| Bacon, Gertrude BALLOONS, AIRSHIPS & FLYING MACHINES - | £32.00 | |
| Jack's Scientific series, nd (c1905); 18 x 12cm, 125pp, drgs, diags; vg, (cloth & f. cover lettering rubbed, near fine inside.)the majority of this very period little book covers lighter-than-air flying, with some mention of the Wright Brothers & Maxim. | ||
| BN: 23236 | ||
| Bacon,Gertrude ALL ABOUT FLYING - | £32.00 | |
| Methuen 1st 1915; 17 x 11 cms, 115pp, 22 illus; vg.Review of early flying 1903 to 1919. | ||
| BN: 22107 | ||
| BACON, Gertrude MEMORIES OF LAND AND SKY - Methuen 1st 1928; 244pp, 24 photos; vg. | £28.00 | |
| Mainly pre-WW 1 ballooning and pioneer flying with brief notes on war andthe 1920's. | ||
| BN: 22108 | ||
| Berget, Alphonse THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR - Aeronautics, Aviation; History, Theory, Practice. | £45.00 | |
| Putnams, New York, 2nd English language edn, 1911; 249pp, 48 plates (many different from the 1st edn), 81 diags in text; vg except spinecloth splitting (for approx 5cms from top).Well illustrated early work describing ballooning, dirigibles (flights & operation) & the early aeroplane types. | ||
| BN: 21903 | ||
| Brett, R.Dallas HISTORY OF BRITISH AVIATION 1908-1914 - | £35.00 | |
| Aviation Book Club 2-vol edn, (from Hamilton 1st of 1933); vg.(Vol 1 has faded d/w; Vol 2 no d/w)Excellent, readable description of the early British scene;some line drawings of aircraft; appendices of data on records etc; this is the book that first triggered my interest in pre-WW 1 flying. | ||
| BN: 22109 | ||
| Broke-Smith, Brig. P.W.L. THE HISTORY OF EARLY BRITISH MILITARY AERONAUTICS - | £16.00 | |
| 1968 Academic reprint, 8vo hardback; 56pp, 25 photos inc balloons, airships & aeroplanes; vg inc d/w. Paper reprinted from the Royal Engineer's Journal of March, June & Sept 1952 (later reprinted by Mackey),covering the period prior to the formation of the RFC in 1912. | ||
| BN: 21889 | ||
| Broomfield G.A. PIONEER OF THE AIR the life & times of Colonel S.F.Cody Gale & Polden 1st, 1953; 19 x 13cm, 164pp, 30 photos; foxing to page edges, o/w nr fine, good d/w. | £15.00 | |
| Now a somewhat scarce biography of the famous pioneer. | ||
| BN: 21682 | ||
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Brown C.L.M. THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR - an historical survey. O.U.P. 1st, 1927; 19 x 13cm, 126pp, 8 illus; vg+. |
£14.50 | |
| Good pocket survey of the development of aeronautical knowledge up to c1910. | ||
| BN: 25326 | ||
| Casey, L.S. CURTISS - THE HAMMONDSPORT ERA 1907-1915 - Crown, USA 1st, 1981; 29 x 22cm, 235pp, f.illus; fine, nr fine d/w. | £24 | |
| Describes the early Curtiss aircraft (with 3-view line drgs & photos) and the early development of the company | ||
| BN: 24367 | ||
| Claxton W.J. THE MASTERY OF THE AIR - | £25.00 | |
| Blackie 1st, 1914; 1915 reprint of 1st, 1914; 260pp, 23 plates, figs in text; f. cover sl loose, o/w vg.More attractive & useful than the later versions of the same title. The 1st recently seen on E-bay at a high price!Also reprinted 2nd, 1915; similar except foxing to some pages & page edges - £16.; Also - 3rd, 1920;near-vg - £12 | ||
| BN: 22163 | ||
| Claxton W.J. THE AIRMAN AND HIS CRAFT - | £25.00 | |
| Blackie 1914; 19 x 13cm, 80pp, 4 vg col plates, 9 photos, diags; vg."Rambles among our industries"series. mostly descriptive of pre-WW 1 period. | ||
| BN: 21510 | ||
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Combs,Harry B. with Martin Caidin KILL DEVIL HILL - the epic of the Wright Brothers 1899-1909. Secker & Warburg 1st, 1979; 389pp, 70 illus (photos & diags), good biblio; ex-library but vg inc d/w (only marked at front & on spine of d/w) |
£9.00 | |
| An analysis of the achievements & writings of the Wright Brothers. | ||
| BN: 21410 | ||
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Connon, Peter IN THE SHADOW OF THE EAGLE'S WING - the history of aviation in the Cumbria, Dumfries & Galloway region, 1825-1914. St Patrick's Press 1st, 1982; 30 x 22cm, 134pp, f.illus (photos, drgs, ep maps); fine inc d/w. |
