| 1. | AFFLECK, Arthur H. THE WANDERING YEARS. Commercial Aviation in Australia and New Guinea. Longmans. Croydon, VIC. 1964. First Edition; 211; e/p maps, 31 historic b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; (2 small library stamps) o/wise very good condition. An account of the beginnings of commercial aviation in Australia, enlivened with anecdotes of characters and incidents, with chapters covering the Flying Doctor Service and finishing the account with aviation in New Guinea. |
$35. |
| 2. | AGAWA, Hiroyuki. THE RELUCTANT ADMIRAL. Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy. Translated from the Japanese by John Bester. Kodansha Int. Tokyo. 1979 [first published in Japanese 1969] 379, index; 19 b/w photos; hardcover in (bruised) dust jacket; very good condition. Admiral Yamamoto, was the realist who foresaw the future importance of the airplane for the navy, but who believed that Japan would inevitably be defeated in any war with America and Britain, yet in the end he showed the same readiness as most of his fellow countrymen to accept passively the call of duty, the author has gone straight to the original sources, accounts written by those who worked with Yamamoto, scores of interviews with men and women who knew him personally and letters written by Yamamoto himself, both semi-official communications and intimate letters addressed to his mistress or long-standing friends, in which he bares his private doubts and pessimism. |
$35. |
| 3. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Eighteen 18. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1982. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$16. |
| 4. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Forty-one 41. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1989. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$14. |
| 5. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Nineteen 19. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1982. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$16. |
| 6. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Seventeen 17. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1981. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$16. |
| 7. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Six 6 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1974. 316, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. After Volume 6 the hardbound volumes of this series were issued under the Title of Air International see additional titles under this name. |
$49. |
| 8. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Sixteen 16. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1981. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$16. |
| 9. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Thirty-five 35. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1988. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$14. |
| 10. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Thirty-seven 37. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1988. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$14. |
| 11. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Thirty-six 36. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1988. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$14. |
| 12. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Thirty-three 33. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1987. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$14. |
| 13. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Three 3 [1972]. 320, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Rare. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. After Volume 6 the hardbound volumes of this series were issued under the Title of Air International see additional titles under this name. |
$49. |
| 14. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty 20. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1982. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$16. |
| 15. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-eight 28. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1985. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 16. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-five 25. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1984. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 17. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-four 24. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1984. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 18. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-one 21. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1982. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 19. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-seven 27. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1985. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 20. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-seven 27. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1985. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 21. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Twenty-six 26. Tri-Service Press. Bromley, Kent. 1984. 80; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; pictorial cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. Individual issue of the premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. For similar hardbound volumes also look under Air International. |
$15. |
| 22. | AIR ENTHUSIAST Two 2 Doubleday. Garden City, NY. 1972. 331, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Rare. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. After Volume 6 the hardbound volumes of this series were issued under the Title of Air International see additional titles under this name. |
$49. |
| 23. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Eleven 11 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1976. 312, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$49. |
| 24. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Fourteen 14 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1978. 312, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 25. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Nineteen 19 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1980. 304, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 26. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Seven 7 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1974. 308, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$49. |
| 27. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Seventeen 17 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1979. 308, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 28. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Sixteen 16 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1979. 308, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 29. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Ten 10 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1976. 312, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$49. |
| 30. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Thirteen 13 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1977. 314, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 31. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Thirty 30 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1986. 312, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 32. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Thirty One 31 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1986. 326, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 33. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Thirty Three 33 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1987. 312, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 34. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Thirty Two 32 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1987. 332, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 35. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Twelve 12 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1977. 308, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 36. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Twenty 20 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1981. 310, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 37. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Twenty Eight 28 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1985. 334, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 38. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Twenty Nine 29 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1985. 316, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 39. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Twenty Seven 27 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1984. 322, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 40. | AIR INTERNATIONAL Twenty Six 26 Fine Scroll Limited. Bromley, Kent. 1984. 314, index; fully illustrated with photos in b/w and colour, technical drawings, colour drawings; hardcover in fine dust jacket [protected]; A4 format; fine condition. Very scarce. The premier publication for aviation buffs, contemporary and historic aviation, civil and military, current events reviewed, modern airplanes dissected, old-timers recalled, military operations and much more. Before Volume VII publications in this hardcover series were issued under the title of Air Enthusiast look for other listings under this name. |
$39. |
| 41. | AIR NIUGINI. BEST OF PARADISE: A SELECTION OF STORIES FROM AIR NIUGINI'S IN-FLIGHT MAGAZINES. Editor: Gerry Dick. Air Niugini in association with Robert Brown and Associates. Port Moresby. 1978. First Edition; 135; fully illustrated in colour; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; (chip on spine of d/j, presentation inscription on e/p) o/wise very good condition. Very Scarce. Articles on anthropological and natural history subjects from this award winning magazine. |
$35. |
| 42. | AIR NIUGINI. BEST OF PARADISE: A SELECTION OF STORIES FROM AIR NIUGINI'S IN-FLIGHT MAGAZINES. Editor: Gerry Dick. Air Niugini in association with Robert Brown and Associates. Port Moresby. 1978. First Edition; 135; fully illustrated in colour; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; very good condition. Very Scarce. Articles on anthropological and natural history subjects from this award winning magazine. |
$40. |
