London: Temple Press, [unknown]. Small octavo, printed wrappers, 18 pp., illustrated. Wrappers worn and chipped, otherwise a good copy. Second impression. This booklet provides a selection of flying photographs varying in difficulty of recognition. More
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
London: HMSO, 1947. Octavo, illustrated printed wrappers,52 pp., folding pilot's checklist, frontispiece, three folding diagrams A near-fine copy. Facsimile. This book is divided into six parts: descriptive, handling, operating data, emergencies, supplementary notes for flight engineer and illustrations. It contains information on fuel and oil systems, main services, aircraft and..... More
Lancashire: Air Data Publications, no date. Small octavo, printed wrappers, 46 pp., four folding plates. A good copy. This publication is divided into six parts: descriptive, handling, operating, data, emergencies and general handling. More
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
London: HMSO, 1958. Octavo, illustrated printed wrappers,34 pp., frontispiece, illustrated with two folding diagrams. A near-fine copy. Facsimile. This book is divided into five parts: descriptive, limitations, handling, emergency handling and operating data. This contains information on fuel and oil systems, engine and aircraft controls, main services, cockpit and radio..... More
London: HMSO, 1943. Octavo, illustrated printed wrappers, 20 pp., frontispiece, illustrated with four folding diagrams. A near-fine copy. Facsimile. This book is divided into five parts: descriptive, handling instructions, operating data, emergencies and illustrations. It contains information on main services, aircraft and engine controls and operational equipment. More
London: HMSO, 1950. Octavo, illustrated printed wrappers, 32 pp., frontispiece, illustrated with charts and two folding diagrams. A near-fine copy. Facsimile. This book is divided into five parts: descriptive, handling, limitations, emergencies and illustrations. The reader will gain information on fuel and oil systems, main services, aircraft and engine controls..... More
London: HMSO, 1946. Octavo, illustrated printed wrappers, 44 pp., frontispiece, three folding diagrams. A near-fine copy. Facsimile. This book is divided in five parts: descriptive, handling, operating data, emergencies and illustrations. It contains knowledge on fuel and oil systems, main services, aircraft and engine controls, de-icing equipment, cockpit accommodation and..... More
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
Southampton: HMSO, 1918. Quarto, 54 pp. (last blank), illustrated throughout. From the library if the US Army War College, with usual markings and bookplate; housed in a contemporary binder. This book provides description and photographs of the following machines: Albatros, Brandenburg, Friedrichshafen, Rumpler, Sablating, Bradenburg-Gotha, and Gotha. These models of..... More
Manchester: Crécy Publishing, [1943]. Octavo, orange printed wrappers, approximately 50 pp., illustrated with diagrams including two folded diagrams. A fine copy. Facsimile. This Pilot's notes is comprised of two sections. The first part revolves around controls and equipment while the second part focuses on handling and flying notes for pilot..... More
Liverpool: Real Photographs Co. Ltd, unknown. Octavo, printed wrappers, 16 pp. including three pages of publisher's advertising, illustrated. A near-fine copy. Fourth edition. A comparison of several single-engined aircraft such as the Vickers-Supermarine "Spitfire", the Hawker "Hurricane", and the Phillips & Powis Miles "Master", the North American "Harvard" as well..... More
Wilmslow: Airplan Flight Equipment, 1993. Octavo, printed wrappers, xiv, 94 pp. (approximate due to unusual pagination), illustrated. A near-fine copy. This book covers in detail everything the pilot needs to know about flying the CESSNA 150. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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: Lansdowne Press, 1983. Tall quarto, hardcover, 64 pp., profusely illustrated. A located sticker mark on front free-endpaper, otherwise a fine copy. An authoritative account of the F-15 capabilities, performance and handling qualities, its deployment and combat record with the Israel Defence Force Air Force. More
Sydney: Lansdowne Press, 1984. Tall quarto, hardcover, 64 pp., profusely illustrated. A fine copy. A detailed account of the development of the aircraft from relatively simple configurations originally proposed to the USN, through long series of variants which were deployed and combat proven to the exotic but never-built single-seater, F-4T..... More
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
London: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1988. Quarto, printed wrappers, 126 pp., profusely illustrated in colour. A near-fine copy. A selection of high quality well-captioned colour photographs taken at the DEC sponsored revival of the Schneider Trophy race in 1984. More