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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
Dunolly, Victoria: Likely Prospects Publishing, 2013. Ring bound, 106 pages, illustrated. A fine copy. An interesting little story of Astor Radio Aeroplane. More
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
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
