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1. ABRAMS RICHARD F4U Corsair At War.   profusely  illus. with plates t/out. 4 full page & col.  pub. U.K. Ian Allen Ltd. 1977 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.160. Fine copy.   Price: $55.00
2. ADERS  GEBHARD & WERNER HELD Stuka.  Dive Bombers-Pursuit Bombers-Combat  Pilots.  A Pictorial Chronical of  German Close-Combat  Aircraft  to  1945.  with mbld. e/papers  & profusely  illus. with plates t/out. many full page,  pub. U.S.A. Schiffer Pub. Co. 1989 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.246.    Price: $90.00
3. AERO MANUAL-The -  A manual of mechanical-propelled human flight, covering the history of the work of early investigators, and of the pioneer work of the last century. Recent successes, and the reasons therefore, are dealt with, together with many constructive details concerning airships, aeroplanes, gliders etc. illus. with plates, diagrams, drawings t/out. pub. Lond. The Temple Press & Compiled by the Staff of `The Motor' 1910 second edition, or. green and maroon decorative cloth, 12mo pp.XXIV.208. a fine copy.   Price: $300.00  (See picture-press   )        Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
4. AERO  MANUAL The Aero Manual 1910 All About Mechanical Flight. Compiled by the  Staff  of `The Motor' with 180 illus.  &  plates pub. Lond. David  & Charles Reprints 1972 First published in 1910, or.cl.  d/w.  cr.8vo. pp.XXX. (some advts.) 210. Detailed descriptions and many illustrations, of the aircraft and motors of the time, and instructions on how to fly the Short, Maurice Farman and Voisin biplanes. Also includes explanation of the theory and practice of aeroplane design. Fine.   Price: $50.00

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5. AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING - A Complete Course for Ground Engineers Licences. ABCD & X Licences illus. with plates, diagrams t/out. pub. Lond. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons 1935 or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.128,92,36,118,134,120. Fine copy.    Price: $95.00
6. AEROPLANE-The C. G. Grey Ed. The Aeroplane illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, some full page, Vol.LIV No.1408 May 18th 1938 pub. London 1938 or. stapled wrappers, 4to. pp.14.594-622.13 advts. Contents inc. Attack on Air Ministry, The Royal Air force, New aircraft etc. Staples rusted, some pages loose, else v/good. . Price: $35.00
7. AEROPLANE-The Edwin Colston Shepherd Ed. The Aeroplane Incorporating Aeronautical Engineering Nov. 9 1939 Vol.LVII No.1485 illus. with plates, advts, diagrams, pub. London Temple Press 1939 or. wrappers 4to. pp.54. Contents inc. Matters of Moment, Reviews, The War in the Air, Aids to identification, Air Transport, etc. One advt. has been cut out, staples rusted else else all complete and v/good. Price: $35.00
8. AEROPLANE-The The Aeroplane  Incorporating Aeronautical Engineering Dec. 24th 1943 Vol.LXV No.1700 illus. with plates, advts, diagrams, pub. London Temple Press 1943 or. wrappers 4to. pp.64. Contents inc. The War in the Air, Air Transport, Airports for London, The Strategic Eye, US Combat Formations, Royal Air Force roll of Honour, awards etc. staples rusted else else v/good.   Price: $35.00
9. AEROPLANE-The Edwin Colston Shepherd Ed. The Aeroplane  Incorporating Aeronautical Engineering March 10th 1944 Vol.LXVI No.1711 illus. with plates, advts, diagrams, pub. London Temple Press 1944 or. wrappers 4to. pp.60. Contents inc. Grounded Air Crews, Rolls-Royce Progress, Royal Airforce Roll of Honour, Jet-Propelled Helicopter, Air Force awards etc. staples rusted else else all complete and v/good. Price: $35.00
10. AFFLECK ARTHUR H. The Wandering Years. illus. with e/paper maps & 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Longmans 1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.212. Account of the beginnings of commercial aviation in Australia, and its development during a period of over 40 years. Author flew as a pilot with all the original Australian airlines, was one of the pioneers of aviation in New Guinea, and the original pilot of the Flying Doctor Service. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00

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11. AIRCRAFT Editor and Sole Proprietor Edward J. Hart. Official Journal of the Australian Aero Club. Official Journal of the Australian Flying Corps Assoc. etc. Vol.4 No 5 (New Series Vol.1 No.11) June 30 1924 1/- on front cover. illus. with advts. plates, some full page, diagrams; pub. Melb. Sydney 1924 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.358-404. Contents inc. Around Australia by Seaplane, On the wings of Adventure, Ground Organisation of Round Australia Flight, On the Western Australian Mail Rout, etc. etc. etc. Covers loose else v/good.   Price: $75.00
12. AIRCRAFT   Incorporating Slipstream. Vol.12 September 1^st 1934 No.12 illus. with advts. plates, some full page, diagrams; pub. Melbourne 1934 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.40. Contents inc. Valuable Service Rendered to Flying Doctor, Flight Tests of new Fokker Completed, Germany's last word in Airship Design, "Smithy" Establishes New Inter-City Record, Centenary Air Race Machines, Air Race Map (Mac Robertson's), Notes From Queensland, Centenary Air Race Planes for Tasmania etc. Staples rusted, cover loose else fine.   Price: $65.00
13. AIRCRAFT  Incorporating Slipstream. Vol.16 February 1^st 1939 No.5 illus. with advts. plates, some full page, diagrams; pub. Melbourne 1938 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.40. Contents inc. Five RAF Flying boats arrive in Sydney, The Royal Vic, Aero. Club, Modern Facilities of ANA Passengers, How to build 'Centaurus' Model etc. advts. ( Airplane Construction Development, Armstrong Siddley Motors, Ansett Airways Ltd., Australian Aviation Schools, Aviation Equipment, Bristol Aeroplane P/L.,) etc. Couple of loose pages, rusted staples else near fine.   Price: $50.00
14. AIRCRAFT  Incorporating Slipstream. Vol.17 July 1^st 1939 No.10 illus. with advts. plates, some full page, diagrams; pub. Melbourne1939 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.56. Contents inc. Air Defence Survey, Around Australia, Aero Club Notes, Tiger Moths for RAAF Training, NZ Air Force Development etc. Closed tear at spine else near fine.   Price: $60.00  (See picture-press for example    )
15. AIRCRAFT  OF  THE  ROYAL AUSTRALIAN  AIR FORCE.  Profusely illus. t/out. with b/w. photo plates. pub. Royal Aust. Air Force nd. 196-? illus. wrappers sm.4to. pp.134.   Price: $30.00
16. AIR MINISTRY  Elementary Flying Training Service title Air Publication 1979A, Cadets' Handbook of Elementary Flying Training. illus. with black & white drawings, diagrams, index. pub. Issued by the Air Ministry By Authority: Victorian Railway Printing Works, North Melbourne 1943 1st. ed. or. stiff dark bllue wrappers, 12mo. pp.122. Almost fine copy.   Price: $40.00
17. AIR MINISTRY   Lion Aero Engine (Series XIA) Air Publication 1342. illus. with frontis. and 80 figures, with numerous fold-out diagrams, some coloured; pub. London HMSO January 1929 first pub. in Nov. 1928 or. blue card wraps, blue cloth to spine, 8vo. pp.182 Included: Amendment List No.1 loosely inserted. Almost fine copy.     Price: $225.00
18. AIR MINISTRY Jupiter Series IV Aero Engine. illus. with folding diagrams, plates of engine, full specs, aircraft fitted etc., pub. Lond. His Majesty's Stationary Office, Air Publication 1162 2nd ed. April 1930 or blue card cover 8vo. pp.110. This engine powered the Bristol Bulldog & Gloster Gamecock Fighters of the 1920's & 30's. Near fine copy.   Price: $125.00
19. AIR MINISTRY   Jaguar Series IIIA Aero Engine. illus. with folding diagrams, (4) plates of engine, full specs, index etc., pub. Lond. Air Publication 1182 3rd ed. May 1928 His Majesty’s Stationary Office; or. light blue card cover 8vo. pp.133 very good copy.    Price: $125.00
20. AIR MINISTRY A Manual of Rigging for Aircraft 1927. (Air Publication 1107) 2ne de. September 1926. illus. with num. b/w. diagrams, plans, plates, tables, pub. London HMSO 1927 or. blue.card covers, with blue leatherette back and card spine, the covers being secured to the block by twine. Black titles. 8vo. pp.138. Fine.   Price: $150.00
21. AIR  RAID Precautions Handbook No.1. Personal  Precautions Against Gas. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. several drawings. pub. By Authority Commonwealth Govt. Printer nd.194-? or. beige bds. blk. ltg to front board. 12mo. pp.124. fine.      Price:   $35.00
22. AIR RAID Advise to Householders. illus. with several dwgs. 2 fold-out. for building air raid shelter, pub. By Authority Govt. of Victoria April 1941 or. moss green stiff wrappers . blk. ltg to front cr.8vo. pp.36. fine.      Price:   $35.00
23. AIR  RAID Precautions Manual of General Training (Third Edition) July 1940. pub. issued by The Victorian State Emergency Council for Civil Defence; or. red taped spine boards cr.12mo. pp.66. Very good copy.  Price: $30.00
24.  ALLAN G.U. with Elizabeth Shearman Scotty Allan. Australia's Flying Scotsman. profusely illus. with plates throughout, some full page pub. Sydney, Clarion 1992 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.192 An airman whose career stretches from air combat over the Western Front of 1917 to the Jet Age. Famed as a daredevil pilot in the 1930s. In 1929 he joined Australian National Airways and flew with Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Australian Air Force with Catalina flying boats. After the war he rejoined Qantas. fine.   Price: $50.00
25. ANDERSON NEWTON H.  Aircraft Layout And Detail Design  illus. with tables, diagrams, plates, formulas, equations. Appendix. Index. pub. New York, London McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc 1941 lst ed. or. ight blue cloth with gold lettering, cl. 8vo. pp. XVIII.306 Study of aircraft design, and the drafting skill necessary. Fine.    Price: $45.00
26. ARMSTRONG NEIL MICHAEL COLLINS EDWIN E. ALDRIN JR.  Written with  Gene Farmer and Dora Jane Hamblin Epilogue by  Arthur C.  Clarke   First On The Moon. illus. with  29  full  page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Michael Joseph 1970 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.434. History of the mission to put an American on the Moon as told by Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin and traces the beginnings of the program and culminates with the Apollo 11 voyage that put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon. Slightly foxed to fore-edge, chip to d/w. else near fine.    Price: $55.00

