London: Heath Cranton, 1920. First Edition. Quarto, numerous photoplates, unpaginated; paper covered board with blue cloth spine, browning to front endpaper from ex libris (now removed). A near fine copy of this very scarce book. An enthusiastic account of life in the "Wraf", with illustrations by the author. From the foreward..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1918. Second Edition. Octavo, 304 pp.; enpapers browned, a very good copy in original brown cloth; old ownership inscription to front endpaper reads "John Hays Hammond Jr." This love story published by the wife of airman Capt. William Bond consists of her memoirs and his letters during..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1938. First Edition. Octavo, frontispiece, 304 p.p., 15 photo plates; gilt lettering intact, some browning and foxing to preliminary leaves and fore edge, but a very good copy in green cloth, with very good dust jacket (this chipped and clipped with some loss)..... More
Sydney: F. H. Johnston, 1943. First Edition. Octavo, [vii], 88 p.p., 8 photo plates. Boards bumped, spine rubbed a little, otherwise good. Old ownership inscription to front endpaper reads "ACW Beryl Walker, 106683" (Royal Australian Air Force Aircraftwoman). More
Loftus, N.S.W. Australian Military History Publications, 2007. First edition. Quarto, hardcover, xvi, 528 pp., numerous plates. A near-fine copy. Formed in Egypt in February 1942, 459 Squadron was initially equipped with Hudson aircraft and later converted to Venturas and Baltimores. Operations included anti-submarine and convoy escort, and dangerous low-level shipping..... More
London: Virtue and Company, circa 1919. Quarto, original decorated cloth, x, 230 pp., frontispiece and 19 plates (some colour). Internal hinges split and becoming tender, small perforation affects the rear board, otherwise a bright fresh copy. With marvellous illustrations by Geoffrey Watson throughout. The author was an editor of the..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2001. First edition. Six quarto hardcover volumes with dust-jackets, and large format atlas in the publisher's slipcase, as issued. A fine set rarely offered with all volumes complete. This set comprises the following: Volume I: The Australian Army by Jeffrey Grey. Volume II: The Royal Australian Air Force..... More
England: Airlife, 1995. First Edition. Large octavo, hardcover, 224 pp., plates. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, top edge a little foxed, yet an attractive copy with the dust-jacket. This is a story on the life and times of a World War II Bomber command crew as told by the..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1960. First Edition. Small octavo, hardcover, 142 pp., illustrated. Spine significantly faded, boards a little rubbed. A good copy. This book is a collection of stories describing various "heroes" from the Royal Air Force. More
Loftus: Australia Military History Publications, 2004. Reprint. Small octavo, illustrated wrapper, x, 190 pp., illustrated. A fine copy. Joe Leach was a member of the Militia before the war, but when the European conflict began, he applied to join the RAAF. He was trained as a Wireless Air Gunner and..... More
London: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First Edition. Large octavo, hardcover, 312 pp. Dust-jacket a little rubbed, slight foxing along top edge. A near-fine copy in a near-fine dust-jacket. Tom, an apprentice engineer studying the laws of aerodynamics, becomes a spitfire pilot. As England grows darker he feels himself part of..... More
Somerset: The Fleet Air Museum Royal Naval Air Station, 1983. First Edition. Octavo, hardcover, 160 pp., illustrated. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, boards a little rubbed, otherwise a near-fine copy. "Sixteen Skuas flying at extreme range from the Orkneys and for the loss of only one aircraft, had demonstrated..... More
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2013. First Edition. Large octavo, illustrated wrappers, xxii, 424 pp., plates. A fine copy. More than 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite flyers who undertook dangerous operations in World War II. More
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2015. Second Edition. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, xxii, 424 pp., plates. A very good copy. More than 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite flyers who undertook dangerous operations in World War II. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1941. First Edition. Volume two only, octavo, hardcover, vii, 446 pp., illustrated. Moderate foxing of the edges, a very good copy with the dust-jacket. This book has been prepared for the benefit of designers, aircraft engineering students, research engineers, draughtsmen, and others concerned with theoretical, practical..... More
London: Heinemann, 1976. Reprint. Small octavo, hardcover, 228 pp. Dust-jacket moderately rubbed, otherwise a fine copy with a very good dust-jacket. "So Disdained", which first appeared in 1928, was the second of Nevil Shute's novels to be published. It took him three years to write as he was working as..... More
Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1973. First Edition. Octavo, hardcover, 254 pp., plates. A find copy with the dust-jacket. From the day he left school in the Wye Valley "Geoff Wells" was determined to pursue a career as an engineer in aviation. Wells writes of airline life not only in Australia..... More
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1956. First Edition. Octavo, hardcover, 318 pp., plates. Dust-jacket a little creased, yet an attractive copy. Tay and Lowell Thomas share an aerial Odyssey with the audience. For eleven months the Thomases traveled to remote places like Afghanistan, the Karakorams, and Saudi Arabia in a...... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1942. First Edition. Large octavo, hardcover, 134 pp., plates. Previous owner's inscription of front endpaper. Cloth rubbed and localised staining of the front board, slight foxing to front and rear endpapers and edges. A good copy. This book describes the account of Rothenstein's life in the..... More
London: Blackie & Son, circa 1952. Revised Edition. Octavo, hardcover, 270 pp., with 16 plates and line illustrations. Boards a bit flecked, minor foxing to edges, dust-jacket creased and worn. A very good copy with the dust-jacket. The book summarises the history of flight from its beginnings. It shows how..... More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1971. First Edition. Octavo, hardcover, 202 pp., plates. A fine copy. This is the story of Australia's pioneering airmail and passenger service. The service began in Western Australia in 1921, just 12 years after Louis Bleriot had made the first powered flight across the English Channel. More
London: Frederick Muller, 1953. Second Impression. Octavo, hardcover, 320 pp., plates. Spine moderately faded, otherwise an attractive copy. This book describes the history of the development of the turbo-jet engine in Great Britain. It includes a brief account of the author to illustrate the context of the author's position in..... More
Carbonne: Loubatieres, 2017. First Edition. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, 256 pp., plates. A fine copy in French. This book covers the story of the pilot Raymond Vanier during the events of the First World War. It contains transcriptions of daily notes taken in the First World War. More
London: B. T. Batsford, 1942. First Edition. Small quarto, hardcover, vii, 164 pp., plates. Edges moderately browned, dust-jacket slightly rubbed, yet a near-fine copy in a very good dust-jacket. How air skill of a high order was first achieved and maintained is shown in this anthology. The editor selected many..... More
St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1984. Second Edition. Octavo, paperback, xxii, 494 pp., illustrated. A fine copy. This book covers the first air operations in war undertaken by Australia. These first operations were carried out by "Half Flight" of the Australian Flying Corps which was despatched to disease-ridden Mesopotamia..... More