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AIR DATES
Written by L.G.S. Payne.
Stock no. 1802878
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A chronological survey of the principal events in the fields of military and civil aviation in Great Britain and abroad, beginning in 1783 with balloon ascents in Paris, and ending on 31 December 1956. The major part of this work focuses on 1939-1956. Pale blue boards, black title to spine. 565 pages including index. Base of spine lightly rubbed, light browning to endpapers. Contents clean. Price-cut yellow dustwrapper is faded at spine and grubby.

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GOING FOREIGN - VFR
Written by James Allan.
Stock no. 1802876
Published by Robert Pooley Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Visual Flight Rules (VFR) - flying performed on he basis of "see and be seen" so far as collision avoidance is concerned. Blue glazed boards. viii and 143 pages including index. ISBN: 0902037102. A few light marks to boards where labels have been removed. Contents fine.

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AIRCRAFT WEAPONRY OF TODAY
Written by Roy Braybrook.
Stock no. 1802871
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An international survey in which each category of weapon is comprehensively and comprehensibly explained, evaluated, and compared and its development placed in historical and political context. Grey glazed boards. B/w and colour photos. 166 pages. ISBN: 0854296344. A few small marks to cover, small bump to lower edge of front board. Contents fine. Matching pictorial grey wrapper is a little grubby and lightly edge-rubbed.

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THE LEADING EDGE
Written by Walter J. Boyne.
Stock no. 1802870
Published by Macdonald Orbis. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history of the new ideas in aviation technology and the gains we have realized because of them. Blue cloth boards, red title to spine, embossed title to front. Colour photos. 231 pages including index. ISBN: 0356143287. Small mark to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents fine. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightly browned.

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U.S. NAVAL AVIATION A MILITARY PHOTO LOGBOOK VOLUME 1
Written by Dennis R. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1802860
Published by Speciality Press. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

The first in a series of photo scrapbooks using images taken by Navy photographers with unparalleled access to facilities and aircraft around the world. Blue pictorial cardwraps. 120 pages. ISBN: 9781580071147. Corners lightly rubbed and creased. Contents fine.

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MILESTONES OF FLIGHT
Written by Michael J.H. Taylor; David Mondey.
Stock no. 1802854
Published by Jane's Publishing Company. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 0710602014. Corners lightly rubbed, text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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MOTORLESS FLIGHT
Written by J.R. Ashwell-Cooke.
Stock no. 1702931
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

Blue cloth. Gilt titles. B/w diagrams. B/w plates. Spine faded. Corners bumped. All plates present. Some foxing.

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AIR POWER CONFRONTS AN UNSTABLE WORLD
Written by Richard P. Hallion.
Stock no. 1802813
Published by Brassey's. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A series of essays that examine the critical role of air power in international security, focussing on how it can influence both combat and humanitarian operations. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. xxiv and 247 pages including index. ISBN: 1857532384. Slight bumping to spine and lower edge. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly scuffed and has a tiny closed tear to top front edge of spine.

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FLIGHTS OF PASSAGE
Written by Samuel Hynes.
Stock no. 1802806
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reflections of a World War II Aviator. Red boards, gilt title to spine. viii and 270 pages. ISBN: 0747503338. Light pencil erasure to front endpaper else contents fine. Blue dustwrapper is lightly browned and price-clipped.

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WARPLANES
Written by Peter R. March.
Stock no. 1802801
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Hundred Years of Military Aviation. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 1854095269. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped else a fine copy in a grey dustwrapper which is lightly rubbed at corners and slightly grubby.

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BOMBERS
Written by Philip Kaplan.
Stock no. 1802758
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Aircrew Experience. The aircrew of the Lancasters, Halifaxes, Mosquitoes, the Fortresses, Liberators and Maurauders as well as others, had some of the most thankless and dangerous jobs of all those who fought in the Second World War. This book is an account of what these men experienced. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 1854106805. A fine copy in a pictorial wrapper which is lightly scuffed else fine.

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LUFTWAFFE
Written by Williamson Murray.
Stock no. 1802709
Published by George Allen & Unwin. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Strategy for Defeat 1933-1945. A re-interpretation of the European air war, 1939-1945, with sobering lessons fro contemporary Western air forces. ISBN: 0049230808. Inscription in ink to front pastedown which is mostly hidden by front flap of dustwrapper. Contents fine. Price-cut pictorial wrapper has a 1.5" closed tear to front spine edge.

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