Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1963. Octavo, yellow cloth hardcover, dust jacket, 168 pp., eight double sided black and white plates. Some rubbing of dust jacket, localised stain on front cover top edge, otherwise a good copy. This book is the reconstruction of the 1931 disappearance of the passenger plane, The Southern..... More
London: Grub Street, 2001. Octavo, black cloth hardcover, dust jacket, ix, 161 pp., eight black and white double sided plates. As new. Written from the very unique perspective of Medical Officer, this book traces the experiences of 609 West Riding Squadron through D-Day, the liberation of France, and victory in..... More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 1997. Long quarto, printed hardcover, dust jacket, 112 pp., illustrated throughout A near-fine copy. This is a full colour facsimile reprint of the Jolly Rogers war book - the most famous liberator unit in history. Full of laughter, drama, and tongue-in-check, the editors of this..... More
Longreach, QLD: Pictorial Press, 2012. Quarto, printed wrappers, card case, xviii, 335 pp., illustrated with black and white photographs and maps throughout. As new. Second edition. This is the biography of Qantas founder Paul McGinness. It recounts his survival of Gallipoli and the Desert Campaign in World War One, to..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. Octavo, hardcover, dust jacket, 240 pp., back and white plates. A fine copy. First Edition. Geoffrey de Havilland is one of the world's true pioneers of powered flight, a man as important in British aviation as the Wright brothers were in America. Without experience, plans or..... More
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1919. Large quarto, original decorated boards with blue cloth backstrip, decorated endpapers; xiv, 154 pp., and four pages of publisher's advertisements; with a portrait frontispiece of General Allenby, numerous maps and plates (some colour), large folding panoramic views of Richon de Zion and the Battle of..... More
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1966. Quarto, quarter green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, [vi]+98 pp., illustrated throughout. A fine copy with the slipcase. Limited edition of 150 copies, numbered and signed by Norman Lindsay. One of the more lavish postwar editions published by Angus and Robertson, here enhanced by the..... More
Illinois: published by the Pure Oil Company, 1936. Small octavo, 64 pp., illustrated. Near-fine copy. Published form of the radio serial in twenty-one parts called "The Diary of Jimmie Mattern", detailing his attempts at solo circumnavigation of the globe. More
Commonwealth of Australia: Department of Civil Aviation, 1953. Staple bound pamphlet, printed wrappers, 10 pp. A near-fine copy. Concise biographical summary of the great Australian airman. McLaren 876. More
Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1987. Octavo, grey cloth, x, 306 pp. A fine copy. Standard reference book on the subject. More
London: unknown, 1970. Sepia photograph measuring 88 x 128 mm., verso signed by the Captain. Well preserved. Captain Duncan Grinnell-Milne served as commanding officer of 56 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Credited with destroying six enemy aircraft, he was captured by the Germans and later escaped. Author of two classics of..... More
Quantico, Virginia: N/A, 1937-1939. Standard issue log measuring 118 x 180 mm., in folding cloth covers. Well preserved. Original Flight Log Book, owned by Second Lieutenant Edward F. Knight of the United States Marine Core Reserve. With twelve pages of entries dated 1937-1939, recording the beginning of his career as..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: R. C. Barnum Co., 1919. Single leaf extracted from The People's War Book, measuring 176 x 257 mm., bearing the signature of William Bishop in ink. Slight chipped at one corner, but well preserved. William A. 'Billy' Bishop (1894-1956), the great Canadian air ace was credited with destroying..... More
New York: N/A, 1927. Letter bearing the forged signature of Edison on foolscap sheet. The cheque issued by the American Exchange Irving Trust Company, franked and stamped; verso signed by Marie Peary stafford to her Portland bank account. Both items well preserved. Two curious relics relating to the life and..... More
New York? circa 1930. Bookplate measuring 82 x 136 mm. Well preserved. A curious piece of Chalie Chaplin ephemera, depicting a silhouette man walking his dog against a big city skyline. The bookplate is from the personal collection of Australian Olympic swimmer Fred Lane (1880 - 1969). More
Greenwood, Mississippi: United States Army Air Force, 1944. Original binder of printed card covers, measuring 176 x 228 mm., [ii], 24 pages, continuously paginated. Well preserved. The first leaf of the booklet is authorised by Captain Raymond M. O'Connor, in his role as Commandant of Cadets. Dated 25 February 1944..... More
France: unknown, 1918. Postcard measuring 90 x 146 mm., printed on both sides; with a string tied folding Christmas card containing two leaves, 113 x 143 mm. A few ink spots affect the postcard, yet both items are in good condition. Two pieces of ephemera from the 23rd Battalion, A.I.F...... More
Cairo: produced by the Government Press and Survey of Egypt, 1919. Quarto, original printed wrappers with cloth backstrip lettered "The Advance of the E.E.F."; frontispiece portrait of General Allenby, [6], 114 pp., followed by 56 maps with letterpress to verso of each. Wrappers moderately rubbed, a little wear affecting the..... More
Gunnedah: Write Right Media, 2011-2013. Two volumes, hardcover, large quarto; xviii, 366 & xviii, 204 pages respectively. Occasional scattered highlighting, otherwise fine copies. In 1942 the first Australian Armoured Division, under the command of Major-General Horace 'Red Robbie' Robertson, moved to the North West of New South Wales in order..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. Quarto, original publisher's waxed buckram with gilt spine lettering and crossed sword motif to the front board; 672 pp., portrait frontispiece, abundant plates and four folding maps printed in black and red. A few spots affect the cloth, some moderate foxing of the fore-edge, but overall..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1942. Quarto, quarter Niger morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; 62 pp. Foxed, buckram tanned, intrinsic paper flaw affects one leaf. Limited edition of 500 copies, printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press. Correspondence between Lawrence and Harold Stanley Ede (1895-1990) concerning..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1940. Quarto, quarter Niger morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; 60 pp. A near fine copy with the slipcase. Limited edition of 500 copies. The limitation statement proudly announces that this book was printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, and that..... More
Upper Denby: Fleece Press, 2004. Oblong quarto, 184 pp. plus limitation leaf at the rear, illustrated with photo plates throughout. A fine copy with the slipcase. A personal account of friendship with Lawrence during his testing and development of novel speedboat designs at the RAF Flying Boat Station. There are..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. Quarto, original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, 206 pp. Lower spine end modestly bumped, some spotting of the endpapers, but a nice copy overall with the dust-jacket. In 1922 T.E. Lawrence enlisted in the ranks of the R.A.F. under the name of John Hume Ross..... More
Hampshire: J. & N. Wilson at the Castle Hill Press, 2016. Octavo, wrappers, xviii, 310 pp. A fine copy. T. E. Lawrence's second book, The Mint, consists of two autobiographical fragments. The first recounts his experiences as an RAF recruit at Uxbridge in 1922. The second describes his life as..... More
