Silhouettes d'Avions Classes par Analogie
London: Cornmarket Press, 1969. Reprint. More
Technical
Aero-Engines. Inspection Before Flight "C" Licence Aeronautical Engineering Series
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1940. Slim octavo, original printed boards; vi, 36 pp. Boards mildly rubbed, yet a very good copy. A two-part manual. The first section provides information on how to inspect aero-engines before flight. The second part regards the law relating to civil aviation. More
Pilot's and Flight Engineer's Notes: Liberator III, V, VI & VIII
Lancashire: Air Data Publications, no date. Small octavo, printed wrappers, 72 pp., six folding plates. A very good copy. This publication is divided into six parts: descriptive, handling, operating, data, emergencies and general handling. More
The Supermarine Southampton Boat Seaplane, Mark II. (Metal Hull) Two Lion Engines
London: HMSO, 1929. Octavo, original lettered boards with blue cloth backstrip; xii, 102 pp., with a frontispiece, 24 folding plates, 15 single page plates and 39 integral illustrations and diagrams within the text. Localised wear affecting one corner of the rear board, first folding plate a bit creased and foxed..... More
Israeli Air Force de Havilland Mosquito The "Wooden Wonder" in Heyl Ha-Avir Service. Part 1 - 1948 to 1953
Erlangen: Aircraft Documentations, 2006. Quarto, colour wrappers, 64 pp, illustrated. A fine copy. Parallel text in English and German. The foreword has been contributed by Eli Eyal, Squadron Commander from December 1952 to May 1953. More
American Fighters of World War II Combat Aircraft Library
Sydney: Golden Press, 1982. Quarto, hardcover, 80 pp., illustrated in full colour. A fine copy in dust jacket. A graphic tribute to World War II American Fighters. More
The Evening and the Morning
Coventry: Toon and Heath Advertising Agency for Armstrong Siddeley Motors, 1957. Cloth-covered spiral bound booklet measuring 205 x 258 mm., illustrated throughout, total of 104 pages. One leaf torn at one corner, covers a bit rubbed and sunned, but good condition overall. A relic from British post-war automobile and aviation..... More
Instructions for Care and Management of the Beardmore Aero Engine
Dumfries: Arrol-Johnston Ltd, 1916. Staple bound octavo booklet, original printed wrappers, 36 pp. (last blank), three folding plates. Wrappers slightly chipped, but an excellent copy. The Beardmore aeroplane engine was manufactured by Arrol-Johnston of Dumfries, and this technical booklet was prepared in June 1916 at the height of the First..... More
Great Fighting Planes
London: Chancellor Press, 1992. Quarto, hardcover, 208 pp., illustrated throughout in colour. A fine copy with the dust jacket. A collection of fifty of the world's most successful fighting planes including technical specifications and line drawings. More
Reports ACA-19 to ACA-29 of the Australian Council for Aeronautics
Melbourne: Government Printer for the Australian Council for Aeronautics, 1946. Quarto, original blue cloth boards, title-page and contents leaf followed by ten successive reports with separate pagination, graphs and illustrations throughout. An excellent copy. This is the third annual volume of the Australian Council for Aeronautics, a milestone in the..... More
ATBS Transport Safety Investigation Report Aviation Occurrence Investigation - Draft
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
Understanding and Flying Ultralights The Complete Guide to Minimum Aircraft
Sydney: Macdonald Futura Australia, 1985. Octavo, hardcover, xiv, 182 pp., illustrated. A near-fine copy. First edition. The ultralight or minimum aircraft puts recreational flying within the reach of almost everyone. Written by an expert in the field, himself a designer of one of Australia's best-known minimum aircraft, this book explains..... More
De Havilland. A Pictorial Tribute
Leicester: Chris Beckett, 1995. Quarto, hardcover, 148 pp., colour plates. A fine copy with dust-jacket. A splendid pictorial celebration of the major de Havilland aircraft. From the collection of aviation enthusiast John Fisher, who restored a a single-engine de Havilland Tiger Moth and flew her from England to Australia in..... More
Ian K. Baker's Aviation History Colouring Book. Individual titles as follows: Number 55 RAAF Spitfires Camouflage Special. Number 61 Early R.N.A.S. Colours and markings (part one). Number 62 Early R.N.A.S. Colours and markings (part two). Number 63 Early R.N.A.S. Colours and markings (part three). Number 65 RAAF Colour Schemes and Markings (part one). Number 66 RAAF Colour Schemes and Markings (part two). Number 67 RAAF Colour Schemes and Markings (part three). Number 68 RAAF Colour Schemes and Markings (part 4A). Number 69 RAAF Colour Schemes and Markings (part 4B). Number 70 RAAF Colour Schemes and Markings (part 5A). Number 71 RAAF Colour Schemes and Markings (part 5B). Number 72 RAAF Colour Schemes and Markings (part 6A). Number 73 RAAF Colour Schemes and Markings (part 6B).
