Practical Aircraft Stress Analysis
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1936. Octavo, original cloth, viii, 162 pp., a few spots affect the spine, very good copy. More
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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
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
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
Great Fighting Planes
London: Chancellor Press, 1992. Reprint. Quarto, hardcover, 208 pp., illustrated throughout in colour, a fine copy with the dust-jacket. 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
The Complete Air Navigator; Covering the Syllabus for the Flight Air Navigator's Licence
London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1961. Sixth edition. Octavo, original cloth, xx, 444 pp., diagrams. Some old annotations, localised wear of the back board. With chapters on instruments, meteorology, magnetism, tides, astronomy and dead reckoning. 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
Messerschmitt Bf109; Owner's workshop manual. 1935 onwards (all marks)
Somerset: Haynes Publishing, 2010. Reprint. Quarto, hardcover, 164 pp., profusely illustrated, fine copy. 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. 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
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
The Tiger Moth Story; With a preface by Sir Alan J. Cobham, K.B.E., A.F.C.
Herts: Air Review Limited, 1970. Third edition. Octavo, hardcover, 268 pp., frontispiece and plates. Tape marks affect endpapers, front flyleaf clipped at corner, spine a bit sunned. A good copy, internally clean and unmarked. Revised and expanded edition of this comprehensive account of the de Havilland Tiger Moth, generously illustrated..... More
F-15 Eagle
New York: Crescent Books, 1991. Large quarto, hardcover, 128 pages, colour plates, fine copy with dust-jacket. More
Le probleme de la Stabilite des Avions
Paris: Dunod Editeur, 1923. Quarto, pamphlet in original printed wrappers, 16 pp., an attractive copy. Extrait de la Technique Moderne (Tome XV, 1 Octobre 1923). More
Vampires and Fleas; A History of British Aircraft Preservation
Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 2003. First edition. Octavo, paperback, 224 pp., plates, a fine copy. Following the Second World War, aircraft were scrapped on an unprecedented scale and it seemed that entire models would become extinct and forgotten. This book traces the preservation movement from the sixties onwards, and is filled..... More
The World's Great Airlines; The Airlines of the World
Sydney: Bullion Books, 1989. First Australian edition. Quarto, hardcover, 256 pp, illustrated throughout; a near-fine copy with dust-jacket. First published with the title "The Airlines of the World" by Dreamweaver Books. More