower University Press, Manhattan, Kansas, 1992. paperback‎

Referencia librero : 22720 ISBN : 0897451546 9780897451543

‎Sloniger Jerrold E.‎

‎ONE PILOT'S LOG: THE CAREER OF E.L. "SLONNIE" SLONIGER.‎

‎Howell Charlottesville VA 1997 first edition. 192 pp oblong 8vo 8 3/4" H x 11 1/4" D hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1574270486 B&w photographs. "From the days of landing in open corn fields with the wind at his face to blind insturment landings in a snowstorm E.L. "Slonnie" Sloniger was behind the controls of an airplane open cockpit or closed. Slonnie looped the loop over Nebraska averted bandits to deliver payrolls in Mexico and served as an aviation ambassador inaugurating commercial flight in China. As a pursuit pilot barnstormer racer test pilot acrobatic pilot and ultimately a commercial pilot Slonnie grew with aviation. Slonnie learned to fly when he entered the heavier-than-air division of the army because he 'just didn't want to walk' and s e r v e d in the Air Service in WWI. Upon his return to the U.S. Slonnie bought his own plane a Curtiss JN-4 'Canuck' and became a barnstormer selling rides in small towns across the Middle Western plains. He flew for early airlines when t h e bi gg es t cu s tomer was the U.S. mail and saw the beginnings of the major lines; Slonnie was the original senior pilot Number One for American Airlines and flew for them for twenty years. In his career he accumulated nearly 25000 flying ho ur s - a nu mbe r mat ch ed by only a handful of his peers. This is Slonnie's story as told to his son during the last years of his life. Slonnie's words together with the Sloniger family's extensive photograph collection recall the details of the c aree r of a t ru e av iat ion pioneer a pilot's pilot during an exhilarating period in American aviation history." Very small bump at top edge of front board several areas of light to moderate edge rubbing on boards. Dust jacket has lig ht e dge wrin kling - ma inl y at top of spine area. Very Good/Very Good. Howell, Charlottesville, VA, 1997, first edition. hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 22741 ISBN : 1574270486 9781574270488

‎Chant Chris‎

‎THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AIR WARFARE‎

‎London: Octopus Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0706409779 . Book: Slight shelf rubbing; Dust Jacket: Slight edge wear; Drawings and color photos; Folio . Octopus Books hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 24933 ISBN : 0706409779 9780706409772

‎Holt W. Stull. Edited by Maclyn P. Burg and Thomas J. Pressly.‎

‎THE GREAT WAR AT HOME AND ABROAD. THE WORLD WAR I DIARIES AND LETTERS OF W. STULL HOLT.‎

‎Manhattan Kansas : Sunflower University Press 1999. 328 pp 8vo 9" H. B&w photographs maps. "W. Stull Holt was 20 years old when he sailed for France in late March 1917 to join the American Ambulance Field Service. His patriotism idealism and desire for adventure had motivated him to volunteer just weeks before the U.S. declared war against Germany in April 1917. Holt ardently supported the war effort and when his six-month contract with the AAFS was completed he enlisted in the American Air Service where he won his pilot's wings then applied for observer training. Holt was assigned as an observer-bombardier-gunner with the famed 20th Aero Squadron of the American 1st Daylight Bombardment Group which dropped more bombs than any other American squadron at the front in World War I. He served near Verdun during the French summer offensive of 1917 where he was gassed; he later was awarded the French 'Croix de Guerre'." Very minor edge wear on covers. . Soft Cover. Near Fine. Sunflower University Press Paperback‎

Referencia librero : 22656 ISBN : 0897452224 9780897452229

‎Brink Randall‎

‎LOST STAR The Search Fo Amelia Earhart‎

‎NY: Norton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0393026833 . Photographs and map; . Norton hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 23802 ISBN : 0393026833 9780393026832

‎Aviation Week & Space Technology‎

‎PORTRAITS OF FLIGHT Vol. 1: An Art History of Aviation‎

‎NY: Aviation Week & Space Technology. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0076066320 . Large horizontal folio; Color Paintings . Aviation Week & Space Technology hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 22689 ISBN : 0076066320 9780076066322