| 43. | AIR NIUGINI. PARADISE. In-Flight with Air Niugini. Air Niugini. Port Moresby. 1976-2000. 30 to 64 range; fully illustrated in colour on heavy art paper; cardcover; A4 format; fine condition. Paradise the award winning in-flight magazine, from Air Niuguini the official airline of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, with articles on natural history, travel, village life and anthropology accompanied by well reproduced photographs. 1979 No.18 $18, No.19 $18; 1980 No.22 $18; No. 23 $18, No 26 $18, 1981 No.30 $18, No.32 $18; 1982 No.33 $18, No.35 $18, No.36 $18; 1983 No.39. $18, No.41 $15, No 43 $18; 1984 No.44 $15, No.45 $15, No.46 $15, No.48 $15, No.49 $15; 1985 No.51 $15, No.52 $15, No.53 $15, No.54 $15, No.55 $12; No.56. $12, No.57 $12, No.58 $12, No.59 $12; 1987 No.60 $12, No.61 $12, No.62 $12, No.63 $12, No.64 $12, No.65 $12; 1988 No.66 $12, No.67 $12, No.68 $12, No.69 $12, No.70 $12, No.71 $12, No.72 $12, No.73 $12; 1989 No.74 $12, No.75 $12, No.76 $12, No.77 $12; 1990 No.78 $10, No.79 $12, No.80 $10, No.81 $10, No.82 $10, No.83 $10; 1991 No.84 $10, No.85 $10, No.86 $10, No.87 $10, No.89 $10; 1992 No.90 $10, No.91 $10, No.92 $10, No.93 $10, No. 94 $10, No.95 $10; 1993 No.96 $10, No.97 $10, No.98 $10, No.99 $10, No.100 $10, No.101 $10; 1994 No.102 $10, No.103, $10, No.104 $10, No.105 $10, No.106 $10, No.107 $10; 1995 No.108 $10, No.109 $10, No.110 $10, No.111 $10, No.113 $10; 1996 No.115 $10, No.116 $10, No.117 $10, No.118 $10, 1997 No.119 $10, No.120 $10, No.121 $10, No.122 $10. No.123 $10; 1998 No.128 $10, No. 136 $10; 2000 No.138 $10, No.138 $9 (telephone number written on bottom of first page), No. 139 $10, No. 140 $10. Prices $10-18. |
$18. |
| 44. | AIR NIUGINI. PARADISE FACES. A Selection of Stories from Air Niugini's in-flight Magazines. Edited by Geoff McLaughlin. Air Niugini. Port Moresby. 1989. First Edition; 143; fully illustrated in colour on heavy art paper. hardcover in dust jacket; A4 format; fine condition. Articles on natural history and anthropology with very good photos, drawn from Paradise in-flight magazine. |
$35. |
| 45. | AIR NIUGINI. PARADISE PLUS. A Selection of Stories from Air Niugini's In-Flight Magazine. Edited by Gerry Dick. Pacific Publications in association with Air Niugini. Sydney. 1979. First Edition; 144; fully illustrated in colour; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; (corners bumped) o/wise very condition. Articles of anthropological and natural history interest from the award winning in-flight magazine of Air Niugini (the national airline of Papua New Guinea). |
$24. |
| 46. | AIR NIUGINI. PARADISE TALES. A Selection of Stories from Air Niugini's in-flight Magazine - Paradise. Edited by Geoff McLaughlin. Robert Brown & Associates in association with Air Niugini. Bathurst, NSW/Port Moresby. 1986. First Edition; 143; fully illustrated in colour on heavy art paper; hardcover in dust jacket; A4 format; fine condition. Articles drawn from Paradise the award winning in-flight magazine, natural history and anthropology. |
$35. |
| 47. | AIR TRANSPORT. The History of Transport in Queensland 2. Transport Department Queensland. Brisbane. [c. 1987]. 6 pages fold out brochure; historic photos; A4 format; good condition. From a series of School Project publications produced by the Queensland Department of Transport. |
$9. |
| 48. | AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE. Defence Printing Establishment. Brunswick, VIC. [c. 1961]. [80]; fully illustrated with b/w photos; cardcover; good condition. Rare. A guide to the numbering of Royal Australian Air Force planes, with illustrations of each type up until the Phantom F4E. |
$45. |
| 49. | AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR 2. Jade Books. Ware, Hertfordshire. 1984. 96; fully illustrated with historic and recent photographs in b/w and col.; hardcover in dust jacket; A4 format; fine condition. An illustrated survey of the development of piston-engined aircraft which played such a decisive part in warfare, all the best-known aircraft from the Zero to the Spitfire and the B-29. |
$25. |
| 50. | AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II. Jade Books. Ware, Hertfordshire. 1984. 96; fully illustrated in b/w and col.; hardcover in dust jacket; A4 format; fine condition An illustrated survey of the development of piston-engined aircraft which played such a decisive part in warfare, the B-17, B-29, Spitfire, Stuka, P-51, Zero, with well reproduced photos on art paper. |
$30. |
| 51. | AN ALBUM OF AEROPLANES (CIVIL). John Player & Sons. [18]; 50 colour John Player Tobacco trading cards album mounted; cardcover; A5 format; (cover soiled) o/wise very good condition. Early aircraft trade card album with detailed captions of 50 aircraft, cards from photos by C.A. Sims of 'The Aeroplane'. |
$19. |
| 52. | (Amelia Earhart) BRINK, Randall. LOST STAR. The Search for Amelia Earhart - Her Mysterious Disappearance Solved at Last. Bloomsbury. London. 1994. First Edition; 206, index; historical photos and document reproductions; hardcover in dust jacket; mint. The result of ten years research by pilot Randall Brink, he records in gripping detail the circumstances of Earharts disappearance and what happened to her afterwards, includes a photograph discovered at Hickham Field Hawaii which appears to show Amelia Earhart being sworn into the U.S. Army Air Forces, with Major General Ocar Westover standing behind her. |
$45. |
| 53. | (Amelia Earhart) BURKE, John. WINGED LEGEND. The Story of Amelia Earhart. Arthur Barker Ltd. London. 1971 [first published 1970]. 255, index; 15 illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket (corners clipped); very good condition (new endpapers). Includes accounts of Darwin and her last days on land in Papua New Guinea and her final take off from Lae, the book stresses not what might have happened on her last flight, but the more important question, why? |
$30. |
| 54. | (Amelia Earhart) DE LEEUW, Adele. Illustrated by Harry Heckhoff. THE STORY OF AMELIA EARHART. Sampson Low. [London]. 1960 [first published 1955]. viii, 181; e/p illusts., text illustrated with line drawings; hardcover in (chipped, corner clipped) dust jacket; o/wise very good condition. Very Scarce. A biography of the noted aviator written for young readers. |
$35. |
| 55. | (Amelia Earhart) GOERNER, Fred. THE SEARCH FOR AMELIA EARHART. Doubleday. Garden City, NY. 1966. Book Club Edition; 336, index; 36 b/w illusts.; hardcover in (chipped) dust jacket; o/wise very good condition. Scarce. The Search for Amelia Earhart is a chronological story of the six-year 1960-66 investigation conducted by CBS, Scripps League of Newspapers and Associated Press into the mystery of the lost aviator, the author was a broadcaster at CBS, it is the author's story of his personal investigations over those six years. |
$35. |
| 56. | (Amelia Earhart) GOERNER, Fred. THE SEARCH FOR AMELIA EARHART. Bodley Head. London. 1966. First British Edition; 286; 18 b/w illusts.; hardcover in (chipped and corner clipped) dust jacket; (moisture stains on d/j, frontis., and back endpaper, owner's name on e/p) o/wise good condition. Scarce. The Search for Amelia Earhart is a chronological story of the six-year 1960-66 investigation conducted by CBS, Scripps League of Newspapers and Associated Press into the mystery of the lost aviator, the author was a broadcaster at CBS, it is the author's story of his personal investigations over those six years. |
$30. |
| 57. | (Amelia Earhart) GOERNER, Fred. THE SEARCH FOR AMELIA EARHART. Doubleday. Garden City, NY. 1966. First Edition; 326, index; 36 b/w illusts.; hardcover in (repaired & corner clipped) dust jacket; o/wise very good condition. Scarce. The Search for Amelia Earhart is a chronological story of the six-year 1960-66 investigation conducted by CBS, Scripps League of Newspapers and Associated Press into the mystery of the lost aviator, the author was a broadcaster at CBS, it is the author's story of his personal investigations over those six years. |
$40. |
| 58. | (Amelia Earhart) GOERNER, Fred. THE SEARCH FOR AMELIA EARHART. Doubleday. Garden City, NY. 1966. Book Club Edition; 336, index; 36 b/w illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket (corner clipped); o/wise very good condition. Scarce. The Search for Amelia Earhart is a chronological story of the six-year 1960-66 investigation conducted by CBS, Scripps League of Newspapers and Associated Press into the mystery of the lost aviator, the author was a broadcaster at CBS, it is the author's story of his personal investigations over those six years. |
$35. |
| 59. | (Amelia Earhart) LOVELL, Mary S. THE SOUND OF WINGS. The Life of Amelia Earhart. St Martin's Press. New York. 1989. US Edition; xxv, 420, index; e/p maps, 73 b/w illusts., text maps; hardcover in dust jacket (fine condition, protected); (owner's name and small stamp on e/p, two staple perforations) o/wise very good condition. Biography of the famed American aviator, her marriage to Putnam, Lindbergh's publisher, captures the romance and reckless daring of the fifteen to twenty year period that was the golden age of flight, based on original documents, letters, logbooks of Earhart and her contemporaries and interviews of the family. |
$24. |
| 60. | (Amelia Earhart) LOVELL, Mary S. THE SOUND OF WINGS. The Biography of Amelia Earhart. Hutchinson. London. 1989. First British Edition; xviii, 472, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 4 text maps, 64 b/w illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket (mint condition, protected); mint condition. Biography of the famed American aviator, her marriage to Putnam, Lindbergh's publisher, captures the romance and reckless daring of the fifteen to twenty year period that was the golden age of flight, based on original documents, letters, logbooks of Earhart and her contemporaries and interviews of the family. |
$28. |
| 61. | (Amelia Earhart) LOVELL, Mary S. THE SOUND OF WINGS. The Biography of Amelia Earhart. Hutchinson. London. 1989 (reprinted 1989). First British Edition (reprinted); xviii, 472, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 4 text maps, 64 b/w illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket (mint condition, protected); mint condition. Biography of the famed American aviator, her marriage to Putnam, Lindbergh's publisher, captures the romance and reckless daring of the fifteen to twenty year period that was the golden age of flight, based on original documents, letters, logbooks of Earhart and her contemporaries and interviews of the family. |
$27. |