Queenscliff, Victoria: Published by the author, 2005. Thirteen parts comprising numbers 55, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 and 73. Each is a staple bound A4 size booklet in fine condition. A history colouring book in thirteen parts. More
The Elementary Principles of Wireless Telegraphy Part II
London: Wireless Press, 1917. Octavo, original green cloth, viii, 242 pp. The cloth is stained, internally in very good order. A handbook providing theoretical and practical knowledge on wireless telegraphy. More
The Aeroplane Speaks With 40 full pages of types of aeroplanes and 88 sketches and diagrams
London: McBride, Nast and Company, 1918. Large octavo, iv, 146 pp, 40 plates. A very good copy with advertisements bound in. Competently rebound retaining original boards and backstrip, endpapers renewed. This book provides a practical assistance to the pilot and the rigger. More
The Astor Radio Aeroplane
Dunolly, Victoria: Likely Prospects Publishing, 2013. Ring bound, 106 pages, illustrated. A fine copy. An interesting little story of Astor Radio Aeroplane. More
De Havilland Vampire, Venom and Sea Vixen Postwar Military Aircraft 5
Surrey: Ian Allan, 1999. Quarto, hardcover, 112 pp., plates and diagrams. A near fine copy in dust jacket. Design of the Vampire began in 1941, its twin boom layout chosen to minimise the length of the jet tailpipe, and hence the power losses from the primitive jet engines then under..... More
Mosquito The Wooden Wonder
Shrewsbury: AirLife Publishing, 2000. Quarto, hardcover, [iv], 172 pp., illustrated. Fine copy with dust-jacket. Spurned in concept by the Air Marshals, designed and built in secrecy at a moated manor house and flown out of an adjoining farm field, the de Havilland Mosquito was the most successful and versatile military..... More
The Wooden Wonder The story of the de Havilland Mosquito
London: Max Parrish, 1959. Octavo, hardcover, 168 pp., plates. A fine copy in dust jacket. A most readable and engaging account of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland and the development of the Mosquito, from prototype to fighter-bomber. 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. Octavo, hardcover, 232 pp., plates. A fine copy in dust jacket. Harry Hawker was an Australian of pioneer stock who left school at twelve and had no further formal education. How did a comparatively uneducated man come to play a key role in Sopwith, the company..... 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. Octavo, blue hardcover, 232 pp., plates. A little rubbed at spine ends, dust jacket slightly creased and chipped at top-edge, otherwise a near-fine copy. Harry Hawker was an Australian of pioneer stock who left school at twelve and had no further formal education. How did a...... More
Application de la résistance des matériaux au calcul des avions Par M. Boilève, professeur a l'école supérieure d'aéronautique
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, Editeurs, 1921. Quarto, original printed wrappers viii, 240, [ii] pp., errata slip bound in. Wrappers a little chipped, yet condition is very good overall. The rear cover of this book indicates that les éditeurs Gauthier-Villars carried a number of technical aviation titles, including materials, aerodynamics and helicopter design..... More
Piper Cubs TAB Practical Flying Series
New York: McGraw Hill, 1993. Small quarto, paperback, xii, 212 pp., colour plates. A very good copy. The complete story of the Piper Cub, from its humble beginning in 1930 to its present day incarnation as a collectible air classic. More