Pre World War 1 - softcover

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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

Collyer, David G.  FLYING - THE PIONEER YEARS IN KENT -  

£5.00
North Kent Books, 1982; 64pp, pictorial; fine.  
BN: 25575

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.Also 1st edn 1965, with AUTHOR'S SIGNED DEDICATON - £9.
BN: 22004

Gibbs-Smith C.H.  SIR GEORGE CAYLEY (1773-1857) -  HMSO (Science Museum) 1968; 32pp, card covers, 23 figs; vg.  

£6.00
Brief history, based on the Royal Society paper.
BN: 26872

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 - £3.50
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  
Hendon Times HENDON AERODROME SOUVENIR ISSUE - £4.50
May 31st 1968; 16pp newspaper.Commemorating the RAF's silver jubilee year, Grahame-White's exploits, the inter-war RAF Displays, REF's 604 Sqdn etc.  
BN: 30527  
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  
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  

Meynell, Laurence  FIRST MEN TO FLY -  A short life of Wilbur and Orville Wright:     Paper cover proof copy of Laurie 1st, 1955; 19 x 13cm, 158pp, 13 illus; near fine. 

£5.00
Mainly on the Wright brothers.   
BN: 22132  

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  
Tagg A.E. POWER FOR THE PIONEERS - The Green & E.N.V. Aero Engines. £7.50
Crossprint, 1990; card covers, 25 x 18cm, 76pp, many photos, reproductions of adverts, engine data & photos; fine.See also Section M  
BN: 23978  
Von Gramatski, H.J. DIE ZUKUNFT DES FLUGWESENS - erfolg und fiasko. £7.50
Borngraeber, c1913; peper covers, 43pp; vg except spine paper splitting."The future of aviation - success & fiasco"  
BN: 29933  
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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