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London: Treasure Press , 1981. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. A concise but authoratitive look at civil aviation, from the big jets to smaller turboprops and helicopters: how they work; how they fly; how they navigate; what they're like on board. Contains, 80 pages, 305 x 24cm, and illustrated throughout with colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. No dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Internally, Fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks, feels and smells like new inside.

Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine. Photographic record (with introductory text and expanded captions) showing world-wide operators of the Boeing 737. Number 7 in the publisher's 'Airline Markings' series. Size, 22 x 22cm, 66 pages, illustrated throughout with colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards showing some faint scratches on front, otherwise very good. No dust jacket. Internally, Fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks, feels and smells like new inside.

London: Ian Allan, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Used. Near Fine/very good jacket. First edition of what has become the 'bible' of British civil aircraft registrations. A comprehensive list of every aircraft on the British civil register from April 1919 till February 1969, giving registration mark, type and notes (where applicable). Includes data tables of almost all types registered in Britain during this fifty-year period, together with some 150 b&w photos of aircraft. Contains 255-pages, 19 x 12.5cm, with 44-pages of b&w photos. Red cloth boards in Very Good+ pictorial dust jacket. Internally, shows previous owner's signature on front endpaper, otherwise in Near Fine condition internally: clean, bright, and unmarked in excellent bindings. A book that has obviously been cherished with no sign of the 'underlinings', etc, normally found in old spotter's books.

NB: This book is published in French. An extremely rare volume, published in 1992 to mark the 40th anniversary of REGA, the Swiss Air Rescue organization. Covers the history and organization of REGA, from its origins in 1952 up till publication date. Contains 194 pages and illustrated throughout with numerous photographs, mostly in colour. A copy in VG+ condition that smells like new inside.