London: Hamish Hamilton, 1969. Reprint. Octavo, original navy cloth with gilt spine lettering, xx, 490 pp., maps. Edges foxed, very good copy. A reprint of the official history first published in 1922 by the Oxford University Press. More
Darwin: Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory, 2001. Reprint. 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..... More
Johannesburg: Covos Day, 2001. Large thick hardcover quarto, 1002 pp., numerous maps and illustrations. A fine copy. This is the story of military aviation in Rhodesia from the romantic days of bush flying in the 1920s and 1930s when aircraft were refuelled from jerry cans and landing grounds were often..... More
Charleston, South Carolina: Aeronaut Books, 2015. First edition. Two volumes, quarto, original illustrated wrappers, pp. 230, 276 respectively. A fine set from the from the collection of the Australian Society of World War One Aero Historians, with a single neat stamp to each volume. An unmatched visual archive for the..... More
Hertfordshire: Albatros Productions, 2015. Two volumes, large quarto, original illustrated wrappers, 32 pp. each. Historically grounded descriptive text, accompanied by contemporary images, scale drawings, schematics and colour profiles by Ronny Bar. More
Hertfordshire: Albatros Productions, 2015. Large quarto, original illustrated wrappers, 32 pp., colour plates. A fine copy. Historically grounded descriptive text, accompanied by contemporary images, scale drawings, schematics and colour profiles by Ronny Bar. More
Manhattan Beach, California: published by the North American Society of World War I Aero Historians, 1972. Large quarto, original wrappers, 96 pp., illustrated. Covers moderately browned, a very good copy. This issue contains a useful biographical article on Hans Henkel - the Desert Lion, by A.E. Ferko. More
San Bernardino, California: published by the author, no date. Large staple bound booklet, 16 pp., continuously illustrated. From the collection of the Australian Society of World War One Aero Historians, with associated stamps and markings. More
New Lambton, NSW: published by the author, 2014. Reprint. Quarto, hardcover, x, 270 pp., illustrated throughout, a fine copy copy with the dust-jacket. Classic images of the First War, tinted with colour to enhance the experience of combat. More
New York: Harper Collins, 2007. Quarto, hardcover, 144 pp., generously illustrated throughout. A very nice copy. A private tour of the world's premier collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft held at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. More
Leicester: Blitz Editions, 1990. Reprint. Quarto, hardcover, 224 pp., illustrated. A near-fine copy with the dust-jacket. Britain's premier aviation author, Alan Bramson, has flight tested over 250 light and business aircraft, and his test reports are featured regularly in leading flight magazines around the world. In this book he presents..... More
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1961. First edition. Octavo, hardcover, x, 190 pp., frontispiece and plates. A very good copy in chipped dust-jacket. The front endpaper is inscribed and signed by Nancy Bird, dated 1983. More
Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 2003. First edition. Octavo, paperback, 224 pp., plates, a fine copy. Following the Second World War, aircraft were scrapped on an unprecedented scale and it seemed that entire models would become extinct and forgotten. This book traces the preservation movement from the sixties onwards, and is filled..... More
New York: Random House, 1985. Octavo, hardcover, xvi, 160 pp., plates. A fine copy with dust-jacket. The disappearance if pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart along with her navigator, Fred Noonan, during their round-the-world flight on July 2, 1937, remains one of the greatest mysteries of the century. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1969. New edition. Octavo, original navy cloth with gilt spine lettering, xx, 490 pp., maps. Some mild foxing of the edges, previous owner's name on front endpaper, but overall near-fine with the dust-jacket (this a little chipped). A reprint of the official history first published in 1922..... More
Herts: Air Review Limited, 1970. Third edition. Octavo, hardcover, 268 pp., frontispiece and plates. Tape marks affect endpapers, front flyleaf clipped at corner, spine a bit sunned. A good copy, internally clean and unmarked. Revised and expanded edition of this comprehensive account of the de Havilland Tiger Moth, generously illustrated..... More
London: John Hamilton, circa 1936. Book Club edition. Small thick octavo, original cloth, xii, 276 pp., frontispiece and 23 plates. Some moderate foxing of edges, cloth a bit rubbed and bumped, but a good copy overall. From the collection of the Australian Society of World War One Aero Historians, with..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 2000. First edition. Large quarto, hardcover, 288 pp., colour illustration throughout. A fine copy with the dust-jacket. Expert aviation historian and photographer Peter March has drawn on photographs from the archives of the world's air forces and aircraft makers to illustrate this new history of military..... More
London: Bison Books, 1985. Reprint. Quarto, hardcover, 64 pp., colour plates. A very good copy with the dust-jacket. The North American P-51 Mustang, America's greatest fighter aircraft, was actually designed, built and flown in 117 days. Richly illustrated, this book includes a full colour cutaway schematic diagram by Mike Badrocke..... More
Kiama: published by the author, 1997. First edition. Large quarto, hardcover, x, 272 pp., illustrated. A fine copy with the dust-jacket, from the collection of aviation enthusiast John Fisher. 'Aussie Moths' is a book of pure history. It is believed to be the only attempt to record the history of..... More
Kent: Air Britain Publishing, 2016. Large quarto, original card wrappers, 96 pp., illustrated throughout in black & white and colour, a fine copy. Signed by Juanita Franzi, illustrator of the colour plates. More
Surrey: Gatwick Aviation Society, 2003. First edition. Quarto, hardcover, 184 pp., plates. Printer's error has creased the laminate of the front board, otherwise a perfectly acceptable copy, internally in excellent condition. Detailed history of the Biplane Transports, with a summary of each registered aircraft produced by the company. Models included..... More
Sydney: Little Hills Press, 1990. Reprint. Octavo, hardcover, 320 pp., plates and endpaper maps. Bookplate removed from reverse side of front endpaper with localised adhesion (the map is not affected), but overall a very good copy with dust-jacket. 'Guests of the Unspeakable' is a first hand account by an Australian..... More
Sydney: Little Hills Press, 1990. Reprint. Octavo, hardcover, 320 pp., plates and endpaper maps. From the collection of the Australian Society of World War One Aero Historians, with associated stamps and markings. A very good copy with dust-jacket. 'Guests of the Unspeakable' is a first hand account by an Australian..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. First edition. Octavo, hardcover, 242 pp., plates. From the collection of the Australian Society of World War One Aero Historians, with associated stamps and markings. Some foxing, spine sunned, but a good solid copy nonetheless. More