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Anderson, James (as told to Jim Reardon)  ARCTIC BUSH PILOT -  from Navy Combat to flying Alaska's northern wilderness.   Epicenter Press, 2000; card covers, 256pp, many photos; fine.

£12.00  
BN: 31161    
Baidukov, Georgiy RUSSIAN LINDBERGH - the life of Valery Chkalov. £12.00
Smithsonian card cover, 1991; revised & expanded edn of the English translation of 1978, from Russian original of 1975; 330pp, 27 photos, biblio; near fine.Includes description of the controversial flight to USA over the pole, which others claim to have been fictitious.  
BN: 28803  

Bellis H.  AMY JOHNSON -  Newnes "Women of Renown" Series; card covers, 18 x 12cm, 48pp, 13 photos, map; some pages sl damp-marked, o/w vg.

£7.50
BN: 31162  

  Brett, Maurice - A SUNDAY FLYER -  Some flights and frights of a private pilot.  Cirrus Associates, 2000; card covers, 270pp, photos, maps, sketches. Fine. 

£7.50
UK private flying, 1960s & '70s.   
BN: 31062  

Clegg, Peter V.  AVRO TEST-PILOTS SINCE 1907 -  Vol 1; Alliott Verdon-Roe to "Sam" Brown.  GMS 1st, 1997; card covers, 30 x 21cm, 200pp, f.illus, chronology, lists of tests etc; fine.

£15.00
BN: 30261  

Cobham,Sir Alan  A TIME TO FLY -  Shepheard-Walwyn card-cover edn, 1986; 23 x 15cm, 214pp, 23 photos; fine. 

£10.00
Biography, including lists of towns visited by the Berkshire Aviation Co, & the National Aviation Day displays of 1932 to 1935.  
BN: 27819  

Curtis, Lettice  WINGED ODYSSEY -  Mary, Duchess of Bedford - a flying biography  Air Research Pubs , 1993; card covers, 258pp, photos, maps; fine.

£9.00
Biography of the famous pre-WW 2 pilot by the ATA pilot and author of "The Forgotten Pilots".  
BN: 31828  

De Havilland, Sir Geoffrey  SKY FEVER -  The autobiography:     Airlive card-cover edn (from Hamilton 1st, 1961); 260pp, 12 photos; nr fine.

£9.00
BN: 21537  
Hurley, Alfred F. BILLY MITCHELL - Crusader for air power. £8.00
Indiana Univ. Press, card cover edn, 1975 (from 1964 original); 190pp, 17 photos; near fine.  
BN: 28992  

Jewell, John  ENGINEERING FOR LIFE -  the story of Martin-Baker.     Martin-Baker, 1979; card covers, 24 x 17cm, 110pp, f.illus (some col); fine.

£14.00
Describes the MB 1 to MB 5 series; also the work on jettisoning canopies & ejector seats.  
BN: 29274  

Lewis,Cecil  GEMINI TO JOBURG -  true story of a flight over Africa:   Penquin card cover edn, 1985; fine.

£4.50
1947 flight in Miles Gemini by famous author of "Sagittarius Rising".  
BN: 22272  

MacNutt, Alan  ALTIMETER RISING -   my 50 years in the cockpit.  Author-published, 2000; card covers, 214pp, many photos; fine.

£7.50
RCAF, Royal Navy, running his own flying school, Canadair, air survey, forest fire bomber and testing airliners and their pilots.  
BN: 30550  

Mitchell, Gordon  R.J.MITCHELL -  Schooldays to Spitfire    Card-cover edn of Nelson & Saunders 1st, 1986; 25 x 19cms, 350pp, many illus; near fine inc d/w Author-signed dedication to Raymond Baxter; also signed by Lady Bader.

£45.00
Edited and part-written by R.J.Mitchell's son, with contributions by Sir George Edwards, Quill, Henshaw, Johnson, Deere, Lettice Curtis & others.  
BN: 24094  

Seabrook, William B.  AVENTURE AERIENNE -  Paris-Sahara-Tombouctou  Grasset card cover 6th edn, from 1933 original; 261pp, 12 photos; French lang; vg

£5.00
Story of flying across the Sahara and other adventures; trip by Seabrook with Capt Wauthier, pilot and a young American novelist, in Capt Wauthier's Farman-Lorraine.  
BN: 31362
 Sleight, John  SMALL ENOUGH TO CONQUER THE SKY -  Jim Denyer, "Nr Newcastle Airport"  City of Newcastle City Libraries, 1993; card covers, 152pp, many photos, (some col); near fine.   £9.00
 After a WW 2 career as a night-fighter pilot, in No 29 Mosquito Squadron, Denyer became Director of Newcastle Airport. This is the story of that airport (including  some pre-war history) and Jim Denyer's career there.   
BN:  30659  
Travers, J.L., H.G. & C.T. CROSS COUNTRY - £14.00
Hothersall & Travers, 1990; card covers, 25 x 17cm, 602pp, photos in text; fine.Description, from family letters & log books of WW 1, 1920s & 1930s flying experiences; a super view of the period.  
BN: 24905  

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