| 62. | (Amelia Earhart) LOVELL, Mary S. THE SOUND OF WINGS. The Life of Amelia Earhart. St Martin's Press. New York. 1989. First US Edition; xxv, 420, index; e/p maps, 73 b/w illusts., text maps; hardcover in dust jacket (mint condition, protected); mint condition. Biography of the famed American aviator, her marriage to Putnam, Lindbergh's publisher, captures the romance and reckless daring of the fifteen to twenty year period that was the golden age of flight, based on original documents, letters, logbooks of Earhart and her contemporaries and interviews of the family. |
$28. |
| 63. | (Amelia Earhart) LOVELL, Mary S. THE SOUND OF WINGS. The Life of Amelia Earhart. St Martin's Press. New York. 1989. US Edition; xxv, 420, index; e/p maps, frontis portrait, 73 b/w illusts., text maps; hardcover in dust jacket (fine condition); fine condition. Biography of the famed American aviator, her marriage to Putnam, Lindbergh's publisher, captures the romance and reckless daring of the fifteen to twenty year period that was the golden age of flight, based on original documents, letters, logbooks of Earhart and her contemporaries and interviews of the family. |
$26. |
| 64. | (Amelia Earhart) PUTNAM, George Palmer, Arranged by and foreword by. LAST FLIGHT BY AMELIA EARHART. Harcourt, Brace & Co. New York. 1937. First Edition; xvi, 226; e/p maps, 27 b/w photos, maps & figures; hardcover (spine sunned); (owner's name on back of frontis.) o/wise very good condition. Scarce. The classic account of the last, fateful, around-the-world flight by America's foremost woman aviator, remains one of the most moving and absorbing adventure stories of all time, told with engaging humour, modesty and charm. Out-of-print. |
$35. |
| 65. | (Amelia Earhart) PUTNAM, George Palmer, Arranged by and foreword by. LAST FLIGHT BY AMELIA EARHART. Harcourt, Brace & Co. New York. 1937. First Edition; xvi, 226; e/p maps, 27 b/w photos, maps & figures; hardcover (spine slightly sunned); (3 owner's names on e/p) o/wise very good condition. Scarce. The classic account of the last, fateful, around-the-world flight by America's foremost woman aviator, remains one of the most moving and absorbing adventure stories of all time, told with engaging humour, modesty and charm. Out-of-print. |
$35. |
| 66. | (Amelia Earhart) RICH, Doris L. With a Foreword by Jeana Yeager. AMELIA EARHART. A Biography. Dell Publishing. New York. 1991 [first published by the Smithsonian 1989]. xiii, 321, index; 15 b/w illusts.; cardcover; very good condition. Doris Rich evokes the grit of Amelia Earhart's personality and the hair-raising atmosphere of pioneering aviation, a look at the woman behind the legend, thoroughly researched yet eminently readable. |
$25. |
| 67. | (Amelia Earhart) RICH, Doris L. With a Foreword by Jeana Yeager. AMELIA EARHART. A Biography. Dell Publishing. New York. 1991 [first published by the Smithsonian 1989]. xiii, 321, index; 15 b/w illusts.; cardcover; (water damage) o/wise good condition. Doris Rich evokes the grit of Amelia Earhart's personality and the hair-raising atmosphere of pioneering aviation, a look at the woman behind the legend, thoroughly researched yet eminently readable. |
$15. |
| 68. | AMERICAN AIRLINES ROUTE MAP. American Airlines. [c. 1970]. very good condition. Folding colour map from the period when American Airlines serviced the South Pacific, one side the continental United States and Caribbean Islands, the second side the Pacific, includes routes for: the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Aruba, Curacao, Haiti. |
$12. |
| 69. | AMUNDSEN, Ronald and Lincoln Ellsworth. THE FIRST FLIGHT ACROSS THE POLAR SEA. With additional chapters by Joh Hover, J.J. Riiser-Larsen, Gustav Amundsen, Finn Malmgren and B. L. Gottwaldt. Hutchinson & Co. London. [c. 1926]. 274; 39 illusts. and chart; hardcover (rebound); (foxing, 13 plates retipped with tape, in one case obliterating some of the text and in others making it difficult to fully open the page) poor condition, but rare. Includes: plans and preparations, members of the expedition, across the Polar Sea, Air-navigation, the voyage, why we chose an airship, equipment, weather and weather warnings during the Polar flight. |
$110. |
| 70. | AUSTIN, Alan and Anthony Dicks. GREAT FIGHTING PLANES. An Outstanding Collection of 50 Classic Flighting Aircraft. Chancellor Press. London. 1992 [first published 1985]. 207, index; fully illustrated with full colour paintings of the planes and close-up details of features, line drawings and schematic drawings; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; mint condition. The narrative that accompanies these aircraft, describes the special character of each plane and the skill of the engineers who built them, the pilots who tested and flew them in aerial combat, supplemented by drawings and specification boxes. |
$35. |
| 71. | AUSTRALIA, AIR BOARD MANUAL OF AIR NAVIGATION VOLUME I. For Official Use. Copy No. 2. Air Publication 1234. A. H. Pettifer, Acting Govt. Printer. No Place. 1941 Edition; 326, index; (frontis missing) 233 figures, charts and diagrams; original boards (corners bumped and boards soiled); o/wise good condition. Includes log of amendments, being tipped in or written by hand, mathematics and importance to the Air Navigator, maps and charts and their use and conventions, magnetism and compasses, wireless direction finding, tactical navigation, ground organisation. |
$30. |
| 72. | AUSTRALIA, DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION. Prepared by. AVIATION RETROSPECT. From Civil Aviation Branch to Department of Aviation. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra. 1985. First Edition; 29; 14 b/w illusts.; cardcover; fine condition. Includes: creation of the Civil Aviation Branch, the years of the Civil Aviation Branch, the post-war years, the combined Department of Transport, international relations. |
$15. |
| 73. | AUSTRALIA, DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION. Prepared by. THE GIRLS WERE UP THERE TOO. Australian Women in Aviation. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra. 1986. First Edition; 39, bibliog.; 24 b/w photos; cardcover; fine condition. Includes: early women pilots, register of early Australian women pilots, Amy Johnson first woman to fly solo from England to Australia, short essays on Australian women pilots, the war years, post-war and the fifties, up to the 80's, glider pilots, hang-gliders, parachutists, balloonists. |
$15. |
| 74. | AVERY, D., Editor. THE CONCISE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF FIGHTERS OF WORLD WAR II. Gallery Books. New York. 1989. 46; fully illustrated in colour; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition. Contains examples of the fighters which faced each other during World War II, each example is fully illustrated and accompanied by complete specifications. |
$16. |
| 75. | BACKUS, Jean L. LETTERS FROM AMELIA 1901-1937. An Intimate Portrait of Amelia Earhart. Beacon Press. Boston. 1982. 253; 26 b/w illusts.; hardcover in (chipped) dust jacket; very good condition. Biography, based upon more than one hundred letters from the legendary pilot to her mother, portraying the remarkable evolution from child to the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo, amid these captivating letters and photographs the author skilfully weaves together Earhart's story. |
$24. |
| 76. | BACKUS, Jean L. LETTERS FROM AMELIA 1901-1937. An Intimate Portrait of Amelia Earhart. Beacon Press. Boston. 1982. 253; 26 b/w illusts.; hardcover in (chipped, corner clipped) dust jacket; (half of front endpaper missing) o/wise good condition. Biography, based upon more than one hundred letters from the legendary pilot to her mother, portraying the remarkable evolution from child to the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo, amid these captivating letters and photographs the author skilfully weaves together Earhart's story. |
$19. |
| 77. | BALFE, John. AND FAR FROM HOME. Flying RAAF Transports in the Pacific War and After. Macmillan. Melbourne. 1985. First Edition; viii, 184, index; 43 photos, e/p maps; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition (owner's bookstamp and signature on e/p). The recollections of an RAAF squadron commander includes New Guinea, Japan, China. |
$23. |
| 78. | BARTON, Charles. HOWARD HUGHES AND HIS FLYING BOAT. Aero Publishers. Fallbrook, CA. 1982. 272, index; e/p illusts., b/w text photos; hardcover in dust jacket; (minor bruise to d/j) o/wise very good condition. Very Scarce. For the first time large numbers of former Hughes employees and close associates talk about their famous boss, this is more than the story of the world's largest airplane, it is the story of Hughes the aviator and designer of unusual airlplanes. |
$45. |
| 79. | BEEDE, John. THEY HOSED THEM OUT. A Story of Australian Air Gunners in the Royal Air Force. Australasian Book Society. Sydney. 1965. First Edition; 234; hardcover in (bruised) dust jacket; good condition. Australian bomber command World War II European Theatre, a personal account of an air gunner, the author sets out to show the shattering consequences of war, laced with humorous incidents and anecdotes. |
$35. |
| 80. | BENNETT, John. FIGHTER NIGHTS 456 Squadron RAAF. Banner Books. 1995. First Edition; 214, nominal roll; 105 photos; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Unit history of the 456 Squadron RAAF. This is the story of the only Australian night fighter squadron. The members of 456 had come to help Britain like their fathers in 1914-18. they fought a war on the leading edge of technology, the likes of which were not experienced by their colleagues in the Pacific War. Covers the history of the development of aerial interception. |
$49. |
| 81. | BERGER, Carl. B29 THE SUPERFORTRESS. Ballantine Books. New York. 1970. Ballantine's Illustrated Weapons History of World War II Book No 17. 160; fully illustrated with b/w photos and technical drawings; cardcover; A5 format; near fine condition. Includes: origins, B-29 development, planning the bombing of Japan 1940-1943, the first B-29 strike against Japan, the air campaign out of China, B-29 strikes from the Marianas, support missions and urban area incendiary raids. |
$22. |
| 82. | BERRY, David. TALES FROM THE CREWROOM. With Cartoons by 'Holly". Osprey Aerospace. London. 1990. First Edition; 103; cartoons; cardcover; mint condition.Features fifty rib-tickling stories about the funny side of RAF flying illustrated by Britain's best known aviation cartoonist. |
$34. |
