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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |