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Allen, Roy PICTORIAL HISTORY OF KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIR LINES - Ian Allan 1st, 1978; 92pp, f.illus (photos, maps), fleet lists etc; fine, vg d/w with faded spine. |
£16.00 | |
| BN 23835 | ||
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Bao, Phil Lo AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS Browcom, 1989; 30 x 22cm, 192pp, f.illus, picture boards; fine. |
£18.00 | |
| Appendices give details of services, individual aircraft operated with subsequent histories etc. | ||
| BN: 26180 | ||
| Brooks,Peter W. THE MODERN AIRLINER - its origins & development. | £12 | |
| Sunflower Iniv. Press USA, 1982 (from Putnam 1st of 1961); 194pp, 38 photos, diags; some pages damp-crinkled. Much on the development of types & their selection by airlines. | ||
| BN: 21918 | ||
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Commercial Motor AIR TRANSPORT MANUAL - c1934; 184pp, photos of aircraft, engines & equipment; diags, data tables on engines & aircraft; |
£18.00 | |
| Good picture of current UK civil aviation. covers sl soiled & chipped, vg int - | ||
| BN: 26723 | ||
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Davies R.E.G. A HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S AIRLINES - O.U.P. 1964; 591pp, 72 plates (some with multiple photos), 52 tables, 95 figs; 11 other illus in text; vg. |
£45.00 | |
| Still a respected, well-illustrated & scarce reference book. | ||
| BN: 27577 | ||
| Davies R.E.G. PAN AM - AN AIRLINE AND ITS AIRCRAFT - Orion USA, 1987; 29 x 22cm landscape; 90pp, photos, col side views drgs, maps, data; fine, inc d/w. | £16.00 | |
| Unusual type of Company history, with aircraft type data as the focus. | ||
| BN: 25446 | ||
| Davies R.E.G. REBELS AND REFORMERS OF THE AIRWAYS - | £18.00 | |
| Smithsonian/Airlife 1st, 1987; 440pp, photos in text; fine inc d/w. Biographies of airline pioneers around the world. | ||
| BN: 28435 | ||
| De Malglaive, E SKY GATE - the aviation photography of Etienne de Malglaive. | £12.50 | |
| Airlife 1st, 1999; 30 x 22cm, 160pp, pictorial; fine inc d/w.Photographic studies of airliners & airports. | ||
| BN: 29190 | ||
| Doyle, Neville FROM SEA-EAGLE TO FLAMINGO - Channel Island Airlines 1923-1939. Privately published, 1991; 318pp, f.illus (photos, maps, posters); fine inc d/w. | £15.00 | |
| Well-researched history. | ||
| BN: 25148 | ||
| Driscoll,Ian H. FLIGHTPATH SOUTH PACIFIC - The flyers,the airlines and the aircraft. | £14.00 | |
| Whitcombe & Tombs (N.Z.) 1st, 1972; 303pp, 76 photos, comprehensive notes, individual aircraft histories, chronology; fine, ragged d/w. Account of the early airlines of the region including trans-Pacific routes. | ||
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Account of the early airlines of the region including trans-Pacific routes. |
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| BN: 21272 | ||
| Eather, Charles (Chic) E. SYD'S PIRATES - A story of an airline. | £13.50 | |
| Durnmount, Sydney, 1983; 25 x 19cms, 342pp, maps, photos; nr fine, worn d/w. A comprehensive study of Cathay Pacific. | ||
| BN: 22514 | ||
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Grey C.G. THE CIVIL AIR WAR - Harborough 1945; 121pp; near fine. |
£13.50 | |
| Review of past & current civil transport development. | ||
| BN: 21832 | ||
| Gunn, John CHALLENGING HORIZONS - Quantas 1939-1954. | £35.00 | |
| Univ. of Queensland Press 1st, 1987; 25 x 19cm, 434pp, many photos in text; fine inc d/w.The second volume of the author's 3-volume history of Quantas - a fine production. | ||
| BN: 23870 | ||
| Gunston, Bill DIAMOND FLIGHT - The story of British Midland. Melland 1st, 1988; 25 x 19cm, 116pp, photos (most col), fleet lists, route maps; fine inc d/w. | £13.50 | |
| BN: 23878 | ||
| Hudson,Kenneth AIR TRAVEL - a social history. | £15.00 | |
