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
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
Lancashire: Air Data Publications, no date. Facsimile reprint of October 1944 issue. Small octavo, printed wrappers, 72pp., six folding plates, very good condition. More
London: HMSO, 1949. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth, [vi], 144 pp, plates; a fine copy in dust-jacket (rubbed and a bit torn). When, early in 1942, the Japanese poured into Burma from the south-east and drove the Allies out, it seemed that there was no way of re-conquest. No..... More
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: 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: 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
Milan: Mondadori, 1981. First edition. Octavo, hardcover, 320 pp., colour illustrations throughout, a very good copy. More
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
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1998. First edition. Quarto, hardcover, x, 290 pp., illustrated. A fine copy with dust-jacket. More
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
Auckland: David Bateman, 1990. First edition. Octavo, hardcover, 232 pp., plates, a fine copy with the dust-jacket. More
Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside: published by the author, 2001. second revised edition. Quarto, paper wrappers, 116 pp., illustrated. One corner a bit bumped, a very good copy. This history has been researched and written by Barry Blunt, assisted by former aircrew, groundcrew and relatives of those who served in the Squadron whilst..... More
Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside: published by the author, 1999. First edition. Quarto, paper wrappers, 162 pp., illustrated. A very good copy. This history has been researched and written by Barry Blunt, assisted by former aircrew, groundcrew and relatives of those who served in the Squadron whilst it flew Mosquitoes. More
London: Evans Brothers, 1956. First edition. Octavo, hardcover, 224 pp., plates; some moderate preliminary foxing, a very good copy with the dust-jacket. More
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1998. Reprint. Small quarto, card wrappers, 96 pp., colour plates, a very good copy. Number 4 in the Osprey Combat Aircraft Series, edited by Tony Holmes. More
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1999. First edition. Small quarto, card wrappers, 96 pp., colour plates, a very good copy. Number 13 in the Osprey Combat Aircraft Series, edited by Tony Holmes. More
London: Salamander Books, 1994. Quarto, hardcover, 144 pp., colour plates; fine copy in dust-jacket. More
Connecticut: Bison Books, 1983. Quarto, hardcover, 224 pp., illustrated; near fine copy with dust-jacket. More
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
London: Evans Brothers, 1954. First edition. Octavo, original cloth, 218 pp., plates; a very good copy. More
Manchester: Crecy Publishing, 2005. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Quarto, hardcover, 272 pp., plates; a fine copy with the dust-jacket. More
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
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