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Cobham, Sir Alan  SKYWAYS -  Nisbet, 1925; 314pp, 31 photos; vg except sl damage to bd'g at title page & owner's plate; relevant cutting pasted inside rear cover. Cloth sl marked.

£24.00
The author's flying career from the end of WW 1 to date of writing.
BN: 24966

Cobham, Sir Alan  "TWINTIG DUISAND MIJLEN IN EEN vLIEGEBOOT"

£15.00
Dutch language edn OF "tWENTY tHOUSAND mILES IN A fLYING bOAT" (24 x 17cm, 255pp, photos, maps; sl foxing, o/w vg -  
BN: 24900
Cobham,Sir Alan MY FLIGHT TO THE CAPE AND BACK - £17.50
Black, 1st,1926; 70pp, 44 sepia photos, 1 map, diag of DH 50; vg (unusually, with sound spinepaper)    .Account of the Nov 1925 to March 1926 flight by DH 50.   (less good copies also sometimes available)  
BN: 21534
Cobham,Sir Alan AUSTRALIA AND BACK - £25.00
Black 1st, 1926; 124pp, 28 photos, ep map; vg;   . Story of Cobham's 1926 flight by DH 50.
BN: 22262

Cochran, Jacqueline & Maryann Bucknam Brinley  JACKIE COCHRAN -  the autobiography of the greatest woman pilot in aviation history  Bantam 1st, 1987; 358pp, 39 photos; near fine inc d/w 

£17.50
autobiography describing an adventurous aviation career - at time of her death she claimed more speed, altitude & distance records than any other pilot - '30s racing planes to supersonic jets.
BN: 23514

Collier,Basil  HEAVENLY ADVENTURER -  Sefton Brancker and the dawn of British Aviation.  Secker & Warburg 1st, 1959; 242pp, 9 illus; vg , good d/w.

£12.00
Biography of one of the leading figures in the formative years of British aviation.
BN: 21997

Conradis, Heinz  DESIGN FOR FLIGHT -  the Kurt Tank Story.  Macdonald UK  1st, 1960 (trans from German "Nerven, Hertz und Rechenschieber"); 240pp, 39 photos; vg, good d/w.

£15.00
Career story of famous Focke-Wulf designer.
BN: 21184 

Cossey, Bob  UPWARD & ONWARD -  the life of Air Vice-Marshall John Howe CB   Pen & Sword 2008; 335pp, 47 photos; fine inc d/w.

£16.00
John Howe trained in the SAAF of the early 1950s, transferred to the RAF to fly the first British jet fighters, later demonstrating the Lightning & introducing the Phantom into RAF Squadrons.  
BN: 31413

Coupar, Anne Robertson  THE SMIRNOFF STORY -  Jarrolds 1st, 1960; 272pp, 23 photos; near fine, good (sl torn) d/w 

£15.00
WW 1 & the early days of KLM.
BN: 21964

Courtenay, William  AIRMAN FRIDAY - Hutchinson 1st 1937; 416pp, 69 illus; vg. 

£25.00
Personal reminiscences (inc early air tours with Amy Johnson c1930) covering all the main aviation developments of the 1930's.  
BN: 21536
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Davis, Pedr CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH - Smithy, the world's greatest aviator.

£30.00
Summit Books 1st,(50th Anniversary) 1977; 29 x 21cms, 161pp, f.illus inc col cutaway; fine inc d/w. Well-illustrated biography, uncommon in UK, especially the 1st edn.  
BN: 28340
De Goutiere, Justin JUSTIN DE GOUTIERE - PILOT - self-portrait of a brave man. £12.00
Foulis 1st, 1968; 205pp, 21 photos; nr fine, chipped d/w.Story of flying in British Columbia and a personal battle with paralysis.  
BN: 30483

Denham, T.S  SPEED ! -  Pilot Press 1st, 1929; 19x13cm, 112pp, 11 photos; vg int, spinecloth sl worn. 

£24.00
Rather scarce book on the Schneider Trophy Races.
BN: 22502

Desmond, Kevin  RICHARD SHUTTLEWORTH -  An illustrated biography.  Jane's 1st, 1982; 28 x 23cm, 192pp, f.illus; fine, nr fine d/w; bookplate of well-known test and display pilot. 

£25.00
well-illus biog., largely a picture of his motor racing & flying career with good illus of Old Warden.
BN: 23222

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