Search Results: Aviation from Books Bought and Sold

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1952. Detailed book on gliding, 102 pages in clean condition, many B/w illustrations plus very informative text, Dustwrapper is bright and clean with some creasing and small tears to top edges,light wear to edges and small loss to top of wrapper spine. Though not perfect a still pleasing copy of an interesting book on gliding SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Good Plus/Good. 8 ½ x 5½ Inches. Hardcover.

London: C C Wakefield and Co Ltd, 1933. Very informative book on motor sport and flying achievements for 1933, contains48 pages in bright clean condition, many sepia photographs and illustrations, all present as called for plus very informative text, loose Castrol, double sided advert , placed in book. NO dustwrapper, outer illustrated card covers are clean with very slight rubbing to extreme edges.A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 ¾ x 5½ Inches. Card Covers.

London: Virtue and Company Excellent book on aeroplanes, that fought in the Great War (World War one) 229 pp with twenty plates of the planes some in colour others B/w some photographs. Book very good , pages browned on edges due to quality of paper used but is not brittle,some light marks on pages, spine a little darkened and light marks on rear, overall a nice copy of an interesting book. Not dated looks around 1920s/1930s DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Geoffrey Watson. 25 Cms X 19 Cms. Hardcover.

London: Blackie and Son Ltd Excellent book on the aeroplane in war 224 pages with many illustrations, drawings and photographs. Jacket colour illustration by Cuneo. Not dated looks late 1940s or early 1950s Book and jacket bright and clean, jacket a little rubbed on edges and aclosed tear on rear, overall a nice copy SEE IMAGE DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 20 x 14.5 Cms. Hardcover.

London: Sampson Low Marston and Co Ltd, 1934. Excellent book on the aircraft of this period, 152 pages in bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations plus very informative text. Rear endpaper has had a small split in the paper which has been neatly pasted back down, binding is sound and strong but with the slightest of up and down movement, previous owners name on front endpaper. NO dustwrapper, outer boards have some light marking and gold lettering on spine is worn and dulled just readable.Though not perfect still a pleasing copy of an interesting book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Boards. Good/No Jacket. 8 ¾ x 5½ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Technical Press Ltd, 1931. Book on how to fly from 1931, 76pp with many line drawings. Book very good just small stain on rear endpaper, wrapper has few light stains on front and large stain on back and little loss, still quite a nice copy. DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL ON REQUEST.. First. Boards. Very Good/Good Plus. 18.5 x 13 Cms. Hardcover.

London: The Institution of Automobile Engineers, 1918. Very informative technical book on automobile and aircraft construction in early 1900s t0 1918 Volume 8 twelve issues January to December 1918 original 1918 publications in officiai ILIFFE binding. 366 pages in very bright clean condition just some heavy browning to endpapers, all other pages clean. Many B/w photographs and technical illustrations, all present as called for with some fold out diagrams plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer board have a couple of small marks, slight wear to top and bottom of spine and corners, little area on extreme botoom edge of rear board worn half inch across, slight darkening to spine.HEAVY BOOK 2.3 Kg with sound packaging EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS A nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Gold Embossed Cloth Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 13 ½ x 10 ¼ Inches. Hardcover.

London: The Institution of Automobile Engineers, 1920. Very informative technical book on automobile and aircraft construction in 1920s Volume 10 twelve issues January to December 1920, original 1920s publications bound in official ILIFFE binding. 504 pages in very bright clean condition justsome browning to endpapers. Many B/w photographs and technical illustrations, all present as called for with some fold out diagrams plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are bright and clean just slight darkening to spine.HEAVY BOOK 2.8 Kg with sound packaging EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS A nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Gold Embossed Cloth Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 13 ½ x 10 ¼ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Hutchinson & Co Excellent book on the the author's aviation memoirs, not dated but appears to be late 1920s or 1930s. 265 pages plus 24 pages of adverts, in overall bright clean condition just a little browning to endpapers. Outer boards have a few light marks and blue background is faded on spine. Many old B/w photographs plus very informative text. No dustwrapper. A nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Gold Embossed Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8 ¾ x 5½ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Jane's Publishing, 1984. Excellent book on the Boeing 747 83 pp packed with colour photographs and informative text. DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL ON REQUEST.. First. Pictorial Laminated Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. 21 X 20.5 Cms. Hardcover.

