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Gunston, Bill, Capt E.Chemel & others. CHRONICLE OF AVIATION - £30.00
J.L.Publishing, 1st 1992; 30 x 24cm, 984pp, f.illus (photos, many col; poster pictures, maps, drgs); fine inc d/w.A "year-by-year" review of world aviation history. First published in France: this english edn is a completely revised version; should replace all the aviation encyclopedias you have ever owned! Throughly researched and superbly presented.  
BN: 26357  
Gunston,Bill ATTACK AIRCRAFT OF THE WEST - £8.00
Ian Allan 1st, 1974; 271pp, 11 photos; near fine inc d/w.Types inc the Buccaneer, Harrier, TSR 2, Jaguar, F 111, Skyhawk, Corsair & A 10.  
BN: 21066  
Gunston,Bill EARLY SUPERSONIC FIGHTERS OF THE WEST - £12.00
Ian Allan 1st, 1976; 256pp, 12 plates; nr fine inc d/w.  
BN: 21209  

Gunston, B MODERN COMBAT AIRCRAFT ill -  from fighters to battlefield helicopters.   Octopus 1st, 1983; 31 x 25cm, 80pp, f.illus (all col); fine.

£6.00
Mostly recent types but some WW 1 & WW 2.  
BN: 26984  

Gunston. Bill.  A CENTURY OF FLIGHT -  Trodd 1st, 1988; 31x24cm, 256pp, f.illus, some colour; fine, vg d/w.

£8.00
Well illustrated review.  
BN: 24676  

Gunston, Bill & Peter Gilchrist  JET BOMBERS -  from the Me 262 to the Stealth B-2.  

£16.00
Osprey 1st, 1993; 28 x 20cm, 320pp, f.illus (3-view drgs & photos of all types featured; fine inc d/w.
BN: 29759
 Gunston, Bill  FIGHTER! - a pictorial history of international fighter aircraft.  £8.00
 Parragon 1998 reprint (from 1997 1st); 30 x 24cm, 96pp, pictorial; near fine inc d/w.  
 BN: 30555  
Gurney, Gene FIVE DOWN AND GLORY - A history of the American air ace. £12.00
Putnams 1st, 1958; 302pp, 45 photos, lists of aces, combat victories etc, biblio; nr fine.Appendices giving potted histories of the "Congressional Medal of Honour Aces".  
BN: 24286  

Gurney, Col. Gene  VIETNAM: THE WAR IN THE AIR -  A Pictorial History of the U.S. Air Forces in the Vietnam War:  S & J 1st, 1985; 27 x 21cm, 277pp, f.illus (photos and maps, some colour), fine inc d/w.

£12.00
BN: 24287  
Gwynn- Jones, Terry THE AIR RACERS - Aviation's golden era 1909-1936. £12.00
Pelham Books 1984; 32x23cm, 224pp, f.illus; near fine, sl torn d/w. Includes some of the long-distance record flights and Schneider Trophy races.  
BN: 22547  

Guttery, Wg Cdr T.E  THE SHUTTLEWORTH COLLECTION -  Shuttleworth Collection 3rd 1969;, 158pp, f.illus (photos); glossary; fine inc d/w. 

£15.00
A good picture of how the famous collection was in the 1970s.  
BN: 23919  
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Hadar,Moshe & Major Yehuda Ofer  HEYL HA'AVIR - THE ISRAEL AIR FORCE -  Ministry of Defence, Israel c1970; 30x26cm, f.illus (some col) English translations of captions & text; fine, torn d/w.

£18.00  
BN: 22548    
Hadley, Dunstan ONLY SECONDS TO LIVE - Pilots' tales of the Stall and the Spin. £7.50
Airlife 1st, 1997; 208pp, 33 photos, many diags; damp-marks to base of cloth & inside dw, o/w near fine..An assembly of accounts by many writers and testers of the problems with different aircraft in these aspects.  
BN: 29428  
Halley, James J. THE ROLE OF THE FIGHTER IN AIR WARFARE - £7.50
Jenkins 1st, 1978; 25 x 19cm, 152pp, f.illus (some col 3-view drgs, photos); fine, vg d/w.Covers period WW 1 to date.  
BN: 21944  
Hallion, Richard P. STRIKE FROM THE SKY - the history of battlefield air attack, 1911-1845. £16.00
Airlife 1st, 1989; 323pp, 94 photos, extensive notes & biblio; fine inc d/w.A serious but readable study.  
BN: 28071  

Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore  ENGLISH ELECTRIC CANBERRA -  The History and development of a classic jet.  

£20.00
Pen & Sword 2005; 25 x 18cm, 216pp, f.illus (some col); fine inc d/w.  History including col side views showing colours worn in UK and overseas air forces.  
BN: 31016

Handley Page Ltd  FORTY YEARS ON 1909-1949 -  HP Ltd 1949; 28x22cm landscape; 96pp, f.illus; fine int, covers sl tired.

£20.00
Shows H P aircraft from beginning to date.  
BN: 22551  
Hanna, Ray RED ARROWS - £8.00
Balfour, nd; 31 x 23cm, 175pp, near-pictorial (much col); vg, v torn d/w.Brief description of earlier formation aerobatic teams plus the Gnat Arrows.  
BN: 24668  
 Harding, Stephen  U.S. ARMY AIRCRAFT SINCE 1947 -  An illustrated directory.    £15.00
 Airlife 1st, 1990; 273pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w  
 BN 30642  
Hardy M.J. SEA, SKY AND STARS - An illustrated history of Grumman Aircraft. £15.00
A & A.P. 1st, 1987; 25 x 20cm, 160pp, f.illus, type data list; fine inc d/w.  
BN: 23885  

Harkins, Hugh TORNADO  - Air Defence variant protecting Britain's skies

£13.50
Pentland Press 1st, 1995; 184pp, many photos, individual aircraft histories; fine inc d/w  
BN: 30803  
Harper, Harry TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF FLYING - Impressions, recollections & descriptions. £25.00
Hutchinson 1st, 1929; 292pp, 63 photos; vg.From the experience of the well-known early chronicler.  
BN: 25701  

Harper, Harry  LORDS OF THE AIR -  Lutterworth 1st, 1940; 216pp, 52 photos; vg (fine int). 

£18.00
Personal memoirs.One of Harry Harper's several books on early flying More than half the book describes pre-WW 1 flying; continues mainly about civil airline development to date of writing.  
BN: 26386  
Harper,Harry MAN'S CONQUEST OF THE AIR - £6.50
Gifford 1st, 1942; 19 x 13cm, 206pp, 6 illus; near fine.Brief history of flying from beginning to WW 2.  
BN: 21452  

Hawks, Ellison  BRITISH SEAPLANES TRIUMPH IN THE INTERNATIONAL SCHNEIDER TROPHY CONTESTS -  Real Photographs, 1945; 80pp, f.illus;  vg, sl torn d/w. 

£28.00
An account of the Schneider series, mainly describing the 1929 & 1931 events won by the Supermarine seaplanes.  Also card-cover edn, vg - £18.  
BN: 23959  

Heatley, Michael  FIGHTERS -  Magna Books, 1988; 33 x 25cm, 126pp, pictorial (all col); vg, sl ragged d/w.

£5.00
BN: 25441  

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