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CURTISS AIRCRAFT 1907-1947
Written by Peter M. Bowers.
Stock no. 2131906
Published by Putnam. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete history of the pioneer work of Glenn Curtiss and of the subsequent companies which bore his name. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 637 pages. ISBN: 0370100298. Name in ink to front endpaper which is browned with some creasing. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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THE BRITISH BOMBER SINCE 1914
Written by Peter Lewis.
Stock no. 2127258
Published by Putnam. 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sixty Years of Design and Development. B/w photos. 420 pages. Second edition. ISBN: 0370100409. Page edge browing. Wrapper is price-cut, wrinkled and browned.

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BRITISH CIVIL AIRCRAFT 1919-59 VOLUME TWO
Written by A.J. Jackson.
Stock no. 1816309
Published by Putnam. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams throughout. 595 pages plus publisher adverts. Top edge blue. Light tape marks to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed with a few small edge-chips, top & tail of spine have a small grease stain.

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UNITED STATES NAVY AIRCRAFT SINCE 1911
Written by Gordon Swanborough; Peter M. Bowers.
Stock no. 1317352
Published by Putnam. 1st 1968. Fine condition.

Chapters on the designation systems used by the U.S. Navy, the colours and markings used on Naval aircraft and a specially-devised designation index providing an immediate cross reference to every designated Naval aircraft. Aircraft used by the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Marines are also fully covered. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 518 pages including index. ISBN: 0370000994. Minimal rubbing to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

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BRITISH FLIGHT TESTING: MARTLESHAM HEATH 1920-1939
Written by Tim 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. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0851778577. A little page edge browning. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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BRITISH CIVIL AIRCRAFT 1919 VOLUME II
Written by A.J. Jackson.
Stock no. 1610140
Published by Putnam. 1988. Nearly 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. Wrapper is faded at spine, with a couple of wrinkles in the laminate.

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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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THE SILVER SHIP
Written by Cynthia Asquith; Angela Thirkell; Flora Klickmann; et al. Illustrated by A.H. Watson; H.M. Brock; A.K. MacDonald; et al..
Stock no. 1312284
Published by Putnam. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

New Stories, Poems & Pictures for Children collected by Asquith. Large format. Light blue cloth, green titles. Colour plates, black and white illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Prize plate to front endpaper. Foxing to contents otherwise clean.

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BEASTS ROYAL
Written by Richard Patrick Russ; Patrick O'Brian. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 591740
Published by Putnam. 1st 1934. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, white titles. Colour frontis. 8 b/w plates. Written when Russ was 19 years old, he later wrote under the pseudonym of Patrick O'Brian. Superb Tunnicliffe illustrations. REDUCED PRICE. Top and tail of spine slightly faded. Spine slightly bumped. Last few pages lightly foxed else contents fine. Original brown wrapper with pictorial onlay is price-cut and very slightly nicked at top and tail of spine. A lovely copy of this rare title.

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