| 83. | BIRTLES, Philip. MOSQUITO. A Pictorial History of the DH98. Jane's Publishing. London. 1980. 192; fully illustrated with b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; near fine condition. Very Scarce. One of the most versatile and deadly aircraft of World War II, de Havilland's Mosquito, the author includes many revealing episodes form the construction of the prototype and has interviewed personalities involved in the design, production and operation of the aircraft, includes photographs not previously published. |
$48. |
| 84. | BOWYER, Chaz. THE AGE OF THE BIPLANE. Bison Books. Greenwich, CT. 1983. Reprint of 1981. 191, bibliog., index; over 250 photographs many in full col.; hardcover in d/w; large format; very good condition. The author is internationally recognized as a leading authority on British aircraft and on the men and women who flew them, he traces the golden age of the biplane, the Camel, Nieuport, Fokker, Albatross, Curtiss, Boeing, Gloster and a hundred others, their advantages and faults, importance in military and commercial aviation progress. |
$45. |
| 85. | BOYINGTON, Col. Gregory, USMC Retired. BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP. Putnam's. New York. 1958. Eighth Impression. 384; e/p illusts., frontis photo portrait; hardcover in (chipped) dust jacket; (owner's bookplate on small title page) o/wise good condition. The author had resigned from the US Marines to fly with the Flying Tigers in China where he shot down 6 Japanese planes, having left the corps, the marines wouldn't take him back, so the Navy sent him to the South Pacific where he was given a squadron of misfits, this is their heroic story. |
$35. |
| 86. | BOYLE, Andrew. NO PASSING GLORY. The Full & Authentic Biography of Group Captain Cheshire. Collins. London. 1955. 384, index; frontis portrait; hardcover in (soiled) dust jacket; good condition. Scarce. A biography that reconciles the man with the legend, RAF Group Captain Leonard Cheshire won the V.C., a triple D.S.O. and D.F.C. with bomber Command during the Second World War, his last war-time mission was to Nagasaki as the British Prime Minister's special observer. |
$25. |
| 87. | BREARLEY, Maurice N. BORN TO FLY. The Story of Wayne Blackmore. Rigby. Adelaide. 1981. 136; b/w illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition. Biography of a young Australian whose dream was to fly, he was accepted as an Air Force cadet, he built a tow glider and crashed becoming a paraplegic, he still had the spirit to achieve his ambition and took up hang-gliding setting the record for the longest hang-gliding flight in Australia, later his life ended in a hang-gliding crash into the sea. |
$20. |
| 88. | BRIMSON, Samuel. THE AIRLINES OF THE WORLD. Dreamweaver Books. Sydney. 1985. 255, index; fully illustrated in b/w & col.; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; very good condition. The story of commercial aviation, of the airlines, of people, Boeing, Fysh, Rickenbacker, Hughes and many others, of companies Douglas, Lockheed, Fokker, Vickers, Stinson, Junkers, Bristol, Hawker Siddeley as well as many smaller companies. |
$35. |
| 89. | BRIMSON, Samuel. FLYING THE ROYAL MAIL. The History of Australia's Airlines. Dreamweaver Books. Sydney. 1984. Reprinted 1986. 224, index; fully illustrated with b/w and col. historical photographs, e/p illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; mint condition. The story of Australia's airlines together with its heroes and villains from the pioneer days just after the Great War of 1914-1918 to the present, including some New Guinea services. |
$35. |
| 90. | BROGDEN, Stanley. AUSTRALIA'S TWO-AIRLINE POLICY. Melbourne University Press. Carlton, VIC. 1968. xiv, 235, index; 19 b/w plates, map; cardcover; (owners name and date on e/p) o/wise good condition. An account of the Australian domestic airline system where the industry was shared almost equally between two large operators, one from the private sector and one a public corporation. |
$20. |
| 91. | BUDDEE, Paul. AIRWAYS. The Call of the Sky. Lothian Publishing. Melbourne. 1978. Australian Life Series. 117, bibliog., index; fully illustrated in b/w with photos & maps; cardcover; A5 format; fine condition. Traces the story of flight in Australia from the very earliest days of Lawrence Hargrave's aerodynamic research in the late nineteenth century to the landing of Concorde in Australia. Scarce. |
$20. |
| 92. | BYRD, Rear Admiral Richard E. EXPLORING WITH BYRD. Episodes from an Adventurous Life, Compiled and Revised by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Putnam's. New York. 1937. 241; e/p maps, 21 b/w illusts.; hardcover in (ragged) dust jacket; (foxing opposite all plate pages) o/wise very good condition. Rare. Includes: education of a pilot, flight to the North Pole with Floyd Bennett as pilot on one of the most hazardous flights of all time, flight across the Atlantic, fog over Paris, flight to the South Pole, presenting the most interesting episodes of the Admiral's career. |
$75. |
| 93. | CAMPBELL, Christy. AIR WAR PACIFIC. The Fight for Supremacy in the Far East: 1937 to 1945. Crescent Books. New York. 1990. 176, index; 138 colour and 84 b/w illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; fine condition. Includes the fierce combat over China and Manchuria and toward 1937, Soviet air forces, covers in detail the struggle for supremacy between the United States and Japan, with a series of profiles detailing American, British and Japanese combat aircraft with their specifications and performance, well printed with excellent colour paintings of the aircraft. |
$35. |
| 94. | CARROLL, Brian. AUSTRALIAN AVIATORS. An Illustrated History. Cassell. North Ryde, NSW. 1980. 170, index; fully illustrated in b/w; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; (two spots of foxing on back of small title page and on title page) o/wise very good condition. From Dr Blands 1851 proposal to build his 'atmotic' ship to modern aviation, includes: Hargrave, Australia's World War one pilots, the founding of the RAAF, Kingsford Smith's historic flights, the birth of Qantas, the jet age. |
$30. |
| 95. | CASAMASSA, Jack V. and Ralph D. Bent. JET AIRCRAFT POWER SYSTEMS. McGraw Hill. New York. 1965. Third Edition; 408, index; fully illustrated in b/w with photos and technical drawings; hardcover; large format; no d/j, a few spots of foxing on endpapers, o/wise very good condition.Written to bring new information on gas-turbine engines to the student of aircraft powerplants and to reflect the experience gained in the use of gas-turbine engines for aircraft during the time that such engines have been employed in regular commercial use. |
$29. |
| 96. | CASEY, Louis s. and John Batchelor. THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SEAPLANES & FLYING BOATS. Hamlyn. London. 1980 [first published 1979]. 128, index; fully illustrated in b/w & col. with historic photos, schematic drawings and colour paintings. hardcover in dust jacket; A4 format; near fine condition. A comprehensive and compelling survey of the fascinating aircraft that have captured the imagination since the first flight off the coast of France in 1910. |
$24. |
| 97. | THE CATHAY PACIFIC PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AIRCRAFT. Unicorn Books. Hong Kong. 1979. 119, index; fully illustrated in colour with photos and drawings; illustrated hardcover; large format; fine condition.Very Scarce. Includes: the beginnings, fighter aircraft 1914-1938, pioneer passenger airliners, war in the air 1939-1945, bombers and military transports, airliners in the jet age, helecopters, the story of Cathay Pacific. |
$39. |
| 98. | CHANT, Christopher and John Batchelor. PISTON-ENGINED AIRLINERS, SEVENTY YEARS OF AIR TRANSPORTATION. Phoebus. London. 1980. First Edition; 64; profusely illustrated with b/w and colour photographs and line drawings; stiffened pictorial cardcover; A4; very good condition. Chapters include - blazing the trail, adolescent airliners, the era of the DC3, the four-engined ailiner appears and the heyday. |
$25. |
| 99. | CHANT, Christopher, Editor. Boeing 707. Super Profile Series. Haynes Publishing Group. Yoevil, Somerset. 1983. 56, specifications of models; fully illustrated in b/w and col.; hardcover (chip on corner of back cover); o/wise very good condition. Good photos with short essays on ten models. |
$25. |
| 100. | CHRISTY, Joe and Page Shamburger. SUMMON THE STARS. The Advance of Aviation from the Second World War. A.S. Barnes and Co. South Brunswick. 1970. 434, index; over 375 b/w photos; hardcover in (chafed) dust jacket; large format; near fine condition. The story of America's airmen and aircraft both military and civilian since 1939, from the beginning of World War II to the landing on the moon, the authors offer their own evidence as to who was to blame for Pearl Harbor and assess the effectiveness of former Defense Secretary McNamara's cost effectiveness programs. |
$34. |
| 101. | CLASSIC WINGS DOWNUNDER Volume 5 No. 2. The Journal Dedicated to Vintage and Warbird Aircraft in Australia and New Zealand. Classic Wings Downunder Ltd. Blenheim, NZ. 1998. 58; fully illustrated in b/w and colour; cardcover; fine condition.Official magazine of the Australian and New Zealand Warbirds Associations, includes: Tiger Moth revisited, Kittyhawk conquest, classic wings aircraft sales, Russian Revelation. |
$16. |
| 102. | COBHAM, Sir Alan. AUSTRALIA AND BACK. With Foreword by the Rt. Hon. S.M. Bruce Prime Minister of Australia. A. & C. Black. London. 1927. 124; front e/p map, b/w photos; hardcover (rebound using the original illustrated cloth on the front, new back e/p); (water stain in the bottom margin through most of the book) o/wise good condition. A personal account of the first flight from England to Australia and back with a seaplane. |
$45. |
| 103. | COHEN, Stan. EAST WIND RAIN: A Pictorial History of the Pearl Harbour Attack. 50th Anniversary Edition. Pictorial Histories. Missoula, Montana. 1992. Second Printing Revised. x, 298, appendix; numerous b/w illusts. pictorial cardcover; fine condition. A pictorial history and outline of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour during World War II. |
$19. |
| 104. | COLLIER, Basil. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II. With Colour Photographs. Sidgwick & Jackson. London. 1979. First Edition; 144, index; fully illustrated; hardcover in dust jacket; near fine condition. Numerous references to, and photographs of, Japanese aircraft in New Guinea and Pacific and South East Asia locations. Very scarce- much sought after by military aviation book collectors. |
