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| Boyle, Andrew TRENCHARD - Man of Vision: | £16.00 | |
| Collins, 1st 1962; 768pp, 32 photos, 8 maps, good biblio and notes; vg, sl ragged d/w. Massive detailed biography of the "Father of the R.A.F". Also another with binding breaking, - £10 | ||
| BN: 22254 | ||
| Boyle,Andrew NO PASSING GLORY - the full & authentic biography of Gp Capt Cheshire. | £5.00 | |
| Reprint Society edn, 1957 (from Collins 1st of 1955); 384pp; near fine, vg d/w.Full biography and study of Cheshire's personality - his two careers as bomber leader and as the pioneer of the Cheshire Homes.Also - another with sl damp-marked cloth - £4. | ||
| BN: 21027 | ||
| Brabazon, Lord, of Tara THE BRABAZON STORY - Heinemann 1st, 1956; 227pp, 23 photos; near fine. | £15.00 | |
| autobiography of the holder of British Pilot's Certificate No 1 - he helped to pioneer aerial photography in WW 1; became a leading sportsman and Minister of Transport and Minister of Aircraft Production post-WW 2. | ||
| BN: 23478 | ||
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Brackley, Frida H. BRACKLES - Memoirs of a pioneer of civil aviation. |
£25.00 | |
| Mackay 1st, 1952; 695pp, many illus (photos, maps); fine inc d/w Describes Brackley's involvement in WW 1 (RNAS & RAF), Atlantic & Capetown flights, life in Japan & the Sempill mission, the development of Imperial Airways; Coastal & Transport Commands in WW 2; BOAC & BSSA post-war. Includes some important bits of aviation history. | ||
| Also another, fine with only good d/w £18. Also another, ex-lib but only a single stamp inside, o/w vg, faded spinecloth; £15 | ||
| BN: 27997 | ||
| Braddon, Russell CHESHIRE VC - a story of war and peace. | £9.00 | |
| Evans 1st, 1954; 217pp, 34 photos; vg, good d/w.Biography of famous Bomber Command pilot and leader and his post-war enterprise in the development of the Cheshire Homes. | ||
| BN: 21599 | ||
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Bramson,Alan MASTER AIRMAN - a biography of Air Vice-Marshall Donald Bennett: Airlife 1st, 1985; 166pp, 51 photos; fine, faded d/w. |
£12.00 | |
| Story of service in Imperial Airways, trans-Atlantic ferrying, leader of the RAF Pathfinder Force; then M.D. of British South American Airways; building cars & light aircraft among other things. | ||
| BN: 22255 | ||
| Bramson, Alan PURE LUCK - The authorised biography of Sir Thomas Sopwith, 1888-1989. PSL 1st, 1990; 288pp, over 100 photos, appendices; fine inc d/w. | £17.50 | |
| 25476 | ||
| Bridgeman,William & Jacqueline Hazard THE LONELY SKY - | £18.00 | |
| Cassell 1st, 1956; 278pp, 15 photos; fine, nr fine d/w.Skyrocket test pilot's story. | ||
| BN: 21911 | ||
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Briggs F.S. & S.H.Harris JOYSTICKS AND FIDDLESTICKS - the Flying Kangaroo. Hutchinson 1st (1930s); 222pp, 35 plates; spinecloth faded, o/w vg. |
£25.00 | |
| About one third of book describes WW 1 flying & instructing; followed by fascinating description of post-war pioneer Australian flying. | ||
| BN: 22035 | ||
| Brittain, Sir Harry WINGS OF SPEED - | £12.00 | |
| Hutchinson 1st, 1934; 288pp, 32 illus; vg int, spinecloth faded & marked.Memoirs, with much on the development of airlines. | ||
| BN: 22056 | ||
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Brown, Cdr Eric WINGS ON MY SLEEVE - Barker 1st,1961; 191pp,19 photos; fine. |
£16.00 | |
| Amazing autobiography of test pilot with record-breaking number of types flown - recommended! Also - Airlife, 1978; vg, nr fine d/w - £14.50. | ||
| BN: 23719 | ||
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Bruce, the Hon. Mrs Victor THE BLUEBIRD'S FLIGHT - Chapman & Hall 1st, 1931; 292pp, 46 photos, 4 maps; vg int, cloth damp damaged at edges. Scarce account by the famous aviatrix of her round the world journey with the Blackburn Bluebird (flying except for the Pacific and Atlantic oceans). UBN 22102 Also another, good int, poor, soiled & split spinecloth - £10 |
£30.00 | |
| Burke, John WINGED LEGEND - the story of Amelia Earhart. | £10.00 | |
| Barker 1st (UK) 1971 (from USA 1st, 1970); 255pp, 15 photos; ex-library but generally vg, torn d/w. | ||
| BN: 26926 | ||
| Byrd, Commander Richard E. SKYWARD - Putnam's USA 1st, 1928; 359pp, 47 photos; foxing to page edges, o/w vg. | £35.00 | |
| Memoirs of polar & trans-atlantic flights. Also - Blue Ribbon 11th Imp, 1931 (5 illus) vg £18 | ||
| BN: 22257 | ||
| Byrd, Ricgard E. LITTLE AMERICA - Putnams USA 1930; 422pp, 70 photos, 4 maps; vg | £38.00 | |
| Aerial exploration in the Antarctic - the flight to the South Pole. | ||
| BN: 30743 | ||
| Byrd, Richard E. ALONE - | £8.00 | |
| Readers Union & Putnam, 1939; 302pp, drgs in text; vg except spine cloth faded & split).Story of Byrd's lonely winter at the advanced base in Antarctica; not really an aviation book but has relationship with his other polar exploration books in which flying figured essentially. | ||
| BN: 26903 |
| Cadogan, Mary WOMEN WITH WINGS - female flyers in fact and fiction. | £17.50 | |
| McMillan 1st, 1992; 24 x 16cm, 280pp, photos, cartoons, sketches, good biblio; fine inc d/w.From ballooning to space girls. | ||
| BN: 28585 | ||
| Carter I.R. SOUTHERN CLOUD - | £14.00 | |
| Angus & Robertson 1st, 1964; 168pp, photos, maps, biblio; vg , chipped d/w.The story of Kingsford Smith's "Southern Cloud", its flights, disappearance and discovery.Also another, ex-lib with stamps etc at front only; vg - £8. | ||
| BN: 22258 | ||
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Chadwick, Roxane AMELIA EARHART - aviation pioneer. Lerner (USA)("Achievers" series) 1987; 21 x 17cm, 56pp, f.illus; fine. |
£7.50 | |
| Popular style account. | ||
| BN: 29832 | ||
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Chichester, Francis C. SEAPLANE SOLO - Faber 1st 1933; 314pp, 8 photos, fold-out map; fine int, cloth soiled. |
£16.00 | |
| The original account of F.C.'s flight over the Tasman Sea. | ||
| BN: 26924 | ||
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Clouston,A.Comm. E.A. THE DANGEROUS SKIES - Cassell 3rd, 1954 (from 1954 1st!); 187pp, 24 illus; vg inc d/w. |
£16.00 | |
| Autobiog. covering the Comet record flights & WW 2 scientific research. | ||
| BN: 22260 |