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| Douglas-Hamilton, James ROOF OF THE WORLD - Man's first flight over Everest. | £16.00 | |
| Mainstream 1st, 1983; 25 x 20cm, 192pp, many photos, biblio; fine, near-fine d/w. | ||
| BN: 28587 | ||
| Draper, Major C. THE MAD MAJOR - the autobiography of Major Christopher Draper DSC. | £15.00 | |
| Air Review 1st, 1962; 231pp, f.illus; fine, sl chipped d/w. Author served in both world wars; famous for flying under Thames bridges in 1931 and 1953. | ||
| BN: 21590 | ||
| Driscoll, Ian H. WINGED JOURNEY - | £17.50 | |
| Johnson 1st, 1947; 220pp, 35 photos, 3 maps; vg, good d/w; rather scarce.Accounts of early post-WW 2 airline flights, with 'fictionalised characters' but photos of real Empire flying boats, Boeing 314s, Constellations, Yorks etc.Also another, vg (without d/w) - £15. | ||
| BN: 24982 | ||
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Drosnin, Michael CITIZEN HUGHES - |
£16.00 | |
| Hutchinson 1st, 1985; 532pp, reproductions of documents, extensive notes; near fine. Biography of Howard Hughes, based on previously hidden documents from the Hughes empire and more than 3000 pages of the billionaire's own handwritten memos. | ||
| BN: 28588 | ||
| Duke, Neville TEST PILOT - | £12 | |
| Allan Wingate 1st, 1953; 215pp, 29 photos; sl foxing to fep, o/w vg. Author's flying career including WW 2 Tomahawks & Spitfires and post-war testing for Hawker. | ||
| BN: 21539 |
| Earhart,Amelia LAST FLIGHT - | £6.00 | |
| Harrap 1st, 1938; 252pp, 27 photos; fair (cloth worn & faded).Arranged by G.P.Putnam; title intended as "World Flight", changed after authoress's death. | ||
| BN: 21426 | ||
| Edwards, Goronwy HEAD IN THE CLOUDS -a young RAF pilot's life in the late '30s. | £15.00 | |
| Airlife 1st, 1996; 141pp, 18 photos; fine inc d/w.Following the three years prior to 1939 (then still only 20 years old) the author's Coastal Command service included the disastrous Norwegian campaign. | ||
| 29177 | ||
| Ellis, Herbert HIPPOCRATES, RN - Memoirs of a Naval flying doctor: Hale 1st, 1988; 206pp, 24 photos, 4 diags; fine inc d/w. | £14.50 | |
| Author served with Fleet Air Arm from late 1940's to 1959, dealing with the new problems involved in flying jet aircraft, particularly from carriers. | ||
| Elwes, Jonathan GLASMOTH - Moscow and back by Tiger Moth. Quiller Press 1st, 1990; 31 x 25cm, 160pp, pictorial (some col); fine inc d/w | £17.50 | |
| Excellent photography by Herbie Knott. | ||
| BN: 30641 | ||
| Embry A.c-M. Sir Basil MISSION COMPLETED - | £10.00 | |
| Methuen 1st, 1957; 350pp, 33 illus, maps & diags; vg, sl ragged d/w; .Author's RAF career, 1921 to retirement,(as c.in c. Allied Air Forces Central Europe), including his 1940 escape story. | ||
| BN: 21541 | ||
| Emm, Wilfred THREE DECADES A PILOT - The third generation. | £16.00 | |
| Spellmount 1st, 1990; 293pp, sketches & maps by author; fine, vg d/w.Life career story, based on the 9 imaginary log books of a typical airline pilot, covering 29 years before, during and after WW 2. Events and conditions real; many characters fictitious. | ||
| BN: 28341 | ||
| Euringer, Richard FLIEGER-SCHULE 4 - buch der mannschaft. | £5.00 | |
| Buechergilde Gutenberg, 1938 (from 1929 original); 306pp; German (Gothic) lang; vg.Story of Flying School No 4 of the 1920s (assumed non-fiction!?). vg int, spinecloth faded & splitting. | ||
| BN: 30033 | ||
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Fawcett,Douglas FROM HESTON TO THE HIGH ALPS - a chat about joy flying. |
£20.00 | |
| Macmillan 1st, 1926; 21 x 16cms, 74pp, 32 photos; vg except sl worn spinecloth. .. | ||
| Learning to fly, flying across Europe - some poetry & superb photos of the Alps. | ||
| BN: 21301 | ||
| Fellowes, Air Comm. P.F.M., Blacker, Etherton & the Marquis Clydesdale FIRST OVER EVEREST - The Houston Mount Everest Expedition, 1933. Lane cheap edn, 1935 (from 1st, 1933) ; 24 x 17cm, 279pp, 33 photos ;. Cloth sl marked, slight foxing, o/w vg. | £16.00 | |
| Full story of the preparations & flight over Everest by Westland Wallace & PV-3. | ||
