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| Thomas, Lowell THE FIRST WORLD FLIGHT - Hutchinson 1st, c1925; 303pp, 90 photos, endpaper maps; some foxing, mainly to page edges & title page, o/w vg |
£38.00 |
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| Personal memoirs of Lowell Smith, Erik Nelson, Leigh Wade, Leslie
Arnold, Henry Ogden & John Harding, of the flight by Douglas Cruisers, April-Sept 1924. |
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| BN: 23744 |
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| Thomas, Lowell & E.Jablonski BOMBER COMMANDER - The life of James H.Doolittle. |
£16.00 |
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| S & J lst (UK) 1977; 368pp, 66 photos; fine, near fine d/w.Complete biography, but with accent on the WW 2 phase of Doolittle's career. |
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| BN: 25661 |
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| Thomas, Sir Miles OUT ON A WING - an autobiography |
£16.00 |
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| M.Joseph 1st, 1964; 406pp, 16 photos; near fine, vg
d/w. Includes some WW 1 history. Author flew in the RFC in the Middle East, became a motoring reporter post-WW 1; organised munitions production in WW 2, later becoming Chairman of BOAC. |
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| BN: 24843 |
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| Thomson, Adam HIGH RISK - The politics of the Air. |
£15.00 |
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| S & J 1st, 1990; 590pp, 33 photos; near fine inc d/w.Autobiography of Sir Adam Thomson, founder of British Caledonian Airways. |
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| BN: 27758 |
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| Tredrey, Frank D. PILOT'S SUMMER - An R.A.F.Diary. |
£26.00 |
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| Duckworth 1st ,1939 (1941 reprint); 191pp, 20 photos, col 3-view drgs of RAF training aircraft; vg except some staining to fep & title page.The celebrated description of RAF training ; Wittering, 1939. |
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| BN: 25162 |
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| Turner, Major C.C. MY FLYING SCRAP BOOK - Sampson Low 1st, c1945; 118pp, 10 illus; vg int, cloth sl soiled. |
£24.00 |
| The first jounalist to learn to fly (in 1911), Turner describes his training, balloon flights to Sweden & Russia, the England-Capetown attempt of 1920 with Brackley, races, records & airlines pre-WW 2. Rather scarce. |
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| BN: 24112 |
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| Turner,John Frayn FAMOUS FLIGHTS - |
£5.00 |
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| Barker 1st, 1978; 160pp; fine, sl chipped d/w.Selection of famous stories. |
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| BN: 21233 |
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First full biography of an aeronautical genius. |
£16.00 |
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| PSL 1st, 1993; 256pp, 90 photos; fine inc d/w. |
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| BN: 30950 |
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| Verdon-Roe, Sir Alliott THE WORLD OF WINGS AND THINGS - Hurst & Blackett 1st, c1939; 270pp, 26 photos; vg except foxing to page edges. |
£30.00 |
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| The autobiography of the famous pioneer. |
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| BN: 30623 |
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| Von Langsdorff, Werner FLIEGER - und was sie erlebten. (77 Deutsche Luftfahrer erzaehlen). |
£9.00 |
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| Bertelsmann, 1935; 384pp, 93 photos inc portraits (photos inc Do X, Graf Zeppelin etc; German lang, "gothic" test; home binding (sl loose f cover), owner's plate, o/w vg int. Biographies of 77 German aviators and their experiences. |
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| BN: 30040 |
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| Wallace, Graham THE FLIGHT OF ALCOCK & BROWN - (14-15 June, 1919). |
£9.50 |
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| Putnam 1st, 1955; 312pp, 17 photos; vg int, cloth sl worn.. |
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| BN: 25662 |
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| Ward, Harry & Peter Hearn THE YORKSHIRE BIRDMAN - memoirs of a pioneer parachutist. |
£14.50 |
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| Hale 1st, 1990; 189pp, 32 photos; fine, nr fine d/w.Well written biography of a fascinating career. |
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| BN: 24113 |
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| Warren, Margaret T. TAKING OFF - Malvern 1st, 1983; 25 x 19cm, 218pp, photos, drgs; fine inc d/w. |
£16.00 |
| Early aviation in America as seen by a pioneer woman pilot (she flew from 1926 & was a test pilot for Grumman in WW 2) |
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| BN: 26641 |
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| Wells G.N. HEAD IN THE CLOUDS - |
£17.50 |
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| H & S (Australia) 1st, 1973; 253pp, 60 photos, ep maps; fine inc d/w.Starting with Australian National Airways, with Kingsford-Smith, the author served with Imperial Airways, TEAL & Air New Zealand. |
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| BN: 28799 |
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West, James E (Chief Scout Executive) THE LONE SCOUT OF THE SKY - |
£8.00 |
| Boy Scouts of America, 1928; 275pp31 illus (mainly photos); near-vg.
Popular style version of the Lindbergh story so far. |
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| BN: 30821 |
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| Williams, Neil AIRBORNE - |
£15.00 |
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| Airlife 1st, 1977; 175pp, photos & drgs in text; fine inc d/w.Stories from the author's wide experience as test & demonstration pilot, charter & competition aerobatic pilot. (He was killed ferrying a Heinkel to the UK from Spain). |
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| BN: 25663 |
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| Wood, Alan FLYING VISITS - |
£8.50 |
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| Dobson 1st, 1946; 19 x 13cm, 149pp; fine.A journalist's air journey to Australia - and back via China, India & Cairo; the flights, the local scenes and politics of the time. |
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| BN: 27505 |
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| Wood, Michael GO AN EXTRA MILE - the adventures and reflections of a flying doctor. Collins 1982 reprint from 1978 1st; 160pp, 18 photos, ep maps; fine, nr fine d/w. |
£14.00 |
| Starting and running the Kenya flying doctor service. Also - fine inc d/w - AUTHOR-INSCRIBED - £18 |
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| BN: 28801 |
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| Yeager, Gen. Chuck & Leo Janos YEAGER - an autobiography: |
£16.00 |
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| Century 1st UK, 1986; (from 1985 US 1st); 24 x 16cms, 342pp, 20 photos; fine inc d/w.Story of the first breaking of the sound barrier. |
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| BN: 22301 |
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