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AIRCRAFT IN PROFILE - VOLUME 14.
Cain, Charles W (Editor), Profile Publications , 1975. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0853830231. 160 pages. 630g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with some internal browning to top edge. Illustrated with 250 b/w photographs plus 80 colour drawings. One of a sereis of books that contains detailed profiles of the aircraft from the 1920's to the 1970's.
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Aircraft in Profile, Volume 1/ Part 1.
Cain, Charles W (Editor), Profile Publications, 1976. 4th Revised Edition. ISBN: 0853834105. 144 pages. 570g. Blue cloth boards Near FINE in a Very Good slightly sun darkened d/w. Illustrated with around 250 photographs and drawings. One of a series of books that contains detailed profiles of the aircraft from WWI through to the 1950's.
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Aircraft in Profile, Volume 1/ Part 2.
Cain, Charles W (Editor), Profile Publications, 1976. 4th Revised Edition. ISBN: 0853834113. 144 pages. 570g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with 296 b/w photographs plus 140 colour drawings. One of a series of books that contains detailed profiles of the aircraft from WWI through to the 1950's.
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Aircraft in Profile, Volume. 3 (Nos. 49 - 72).
Martin C. Windrow, Profile Publications, 1971. Reprint. ISBN: 0853830126. 304 pages, 1.05kg. Orange cloth boards Marked and Rubbed with internally Ex-Library marks and tags, also with d/w stuck to boards with non-removable film. GOOD ONLY. Becoming a scarce title so offered here for sale at a reduced price. Illustrated with the ususal colour liveries and b/w line drawings.
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Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Volume I.
Cooper.H.J and O.G.Thetford, The Harborough Publishing Co. Ltd, 1940. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 88 pages of text plus Fold-outs. 1.12kg. Original blue cloth boards sun barkened to spine and rubbed to edges. Internally there is a previous owners name to free end-paper. Very GOOD. Although principally aimed at the aeromodeller, contains much detailed and technical infomation on many of the European and American fighting aircraft of the day. Illustrated with b/w photographs plus colour frontispiece and fold-out drawings. This is Volume 1.
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£14.00
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Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Volume IV .
Cooper.H.J and O.G.Thetford, The Harborough Publishing Company Limited, 1943. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 76pp. of text plus 60pp. of advertisements and preliminaries. 1.17 Kg. Original blue cloth boards are faded to edges and spine and rubbed to edges. Internally the front hinge is cracked and some of the fold-outs creased on their leading edge, with one or two small tears, o/w the contents are clean. Near V.GOOD Although principally aimed at the aeromodeller, contains much detailed and technical infomation on many of the European and American fighting aircraft of the day. Illustrated with b/w photographs plus colour frontispiece and fold-out drawings. This is Volume 4.
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Aircraft Of The Royal Air Force 1918 - 58..
Thetford. Owen., Putnam., 1958. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 533 pages 1.02Kg. Blue cloth boards a little faded to spine, Very Good. No d/w. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings.
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Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57.
Thetford, Owen, Putnam Aeronautical, 1957. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 528 pages. 1.03kg. Blue cloth boards. Very Good in a POOR ONLY repaired, with some loss to top and toe of spine, worn d/w in NON-Removable clear sticky plastic covering. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings.
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Aircraft of the Royal Air Force Since 1918 (Putnam's British aircraft).
Thetford, Owen, Putnam Aeronautical, 19871988. 8th Edition. ISBN: 0851778100. 685 pages, 1.16kg. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings.
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Aircraft of the Second World War : Development of the Warplane, 1939-45 (Putnam's History of Aircraft Series).
Jarrett, Philip (Series Editor), Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851778755. 304 pages. 1.34kg. Blue cloth boards MINT in a FINE d/w in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Articles by specialist authors giving a detailed history of the aircraft used in the War. Owing to the weight, extra shipping overseas will be required.
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Aircraft of World War II.
