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AIRCRAFT WEAPONRY OF TODAY
Written by Roy Braybrook.
Stock no. 1802871
Published by Foulis; Haynes. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An international survey in which each category of weapon is comprehensively and comprehensibly explained, evaluated, and compared and its development placed in historical and political context. Grey glazed boards. B/w and colour photos. 166 pages. ISBN: 0854296344. A few small marks to cover, small bump to lower edge of front board. Contents fine. Matching pictorial grey wrapper is a little grubby and lightly edge-rubbed.

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THE LEADING EDGE
Written by Walter J. Boyne.
Stock no. 1802870
Published by Macdonald Orbis. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history of the new ideas in aviation technology and the gains we have realized because of them. Blue cloth boards, red title to spine, embossed title to front. Colour photos. 231 pages including index. ISBN: 0356143287. Small mark to lower edge of front endpaper. Contents fine. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is lightly browned.

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U.S. NAVAL AVIATION A MILITARY PHOTO LOGBOOK VOLUME 1
Written by Dennis R. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1802860
Published by Speciality Press. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

The first in a series of photo scrapbooks using images taken by Navy photographers with unparalleled access to facilities and aircraft around the world. Blue pictorial cardwraps. 120 pages. ISBN: 9781580071147. Corners lightly rubbed and creased. Contents fine.

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MILESTONES OF FLIGHT
Written by Michael J.H. Taylor; David Mondey.
Stock no. 1802854
Published by Jane's Publishing Company. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 0710602014. Corners lightly rubbed, text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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MOTORLESS FLIGHT
Written by J.R. Ashwell-Cooke.
Stock no. 1702931
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

Blue cloth. Gilt titles. B/w diagrams. B/w plates. Spine faded. Corners bumped. All plates present. Some foxing.

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AIR POWER CONFRONTS AN UNSTABLE WORLD
Written by Richard P. Hallion.
Stock no. 1802813
Published by Brassey's. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A series of essays that examine the critical role of air power in international security, focussing on how it can influence both combat and humanitarian operations. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. xxiv and 247 pages including index. ISBN: 1857532384. Slight bumping to spine and lower edge. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly scuffed and has a tiny closed tear to top front edge of spine.

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FLIGHTS OF PASSAGE
Written by Samuel Hynes.
Stock no. 1802806
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reflections of a World War II Aviator. Red boards, gilt title to spine. viii and 270 pages. ISBN: 0747503338. Light pencil erasure to front endpaper else contents fine. Blue dustwrapper is lightly browned and price-clipped.

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JIMMY JUMBO'S EXCITING DAY
Written by Ethel Butterworth. Illustrated by Ethel Butterworth.
Stock no. 1702907
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Fold out direction on how to may Jimmy to inside rear cover. Covers grubby. A few short tears to plan at rear. Small stain to top of page edges.

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WARPLANES
Written by Peter R. March.
Stock no. 1802801
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Hundred Years of Military Aviation. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 1854095269. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped else a fine copy in a grey dustwrapper which is lightly rubbed at corners and slightly grubby.

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THE FRONTIER WORLD OF DOC HOLLIDAY
Written by Pat Jahns.
Stock no. 1802784
Published by University of Nebraska. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Bison books edition. Biography. Doc Holliday was a paradox: respectable citizen and notorious gambler, gentleman and murderer, married to a prostitute but devoted only to the memory of his mother... Pictorial cardwraps. viii and 305 pages including index. ISBN: 0803276087. Corners lightly rubbed, text block just slightly grubby, else a fine copy.

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THE BOY WHO DIDN'T LIKE RAIN
Written by Edith M. Bell. Illustrated by Barbara C. Freeman.
Stock no. 1202918
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1943. Good condition.

Oblong format, beige cloth spine with pictorial front board. 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners worn and cover edges rubbed. Covers are a little bit grubby. Front joint is partly broken causing front free-endpaper to be part detached. Foxing throughout. Colouring (mostly very neat) to the b/w illustrations.

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OUR GIRLS' HOBBY BOOK
Written by Ethel Talbot; J.T. Gorman; Bertha Leonard; et al.
Stock no. 1202915
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1928. Very good condition.

Collins Bumper Books Series. Yellow pictorial boards. Front cover shows girl swinging a sports club. First hobby is 'Gardening as a Hobby' by Talbot. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Prize plate to verso of frontis. Foxing, mainly to page edges.

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