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391 pages including index and many black and white photographs. Part aviation history and part adventure tale, this book is an engaging, affectionate, carefully researched history of Canadian Airlines International, a company which, in the best wingwalker tradition, has performed in a series of heart-stopping, life-and-death dramas for more than seventy years. Usual library markings. Moderate lean to spine. Book
110 pages. Index. "For this book, aviation artist Charles J. Thompson has collected over 50 of his paintings that vividly bring to life this fascinating period of aviation history." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and very numerous full-page coloured reproduction; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped,lightly rubbed dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased at edges.
4to., First Edition, with plates, plans and tables in the text; original pictorial wrappers, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Collects fifteen illustrated papers.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
vii, 107 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. Documents the history of No. 10 Service Flying Training School and No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School which were hubs of Allied training activity near Dauphin, Manitoba during the second world war. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked with lightest wear. A quality copy of this important record. Book
8vo., Second Edition, with plates; original laminated wrappers, covers very lightly browned else a near fine copy. First published in 1984. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Graham & Cole U74.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; orange cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and an illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propellor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
xii, 388 pages. Glossary. Black and white maps and reproductions of photos. Includes lists of pilots and staff. Troops returning to Saskatchewan after WWII had learned of aviation. They turned this knowledge to good by using it to launch Saskatchewan's Air Ambulance Service. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy. Book
8vo., First Edition., with plates; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, brown endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With bookplate on front free endpaper.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in lighter grey, marbled endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout, small signature contemporary signature on front free endpaper, free endpapers lightly browned; grey-brown cloth, upper board lettered in blue, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with or two minor nicks but no actual loss. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
VG (original light blue and brown cloth binding, slightly 'soft' and a little marked, internally tight, bright and clean) 12mo unpaginated c 96pp illustrated throughout. A mixture of historic and up to date military and naval air power
Features: F6F - King of the Carrier Fighters - exclusive color photos; Interview with Gordon Israel; David McCampbell - Aviation Pioneer; No. 1 Navy Ace; Consolidated's Confusing PB-2A. Art: Grumman F6F Hellcats of VF-20 and VF-16; Grumman F6F-5 Cutaway; The Marianas' Turkey Shoot; Essex Class Carrier Flight Deck; Consolidated PB-2A Book
54 pages. Features: P-Boat - Part I of the Consolidated PBY Catalina Story -development and production -article with many excellent illustrations and photos; Colour centerfold illustration of the Consolidated PBY-2 (Patrol Wing Four/Patrol Squadron 17); The Macchi Castoldi Fighters - excellent photo-illustrated article; Daredevil - Ormer Locklear - article with excellent photos. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
Features: Hellcat - the F6F-3 - Very long article with many great illustrations; Legion of the Lost - Consolidated's PB-2A - last of the 2-seat fighters - could never find a mission; Gordon Israel - an exclusive interview with one of air racing and aviation's most versatile pioneers. Clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Features: The origins of the P-47 Thunderbolt - From Seversky P-35 to Republic XP-72 including wartime P-47s; Plus 11 pages of authentic World War II color photographs and profiles. Some rippling, but no discoloration, to front cover and some pages caused by past moisture exposure. Book
146 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Printed upon glossy stock. "Recounts early adventures and traces the many ways in which the airplane has helped develop northern Saskatchewan since 1924. Tells of the brave pilots, entrepreneurs, aircraft engineers, and others in the aviation industry who have played a vital role in opening the province's north." - dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy. Book
Features: Test Flying the F7F Tigercat - WW II's most powerful fighter; Blackburn Skua - Dive Bombing with the Fleet Air Arm; Doug Davis and the Travel Air Mystery Ships; B-18 the bomber nobody wanted. Art: Grumman XF7F-1 and F7F-3; Blackburn Skua cutaway Book
BUREAU DE LA REVUE. MARS-AVRIL 1999. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Intérieur frais. 90 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Sommaire : Le YAK-3B par Anis Elbied, Mosquito, casseurs de prisons par Vincent Greciet, Le Mosquito FB Mk VI par Michel Guillon, La pratique du thermoforme par Jean Claude Le Buhe, Le Mustang P-51B par Georges Edouard, Le A2D-1 Skyshark par Fabrice Fanton
