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1940réf. 48275Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. c. 1940 1942. 4to. 256 pp. Blueprint title page numerous photos diagrams 39 large folding blueprints some laid-in as issued. Limp blue-illustrated textured softcovers silver illustration & lettering of aircraft on front cover metal comb binding as issued wear & bumping to corners some soiling front cover minor chipping pencil annotations throughout still G reference copy. Early printing of this invaluable work for training aircraft mechanics and fabricators during World War II. Included are actual blueprints for aircraft from such companies as Beech Aircraft Chance Vought Kellett Autogiro; Luscombe Airplane Development Naval Aircraft Factory and Vultee Aircraft. John C. Winston Co., paperback
1996réf. 25300Air 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
1995réf. 25321Crecy 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
1958réf. 47619Otrokovice: S. Kucera n.p. Moravan 1958. Oblong atlas folio. 19.5 x 14.25 x 2.25 in. 49 leaves of thick dark gray paper stock each leaf retaining original tissue guards. Title page & colophon in white ink calligraphy. 185 tipped-in real photos 46 leaves with tipped-in printed histories & descriptions matched to the tipped-in photos. Embossed & stitched padded leather post binding brown silk braid at gutter margin elaborate gilt embossed illustration & logo on front cover of Moravian Airplane w/ laurel leaf cluster around 25 LET slight shelfwear a fine copy. This spectacular and exceptionally large Soviet-era photo album offers an invaluable visual record of the 25 year history of the central European Zlin/Moravan Aviation Company. This amazing production is beautifully done and all of the photographs are quite crisp. The first 6 leaves illustrated with photos and text detail the history of the company from its formation in 1933 as the Zlin Aviation Company which was commissioned to build gliders by the Masaryk Air League since the major shareholder the Bata Company was not allowed by the Ministry in charge of aircraft production to produce powered aircraft. These early gliders were designed by the Czech aeronautical engineer Kryspin and included the Kluzak Zlin I Vetron Zlin II the Kluzak Zlin III designed by R. Dohnalek and then several designed by F.O. Mayer including the Kluzak - Zlin V VI the very popular Vetron Zlin VII -- Akela which was used throughout Europe as a racing glider and others. Zlin Aviation began producing powered aircraft finally in late 1934 and 1935 with prototypes of the Zlin Z-XII sport and two-seater trainer monoplane. The Z-XII trainer designed by Jaroslav Lonek became the most popular aircraft of its kind in Czechoslovakia and Germany during the 1930s eventually producing over 200 of them powered by Walter Mikron engines illustrated here in the catalogue and later with Persy I and Persy II engines. One of the images included shows the Z-XII at the 1938 races where the plane finished 29th. After World War II the aircraft were used by the Czech Army and as courier planes and were called the K-72 -- replicas of these are being built to this day. Just before the Nazis took over Czechoslovakia in 1938 the company experimented with producing a racing plane called the Letoun Zlin 13 but only 1 was built. After the Germans took over and renamed the company Zlin Aviation Enterprise they built 1 Letoun Zlin-20 which was to be a small two-engine passenger plane but it was quickly superseded by the need to produce the Bu 181 for the Luftwaffe which was the Z-181 Z-281 -- a two seat primary trainer which continued to be built for air forces around the world after World War II. They also produced a variety of gliders for the Luftwaffe and private individuals during the War. After the war the company was nationalized by the Communist Government and became part of the Automotive Enterprise and later renamed Zlinavion. In 1953 it was again renamed Moravan Company and began producing the very successful trainers and aerobatic planes used in aerobatic competition around the world. The Letoun Z-226 Trainer followed by the Z-326 which in this catalogue is still a prototype resulted in numerous different models and over 800 aircraft eventually built by the company and sold around the world. In addition the final leaf shows the Moravan Vrtulnik HC 2 a small 2-seater helicopter which also proved popular for the company. S. Kucera, n.p. Moravan, hardcover
1970réf. 24691David 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
1968réf. 24191Cassell 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
1958réf. 45753Stuttgart: Drei Brunnen Verlag 1958. Thick 4to. 736 pp. Photo frontispiece 100s of photo illusts. maps diagrams. Blue cloth silver lettering minor shelfwear w/o endpapers still G copy. First edition of this famed illustrated monograph on German aviation history from before World War I until 1932. The author provides an expansive and excellent history of the formation of the German air force early German aviation pilots in the German Colonies the development of planes and pilots during World War I the evolution of air racing in Europe and much more. Drei Brunnen Verlag, hardcover
1918réf. 45762Berlin - Charlottenburg: Flugzeugmeisterei der Inspektion der Fliegertruppen 1918. Tall thick 8vo. 177-603 1 pp. Over 170 plates diagrams many large folding charts. Blue ribbed cloth gilt lettering on spine w/ original orange printed wrappers bound in minor shelfwear occasional toning a few leaves with pencil translations into English still a VG copy from the library of Horst Petzold b. 1923 former Luftwaffe pilot machinist and later aviation writer for Boeing for over 35 years w/ his ownership label on ffep. First edition thus of this installment in the original top secret papers published on German aeronautics and aviation during World War I -- No. 899. These papers describe experiments on wind resistance and lift mathematical calculations on lift and resistance to the biplane wings; Aerodynamics of the aircraft struts and cross members; The most successful profiles and shapes from experiments for biplane wings; The most effective muffler systems for aircraft engines and much more. The contributors include some of the greatest pioneers of German aviation such as Henrich Foche 1890-1979; pioneering work by the famed aerospace and aeronautics engineer Max Munk 1890-1986 featuring some of his earliest papers on airfoil theory and design; Ludwig Prandtl 1875-1953 who pioneered mathematical analyses for aerodynamics and provided much of the basis for modern aeronautical engineering and more. Flugzeugmeisterei der Inspektion der Fliegertruppen, hardcover
