Chilbolton, Hampshire: The Cart House, 2018. Two volume quarto set, red cloth with gilt spine lettering, 1,318 pp. in total, profusely illustrated. Some fading in localised area of cloth, bumped at corners, otherwise a near-fine copy. Scarce. Publication limited to 500 copies. This bibliography of the literature of diving and..... More
Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1962. Tall octavo, two-toned leather bound (not original binding and endpapers), xiv, 786 pp., numerous maps and plates. A near-fine copy. The binding of this publication was made by JARO (Johor Area Rehabilitation Organisation) in Johor Malaysia by disabled workers. From the series 'Australia in the..... More
London: John Murray, 1936. Octavo, dark blue cloth, xxxiv, 302 pp., frontispiece, 26 plates in black and white and colour. Bottom corners bumped, hinge split but firm, some spotting throughout, some pencil marks, otherwise a good copy. Reprinted. Foreword by by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. An account of naturalist, physician, ornithologist, and..... More
London: Charles H. Kelly, circa 1918/1919. Octavo, illustrated beige cloth, 140 pp., frontispiece, seven plates, in-text illustrations in black and white. Cloth thumbed and foxed, soft corners, hinge split but firm, some foxing throughout, inscription on front free-endpaper leaf 'V. Hadden Woodruff 41st/', otherwise a good copy. A foreword by..... More
Melbourne: Osboldstone & Co., undated. Octavo, illustrated paperboards, 182 pp., frontispiece. Tear at spine heads, insects bites along back cover edges, cover thumbed, leaves browned which is typical of the paper used at this period, otherwise a good copy. Signed and inscribed by the author in black ink 'Signed for..... More
Tunbridge Wells: Air Britain (Historians) Limited, 1989. Quarto, illustrated hardcover, 326 pp., illustrated with diagrams and photographs in black and white. A fine copy. An account of the convairliners starting with the 340 model to model 640. More
Miami: World Transport press, 1998. Quarto, blue glossy hardcover, 144 pp., profusely illustrated with photographs in colour. Bumped corners, otherwise a near-fine copy with dust-jacket. An account of the McDonnell Douglas aircraft from DC-9 series 10 to series 50 with a few chapters on the apparent similarity to both the..... More
Tonbridge, Kent: Air Britain (Historians) Limited, 1994. Quarto, illustrated hardcover, 212 pp., illustrated with diagrams and photographs in black and white and in colour. Bumped at corners, otherwise a near-fine copy. A history of the BAC One-Eleven aircraft. More
Marlborough: The Crowood Press, 1999. Quarto, black hardcover, 192 pp., frontispiece, illustrated throughout with photograph and diagrams in both black and white and colour. As new. With dust-jacket. First edition. An account of the origins of the BAC One-Eleven by the Hunting Percival Aircraft company in the mid-1950s to the..... More
Hemel Hempstead: Model Aeronautical Press, 1966. Quarto, dark blue hardcover with bold spine lettering, 132 pp., profusely illustrated with photographs and diagrams in both black and white and colour. Bumped at corners, two localised tape marks on each free endpaper leaf, otherwise a very good copy in a worn dust-jacket..... More
Sydney: Collins, 1985. Quarto, white hardcover with black spine lettering, 208 pp., profusely illustrated with photographs and posters, and drawings in both colour and black and white. Spotting on hardcover, dust-jacket, and title leaf, otherwise a good copy in dust-jacket. An account of the combined Australia-American force drove back the..... More
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1947. Octavo, original brown cloth with black spine lettering, 368 pp. Rubbed at spine ends, small localised stain on top-edge front cover, otherwise a very good copy in a worn and torn dust-jacket. First edition. Scarce. Set in Peking (Beijing) between 1878-1898, this historical fiction focuses..... More
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1938. Octavo, original red cloth with black spine lettering, 286 pp. Cloth thumbed, light spotting on back free-endpapers, otherwise a near-fine copy in a worn and chipped dust-jacket. First edition. Scarce. Julius Van Dyke was one of two pseudonyms used by British author Frederick Anthony Edwards..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2010. Small quarto, pictorial cloth, xiv, 226 pp., three maps, profusely illustrated with sketches and photographs by T. E. Lawrence. A fine copy in its slipcase. Foreword by Mark Bostridge. This edition of Crusader Castles follows the 1936 Golden Cockerel Press edition with minor emendations and..... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1966. Tall octavo, light-blue denim-style cloth, xii, 296 pp., frontispiece, 12 double-sided black-and-white plates, nine appendices and one map included. Spine ends and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, edges of covers slightly rubbed, very light foxing on edges of text block and title page, small black-and-white..... More
New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1930. Octavo, dark red cloth, spine and cover embossed with black lettering, ix, 256 pp., frontispiece, seven double-sided black-and-white plates. Spine ends and corners bumped and rubbed, binding split where frontispiece meets spine but holding firm, some browning of leaves common to publications of..... More
Fyshwick, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1999-2001. Set of two volumes, quarto, illustrated printed wrappers. Volume One (1999/2000): 234 pp. Volume Two (2001/2002): 208 pp., 10 additional leaves at back (unpaginated). Both volumes illustrated throughout with numerous colour photographs. Some discolouration on the cover of Volume One, very slight wear on..... More
Newcastle, Washington, USA: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., 1995. Small quarto, illustrated printed wrappers, xviii, 102 pp., illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, drawings and diagrams. Cover a little worn, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. A complete guide to ultralight flight training. Includes helpful advice for instructors and a...... More
Sydney: Angus & Robertson Ltd, 1917. Wide octavo, green cloth, spine and cover printed with black lettering, cover printed with black line illustration, 130 pp., four additional leaves (unpaginated), colour frontispiece, illustrated throughout with fine black line drawings. Spine ends and corners bumped and rubbed, some rubbing along spine where..... More
London: William Kimber, 1953. Octavo, pale turquoise-blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 208 pp., frontispiece, illustrated endpapers, four double-sided black-and-white plates. Spine ends bumped and rubbed, spine foxed, corners a bit bumped, some light foxing throughout; dust-jacket worn and torn at edges with minor loss of text on tail edge;..... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1945. Octavo, illustrated printed wrappers, [x], 206 pp., frontispiece, one single-sided and five double-sided black-and-white plates, illustrated throughout with black-and-white plates. Some small marks on edges of text block, cover leaves have come away from stiff wrappers but holds firm at spine; otherwise a very..... More
London: Chaddo & Windus, 1953. Octavo, cream boards printed with fine brown faux-weave pattern, gilt lettering on spine, 224 pp., four additional leaves of publisher's advertising. Some browning of leaves common to publications of the period, light foxing on back paste-down endpaper, dust-jacket a little worn and torn at top..... More
Leicester, UK: Silverdale Books, 2002. Quarto, illustrated printed hardcover, 1152 pp., illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout with numerous black-and-white and colour photographs and diagrams. Corners a little bumped, otherwise a near-fine copy. First edition. This incredibly comprehensive and beautifully illustrated encyclopedia offers the reader over 3,000 entries detailing the design and..... More
Fyshwick, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 2001. Quarto, illustrate printed wrappers, 152 pp., illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and diagrams, four double-sided plates of detailed colour illustrations included. A near-fine copy. First edition, part of Wilson's Sovereign Series. Prolific Australian aviation author Stewart Wilson takes a new look at one of..... More
Fyshwick, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1999. Quarto, illustrate printed wrappers, 152 pp., illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and diagrams, four double-sided plates of detailed colour illustrations included. A fine copy. First edition, part of Wilson's Sovereign Series. Prolific Australian aviation author Stewart Wilson takes a new look at the most..... More
