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AVIONICS THE STORY AND TECHNOLOGY OF AVIATION ELECTRONICS
Written by Bill Gunston.
Stock no. 1320218
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 254 pages. ISBN: 1852601337. Some very light marks to covers. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges, barcode on rear panel has been covered with white sticky labels.

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THE TOMBSTONE IMPERATIVE - THE TRUTH ABOUT AIR SAFETY
Written by Andrew Weir.
Stock no. 1320215
Published by Simon & Schuster Uk Ltd. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A groundbreaking investigation into passenger aircraft safety. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 337 numbered pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0684819937. Spine bumped, affecting book and dustwrapper. Dustwrapper spine faded.

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THE MOTORING CENTURY: THE STORY OF THE ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB
Written by Piers Brendon.
Stock no. 1320200
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 1997. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A portrait of a remarkable and enduring organisation set against the turbulent and colourful hundred-year story of motoring in Britain. Blue boards gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 432 pages. ISBN: 0747530343. Spine bumped. There is a 1.5" split to lower edge of spine on front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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THE A-Z OF THREE-WHEELERS: A DEFINITIVE REFERENCE GUIDE
Written by Elvis Payne.
Stock no. 1320191
Published by Crecy Publishing Limited. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The author pays homage to these magnificent machines and tells the complete story of all their manufacturers. Glazed pictorial boards. Packed full with colour and b/w photos. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9781908347169. Top front corner of board bumped. Contents clean.

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THE FORD THAT BEAT FERRARI: A RACING HISTORY OF THE GT40
Written by John S. Allen; Gordon J. Jones.
Stock no. 1320168
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

Large format. Black cloth with silver title to spine. Special Limited edition of 200 numbered copies. Colour and b/w photos. The GT40, placed 1-2-3 at Le Mans in 1966 and won the next three consecutive years. ISBN: 1844253058. SIGNED by the two authors and also racing driver Jacky Ickx. The ltd edn number box of this copy is empty.

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RUSSIAN MOTOR VEHICLES - SOVIET LIMOUSINES 1930-2003
Written by Maurice A. Kelly.
Stock no. 1320159
Published by Veloce Publishing. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A book concerning Russian Limousines, and the Chinese models that were initially derived from them. Investigating the whole story of why the Soviet Communist Party required such a bourgeois product, and how production was subsequently achieved. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 126 pages. ISBN: 9781845843007. Tiny nick to front edge of spine towards base. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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BUILDING FOR AIR TRAVEL
Written by John Zukowsky; Koos Bosma; Mark J. Bouman; David Brodherson; Robert Bruegmann; Wood Lockhart; Leonard Rau; Wolfgang Voigt.
Stock no. 1320142
Published by The Art Institue Of Chicago. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Architecture and design for Commercial Aviation. Large format. Blue cloth, white title to spine. 256 pages with 103 colour, 53 duotone and 216 b/w photos and illustrations. Essays, edited by Zukowsky. ISBN: 3791316842. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

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AIRPORT
Written by Michael Sharpe; Philip Birtles; Graham Duke.
Stock no. 1320140
Published by Prc Publishing. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Behind the scenes of commercial aviation. Produced for Greenwich Editions. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 256 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 0862884373. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small dent to top edge of front cover, small patch of creasing in the laminate at lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and lightly browned to spine and spine edges.

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THE FIRST JET AIRLINER: THE STORY OF THE DE HAVILLAND COMET
Written by Tim Walker; Scott Henderson.
Stock no. 1821018
Published by Scoval Publishing Ltd. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Aircraft of Distinction No. 2. Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 206 pages. ISBN: 190223605X. Light scuffing to boards. Lower edge of text block slightly grubby.

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JET AIRLINER PRODUCTION LIST VOLUME 1 - BOEING
Written by J.R. Roach; A.B. Eastwood.
Stock no. 1820966
Published by The Aviation Hobby Shop. 3rd 1999. Very good condition.

Third edition. Pictorial cardwraps. Glued binding with staples. ISBN: 0907178766. Has been covered neatly with clear fablon (edges stuck to inside of covers).

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DICTIONARY OF AVIATION
Written by David Crocker.
Stock no. 1820965
Published by Bloomsbury. 2nd 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Second edition. Over 5,500 terms clearly defined. White pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0747572194.

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THE ROMNEY, HYTHE & DYMCHURCH RAILWAY
Written by W.J.K. Davies.
Stock no. 1820927
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos, maps and plans. ISBN: 0715368273. Endpapers browned with a few minor foxpots. Foxing to top edge of text block and a few top page margins. Blue pictorial dustwrapper has a few foxspots to flaps and top edge, rear panel a little scuffed.

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