Munson, Kenneth., Ian Allan LTD, 1980. Reprint. ISBN: 0711003440. 272 pages, 605g. Black cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with light rubbing to top & toe of spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs with specification for each plane described.
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Aircraft of World War II.
Robert Jackson, Bookmart, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1856057518. 320 pages, 515g. Dumpy (24mo) Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE price-clipped d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings throughout. Details the design and specifications of 75 of the most important and influential aircraft to see action during WWII.
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Aircraft Recognition - A Facsimale Edition .
R.A.Saville- Sneath, Penguin Books Ltd, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0140133194. 174 pages, 120g. Soft card covers with slight age toning to paging, and sunning to spine. Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This classic text provides a definitive catalogue of the aeroplanes, enemy and friendly, seen over British skies during the Second World War. R.A. Saville-Sneath set out to produce a handy classification guide, with many diagrams, a full glossary and some useful mnemonics, showing how each type of aircraft could be identified quickly and easily. The basic structures, tail units, positions of the wings and engines, and even the sounds made by the different planes, form part of the essential 'vocabulary' for distinguishing Albacores and Ansons, Beauforts and Blenheims, Heinkels, Hurricanes and Junkers, Messerschmitts and Moths, Spitfires and Wellingtons.
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Aircraft Recognition. The Inter-Services Journal. Volume 111, Number 8. April 1945..
Masefield, Peter G (Editor), Aircraft Recognition Branch of the Ministry of Aircraft Production., 1945. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 20 pages, 65g. A4 sized booklet with paper cover having been hole-punched by previous owner, so Good only. Illustrated with b/w photograpghs and drawings.
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Airlife's Commercial Aircraft and Airliners: A Guide to Postwar Commercial Aircraft Manufacturers and their Aircraft.
Rod Simpson, Airlife Publishing, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781840370737. quick and comprehensive source of key information on the world's post-World War II civil aircraft manufacturers and their wares. In addition to detailing the individual models produced--including all commercial airliners built since 1946--this fully illustrated, all-color reference also examines the evolution of the manufacturers and the differences between their aircraft.
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Airline - The Inside Story of British Airways.
Arthur. Reed, BBC Pubns, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0563207183. 160 pages. 450g. Blue cloth boards with slight age browning to pages, FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A searching profile of British Airways largely concerned with recent history.
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Airline Liveries (ABC Series).
Endres, Gunter, Ian Allan Ltd, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711026505. 143 pages. 220g. Pictorial card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour throughout. This new fully revised edition shows the liveries of all the major airlines to be seen at our airports.
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Airline Liveries Past and Present.
John K Morton, Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 184037053X. 112 pages. 580g. Pictorial card covers FINE. A selection of the liveries of the world's major airlines, to illustrate the various colour schemes over the last 25 years.
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Airlines & Airliners Vickers Viking.
Baram, Reg., Aviation Data Centre TAHS, . 1st Edition. ISBN: . 48 pages, 230g. Stapled card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs.
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Airlines & Airliners Vickers Viscount 700 Series. .
Baram, Reg., The Aviation Hobby Shop, 2002. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 58 pages, 250g. Stapled card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs with production list at rear.
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Airlines of Asia Since 1920..
R.E.G. Davies, Putnams, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851778550. 575 pages, 1.15kg. Blue cloth boards Near FINE with small gift inscription to top of free end-paper, in a Near FINE price-clipped d/w in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Airlines of the World.
Christopher Chant, Tiger Books International, 1997. 1st Thus. ISBN: 9781855019126. 110 pages, 930g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs and drawings. Each airline is described with its location, origin, nature, marketing alliances, number of employees, aircraft types and numbers together with machines on order and option, hubs and bases, primary and secondary route networks, numbers and types of simulators for the training of flightcrews, maintenance capabilities, and history.
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The Airship - A History.
Basil Collier, Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1974. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0246105755. 272 pages, 835g. Brown cloth boards with a little foxing to pre-lims, Very Good in a Very Good edge-rubbed and repaired d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and map to end-papers.
