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FLIGHT TO FREEDOM
Written by Michael Donnet.
Stock no. 1610266
Published by Wingham Press.
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Second Edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A vivid history of World war II aviation by an outstanding pilot who lived through it all. ISBN: 1873454074. Top of spine bumped. Remains of price sticker to front wrapper flap.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- HISTORY
- WORLD WAR II
HERK: HERO OF THE SKIES
Written by Joseph Earl Dabney.
Stock no. 1610265
Published by Copple House Books.
1st
1979.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, silver title to spine, vignette to front. The story of the Lockheed C-130 and its adventures around the world. B/w photos. ISBN: 0932298028. Corners of boards are scuffed. Wrapper is edge rubbed; wrapper spine has small sticker, and faded title.
DOOLITTLE'S TOKYO RAIDERS
Written by Carroll V. Glines.
Stock no. 1610257
Published by D. Van Nostrand.
1964.
Almost very good condition.
Who with their '20-cent' bombsights and a billion dollars worth of courage, took off on a spectacular secret mission that changed the course of World War II in the Pacific. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 447 pages includes index. Minor bumping and scuffing to corners and spine. Inscription to front pastedown. Front joint cracked.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
- AIR FORCE
- JAPAN
AMELIA EARHART A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Doris L. Rich.
Stock no. 2124819
Published by Airlife.
1ST
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
With a foreword by Jeana Yeager. B/w photos. ISBN: 1853101338. A few grubby marks to outer page edges.
THE WOODEN WONDER
Written by James G. Robins.
Stock no. 2124816
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Colour illustrations. A short history of the wooden aeroplane. Fading to top and tail of spine. A couple of marks along cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.
STRIKE COMMAND: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE RAF'S WARFARE HEROES
Written by John Parker.
Stock no. 1815882
Published by Headline.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
John Parker draws heavily on individual testimony in this compelling account of the development of the RAF from humble beginnings as an Army unit into the acclaimed state of readiness for immediate action in the twenty-first century. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0755310586. Light page browning of contents.
THE STORY OF THE SPITFIRE: AN OPERATIONAL AND COMBAT HISTORY
Written by Ken Delve.
Stock no. 1815807
Published by Greenhill Books.
1st
2007.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A compelling account of remarkable aircraft and its pilots based on official sources and first-hand accounts. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 272 pages including index. ISBN: 9781853677250. An inscription to front endpaper has been tippexed out (fairly neat). Otherwise fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- WORLD WAR II
AIRCRAFT FOR THE FEW THE RAF'S FIGHTER AND BOMBERS OF 1940
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer.
Stock no. 1610246
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. 256 Pages. ISBN: 1852600403. Spine bumped. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge rubbed and faded at spine.
JEAN BATTEN THE GARBO OF THE SKIES
Written by Ian Mackersey.
Stock no. 1610243
Published by MacDonald.
c.
1991.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Jean Batten was one of the great aviation megastars of the 1930s but who disappeared mysteriously in 1982. B/w photos. 465 pages. ISBN: 0356195732. Foxing to textblock. Wrapper is edge creased, with some marks and scratch to rear panel.
BRITISH FLIGHT TESTING: MARTLESHAM HEATH 1920-1939
Written by T. Mason; T. Heffernan.
Stock no. 2124599
Published by Putnam.
1ST
1993.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Tracing the development of landplane testing during the whole period between the two World Wars. B/w photos. 256 Pages. Large format. ISBN: 0851778577. A little page edge browning. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.
THE LAST FLIGHT OF BERT HINKLER
Written by Edward P. Wixted.
Stock no. 1610234
Published by Vantage Press.
1st
1992.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A gripping true-life adventure story about one of the heroes of the early days of aviation. Hinkler disappeared in 1933 while on a solo flight from England to Australia. B/w photos. ISBN: 0533090210.
THE LEGENDARY DC-3
Written by Carroll V. Glines; Wendell F. Moseley.
Stock no. 1610227
Published by David & Charles.
1979.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Silver title to spine. B/w photographs. ISBN: 0715379216. Spine bumped. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge rubbed with a couple of tiny chips; a few grubby marks.