‎Page Bette compiler/editor. Foreword by Art de Breyne.‎

‎MYNARSKI'S LANC: THE STORY OF TWO FAMOUS CANADIAN LANCASTER BOMBERS KB726 & FM213.‎

‎Erin Ontario: Boston Mills Press 1989. 192 pp 4to 11 1/4" H. Pictorial endpapers b&w and colour photographs reproductions. "This book is a combination of stories about the Canadian Avro Lancaster bomber. It is a description of those planes built in Malton Ontario by the Victory Aircraft Ltd. and the lives of two aircraft in particular. The first story is that of KB726 now known as the Mynarski Memorial Lancaster and its crew. This was the aircraft in which Andrew Mynarski earned his Victoria Cross for valour. He gave his life in so doing. The second story is that of FM213 its history and the story of how it was acquired by Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and how with dedication and the enthusiastic help of the Lancaster Support Club it has been restored to flying condition. It has been given the identity KB726 and dedicated in honour of P/O Andrew Mynarski V.C. his crew and all Canadian flyers who sacrificed so much in the cause of peace more than 44 years ago. The story is related in three major parts: the Lancaster and Mark X bombers in general; the Canadian No. 6 Group and its squadrons with special emphasis on the crew of KB726 VR.A of No.419 Squadron Moose who on that fateful night of 12/13 June 1944 survived to tell their story; and special documentation of the 9-year restoration program of Lancaster FM213 to its first flight after 24 years in retirement - the only flying example of this aircraft on the North American continent." Previous owner's small address label at bottom of copyright page. Dust jacket has some light edge wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds minor rubbing. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Boston Mills Press Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 22580 ISBN : 1550460064 9781550460063

‎Hayward Charles B.‎

‎PRACTICAL AVIATION An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and Essential Facts in Aeronautical Science‎

‎Chicago: American Technical Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. Second Edition. Hardcover. Bottom corners rubbed gift inscription; Photographs drawings and charts; . American Technical Society hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 21891

‎Smith Frank Kingston and James P. Harrington‎

‎AVIATION AND PENNSYLVANIA‎

‎Philadelphia: The Franklin Institute Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0891680462 . No dust jacket issued; Photographs; . The Franklin Institute Press hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 21899 ISBN : 0891680462 9780891680468

‎Jerram Michael F.‎

‎P51 MUSTANG‎

‎Somerset UK: Haynes Publishing Group. Fine with no dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0854294236 . Pictorial boards; Photographs; Quarto . Haynes Publishing Group hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 21938 ISBN : 0854294236 9780854294237

‎Sweetman Bill‎

‎100 YEARS OF FLIGHT‎

‎Lincolnwood IL: Publications International LTD. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0785363246 . Pictorial board; One corner very slightly rubbed ; Photographs - some color; Quarto . Publications International, LTD hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 21945 ISBN : 0785363246 9780785363248

‎Taylor Richard L.‎

‎FAIR-WEATHER FLYING‎

‎NY: Macmillan. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 002616700x . Drawings; . Macmillan hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 22053 ISBN : 002616700x 9780026167000