1997réf. 23323Sutton Stroud 1997-98. 2 vols. roy. 8vo. First Edition with frontispieces and numerous fine photographs throughout; cloth blue/black respectively gilt backs a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Sutton, [Stroud, hardcover
1988réf. 23320Airlife Shrewsbury 1988. Sm. folio First Edition with numerous illustrations in the text; cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of the standard reference Airlife, Shrewsbury, hardcover
1966réf. 23358Foulis 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
1963réf. 23350Flying 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
1985réf. 22464Beaumont Aviation Literature 1985. 8vo. Second Edition with frontispiece plates and maps; plum boards gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Updated and extended version of the original edition of 1966. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. [Beaumont Aviation Literature], hardcover
1999réf. 22131Airlife Shrewsbury 1999. 8vo. First Edition with photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Group Captain John ""Cat's Eyes"" Cunningham was arguably the greatest RAF night-fighter pilot of WWII. Serving principally with 604 and 85 Squadrons he is credited with 20 kills of which 19 were claimed at night. After the war he was appointed chief test pilot for De Havilland proving both Comet and Trident airliners. Airlife, [Shrewsbury], hardcover
1955réf. 22328Produced for Private Circulation Flight Refuelling Limited Tarrant Rushton 1955. 8vo. First Edition with full-page photograph and numerous diagrams in the text and large folding map; original blue cloth upper board lettered in gilt a near fine copy. WITH A LONG T.L.s FROM SIR ALAN COBHAM ON FLIGHT REFUELLING LTD STATIONERY TO V H RABY DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE AIR MINISTRY. Cobham's detailed letter concludes 'The Report may be regarded as a supplement to Mr. Latimer-Needham's book 'Refuelling in Flight' which appeared in 1950. Together these two publications cover the whole history of research and development leading up to the adoption of flight refuelling on the V-class bombers'. With the separately printed Explanatory Note mounted on front free endpaper verso. Produced for Private Circulation, Flight Refuelling Limited, Tarrant Rushton, hardcover
1946réf. 20956Air Ministry 1946. 8vo. Third Edition with diagrams in the text; original printed wrappers wire-stitched as issued covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good bright clean copy. Publication Code: AP 2095. With Amendment List mounted on rear wrapper and several printed pasted at relevant positions in text. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Air Ministry, unknown
1997réf. 17763Sutton Stroud 1997-98. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous photographs many full-page throughout; original black cloth gilt backs a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Superb assembly of photographs collected from German official and personal archives. The majority appear here for the first time. Sutton, [Stroud, hardcover
2006réf. 16461Grub Street 2006. 8vo. Second Impression with 84 plates on 16 and full-page map in the text; black cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY DUKE ON SMALL BOOKPLATE MOUNTED ON TITLE. First published in 1995. Grub Street, hardcover
1951réf. 15620Evans Brothers 1951. 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 Evans Brothers, hardcover
1962réf. 38521Fallbrook CA: Aero Publishers 1962-1978. Seven vols. Sml. folio. 247 7; 291 7; 286 6; 315 5; 288 6; 364 4; 352 pp. 1000s of photos diagramsillusts. Uniformly bound in blue cloth gilt lettrng occasional rubbng edgewear slghtly cockd on a couple spines w/ d.j.s mnr edgewear rubbng slght sunng still a VG-/VG- set. First editions of the first 7 volumes of this great series intended to cover all civil airplanes given an Approved Type Certificate by the U.S. Government including Buhl-Verville Airster Travel Air 6000 Bird Biplane Parks P-2 Lockheed Sirius Boeing 247 C-W Condor Fairchild 24-C8E Arrow Sport Model F Taylorcraft BL Douglas DC-3 Piper Cub Stinson Reliant and 100s more. Aero Publishers, hardcover
1996réf. 14389Privately Printed Sussex 1996. 4to. First Edition with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers a very good clean copy. Includes operations diary and list of personnel [Privately Printed], Sussex, unknown
1942réf. 13375Gollancz 1942. 8vo. Second Impression with a portrait frontispiece and 14 plates small neat signature on front free endpaper; original cloth backstrip lettered in blue a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly age-soiled with small label scar on front panel and small nick at backstrip. Second impression before publication. Scarce especially in the dustwrapper. Enser p. 157 recording the first edition. Gollancz, hardcover
2014réf. 12539After the Battle 2014. Oblong 4to. Revised Edition with very numerous photographs maps and diagrams in the text and pictorial endpapers; laminated boards a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised version of the original edition of 2001. The first and immensely detailed photographic treatment from the German viewpoint. After the Battle, hardcover
2003réf. 12769Grub Street 2003. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition with many hundreds of photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth gilt backs a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: Formation to the end of 1940; Vol. II: 1941 to date. Already uncommon as a set in this condition. Grub Street, hardcover
1996réf. 12115After the Battle Magazine 1996. 8vo. First Edition thus text in red blue and black; brown cloth upper board lettered in gilt gilt a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 2500 NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY NO. 152 WITH PRINTED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND LIMITATION MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Robert Roland Stanford Tuck needs no introduction here; as one of the of the leading fighter aces of the Battle of Britain he achieved 29 confirmed victories. This high quality facsimile covers the period October 1935 initial training in Avro Tutors to 1954 as Chief Test Pilot on the EEC Canberra. [After the Battle Magazine], hardcover