| BN: 24896 |
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Fahie, Michael A HARVEST OF MEMORIES - the life of Pauline Gower MBE - GMS 1st, 1995; 207pp, f.illus, biblio; fine inc d/w. |
£48.00 | |
| Excellent biography, written by her son, of the lady pilot who, pre-WW 2, delighted air trippers at Hunstanton & elsewhere and readers of the "Piffling Poems" booklets; who was also Commandant,(Women), of the war-time A. T. A., of which the book contains much important history. Now scarce. | ||
| BN: 26932 | ||
| Finne K.H. IGOR SIKORSKY - THE RUSSIAN YEARS - | £15.00 | |
| Airlife 1st, 1987; 26 x 18cm, 223pp, photos, 3-view line drgs, map etc; fine, near fine d/w.Describes the first phase of the famous designer's career; much on the Il'ya Muromets & other types. | ||
| BN: 24091 | ||
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Floyd, Olive PILOT OFFICER JAMES NEALE THORNE RAF DFC - Privately published, New York, 1956; 24 x 16cm, 345pp, 83 illus; nr fine. |
£36.00 | |
| Memoir of U.S. pilot killed in service with the RAF. Scarce. | ||
| BN: 27565 | ||
| Fokker,Anthony & Bruce Gould FLYING DUTCHMAN - the life of Anthony Fokker. Routledge 1st, 1931; 302pp, 27 photos; vg. | £25.00 | |
| Important autobiography including early years & WW 1 developments. Also Penguin paperback, 1938; 246pp, vg (pages sl browned) - £6 | ||
| BN: 21542 | ||
| Furse, Anthony WILFRID FREEMAN - the genius behind allied survival and air supremacy 1939-1945 Spellmount 1st, 2000; 384pp, f.illus, extensive notes; fine inc d/w | £20.00 | |
| An essential book for any RAF or WW 2 student, Freeman being perhaps the most important of the WW 2 RAF leaders. His pivotal role in proritising aircraft types and correcting failures of other senior people is clear in this well-written book. | ||
| BN: 30203 | ||
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Geiger, Hermann ALPINE PILOT - Cassell 1st, 1956; 104pp, 38 photos; fine, vg d/w. |
£14.00 | |
| Author was pioneer of alpine rescue involving mountain landings by fixed-wing aircraft. | ||
| BN: 25366 | ||
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Gerber, Albert B. BASHFUL BILLIONAIRE - An unauthorised biography of Howard Hughes. |
£18.00 | |
| Lyle Stuart, New York 1967; 384pp,; fine inc d/w. | ||
| BN: 30987 | ||
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Gibbs A.M. Sir Gerald SURVIVOR'S STORY - Hutchinson 1st, 1956; 182pp, 44 illus; vg, fair d/w. |
£16.00 | |
| Career story from WW 1 to publication date; Maurice Farmans to Meteors. | ||
| BN: 21800 |
| Gilbert,Walter & Kathleen Shackleton ARCTIC PILOT - life & work on North Canadian Air Routes | £15.00 | |
| Nelson 1st, 1940; 256pp, 24 photos, map; sl soiled front endpaper & one corner bumped, o/w vg, ragged d/w.Gilbert's experiences as told to Kathleen Shackleton.Also - library binding with some annotations to one page & title page, o/w near-vg - £10. | ||
| BN: 21543 | ||
| Gill,Brendon LINDBERGH ALONE - May 21, 1927; | £14.00 | |
| Harcourt Brace 1st, 1977; 26 x 20cm, 216pp, f.illus; fine, sl chipped d/w.Biography and the Atlantic flight. | ||
| BN: 21437 | ||
| Goerner,Fred THE SEARCH FOR AMELIA EARHART - | £15.00 | |
| Bodley Head 1st UK, 1966 (from US 1st of 1966); 286pp, 18 photos; near fine inc d/w.Story of persistent research leading to the conclusion that A.E. was captured by the Japanese. ALSO - US Doubleday 1st; nr fine, vg d/w - £15 | ||
| BN: 21544 | ||
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Grace,Dick CRASH PILOT - Longmans Green 1st UK edn, 1956 (from US 1950); 276pp, fine, nr fine d/w. |
£15.00 | |
| First published USA 1950 as "Visibility Unlimited"; Career story of famous professional "crasher" for the film industry, from end of WW 1 onwards. | ||
| BN: 21545 | ||
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Grey, Elizabeth WINGED VICTORY - the story of Amy Jhonson. Houghton Mifflin USA, 1st, 1966; 161pp, biblio; fine. |
£8.00 | |
| Biography of the famous British long-distance flyer. | ||
| BN: 31331 |