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THE WORLD'S GREATEST AIRCRAFT
Written by Christopher Chant.
Stock no. 2122786
Published by Crescent Books. 1st USA 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0517037661. Page edge browning. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased with 1" closed tear to top edge of rear panel.

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DE HAVILLAND COMET (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Kev Darling.
Stock no. 1813167
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The design and operation of the first jet airliner. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and some colour. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 1861267339.

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THE ILLUSTRATED MOTORCYCLE LEGENDS TRIUMPH
Written by Roy Bacon.
Stock no. 1813142
Published by Sunburst Books. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charting Triumph progress from the 1902 start to the 1994 models. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 185778037X. Dustwrapper is a little scuffed and edge-worn.

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BRITISH CIVIL AIRCRAFT 1919 VOLUME II
Written by A.J. Jackson.
Stock no. 1813117
Published by Putnam. 2nd 1988. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition reprinted with corrections. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 560 pages. ISBN: 0851778135. Creasing of laminate to dustwrapper spine.

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BOEING KC-135 STRATOTANKER: MORE THAN JUST A TANKER
Written by Robert S. Hopkins.
Stock no. 1813075
Published by Aerofax. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w and colour photos. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 1857800699. Slight rubbing to corners, faint browning to front cover, corner crease to rear cover. Light wear to top of spine. Contents clean.

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BRITISH EXPERIMENTAL JET AIRCRAFT
Written by Barrie Hygate.
Stock no. 1608969
Published by Argus Books. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. 272 pages. ISBN: 1854860100. Spine lightly bumped.

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CALL OF THE SKY
Written by Gordon G. Stoppelbein.
Stock no. 1813028
Published by Carlton Press Inc.. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A colourfully written and informative account of the author's vast and diverse aviation experience. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 159 pages. ISBN: 0806222794. A few foxspots to top edge of text block. Blue dustwrapper has a few creases to laminate and is lightly browned and scuffed.

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SKY SPIES
Written by Anthony M. Thornborough.
Stock no. 1608961
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Three decades of airborne reconnaissance. B/w photos. Includes the SR-71 Blackbird operations. ISBN: 1854091476. Spine bumped.

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BEST FOOT FORWARD
Written by Colin Hoppy Hodgkinson.
Stock no. 1812942
Published by Odhams Press Limited. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography. Colin Hodgkinson was one of only two men who succeeded in returning to operational flying after losing both legs in flying accidents. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A few scattered foxspots, mainly to text block. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, slightly faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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DESIGNED FOR THE KILL THE JET FIGHTER - DEVELOPMENT & EXPERIENCE
Written by Mike Spick.
Stock no. 2122738
Published by Airlife. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 1853101214. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few grubby marks.

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SPEED IN THE AIR
Written by David W. Wragg.
Stock no. 2122737
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850451752. Browning to cover edges. Spine is bumped. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and a few small nicks.

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TESTING EARLY JETS
Written by Roland Beaumont.
Stock no. 2122736
Published by Airlife. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Compressibility and the Supersonic Era. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 143 pages including index. ISBN: 1853101583. Some light indentation marks and a little scuffing to wrapper.

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