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HANDLEY PAGE BOMBERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Written by Chaz Bowyer.
Stock no. 2139893
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1946627681. Page edge browning. Wrapper is a bit browned with some fading to spine.

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THE CUXHAVEN RAID
Written by R.D. Layman.
Stock no. 2139867
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The world's first carrier air strike. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851773273. Some browning and marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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LEISURE AIRLINES OF EUROPE
Written by Klaus Vomhof.
Stock no. 2139839
Published by Scoval Publishing Ltd. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An illustrated history of the Airlines that did so much to reduce costs of travel for millions of east and west Europeans. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 1902236092.

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MEN, WOMEN AND 10,000 KITES
Written by Gabriel Voisin.
Stock no. 1823862
Published by Putnam. 1st UK 1963. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography of Gabriel Voisin, one of the first men taking part in the first achievements of powered flight. Terracotta cloth boards, black title to spine. A few b/w photos. Boards clean and bright. Foxing mainly to text block and prelims... some foxing to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine and lightly browned to front and rear panel.

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THE FLYING BOOK 1917
Written by W.L. Wade.
Stock no. 1823834
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.; The Aviation World Publishing Company. 1917. Very good condition.

Brown boards, colour pictorial onlay to front. B/w photos and illustrations. 18 pages + 291 pages plus 8 pages of adverts. Rebound with new boards, original front cover onlaid to front board (small patch of surface paper loss). New endpapers with original pastedowns on inside boards. A few foxspots present. Plate facing page 103 replaced with a loosely inserted photocopy. Rear board a little grubby.

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SPITFIRE VS BF 109 BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Written by Tony Holmes.
Stock no. 1823827
Published by Osprey Publishing. 2013. Fine condition.

An account of machines of war pitted against each other, and the combatants who operated them. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9781846031908. 8th impression. A very nice, clean copy.

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THE SPEED SEEKERS
Written by Thomas G. Foxworth.
Stock no. 1823816
Published by Foulis; Haynes Publishing Group. 1st thus 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A book about aeroplanes and speed. Includes tables of aircraft and engine performance data complimenting scrupulously researched text. Large oblong format. B/w photos. 561 pages. Revised edition. ISBN: 0854297669. Text block a little grubby else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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CONVAIR ADVANCED DESIGNS
Written by Robert E. Bradley.
Stock no. 1823815
Published by Speciality Press. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Secret Projects from San Diego 1923-1962. Consolidated Vultee, which later became Convair, built some of the world's best flying boats in the 1930s, and the world's best bombers during World War II. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos, illustrations & drawings. ISBN: 9781580071338. A nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly grubby to rear.

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GRUMMAN MALLARD: THE ENDURING CLASSIC
Written by Fred W. Hotson; Matthew E. Rodina.
Stock no. 1823808
Published by Robin Brass Studio. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of an outstanding amphibian aircraft. Light tan paper boards, dark brown titles. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781896941448. Lower corners lightly bumped, lower horizontal edges of boards lightly marked. Contents fine. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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IMPERIAL AIRWAYS: THE BIRTH OF THE BRITISH AIRLINE INDUSTRY 1914-1940
Written by Robert Bluffield.
Stock no. 1823805
Published by Classic; Ian Allan. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A lively and detailed history or Britain's aviation heritage. Large format. B/w and colour photos. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 9781906537074. A nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear (no loss) to top front edge, and is creased at top of spine.

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THE AVIATION FACTFILE: BIPLANES, TRIPLANES & SEAPLANES
Written by Jim Winchester.
Stock no. 1823803
Published by Grange Books. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Features over 120 biplanes, triplanes and seaplanes, from Airco to Zeppelin. Large oblong format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1840136413. A nice, clean copy in dustwrapper which is faintly scuffed.

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NIGHT RAIDERS OF THE AIR
Written by A.R. Kingsford.
Stock no. 2139821
Published by Greenhill Books. Circa 1988. Very good condition.

Being the experiences of a night flying pilot, who raided Hunland on many dark nights during the War. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 185367009X. Spine is faded.

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