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27. AURIOL JACQUELINE I Live To Fly. Only woman in France to become member of Flight Test Centre. Translated from the French by Pamela Swinglehurst. illus. with frontis. & 10 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Michael Joseph 1970 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.198. The autobiography of Jacqueline Auriol who became one of the few woman test pilots in the world and between 1951 and 1963 held the record five times for fastest woman flyer in the world. Fine copy.    Price: $35.00
28. AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE The Royal Australian Air Force 1921-1971 The Golden Years. illus.  with col. & b/w. text plates t/out.  pub.  Canberra Australian  Government  Publishing  Service  1971  or.cl. with d/w. roy.4to. pp.124. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00

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29. AUSTRALIAN  WAR  MEMORIAL  Victory  Roll.  The Royal Australian  Air Force in its sixth year of war. frontis.  & plates t/out.  some  full  page  &  col.  pub.   Canberra Australian War Memorial 1945 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.200. A very good copy in dustwrapper.    Price: $30.00
30. AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL R.A.A.F. Saga. e/paper illus. col. frontis.  dwgs. (some tinted) plates t/out.  pub. Canberra for  Royal  Australian  Air Force  1944  or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.200.   Price: $25.00
31. AUSTRALIAN  WAR  MEMORIAL  These  Eagles.  Story of the R.A.A.F.  at War. e/paper illus. col. frontis. col. &  b/w. plates,  dwgs.  (some  tinted) t/out.  pub.  Canberra  1950 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.200.    Price: $25.00

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32. AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL R.A.A.F. Log. e/paper illus. col. frontis.  dwgs. (some tinted) plates t/out. pub.  Canberra for  Royal  Australian  Air Force  1943  or.cl.  d/w.  4to. pp.200.   Price: $25.00
33. A WING COMMANDER -  Bombers' Battle. Bomber command's three years of war. illus. with 16 full page plates throughout pub. Lond. Duckworth, 1943 reprint or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.220. very good copy.    Price: $30.00
34. BALCHEN BERNT Come North With Me. An Autobiography. first man  to  fly  an aircraft across both  poles.  illus.  with frontis.  & 22 full page plates t/out. pub. U.K.  Hodder  & Stoughton 1959 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.318. Near fine copy.    Price: $40.00
35. BALFE JOHN  And Far From Home. Flying RAAF Transports in the Pacific War and after. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Macmillan 1985 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.VIII.184.  Recollections of an RAAF Squadron Commander who for five years flew Douglas transport in the Pacific war.    Price: $45.00
36. BARKER RALPH The Ship-Busters. The Story of the RAF Torpedo-Bombers. illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. map, pub. Lond. Chatto & Windus 1957 or. blue cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.272. Contents include: The Curtain Raiser; The Rover; The Million-to-one Chance; Training and Psychology; The Unique Opportunity; The Beaufort attacks on the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau; Attack on the Prinz Eugen; Torpedoes in the Med; The June Malta Convoy; etc. Flecking to page edges else near fine copy.   Price: $35.00        Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
37. BARTZ KARL Swastika In The Air. The Struggle and Defeat of the German Air Force 1939-1945. illus. with frontis. & 6 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. 1956 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.206.  Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
38. BATTEN JEAN My Life. illus. with frontis. & 31 plates pub. Lond. Harrap 1938 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.304.   Price: $95.00

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39. BATTEN  JEAN Alone In The Sky. illus. with 12  full  page plates t/out. pub. N.Z. Technical books 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.190. signed by Jean Batten.   Price: $150.00
40. BENSON  AND  HEDGES Australian Air Race  1976. (Programme) illus. with plates advts. t/out. some full page. pub. Syd. Paul Hamlyn 1976 illus. wrappers 4to. pp.64.    Price: $15.00

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41. BENNETT-BREMNER E. Front Line Airline. The War Story of Qantas Empire Airways Limited. illus. with frontis. & 26 full page plates t/out. , e/paper maps, pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1944 1st ed. or. light blue cl. 8vo. pp.194. very good copy.   Price: $80.00
42. BIRD  NANCY   Born To Fly. illus. with frontis. &  18  full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1961 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.X.190.  inscription to front free e/paper   otherwise fine copy.    Price: $65.00
43. BISHOP Lt Col WILLIAM A. (edit Stanley M. Ulanoff).  Winged Warfare. illus. with 33 b/w photos 15 b/w illus. in text. pub. Lond. Bailey Brothers. 1975. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.281. This is the gripping personal story of the World War I experiences of Canadian ace Lt. Colonel Billy Bishop, ranked as fourth among the aces of the war. He received every British decoration for valour, including the Victoria Cross and became a pioneer figure in the development of the Canadian Air Force. Fine copy.   Price: $50.00
44. BLACKMORE L.K. - Hawker. One of Aviation's greatest names. Aviator, Designer and Test Pilot. A biography of Harry Hawker. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page, pub. N.Z. David Bateman 1990 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.232.   Price: $65.00        Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
45. BLOEMERTZ  GUNTHER   Heaven  Next Stop.  Impressions of  a German  fighter pilot. illus. with frontis. & 8  full  page plates t/out. pub. Lond. 1953 or.cl. d/w. 8vo.  pp.190. Personal experiences of German fighter pilot in the later years of WW 2, he was a member of the famed " Abbeville Boys ", a pilot with JG 26, flying the Focke Wulf Fw 190 in France and later in the defence of the Reich 1944-45, incl his taking part in the last great Luftwaffe offensive of the war, Operation " Bodenplatte " on New Years day 1945. Very good copy in very good dustwrapper.   Price: $45.00
46. BOYLE  ANDREW  No  Passing Glory.  The  full  &  authentic biography  of Group Captain Cheshire V.C.,  D.S.O.,  D.F.C. illus. with frontis. pub. Lond. Collins 1955  third imp. first published October 1955 or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.384. Little foxing to page edges else near fine.   Price: $25.00

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47. BOWMAN  GERALD   Jump For It! Stories of  the  Caterpillar Club.  illus.  with frontis. & 12 full page  plates  t/out. pub.  Lond. Evans  Bros. 1955  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.198. During the Great War there was no parachute so WW 1 fliers went down with their aircraft. WW 2 fliers, however, could become members of the Caterpillar Club, for people who successfully parachuted out of a disabled aircraft. This is a collection of some of their stories of survival. Fine in the lightly chipped d/w.   Price: $35.00
48. BOWYER MICHAEL J. F   Fighting Colours, RAF Fighters, Camouflage & Markings 1937- 1975 profusely illus. with plates, line drawings throughout, some full page, appends., pub. P. S. L. London 1975 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.204. Fine copy.    Price: $40.00
49. BRADDON RUSSELL Cheshire V.C. illus. with frontis. & 22 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. 1954 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.218. Cheshire V. C. Group Captain Leonard Cheshire wartime gallantry fire a nation's imagination. as Commander of the immortal 617 Dam Buster Squadron his ice cold brain perfected a hair raising bombing technique. He flew so low at times as to have guns firing down on him. Braddon said he wanted to write was not the story, raid by raid, statistical fact upon statistical fact, of Group Captain Cheshire, V.C., but rather the story of Leonard Cheshire the man.  Clipped dustwrapper with light edge wear, otherwise fine.   Price: $30.00
50. BREARLEY MAURICE N.  Born To Fly. The story of Wayne Blackmore.  ("The first paraplegic to fly a hang  glider"). illus. with  b/w.  plates t/out.  pub.  Adel.  Rigby  1981 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.136. Wayne Blackmore was a cadet with the RAAF when he crashed and sustained serious injuries. After crashing in a glider accident Wayne was a paraplegic, but that didn't stop him from the being the first paraplegic hang-glider. In 1977 his hang glider crashed into the sea ending his life and career. Fine copy. Price: $30.00
51. BRETT R. DALLAS The History Of British Aviation 1908-1914. illus.  with  frontis. & 64 plates t/out. pub.  Lond.  John Hamilton  nd.1933?  or.blk.cl. glt.ltg. to  spine  roy.8vo. pp.XXIV.388. v/good copy almost fine.   Price: $195.00
52. BRETT R. DALLAS The History Of British Aviation 1908-1914. Two volume set. First published as two separate volumes. Volume One: illus.  with  frontis. & 64 plates t/out. pub.  Lond.  John Hamilton  nd.1933?  or.blk.cl. d/w. glt.ltg. to  spine  roy.8vo. pp.XXIV.388. Appendices include: Results of Principal Races, List of British Pilots (inc.those qualified in the USA and France) Also entries about crashes and a roll of honour for the pilots killed. fine. Volume the Second: (smaller) The History Of British Aviation 1908-1914. Vol.II  illus. with frontis. & 40 full page  plates  t/out. Aircraft, Pilots, Appendices; pub.  Lond. Aviation Book Club nd.193-? or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.208. d/w. browned to spine. The Two volumes:   Price: $250.00

