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GENERAL DYNAMICS AIRCRAFT AND THEIR PREDECESSORS
Written by John Wegg.
Stock no. 1828808
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Traces the development of 10 companies which eventually led to the production of aircraft under the General Dynamics title and more than 100 aircraft designs. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. 255 pages including index. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 085177833X. Light knock to top edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few tears and chips to laminate, worn at corners.

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SAAB AIRCRAFT SINCE 1937
Written by Hans G. Andersson.
Stock no. 1828807
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In tracing the ancestry of Saab, this new edition covers the entire history of the Swedish aircraft industry from its modest beginnings before the First World War to the highly innovative and competitive company of today. This edition is fully revised and expanded with additional sections detailing the development of the JAS 39 Gripen programme, the evolution of the Saab 340 series as well as the introduction of the Saab 2000 regional airliner. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Large format. B/w photos. 199 pages including index. ISBN: 0851778860. Minor knock to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, ligthly faded,1" closed tear (no loss) to lower front edge of spine.

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BEECH AIRCRAFT AND THEIR PREDECESSORS
Written by Alain Pelletier.
Stock no. 1828806
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Detailed description of the Models 17 and 18 and their service histories along with equally detailed studies of Beech aircraft through the Bonanzas, Barons, Queen Airs and King Airs and all other types up to the elegant but unorthodox Starship and Model 1900 airliner. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 0851778631. Light bump to top rear board corner and a few minor marks across top of board. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, faded to spine, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II: HISTORY AND INSIGNIA
Written by Maurer Maurer.
Stock no. 1828805
Published by Zenger Publishing Co. Inc.. 1980. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The United States Air Force Combat Groups in World War II. For each organisation there is information about insignia, lineage, operations, assignments, aircraft, components, stations, commanders, campaigns and decorations.Blue cloth boards, silvertitle to spine and vignettes to front. 506 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0892010924. Reprint. Light mottling to boards. Spine is concave (reading wear). Text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, lightly faded to spine, browned and scuffed. A good reading copy.

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THE BOMBER COMMAND WAR DIARIES: AN OPERATIONAL REFERENCE BOOK 1939-1945
Written by Martin Middlebrook; Chris Everitt.
Stock no. 1828803
Published by Viking. 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win a war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous scale that historians are only now piecing together the finer details of the individual raids. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 804 pages includes index. ISBN: 0670801372. Reprint in same year as first publication. Light vertical crease to spine (reading wear). Else boards clean. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby, a few foxspots. Contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper with red titlesis ligthly browned, lightly faded to spine, lightly edge-rubbed.

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6 GROUP BOMBER COMMAND: AN OPERATIONAL RECORD
Written by Chris. Ward.
Stock no. 1828802
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. IX and 260 pages. ISBN: 9781848841550. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT SINCE 1929
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1828801
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The development and service histories of all Grumman's aircraft from the earliest FF and SF biplanes up to the F-14 Tomcat and the experimental X-29 with its forward swept wing. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. viii and 584 pages. ISBN: 0851778356. Remains of old bookseller's address label to lower edge of front pastedown with some surface paper loss (hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper). Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has some creasing to laminate and is a little scuffed.

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MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT SINCE 1920: VOLUME I
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1828800
Published by Putnam. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Edition, revised, updated and expanded. Originally published in one volume in 1979. This first volume covers the history of Douglas and its associate companies, and details all of its aircraft up to the 1967 merger with McDonnell. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 617 pages. ISBN: 0851778275. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Endpapers lightly imprinted with printers ink from dustwrapper flaps. Else contetns clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has some creasing of the laminate, corners lightly rubbed.

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LOCKHEED HUDSON IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Andrew Hendrie.
Stock no. 1828799
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1840370939. Light rubbing to base of spine. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ERKS ON HERCS
Written by Andy Muniandy.
Stock no. 1828798
Published by Hercules Publishing House. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The workings of the Engineering Wing and Mechanical Transport Squadron at RAF Lyneham. Beginning with the very body of the Hercules, the author covers everything from the tip of the air-to-air refuelling probe to the end of the ramp. What makes an Engineering Groundcrew (ERKS) of the RAF a uinique breed within the Aviation Industry. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. B/w photos and drawings. Limited edition of 2000 copies numbered and signed by the author. 176 pages. ISBN: 0952260816. SIGNED by the author. This is copy 468 of 2000 copies. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is a bit scuffed.

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THE ARMED ROVERS: BEAUFORTS & BEAUFIGHTERS OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN
Written by Roy Conyers Nesbit.
Stock no. 1828793
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st thus 2012. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

By far the most dangerous of the RAF activities during the Second World War were daylight attacks on enemy shipping... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848848955. Spine cocked with definite lean. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and is lightly rubbed to lower front edge.

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RAAF CAMOUFLAGE & MARKINGS 1939-45 VOL 1
Written by Geoffrey Pentland. Illustrated by Geoffrey Pentland.
Stock no. 1828790
Published by Kookaburra Technical Publications. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Visual presentation of dozens of aircraft in a variety of conditions raising from the slick new machine in factory finish to the mud-stained often bullet-ridden combat veteran. Large format. Light blue cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. 144 pages. ISBN: 0858800365. Light rubbing to lower board edges. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. A few pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Text block lightly browned. Contents otherwise clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed/scratched.

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