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THE WHITLEY FILE
Written by R.N. Roberts.
Stock no. 1328560
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851301274. Minimal fading/browning to spine edge and minimal rubbing to corners. Contents clean.

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THE WASHINGTON FILE
Written by Michael A. Fopp.
Stock no. 1328559
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 36 pages. Some slight browning to covers. Page corner tips lightly creased else contents clean.

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FROG MODEL AIRCRAFT 1932-1976
Written by Richard Lines; Leif Hellstrom.
Stock no. 1828820
Published by New Cavendish Books. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The complete history of the flying aircraft & the plastic kits. Large format. Blue matt pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 271 pages including index. ISBN: 0904568636. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine and lower edges. Boards clean. Minor knock to lower edge of front board. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor closed edge-tears (no loss) strengthened with clear tape to verso, lightly scuffed and just a little grubby. Old price label to front flap of dustwrapper.

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FLEET AIR ARM AIRCRAFT, UNITS AND SHIPS 1920 TO 1939
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Dick Cronin.
Stock no. 1828816
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed blue pictorial boards. B/w photos and colour illustrations. 432 pages. ISBN: 0851302718. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Boards a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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ROYAL NAVY SHIPBOARD AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENTS 1912-1931
Written by Dick Cronin.
Stock no. 1828813
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Some aspects of early naval aviation at sea. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 384 pages. ISBN: 0851301657. Light fading to spine and rear board else a lovely copy.

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GENERAL DYNAMICS AIRCRAFT AND THEIR PREDECESSORS
Written by John Wegg.
Stock no. 1828808
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Traces the development of 10 companies which eventually led to the production of aircraft under the General Dynamics title and more than 100 aircraft designs. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. 255 pages including index. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 085177833X. Light knock to top edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few tears and chips to laminate, worn at corners.

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SAAB AIRCRAFT SINCE 1937
Written by Hans G. Andersson.
Stock no. 1828807
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In tracing the ancestry of Saab, this new edition covers the entire history of the Swedish aircraft industry from its modest beginnings before the First World War to the highly innovative and competitive company of today. This edition is fully revised and expanded with additional sections detailing the development of the JAS 39 Gripen programme, the evolution of the Saab 340 series as well as the introduction of the Saab 2000 regional airliner. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Large format. B/w photos. 199 pages including index. ISBN: 0851778860. Minor knock to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, ligthly faded,1" closed tear (no loss) to lower front edge of spine.

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BEECH AIRCRAFT AND THEIR PREDECESSORS
Written by Alain Pelletier.
Stock no. 1828806
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Detailed description of the Models 17 and 18 and their service histories along with equally detailed studies of Beech aircraft through the Bonanzas, Barons, Queen Airs and King Airs and all other types up to the elegant but unorthodox Starship and Model 1900 airliner. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 0851778631. Light bump to top rear board corner and a few minor marks across top of board. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, faded to spine, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II: HISTORY AND INSIGNIA
Written by Maurer Maurer.
Stock no. 1828805
Published by Zenger Publishing Co. Inc.. 1980. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The United States Air Force Combat Groups in World War II. For each organisation there is information about insignia, lineage, operations, assignments, aircraft, components, stations, commanders, campaigns and decorations.Blue cloth boards, silvertitle to spine and vignettes to front. 506 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0892010924. Reprint. Light mottling to boards. Spine is concave (reading wear). Text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, lightly faded to spine, browned and scuffed. A good reading copy.

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THE BOMBER COMMAND WAR DIARIES: AN OPERATIONAL REFERENCE BOOK 1939-1945
Written by Martin Middlebrook; Chris Everitt.
Stock no. 1828803
Published by Viking. 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win a war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous scale that historians are only now piecing together the finer details of the individual raids. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 804 pages includes index. ISBN: 0670801372. Reprint in same year as first publication. Light vertical crease to spine (reading wear). Else boards clean. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby, a few foxspots. Contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper with red titlesis ligthly browned, lightly faded to spine, lightly edge-rubbed.

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GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT SINCE 1929
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1828801
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The development and service histories of all Grumman's aircraft from the earliest FF and SF biplanes up to the F-14 Tomcat and the experimental X-29 with its forward swept wing. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. viii and 584 pages. ISBN: 0851778356. Remains of old bookseller's address label to lower edge of front pastedown with some surface paper loss (hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper). Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has some creasing to laminate and is a little scuffed.

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LOCKHEED HUDSON IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Andrew Hendrie.
Stock no. 1828799
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1840370939. Light rubbing to base of spine. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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