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53. BRICKHILL PAUL The Dam Busters illus. with frontis. & 17 plates throughout, index pub. Lond. Evans Bros. 1953 reprint or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.270. very good copy in sl. chipped d/w. price-clipped. Price: $30.00
54. BRICKHILL  PAUL   Reach For The Sky. Douglas Bader his  life story.  illus. with frontis. & 12 full page  plates  t/out. pub. Lond. Collins 1954 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.384. Squadron and wing commander during the Battle of Britain, lost his legs in an air crash in 1931. He became a POW of the Germans after being shot down and was confined in the notorious Colditz Castle. Numerous escape attempts followed. Slight shelf wear at top of spine edges, very short closed tear else almost fine  copy   Price: $100.00
55. BRICKHILL  PAUL  Reach For The Sky. Douglas Bader his  life story.  illus. with frontis. & 12 full page  plates  t/out. pub. Lond. Collins 1954 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.384. Squadron and wing commander during the Battle of Britain, lost his legs in an air crash in 1931. He became a POW of the Germans after being shot down and was confined in the notorious Colditz Castle. Numerous escape attempts followed. Slight shelf wear and slight sunning to spine , insect mark near 'for' In 'Reach for the Sky' otherwise very good to near fine. Price: $60.00
56. BRICKHILL  PAUL Reach For The Sky.  Douglas Bader his  life story.  illus. with frontis. & 12 full page  plates  t/out. pub. Lond. Collins 1956 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.384. A very good copy in lightly sunned, price-clipped dustwrapper.   Price: $25.00
57. BRIDGEMAN  WILLIAM  and JACQUELINE HAZARD The  Lonely  Sky. illus. with 8 pages of half tone illus. pub. Lond. Cassell 1956 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.278. This is the story of the test pilot William Bridgeman, who flew the American research plane the Skyrocket at over 1,250 mph, and also took it nearly 15 miles up into the stratosphere. Tape marks to front free e/paper else near fine copy.   Price: $40.00
58. BRIMSON  SAMUEL  Flying The Royal Mail.  The  History of Australia's  Airlines. profusely illus. with plates  t/out. many  full page & col. pub. Syd.  Dreamweaver  Books  1984 or.orng.bds. d/w. 4to. pp.224. Story of Australia's airlines from the pioneer days after WWI to the mid 1980s. Near fine copy.    Price: $45.00

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59. Brogden Stanley  Sky Diggers. A Tribute to the R.A.A.F. illus. with b/w frontis. frontispiece, (Vultee Vengeance dive bombers over Uni River on the way home from a successful raid). 23 b/w full page plates t/out. pub. Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Whitcombe & Tombs, nd.c.194-? or. paper covered boards, 12mo. pp.144. An account of the careers of 8 prominent WWII RAAF pilots (including Bluey Truscott, Gordon Middleton, Virgil Brennan, Wilfred Arthur and Clive Caldwell) and a shorter account of some other members of RAAF. Includes a short history of RAAF from WWI to WWII. Very sl. chip lower spine, darkening of pages due to age, previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, else fine copy. Price: $50.00
60. BROGDEN  STANLEY History Of Australian  Aviation.  illus. with  16 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Hawthorn  Press 1960 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192.   Price: $45.0
61. BROOK W.H. Squadron Leader. Demon To Vampire. The Story of No. 21 (City of Melbourne) Squadron.  illus. with  plates, maps, t/out. some full page and col.  pub. Melbourne, Demonvamp Pub. 1986  1st ed.  or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XII.342. Fine copy.   Price: $150.00
    
    
62. BUCKLAND  JOHN  S/Ldr. Adriatic Adventure.  Italian Barbed Wire  And  Beyond. Combat, capture and escape told  by the navigator.  One  of  three Australians in  a  crew  of  six manning   a Marauder  aircraft  on  operations  over   the Mediterranean.  illus. with frontis. & 4 full  page  plates t/out.  pub.  Melb. Robertson & Mullens 1945  or.bds.  d/w. 8vo. pp.88.   Price: $35.00
63. BURGE Squadron-Leader C.G. - The Air Annual of the British Empire 1929. illus. with 5 maps (2 folding), 2 colour plates, 18 photogravures, numerous photo illus. pub. London, Gale & Polden 1929 or. blue cl. roy.8vo. pp.LII.734, & adverts. Service and civil aviation throughout the empire (local contributors include Brearley and Fysh); surveys of aircraft and their makers (with short chapters on airships and flying boats); and much more. Two old ex. library stamps to title page and f/free e/paper, else very fine copy.     Price: $375.00
64. BURGESS  ERIC   Satellites  And  Spaceflight.  illus.  with frontis.  & 12 full page plates t/out. text  diagrams  pub. Lond. Chapman & Hall 1957 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.160. Space exploration: an early speculation on space stations & solar system exploration. sl. chipped d/w. else fine.   Price: $35.00

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65. BYRD  RICHARD E. Skyward. with e/paper maps frontis.  &  6 full  page plates t/out. pub. N.Y. Blue Ribbon  Books  1931 or.cl. 8vo. pp.XIV.360.    Price: $55.00

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66. CARROLL BRIAN    Australian Aviators An Illustrated History. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page, index; pub. Sydney Cassell. 1980 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.170. From Dr Blands 1851 proposal to build his 'atmotic' ship to modern aviation, includes: Hargrave, Australia's World War one pilots, the founding of the RAAF, Kingsford Smith's historic flights, the birth of Qantas, the jet age. Fine copy.     Price: $30.00
67. CHESHIRE LEONARD Bomber Pilot. illus. with black and white photographs. pub. London, Hutchinson, 195-? 18^th thousand or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.136 very good condition.  Price: $30.00
68. CHICHESTER FRANCIS Solo To Sydney. illus. with frontis. & 6  full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. &  Auckland  Doubleday 1982 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.208.    Price: $50.00
69. CHICHESTER FRANCIS Ride On The Wind. illus. with frontis. & 4  full page plates, maps t/out. pub. Lond. Hamish Hamilton   1967 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.286.     Price: $55.00

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70. CLOSTERMANN  PIERRE Flames In The Sky. Translated from the French by Oliver Berthoud. illus. with 7  full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. 1952 or. light blue cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.200. The author discusses the events of Pearl Harbour; Japanese "suicide-pilots"; the attempts to aid the Warsaw insurrection by air; Malta, 1942; and other aviation related incidents during WWII. Pierre Clostermann (28 February 1921 – 22 March 2006) v/good copy in slightly chipped d/w.    Price: $35.00
71. CLOSTERMANN  PIERRE   The Big Show. Some experiences of  a French  Fighter Pilot in the R.A.F. illus. with  16  full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Chatto and Windus 1951 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.256. good copy. Dw/ chipped.     Price: $35.00
72. CLULEY RICHARD J. Unit Badges Of The Australian Air Force  profusely illus. with col. plates t/out. appendices, glossary of terms, index pub. Melbourne RAAF Association Foundation nd. c. 1989 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.188. Fine copy.   Price: $60.00
73. COBBY  A.H. High Adventure. illus. with frontis. & 16  full page  plates  t/out. pub. Melb. Robertson  &  Mullens  1942 1st.ed.  or.cl.  12mo. pp.204. slight mark to  front  board otherwise v/good.    Price: $95.00
74. COBBY  A.H. High Adventure. The autobiography of Australia's most famous W.W.I flying ace; illus. with  plates  t/out. some full page and col. pub. Melb. Kookaburra Tech. Pub.  1981  or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.108. Cobby describes some of the incidents that he was involved in during the First World War where he flew with 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. fine.  Price: $45.00
75. COBHAM Sir ALAN Australia And Back.  illus. with frontis. & 19 full page plates t/out. e/paper maps, pub. Lond. A. & C. Black  1926 1st.ed. or.lt.blu. & blk. illus.  cl.bds.  8vo. pp.124.  little rubbed, soiled, sl. tear to cl.  at  spine, front bd. cracked, ex.lib. copy. good otherwise.   Price: $100.00
76. COBHAM ALAN J. -  My Flight to the Cape & Back illus. with map showing route, 45 sepia photographs. pub. U.K.: A & C Black, 1926 1st ed. bound in black illustrated orange paper covered boards, pp.70 Later the same year the author flew from England to Australia & back. sl. bumped to bottom corners & spine.    Price: $85.00
77. COLLINS RICHARD L. Flying Safely. The key to flying  safely as possible - weather technique - mechanical malfunctions - the human element - the environment. pub. U.S.A.  Delacorte Press 1978 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.276.    Price: $20.00

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78. COLVIN  FRED H. Aircraft Handbook. profusely  illus.  with b/w. plates, detailed line drawings and tables t/out. some full page, pub.  N.Y. &  Lond.  McGraw  Hill Book Co.  1942  or. maroon  cl.  8vo. pp.VIII.784. Chapter titles include: Lycoming Opposed-Cylinder Engines; Twin Wasp Engines; Kinner, Lambert, and Warner Engines, Propellers, Magnetos etc. Near fine copy.   Price: $45.00
79. COMMONWEALTH of Australia   Government Aircraft Factories Capacity for Design and Development, Manufacture, Overhaul and Repair of Aircraft, Target Drones and Guided Weapons. profusely illus. with plates, diagrams t/out. some full page & col. pub. Canberra Commonwealth Govt. 1979 or. pictorial card covers Spiral bound, cr.4to. oblong pp.52. Fine.    Price: $25.00
80. COMMONWEALTH Aircraft Corporation PTY LTD   Twin Wasp C3 Engine. Operator’s Handbook illus. with many black & white and color fold-out illustrations, charts, drawings. pub. Australia Commonwealth Aircraft Corp. 1941 or. spiral bound original red paper covers, 8vo. pp.102. - This Operator's Handbook is issued for the guidance of the operators of the Twin Wasp C3 engines, ... Fine copy.   Price: $85.00
81. COOKE DAVID C.  War Planes Of The Axis illus. with frontis. with over 200 b/w. photos index, pub. New York, Robert M. McBride & Company, 1942 1st. ed. or. deep red cloth cl. title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt decoration on front board 8vo. pp.256. Covers history & background, then survey of aircraft types, for the German, Italian & Japanese Air Forces. previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, otherwise very good condition.   Price: $50.00
82. COPLEY GREG Australians In The Air. profusely illus.  with plates t/out some col. selected sources and index, facsimiles of documents; pub. Adel. Rigby 1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.290. Stories of many Australian aviators, both famous and obscure. A picture of the development of Australian aviation. More than 400 photos. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
83. COULTHARD-CLARK CHRIS The RAAF In Vietnam 1962-1975. illus. with b/w. text plates, maps (1 folding) pub. Allen & Unwin with Aust. War Memorial (The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1975) or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XXII.418.   Price: $75.00