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Airship Pilot No 28.
T.B Williams, William Kimber, 1974. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0718301536. 222 pages. 660g. Blue cloth boards with very slight foxing to end papers, Near FINE in a slightly edge-rubbed Very Good d/w with small repaired tear to top edge. Illustrated with b/w [hotographs and maps. An autobiography of the author, who joined the Navy in 1915, and spent a life time involved with lighter than air aviation.
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Airship: The Story of R.34.
Patrick Abbott, Brewin Books, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 185858020X. 101 pages. 285g. Soft card covers with light crease along top edge, FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A new paperback edition of a classic book on the story of the R.34, with an updated and extended text.
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Airships in peace and war.
Jackson, Robert , Cassell, 1971. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0304938297. 277 pages. 550g. Green cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with small repaired tear to top edge . Illustrated with b/w photographs. The history of the development of lighter-than-air travel from its conception 7 centuries ago, through the era of the pioneer airships of the 19th century, continuing after the wars.
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Alone Over the Tasman Sea.
Chichester, Francis., Temple Press Books, 1966. Aviation Classics . ISBN: . 226 pages, 295g. Blue cloth boards FINE, NO Dust Wrapper. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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American Classics of the Air - Commercial and Private Aeroplanes from the 1920s to the 1960s. .
Geoff.; Chuck Stewart Jones, The Crowood Press Ltd, 2000. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1840371064. 112 pages, 560g. soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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American Warbirds (Osprey colour series).
Norman Pealing, Osprey Pub Co, 1989. Reprint. ISBN: 0850458471. 128 pages, 425g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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Angels without wings: The dramatic inside stories of the R.A.F.'s Search and Rescue Squadrons .
Peter Whittle, Angley Books, 1966. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 191 pages, 310g. Blue cloth boards Bumped and faded, Near Very Good in a Near Very Good repaired and scuffed d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Antique and Classic Aircraft.
Vines, Mike & Davies David. , Chancellor Press, 1997. Reprint. ISBN: 1851528156. 128 pages, 650g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Profusely illustrated with over 120 colour photographs of Stearmans, Tiger Moths, Monocoupes e.t.c.
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The Army in the Air: The History of the Army Air Corps.
Farrar Hockley. General Sir Anthony., Alan Sutton, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0750906170. 268 pages. 950g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE price-clipped d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The history of The Army Air Corps. from military ballooning in the Sudan in the 19th century to the helicopter assignments of today.
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Attack and Interceptor Jets.
Sharpe, Michael., Dempsey Parr, 1999. Reprint. ISBN: 1840843306. 320 pages, 585g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour photographs and drawings. Details 300 aircraft that have flown from World War II on, including some still in service, showcase the Messerschmitt Me 262, English Electric Lightning, Lockheed SR-71; North American F-86 Sabre, the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, Saab Draken, Suhkoi Su-27 "Flanker," and McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle.
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Aviation Enthusiasts' Date Book - The who, what Where & Why of Aviation..
Robertson Bruce, Patrick Stephens, 1982 First Edition, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0850595002. 152 pages, 410g. Brown cloth boards with very slight age toning to pages, FINE in a Very Good d/w rubbed to top edge. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Aviation Enthusiasts' Reference Book.
Robertson, Bruce., Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. 2nd Edition. ISBN: 1852601620. 160 pages, 470g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. The essential companion for anyone with an interest in aviation.
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Aviation Year No.1.
Michael J. Hooks, Avia Books Ltd, 1977. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0903234300. 118 pages. 720g. Pictorial laminated Boards with rubbed and sunned spine, Very Good. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. A comprehensive coverage of international aviation for the year.
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Avro - The History of an Aircraft Company.