| Adams & Dart 1st, 1972; 174pp, f,illus; fine inc d/w.Picture of air travel over the years, with good illus of aircraft interiors. | ||
| BN: 20962 | ||
| Hudson,Kenneth DIAMONDS IN THE SKY - a social history of air travel. | £14.00 | |
| Bodley Head/BBC, 1979; 25 x 19cm, 240pp, f.illus (some col); fine, vg d/w.Although covering same ground as "Air Travel", a different book with different (and good) illus. | ||
| BN: 21190 | ||
| Jackson, Robert THE SKY THEIR FRONTIER - The story of the world's pioneer airlines & routes, 1920-1940. | £16.00 | |
| Airlife 1st, 1983; 27 x 22cms, 160pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w.Really worthwhile, well illustrated book on civil aviation development, 1920 to 1940. | ||
| BN: 22566 | ||
| Johnson. G THE ABOMINABLE AIRLINES - | £15.00 | |
| Macmillan, USA 1st, 1964; 302pp; vg.Safety & economic realities. | ||
| BN: 24699 | ||
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Johnsson, Sigurdur AUS DEN ANFAENGEN DER VERKEHRSFLIEGEREI "SIGGI" DER FLIEGER - Walter Zuerl "Flieger-buch", 1976; 95pp plus 90-page photo section; German lang; nr fine inc d/w. |
£18.00 | |
| Life story of the first Icelander pilot who was trained as a commercial pilot in Germany in 1928-1930. Well-illustrated picture of this period of German civil aviation. | ||
| BN: 30038 | ||
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Lewis, W.David & W.P.Newton DELTA - the history of an airline. |
£35.00 | |
| Univ. of Georgia Press 1st, 1979; 504pp, many photos, maps; extensive notes & biblio; fine inc d/w. One of the most substantial & detailed of US airline histories; | ||
| BN: 28770 | ||
| Lewis, W. David & William F Trimble THE AIRWAY TO EVERYWHERE - a history of All American Aviation 1939-1953. Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1988; 230pp, photos, diags, extensive notes & biblio; fine inc d/w. | £17.50 | |
| BN: 30649 | ||
| Lobeck, A.K. AIRWAYS OF AMERICA | £45.00 | |
| Guidebook No 1, The United Airlines. Geographical Press, 1933; 207pp, 123 figs inc photos; folded map in rear pocket; fine except , one corner bumped. 207pp, 123 figs inc photos; folded map in rear pocket; AUTHOR-SIGNED ; James Furman Kemp Memorial Series No.11, Guide book No.1. A geographical and geological description of the routes from New York to Chicago and San Francisco. Also - Kennikat Press (USA) 1970 reprint of 1933 original; fine - £25 | ||
| BN: 22593 | ||
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Matthias, Joachim KAMARADEN DER LUFT - Erlebnise unserer Verkehrsflieger. Reimar Hobbing, Berlin, 1938; 175pp plus 55 photos (mostly illustrating Lufthansa aircraft, routes etc). German lang, alt-Deutsch script; vg (spinecloth faded, pages v sl browned) |
£24.00 | |
| The story of the pre-WW2 commercial airline flying in Germany. Intro by Milch. | ||
| BN: 31614 | ||
| May, Gary THE CHALLENGE OF BEA - The story of a great airline's first 25 years. | £14.00 | |
| Wolfe 1st, 1971; 23 x 21cm landscape; 175pp, f.illus (photos, some colour, and drawings), fine, vg d/w. | ||
| BN: 24294 | ||
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Milberry, Larry AUSTIN AIRWAYS - Canada's oldest airline. |
£17.50 | |
| CANAV 1st, 1985; 160pp, f.illus (some col.); fine inc d/w. The author traces the development of Austin Airways and it's bush operations. | ||
| BN: 22614 | ||
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Owen, Kenneth CONCORDE AND THE AMERICANS - international politics of the supersonic transport. Airlife 1st, 1997; 232pp, 10 photos, notes; fine inc d/w. |
£15.00 | |
| The remarkably successful collaboration between France and Britain, the debates on American SST aircraft, the attempts to block the Concorde's use into the USA; an analysis of the interplay of politics, economics & technology and possibilities for an economically viable successor to Concorde. | ||
| bn: 28655 |