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84. COULTHARD-CLARK C.D. The Third Brother. The Royal Australian Air Force 1921 -39. illus. with text plates, maps, t/out. pub. Sydney, Allen & Unwin 1991 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XX.533.   Price: $70.00.        Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
85. CREED ROSCOE PBY The Catalina Flying Boat. profusely illus. with text plates t/out. pub. U.K. Airlife Pub. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVIII.352.    Price: $65.00

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86. CROSS ROY and Gerald Scarborough   P-51 Mustang: Their History and How to Model Them illus. with plans, photo plates, text drawings, tables; pub. London: Patrick Stephens Ltd. 1973 Classic Aircraft No. 3. 1st. ed. or. pictorial boards 4to. pp.104. Almost fine copy.     Price: $45.00  
87. DAVIS B.G.  Popular Aviation Including Southern Aviation and Aeronautics. Volume XIX. September 1936 Number 3. illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, plans; or. col. wrappers, 4to. pp.74. Contents include: Seaplanes and Flying boats their history, Will Our Carriers Survive?, Tomorrow's Airplanes, English Lightplane, Preventing Airplane Flutter, Hints for the Homebuilder, All Hail the 'Sky Kitten', Plans for Building the Vought Navy Scout Bomber, etc. Covers little worn, else v/good.   Price: $45.00
88. DAVIS  H.D.  and   CHRISTOPHER  SPRIGG   Fly  With Me.  An elementary  textbook  on the art of flying. illus.  with  2 diagrams  &  1  full page plate pub.  Lond.  Hamilton  1932 or.blue  cl. 12mo. pp.112.XXX. advts. cloth rubbed,  v/good otherwise.   Price: $30.00
89. DAVIS PEDR Charles Kingsford Smith. Smithy, The World's Greatest Aviator. Commemorating the 50th Anniversary. profusely illus. with plates t/out. 4 full page & col. pub. Syd. Paul Hamlyn 1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.160. Davis has researched meticulously the many different facets of Smithy's life and character. Through careful study of both published and unpublished material and detailed consultation with many people who knew and worked with Smithy and with valuable assistance from aviation experts, allied with his own technical knowledge. Previous owner's name to title page else fine copy.   Price: $30.00
90. DAVIES WAL This Flying Business. A life of Arthur  Schutt. foreword by Reginald Ansett, K.B.E. illus. with e/paper maps & several text plates t/out.  pub. Melb. Nelson 1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.180. Fine. A pioneer of aviation industry in Australia.   Price: $45.00
91. DILLEN J. Fliegerhorst Antwerpen Deurne 1940. Deel 1. Uitgeveril de Krijger. illus. with photo plates, diagrams, maps, pub. Belgium 1992 1st ed. or. Laminated boards 4to. pp. 134 The war diary of the Luftwaffe air field at Deurne, in Belgium. Dual Belgium & English text. Fine copy.   Price: $65.00
92. DOCKER  EDEARD WYBERGH Clear The Runway. A history of  the air ambulance in New South Wales. illus. with plates t/out. some  full  page pub. Syd. Allen & Unwin 1984 or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.XIV.178.  Signed   by author.     Price:$45.00
93. DORNAN PETER   Nicky Barr.  An Australian Air Ace: A Story of Courage and Adventure. illus. with maps, bibliog. pub. Melbourne Allen & Unwin, 2005 or. card covers 8vo. pp.XX.252. Nicky Barr was chosen to represent Australia in the international rugby world tour. The day after the squad arrived in England, war was declared and the tour was cancelled. At the outbreak of war, Barr signed up to become an RAAF fighter pilot, fighting Rommel's Afrika Korp in North Africa he quickly rose to squadron leader in No 3 Squadron. In the space of 12 months he shot down over 12 enemy planes and was himself shot down 3 times. He was captured and escaped four times before joining a clandestine operation behind enemy lines to held fellow prisoners of war escape. Includes list of Australian Fighter Aces with ten or more air combat victories in WWII. Slight crease to front cover and spine else fine.  Signed  by author and Nicky Barr.    Price: $125.00
94. DORNAN PETER Nicky Barr.  An Australian Air Ace: A Story of Courage and Adventure. illus. with maps, bibliog. pub. Melbourne Allen & Unwin, 2005 or. card covers 8vo. pp.XX.252. Fine.   Price: $40.00
95. DOVER  VICTOR The Silken Canopy. illus. with 14 full page plates  t/out.  & text dwgs by author. pub.  Lond.  Cassell 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.190.   Price:  $30.00
96. DUKE NEVILLE and EDWARD LANCHBERY `Sound Barrier' The story of  high-speed flight. with 20 pages of half tone illus.  & diagrams  in the text. pub. Lond. Cassell 1954 6^th.ed. Completely revised and enlarged edition. or.cl.  d/w. 12mo. pp.XI.130. Account of how man overcame the barrier of the speed of sound, written by Hawker's chief test pilot who was himself much involved in the achievement and will forever be associated with his all-white Hawker Hunter. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
97. DUKE  NEVILLE Test Pilot. illus. with frontis. &  14  full page  plates  t/out. pub. Lond. Allan Wingate  1954  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.216. Joining the RAF at the start of the war. He survived the air battles over Northern France. He quickly established himself as one of the most successful pilots in North Africa, winning the DFC and bar. He bought his score to twenty-one by the end of the Tunisian Campaign, was awarded the DSO, then given command of 145 Spitfire Squadron in Italy. Leading this unit in the summer of 1944 he brought his score to twenty-eight, receiving a second bar to his DFC. Towards the end of the war he became an RAF test pilot and later a member of the RAF's High Speed Flight. This was the start of a successful career as a test pilot with the Hawker Aviation Company after leaving the Service in 1948, having been awarded the AFC. v/good copy in the sl. chipped d/w.   Price: $35.00
98. DUNN  FRANK  Speck In The Sky. A History of  Airlines  of Western  Australia.  profusely illus. with many  b/w.  text plates  t/out.  pub.  W.A. Airlines of  W.A.  1984  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.226. A history of the company recently renamed Airlines of Western Australia, formerly known as MacRobertson Miller Airline Services, which grew out of a small aviation company of the 1920's, Fine.   Price: $50.00

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99. EARHART AMELIA Arranged from log-books, diaries, cable, telephone and letter by George Palmer Putnam. (Amelia Earhart's husband) Last Flight. illus. with e/paper maps, frontis. & 17 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. George G. Harrap & Co. 1938 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.250. little foxed to edges.    Price: $175.00
100. EDWARDS JIMMY Six Of The Best. The spirited `war memoirs' of  Ex-F/Lt.  Edwards,  J.,123886,  D.F.C.  1939-45 author learnt  to fly, learned to drink,and began his  career  in how business.  and  at the end of  them  was  awarded  the D.F.C.,  even though he only flew obsolescent  planes,  and never fired a gun nor dropped a bomb. illus. with  4  full page  plates, pub. Lond. Robson books 1984  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.224.    Price: $35.00
101. ELLISON  NORMAN Flying Matilda. Early days  in Australian aviation.  illus. with e/paper maps & 16 full  page plates t/out.   pub.  Syd.  Angus  &   Robertson   1957   1st.ed. or.lt.blu.cl. 8vo. pp.348.    Price: $55.00

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102. EUSTIS  NELSON   The Greatest Air  Race.  England-Australia 1919. illus. with e/paper maps & 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Adel. 1969 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIV.188.    Price: $40.00
103. FERGUSSON  JAMES  Balloon  Tytler.  Biography  of  British Aeronaut James Tytler (1745-1804) who made the first manned balloon  ascent. illus. with frontis. & 7 full page  plates t/out.  pub.  Lond.  Faber 1972 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.160.    Price: $30.00
104. FLYING-OFFICER  "X" The Greatest People In The  World And Other  Stories.  Stories  concerning  the  men  of   Bomber Command;   the   pilots,   navigators.   rear-gunners   and observers, pub. Lond. Jonathan Cape 1943 or.cl. d/w.  16mo. pp.80. Stories of Bomber Command. Author believed to be H.E Bates. Very good in the slightly worn d/w.   Price: $45.00
105. FRATER ALEXANDER  Beyond The Blue Horizon illus. with map pub. London Heinemann 1986 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.430. An autobiographical and historical account of the author's journey following the original 1935 Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service from England to Australia, (predecessor of today's British Airways) which called at 17 different countries. The Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service from England to Australia began in 1935. A 13,000-mile safari taking 14 days to complete and calling at 35 destinations. Fine.   Price: $45.00

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106. FREEMAN BRETT  Lake Boga At War The Inside Story of the Secret RAAF Inland Flying Boat Unit - WW II. pub. Victoria, Swan Hill, Catalina Publications 1995 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.296. Signed by author on reverse half title. Added: photographs of the Catalina at the park, postcards, leaflet. Very fine.   Price: $275.00
107. FREEMAN  ROGER A. B-17 Fortress At War.  profusely  illus. with plates t/out. 8 full page & col. pub. Lond. Ian  Allan Ltd. 1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192.   Price: $35.00
108. FREEMAN  ROGER A. Mustang At War. illus. with 8 full  page plates & many b/w. photo plates mostly full page pub.  Lond. Ian Allan Ltd. 1975 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.160. Appraisal of the Mustang throughout significant stages of its history and record opinions and recollections of some of those who built, flew and maintained this aircraft. Fine.   Price: $40.00
109. FYSH  SIR  HUDSON Qantas At War. illus. with  frontis.  24 full  page plates t/out. published Sydney Angus &  Robertson  1968 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.244.  v/fine  copy,  d/w. adhered to boards with contact plastic does not detract.    Price: $100.00        Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
110. FYSH  Sir HUDSON Qantas Rising. The Autobiography of  the Flying  Fysh.  illus. with frontis. & 22 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1965 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.296. fine.    Price: $125.00
111. FYSH  Sir HUDSON Qantas Rising. The Autobiography of  the Flying  Fysh.  illus. with frontis. & 22 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1966 reprint or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.296. Wilmot Hudson Fysh was born in Tasmania, 1895, and served with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment during the First World War in Gallipoli and Palestine. He later served with the Royal Flying Corps. (6 chapters deal with his WWI service). In 1920 he co-founded the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, and deals with the first years (until 1964) of this significant company in Australian aviation history. fine.   Price: $85.00
112. GARBETT M. & B. GOULDING Lancaster. profusely illus. with b/w.   plates  t/out.  some  full  page  pub.   Aust.   The Promotional Reprint Co. 1992 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.304.   Price: $35.00