‎Hilling John B. Foreword by Group Captain TG. 'Hamish' Mahaddie. T. G.‎

‎STRIKE HARD: A BOMBER AIRFIELD AT WAR. RAF DOWNHAM MARKET AND ITS SQUADRONS 1942-46.‎

‎Stroud Gloucestershire: Budding / Sutton 1997. 141 pp large 8vo 9 3/4" H. B&w photographs maps etc. "This is an account of one small cog in the machinery of the Second World War - the story of the RAF bomber airfield at Downham Market in Norfolk . Every night for three long years young men of RAF Bomber Command flew from this East Anglian airfield in their Stirlings Lancasters and Mosquitoes to pound into dust the might of Nazi Germany. Their contribution towards winning the war was crucial but the cost in precious lives and equipment was high: 160 aircraft and nearly 900 airmen were lost on operations. Downham Market was notable in a number of ways not least for the fact that two posthumous Victoria Crosses were won by its pilots out of a total of only twenty-one for the whole of Bomber Command and that it was the second of fifteen airfields in England to be equipped with the life-saving fog dispersal device known as FIDO. It was from Downham Market that the RAF 's last bombing sortie of the European air war was flown on 2/3 May 1945. Between 1942 and 1945 at various times the airfield hosted six bomber squadrons: Nos 214 218 and 623 were Main Force squadrons in No 3 Group and then f rom March 1944 Nos 571 608 and 635 were a part of the RAF's elite No 8 Pathfinder Group. 'Strike Hard' is not so much a chronological history but a microcosm of Bomber Command during the war years. Supported by more than fifty photographs maps and plans each chapter focuses on a separate aspect of life on the airfield and of the bomber operations flown from there. The author has drawn on a number of sources ranging from official to published and private material to give a fascinating depiction of a bomber airfield at war." Very small bump at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has very minor edge wrinkling. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Budding / Sutton Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 22481 ISBN : 1840150017 9781840150018

‎Rayner Geoff.‎

‎ONE HURRICANE - ONE RAID.‎

‎Shrewsbury: Airlife 1990. 175 pp large 8vo 9 3/4"H. B&w photographs cutaway maps. "This the fascinating story of the discovery and subsequent unearthing of a Second World War Hurricane fighter aircraft. The book has two main parts. The first covers the author's introduction as a young schoolboy to a small piece of wreckage in the Essex coastal marshes. His early inquisitiveness leads to identification of the aircraft type and several years later to a recovery operation which retrieves the substanial remains from their muddy resting place. After a period of further investigation into the remains' identity together with some initial preservation work the aircraft is finally put on display at the Royal Air Force Museum Hendon. The second part of the book attempts to recreate the sequence of events during the raid which led to the aircraft's loss." Slight cigarette odor very small bump at top of rear hinge. Dust jacket has light edge wear at top of rear panel light wrinkling at top of rear hinge minor browning on inside edges minor rubbing. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Airlife Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 22336 ISBN : 1853101990 9781853101991

‎Green Peter; Hodgson Mike; Taylor Bill.‎

‎WINGS OVER LINCOLNSHIRE.‎

‎Midland Leicester 1994. 60 pp oblong small 8vo 7 13/16" H x 8 1/4" D soft cover. ISBN 1857800249 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "The rural county of Lincolnshire can lay claim to being England's premier aviation county. It is the home of the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell and was host to many thousands of Allied aircrew during the Second World War.This pictorial chronicles Lincolnshire's strong ties with the worlds of both civil and military aviation from before the First World War. The five sections begin with ballooning in the nineteenth century and continue through the First World War the inter-war period the Second World War and post-war to the Tornado Tucano and Sentry of today. In addition to the aircraft the p e r s o n a l i t ies such as B C Hucks Sir Alan Cobham and Alex Henshaw are included. The photographs 140 in all have been selected from local archives and private collections." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Ext er io r - ve ry m in or edge wear minor rubbing. Very Good. Midland, Leicester, 1994. paperback‎

