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ANDERSON, H. GRAEME; FLACK, MARTIN; GOTCH, OLIVER H:
The Medical and Surgical Aspects of Aviation by H. Graeme Anderson.
With Chapters on Applied Physiology of Aviation by Martin Flack, amd
The Aero-Neuroses of War Pilots.
London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1919.
First edition. 27 photographic plates and 20 photographic
illustrations in the text mostly of aircraft accidents. 8vo,
pp.xvi:255, original burgundy cloth; binding faded, rubbed &
dusty. Contemporary signature on front free endpaper.
Quote Item No. 6045
Price: £150.00
BLACKMORE, L.K.: Bentley BR2 World War 1 Rotary Aero
Engine.
Building the one quarter scale working
replica.
Queensland, Australia:
Yalanga, 1986.
First edition. Black &
white illustrations.
4to, pp.95, original blue cloth in dustwrapper;
dustwrapper with two tears to top spine, some edges slightly
bumped; internally very
good.
Quote Item No. 8613
Price: £35.00
BRIDGMAN, LEONARD [Editor]: Jane's All The World's
Aircraft. 1958-59.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1958.
First edition. Illustrated with black & white photographic
plates, some coloured advertisements. Folio, pp.92
(advertisements):xxii:532, original grained blue cloth lettered in
gilt; binding dusty, page-edges browned; headbands and
corners bumped; a 4cm split to the cloth at upper edge of
spine and a puncture to back edge of spine; some marks to back
cover; ink name on front pastedown.
Quote Item No. 7422
Price: £35.00
DAWSON, LESLIE: Wings Over Dorset. Aviation's Story
in the South.
Sherborne, Dorset: Dorset Publishing Company, 1983.
First edition. Black & white illustrations. Folio,
pp.248, original blue cloth in dustwrapper; binding very
slightly faded along top edge; dustwrapper spine slightly
faded; neat ink inscription on front free-endpaper;
generally an extremely good copy.
Quote Item No. 8342
Price: £50.00
FINN, SID: Black Swan. A History of 103 Squadron RAF.
Edenbridge, Kent: Newton Publishers, 1989.
First edition. Large 8vo, pp.348, original glazed boards;
spine a trifle faded; generally very good.
Quote Item No. 8334
Price: £38.00
GIDDINGS, MALCOLM L.:
Royal Air Force Ashbourne.
Ashbourne: Colerne
Debden Publishing, 1984.
First edition. Black &
white photographic illustrations.
8vo, pp.96, original soft covers, an excellent copy.
Presentation inscription and signed by the author on the
inside front cover.
Quote Item No. 8981
Price: £25.00
GUNSTON, BILL: Rolls-Royce Aero Engines.
Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989.
First edition.
Illustrated in black & white.
4to, pp.256, original grey cloth in price-clipped dustwrapper;
binding bumped at headbands and corners;
dustwrapper with a short tear and chips to corners, bumped
along the edges and with some shelf-wear;
in all other respects, very good.
Quote Item No. 8585
Price: £60.00
JACKSON, ROBERT: Mosquito Squadron.
Yeoman in the Battle over Germany.
London: Arthur Barker,
1981.
First edition. 8vo,
pp.148, original green cloth in dustwrapper;
generally excellent.
Quote Item No. 8605
Price: £30.00
KNIGHT, DENNIS: Harvest of Messerschmitts.
The Chronicle of a Village at War 1940.
Based on the Diary of Mary Smith of Elham.
London:
Frederick Warne, 1981.
First edition. Black &
white illustrations.
4to, pp.183, original blue cloth in price-clipped dustwrapper;
dustwrapper spine slightly faded;
some slight bumps and small chips to edge of dustwrapper;
very slight browning to
edges; generally very
good. Signed "Mary
Smith Nov. 14th, 1981" on verso of front free endpaper.
Quote Item No. 8591
Price: £20.00
The 12 coloured maps each measuring 32 x 22 inches, are numbered E7,
NA1, A2, A3, A4, C4, B4, C5, B5, C6, K8, NA3.
Together with three larger military maps of Sydney, Liverpool, &
Broken Bay prepared by the
Australian Section of the Imperial General Staff. Generally sound.
Quote Item No. 8871
Price: £50.00
SHARMAN, SARAH: Sir James Martin. The Authorised
biography of the Martin-Baker Ejection Seat Pioneer.
Yeovil, Somerset: Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1996.
First edition. Black & white plates. Large 8vo,
pp.304, original blue cloth in dustwrapper; an excellent copy.
Quote Item No. 8333
Price: £35.00
SHARO, C. MARTIN and BOWYER, MICHAEL J.F: Mosquito.
London: Faber & Faber, 1967.
First edition. 138 illustrations together with maps and
diagrams, two coloured, some folding. Large 8vo, pp.494,
original cloth; an excellent copy in like d.w.
Quote Item No. 5927
Price: £25.00
STEVENS, BOB: "There I was ....." 25 Years.
TAB Books, 1992.
First edition, second printing. Illustrated in black & white.
4to, pp.300, original glazed paper-wrappers; corners and
headbands slightly bumped and rubbed; creasing to upper
headband; faint spotting to page-edges; in all other
respects, extremely good.
Quote Item No. 7418
Price: £18.00
TAYLOR, JOHN W.R. [Editor]: Jane's All the World's Aircraft
1981-82. The Annual Record of Aviation Development and
Progress.
London: Jane's Publishing, 1981.
Illustrated in black & white. Folio, pp.78:846, original blue
cloth lettered in silver on spine and upper cover in price-clipped
dustwrapper; binding a trifle dusty at edges, page edges
slightly browned; dustwrapper bumped and creased especially
along top edge with two short tears, with light spotted marks to
front and general shelf-wear; internally excellent.
Quote Item No. 7459
Price: £35.00
TAYLOR, JOHN W.R. and MUNSON, KENNETH [Editors]: History of
Aviation.
London: New English Library, 1972.
First edition. Profusely illustrated in colour. Folio,
pp.511, original vinyl covered boards in glazed dustwrapper and
contained in matching slip-case; a very good copy.
Quote Item No. 5765
Price: £25.00
TURNER, MICHAEL with HANNA, RAY and HENSHAW, RAY: The
Aviation Art of Michael Turner.
London: David & Charles, 1994.
Illustrated in colour and black & white. Oblong 4to, pp.96,
original red cloth in glazed dustwrapper, an excellent copy.
Quote Item No. 5766
Price: £28.00
WOOD, DEREK: Project Cancelled. The Disaster of Britain's
Abandoned Aircraft Projects.
London: Jane's Publishing, 1986.
Revised edition. Black & white illustrations. 4to,
pp.256, original blue cloth in dustwrapper; binding edges a
trifle dusty; dustwrapper edges browned; page edges
faintly spotted; generally very good.
Quote Item No. 7427
Price: £45.00