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113. GATLAND  KENNETH  W. Development Of The   Guided  Missile .illus.  with frontis. plates, dgms. t/out. many  full  page appendix, tables, index; pub. Lond. for "Flight" 1953 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.292. Includes chapters on "Problems Of The Supersonic Rocket"; "Rockets For High-Altitude Research"; and "Interplanetary Flight." Two scale drawings of rockets loosely inserted. Near fine copy.   Price: $45.00
114. GERMAN AIR FORCE 1933-1945-The Rise And Fall Of illus. with plates,  maps  t/out.  many full page pub.  U.K.  Arms  and Armour Press 1987 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XXII.426.    Price: $50.00

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115. GIBBS AIR MARSHAL SIR GERALD  Survivor's Story illus. with 22 full page plates throughout plates, maps. pub.  Lond. 1956 1st ed. Hutchinson, or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.182. The author was the last British C-in-C of the Indian Air Force. He had person al experience of the Battle of Britain, and the war in the east. Near fine copy.   Price: $30.00
116. GIBBS R.P.M.  Wing Commander D.S.O., D.F.C.  Not Peace But A Sword.  pub.  Lond. & Syd. 1943 1^st. Aust ed or. stiff card, grey wrappers, 8vo. pp.270. After training at Cranwell, Gibbs then details his wartime flying exploits off Norway, France, and up and down the English Channel, bombing and torpedoing enemy shipping and attacking U-boat lairs. Little worn at spine, front wrappers partly darkened from old oil stain, a good copy.    Price: $35.00

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117. GIBBONS  FLOYD  The  Red  Knight  Of  Germany.  Baron  von Richthofen  Germany's Great War Ace. illus.  with  frontis. pub. Lond. Cassell 1933 or.red cl. 12mo. pp.408. The account of Germany's great air ace of World War One. Very good copy.  Price: $40.00 
118. GIBSON GUY Enemy Coast Ahead Introduction by Marshall Sir Arthur Harris. Foreword and Dedication by the author to the Pilots and Crews who flew with him in 83 Squadron, 29 Squadron, 106 Squadron and 617 Squadron, naming those who did not return. pub. London: Michael Joseph: 1954 18^th. imp. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.302 Guy Gibson, leader of one of the most daring and spectacularly successful exploits of WWII, (Dambusters) causing irreparable havoc by flooding the Ruhr valley in 1943. Gift inscription to f/free e/paper, else near fine copy.   Price: $30.00
119. GILBERT JAMES The Flier's World. illus. with plates t/out. some full page and col. pub. N.Y. Random House 1976  or.cl.d/w. 4to. pp.252. a very good copy.   Price: $25.00
120. GILLISON  DOUGLAS   Royal Australian Air  Force  1939-1942. illus.  with  31 full page plates t/out. &  50  maps.  pub. Canberra  Australian  War  Memorial  1962  1st.ed.   or.cl. lge.8vo. pp.XIII.786. sl. wear to lower spine.   Price: $65.00
121. GLENN Lt.Col. JOHN Lt. Comdr. Scott Carpenter, Comdr. lan Shepard, Captain Virgil Grisson, Major Gordon Cooper, Major Donald  Slayton, Comdr. Walter Schirra. Into Orbit.  illus. with 20 full  page plates t/out.  some  col.  pub.  Lond. Cassell 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XXIV.252. The authors were the seven astronauts of Project Mercury. Slight shelf wear, otherwise otherwise near fine.   Price: $60.00

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122. GRAHAME-WHITE C. -  Flying An Epitome And A Forecast illus. with 40 b/w. full page plates t/out. index. pub. London: Chatto and Windus, 1930 1st.ed. or. blue-green cl. gilt spine lettering, 8vo. pp.264 Chapters on Early Attempts to Fly, First Balloons and Airships, War in its Aerial Aspects, Review of Aeroplane Design, and The Problem of the Giant Airship. Author urges more generous government spending to develop long-distance airways, is a firm believer in the future of the German type of large flying-boat.    Price: $110.00     Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
123. GRANT JIM Spitfires Over Darwin 1943. No. 1 Fighter Wing. illus. with 32 full page b/w. plates t/out. 2 maps pub. Melbourne Techwrite Solutions 2003 or. card wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.222. Very fine. Price: $60.00
124. GREEN  WILLIAM Famous Fighters. Of The Second  World  War. profusely  illus.  with plates t/out. some full  page  text dgms. by G.W. Heumann pub. Lond. MacDonald 1958 or. red cl. d/w. 4to. pp.128. Foreword by Group Captain 'Johnnie' Johnson, D.S.O., D.F.C. "… William Green provides detailed histories of the most famous as used by the air forces of Britain, the United States, Germany and Japan." Near fine copy in dustwrapper.   Price: $45.00
125. GREEN  WILLIAM  Famous Bombers Of The Second  World  War. profusely  illus. with plates t/out. some full  page.  pub. Lond.  MacDonald & Co. Pub. 1960 2 vols. or.cl.  d/w.  4to. pp.136 approx. both vols. d/w's. chipped and torn  otherwise fine.   Price: $70.00
126. GREEN WILLIAM   The World Guide To Combat Planes  2 vols. illus. with b/w. photographs pub. London Macdonald & Co 1966 or. brown bds with gilt title to spine. 12mo. oblong format pp. Vol.I 222. Vol.II 212. Fine set. Notations to rear e/papers.     Price: $45.00
127. GRIERSON  JOHN I Remember Lindbergh. Introduction by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. illus. with 33 full page plates t/out.  & 4 maps pub. N.Y. Harcourt Brace Jovanevich 1977 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192. Some fifty years later, the Author, a fellow aviator and friend, recaptures the extraordinary preparation and execution of Lindbergh's nonstop trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris in 1927. Fine copy.   Price: $30.00
128. GUNN  JOHN  The Defeat Of Distance. Qantas  1919-1939.  with e/paper illus. & numerous text plates t/out. pub. Qld. Uni. Press 1985 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XVI.400. Fine copy.   Price: $50.00
129. GUNN  JOHN High Corridors. Qantas 1954-1970. with  e/paper illus.  &  text  plates t/out. pub. Qld.  Uni.  Press  1988 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XVI.468. sl. chipped d/w.   Price: $55.00

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130. GWYNN-JONES TERRY True Australian Air Stories. illus. with b/w.  plates  t/out. some full page. acknowledgements, introduction by author and bibliography. pub. Adel.  Rigby  1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.176. Tales of search and survival, of determination to overcome disasters, of the skill and daring which gave Australians a special kind of reputation as aviators. Very good copy.   Price: $30.00
131. GWYNN-JONES  TERRY   Pioneer  Airwoman. The  story  of  Mrs. Bonney.  illus.  with e/paper maps & 16  full  page  plates t/out.  pub.  Adel.  Rigby 1979 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.180. Story of the famous Australian Aviatrix Mrs. Lorres (Harry) Bonney, the first Woman to circumnavigate Australia by Air and the first Woman to fly from Australia to England 20,000 km in a canvas covered gypsy moth. Sickness, a major crash in the Malay jungle, living with the natives waiting for help, the dismantling of her airplane and the final rebuild and assembly for the continuance of her epic flight. Fine.   Price: $40.00
132. GWYNN-JONES  TERRY   Pioneer  Airwoman.  The  story  of  Mrs. Bonney.  illus.  with e/paper maps & 16  full  page  plates t/out.  pub.  Adel.  Rigby 1979 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.180. Story of the famous Australian Aviatrix Mrs. Lorres (Harry) Bonney, the first Woman to circumnavigate Australia by Air and the first Woman to fly from Australia to England 20,000 km in a canvas covered gypsy moth. Sickness, a major crash in the Malay jungle, living with the natives waiting for help, the dismantling of her airplane and the final rebuild and assembly for the continuance of her epic flight. Fine. Signed by author & Mrs. 'Lorres Bonney'   Price: $125.00
133. HADDON J.D. An Introduction to Aeronautical Engineering Vol. III:   Properties & Strength Of Materials (Metals) illus. with frontis. diagrams, plates; pub. London Isaac Pitman & Sons 1942 or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.192.2 advts. Ex. RAAF Lib. very good condition.    Price: $40.00
134. HALL BERT and JOHN J. NILES One Man's War. The Story of Lafayette Escadrille. illus. with col. frontis. & 18 full page plates t/out. illus. e/papers, pub. Lond. Hamilton 1929 3^rd. printing. or. light blue cl. 8vo. pp.352. A memoir of the French Air Service (known as Lafayette Escadrille) during the First World War by one of its more colourful members. Bert Hall Was One Of The First Members Of The French Lafayette Escadrille And Saw Much Action On The Western Front. He Later Saw Action On The Russian And Roumanian Fronts. Fore-edge and lower-edge rough-cut. little faded to spine otherwise good copy.   Price: $75.00
135. HALL E R.   A Saga Of Achievement. illus. with numerous b/w illustrations throughout, appendices, bibliography, index; pub. Melbourne Bonall Publishing Melbourne 1978 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.342 Story of the Men & Women who maintained & operated Radio & Radar systems of the RAAF over 50 years. Fine copy.      Price: $75.00
136. HALL  TIMOTHY  Flying High. The story  of  Hudson,  Fysh, Qantas and the trail-blazing days of early aviation. illus. with  e/paper  maps & 8 full page plates t/out.  pub.  Syd. Methuen 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.266. The early history of aviation and the creation of QANTAS airlines. Fine.   Price: $30.00

