New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Octavo, frontispiece, [vi], 194, pp., advertisements. a little gentle spotting of the edges, old ownership inscription to front endpaper, a near fine copy in original cloth with good dust jacket (a bit chipped and water-stained). Part of the In the Air with Andy Lane..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1943. Octavo, orange cloth with black spine lettering, 296 pp. Localised foxing on cloth (spine ends and along edges), some foxing throughout; otherwise a good copy in a worn and torn dust-jacket (with loss of text). Second Australian edition. A novel dealing with air power in action..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1986. Octavo, quarter cloth and marbled boards, 294 pp. A fine copy. One of 250 numbered copies of the first edition of The Old Devils, signed by the author and specially bound. More
London: Hutchinson, 1994. Octavo, quarter cloth and marbled boards, 306 pp. A fine copy. One of 150 numbered copies of the first edition of You Can't Do Both, signed by the author and specially bound. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. Octavo, quarter cloth and marbled boards, 176 pp. A fine copy. One of 200 copies of the first edition of Time's Arrow, signed by the author and specially bound. More
Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2019. Octavo, paperback, 358 pp. A fine copy. The story of air mechanic Wally Shiers and Ross Smith in the great air race of 1919. More
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1918. Octavo, blue papered boards with gilt lettering, [ii], 34 pp. A little tear on spine, a few localised stains on front and back cover, some spotting, otherwise a good copy. Signed. "It was a little house on a plain street. Yet..... More
London: Robert Holden, 1926. Large octavo, original blue cloth with gilt lettering; xvi, 276 pp., plates. One corner of the boards has been bumped, otherwise a very nice copy with the dust-jacket. One of the first 'flying machine' adventures, combining lunar adventure with the imaginary voyage genre. Attributed to one..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, circa 1942. Octavo, blue cloth, 64 pp., illustrated with drawings. Cloth discoloured along the edges on spine, spine ends a little frayed, previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, otherwise a good copy. Pictured by RAF. Armstrong was commissioned a Pilot Officer in the RAF and, at..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. Octavo, original blue cloth, 288 pp. Some foxing, dust jacket worn and torn; a very good copy. First edition. David Beaty propels his readers into an inquiry of a British jet airliner crash. The private enterprise airline is convinced that Captain George Gort is at..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1935. Octavo, original decorated blue cloth, 260 pp. An attractive copy. Reprint. A young reader's novel co-written by a well-known Canadian and English ace of WW1. More
London: Fredrick Muller, 1963. Octavo, blue cloth, 144 pp., three double-sided illustrated plates, profusely illustrated with maps and diagrams. Shelf wear and spotting on dust jacket, spotting on endpapers, light foxing, otherwise a good copy. With Amundsen at the North Pole is an engaging retelling of Roald Amundsen's expeditions in..... More
London: Blackie & Son, 1920. Small octavo, original green cloth, 288 pp., with plates. Front and rear boards lightly marked, missing frontispiece and half-title page torn, pen markings on front endpaper. A good copy. This novel describes a fictional story of a First World War soldier's expedition in Palestine... More
London: George Newnes, circa 1940. Octavo, hardcover, 256 pp., with a frontispiece. Lacks front free endpaper, some scattered staining of the cloth, but a very good copy overall. A fictional novel illustrating a young man "Jock" and his unusual encounter with someone his father, an exceptional pilot, once trained... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2012. Octavo, black cloth hard cover, dust jacket, 835 pp. A very fine copy. A suspenseful fiction between two of the worlds superpowers, written by Tom Clancy, number one New York Times best bestselling author. More
London: J. M. Dent, 1925. Octavo, original lettered cloth, x, 304 pp., frontispiece. Dust-jacket is moderately chipped and rubbed, otherwise a fine copy. 'Suspense' is Conrad's last novel and tragically, was left unfinished when he died. But nearly 90,000 words of his work are extant, and this huge fragments forms..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Circa 1940. Octavo, original illustrated papered boards, vi, 90 pp. Cover moderately rubbed, some wear to the spine ends but otherwise in good order. This story begins with Jacko and Skip, who discovers a strange aircraft, one which they had never seen before, land..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, circa 1940. Octavo, original decorated cloth, vi, 250 pp., frontispiece. Edges slightly rubbed, some foxing, otherwise a very good copy in a frayed dust-jacket. A boys adventure novel from the prolific English novelist John Creasey. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, circa 1946. Octavo, original red cloth, vi, 242 pp., frontispiece. Front inner hinge split (but holding), otherwise a nice copy with the dust-jacket (this chipped and laid down). A boys adventure novel from the prolific English novelist John Creasey. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., circa 1940. Octavo, original illustrated wrapped boards, vi, 90 pp. Minor creases and rubbing to the cover, yet a near-fine copy. Jerry Martin, discovers that his remaining family member, Dick Stretton (his cousin) is found in some trouble. Dick stresses not to get involved..... More
New York: New Direction Books/Christine Burgin Books, 2013. Tall quarto, illustrated hardcover, 256 pp., profusely illustrated throughout with envelope poems. As new. Reprint. The first full-colour facsimile publication of Emily Dickinson's fifty-two manuscript envelope poems and writings offering a glimpse into the process of one of the most important American..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1919. Octavo, original decorated cloth, [iii], 336 pp., frontispiece, seven plates. Some spotting on spine ends, boards slightly rubbed, cloth thumbed, otherwise a good copy. A fictional work recounting the experiences and exploits of Arnold Adair, an American flying ace during the Great War... More