Holmes, Harry., Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1853105317. 196 pages. 785g. Blue cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w with light crease to top edge. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A history of the company founded in 1906 by 'Alliott Verdon Roe' when patented a design for a mechanically drivern By-plane, being the first heavier-than-air machine to leave the ground in Britain.
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Avro Aircraft (Britain in Old Photographs).
Roger Jackson, Budding Books, 1998. Reprint. ISBN: 1840150777. 160 pages, 330g. Soft card covers with slight outward curve to edges, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Avro Aircraft Since 1908 .
Jackson, A. J., Putnams, 1965. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 470 pages, 875g. Blue cloth boards a little marked, Near FINE. NO d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Avro Lancaster Lincoln and York: In Post-war RAF Service 1945-1950.
Martin Derry, Dalrymple And Verdun Publishing, 2010. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781905414130. 112 pages, 475g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and colour profiles.
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Avro Vulcan.
Jackson, Robert , Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1987. 1st Paperback Edition. ISBN: 1852600101. 184 pages, 475g. Soft card covers with crease to bottom front corner and first few pages, Very Good with slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. Descibes the design development and operational history of the plane that was once the backbone of Britain's nuclear deterrent.
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Avro, An Aircraft Album.
Harlin, E A & Jenks, G A , Ian Allan Ltd, 1973. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711003424. 192 pages. 730g. Oblong format blue cloth boards with light foxing to prelims. Very Good in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with over 220 b/w photographs, many never published before. Concentraits on many of the lesser known aircraft of this famous company.
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Bader The Man and His Men (Cassell Military Classics).
Michael Burns, Cassell, 1999. Reprint. ISBN: 0304350524. 322 pages, 260g. Card covers with slight age toning to pages, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w drawings. This volume portrays Bader as a pilot and leader, whose endeavours and techniques were emulated by his colleagues.
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The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Richard Winslade, Sutton Publishing, 2007. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780750931519. 144 pages, 940g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with colour and some b/w photographs. A stunning collection of air-to-air action photographs supplies the most spectacular images in the book, but the author also explores restoration processes and the constant engineering work necessary to keep these aircraft in operational condition.
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The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight : The Inside Story of the Royal Air Force Memorial Flight.
Palmer, Warren James & Lawson, Neil Stuart, Ripping Publishing, 1996. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1899884017. 160 pages. 980g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with sunning to leading edges. SIGNED by Warren James Palmer to frontis. Illustrated with around 200 colour and some b/w photographs. A history of the 'Battle of Britain Memorial Flight' which was formed using preserved Spitfire and Hurrican aircraft, attending over 200 events in 1995 alone.
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Battle-Axe Blenheims: No 105 Squadron RAF at War 1940-1.
Scott, Stuart R , Budding Books, 1997. Reprint. ISBN: 184015005X. 235 pages, 690g. Pictorial laminated boards MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs in the text.
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Beaufort Special.
Robertson, Bruce., Ian Allan Limited, 1976. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711006679. 64 pages. 485g. Pictorial Glazed Boards with foxing to top of first and last few pages only, Near Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs and 4 pages of colour drawings. A pictorial history of this aircraft, that was designed as a Torpedo-Bomber for the RAF Bomber Command at the outbreak of the Second World War.
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Beech Aircraft and their Predecessors.
Alain Pelletier, Putnams, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851778631. 221 pages, 975g. Blue cloth boards MINT in a Near MINT d/w in clear removable sleeve. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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Bell Aircraft Since 1935 (Putnam's US aircraft).
Alain Pelletier, Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0851778518. 255 pages, 1.04kg. Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
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The Berlin Airlift.
Ann.; Tusa, John. Tusa, Spellmount Publishers Ltd, 1998. Reprint. ISBN: 1862270449. 448 pages, 725g. soft card covers with light vertical crease to spine, Near FINE. Illustrated with a few b/w photographs. Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the commencement of the Berlin airlift, this book describes how, from June 1948 to midsummer 1949, Berlin was blockaded by the Russians and relied on the massive Allied airlift to survive.
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