Aero-Engines. Inspection Before Flight "C" Licence; Aeronautical Engineering Series
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1940. Reprint. Slim octavo, original printed boards; vi, 36 pp. Boards mildly rubbed, yet a very good copy overall. More
WWII
Pilot's and Flight Engineer's Notes: Liberator III, V, VI & VIII
Lancashire: Air Data Publications, no date. Facsimile reprint of October 1944 issue. Small octavo, printed wrappers, 72pp., six folding plates, very good condition. More
Wings of the Phoenix; The official story of the Air War in Burma
London: HMSO, 1949. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, [vi], 144 pp, plates; a fine copy in dust-jacket (rubbed and a bit torn). More
Australia's Frontline; The Northern Territory's War.
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1991. First Edition. Oblong quarto, hardcover, 120 pp., profusely illustrated. A fine copy in dust jacket. Published by the Northern Territory government for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Australia in 1942. More
Darwin's Air War 1942-1945; An illustrated history
Darwin: Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory, 1992. Commemorative edition. Large quarto, hardcover, 80 pages, plates; a fine copy with dust-jacket. Inscribed by the Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory to aviation enthusiast John Fisher. An excellent history of the air battles over Darwin, being the first publication..... More
Darwin's Air War 1942-1945; An illustrated history
Darwin: Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory, 2001. Reprint. Large quarto, illustrated wrappers, 80 pages, plates. A fine copy. An excellent history of the air battles over Darwin, being the first publication issued by tha Aviation Historical Society of the Northern Territory. Many of the images have never been..... More
Guida agli Aeroplani d'Italia dalle origini a oggi
Milan: Mondadori, 1981. First edition. Octavo, hardcover, 320 pp., colour illustrations throughout, a very good copy. More
Roger Keyes; Being the biography of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes of Zeebrugge and Dover
London: Hogarth Press, 1951. Octavo, original blue cloth, frontispiece and plates, xvi, 478 pp., a very good copy. Biography of Roger Keyes, mastermind of the legendary raid on Zeebrugge during the First World War, which was largely responsible for disarming the U-Boat menace. More
Flying Stations; A Story of Australian Naval Aviation
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1998. First edition. Quarto, hardcover, x, 290 pp., illustrated. A fine copy with dust-jacket. More
Adolf Galland. The authorised biography
London: Windrow and Greene, 1996. Large octavo, hardcover, x, 316 pp., plates. A very good copy in worn dust-jacket. Adolf Galland was the most famous German fighter pilot of World War II, and until his death in February 1996 was the last surviving senior German combat commander of that war..... More
Target Area
Sydney: Australasian Publishing Company, 1943. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth, 180 pp., frontispiece and plates. The cloth is a bit rubbed at extremities, yet a very good copy overall. First-hand account by an anti-aircraft gunner stationed in Darwin and northern Australia during the Second World War. The front endpaper..... More
Hawker. One of Aviation's Greatest Names; A biography of Harry Hawker MBE, AFC. Foreword by Sir Thomas Sopwith CBE
Auckland: David Bateman, 1990. First edition. Octavo, hardcover, 232 pp., plates, a fine copy with the dust-jacket. More
War in the Air.; By arrangement with the B.B.C. and based on the series of fifteen television films 'War in the Air'
London: Evans Brothers, 1956. First edition. Octavo, hardcover, 224 pp., plates; some moderate preliminary foxing, a very good copy with the dust-jacket. More
Thunder in the Heavens; Classic American Aircraft of World War II
London: Salamander Books, 1994. Quarto, hardcover, 144 pp., colour plates; fine copy in dust-jacket. More
History of the RAF
Connecticut: Bison Books, 1983. Quarto, hardcover, 224 pp., illustrated; near fine copy with dust-jacket. More
Royal Flying Corps Communiques 1917-1918
London: Grub Street Books, 1998. First edition. Small quarto, hardcover, 258 pp., plates, fine copy with dust-jacket. The RFC soon developed its own strong identity, and from July 1915 onwards weekly communiques of squadron activities were published. Based on the pilots' own reports, the concise, factual terms of these communiques..... More
Cheshire V.C; A study of war and peace
London: Evans Brothers, 1954. First edition. Octavo, original cloth, 218 pp., plates; a very good copy. More
The Tiger Moth Story; Foreword by Sir Alan J. Cobham KBE AFC
Manchester: Crecy Publishing, 2005. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Quarto, hardcover, 272 pp., plates; a fine copy with the dust-jacket. More
Reach for the Sky; The story of Douglas Bader
London: Collins, 1954. First UK edition. Octavo, hardcover, 384 pp, frontispiece and plates; a very good copy. A most readable biographical account of the great Second World War fighter pilot. More
Air Navigation.; Based on principles and methods applicable also to sea navigation
London: Angus & Robertson, 1940. Octavo, original cloth, xvi, 374 pp., numerous diagrams throughout. Fore-edge a little stained, endpapers browned, overall a very good copy with the dust-jacket. From the collection of the Aviation Historical Society of Australia, with associated stamps and markings. The author was Chief Naval Instructor, Royal..... More
Norie's Air Tables with Explanations; Sanctioned for use in the Royal Air Force
London: Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson, 1939. Small quarto, original cloth, 24 & 264 pp.; joints rubbed, cloth marked, some preliminary foxing, yet a good sound copy overall. More
Wings 1913-1945; Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, Canadian Aviation Corps, Royal Canadian Naval Air Service, Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Air Force, Armies of Great Britain and Canada
Ontario: published by the author, 1981. First edition. Paperback, illustrated wrappers, 128 pp., illustrated throughout. A fine copy. Signed by the author. More
Basic Fitting for Aircraftmen, Defence Trainees and Machinists
Melbourne, Cash Publishing Company. 1940. Small pamphlet, original wrappers, 60, [iv] pp., diagrams. Front cover stained, otherwise in good order. A concise course for the use of aircraftmen, naval and military artificers and general machinists. Tables include allowance, tolerance and limits for fitting and drill sizes, and screw threads, etcetera..... More