London: Chancellor Press, 1992. Quarto, hardcover, 208 pp., illustrated throughout in colour. A fine copy with the dust jacket. A collection of fifty of the world's most successful fighting planes including technical specifications and line drawings. More
Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 1988. Folio, black cloth, 164 pp., profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Tape-marked on dust jacket, light foxing on endpapers, otherwise a near fine copy. In this book Charles E. Brown's photographs are shown in their total format to display the superb skyscapes he captured throughout..... More
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Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1983-85. Volume One: octavo, black hardcover, gilt lettering on spine, 163 pp. Volume Two: octavo, grey hardcover, gilt lettering on spine, 175 pp. Both volumes illustrated throughout with numerous colour and black-and-white photographs. A fine set. First editions. In these volumes, paired as a set, Charles..... More
Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 1985. Folio, grey cloth hardcover, dust jacket, 175 pp., profusely illustrated throughout. Minor rubbing on peripheries of dust jacket, otherwise a near fine copy. Volume 2 of Camera Above the Clouds is a continuation of Charles E. Brown's superb skyscapes. From over five decades as being Britain's..... More
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1938. Octavo, original red cloth with black spine lettering, 286 pp. Cloth thumbed, light spotting on back free-endpapers, otherwise a near-fine copy in a worn and chipped dust-jacket. First edition. Scarce. Julius Van Dyke was one of two pseudonyms used by British author Frederick Anthony Edwards..... More
London: The Timechart Company, 2001. Quarto, hardcover, 144 pp., profusely illustrated. Cover a little bumped on top-edge and bottom corners, otherwise a fine copy in dust jacket. A history of aviation's first century as well as a series of biographies of famous aviators and full-colour timechart diagrams plotting the evolution..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1931. Octavo, blue cloth, [xii], 302 pp., frontispiece, 15 black-and-white plates. Spine ends bumped and rubbed, corners and edges of covers bumped and rubbed, foxing on edges of text block, foxing on endpapers and several leaves; otherwise a good copy. First edition. An account of..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1931. Octavo, original cloth, 282 pp., frontispiece and numerous plates. The spine is moderately sunned, and the front inner hinge is split (but not detached - binding remains sound), otherwise a very good copy. An account of Anthony Fokker, aviation pioneer and designer of..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1931. Octavo, original cloth, 282 pp., frontispiece, 15 plates. Heavy tape-marks affect front endpapers, otherwise a clean copy. An account of Anthony Fokker, aviation pioneer and designer of the Fokker D-7 model, from his early childhood to his forties. More
London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 2004. Quarto, navy-blue hardcover, embossed silver lettering on spine, 284 pp., two additional pages at back (unpaginated), illustrated with black-and-white photographs and diagrams throughout, one appendix included. As new. First edition. This volume is a detailed and comprehensive overview of the work of German aircraft engineering..... More
Mildura: Sunraysia Publishing, 1990. Quarto, printed wrappers, 120 pp., black and white illustrations, diagrams and tables throughout. Some discolouration around text block, otherwise a very fine copy. Lever documents the history, activities, aircraft, and servicemen of the RAAF Number Two Fighter Operational Unit base in Mildura during World War Two..... More
New York: Galahad Books, 1979. Quarto, blue cloth hardcover, dust-jacket, 192 pp., profusely illustrated in colour throughout A very fine copy. First edition. A history of aircraft carriers, with technical descriptions of the development of the planes and ships. Plus descriptions of the people that operated them and the battles..... More
London: Bracken Books, 1989. Quarto, black cloth hardcover, dust-jacket, 320 pp., profusely illustrated throughout. A very fine copy. An authoritative naval reference and encyclopaedic review of over 39 navies and more than 6,000 warships used during World War II. More
London: Odhams Press, 1954. Octavo, grey cloth hard cover, dust jacket, 256 pp., 4 double sided plates. A good copy. The story of Sir Basil Embry's escape from occupied France in the summer of 1940. A scarce copy. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1942. Octavo, blue cloth with gilt lettering, 62 pp. Cover slightly rubbed at spine ends, previous owner's details on front inner board and front free-endpaper, dust jacket shows signs of external wear; overall, a good copy. A collection of twenty-eight poems about life as a soldier..... More
London: Orbis Publishing Limited, 1982. Quarto, blue cloth, 384 pp., profusely illustrated in colour. Rubbed at spine ends, dust jacket a little worn and torn, otherwise a near-fine copy. Foreword by Adolf Galland. This book brings to life the tension and drama of aerial combat with its excellent photographs, maps..... More
London: Quartet Books, 1990. Octavo, red hard cover, dust jacket, 244 pp. A very fine copy. This is the autobiography of Anthony Rudd. Born in South Africa in 1924, Rudd grew up in England and joined the RAF in 1942 through the Oxford Air Squadron. He was posted to a...... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. Tall octavo, dark charcoal-grey hardcover, spine embossed with gilt lettering, 245 pp., some black-and-white graphs and tables included. Top end of spine slightly bumped, light spotting on top edge of text block, dust-jacket slightly worn; otherwise a fine copy in a very good dust-jacket. First..... More
