[Victoria, Australia]: The 458 Squadron Council, 1979. Octavo, mid-blue hardcover, gilt lettering on spine, xiii, 290 pp., navy and white illustrated endpapers, eight double sided black-and-white plates, five appendices included. Light foxing throughout, spotting on top edge of text block, dust-jacket spine faded, dust-jacket is a little worn and has..... More
[Victoria, Australia]: The 458 Squadron Council, 1959. Octavo, mid-blue hardcover, gilt lettering on spine, xiii, 232 pp., navy and white illustrated endpapers, four double-sided black-and-white plates, one appendix included. Mild foxing along front free-endpaper fore-edge, several leaves with tears and chips along top-edge with no loss of text, otherwise a...... More
[Victoria, Australia]: The 458 Squadron Council, 1959. Octavo, mid-blue hardcover, gilt lettering on spine, xi, 232 pp., four double-sided black-and-white plates, one appendix included. Two plates are not in their correct spot (plates on page 112 and 113 are between page 104 and 105), ex-library stamps on title leaf read..... More
[Victoria, Australia]: The 458 Squadron Council, 1979. Octavo, mid-blue hardcover, gilt lettering on spine, xiii, 290 pp., navy and white illustrated endpapers, eight double sided black-and-white plates, five appendices included. A near-fine copy in a worn dust-jacket. Revised second edition. A history of the Royal Australian Air Force's 458 Squadron..... More
Darwin: Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory, 1992. Large quarto, hardcover, 80 pages, plates. Inscribed by the Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory to aviation enthusiast John Fisher, otherwise a fine copy in dust jacket. An excellent history of the air battles over Darwin, being the first publication..... More
Darwin: Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory, 2001. Large quarto, illustrated wrappers, 80 pages, plates. A fine copy. An excellent history of the air battles over Darwin, being the first publication issued by tha Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory. Many of the images have never been published..... More
Sydney: A. H. & A. W. REED, 1975. Quarto, blue cloth, embossed silver lettering on spine, [ii], 102 pp., six additional pages at back (unpaginated), pale blue endpapers, black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout, some colour illustrations and photographs, some maps and three appendices included. Spine ends and corners a little..... More
London: Putnam, 1979. Octavo, dark blue hardcover with spine lettering, 638 pp., profusely illustrated with photographs and diagrams in black and white. A fine copy in dust jacket. First edition. This constitutes a complete history of Glenn Curtiss and of the many companies that bore his name. Before World War..... More
London: Murdoch Books, 2015. Quarto, printed wrappers, illustrated endpapers, 152 pp., illustrated with photographs and maps. A near-fine copy. An authoritative and concise survey of Australia's involvement in the 1914-1918 war. More
Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Aviation Books, 2010. Octavo, original cloth, vi, 148 pp., plates. A fine copy in dust jacket. A look into the history of aircraft's design. It also shows the development through many different variants of such design and provides many first-hand accounts of flying the aircraft in..... More
London: Arms and Armour, 1996. Quarto, black cloth, 272 pp., illustrated front endpapers, profusely illustrated with photographs. Rubbed at spine ends, cloth shelf wear, otherwise a very good copy. Revised Edition. A detailed technical encyclopedia of World War Two battle tanks, armoured cars, self-propelled guns and semi-tracked vehicles. More
South Melbourne: MacMillan, 1981. Small quarto, brown hardcover, illustrated endpapers, xix, 280 pp., illustrated with photographs in black and white throughout Boards slightly rubbed, otherwise a fine copy in dust-jacket. An account of the original volunteers of the 2nd Australian Imperial Forces (A. I. F.) who enlisted in the last..... More
Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1996. Small quarto, hardcover, xii, 204 pp., illustrated. An excellent copy in a near-fine dust-jacket. Of the 600 Victorian Crosses awarded to British and Empire servicemen during the First World War, nineteen were awarded to airmen of the newly formed Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air..... More
Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2000. Small quarto, hardcover, viii, 208 pp., illustrated. Small perforation affects the back board, otherwise a very good copy with dust-jacket. During the First World War Britain's Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) fought alongside one another in the greatest conflict mankind had..... More
Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2000. Small quarto, black hardcover, viii, 208 pp., illustrated. Mild bumps at board extremities, otherwise a near-fine good copy in dust-jacket. During the First World War Britain's Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) fought alongside one another in the greatest conflict mankind had..... More
Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2007. Large octavo, illustrated wrappers, x, 214 pp., illustrated. A fine copy. During the First World War Britain's Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) fought alongside one another in the greatest conflict mankind had ever experienced. This period was also one of dramatic..... More
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2000. Slim quarto, softcover, 48 pp., colour plates. A near fine copy. This, the first in two-part study, describes and illustrates in unprecedented detail the uniforms of the RFC and RNAS in 1941-18. More
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2001. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, 48 pp., colour plates. A near-fine copy. Number 351 in the Osprey Men-at-Arms series edited by Martin Windrow. More
Liverpool: Merseyside Society of Aviation Enthusiasts, 1969. Octavo, original printed wrappers, 70 pp., illustrated. A fine copy. First edition with a foreword by Peter A. Danby. This publication gives an insight into United States Air Force designation and serial systems from 1946 to 1969. More
Canberra: Principle Chaplains Committee - Air Force, 1990. Quarto, printed wrappers, 230 pp., black-and-white photographs throughout. A small part of text block detached from spine, otherwise a fine copy. A history of chaplaincy in the RAAF from 1926 to 1990. Includes the early development of the service, the first chaplains..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. Octavo, hardcover, xi, 254 pp., illustrated. A fine copy in dust jacket. The author elucidates Kafka's subtle ambiguities about the consequences of flight, d'Annunzio's lust for power in aviation, Puccini's enthusiasm for speedy escapes, and Curtiss's modest heroism. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. Octavo, white hardcover, xi, 254 pp., illustrated. Inscription on front free-endpaper, dust jacket a little rubbed at spine ends and corners, otherwise a near-fine copy. First edition. The author elucidates Kafka's subtle ambiguities about the consequences of flight, d'Annunzio's lust for power in..... More
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2002. Quarto, printed wrappers, (xx), 252 pp., three illustrated maps. Some spotting throughout, otherwise a very good copy. Nicky Barr earned a reputation amongst allies and enemies alike for his acts of bravery, his selflessness, his dogged determination and his infectious sense of humour. This is..... More
Loftus, New South Wales: Australian Military History Publications, 2008. Octavo, hardcover, xiv, 284 pp., illustrated. A fine copy. This book traces Glasgow's 13th Infantry Brigade from formation in Egypt in 1916 to its costly double encounter with the enemy at Mouquet Farm. It then follows the brigade into 1917 with..... More
Sydney: New Holland Publishers, 2009. Quarto, illustrated hardcover, 240 pp., black-and-white illustrations throughout. A very fine copy. First edition. The uncovering of one of Australia's largest Air Force defence scandals, revealing in researched detail why Japan was able to bomb Darwin, attack Broome, and fly over Sydney and Melbourne unopposed..... More