London: Grant Hughes Limited Excellent book on aeroplanes for the younger reader, 32 pages in bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations plus very informative text. Not dated looks late 1940s or 1950s. NO dustwrapper, outer illustrated boards are rubbed and worn on edges and some light marks to covers.Though not perfect still a pleasing copy of a collectable book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Illustrated Boards. Good/No Jacket. 9 ½ x 7 ½ Inches. Hardcover.

Milton Keynes UK: Hall Park Books Large card cover booklet covering these aircraft, 37 pages with much information plus many photographs and drawings of a technical nature. From the Warpaint series number 26. Book is very bright and clean just an old price sticker on top bottom left corner of cover and very small tear top left of cover ¼ inch long. A very nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by David Howley. 30 Cms x 21 Cms. Card Covers.

UK: Laas International and Merseyside Aviation Society, 1976. Volume 2 in a series of 4 large format card cover books covering independent British airlines since 1946. Complete in itself but page numbering commences121 (volume 1 ended page 120) with much information plus many B/w photographs, card covers are a little browned on edges but still a bright and attractive copy. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 30 X 22 Cms. Card Covers.

London: William Heinemann, 1909. Excellent book on the history of aviation, this is the first English edition. 295 pages in overall bright clean condition just a little foxing on first and last few pages plus a few occasional spots throughout. Many old B/w photographs, maps and illustrations plus very informative text. No dustwrapper, very attractive boards with gold embossed plane on front. A very nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First English Edition. Gold Decorated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9¼ x 6¼ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Hodder Arnold, 2006. Very informative and detailed study applying current understanding in medicine, physiology and behavioural sciences to the stresses faced by both civil and military aiircrew on a daily basis,864 pages in very bright clean condition, many colour, B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are bright and clean with a little wear to top front edge. VERY HEAVY BOOK 2.9Kg with sound packaging EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS A bright pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Fourth Revised Edition. Illustrated Laminated Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 11 ¼ x 8¼ Inches. Hardcover.

London: William Kimber, 1972. A fascinating biography of Ernest Thompson Willows, Britain's foremost airship pioneer. A detailed accont of the trials and tribulations encountered in the building of his airships. 160 pp with 31 period photographs plus line drawings. Both wrapper and book are very bright and clean.. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 24 X 16 Cms. Hardcover.

London: John Hamilton Book of fighter planes and fighter pilots of the First World War 90 pages plus 6 pages of adverts. Chapters on the planes, squadrons and fighter pilots, wonderful full page drawings by Howard Leigh of planes fighting plus photographs of air aces. Book is overall clean inside just some very light small occasional foing spots little light foxing to outer edges of pages, outer covers are a little rubbed on edges with tiny splits just beginning to appear on outer hinges of spine which is a little browned,some marks on edges and on surface of boards.Not dated but is 1930s possible first edition 1932. Though not perfect a pleasing example of a collectable book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Howard Leigh Alfred Sindall. 9 ¾ x 7 ¼ Inches. Hardcover.

Germany, 1943. Very informative book on learning to fly all types of planes,TEXT in GERMAN, 110 pages in overall clean condition just som light browning due to quality of paper used, many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text in GERMAN, NO dustwrapper, outer illustrated paper covers are rubbed and worn with some marking. Though not perfect still a pleasing example of an interesting book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Illustrated paper Covers. Good Plus/No Jacket. 5 ½ x 4 Inches. Paper Covers.

Germany: Flugwelt, 1957. 12 issues of Flugwelt, a German aviation magazine, bound with their pictorial covers in a cloth binder. The magazines are number 1 January 1957 to number 12 December 1957 all are in clean condition 960 pages in all. Packed with information on all types of aircraft accompanied by many photographs, line drawings and period adverts GERMAN TEXT. Cloth binder is a little dusty with some light staining on back, gold lettering on spine is worn. HEAVY ITEM EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED Magazines are very good SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 29.5 X 21.5 Cms. Hardcover.

Germany: Flugwelt, 1956. Book of aircraft consisting of bound magazines January - December 1956, with much detail of planes at the time TEXT IN GERMAN many photographs and old adverts. Book is bright and clean inside just slight browning to edges of pages due to quality of paper used. HEAVY BOOK 2-2 Kg EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED OVERSEAS. Outer covers are stained on front and gold lettering on spine is dulled. A pleasing copy of an informative aviation book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Cloth Covered Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 11 ½ x 8½ Inches. Hardcover.