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Aspin, Chris  DIZZY HEIGHTS -  The story of Lancashire's First Flying Men.  Helmsmore Local History Soc, 1988; card covers, 25 x 18cm l'scape, 132pp, f.illus; fine. 

£9.50  
well illustrated by sepia photos, sketches, mapsetc. Excellent local history.     
BN: 31064    

Chard Corporation  JOHN STRINGFELLOW, 1799-1883 -  Centenary of invention of the first engine driven aeroplane.

£5.00
BN: 24053

Gibbs-Smith AERONAUTICS -  1) Early flying up to the Rhiems meeting.C.H.    HMSO (Science Museum), 1966; 15 x 15cm, 22pp, col photos; fine.

£6.50
one of a small series of small - but nice! - booklets with col illus.
BN: 26147
Gibbs-Smith C.H. THE WORLD'S FIRST AEROPLANE FLIGHTS, (1903-1908) - and earlier attempts to fly £5.00
HMSO (Science Museum) 5th Imp 1977 (with amendments) from 1st of 1965; 8vo, 32pp, 23 photos; fine.
BN: 22004

Goodall, M.H.  FLYING START -  Flying Schools & Clubs at Brooklands 1910-1939.

£6.50
Brooklands Museum 1995; card covers, 20 x 20cm, 88pp, f.illus; fine.  
BN: 30941
Grimmer A.E. MEMORIES OF EARLY FLYING DAYS - £4.00
The Shuttleworth Collection, nd; 8pp, 4 photos; vg.Grimmer donated the Bleriot & Deperdussin aircraft which were the first given to the Shuttleworth Collection. Book describes his early attempts to fly.  
BN: 24075  
Jarrett, Philip DAGENHAM DAYS - A history of the Aeronautical Society's Flying Ground. £2.50
Reprinted from R.Ae.S. Feb 1970; 10pp, photos, vg.  
BN: 23662  

MacGregor-Hastie, Roy  FLYING MACHINES -  he picture story of the men, women & machines which first conquered space  Four Square 1st, 1965; 19 x 14cms, card covers, 127pp, photos, diags;good-vg.

£3.50
BN: 24510  
Maxim, Paul TAKING FLIGHT - the Fisher Monoplane & early aviation in the Wellington region. £12.00
Wairarapa (NZ) 1st, 2003; card covers, 24 x 17cm, 76pp, f.illus; fine.Good picture of pioniering in New Zealand pre-WW 1.  
BN: 30303  

Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G.  THE ORD-HUME ARCHIVE -  Eerly French Aviation .GMS Enterprises, 2005; card covers, 28pp, pictorial; fine.

£4.50
A selection of photos from period publications of the period.  
BN: 31061  
Ritter, Dr Wolfgang THE FLYING APPARATUS OF THE BLOW-FLY - a contribution to the morphology & physiology of the organs of flight in insects £15.00
Smithsonian Inst. 1911; soft covers, 77pp, f.illus; vg.Detailed technical study of the flight mechanism of the fly.  
BN: 28957  

School of Ballooning, Aldershot  MANUAL OF MILITARY BALLOONING

12.00
Reprint by Rediscovery Books, 2006 from the 1896 original; card covers, 121pp, diags, tables etc; new  Good facsimile of rare original.  
BN: 31219  
Tagg A.E. POWER FOR THE PIONEERS - The Green & E.N.V. Aero Engines. £8.50
Crossprint, 1990; card covers, 25 x 18cm, 76pp, many photos, reproductions of adverts, engine data & photos; fine. Also another, fine with author's signature - £12  
BN: 23978  
Wescott, Lynanne & Paula Degen WIND AND SAND - the story of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. Eastern Acorn Press (USA) 1983; card covers, 29 x 20cm, 189pp, f.illus (near-pictorial); near fine. £15.00
BN; 28544
 

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