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Kay, Air vice-Marshal C.E. THE RESTLESS SKY - The autobiography of an airman - Harrap 1st, 1964; 22 x 15cm, 248pp, 30 photos; ex-lib (only one small stamp) fep renewed so vg overall; |
£12.00 | |
| Autobiography including the flight to Australia by Desoutter in 1930 & WW 2 (as a bomber pilot). | ||
| BN: 24390 | ||
| Keay,Douglas ALWAYS ANOTHER DOOR - | £9.50 | |
| Evans 1st, 1958; 215pp, 18 photos; fine, sl torn d/w.Story of Pamela Russell, paralysed herself, fought back from injuries to success on Television & marriage to RAF pilot Michael Cross who also recovered from injuries to return to test flying. | ||
| BN: 23731 | ||
| Keith C.H. FLYING YEARS - | £8.00 | |
| Av.B.Club edn, from John Hamilton 1st of 1937; 22 x 15cm, 315pp, 34 photos, 6 maps; bd'g sl loose;o/w vg; Good (topical?) description of RAF life in Iraq, Persia, Egypt and Palestine (1926-1930). Also 1st (black cloth & better paper with col painting as frontis, not in ABC edn); vg int but badly damp-marked spine, hidden by vg d/w - £15 | ||
| BN: 22267 | ||
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Kerr. Mark LAND, SEA, AND AIR - Reminiscences of Mark Kerr. Admiral R.N, Major General R.A.F (retired) Longmans 1st, 1927; 405pp, 20 illus; fine. Rare in this condition. |
£45.00 | |
| Autobiography; author was midshipman, flag lieutenant, Naval Attache, Admiral; was recalled from overseas to assist in the formation of the Independent Air Force and the RAF; post-WW 1 he attempted a trans-atlantic attempt (with Brackley & Gran by Handley Page). | ||
| BN: 24567 | ||
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Kingsford-Smith C.E. & C.T.P.Ulm THE FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS - National Travel Club USA, 1929; 295pp, 25 photos, maps; vg except rear cover loose, spine lettering faded. |
£28.00 | |
| Well-written story of the 1928 cross-pacific flight. | ||
| BN: 29476 | ||
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Kingsford-Smith, Sir Charles MY FLYING LIFE - authentic biography from diaries & papers: |
£8.50 | |
| Av. B.C. edn, 1939; 284pp, 23 illus; vg int, cloth badly damp-stained, needing paper cover to hide! | ||
| BN: 22268 |
| Ladd, Fred with Ross Annabell A SHOWER OF SPRAY AND WE'RE AWAY! - | £22.00 | |
| Reed (New Zealand) 1st, 1971; 233pp, 38 photos; fine inc d/w, AUTHOR-SIGNED.After some WW 2 flying Ladd started Fiji Airways and then Tourist Air Travel with Widgeons. A well-told story. | ||
| BN: 28350 | ||
| Lee, A.v-M. Arthur Gould FLY PAST - Highlights from a flyer's life. | £16.00 | |
| Jarrolds 1st, 1974; 222pp, 38 photos; fine inc d/w.From training in Maurice-Farman Shorthorns, through WW 1, RAF service including WW 2 Air Commands; AND some post-WW 2 flying. | ||
| BN: 26336 | ||
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Leeming, John F. AIRDAYS - Harrap 1st, 1936; 302pp, 20 photos; near fine. |
£28.00 | |
| Memoirs of 1930s lightplane pilot. | ||
| BN: 26109 | ||
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Levine, Isaac Don MITCHELL - PIONEER OF AIR POWER - |
£16.00 | |
| Duell, Sloan & Pearce, USA 1958 (from 1943 1st); 420pp, 9 photos; nr-fine (owner's bookplate on fep).Reprint of the 1943 "Flying Crusader" with added bibliography on Mitchell's own writings.Also - Arno reprint, fine - £12. | ||
| BN: 24092 | ||