£17.50 | |
| BN: 28541 | ||
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Davy M.J.B. HENSON AND STRINGFELLOW - Their work in aeronautics, 1840-1868. HMSO 1st, 1931; 115pp, col frontis, 6 fold-out diags, 25 plates; vg except sl bumped corners & spinecloth sl worn. |
£18.00 | |
| Illustrated account of the work of the two British pioneers, including much on the Steam Carriage. | ||
| BN: 25327 | ||
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Elliott, Brian A. BLERIOT - HERALD OF AN AGE - Tempus 1st, 2000; 255pp, many photos & source notes; fine inc d/w. |
£17.50 | |
| The early history of Bleriot, with a fairly brief section on his later achievements. | ||
| BN: 30014 | ||
| Fabb, John FLYING AND BALLOONING FROM OLD PHOTOGRAPHS - | £12.00 | |
| Batsford 1st, 1980; 26 x 19cm, 116 captioned photos & brief introduction; fine inc d/w.Based mainly on British activities. | ||
| BN: 26397 | ||
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Gibbs-Smith C.H. SIR GEORGE CAYLEY'S AERONAUTICS 1796-1855 - HMSO 1st, 1962; 269pp, 84 figs, portrait photo, biblio; fine inc d/w. |
£26.00 | |
| Full & well-researched history of the famous pioneer's experiments, papers & designs for airships, gliders & man-powered aircraft. | ||
| BN: 24056 | ||
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Gibbs-Smith, Charles A. THE INVENTION OF THE AEROPLANE, 1799-1909 - Faber 1st, 1966; 360pp, f.illus, notes, appendices, biblio; fine. |
£24.00 | |
| Well-respected account of the "pre-flight" period and the earliest heavier-than-air aircraft. | ||
| BN: 23036 | ||
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Gibbs-Smith C.H. CLEMENT ADER his flight-claims & his place in history HMSO (Science Museum) 1st, 1968; 214pp, figs; fine inc d/w. |
£23.00 | |
| Detailed examination of the claims for Ader's alleged 1897 flight & the legal battles with the Wright Brothers re the "First Flight". | ||
| BN: 21153 | ||
| Gollin, Alfred NO LONGER AN ISLAND - Britain & the Wright Brothers 1902-1909. | £16.00 | |
| Heinemann 1st, 1984; 24 x 16cm, 478pp; fine, near fine d/w.Monumental study of the effect of early flights on attitudes & politics in the UK. | ||
| BN: 21634 | ||
| Grahame-White,Claude & Harry Harper THE AEROPLANE - | £28.00 | |
| Jack's Romance of Reality series, 1914; 280pp 16 plates, photo on f. cover; good-vg (some foxing & minor damage, b'd'g sl loose) - | ||
| BN: 22121 | ||
| Hackenberger, Willi DIE ALTEN ADLER - Pionere der deutschen Luftfahrt. | £16.00 | |
| Lehmanns card-cover edn of 1st, 1960; 185pp, 134 photos; German lang; near fine (owner's plate)("The old eagles - pioneers of German aviation"). | ||
| BN: 29809 | ||
| Harper, E.H & Ferguson, A. AERIAL LOCOMOTION - Cambridge University Press 1911; 164pp, 12 x 17cms, 26 figs inc some photos; vg (near-fine int). | £24.00 | |
| General principles & history of flight to 1911. | ||
| BN: 22123 | ||
| Harper, Harry LORDS OF THE AIR - Lutterworth 1st, 1940; 216pp, 52 photos; vg+. | £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 | ||
| Hart, Clive THE DREAM OF FLIGHT - Aeronautics from classical times to the renaissance. | £16.00 | |
| Faber 1st, 1972; 26 x 20cm, 200pp, 63 plates, 40 figs, biblio; near fine inc d/w.Attractive account of fanciful ideas, kites & designs. Some original Latin texts also reproduced. | ||
| BN: 28543 | ||
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Hayward, Charles B. BUILDING AND FLYING AN AEROPLANE - A practical handbook covering the design, construction & operation of aeroplanes American Technical Society, 1912 (this example shows 1916 but appears exactly the same as the 1912 original); 142pp, 52 figs inc photos; vg. |
£55.00 | |
| BN: 31040 | ||
| Hearne R.P. DER LUFTKRIEG - | £65.00 | |
| Siegismund, Berlin, 1909 (trans from "Aerial Warfare", UK, 1909); German lang (Gothic script); 255pp, 57 illus (photos, drgs, diags); near fine (owner's bookplate at front); attractive picture cover. History of airships & aeroplanes so far - their potential as weapons of war. | ||
| BN: 29934 |
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