London: Eyre and Spottiswoode for HMSO, 1852. Foolscap quarto, recent plain navy buckram, viii, 132 pp. (last blank). A very good copy from the office of the Colonial Secretary of New Zealand. An informative collection of despatches by the colonial governors at the height of the Australian gold rush era..... More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1919. Octavo, publisher's green cloth with black lettering, viii, 310 pp. Boards a little bumped at extremities, joints rubbed, but overall and very good and attractive copy. First edition. Aviator, writer and poet, Paul Bewsher served in the Royal Naval Air Service from..... More

Adelaide: Rigby Limited, 1971. Octavo, black hardcover, illustrated map on both endpapers, [vi], 220 pp., eight double-sided plates. A fine copy. First edition. Robin Miller's account of her experience in the R.F.D.S. as a 'flying nurse' and the medical missions she undertook in the outback. More

London: Frederick Muller, 1958. Octavo, burgundy red cloth with gilt spine lettering, viii, 226 pp., six double-sided plates. Spotting throughout, otherwise a good copy in dust-jacket. First edition. An account of pilots from all nations who flew across the Atlantic such as Charles A. Lindbergh, Jean Mermoz, Amelia Earhart, and..... More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1966. Octavo, dark red cloth with gilt spine lettering, 212 pp., 12 plates, eight in-text maps. Lightly foxed endpapers, dust-jacket worn and torn, otherwise a near-fine copy in dust-jacket. First English edition. Accounts of the most well-known disappearance cases such as Amelia Earhart, Bill Lancaster, Major..... More

Warradale, South Australia: Privately Printed, 1997. Quarto, illustrated printed wrappers, 176 pp., illustrated with black and white photographs. A near-fine copy. First edition. Signed by the author. An account of the 640 Squadron R.A.F. More

Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 2006. Octavo, illustrated printed wrappers, xii, 110 pp., illustrated with photographs in black and white. A fine copy. An account of Raynor Barber, a Beaufighter pilot from the 30th Squadron R.A.A.F. More

Somerset: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. Small quarto, light brown hardcover, 256 pp., illustrated with photographs in black and white. A beautiful copy in dust jacket. First edition. A well-researched and detailed account of Rolls-Royce aero engines and their technical achievements. It covers all the major engines from the 200-horsepower of..... More

Shewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 2000. Quarto, turquoise blue hard cover, illustrated endpapers, 256 pp., illustrated with maps and photographs in black and white. A near-fine copy in dust-jacket. First edition. An account of the Empire Flying-Boats designed by Short Brothers to the specification for the Imperial Airways, then Britain's national airline..... More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1960. Octavo, black cloth with bold lettering on front cover and spine, 352 pp., 19 maps, eight plates. Light foxing, otherwise a good copy in dust-jacket. First edition. A little known chapter in the story of the R.A.F. and a personal account of the author's life..... More

Leatherhead, Surrey: Profile Publications, 1965-1968. Quarto, two-tone cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine, c. 3100 pp. (each volume is divided into chapters, each chapter is composed of 12 pp.), profusely illustrated in both colour and black and white. Some spotting on preliminary leaves, previous owner incription in..... More

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1948. Octavo, brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and embossed symbol on spine, coloured map on both endpapers, xviii, 258 pp., frontispiece, 23 double-sided plates. Spotting on cloth, inscribed and signed by author 'Best wishes from the author, Frank Clune', otherwise a good copy. First edition..... More

Wilton, Connecticut: Air Age, 1986. Two quarto volumes, illustrated printed wrappers, 302 pp. in total, profusely illustrated with photographs and diagrams in black and white. A near-fine copy. Scale, drawings, rare photos, and historical data on popular World War One and Two aircraft. More