$45. |
| 105. | COMPASS. [Amelia Earhart article featured] a Magazine of the Sea, volume LVII. Mobil International. New York. 1987. No. l. 40; fully illustrated in b/w & col.; cardcover; very good condition. Includes articles on Amelia Earhart's last flight, the Ansett airline story, sand dunes, origins of nautical terms, the romance of tea. |
$20. |
| 106. | CONTINENTAL AIRLINES MICRONESIA. Continental Airlines. [18]; fully illustrated with colour drawings and fold out route map; cardcover; near fine condition. Promotional brochure used to introduce the airlines Micronesia service. |
$16. |
| 107. | COOKE, John. WORKING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1931-1946. Lara Publications. Upper Mt Gravatt, Brisbane. 1983. First Edition; viii, 360; 71 photos, 15 text maps, e/p maps; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition, signed by the author. Very scarce. Includes, Morobe Goldfields, Recruiting, Guinea Airways and MV Gnair, New Guinea Volunteer Rifle Unit and War, 2nd Australian Water Transport Group and ANGAU (Australia New Guinea Administrative Unit) 1942-46, many rare photos not published elsewhere especially of 1930's Guinea Airways aircraft, signed by the author. Out of print. |
$24. |
| 108. | COTTON, Squadron Leader M.C. 'Bush', DFC, OAM. HURRICANES OVER BURMA [17 Fighter Squadron RAF] Including the Memoirs of Wing Commander 'Bunny' Stone, DFC. Crawford. 1995. First Edition; vii, 357, appendices, index; map, b/w photos, 33 line drawings; hardcover in mint dust jacket (protected); mint condition (new). Scarce out-of-print. Hurricanes Over Burma is two books. The first part by Australian pilot 'Bush' cotton, recounts two years and nine months that he spent in the Burma-India theatre, eventually commanding No 17 Fighter Squadron RAF Part two is by Squadron Leader Bunny Stone and his personal account of his three-year tour with the RAF in the Far East including the first Burma Campaign. |
$33. |
| 109. | COULTHARD-CLARK, Chris. THE RAAF IN VIETNAM. Australian Air Involvement in the Vietnam War 1962-1975. Allen & Unwin in association with the Australian War Memorial. St Leonards, NSW. 1995. First Edition; xxi, 412, bibliog., index; e/p maps, 6 text maps, fold-out map, illustrated with b/w photos; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Out-of-Print, very scarce. The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1975 Volume 4 (of 7 volumes). Begins with earliest moves to attain a Royal Australian Air Force presence in South Vietnam in 1962, it deals with the steady commitment of squadrons and specialist personnel from 1964 until the commencement of the general withdrawal of Australian forces in 1971-72 and the RAAF's brief return during the republic's final days in 1975. |
$57. |
| 110. | DAVIS, Pedr. CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH. Smithy, the World's Greatest Aviator. Lansdowne Press. Sydney. [first published by Paul Hamlyn 1977]. 157, index; map, fully illustrated with b/w historical photos; hardcover in dust jacket; A4 format; very good condition. Biography of the great Australian airman, Smithy pioneered more long distance routes than any pilot in history, the author has researched meticulously the many different facets of Smithy's life and character, from long distance records to barnstormer to co-founding Australian National Airways. |
$30. |
| 111. | DAVIS, Pedr. CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH. Smithy, the World's Greatest Aviator. Paul Hamlyn. Sydney. 1977. First Edition; 157, index; map, fully illustrated with b/w historical photos; hardcover leather bound with gilt titles; A4 format; (small chip in ink on front and back endpapers) o/wise very good condition. Biography of the great Australian airman, Smithy pioneered more long distance routes than any pilot in history, the author has researched meticulously the many different facets of Smithy's life and character, from long distance records to barnstormer to co-founding Australian National Airways. |
$35. |
| 112. | DAVIS, Pedr. CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH. Smithy, the World's Greatest Aviator. Paul Hamlyn. Sydney. 1977. First Edition; 157, index; map, fully illustrated with b/w historical photos; hardcover in dust jacket; A4 format; very good condition. Biography of the great Australian airman, Smithy pioneered more long distance routes than any pilot in history, the author has researched meticulously the many different facets of Smithy's life and character, from long distance records to barnstormer to co-founding Australian National Airways. |
$35. |
| 113. | DELVE, Ken. COMBAT MISSIONS FROM THE COCKPIT. Arms and Armour. London. 1990. 128; fully illustrated in b/w and col.; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; fine condition. Royal air Force, takes the reader from the briefing room to the cockpit, on a mission, and back, an insight into today's hi-tech air forces includes tactical transport, support helicopter, anti-submarine warfare and the spectacle of the air display with a marvellous range of aircraft well reproduced on art paper, the Harrier, Hercules, Hawk, Jaguar, Chinook, Tornado, Nimrods and many more. |
$30. |
| 114. | DEXTER, David. THE NEW GUINEA OFFENSIVES. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series 1 (Army) Volume VI. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1961. First Edition; xx, 851, index; 68 illusts., 13 maps, 98 sketch maps and diagrams; hardcover in (full colour reproduction) dust jacket (near fine condition, protected); very good condition. Very scarce and much sought after. Describes how the Australian Army together with American Naval and Air Forces drove the Japanese out of most of Mainland Australian New Guinea in 1943 and early 1944. It also includes the concurrent operations of the American Army and amphibious forces in the Pacific. |
$49. |
| 115. | DICK, Jerry edited by. PARADISE PLUS: A SELECTION OF STORIES FROM AIR NIUGINI'S IN-FLIGHT MAGAZINES. Pacific Publications in association with Air Niugini. Sydney. 1979. First Edition; 144; fully illustrated in colour; hardcover in fine dust jacket (protected); large format; fine condition. Very Scarce. Articles of anthropological and natural history interest from the award winning in-flight magazine of Air Niugini (the national airline of Papua New Guinea). Very scarce. |
$40. |
| 116. | DRENDEL, Lou. AIRCRAFT OF THE VIETNAM WAR. A Pictorial Review. Aero Publishers. 1980. 64; fully illustrated in b/w, one double spread colour plate; hardcover (corners bumped); large format; very good condition. Short essay followed by photos with detailed captions. |
$19. |
| 117. | EAMES, Jim. THE SEARCHERS AND THEIR ENDLESS QUEST FOR LOST AIRCREW IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. UQP Press. St. Lucia, Qld. 1999 First Edition; ix, 237; 53 b/w photographs; pictorial cardcovers; mint condition (new). Just released. More than a thousand Australian and American airmen remain unaccounted for at the war's end in 1945 - solving the puzzle of their disappearance was the task of the intrepid Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) searcher unit. Headed by tenacious Squadron Leader Keith Rundle, the RAAF's search and recovery party covered thousands of kilometres by air, by sea and on foot through often hostile and trackless country seeking clues and their disappearance. Episodes reveal the dark side of the war with Japan, uncovering the hidden graves of massacred airmen. Includes the detailed story of the crash of the US Air Force C47 "Flying Dutchman" in New Guinea on 10 November 1942. |
$39. |
| 118. | EATHER, Capt. Charles Chic. AIRPORT OF THE NINE DRAGONS. My Approach - Recollections of Aviation at and around Hong Kong's International Airport. ChingChic Publishers. Surfers Paradise, QLD. 1997 [first published 1996]. xviii, 254, index; b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition.Signed by the Author. Chic Eather is well qualified to relate the aviation history of Hong Kong as a pilot who spent nearly 30 years and 25,0000 hours of joustling the elements and the treacherous approaches to this fabled airport. |
$47. |
| 119. | EATHER, Capt. Charles (Chic). WE FLEW IN BURMA. A Story of Flying in Burma, with Cathay Pacific Airways and Union of Burma Myanma Airways. Chingchic. Surfers Paradise, Queensland. 1993. First Edition; x, 244; profusely illustrated with b/w photographs of aircraft and personalities; pictorial cardcover in dust jacket; mint condition (signed by the author).Very scarce, privately printed. Reminiscences of Capt. Charles (chic) Eather, an Australian civil pilot, now retired to the Gold Coast Australia, He was one of the Union of Burma Airways star pilots who came to love Burma and the Burmese, and that love explains why he decided to write this most intriguing and evocative book. Some excellent photographs of DC3's. "More than just a story of the growth of Cathay Pacific....it is also an account of the growth of civil aviation in Southeast Asia and the development of modern Hong Kong " |
$39. |
| 120. | EATHER, Charles. SYD'S PIRATES. A Story of an Airline. [Cathay Pacific]. Durnmount. Sydney. 1983. First Edition; [viii], 342, glossary, bibliog.; 2 e/p maps, 6 text maps, 12 figures, fully illust. with photos; hardcover in fine dust jacket (protected); fine condition, signed by the aujthor. Scarce. The history of Cathay Pacific Airways, written with warmth, humour and sadness and includes such famous events as the world's first skyjacking and the shooting down of one of the company's planes by communist fighters. The author was a pilot with Cathay Pacific and has written 3 books on aviation in Hong Kong, Burma and South East Asia. He now lives in Australia. |
$29. |
| 121. | EDDY, Paul, Elaine Potter and Bruce Page. DESTINATION DISASTER. Hart-Davis, MacGibbon. London. 1976. x, 435, appendices, index; 85 b/w photos, text figures; hardcover in (mellowed) dust jacket; very good condition. The Sunday Times Insight Team examine the March 1974 DC10 crash in a forest outside of Paris with the loss of 346 lives, a story of an industry and of that industry's failures and successes in the guarding of human life. |
$35. |
| 122. | ENDRES, Gunter, William Green, Gordon Swanborough, John Mowinski. MODERN COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT. Salamander Books. London. 1998. First Edition; 216, index; numerous colour photos and plane specifications; pictorial cardcover in pictorial dust jacket; mint condition [new]. This new full-colour encyclopedia provides a detailed analysis of the technology now being applied to commercial aircraft, a comprehensive directory of all the major passenger-carrying airliners in service and under development, and succinct data profiles of 100 of the world's major airlines. |
