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DOUGLAS HAVOC AND BOSTON: THE DB-7 / A-20 SERIES (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Scott Thompson.
Stock no. 1829697
Published by The Crowood Press.
1st
2004.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The history of the type from the mid-1930s efforts of Jack Northrop and Ed Heinemann that produced the Northrop Model 7B, through the redesign that created the Douglas DB-7, and on to the wartime mass production of the A-20. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 176 pages. ISBN: 1861266707. A lovely copy!
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- WORLD WAR II
- MILITARY
CARRIER OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
Written by J.D. Brown; David Hobbs.
Stock no. 1829695
Published by Seaforth Publishing.
1st
2009.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The culmination of a life's work by one of the great historians of naval aviation, containing material from two volumes, first published in 1968 and 1974, merged with the draft for a third which the author prepared but never published before his death. Edited by David Hobbs. Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848320420. A lovely copy!
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AIRCRAFT CARRIER
- AIR FORCE
- NAVY
- WORLD WAR II
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
ROYAL NAVY SHIPBOARD AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENTS 1912-1931
Written by Dick Cronin.
Stock no. 1829692
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd..
1st
1990.
Nearly fine condition.
Some aspects of early naval aviation at sea. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 384 pages. ISBN: 0851301657. Light scuffing to boards. Small previous bookseller's price-label to front pastedown. Else contents clean.
THE FIRST FRIGATES: NINE-POUNDER & TWELVE-POUNDER FRIGATES 1748-1815
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1329429
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1992.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Conway Ship Types Series. Design history and general aspects of the ships. B/w illustrations and draughts. ISBN: 0851776019. Spine slightly bumped else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SHIP BUILDING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
BRISTOL BLENHEIM 1935 TO 1944 (ALL MARKS) (OWNERS' WORKSHOP MANUAL)
Written by Jarrod Cotter.
Stock no. 1829690
Published by Haynes Publishing.
1st
2015.
Nearly fine condition.
An insight into owning, restoring, servicing and flying Britain's first all-metal monoplane light bomber. Green glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos, b/w diagrams. 172 pages including index. ISBN: 9780857338129. A lovely copy!
THE TURRET FIGHTERS: DEFIANT AND ROC (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Alec Brew.
Stock no. 1829689
Published by The Crowood Press.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The story of the Boulton Paul Defiant and the Blackburn Roc. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & diagrams. 157 pages plus index. ISBN: 1861264976. A very nice copy!
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- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
FAIREY SWORDFISH 1934-45 (ALL MARKS) (OWNER'S WORKSHOP MANUAL)
Written by Jim Humberstone.
Stock no. 1829688
Published by Haynes Publishing.
1st
2014.
Nearly fine condition.
An insight into the history, development, production and role of the Second World War biplane torpedo bomber. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. 156 pages including index. ISBN: 9780857333629. Feels unread!
NAVAL FIREPOWER: BATTLESHIP GUNS AND GUNNERY IN THE DREADNOUGHT ERA
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1329427
Published by Seaforth Publishing.
1st thus
2013.
Fine condition.
This book outlines in layman's terms the complex subject of fire-control, as it dominated battleship and cruiser design from before World War I to the end of the dreadnought era. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781848321854. A super copy, looks unread.
SUPERMARINE SEAFIRE (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Kev Darling.
Stock no. 1329426
Published by The Crowood Press.
1st
2008.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Always overshadowed by its far more famous sibling, the Spitfire, the Seafire was an aircraft adapted in haste to fill a large gap in the Fleet Air Arm's fighter inventory... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781861269904. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge creased.
TESTING FOR COMBAT
Written by Eric Brown.
Stock no. 1829684
Published by Airlife.
1st
1994.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The author takes his readers into the cockpits of some rare and unusual aircraft as well as some well-known ones he has flown during the period 1938-1950. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. vi and 152 pages. ISBN: 1853103195. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut.
SHORT SUNDERLAND (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Ken Delve.
Stock no. 1329416
Published by The Crowood Press.
1st
2000.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Ths Short Sunderland was the largest aircraft used by RAF Coastal Command during World War Two. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 1861263554. A super copy, looks unread.
NORTH AMERICAN F-86 SABRE (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Duncan Curtis.
Stock no. 1329415
Published by The Crowood Press.
1st
2000.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Crowood Aviation Series. The full story of the North American F-86 Sabre its design and development, covering both the F-86 and its close relative, the US Navy's FJ Fury. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861263589. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed and has a small crease to top of spine.