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137. HAMILTON EDWIN T. Complete Model Aircraft Manual illus. with plans by the author, 65 models, 85 plans, 77 b/w. photos, pub. New York Dodd Mead and Company 1933 1st. ed. or. light blue cl. roy.8vo. pp.578 + blank "Model Pilot's Log" sheets. Complete scale model plans for early 20th century airplanes like the Waco Taper Wing, Loening Amphibian, Pitcairn Autogiro, Sikorsky American Clipper and Curtiss-Wright Junior. Linen on cover is has short tear top of spine, fading to spine, else very good.   Price: $115.00
138. HARLEY JANE F. Mantle Of Safety. The Flying Doctor Service. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. one map pub. Lond. Robert Hale 1963 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.190. An English nurse in the Australian Outback. During a stay at Dunbar, one of Australia's largest cattle stations, the author was faced with the problem of getting a badly injured man to hospital, it was the wet season, but the flying doctor service came to the rescue, the author was later a nurse in a bush hospital and worked in close cooperation with the flying doctor service. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00

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139. HARRISON MICHAEL Airborne At Kitty Hawk. The story of the first  heavier-than-air flight made by the Wright  Brothers December  17,  1903. illus. with frontis. &  14  full  page plates t/out.  pub. Lond. Cassell 1953 1st.ed. or. orange cl. 12mo. pp.X.118. slightly sunned else near fine.   Price: $30.00
140. HART CLIVE The Dream Of Flight. Aeronautics from Classical times  to the Renaissance. illus. with 16 full page  plates t/out. text dgms. pub. Lond. Faber 1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.200. Traces in detail the ingenious and often amusing results of aeronautical speculation and experiment from the earliest times to the emergence of the New Science in the late Renaissance. Fine copy.   Price: $65.00

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141. HARTNEY HAROLD E. - Wings Over France. illus. with 29 b/w photos. pub. Lond. Bailey Brothers and Swinfen. 1974. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.360 An exciting autobiography that covers several important areas of combat. The author was born in Canada, and came to Britain with the Canadian infantry. A Zeppelin raid on Folkestone propelled him into the Royal Flying Corps. He saw action with the RFC including an encounter with the Red Baron. This vivid account with its many lively anecdotes recreates the spirit of the Allied forces fighting a common enemy in WW1   Price:  $40.00       Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
142. HAWKS ELLISON  British Seaplanes Triumph In The International Schneider Trophy Contests 1913-1931 illus. with many b/w photographs. pub. Southport Real Photographs Co. Ltd, 1945 or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.80. The Schneider Trophy and accompanying cash prize was instituted by a French businessman and armsmaker and became greatly coveted. A race for seaplanes efforts to win it cost thousands of pounds and pilots risked their lives to do so, first in individual attempts but later as part of national efforts. It had been held eleven times between 1913 and 1931. Fine.   Price: $100.00
143. HEGENER  HENRI Fokker-The Man And The Aircraft. with  col. frontis.  & profusely illus. with plates t/out.  some  full page, errata pasted in 2nd rear fly leaf; pub. U.K. Garden City Press 1961  1st.ed.  or. brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine 4to.  pp.224. lacks f/free e/paper, very sl.  silverfishing top of title page at spine, otherwise very good condition.   Price: $65.00
144. HELD  WERNER  The  German Fighter Units  Over  Russia.  A Pictorial  History  of the Pilots and  Aircraft.  profusely illus.  with plates  t/out. many full  page,  pub.  U.S.A. Schiller Pub. Co. 1990 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192. A photo-record of the German fighter units in the Russian campaign in WWII. More than 400 photographs illustrate the aircraft, pilots and aircrew of JG3, JG5, JG51, JG52, JG53, JG54, JG77 and other units. The English edition of the original German publication. Fine copy.   Price: $85.00

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145. HENDERSON  G.L.P. A Complete Course Of  Practical  Flying. Learning  to  fly-differently.  illus. with  13  full  page plates  t/out. pub. U.K. 1930 or. blue cl. 12mo.  pp.256. The author was a flying instructor from 1915 and an air Taxi pilot from 1919.  Edges of boards little rubbed & worn especially along rear board at spine, otherwise very good firm copy.   Price: $50.00
146. HERINGTON JOHN Air War Against Germany & Italy  1939-1943 .Australia  in the war 1939-1945. illus. with 40  full  page plates t/out. charts and maps. published Canberra Australian War Memorial  1954  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  cr.8vo.  pp.XVLL.732. a fine copy in the torn d/w.   Price: $65.00
147. HERINGTON JOHN Air Power Over Europe 1944-1945.  illus. with 40  full  page plates t/out. 1 chart, and 42 maps. pub. Canberra Australian War Memorial  1963  1st.ed. or. dark blue cl.  lge.8vo.  pp.XVLL.732. Series 3 (Air) Volume IV. Story of Australian airmen who served in the war against Germany and Italy, mostly in Bomber Command, Royal Air Force. very slightly flecked.   Price: $110.00.

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148. HENRY RON My Story illus. with numerous b.& w. photographs, n.p. no publisher (self-published), 1995 1st ed. or. pictorial boards without dustwrapper, as issued. The wartime autobiography of a Canadian navigation officer who was shot down during a bombing raid and interned in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. Inscribed & signed by author. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00   Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
149. HESS  DEAN E. Battle Hymn. Chaplain turned fighter  pilot. illus. with  8 full page plates t/out.  pub.  Lond.  Peter Davies 1957 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.264. Autobiographical account of a USAF P-51 Korean War & WWII Fighter Ace. Fine in the chipped, title faded to spine d/w.   Price: $25.00
150. HEWITT J. E.    Adversity In Success illus. with 32 full-page plates, and erratum slip in back pocket, (lacks map), appendix; pub. Melbourne Langate Publishing 1980 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.IV.330. The author was one of the few who commanded an operational group in the SW Pacific area. During the battles for Air superiority in New Guinea and the Solomon's the Beaufighters, Kitty hawks and Spitfires played a dominant role under the operational control of the authors operational group. The R.A.A.F actions in the Pacific Theatre of war taken from the Hewitt Diaries between 1939 and 1948. 902 of a limited edition of 3000 copies, signed by author. Fine.    Price: $35.00

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151. HILL  ERNESTINE Flying Doctor Calling. The  Flying  Doctor Service  of  Australia.  illus. with 37  full  page  plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1948 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192. Very good copy. The inspirational story of Flynn of the Inland and his vision of using wireless and aeroplanes to deliver medical services to remote outback Australia. Very good copy in the chipped d/w.  Price: $30.00
152. HOCKING   D.M.  &  C.P.  HADDON-CAVE  Air   Transport In Australia.  illus.  with  39  tables  pub.  Syd.  Angus   & Robertson 1951 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVIII,188. Survey air transport in Australia from 1918. Dustwrapper little browned with age else near fine.   Price: $60.00
     
153. HUDSON HARRY in collaboration with P.R. STEPHENSEN Flynn's Flying Doctors. An artist's journey through the Outback and the  story of the Flying Doctor Service in Australia.  with illus. frontis. and 129 dwgs. reproduced from the  author's sketchbook, e/paper maps. pub. Melb. Heinemann 1956 1st.ed. or.brn.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVIII.228. 130 drawings from the author's sketchbook on the artist's journey through the Outback and the story of the Flying Doctor Service in Australia. Slight insect marks to d/w. edges else very good.   Price: $35.00

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154. .W. And Neb   Ssh! Gremlins! Humorous drawings by Neb by kind permission of the Daily Mail. 'The R.A.F. Book of the Season' on front wrapper. illus. with cartoons in white lines on blue ground to verso of the text, pub. UK John Crowther, 1942 1st. ed. original stiff plain stapled white card covers with pictorial yellow and blue dust wrapper, lettered in yellow, glued to spine, as issued. 8vo. pp.48. Very fine.   Price: $80.00
155. INOGUCHI  Captain RIKIHEI and Commander TADASHI  KAKAJIMA with Roger Pineau. The Divine Wind. Japan's Kamikaze  Force in  World  War II. illus. with 32 full page  plates  t/out. e/paper  illus. pub. U.S.A. Maryland Naval  Institute  1958 or. black .cl. 8vo. pp.XXII.240. This is a major contribution to the true story of the Kami- kaze force. Compiled from both Japanese & American documents renders this a true picture of the actual events & results. Gilt titles faded to spine, else very good.   Price: $75.00
156. ISAACS  KEITH   Military Aircraft Of  Australia  1909-1918. illus. with 72 reproduced dwgs. by David Hammond & 24  col. dwgs.  by  Harold Freedman. pub.  Canberra  Australian  War Memorial 1971 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.190.    Price:  $45.00

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157. JACKSON  A.J. British Civil Aircraft. 1919-1972.  Vol.III. Hawker Siddeley to Zlin. profusely illus. with text  plates t/out. pub. Lond. Putnam 1988 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.636.    Price:  $125.00
158. JACKSON  G.G.  Airships And Balloons.   Short  introductory history  of Aviation. illus. with col. frontis. & 20  photo plates pub. Lond. Collins nd. 193-? or.cl. 8vo. pp.90.    Price: $20.00
159. JACKSON  ROBERT  Before The Storm. The  story  of  Bomber Command  1939-42.  illus. with 16 full page  plates  t/out. pub. Lond. Arthur Barker 1972 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.264. "On 4 September 1939, Bristol Blenheims of Nos. 107 and 110 Squadrons, RAF Bomber Command, swept low over the rain-shrouded North Sea to attack the German battle fleet off Wilhelmshaven. For Bomber Command, the raid marked the beginning of nearly five years of bloody conflict - five years that saw the Command's emergence from a nucleus of poorly-equipped, understrength squadrons into the most massive force." Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
160. JANE'S  All The World's Aircraft 1940 Thirtieth year of issue. profusely  illus. with b/w. plates t/out. pub. Lond. (March) 1941 or. blue cl. glt. ltg. to spine,  folio pp.78 advts., 65a, 73b,248c,65d. 4e very sl. sunned to spine else fine copy.    Price: $400.00
161. JANE'S  All The World's Aircraft 1941 Thirty first year of issue. profusely  illus. with b/w. plates t/out. diagrams, maps pub. Lond. Sampson Low, Marston (June) 1942 or. blue cl. glt. ltg. to spine,  folio pp.98, 78a,74b,233c,64d. Divided into 4 Sections, including: "Service Aviation", a review of the Air Forces of the World; "Civil Aviation"; "All the World's Airplanes"; and "All the World's Aero-Engines". very sl. sunned to spine else fine copy.   Price: $300.00
162. JANE'S -  All The World's Aircraft 1942 Thirty second year of issue. profusely illus. with b/w. plates t/out. pub. Lond. (June) 1943 or. blue cl. glt. ltg. to spine, folio pp.140 advts. VII.,106a, 58b,232c,68d. fine copy.    Price: $300.00        Convert Currency   Parcel Costs

