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FAIREY AIRCRAFT SINCE 1915
Written by H.A. Taylor.
Stock no. 1326743
Published by Putnam. 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 450 pages. ISBN: 037000065X. Spine very slightly bumped. Textblock and some page margins and lightly foxed and a little grubby. Dustwrapper is very slightly rubbed at edges.

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BRITISH SECRET PROJECTS: FIGHTERS & BOMBERS 1935-1950
Written by Tony Buttler.
Stock no. 1326716
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Emphasis on unbuilt designs that competed with those that flew, and the aircraft influenced by World War Two - projects that were prepared from the mid-1930s in the knowledge that war was coming through to some which appeared after the war was over. Large format. Grey boards, silver title to spine. Mainly b/w photos & illustrations with a few colour photos. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 1857801792. Spine bumped at base. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased, small mark to top edge of rear panel.

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ENGLISH ELECTRIC CANBERRA AND MARTIN B-57
Written by Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1326658
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The full story of the Canberra, starting with the design and covering its legendary Farnborough airshow appearances, record breaking flights and incredible service life that now sees some Canberras that are almost twice as old as their pilots. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Crowood Aviation Series. ISBN: 1861262558. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear at top of spine.

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AIRCRAFT MARKINGS OF THE WORLD 1912-1967
Written by Bruce Robertson. Illustrated by W.F. Hepworth; John Stroud; J.D. Carrick.
Stock no. 1326657
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by the various people who produced this book by means of a bookplate to the front free-endpaper. Spine bumped and rubbed. The wrapper has been covered and stuck down onto the books pastedowns using clear fablon, it is slightly edge rubbed and has a couple of small tears.

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AIR ACES OF THE 1914-1918 WAR
Written by Bruce Robertson.
Stock no. 1326656
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Second (Revised) Impression. Large format. Orange cloth. B/w photos. Spine bumped, spine and corners rubbed. Neat name and address ink stamp to front free-endpaper. Front joint is cracked. The wrapper has been covered and stuck down onto the books pastedowns using clear fablon. Some loss to the edges of the wrapper and some browning/slightly grubby marks to rear panel of wrapper.

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FOKKER - THE MAN AND THE AIRCRAFT
Written by Henri Hegener. Illustrated by W.F. Hepworth.
Stock no. 1326654
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book is split into three parts. Part one the biography, part two comprises 49 3-view drawings, part three gives a by-type review. Large format. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly chipped. Small white label covers printed price on rear panel of wrapper.

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MARINE AIRCRAFT OF THE 1914-1918 WAR
Written by Heinz J. Nowarra; Bruce Robertson; Peter G. Cooksley.
Stock no. 1326653
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Fold-out line drawings of aircraft. Spine bumped. The wrapper has been covered and stuck down onto the books pastedowns using fablon, it is very slightly grubby.

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SOPWITH - THE MAN AND HIS AIRCRAFT
Written by Bruce Robertson. Illustrated by J.D. Carrick; Peter G. Cooksley; W.F. Hepworth.
Stock no. 1326652
Published by Air Review Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth. B/w photos. Colour frontis. Aircraft diagrams. ISBN: 0900435151. SIGNED by the authors and artists by means of a bookplate to the front free-endpaper. Spine slightly bumped. The wrapper has been covered and stuck down onto the books pastedowns using fablon, it is very slightly edge chipped with a small tear to top edge of front panel.

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THE FOCKE-WULF 190 A FAMOUS GERMAN FIGHTER
Written by Heinz J. Nowarra. Illustrated by W.F. Hepworth.
Stock no. 1326650
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some slight fading to cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and chipped, spine browned with a tear at the top.

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VON RICHTHOFEN AND THE FLYING CIRCUS
Written by Heinz J. Nowarra; Kimbrough S. Brown; Bruce Robertson. Illustrated by W.F. Hepworth.
Stock no. 1326649
Published by Harleyford Publications Limited. 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Third (enlarged) impression. Large format. B/w photos and drawings, colour frontis. Name and address in calligraphy on front free-endpaper. The wrapper has been covered and stuck down onto the books pastedowns using fablon. There are a few small tears to wrapper edges.

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LIONS RAMPANT: THE STORY OF No. 602 SPITFIRE SQUADRON
Written by Douglas McRoberts.
Stock no. 1827142
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. 238 Pages. ISBN: 0718305728. Contents are browned. Includes a SIGNED letter to H.G. Niven from the author, Doublas McRoberts. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, a little scuffed and a few minor marks.

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ON SILVER WINGS: RAF BIPLANE FIGHTERS BETWEEN THE WARS
Written by Alec Lumsden; Owen Thetford; Jeffrey Quill.
Stock no. 1827108
Published by Osprey Aerospace. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An illustrated study celebrating the romantic era of RAF fighter squadrons in the 1920s and 30s. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. Foreword by Jeffrey Quill. ISBN: 1855323745. Top of spine lightly bumped. Pictorial dustwrapper has some light foxing to verso, not visible to front.

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