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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  

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  

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

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

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

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  

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  

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  

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  

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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