Parramatta: Cumberland Argus Printing Works, 1899. Single printed sheet measuring 138 x 208 mm. Very good condition. Rare ephemeral notice relating to the departure of Australian troops for the Second Boer War in South Africa in 1899. This sheet invites members of the Parramatta Wesleyan congregation to meet for a...... More

Croyden, Victoria: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, 1964. Octavo, red papered boards, illustrated endpapers, 212 pp., eight double sided illustrated plates. Heavy foxing and shelf wear on dust jacket, foxing throughout, tape-marked on rear endpapers, otherwise a fair copy. The Wandering Years is a factual account of the beginnings of..... More

Canberra: Airservices Australia, 1996. Quarto, spiral bound, transparent plastic cover with a green end board. 104 pp., profusely illustrated with diagrams and photographs. Scratches and shelf-wear on plastic cover, otherwise a near fine copy. First Edition. The purposes of this Manual are to: (a) provide background information to SAR pilots..... More

Kerang, Victoria: the editor, 2009. Octavo, printed papered-boards, xii, 560 pp., illustrated. A fine copy. Signed by the editor. This compilation draws together accounts of individuals from Kerang and their neighbouring districts who have served on operations either the AFC or the RAAF as well as the WAAAF, RAAFNS and..... More

Melbourne: Ansett Australia, 1993. Quarto, white binder with Ansett Australia logo, approximately 186 pp., illustrated with diagrams, tables and images in black and white. A near-fine copy. This manual is divided into nine sections and deals with the following subjects: basic aviation physiology and health maintenance, flying and health, human..... More

Sydney: B. Jackson and Company, [1918]. Large quarto, original red cloth, 388 pp., illustrated throughout. Front endpaper slightly chipped, lower edge of the front board bumped, but overall a sound solid copy. Scarce and useful biographical reference for ANZAC troopers of the First World War. Australia's Fighting Sons of the..... More

Melbourne: Government Printer for the Australian Council for Aeronautics, 1945. Quarto, original blue cloth boards, four page foreword followed by five successive reports with separate pagination, graphs and illustrations throughout. An excellent copy. This is the second annual volume of the Australian Council for Aeronautics, a milestone in the progress..... More

Canberra: Australian Transport Safety Bureau, 2008. Quarto, printed wrappers, viii, 54 pp., illustrated. Some spotting on the front and back cover, several leaves annotated in pencil in the margins; overall, a very good copy. Draft report on the in-flight break-up of BAC 167 Strikemaster VH-AKY twenty kilometres north-east Bathurst in..... More

Sydney: McGraw-Hill Australia, 2002. Octavo, printed wrappers, xiv, 234 pp., black-and-white illustrations throughout. A fine copy. The publication is the recollection of Dick Smith's career and legacy through the eyes of his right-hand man for over thirty-five years, Ike Bain. More

London: The Field Press, 1920. Large quarto, original pale Japon vellum with gilt lettering and crest to the front board; top-edge gilt and others uncut. The unpaginated preliminary leaves comprise a colour ornamental title-page, a photogravure portrait of C. Alma Baker and a further decorated leaf, followed by single leaf..... More

South Melbourne: MacMillan, 1985. Octavo, green cloth, viii, 184 pp., six double-sided plates. Cover slightly bumped on fore-edge, cloth a little flecked on spine tail and along bottom-edge, otherwise an attractive copy in dust jacket. An account of the Pacific War as well as a retelling of life in the..... More

North Melbourne: Cassell Australia, 1973. Octavo, illustrated hardcover, 108 pp., profusely illustrated in colour throughout. A good copy. First Edition. Ten stories recounting the journeys made by Australia's pioneering aviators. More

Rosebery: Hippo Books, 1999. Quarto, printed wrappers, x, 162 pp., illustrated with period and contemporary black-and-white photographs throughout. Some miniscule marcations/dents to wrapper, otherwise a very fine copy. One of only 250 copies printed for both first and second editions combined, this copy (from the second edition) contains over 700..... More