$35. |
| 123. | ENDRES. Gunther G. WORLD AIRLINE FLEETS 1984/5. The worlds leading Airline Fleet Yearbook from information compiled and coordinated by the Aviation Data Centre. The Aviation Data Centre Ltd. Middlesex. 1983. 592; b/w photos aircraf, adv; cardcover illustrated colour in protected covering; near fine condition.Accepted worldwide as the standard source of data relating to all the world's airlines. |
$29. |
| 124. | FAY, John. THE HELICOPTER AND HOW IT FLIES. Pitman. London. 1964 [first published 1954, revised 1957]. x, 105, index; 112 figures; hardcover in (sunned) dust jacket; A5 format; good condition. Explains all the fundamental features of rotary-wing flight without resorting to mathematical formulae, written in a simple straightforward manner and well illustrated. |
$15. |
| 125. | FIRKINS, Peter. STRIKE AND RETURN. The Unit History of 460 RAAF Heavy Bomber Squadron. [first published 1964]. Reprint. hardcover; mint condition. Details the World War II exploits of a famous Australian squadron flying out of Britain, the author served with the squadron and later became an author and historian. |
$34. |
| 126. | FLANAGAN, Lt. Gen. Edward M., Jr. THE LOS BANOS RAID. The 11th Airborne Jumps at Dawn. Presidio. Novato, California. 1986. xi, 276, Internment Camp Roll, bibliog., index; illustrations, maps; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. Recounts how paratroopers liberated over 2000 civilian internees from a Japanese prisoner of war camp without casualties. |
$35. |
| 127. | FLANAGAN, Lt. Gen. E.M., Jr. THE ANGELS. A History of the 11th Airborne Division. Presidio. Novato, California. (1989). xiv, 422, bibliog., index; illustrations, maps; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. Scarce. Includes chapters on New Guinea, Manila, Okinawa, and occupation of Japan. |
$45. |
| 128. | FLIGHTPATH. Australia's International Aviation Magazine. Volume 3 Number 2. Weldon Young Productions. Willoughby, NSW. [1991]. 96; fully illustrated mainly in col.; illustrated wrappers; A4 format; fine condition. Includes: Vickers Viscount, Tigers over Temora, Mirage finale, Guadalcanal pictorial, Beauforts in Malaya, air war operations Darwin 1942. |
$20. |
| 129. | FLIGHTPATH. Australia's International Aviation Magazine. Volume 3 Number 1. Weldon Young Productions. Willoughby, NSW. [1991]. 96; fully illustrated mainly in col.; illustrated wrappers; A4 format; fine condition. Includes: Air Niugini, tropical tigers, Malta wrecks, Spitfire restoration, Canberra swansong. |
$20. |
| 130. | FLYING DOCTOR SERVICES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Report of Seminar Held at Birmingham University 1969. Flying Doctor Development Service. Birmingham, UK. [1969]. 70; 26 b/w photos, 2 maps; cardcover; very good condition. Includes papers on: Zambian flying doctor service, training auxiliary health workers to solve the community health problems in rural Nigeria, child care in remote areas, two-way radios and light aircraft, the problem of operating aircraft in a flying doctor context, the problems of accounting and management in flying doctor and rural development services. |
$20. |
| 131. | FRAME, Tom. WHERE FATE CALLS : The HMAS Voyager Tragedy. Hodder & Stoughton. Sydney. 1992. First Edition; xxix, 447, bibliog.; 23 photos, 32 technical drawings; hardcover in dust jacket (mint condition, property); mint condition. Much sought after first edition. The author did his doctoral thesis on HMAS Voyager and as a serving naval officer wrote this account with full access to official naval and Royal Commission records into the tragic slicing of the Australian destroyer HMAS Voyager in two by the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne with the loss of 82 men. Australia's worst peacetime disaster. |
$34. |
| 132. | FRANCILLON, Rene J. VIETNAM. The War in the Air. Arch Cape Press. New York. 1987. First U.S. Edition; 255, index; 280 colour and 120 b/w illustrations; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; fine condition. Chronicles the history of this bloody conflict from the perspective of the aircraft involved from the first French aerial involvement to the final evacuation of Saigon, with descriptions of the tactics, developments, and actions that make this the most fascinating period of military aviation. |
$25. |
| 133. | FYSH, Hudson. QANTAS AT WAR. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1968. First Edition; xii, 244, appendices, index; 44 illusts.; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; (damp mark mainly confined to bottom margins, plates chipped in lower margin) o/wise a good reader's copy. Scarce. A civilian airline at war, chapters on bombing of Singapore, The Dili Story, Darwin, New Guinea, flying guns into Java, Japanese blitz on Broom Western Australia. |
$49. |
| 134. | FYSH, Hudson. QANTAS RISING: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1966 [first published 1965]. xii, 296, index; 43 b/w illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; (presentation book plate on front endpaper) o/wise very good condition. Very Scarce. This is the story of two young ex-servicemen who had nothing to do after World War I, so they founded one of the world's great airlines. The author writes pleasantly and informally, and readers will enjoy this book as much for its anecdotes of the author's life and its stories of adventure in the air as for its important contribution to Australian history. |
$61. |
| 135. | FYSH, Hudson. QANTAS RISING: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1966 [first published 1965]. xii, 296, index; 43 b/w illusts.; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket [protected]; (new endpapers, foxing in the prelims, traces of library stamp) o/wise good condition. Very Scarce. This is the story of two young ex-servicemen who had nothing to do after World War I, so they founded one of the world's great airlines. The author writes pleasantly and informally, and readers will enjoy this book as much for its anecdotes of the author's life and its stories of adventure in the air as for its important contribution to Australian history. |
$60. |
| 136. | FYSH, Hudson. QANTAS RISING: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1965. First Edition; xii, 296, index; 43 b/w illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; very good condition. Very Scarce. This is the story of two young ex-servicemen who had nothing to do after World War I, so they founded one of the world's great airlines. The author writes pleasantly and informally, and readers will enjoy this book as much for its anecdotes of the author's life and its stories of adventure in the air as for its important contribution to Australian history. |
$65. |
| 137. | FYSH, Hudson. QANTAS RISING: The Autobiography of the Flying Fysh. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1966 [first published 1965]. xii, 296, index; 43 b/w illusts.; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket [protected]; (new endpapers) o/wise very good condition. Very Scarce. This is the story of two young ex-servicemen who had nothing to do after World War I, so they founded one of the world's great airlines. The author writes pleasantly and informally, and readers will enjoy this book as much for its anecdotes of the author's life and its stories of adventure in the air as for its important contribution to Australian history. |
$62. |
| 138. | GILLETT, Ross. AUSTRALIAN AIR POWER. Celebrating 75 Years of the RAAF. The Book Company. Sydney. 1996. x, 214, bibliog., index; 37 col. and 300 b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; very good condition. An encyclopedia of military aircraft flown by the Royal Australian Air Force since 1921, each aircraft is described in a short essay with data table, highlighting important dates, armament, specifications and performance, with well reproduced photos. |
$40. |
| 139. | GILLISON, Douglas. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series Three, AIR, Volume 1. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1962. First Edition; xiii, 786, appendices, index; 65 photos, 50 maps; hardcover in near fine dust jacket (protected); near fine condition. Very Scarce. Includes RAAF operations in Malaya, Singapore, Ambon, Sumatra, Burma, Timor, India, New Guinea, Fall of Rabaul, Coral Sea, Kokoda, Milne Bay, Buna, Sanananda, Wau and Bismarck Sea. |
$44. |
| 140. | GILLISON, Douglas. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series Three, AIR, Volume 1. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1962. First Edition; xiii, 786, appendices, index; 65 photos, 50 maps; hardcover in dust jacket (near fine protected); very good condition. Very Scarce. Very scarce. Includes RAAF operations in Malaya, Singapore, Ambon, Sumatra, Burma, Timor, India, New Guinea, Fall of Rabaul, Coral Sea, Kokoda, Milne Bay, Buna, Sanananda, Wau and Bismarck Sea. |
$40. |
| 141. | GILLISON, Douglas. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE 1939-1942. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series Three, AIR, Volume 1. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1962. First Edition; xiii, 786, appendices, index; 65 photos, 50 maps; hardcover in dust jacket (near fine protected); near fine condition. Very Scarce. Very scarce. Includes RAAF operations in Malaya, Singapore, Ambon, Sumatra, Burma, Timor, India, New Guinea, Fall of Rabaul, Coral Sea, Kokoda, Milne Bay, Buna, Sanananda, Wau and Bismarck Sea. |
$42. |
| 142. | GLINES, Carroll and Wendell F. Moseley. THE DC-3 THE STORY OF THE DAKOTA. Andre Deutsch. London. 1967. 203, index; b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; (back of d/j, back cover, back endpaper damp marked) o/wise good condtion. The DC3 later to be christened the Dakota by the RAF, a history of the plane that outlasted not only its contemporaries but also many of the aeroplanes designed to replace it. |
$43. |
| 143. | GLINES, Carroll V. ATTACK ON YAMAMOTO. Orion. New York. 1990. xii, 240, bibliog., index; map, 18 illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition. The remarkable story of the longest fighter intercept mission in history which culminated in the shooting down of Isoroku Yamamoto Commander and Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Pacific War. |