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163. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft Of World War I. A comprehensive Encyclopedia with more than 1000 illustrations. pub. Lond. Studio Editions 1990 originally pub. by Jane's 1919; or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.320. Based upon the five editions of 'All the Worlds Aircraft' from 1914 to 1919, it is an authoritative review of the airpower of 40 countries. Very fine.   Price: $60.00
164. JILLETT LESLIE Wings Across the Tasman 1928-1953 illus. with endpaper maps, 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Wellington 1953 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.200. The stories of the pioneer aviators that crossed the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, from the first tragic failed flight through the flying-boat era. Slight shelf wear, d/w. slightly faded to spine otherwise near fine.   Price: $50.00
165. JOHNS W.E. Edited by Captain W.E. Johns of 'Biggles' fame. Popular Flying. The National Aviation Paper Vol. IV. No. 1 With monochrome illustrations throughout, advts. Price 6d to front cover. colour illustration to the front cover by Beresford Johnson pub. London C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. 1935 original stapled wrappers, 4to. pp.56. Three page illustrated editorial and six page illustrated article 'The Editor's Cockpit' by Captain W.E. Johns. Contents inc. Tell Us More by Yvonne Cloud, The Airport Problem, My Most Thrilling Flight by Captain C.M. Down, Leaping For Life Parachuting Escapes in the RAF by Charles Dixon, Memories of 40 Squadron by F.T. Gilbert, Flying Wires, Those Remarkable Rotaries by W. Boddy, Co-Pilot Story by M.P. Lynn-Stevens, The Modeller's Guide, etc. Staples rusted, couple of pages loose else near fine.   Price: $75.00
166. JOHNSON `JOHNNIE' Wing Leader. Foreword by Douglas Bader illus. with frontis. &  20 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Lond. Chatto &  Windus  1956 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.320. The story of a young civil engineer who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939, as a week-end flier, and finished the war as the top scoring Allied fighter pilot with thirty-eight confirmed victories. very good in the worn d/w.   Price: $35.00
167. JOHNSTON E. S. The RAAF Ground Staff of the Desert Air Force Squadrons. illus. with b/w. plates t/out. some full page pub. self-published, Melbourne 1992 1st. ed. or. laminated pictorial boards 4to. pp.246. Story of how The Yellow Draft became a lost legion in the Middle East because they voluntarily agreed to accept postings to RAF units anywhere in the Middle East and under very different conditions of promotion and work. Fine copy.   Price: $55.00
168. JONES Sir GEORGE From Private To Air Marshal. foreword by Sir Edward Dunlop, illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Greenhouse Pub.  1988 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.156. Autobiography of Air Marshal Sir George Jones, KBE, CB, DFC, who, aged 18, set sail from Australia for Gallipoli with the 9th Light Horse. Before the war ended he was flying Sopwith Camels with the RFC. In a career which spanned two world wars, he built the RAAF into a strong fighting force and became the only man ever to rise from enlisted man to Chief of Air Staff. Fine copy.  Price: $35.00
169. JONES  IRA  ("Taffy")   Tiger Squadron. The  story  of  74 Squadron R.A.F., in two world wars. This history of one of the greatest fighter squadrons of all time is virtually a history of air combat in both world wars. illus. with frontis.  & 20  full  page  plates t/out. pub. Lond.  W.H.  Allan  1954 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.296. Slightly faded to sine else very good.   Price: $45.00

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170. JONES  LLOYD  U.S. Fighters. Army-Air  force  1925  to 1980's. with e/paper illus. black & white photographs and line drawings throughout some full  page  pub.  U.S.A. Aero Pub. 1975  or.cl.  d/w.  4to. pp.352.American Navy and Marine Corps fighter since 1922 is documented by drawings and photographs in this one volume. Several hundred photographs have been gathered, many from private collections and never previously published. Slight shelf wear, otherwise near fine.   Price: $40.00
171. JORDANOFF ASSEN Your Wings. How flying is done and how  to use your own wings. Author was pilot in 1st. W.W. & in  the Balkan  War  1912. illus. with frontis. &  diagrams,  dwgs, maps,  etc.  pub.  N.Y. Funk & Wagnalls  1940  or.cl.  4to. pp.X.282.    Price: $50.00
172. JORDANOFF   ASSEN  Through  The  Overcast.  The  art   of instrument  flying. illus. with frontis. (plate)  &  dgms., dwgs. t/out. some full page pub. N.Y. & Lond. 1940 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.X.356.    Price: $60.00
173. JOY  WILLIAM The Aviators. Stories of  Hinkler,  Kingsford Smith,  Ulm,  Hubert  Wilkins, Ross and  Keith  Smith  etc. illus.   with  24  full  page  plates  t/out.   pub.   Syd. Shakespeare Press 1971 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.212.    Price: $25.00
174. JUBELIN ANDRE The Flying Sailor. Translated from the French by James Cleugh illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Hurst & Backett 1954 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.276. autobiography of Rear Admiral André Jubelin, who escaped from the French fleet in 1940 (leaving his post in Indo-China to join the British forces in Malaya) to England and ended up as a FAA pilot flying Spitfires and Hurricanes with Nos 1 and 118 Squadrons. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise very good.   Price: $30.00

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175. JUST GUNTHER  Stuka-Pilot. Hans Ulrich Rudel. His Life Story in  Words  and Photographs. profusely  illus.  with  plates t/out. pub. U.S.A. Schiffer Pub. Co. 1990 or.cl. d/w.  4to. pp.278.    Price: $125.00

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176. KAHNERT  M.E.  Jagdstaffel 356. Translated by Claud Sykes. illus. with 12  full  page plates t/out.   pub.   Lond.   Hamilton   Ltd.  nd.1935? 1st. ed. rebound in black cloth, new e/papers  8vo. 126,40 advts. Front of d/w. adhered  to front  board, fine copy.   Price: $95.00
177. KAY GEORGE POLLARD - "Letters from Bob " illus. with frontis. (portrait) & 5 full page plates throughout pub. Melbourne Melville & Mullen n.d c. 1917 8vo., pp.XI.152 or. boards, gilt dec. to front bd. The letters of a young man sent to fight in World War I Little rubbed, title page torn, lacks small piece at bottom, no text missing. Else very good copy   Price: $100.00
178. KELLY FRED C. The Wright Brothers. A biography  authorized by  Orville Wright. illus. with 16 full page plates  t/out. pub.  N.Y.  Ferrar,  Straus and  Young  1950  or. light blue cl.  8bo. pp.340. Sunned to spine. Gift inscription to f/free e/paper, otherwise v/good copy.   Price: $40.00
179. KENNEDY LUDOVIC The Airman And The Carpenter. The Lindberg Case  and the Framing of Richard Hauptmann. illus. with  32 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Collins 1985 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.438.    Price:$35.00
180. KINGSFORD-SMITH CHARLES My Flying Life. An authentic biography prepared under the personal supervision of and from the diaries and papers. with a preface by Geoffrey Rawson. illus. with frontis. pub. London Aviation Book Club 1939 or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.284. Faded yellow title on spine, spine sunned, gift inscription to f/free e/paper, otherwise very good condition.   Price: $70.00
181. KINSEY GORDON Boulton & Paul Aircraft. the history of the companies  at Norwich and Wolverhampton.  profusely  illus. with  text plates t/out. e/paper dwgs. pub. U.K.  Terance Dalton Ltd. 1992 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.X.200.    Price:$45.00
182. KNOKE HEINZ I Flew For The Fuhrer. illus. with frontis. 22 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. 1953 or.cl. d/w.8vo. pp.188. The author was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of World War II. He logged over 2,000 flights, shot down 52 enemy aircraft and eventually became Commanding Officer of a Fighter Wing. He had flown over 400 operational missions before being crippled in an astonishing 'last stand' towards the end of the war. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
183. KNOTT  E.W.  (Advisory  Editor)   Aeroplane  Maintenance  And Operation. A Comprehensive work intended for all interested in Civil of Military aircraft. 5 vols. Vol.I. Carburettors, Instruments,  landing Legs, Wheels and  Brakes,  Airscrews. Vol.II. Engines, Airframe Inspection and Repair,  Magnetos, Link  Trainer. Vol.III.  Engines,  Hydraulic  Equipment, Airframe  Inspection and Repair, Starters  and  Generators. Vol.IV.   Engines,   Aircraft   Inspection and   Repair, Instruments,  Fuel and Oil Systems. Vol.V. Aeroplane Radio Equipment,  Carburettors,  Auxiliary  Equipment,  Airsrews. profusely  illus.  with plates, diagrams,  drawings  t/out. some  full  page,  pub. Lond.  George  Newnes  Limited  nd. ab.1937  or. maroon cl. glt.ltg. to spines 8vo. pp.120  per vol. fine set.     Price: $250.00
184. LARTEGUY JEAN  The Sun Goes Down : Last Letters from Japanses Suicide-Pilots and Soldiers pub. London William Kimberor 1956 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. by Rudland 8vo. pp.184 A collection of last letters written to their friends or relations by Japanese suicide - pilots and soldiers. short cl. tear, chip to rear of d/w. else fine.    Price: $75.00

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185. LAWRENCE W.J. No.5 Bomber Group R.A.F. (1939-1945)  illus. with  8 full page plates t/out. pub. Faber 1951  or.dk.blu. cl. silver dec. to spine 8vo. pp.254. fine.      Price: $40.00

