Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. Octavo, frontispiece, 260pp.; Dust jacket bright but torn. Old ownership inscription to front end paper. Good copy in original blue cloth. Young Reader's reprint edition of the 1927 first edition. by Doran. A young reader's novel co-written by a well-known Canadian and..... More
London: J. M. Dent, 1925. First UK edition. Octavo, original lettered cloth, x, 304 pp., frontispiece. A fine copy. Dust-jacket is moderately chipped and rubbed. '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..... 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
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, circa 1940. Octavo, original red cloth, [iv], 250 pp., frontispiece. Some foxing, yet very good in original red cloth. The dust-jacket is worn. Boys aviation adventure story by bestselling author John Creasy. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, circa 1940. Octavo, original decorated cloth, vi, 250 pp., frontispiece. 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: John Hamilton, circa 1935. Octavo, original blue cloth, 256 pp., plates. Cloth stained, dust-jacket is creased and chipped. Scarce juvenile fiction with the jacket. More
Hertfordshire: Air Review Limited, 1961. First edition. Octavo, original cloth, 256 pp., plates, a fine copy with the dust-jacket. A fictional story based upon the life of Paul Hammond of the Royal Flying Corps, during the First World War. More
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1941. Octavo, original red cloth with black lettering, vi, 250 pp., frontispiece. Some browning of the paper stock, as usual, but otherwise a bright copy with the dust-jacket. A history of pioneer Australian aviators for younger readers, including Bert Hinkler, Lawrence Hargrave and Oswald Watt. More
London: Hutchinson, 1975. First edition. Slim octavo, hardcover, 54 pp., illustrated; last leaves foxed, otherwise a very good copy. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. First Edition. Octavo, frontispiece, 242 pp., advertisements, 6 photo plates; a good copy with dust jacket (mild to moderate localised chipping). Motion picture script novelized by Guy Fowler. From the First National and Vitaphone picture staring Richard Barthelmess. Directed by Howard Hawkes and based..... More
London: John Murray, 1918. First Edition. Octavo, 316 pp., advertisements; mild discolouration to front and rear endpapers, a very good copy in original green cloth with good dust jacket (chipping with some loss to spine section). Fictional (?) accounts of the author’s travels and experience including chapters on military flying..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1967. First UK edition. Octavo, hardcover, 342 pp., head of spine slightly bumped, very good copy with dust-jacket. More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1964. First edition. Octavo, original cloth, 320 pp., plates, one corner of the front board gently bumped, otherwise a fine and bright copy in a beautifully preserved dust-jacket. More
St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1982. First edition. Octavo, hardcover, vi, 318 pp.; a fine copy in similar dust-jacket. More
New York: Payson & Clarke, 1930. First Edition. Octavo, 296 pp.; spine slightly stained, book sellers stamp neatly placed on inside of front board, front hinge split (not detached), a very good copy of this scarce book. Short fictionalized stories of war flying in the Great War. More
Paris: Gallimard, 1991. Fiction. Paperback, 182 pp., fine copy. More
Australia: Published by the author, 2016. First edition. Octavo, paperback, viii, 454 pp., fine copy signed by the author. 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
London: Alexander-Ouseley Limited, circa 1930. First Edition. Octavo, frontispiece, 318 pp.; old ownership inscription to front endpaper, cloth stained, internally clean and unmarked, a sound copy of a hard to find book. The anonymous author presents a fictional memoir, but possibly unique and rare account, of the British naval and..... More
London: Oxford University Press, circa 1940. Octavo, original blue cloth, 256 pp., frontispiece. Aside from a little browning of the edges, this is an excellent copy with the dust-jacket. Boys adventure story featuring "Jaggers", the air detective ace. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First edition in book form. Octavo, original decorated cloth, iv, 122 pp., frontispiece plate. Spine lettering a little dulled, previous owner's details to front endpaper, yet attractive overall. More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1971. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, x, 302 pp. A fine fresh copy in a mildly rubbed dust-jacket (not price-clipped). More
