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HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND LIMITATIONS IN AVIATION
Written by R.D. Campbell; M. Bagshaw.
Stock no. 1201486
Published by Blackwell Science. 2nd 1999. Fine condition.

Human error continues to be cited as the major cause of over 70% of aviation accidents. 2nd edition. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0632049863.

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BALKAN AIR WARS 1991-2000
Written by Tim Ripley.
Stock no. 824361
Published by Osprey Aviation; Delprado Publishers. 2001. Fine condition.

Aircraft of the Aces: Men & Legends series no.52. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 63 pages. ISBN: 8483726262. A fine copy.

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AMERICAN ACES IN THE PHILIPPINES
Written by Barrett Tillmann; John Stanaway.
Stock no. 824363
Published by Osprey Aviation; Delprado Publishers. 2000. Fine condition.

Aircraft of the Aces: Men & Legends series no.29. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 64 pages. ISBN: 8483724537. A fine copy.

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RF-8 CRUSADERS OVER CUBA AND VIETNAM
Written by Peter B. Mersky.
Stock no. 824368
Published by Osprey Aviation; Delprado Publishers. 2001. Fine condition.

Aircraft of the Aces: Men & Legends series no.44. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, colour illustrations. 61 pages. ISBN: 8483725746. A fine copy.

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ACES OF THE AIR
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 820626
Published by Mayflower Books. 1st 1981. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Combining accounts of the flying careers of over sixty famous pilots and pioneers of flight with detailed scale drawings of the individual aircraft with which each was most closely associated. Large format. Light blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 083173180X. A few faint marks else contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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THE HISTORY OF THE RAF 1939-1989
Written by Christopher Chant.
Stock no. 819901
Published by Brian Trodd. 1st 1990. As new condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1853611263. Laminate peeling at top and tail of spine.

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LA CONQUETE DE L'AIR
Written by L. Sazerac De Forge.
Stock no. 630519
Published by Berger-Levrault. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

Le Probleme de la locomotion aerienne les dirigeables et l'aviation - leurs applications. The conquest of the Air. Text in French. Modern three-quarter brown calf leather binding with gilt title and raised bands to spine, brown cloth boards. Green marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations, plates and fold-out diagram. One tiny mark to boards else binding in beautiful condition. Bookplate to front pastedown. Original paperwraps bound in. A few margin marks and corner creases to contents. A very nice copy. Reduced from £125.

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LE BALLON LIBRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 630520
Published by Librairie Aeronautique. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Theory and practical. Captain du Genie DO. Hot air balloons. Modern three-quarter calf leather binding with gilt title and raised bands to spine, brown cloth boards. Green marbled endpapers. viii and 506 pages plus adverts to rear. B/w illustrations and photos. Binding is beautiful. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light page browning and a few grubby marks. Couple of ink stamps to prelims and top margin of one page. Just a few annotations mostly in pencil to margins.

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LES ZEPPELINS
Written by Georges Besancon.
Stock no. 818897
Published by Bloud Et Gay. 1915. Slightly better than very good condition.

No. 24 "Pages actuelles" 1914-1915. Zeppelins. Text in French. Small paperwraps format. B/w illustrations. 43 pages. A few marks and light creasing to covers. Light page browning else contents fine.

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LES ZEPPELINS AU COMBAT
Written by H. Von Buttlar.
Stock no. 818627
Published by Payot. 1st 1932. Slightly better than good condition.

Collection of memories, studies and documents during World War I. Grey paperwraps, blue titles. 10 b/w photos. Text in French. Spine browned, covers a little grubby. Small split to top front edge of spine. Front joint broken and backstrip becoming unglued. Contents clean.

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VOYAGES AERIENS
Written by Camille Flammarion.
Stock no. 818628
1881. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Air Voyages. Impressions and Studies. Log Book of Twelve Scientific Voyages by Hot Air Balloon. Yellow paperwraps. Text in French. Cover edges worn and slightly chipped. Scattered foxing throughout else contents clean. A nice presentable copy of a scarce work.

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HISTOIRE DE MES ASCENSIONS
Written by Gaston Tissandier.
Stock no. 818623
Circa 1888. Very good condition.

Account of 24 air voyages. 6th Edition. Three-quarter brown leather binding, gilt title to spine. Brown marbled paper boards. Marble paper endpapers. B/w illustrations. Text in French. Leather corners of binding missing leaving just slight marks on marbled paper boards. Front board has surface paper loss not really detracting from the beauty of the book. Front hinge pulled. Some scattered foxing but generally a very nice copy of an antiquarian book. REDUCED FROM £120.

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