$30. |
| 144. | GLINES, Carroll V and Wendell F. Moseley. THE DC-3. The Story of a Fabulous Airplane. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia. 1966. Third Printing; 203, index; 53 b/w photos; hardcover (new endpapers); (RAAF Book Stamp, pages soiled) o/wise good condition. Very Scarce. A history of the most famous airplane in the world, includes anecdotal tales from around the world of the grand old lady of the skies accompanied by amazing photographs of the aircraft in war and peace. |
$28. |
| 145. | GLINES, Carroll V and Wendell F. Moseley. THE DC-3. David & Charles. London. 1979. First British Edition; 224, index; 58 b/w photos; hardcover in (reproduction) dust jacket; near fine condition. Very Scarce. A history of the most famous airplane in the world, includes anecdotal tales from around the world of the grand old lady of the skies accompanied by amazing photographs of the aircraft in war and peace. |
$30. |
| 146. | GLINES, Carroll V. Lieutenant Colonel, USAF. DOOLITTLE'S TOKYO RAIDERS. Van Nostrand Co. Princeton. 1964. xiv, 447, appendices, index; text photos and maps; hardcover in (chipped) dust jacket; very good condition (new endpapers, small library stamps). Rare. The events aboard the bombers are graphically related by a member of each crew who tells in his own words his experiences, thoughts and emotions from take-off to bail-out or crash landing in China, including capture, imprisonment or escape. |
$40. |
| 147. | GOODE, John. WOOD WIRE AND FABRIC. A Saga of Australian Flying. Lansdowne Press. Melbourne. 1968. 108, bibliog., index; fully illustrated in b/w; hardcover in (bruised and clipped) dust jacket; good condition. Very Scarce. The story of Australian aviation written for young people by an expert in the field, illustrated with an outstanding collection of rare historic photographs. |
$30. |
| 148. | GOODENOUGH, Simon. WAR MAPS. World War II, from September 1939 to August 1945, Air, Sea and Land, Battle by Battle. Peerage Books. London. 1988 [first published 1982]. 192, index; fully illustrated with 270 colour maps and over 150 photographs; hardcover in dust jacket with protective covering. large format; very good condition. An informative text and captions accompany the maps and photographs which detail the crucial land, sea and air confrontations of the Second World War, giving dispositions of men and equipment over the course of a battle or campaign, includes the Pacific War. |
$17. |
| 149. | GREEN, William and Gordon Swanborough. FLYING COLOURS. Featuring over 1300 military aircraft markings and colour schemes. Salamander Books. London 1997. 208 well illustrated photographs and drawings; hardcover in mint dust jacket; mint condition. Featuring over 100 different types of aircraft and their many variants, Flying Colours is a fascinating survey of aircraft markings throughout more than 80 years of aerial warfare. Over 1300 extensively researched and superbly illustrated drawings depict a vast range of colour schemes, camouflage markings and heraldic emblems and insignias, with detailed descriptions of each aircraft including the identification of squadron, unit, theatre and, in some instances, even the pilot's name. |
$28. |
| 150. | GREEN, William and Gordon Swanborough. FLYING COLOURS. Featuring over 1300 military aircraft markings and colour schemes. Lansdowne Press. Sydney. 1981. 208; well illustrated colour photographs and drawings; hardcover in dust jacket; near fine condition. Very scarce edition. Featuring over 100 different types of aircraft and their many variants, Flying Colours is a fascinating survey of aircraft markings throughout more than 80 years of aerial warfare. Over 1300 extensively researched and superbly illustrated drawings depict a vast range of colour schemes, camouflage markings and heraldic emblems and insignias, with detailed descriptions of each aircraft including the identification of squadron, unit, theatre and, in some instances, even the pilot's name. |
$29. |
| 151. | GREGORY, Barry and John Batchelor. AIRBORNE WARFARE 1918-1945. Books for Pleasure. Sydney. 1979 [first published by Phoebus Publishing 1978]. 128; fully illustrated with photos, maps and paintings in b/w and col.; hardcover in dust jacket; A4 format; (stained on top margin of 4 pages) o/wise very good condition. When the Germans demonstrated how airborne troops could achieve startling victories in Norway, Denmark, Holland and Crete the allies were quick to make similar responses, Barry Gregory describes the growth of these airborne campaigns as well as the planes and equipment used. |
$25. |
| 152. | GRIFFITH, Hubert. R.A.F. IN RUSSIA. Hammond, Hammond & Co. London. [c. 1942]. 96; 15 b/w photos; hardcover; (corners bumped, foxing on e/p, top of spine bleached) o/wise good condition. The author kept a diary while he was stationed in Russia with the R.A.F. during World War II. |
$24. |
| 153. | GRIFFITH, Thomas E. Jr. MacARTHUR'S AIRMAN. General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific. University Press of Kansas. Kansas, U.S.A. 1998. First Edition; xiv, 338, index, bibliography; 3 area maps; hardcover illustrated in protective covering; mint condition.Very scarce, excellent and fascinating operational history that raises Kenney to the front rank among American commanders in the Pacific War. |
$39. |
| 154. | GUNN, John. THE DEFEAT OF DISTANCE. QANTAS 1919-1939. University of Queensland Press. St Lucia, Brisbane. 1985. First Edition; xvi, 400, bibliog. index; 91 b/w photos, e/p maps; hardcover in dust jacket (fine condition, protected); fine condition. Very Scarce. The author has employed the disciplines and techniques of narrative in this closely documented work to make this a most readable account of the early history of Qantas the second oldest airline in the world. Out of print. |
$38. |
| 155. | GUNN, John. THE DEFEAT OF DISTANCE. QANTAS 1919-1939. University of Queensland Press. St Lucia, Brisbane. 1988. Paperback (cardcover) reprint of first edition; xvi, 400, bibliog. index; 91 b/w photos, e/p maps; cardcover; fine condition. Very Scarce. The author has employed the disciplines and techniques of narrative in this closely documented work to make this a most readable account of the early history of Qantas the second oldest airline in the world. Out of print. |
$19. |
| 156. | GUNN, John. HIGH CORRIDORS. QANTAS 1954-1970. University of Queensland Press. St. Lucia, Brisbane. 1988. First Edition; xvi, 468, index; 95 b/w photos, illustrated endpapers; hardcover in mint dust jacket (protected); mint condition. Very Scarce. The third volume of the award-winning history of Qantas, the author details the political as well as technological machinations of this period with great skill, includes numerous references to QANTAS in New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. |
$41. |
| 157. | GUNSTON, Bill. THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE WORLD'S ROCKETS & MISSILES. Leisure Books. London. 1979. 264, index; fully illustrated with photos and schematic illustrations mainly in colour; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; bonus liftout missing, o/wise near fine condition.A comprehensive technical directory and history of the military guided missile systems of the 10th century. |
$39. |
| 158. | GWYNN-JONES, Terry. THE AIR RACERS. Aviation's Golden Era 1909-1936. Lansdowne Press. Sydney. 1983. First Edition; 242, index; fully illustrated with schematic drawings, maps and photos, over 190 of which have been hand coloured; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; (signed by the author) fine condition. The story of aviations' golden age of air racing 1909-1936 which was the catalysts for the development of the aeroplane as a machine of war and later as an acceptable form of public transportation, examines race routes, records established and the wondrous and sometimes cantankerous machines and the aviators who flew them. |
$40. |
| 159. | GWYNN-JONES, Terry. WINGS ACROSS THE PACIFIC. The Courageous Aviators who Challenged and Conquered the Greatest Ocean. Orion Books. New York. 1991. First Edition; x, 256, index; fully illustrated in b/w with more than 200 photos, maps; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; mint condition. The author, himself a pilot, gives an account of extraordinary characters including Charles Kingsford-Smith, Clyde Pangborn who opened up Pacific aviation and the Pan American Airways' fabled Flying Clippers. |
$35. |
| 160. | GWYNN-JONES, Terry. WINGS ACROSS THE PACIFIC. The Courageous Aviators who Challenged and Conquered the Greatest Ocean. Allen & Unwin. North Sydney. 1991. x, 256, index; fully illustrated in b/w with more than 200 photos, maps; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; fine condition. The author, himself a pilot, gives an account of extraordinary characters including Charles Kingsford-Smith, Clyde Pangborn who opened up Pacific aviation and the Pan American Airways' fabled Flying Clippers. |
$40. |
| 161. | HALL, Timothy. FLYING HIGH. The Story of Hudson Fysh, Qantas and the Trail-Blazing Days of Early Aviation. Methuen. Sydney. 1979. First Edition; 265, index; e/p maps, 21 b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; two small tears to d/j, o/wise fine condition. An immensely readable and often very funny account of the story of Qantas and the man who created it. |
$19. |
| 162. | HALL, Timothy. FLYING HIGH. The Story of Hudson Fysh, Qantas and the Trail-Blazing Days of Early Aviation. Methuen. Sydney. 1979. First Edition; 265, index; e/p maps, 21 b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; fine condition. An immensely readable and often very funny account of the story of Qantas and the man who created it. |
$20. |
| 163. | HAMMEL, Eric. GUADALCANAL: THE CARRIER BATTLES. Carrier Operations in the Solomons August - October 1942. Crown Publishers. New York. 1987. First Edition; viii, 505, bibliog., index; 56 b/w photos, maps; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition. A comprehensive study of the pivotal aircraft-carrier confrontations of the Guadalcanal campaign, full-scale battles that helped determine the outcome of the Pacific War, Hammel has blended his detailed historical narrative with personal accounts of many of the airmen and sailors. |
$40. |
| 164. | HANSFORD, R.F., Editor. RADIO AIDS TO CIVIL AVIATION. Heywood & Co. London. 1960. First Edition; xvi, 623, index; fully illustrated with b/w photos and figures; hardcover in dust jacket [protected]; very good condition. Includes: principles of radio, aircraft communications systems, en route aids, aids to air traffic control, aids to approach, landing and surface movement, weather radar, radar links, present trends. |
