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AIR TRAINING CORPS GAZETTE VOL. II No. 8 AUGUST 1942
Written by W.E. Johns; et al.
Stock no. 2119952
Published by The Air League Of The British Empire. 1942. Good condition.

Magazine with article 'The Pedal Glider' by W.E. Johns. Paperwraps. B/w photos. Front cover is almost in two halves at spine (split). Some grubby marks and page browning. A reading copy.

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AIR TRAINING CORPS GAZETTE VOL. III No. 1 JANUARY 1943
Written by W.E. Johns; et al.
Stock no. 2119949
Published by The Air League Of The British Empire. 1943. Very good condition.

Magazine with article 'Gone With the Wind' by W.E. Johns. Paperwraps. B/w photos. Some creasing and browning. Staples have rusted.

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GLIDING THE BRITISH GLIDING ASSOCIATION MANUAL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1208189
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

Originally aimed at giving gliding instructors a general feel of how gliders work, this book is not a technical manual in the usual sense and veers off into areas not directly relevant to the basic theory. Which makes for interesting reading! Glazed pictorial boards. 308 pages.packed with b/w diagrams. ISBN: 0713659475.

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FROM HULL, HELL AND HALIFAX: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF No.4 GROUP 1937-1948
Written by Chris Blanchett.
Stock no. 1811580
Published by Midland Counties Publications. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of an incredible effort by the Yorkshire-based No.4 Group of RAF Bomber Command, over an eleven-year period that encompassed the Second World War. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0904597814. Vertical crease to front pastedown caused in binding process. Dustwrapper corners lightly rubbed.

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LIGHTNINGS LIVE ON!
Written by Hugh Trevor.
Stock no. 1811576
Published by Lightning Preservation Group. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. Supersonic fighter aircraft of the Cold War period. B/w photos. ISBN: 0952882906. Numbered copy 475.

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DOOMED FLIGHT
Written by J. Railton Holden.
Stock no. 2119169
Published by Newnes. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with black title to spine. This thriller-of-the-air is set around the Suez Canal zone, with heroes 'Spider' Stockwell and 'Nugget' Willis, members of the Air Intelligence branch of the Australian Expeditionary Force. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Front joint a bit cracked. Some foxing. Contained in a colour PHOTOCOPY wrapper.

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ABOVE AND BEYOND
Written by Charles Patrick Weiland.
Stock no. 2118444
Published by Pacifica Press. 1st USA 1997. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The World War II memoir of Charles Patrick Weiland, a South Dekota farm boy who decided in 1940 to join the Marines and see the world. B/w photos. ISBN: 0935553223. Wrapper flaps are a bit creased.

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CROMMELIN'S THUNDERBIRDS AIR GROUP 12 STRIKES THE HEART OF JAPAN
Written by Roy W. Bruce; Charles R. Leonard. Illustrated by Roy W. Bruce.
Stock no. 2118443
Published by Naval Institute Press. Circa 1994. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Black cloth spine, with silver title. Red boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1557505098.

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DOGFIGHT THE GREATEST AIR DUELS OF WORLD WAR II
Written by Tony Holmes.
Stock no. 2117673
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st thus 2013. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. Revised edition. ISBN: 9781782008811. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few light marks to rear panel.

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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS HOW THEY INVENTED THE AIRPLANE
Written by Russell Freedman.
Stock no. 2117040
Published by Holiday House, New York. 1991. Very good condition.

Slightly oblong format. Card wraps. With original photographs by Wilbur and Orville Wright. ISBN: 082341082X. 'Newbery Honor Book' sticker to front cover. Some light edge-creasing and browning to cover edges.

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OPERATORS HANDBOOK TWIN WASP C3 ENGINE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1606709
Published by Pratt & Whitney Co.. 3rd 1941. Almost very good condition.

Spiral bound red card wraps. Third Edition. Fold out b/w illustrations and graphs, 2-colour illustrations and diagrams. Covers are worn at edges with some creasing. Inscriptions by squadron members to title page. Some foxing. Covers grubby with ink inscription at top of front cover.

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THE P-51 MUSTANG
Written by Harry Holmes.
Stock no. 1606706
Published by Tempus. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

B/w photos. Card wraps. Images of Aviation series. ISBN: 0752417266.

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