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THE ABC OF GLIDING
Written by Fox Geen.
Stock no. 2131880
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w diagrams. Pale blue boards, black title to spine. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; some loss; grubby in places.

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UNSAFE AT ANY HEIGHT
Written by John Godson.
Stock no. 2131879
Published by Anthony Blond. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue/green cloth with blue title to spine. In the autumn of 1967 a Costa Rican airliner encountered turbulence, as a result of which two people were killed (the aeroplane afterwards continued to fly). This book looks into the causes of 'avoidable' crashes. ISBN: 0218515189. Browning and foxing to covers. Bumping to top of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears; some repaired to verso with sticky tape; some marks.

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ACE OF ACES M ST J PATTLE: TOP SCORING ALLIED FIGHTER PILOT OF WORLD WAR II
Written by E.C.R Baker.
Stock no. 1818431
Published by Crecy. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 094755436X. Light browning to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel with a few closed tears to top edge.

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STRIKE FROM BENEATH THE SEA
Written by Terry C. Treadwell.
Stock no. 1318395
Published by Tempus. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history of aircraft-carrying submarines. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 191 pages. ISBN: 0752417045. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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BOEING AIRCRAFT SINCE 1916
Written by Peter M. Bowers.
Stock no. 1818014
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st thus 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1966, this edition is virtually rewritten and greatly expanded. B/w photos and diagrams. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0851778046. Minor foxing to top edge of text block.

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SAILPLANES 1920 - 1945
Written by Martin Simons.
Stock no. 1817933
Published by Equip. 2nd 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Describing and illustrating more than 120 types of sailplane, designed, built and flown in many countries during the quarter century following the first organised gliding competition on the Wasserkuppe in 1920. Large format. B/w pictorial boards. B/w photos and colour diagrams throughout. ISBN: 3980677346. 2nd revised edition. Fading to spine and spine edges.

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HUNGARIAN EAGLES: A MAGYAR KIRALYI HONVED LEGIERO 1920-1945
Written by Gyula Sarhidai; Gyorgy Punka; Viktor Kozlik.
Stock no. 1817913
Published by Hikoki Publications. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Hungarian Air Forces. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, colour & b/w illustrations. 62 pages. ISBN: 095198991X. Slight creasing to card covers. Contents clean.

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SPANISH CIVIL WAR AIR FORCES
Written by Christopher Shores.
Stock no. 1817883
Published by Sky Books Press. 1st USA 1977. Very good condition.

AIRCAM/AIRWAR series no. 3. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Colour illustrations in centre. 48 pages. ISBN: 0894020153. Card covers and contents a little grubby & browned.

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COAST WATCHING IN WORLD WAR II (STACKPOLE MILITARY HISTORY SERIES)
Written by A.B. Feuer.
Stock no. 1817848
Published by Stackpole Books. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Operations against the Japanese on the Solomon Islands, 1941-43. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780811733298. First paperback edition.

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HAWKER AIRCRAFT SINCE 1920
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 2131593
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Hawker products are described in great detail and illustrated by photographs and drawings. 657 pages. 3rd edition. ISBN: 0851778399. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased with some fading to spine.

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FLYING AN EPITOME AND A FORECAST
Written by Claude Grahame-White.
Stock no. 2131577
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. Spine is browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges; foxing; also to page margins. Wrapper is very badly damaged; torn with half of spine MISSING: other pieces are taped back together on a white sheet of paper (now browned); tape marks etc.

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THE HISTORY OF AVIATION IN THAILAND
Written by Niels Lumholdt; William Warren.
Stock no. 2131486
Published by Travel Publishing. 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9627088056. Spine is faded with some indentation and grubby marks.

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