$64. |
| 165. | HARLEY, Jane F. MANTLE OF SAFETY. The Flying Doctor Service. Robert Hale. London. 1963. First Edition; 189; 14 illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket (chip out of front of wrapper); (few spots of foxing on e/p and small title page, owner's name on e/p) o/wise good condition. Very Scarce. During a stay at Dunbar, one of Australia's largest cattle stations, the author was faced with the problem of getting a badly injured man to hospital, it was the wet season, but the flying doctor service came to the rescue, the author was later a nurse in a bush hospital and worked in close cooperation with the flying doctor service before writing this account. |
$25. |
| 166. | HARPER, Harry. SKY RIDERS. A Book of Famous Flyers. Collins. London. 1943. 176; fully illustrated in b/w with one 'coloured' photo; hardcover (spine frayed, boards warped and bumped); o/wise good condition. Includes, Battle of Britain, great deeds of British air-war heroes, German air aces, famous flyers of the first world war, pioneers of the aeroplane, triumph of the Wright brothers, first non-stop flight from Newfoundland to Ireland, Kingsford Smith, first flight from England to Australia, drama and tragedy of North Polar airmen, conquest of the Antarctic. |
$20. |
| 167. | HERINGTON, John. AIR WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY 1939-1943. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series 3, (AIR), Volume III. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1954. First Edition; xviii, 731, index; 95 illusts., 35 maps, 2 diagrams, 1 graph; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]; (owner's name on endpaper) o/wise very good condition. Very scarce. Describes the part played by increasing numbers of Australians in the first four years of the air war in Europe and the Middle East, the integration of Dominion contingents within a vast Commonwealth air force produced a variety of problems, political, administrative and psychological, a frank and authoritative exposition of these problems. |
$37. |
| 168. | HERINGTON, John. AIR WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY 1939-1943. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series 3, (AIR), Volume III. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1954. First Edition; xviii, 731, index; 95 illusts., 35 maps, 2 diagrams, 1 graph; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]; (a few spots of foxing in the prelims) o/wise very good condition. Very scarce. Describes the part played by increasing numbers of Australians in the first four years of the air war in Europe and the Middle East, the integration of Dominion contingents within a vast Commonwealth air force produced a variety of problems, political, administrative and psychological, a frank and authoritative exposition of these problems. |
$39. |
| 169. | HERINGTON, John. AIR WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY 1939-1943. Australia in the War of 1939-1945 Series 3, (AIR), Volume III. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1954. First Edition; xviii, 731, index; 95 illusts., 35 maps, 2 diagrams, 1 graph; hardcover in reproduction dust jacket [protected]; (new endpapers, edges of cloth insect damaged) o/wise good condition. Very scarce. Describes the part played by increasing numbers of Australians in the first four years of the air war in Europe and the Middle East, the integration of Dominion contingents within a vast Commonwealth air force produced a variety of problems, political, administrative and psychological, a frank and authoritative exposition of these problems. |
$29. |
| 170. | HESS, William N. PACIFIC SWEEP. The 5th and 13th Fighter Commands in World War II. Double Day. Garden City, NY. 1974. x, 278, index; 71 b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition. An anecdotal unit history, beginning with a handful of pilots in obsolete aircraft trying to stop the Japanese onslaught in the Philippines, evacuation to Australia for aerial defence of that continent and New Guinea, the story often told in the words of the men themselves. |
$40. |
| 171. | HEWITT, J. E. THE BLACK ONE. Langate Publishing. South Yarra, Melbourne. 1984. 172, appendices [ 134] un-numbered; fully illustrated with maps and photos; hardcover in mint dust jacket; large format; mint condition. An autobiography covering the years 1901-1939, including service in the R.N., R.A.F. and R.A.N. and the Royal Australian Air Force, with detailed accounts of the sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in June 1919, of operations against Ataturk in Asia Minor and incursions into the Black Sea during the Civil War in Russia. |
$24. |
| 172. | HILL, Ernestine. FLYING DOCTOR CALLING. The flying Doctor Service of Australia. Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1947. 157; plus forty pages of b/w photos, e/p map; hardcover (spine frayed and repaired top and bottom); (owner's name and address on e/p) o/wise good condition. The story of the Australian Flying Doctor service, with appendices on: brief history of the experimental flying doctor and wireless services inaugurated by the Australian Inland Mission to the Presbyterian Church, the future of the flying doctor service of Australia, the constitution, control and present organization of the flying doctor service of Australia. |
$25. |
| 173. | HINTON, Harold B. AIR VICTORY. The Men and the Machines. How the Weapon of Air Power was Foraged from the Earliest Beginnings through World War II. Foreword by Lieut. Gen. Barton K. Yount U.S.A. Ret. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1948. First Edition; xix, 428, index; 52 illusts.; hardcover in (chipped) dust jacket; very good condition. Very Scarce. The story of the growth of American air power. |
$35. |
| 174. | HISTORICAL OFFICE OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES. THE OFFICIAL PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES. ARNO. New York. 1979. Reprint of 1947 Edition; 213; over 600 illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket; large format; very good condition. Comprehensively documents the development of air power in the United States, with a survey of the industrial and scientific know-how that made U.S. air power possible, from Civil War balloons onwards. |
$40. |
| 175. | HITT, Russell T. JUNGLE PILOT. The Life and Witness of Nate Saint. Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1960. First Edition; 303; e/p illust.; 29 b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket (corner clipped, back side rubbed); near fine condition. An account of the Missionary Aviation Fellowship and of Nate Saint who became the planner and logistics expert of operation Auca in the Ecuador jungle, he made the first difficult landing in the Auca territory, on January 8th 1956 he radioed that he had made contact with the Aucas, that was his last message. |
$20. |
| 176. | HONG KONG AVIATION CLUB. Check List Procedures. HKAC [Hong Kong] 20; heavy cardcover spiral bound at top for flipping pages. very good condition. Pages on heavy laminated card each with a tab on side for flipping to the desired procedure, check list procedures for the Cessna 152, Cessna Skyhawk 172 and the Cessna Skylane 182. |
$29. |
| 177. | HOOPER, Meredith. GOD 'ELP ALL OF US. Three Great Flights. Methuen. North Ryde, NSW. 1986. 104; map, 39 b/w illusts.; hardcover in dust jacket; mint condition. Accounts of three first ever flights, Ross and Keith Smith's first ever flight from England to Australia, Bert Hinkler's solo flight from England to Australia in 1928, Charles Kingsford Smith's flight across the Pacific. |
$20. |
| 178. | HOOPER, Meredith. KANGAROO ROUTE. The Development of Commercial Flight between England and Australia. Angus & Robertson. London. 1985. 216, index; e/p maps, 38 historical photos, 2 text maps, 1 drawing; illust. cardcover; mint condition. Relates the stories of the great aviators who pioneered the route and the early commercial aircraft that ventured across some of the wildest and remote parts of the world. |
$19. |
| 179. | HORVAT, William J. ABOVE THE PACIFIC. Aero Publishers. Fallbrook, CA. 1966. 211, bibliog.; 157 figures; hardcover in (repaired) dust jacket; (e/p scruffed) o/wise good condition. The complete story of flights above the Pacific from the first Hawaiian balloon ascent in 1889 and the first Curtiss flights in 1910 up until the present, included are stories of military interest, commercial flights, and Hawaiian aviation. |
$40. |
| 180. | HYNES, Samuel. FLIGHTS OF PASSAGE. Reflections of a World War II Aviator. Frederic C. Beil. New York. 1988. 270; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition. Personal account of the mysteries of coming of age in wartime, the author flew more than 100 missions against the Japanese at Okinawa and Uliti, he was just eighteen when he left home and 21 at the war's end, told with compassion and admiration for a pilot's prowess, even when that pilot is an enemy. |
$25. |
| 181. | INGELLS, Douglas. 747 STORY OF THE BOEING SUPER JET. Aero Publishers. Fallbrook, CA. 1970. 272, index; fully illustrated in b/w and colour; illustrated cardcover [protected]; (owner's book stamp on fly page, spine bruised) o/wise good condition Very Scarce. In narrative style, the behind-the-scenes story of the birth of the world's largest commercial jetliner and the history of the Boeing Company's many contributions in the building of the greatest transportaion system the world has ever know, the international family of scheduled air lines. |
$24. |
| 182. | INGELLS, Douglas. L-10011 TRISTAR AND THE LOCKHEED STORY. Aero Publishers. Fallbrook, CA. 1973. First Edition; 256, index; fully illustrated in b/w and colour; hardcover in bruised dust jacket [protected]; very good condition. Very Scarce. In narrative style the author takes you from the formative years when Allen and Malcolm Loughead (pronounced Lockheed) designed and built the Model-G hydroplane in 1913 through to the development of the L-1011. |
$29. |
| 183. | ISAACS, Keith. MILITARY AIRCRAFT OF AUSTRALIA 1909-1918. Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1971. First Edition; 190, chronology, bibliog., index; 24 col. pages of aircraft murals in the Australian War Memorial, accurate line illustrations of each type of aircraft used by the Australian forces and representative enemy |