Books - "aviation"
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A Million Miles in the Air: Personal Experiences, Impressions and Stories of Travel by Air
Super octavo, cream cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispice, 320pp, illus/plates, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate tanning/staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, top portion of fep removed, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to fep, sm unobtrusive numbers in ink to top of half title page, moderate foxing to pages- text still clear)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton n/d (approx. 1934)
KEYWORDS: Gordon Olley aviation history anecdotes autobiography pilot flying flight illustrated
Airplane Stability and Control: A History of the Technologies That Made Aviation Possible
Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy card boards, white/cream lettering to spine & boards, xvii + 373pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to board extrems, light foxing to top page edges, sm. unobtrusive numbers to top fep in ink)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: aviation history technology engineering illustrated
Advanced Soaring Made Easy
Quarto, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 336pp, illus, Nr FINE (sl bruising to top spine extrem, sm unobtrusive numbering in ink to top of fep)
PUBLISHER: Bernard Eckey n/d
KEYWORDS: aviation soaring Bernard Eckey illustrated autobiography how to guide
Supermarine Aircraft since 1914
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edge purple, frontispiece, x + 400pp, illus, VG+ (light occasional foxing to page edges, v. slight brusing to spine extrems) in illus d/w VG (light sun fading to spine, few chips to top edge)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1981
KEYWORDS: air craft aeronautical marine british aviation supermarine thinwing monoplane s4 sea plane flying boats
The Captive Luftwaffe
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edge blue, frontispiece, viii + 147pp, illus, VG+ (light occasional tanning to page edges, v. slight brusing to spine extrems) in illus d/w VG+ (light tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1978
KEYWORDS: air craft british aviation world war two ww2 luftwaffe messerschmitt bf 109 fockewulf fw 190 heinkel he 111 junkers ju 88
Armament of British Aircraft 1909 - 1939
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edge blue, frontispiece, xiii + 457pp, illus, VG+ (moderate occasional tanning to page edges, v. slight brusing to spine extrems) in illus d/w VG+ (moderate tanning to spine and edges)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1971
KEYWORDS: air craft british aviation wartime intelligence armament
McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edge blue, frontispiece, xiii + 457pp, illus, VG+ (v. slight brusing to spine extrems) in illus d/w VG+ (moderate fading to spine and edges)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1979
KEYWORDS: air craft british aviation mcdonnell douglas skyray skyhawk skylancer
Saunders and Saro Aircraft since 1917
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering and rule to spine, frontispiece, ix + 359pp, illus, VG+ in illus d/w VG+ (moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1988
KEYWORDS: saunders roe saro aircraft history aircraft aviation aero flying boats
German Aircraft of the First World War
Second edition. Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edge blue, frontispiece, xxxviii + 600pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in illus d/w VG+ (moderate tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1970
KEYWORDS: aircraft aviation planes world war one ww1 wwi aeronautical military history
Ferry Command
Octavo, hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing Ltd 1981
KEYWORDS: history military aviation ww2 world war 2 two second aeroplane deliveries North America UK drawings
A Passion for Flight - New Zealand Aviation Before the Great War
Volume 1 - Ideas, first flight attempts and the aeronauts 1868 -1909, Volume 2 - Aero clubs, aeroplanes, aviators and aeronauts 1910 - 1914, Volume 3 - The Joe Hammond story and military beginnings 1910 - 1914
3 x volume set, signed, dated and inscribed by author. Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, white and biege lettering to covers, 184pp & 320pp & 208pp, illus, Near FINE (light scuff to vol3 front cover, v. slight soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Volplane Press 2012 & 2013
KEYWORDS: history aviations aeronauts aeroplanes aviators joe hammond flight new zealand aviation nz
A Clasp for The Few - New Zealanders with the Battle of Britain Clasp
Signed & numbered limited edition, less common in hardcover, super octavo, blue cloth heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, frontispiece, xiv+ 470pp, illus, VG (light wear to board edges, gilt lettering fading) in illus d/w VG (light tanning and soiling)
PUBLISHER: Kenneth G. Wynn 1981
KEYWORDS: biography air crew aviation pilots r.a.f raf nz new zealand history battle of britain
Alone in the Sky
Super octavo, navy heavy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, iv + 190pp, illus - plates to centre, Near FINE (slight bruising to lower spine extrem) in illus d/w VG+ (heavy sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Technical Books NZ 1979
KEYWORDS: memoir biography jean batten aviation pilot history new zealand nz
Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1951-52
Large quarto, dark blue heavy cloth boards, gilt tooling to spine and boards, gilt decoration (plane) to front cover, eps adverts, 90pp adverts + i + 9pp addenda + Part A22 pp + Part B61pp + Part C 293pp + Part D80pp + Part E5pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing to spine, spine extrems and board edges)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd 1952
KEYWORDS: aircraft aviation aeroplane memorabilia vintage adverts 50s
Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1971-72
Large quarto, dark blue heavy cloth boards, silver lettering to spine and boards, eps adverts, 71pp adverts + 774pp, illus, VG+ (v. slight soiling to boards) in illus d/w VG (light/moderate soiling to covers, light chipping to front top edge)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd 1972
KEYWORDS: aircraft aviation aeroplane memorabilia vintage adverts 70s
Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1972- 1973
Large quarto, dark blue heavy cloth boards, silver lettering to spine and boards, fep adverts, 67pp adverts + 798pp, illus, VG+ (v. slight soiling to boards) in illus d/w VG (light/moderate soiling to covers, light chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd 1973
KEYWORDS: aircraft aviation aeroplane memorabilia vintage adverts 70s
The Leading Edge
Imperial octavo, hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Macdonald Orbis Ltd 1987
KEYWORDS: history aviation evolution design manufacture developments inventors inventions photos black & white colour color
Flying Boats: The J-Class Yachts of Aviation
Oblong quarto, blue heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 136pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & soiling to edges, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Howell Press 2002
KEYWORDS: aviation transport transportation flying boats nautical maritime art Ian Marshall illustrated
Vickers Aircraft
Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 593pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edgesprev. owner's small name label to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Putnam/Conway Maritime Press 1988
KEYWORDS: military aviation history engineering Vickers aircraft illustrated
Aircraft Propulsion - A Review of the Evolution of Aircraft Piston Engines Vol1 No 4
9 glossy photographic prints of various engines loosely enclosed with correspondence between historian Maurice Hendry & Smithsonian curator loosely enclosed. Imperial octavo, soft cover (Tatty); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institute 1971
KEYWORDS: maurice hendry smithsonian aircraft aviation piston engines