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THE WOODEN WONDER
Written by James G. Robins.
Stock no. 2124816
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour illustrations. A short history of the wooden aeroplane. Fading to top and tail of spine. A couple of marks along cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

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STRIKE COMMAND: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE RAF'S WARFARE HEROES
Written by John Parker.
Stock no. 1815882
Published by Headline. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

John Parker draws heavily on individual testimony in this compelling account of the development of the RAF from humble beginnings as an Army unit into the acclaimed state of readiness for immediate action in the twenty-first century. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0755310586. Light page browning of contents.

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THE STORY OF THE SPITFIRE: AN OPERATIONAL AND COMBAT HISTORY
Written by Ken Delve.
Stock no. 1815807
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compelling account of remarkable aircraft and its pilots based on official sources and first-hand accounts. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 272 pages including index. ISBN: 9781853677250. An inscription to front endpaper has been tippexed out (fairly neat). Otherwise fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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AIRCRAFT FOR THE FEW THE RAF'S FIGHTER AND BOMBERS OF 1940
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer.
Stock no. 1610246
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. 256 Pages. ISBN: 1852600403. Spine bumped. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge rubbed and faded at spine.

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JEAN BATTEN THE GARBO OF THE SKIES
Written by Ian Mackersey.
Stock no. 1610243
Published by MacDonald. c. 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jean Batten was one of the great aviation megastars of the 1930s but who disappeared mysteriously in 1982. B/w photos. 465 pages. ISBN: 0356195732. Foxing to textblock. Wrapper is edge creased, with some marks and scratch to rear panel.

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BRITISH FLIGHT TESTING: MARTLESHAM HEATH 1920-1939
Written by T. Mason; T. Heffernan.
Stock no. 2124599
Published by Putnam. 1ST 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tracing the development of landplane testing during the whole period between the two World Wars. B/w photos. 256 Pages. Large format. ISBN: 0851778577. A little page edge browning. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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THE LAST FLIGHT OF BERT HINKLER
Written by Edward P. Wixted.
Stock no. 1610234
Published by Vantage Press. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A gripping true-life adventure story about one of the heroes of the early days of aviation. Hinkler disappeared in 1933 while on a solo flight from England to Australia. B/w photos. ISBN: 0533090210.

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THE LEGENDARY DC-3
Written by Carroll V. Glines; Wendell F. Moseley.
Stock no. 1610227
Published by David & Charles. 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Silver title to spine. B/w photographs. ISBN: 0715379216. Spine bumped. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge rubbed with a couple of tiny chips; a few grubby marks.

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FIGHTER BOYS
Written by Patrick Bishop.
Stock no. 1610222
Published by Harper Collins. c. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Saving Britain 1940. What it was to be a fighter pilot, in war, peace and love. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xiii and 434 pages including index. ISBN: 0002571692. Reprint. Spine bumped. Light page browning.

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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD AIRCRAFT
Written by David Donald.
Stock no. 1610217
Published by Blitz Editions. c. 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. The development and specifications of over 2500 civil and military aircraft. 928 pages. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 185605375X. Corners bumped. Wrapper is a little edge creased, with slight fading to spine.

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FIGHTER COMMAND 1939-1945
Written by David Oliver.
Stock no. 1610215
Published by Ted Smart. c. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From the Battle of Britain to the Fall of Berlin. Eyewitness testimony and a lifetime's study of the Second World War in the air. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 0007629087.

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WINGED PROMISES A HISTORY OF No. 14 SQUADRON RAF 1915-1945
Written by Vincent Orange; Lord Deramore.
Stock no. 1610207
Published by Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Enterprises. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1899808450.

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