Referencia librero : 22140 ISBN : 1857800249 9781857800241

‎Hotson Fred W.‎

‎THE BREMEN.‎

‎Toronto: CANAV 1988. 224 pp large 8vo 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs maps. "The flight of the German airplane 'Bremen' from Europe to North America in 1928 was one of the milestones of aviation history. No one had flown the Atlantic in that direction and the risks were high - seven people had died in the attempt. When two Germans and an Irishman left Ireland in the 'Bremen' for New York there were predictions of a similar fate and when nothing was heard after 40 hours the newspapers began preparing obituaries for the gallant crew. Suddenly a message was relayed from a remote Canadian radio station: the aircraft had force-landed on an ice-bound island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence - and the race was on to reach the stranded flyers. The 'Bremen' story is an exciting drama of courage humour and tragedy. All sorts of people found themselves drawn to the event from the lighthouse keeper and his family who watched in amazement as the aircraft landed almost at their front door to presidents and prime ministers. There were the bush pilots who were first to reach the flyers the mechanics who tried to repair the 'Bremen' ruthless reporters competing for a scoop and Lindbergh making a mercy flight in an attempt to save the life of pilot Floyd Bennett. Small wonder an enthusiastic journalist of those aviation-mad day called the 'Bremen' episode 'the greatest news story of all time'." Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has minor rubbing minor edge wrinkling. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. CANAV Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 22170 ISBN : 0921022026 9780921022022

‎Haugland Vern. Foreword by Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker. Special Preface by the Right Honourable Lord Martonmere.‎

‎THE EAGLE SQUADRONS: YANKS IN THE RAF 1940-1942.‎

‎Newton Abbot: David & Charles 1980. 206 pp large 8vo 9 1/2" H. The story of the first American pilots to battle Hitler's Luftwaffe based on personal accounts logbooks official records contemporary documents and other research. Moderate cigarette odour light browning to edges of textblock minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has minor rubbing one small edge tear archivally taped very small bump/creases at bottom of spine light browning - mainly at top edge and on spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good. David & Charles Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 21643 ISBN : 0715379402 9780715379400

‎Knight Dennis. Based on the diary of Mary Smith.‎

‎HARVEST OF MESSERSCHMITTS: THE CHRONICLE OF A VILLAGE AT WAR - 1940.‎

‎London: Frederick Warne 1981. 183 pp large 8vo 9 11/16" H. Pictorial endpapers b&w photographs drawings maps. "During the year 1940 a picturesque Kent village in the Downs behind Folkstone and Dover became virtually the epicentre of the greatest of all air conflicts: The Battle of Britain. The village is called Elham and this book is a chronicle of the events that took place there during that momentous year - in the skies above in the streets and in the surrounding countryside. Taking the diary of Mary Smith the daughter of the village Postmaster - in which she briefly recorded the news headlines of the day and any local events that affected her - Dennis Knight has skilfully woven around her brief account a narrative which unfolds gradually to reveal the truly cataclysmic effect of The Battle of Britain on an innocent and peaceful community." Cigarette odour minor browning at margin edges very light browning to edges of textblock small shallow bump to bottom fore-edge of both boards. Dust jacket has light browning on spine and at top edge very minor edge wrinkling. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Frederick Warne Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 21502 ISBN : 0723227721 9780723227724

‎Smith Peter C.‎

‎INTO THE ASSAULT: FAMOUS DIVE-BOMBER ACES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.‎

‎London: John Murray 1985. 223 pp 8vo 8 3/4" H. B&w photographs. "Perhaps the most daring and spectacular form of bombing is dive-bombing. Certainly during World War II it was by far and away the most accurate method of delivering a payload to any target. The skill and bravery of the men who utilized this form of warfare was paramount. This book relates the stirring stories of seven of the leading exponents of dive-bombing from seven different countries." Light cigarette odour light browning to top of textblock remainder dot on bottom of textblock wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket is price clipped has minor edge wrinkling minor edge browning minor rubbing. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. John Murray Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 21566 ISBN : 0719542472 9780719542473

‎Guthrie David editor.‎

‎SPITFIRE SQUADRON. STORIES OF THE SPITFIRE PILOTS OF WORLD WAR II.‎

‎London: Robert Hale 1978. 160 pp 8vo 8 3/4" H. "These are the stories of the young men who flew the Spitfires of World War II. Written in spare moments between missions they are first-hand accounts telling of the mingled fear and exhilaration of the dog-fight the strain of waiting and the sudden frenzy of action at the 'scramble' signal; accounts full of audacity and innocence courage and wry humour. The writers were not famous heroes there were thousands like them with similar tales to tell. But these are the stories of Matthew Derek and the rest of the men of Buster Squadron. The editor has appended to each story a short indication of the sort of man each pilot was: his background his looks his temperament and in far too many cases his fate. But the men speak for themselves and vividly recreate Britain's finest hour." Cigarette odour minor edge wear to boards book is slightly cocked. Dust jacket is price clipped has very light browning/discoloration on spine light browning at top edge minor browning on rear panel light edge wrinkling very light rubbing - 2" line indentation on front panel. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Robert Hale Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 21514 ISBN : 0709167334 9780709167334

