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94 pages. Fifth issue of this journal dedicated to the improvement of model sailplane performance through systematic investigation and research of low-speed aerodynamics, composite structures, airframe configuration, instrumentation, and dozens of other diverse, but related, subjects. Some soiling to covers. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Unpaginated. 3/8" thick. Premier issue of this journal dedicated to the improvement of model sailplane performance through systematic investigation and research of low-speed aerodynamics, composite structures, airframe configuration, instrumentation, and dozens of other diverse, but related, subjects. Average wear. Covers somewhat soiled. Sound copy. Book
156 pages. "...Captures the spirit, dedication, and hard work of the pilots, ground crew and support staff.... Shows us all what it takes to put this elite, high-precision flying team in the air." - from dust jacket. Marvelous colour photography throughout. Light spot of soiling to front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this visually appealing and informative work. Book
255 pages. Signed and dated by both authors. Hand-numbered copy #1216 of 2000. Index. 65 colour photos. 297 black and white photos. 46 formation diagrams. "Colonel O.B. Philp, know as 'the father of the Snowbirds', has recalled from birth the early years of the internationally renowned aerobatic squadron... Published to mark the Snowbirds 20th anniversary in 1990." - B.C. Bookworld. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. Superb copy. Book
Octavo in dark green b/w photo illus DJ; 202, [6] p., map, illus., bibliographical references (p. [207]-[208]); 18 cm. Aviation. AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopters. First-hand accounts by pilots who flew them in the Vietnam War, 1961-1975. Southeast Asia Aerial operations, American. U.S. Army. Military helicopters -- Vietnam.
8vo., Third Impression, with portrait frontispiece and plates, endpapers and edges foxed; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published in 1950.
8vo., Tenth Impression, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps on blue stock; blue cloth, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy. First published in 1928. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
176 pages, edges browned. eng
Octavo in white DJ (white spine); 96 p, b&w illus ; 22 cm. This book is about the helicopter: its development, principles of flight, and uses as air taxi, rescue vehicle, traffic control center, crop duster, skyhook and in industry or war. || Helicopters -- Juvenile literature.
Octavo in black and white pictorial wrappers; 369 p.; 16 pp. of plates: illus. (chiefly col.); 24 cm. Inscribed and signed by author on title page.
Editions Osprey, 1984 et 1986. Grand in/8 carré broché, couverture illustrée en couleur, nombreuses photographies en couleur, 128 pages et 128 pages. Texte en langue anglaise.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and photographs in the text, page-edges tanning lightly; pictorial boards, passe-partout backstrip, a very good, bright,clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. SCARCE.
8vo., with plates; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Updated version of the original edition of 1920. Noffsinger 1305 (recording the original edition).
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and illustrated endpapers; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in lighter blue, marbled endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THE US EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Not recorded by Enser.
8vo., with plates and maps; black cloth, hilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece and very numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Written to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the RAF Foundationers' Trust at Christ's Hospital, this deceptively detailed and profusely illustrated account shows how Wallis's schooldays influenced his subsequent life. It covers many aspects of his career including airship, aircraft and armaments design, and his central role in the foundation of the Trust in 1951.
Oblong 4to., with very numerous multi-view illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. High quality facsimile reissue of the scarce original edition of 1917. Introduction by J.M. Bruce, Assistant Keeper at the RAF Museum. Very scarce in its own right.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs (a number full-page) in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout, chapters with thumb-tabs, neat contemporary signature on front cover, a few wartime anntations; original blue boards printed in black, backstrip rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Publication code: A.P. 1795. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.189.
VG Softcover. No significant faults with the book. Octavo 207pp with B&W photographs. A personal account of one of "the few" in the Battle of Britain and the air war.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Jane’s Publishing Company, air portfolios, 1986. In/8 oblong, cartonnage éditeur illustré, 63 p., illustrations en couleur. Texte an anglais.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.