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
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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
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
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
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
Great Fighting Planes
London: Chancellor Press, 1992. Reprint. Quarto, hardcover, 208 pp., illustrated throughout in colour, a fine copy with the dust-jacket. More
Inaugural Document and Reports ACA-1 to 12 of the Australian Council for Aeronautics
Melbourne: Government Printer for the Australian Council for Aeronautics, 1944. First edition. Quarto, original blue cloth boards, iv, 20 page introduction followed by twelve successive reports with separate pagination, graphs and illustrations throughout. An excellent copy. This is the first annual volume of the Australian Council for Aeronautics, a milestone..... More
Reports ACA-13 to ACA-18 of the Australian Council for Aeronautics
Melbourne: Government Printer for the Australian Council for Aeronautics, 1945. First edition. 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..... More
Reports ACA-19 to ACA-29 of the Australian Council for Aeronautics
Melbourne: Government Printer for the Australian Council for Aeronautics, 1946. First edition. 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..... More
De Havilland. A Pictorial Tribute
Leicester: Chris Beckett, 1995. Reprint. Quarto, hardcover, 148 pp., colour plates, a fine copy with dust-jacket. 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 1996. A splendid pictorial celebration of the major de..... 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. More
The Elementary Principles of Wireless Telegraphy; Part II
London: Wireless Press, 1917. Fourth impression. Octavo, original green cloth, viii, 242 pp. The cloth is stained, internally in very good order. More
The Aeroplane Speaks; With 40 full pages of types of aeroplanes and 88 sketches and diagrams
London: McBride, Nast and Company, 1918. Sixth revised edition. Large octavo, iv, 146 pp, 40 plates. A very good copy with advertisements bound in. Competently rebound retaining original boards and backstrip, endpapers renewed. More
The Astor Radio Aeroplane
Dunolly, Victoria: Likely Prospects Publishing, 2013. Ring bound, 106 pages, illustrated, excellent condition. More
De Havilland Vampire, Venom and Sea Vixen; Postwar Military Aircraft 5
Surrey: Ian Allan, 1999. Reprint. Quarto, hardcover, 112 pp., plates and diagrams. A near fine copy in the 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..... More
The Wooden Wonder; The story of the de Havilland Mosquito
London: Max Parrish, 1959. Reprint. Octavo, hardcover, 168 pp., plates. A fine copy with the 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. First edition. Octavo, hardcover, 232 pp., plates, a fine copy with the 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..... 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 editeurs 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. First edition. Small quarto, paperback, xii, 212 pp., colour plates, very good copy. More
Mosquito Bomber/Fighter-Bomber Units of World War 2
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
Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2
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
Flying Aerobatics; Extend Your Skills. The basic manoeuvers explained for the beginner
Williamstown, Victoria: Aviation Theory Centre, 1990. First edition. Small quarto, illustrated wrappers, discontinuous pagination, numerous plates and diagrams, fine copy. With a foreword by Air Marshall Sir James Rowland. More
The Book of Flight Tests
Leicester: Blitz Editions, 1990. Reprint. Quarto, hardcover, 224 pp., illustrated. A near-fine copy with the dust-jacket. Britain's premier aviation author, Alan Bramson, has flight tested over 250 light and business aircraft, and his test reports are featured regularly in leading flight magazines around the world. In this book he presents..... 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