‎Thompson Charles J.‎

‎WINGS: COMBAT AIRCRAFT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN PAINTINGS.‎

‎Pan London 1990 first edition. 110 pp oblong 7 15/16" H x 11 1/2" D hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0330315137 Profusely illustrated with colour reproductions. "Spitfire Hawker Hurricane Messerschmitt Mosquito Bristol Beaufighter Lancaster Mustang.The very names of these famous aircraft evoke the history of the Second World War - and in particular the daring exploits of the Battle of Britain. For this book aviation artist Charles J. Thompson has collected over 50 of his paintings that vividly bring t o l i f e this fascinating period of aviation history. Illustrated in full colour and accompanied by the artist's own descriptive captions and eyewitness accounts 'Wings' is a unique record of a bygone era." Light cigarette odor minor brown i ng t o e dg es o f textblock. Dust jacket has minor browning one very small edge tear. Very Good/Very Good. Pan, London, 1990, first edition. hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 21618 ISBN : 0330315137 9780330315135

‎N/A.‎

‎TEE EMM. NUMBER 6. SEPTEMBER 1941. R.A.F. TRAINING MEMORANDUM / MEMORANDA.‎

‎Department of the Air Member for Training Air Ministry London 1941. 24 pp 8 1/4" H soft cover stapled in wraps. B&w illustrations including Pilot-Officer Prune cartoons by W. Hooper. Contents: Tee Emm for September; How Much Do You Know No. 5: Wellington 1C; What Did You Say; Fighter Guns; Admin.; Speed an d Range of Aeroplanes; This Month's Anniversary; A.S.R.S. Speaking-Floats; That Ground Loop! Why; Calling All Navigators; P.O. Prune Catches a Code; Don't Look at Your Boots!; The Crew That Finds Itself; Golden Eggs. Interior - cigarette o d o r b u m p/soft creases to top corner of pages and covers minor browning - a few tiny foxing marks on inside of covers and on adjacent page soiling at top corner of first page and on inside of front cover slight rusting to staples. Ext er io r - li g ht b ro wning darkening around edge of front cover light rubbing on rear cover minor edge wear - light on spine small light scuff and "T3" written in red pencil on front cover soft crease at bottom corner of covers. Good. Department of the Air Member for Training, Air Ministry, London, 1941. paperback‎

Referencia librero : 21457

‎McLachlan Ian. Foreword by Len Deighton.‎

‎FINAL FLIGHTS: DRAMATIC WARTIME INCIDENTS REVEALED BY AVIATION ARCHAEOLOGY.‎

‎N.P.: Patrick Stephens 1989. 256 pp large 8vo 9 5/8" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "Within living memory men have flown and fought - and sometimes died - in the skies above Britain. They came from many nations - Britain America the British Commonwealth occupied Europe - and their foes from Germany and its allies equally determined and courageous. Sometimes when aircraft crashed or were shot down the remains would be quickly buried and forgotten in the turmoil of war. Decades later these wrecks can reveal their secrets to the expert investigator of wartime events tactics and aerial battles and their excavation can serve as a tribute to the bravery and airmanship of the crews who flew them. Ian McLachlan's personal investigation of over 100 known crash sites has resulted in an outstanding collection of true stories behind some of the most fascinating wrecks. "Final Flights' makes gripping reading for young or old enthusiast or non-expert alike." Cigarette odour very light browning to edges o textblock. Dust jacket minor edge wrinkling light browning on spine and at top edge. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Patrick Stephens Hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 21506 ISBN : 1852601221 9781852601225