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Lewis, Cecil NEVER LOOK BACK - Hutchinson 1st, 1974; 208pp; vg inc d/w (spine of d/w faded, orner's bookplate) |
£16.00 | |
| Famous WW 1 fighter pilot and author describes his long and varied life- his search for meanings. | ||
| BN: 27815 | ||
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Lewis, Cecil GEMINI TO JOBURG - true story of a flight over Africa: Random House, New York, (from Viking 1st ,1984); 128pp, map; |
£15.00 | |
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fine, vg d/w. |
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| 1947 flight in Miles Gemini by famous author of "Sagittarius Rising". Also card-cover Penguin edn 1985; fine - £4.50 | ||
| BN: 22272 | ||
| Lindbergh,Anne Morrow LISTEN! - THE WIND - | £19.50 | |
| Harcourt Brace USA 2nd Imp of 1st, 1938; 275pp, foreword & maps by Charles Lindbergh; vg inc d/w.The Lindberghs' 1933 Africa-Brazil flight. | ||
| BN: 21439 | ||
| Lindbergh,Anne Morrow NORTH TO THE ORIENT - | £16.00 | |
| Chatto 1st, 1935 ; 248pp, ep maps, photo, smaller maps in text; fine.Story of the Lindberghs' 1931 flight by great circle route via Alaska to Asia. | ||
| BN: 21638 | ||
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Lindbergh, Anne Morrow THE STEEP ASCENT - |
£10.00 | |
| Chatto 1st, 1945; 104pp; vg+. Musings about what flying is like, by the famous long-distance flyer | ||
| BN: 28006 | ||
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Lindbergh, Anne Morrow EARTH SHINE - Wolff 1st 1969; 23 x 18cm, 72pp, f.illus; fine, nr fine d/w. |
£17.50 | |
| Mainly travel & nature study with references to rocket flight - by famous aviatrix. | ||
| BN: 23730 | ||
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Lindbergh, Anne M. BRING ME A UNICORN - Diaries and letters, 1922-1928. |
£15.00 | |
| Wolff USA, 1972; 236pp, 40 photos; fine, near fine d/w. | ||
| BN: 28603 | ||
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Lindbergh, Anne M. HOUR OF GOLD, HOUR OF LEAD - Diaries & Letters 1929-1932. |
£16.00 | |
| Harcourt-Brace USA 1973; 340pp, 54 photos; fine, nr fine d/w Stories of flights, visits and friendships. | ||
| BN: 27816 | ||
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Lindbergh, Anne M. LOCKED ROOMS AND OPEN DOORS - Diaries and letters 1933-1935. |
£15.00 | |
| Harcourt Brace USA 1st, 1974; 352pp, 60 photos; fine, vg d/w. | ||
| BN: 28600 | ||
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Lindbergh, Anne M. WAR WITHIN AND WITHOUT - Diaries and letters 1939-1944. |
£16.00 | |
| Harcourt Brace USA 1st, 1980; 471pp, 41 photos; near fine inc d/w. | ||
| BN: 28601 | ||
| Lindbergh, Charles A. "WE" - | £16.00 | |
| Putnam's 29th Imp, 1928 from 1st of 1927; 318pp, 48 photos; spine lettering worn away; vg int.Lindbergh's story of his life, trans-Atlantic flight & his views on the future of aviation. | ||
| BN: 23440 | ||
| Lindbergh, Charles A. THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS - | £18.00 | |
| Murray (1st UK) 1953; fine, fair (sl torn) d/w; the planning and completion of the trans-atlantic flight of May 1927. Also Scribner's 1st (USA), 1953;(similar except picture endpapers) vg - £18 | ||
| BN: 25156 | ||
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Lindbergh, Charles A. OF FLIGHT AND LIFE - Scribners USA 1st, 1948; 56pp; near fine. |
£10.00 | |
| A post-war statement of philosophy. | ||
| BN: 29009 |