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186. LAWSON J.H.W. Four five Five The Story of 455 (R.A.A.F) Squadron illus. with 10 b/w. full page plates t/out. pub. Melbourne nd. (1951) or. light blue cl. cr.8vo. pp.208 appends., spine sunned otherwise good copy.    Price: $275.00         Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
187. LAWSON TED W. Captain Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. illus. with frontis. & 16 full page plates t/out. e/paper maps, pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson, 1944 or.blu.cl. 12mo. pp. 218. Story of General Jimmy Doolittle's April 1942 bombing raid on Tokyo. Very good copy.   Price: $30.00
188. LAX MARK edited by. One Airman's War Aircraft Mechanic Joe Bull's Personal Diaries 1916 - 1919 Australian Flying Corps. illus. with many personal photos (100) mostly text plates, maps, numerous appendices, notes, bibliog., index, pub. Qld. Banner Books 1997 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.192. Containing previously unpublished photos, to present a unique account of 1 Squadron AFC at war. Slightly marked to rear d/w. else fine.   Price: $55.00
189. LEASOR JAMES The Millionth Chance. The story of the R101. illus. with 8 full page plates throughout pub. N.Y. Reynal & Co. 1957 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.244. An account of the concept, construction and loss, in late 1930, of the British airship R-101 in France soon after she left the UK on a planned flight to India. Several prominent persons were among the dead. Only six of the 54 aboard survived. Cloth, sl. spotting, d/w. sl., chipped, neat inscription to f/free e/paper, else very good copy.   Price: $40.00
190. LEDEN JUDY  Flying With Condors illus. with Forty-three photos, mostly in colour. pub. London: Orion, 1996 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.284. As World Champion in both Hand Gliding and Parachuting, the author has discovered a deep affinity with the birds of prey which she meets in the air. She has experienced "touch-and-go" situations with birds at high altitudes in the Himalayas, Australia and Patagonia. Very fine.    Price: $40.00
191. LEY WILLY Rockets, Missiles And Men In Space. illus.  with 28 full page plates t/out., text maps & diagrams pub.  N.Y. Viking Press 1967 or.illus.cl. lge.8vo. pp.XVII.558.     Price:$25.00
192. LEICESTER BLITZ SOUVENIR illus. with over 50 official b/w photographs. pub. Leicester, Wright Process Engraving Co., n.d. (c.1945) or. dec. boards printed in red/cream, decorated boards, brick red on cream background [bombs falling], oblong 8vo. pp.48. Over 50 official photographs of the aftermath of the bombings. Very good copy.   Price: $45.00
193. LINDBERGH C. A. - "We" The story of Lindbergh's life & of his transatlantic flight, together with his views on the future of aviation. illus. with portrait frontis., several b/w. illus. dec. e/papers. pub. Sydney; Cornstalk Publishing, 1927 or. blue cl. cr.8vo. pp.320. very good copy.    Price: $65.00
194. LINDBERGH  CHARLES A. The Spirit Of St Louis. illus.  with 16 full page plates t/out. & 3 text pub. Lond. John Murray 1953 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.XII.532.    Price: $65.00
195. LINDBERGH CHARLES A. Autobiography Of Values. illus.  with 40  full page plates t/out. pub. N.Y. Harcourt  Brack  1978 or.cl. d/w. lge.8vo. pp.XXII.424.    Price: $40.00
196. LITHGOW MIKE Ed. by. Vapour Trails illus. with frontis. & 14 photo plates, pub. London Wingate 1956 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.200. A number of British test pilots set down what each regards as his most thrilling or unusual personal experience, features contributions from Neville Duke, Ronald Beaumont, Jeffrey Quill, Lithgow and seven others. Slightly chipped d/w. else very good copy.  Price: $30.00
197. LOMAX  JUDY   Hanna  Reitsch. Flying  for  the  Fatherland. illus.  with  12 full page plates t/out. index biblio. chronology.  pub.  Lond.  John Murray 1988 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.244. The first major biography of Hanna Reitsch, associate of Hitler and flying heroine of Nazi Germany. Draws upon interviews with people who knew her at all stages of her life, including her American interrogator and her wartime colleagues. Fine copy.   Price: $75.00

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198. LUCAS  F.J. Popeye Lucas Queenstown. Story of  sightseeing and  transport by air after the war in  Queenstown.  Author went  to England before the war and spent some time in  the RAF during the war. illus. with 14 full page plates t/out. pub.  Wellington  & Syd. Reed Books 1969 or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.188. signed by F. `Popeye' Lucas.   Price: $40.00
199. LUKINS A H Compl. By. Ed. by D.A. Russell. The Book of Miles Aircraft profusely illus. with plates, design drawings throughout, some full page, adverts. pub. Leicester The Harborough 1946 4to. or. gold-embossed green cloth cl. pp.96 Details of all Miles aircraft to date, from the Martlet, Satyr, Hawks, Magisters, M39 Libellula, up to the M.60 Marathon. Fine copy.   Price: $100.00
200. LUNDGREN WILLIAM R. Across The High Frontier Foreword by James Doolittle. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. pub. London: Victor Gollancz, 1956 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.288. The story of test pilot Charles E. Yeager and his breaking of the sound barrier. Dustwrapper little silverfished to fore-edge, else very good copy.  Price: $40.00
201. LYONS NORMAN The Australian Model Aeroplane Manual: The Official Handbook of the Model Aeroplane Association of Australia. illus. with text plates, plans, diagrams t/out. pub. Sydney: Commonwealth Publications: 1932 First Edition or. light blue wrappers, 12mo. pp.116. Aimed at encouraging the youth of Australia to become air-minded by engaging in elementary aeronautics as a sport ( i.e. building and flying model aircraft). Crayon mark to front wrapper, otherwise very good copy.    Price: $60.00.      Convert Currency   Parcel Costs

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202. McAULAY LEX -  Against All Odds. RAAF Pilots in the Battle for Malta, 1942. illus. with 16 full page plates throughout e/paper maps, pub. Syd. Hutchinson. 1989 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.242 The story of a small group of RAAF pilots who flew with RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle for Malta.  Price: $45.00
203. McCUDDEN  JAMES BYFORD Flying Fury. Memoirs of five years in  the  Royal  Flying  Corps  during  W.W.I.  illus.  with frontis.  & 9 full page plates t/out. by  Leonard  Bridgman pub. Lond. Hamilton 1930 or.lt.blu.cl. 8vo.  pp.XVIII.270. cl.  sl. rubbed. Originally pub. under  the  title  `Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps 1918'   Price: $95.00
204. MCENTEE HOWARD G. Model Airplane News November 1946 illus. with plans, b/w. plates, advts. pub. Mount Morris, Il. Air Age, Inc or. wrappers, 4to. pp.96. Cover illustration of Northrop XB.35 in col. Contents inc.: Black Magic (plan) Design forum, Gassis helicopter, air Ways, Slicker 3, (plan) etc. Covers loose, little chipped, frayed else good.   Price: $35.00
205. McENTEE HOWARD G.   The Model Aircraft Handbook  Model airplane construction, design, and flying techniques. illus. with more than 100 drawings pub. London Robert Hale 1975 reprint or. black cl. 8vo. pp.226 Fine copy.    Price: $35.00
206. McKEE  ALEXANDER    The  Friendless Sky. The  story  of  air combat in World War 1. with illus. e/papers & 12 full  page plates t/out. pub. Lond. 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.256.   Price: $30.00
207. McNALLY  WARD   Smithy. The Kingsford Smith  Story.  illus. with  12 full page plates t/out. pub. U.S.A. Barnes  &  Co. Inc. 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.190.   Price: $40.00
208. McNALLY  WARD  The  Man On The Twenty  Dollar  Note.  Sir Charles  Kingsford  Smith.  illus. with  b/w.  text  plates t/out. pub. Syd. & Wellington Reed 1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.216.   Price: $35.00
209. MacKERSEY IAN  Smithy The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith illus. with map endpapers, intext maps 16 pages b/w plates, list of principal flights acknowledgements, notes, bibliography, index; pub. London Little, Brown & Co 1998 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XV.416. Very fine.   Price: $35.00

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210. MacKENZIE  R.D. Solo. The Bert Hinkler Story. illus.  with e/paper  maps  frontis. & 17 full page plates  t/out.  pub. Brisbane Jackaranda  Press 1962 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.144.  Price: $60.00

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211. MacMILLAN NORMAN Into The Blue. illus. with frontis. & 7 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Duckworth 1929 2nd Impression W.W.I experiences, flew with 45 Squadron, or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.214. Flying career in World War I. Sopwith Camels in France in early days of aviation. He served throughout much of WWI, and was credited with eleven victories. Later, he was on Major W.T. Blake's round-the-world flight on May 24, 1922 departing from Croydon, England. Macmillan was the pilot with Blake handling co-pilot and navigator responsibilities. Cloth rubbed, worn at spine, sl. tear lower spine, ex.lib. copy.   Price: $60.00       Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
212. MANLY  G.B.  Aviation  From The Ground  Up.  A  practical instruction  and  reference  work on  aviation  and  allied subjects. illus.  with  plates dgms.  t/out.  pub.  U.S.A. Frederick  J.  Drake & Co. 1929 or.cl. 8vo.  pp.374. "A pactical instruction and reference work on aviation and allied subjects including Theory of Flight, Details of Airplane Construction, Airplane Engines, Rigging, Instruments, Weather Forecasting, Aerial Navigation, Stunts, How to Learn Flying, Parachutes, Air Commerce Regulations and a Dictionary of Aviation Words and Terms..."  lacks f/free e/paper otherwise v/good.   Price: $45.00
213. MASSEY-HIGGINS PATRICA They Speed The Eagles. The story of the W.A.A.F. (The Woman's Auxiliary Australian Air  Force.) illus. with 16 full page photo plates & text illus. by Elaine Haxton pub. Syd. F.H. Johnston Pub. 1943 or. dark blue boards 8vo. pp.88. Good copy   Price: $30.00
214. MATT PAUL R.   United States Navy And Marine Corps Fighters 1918-1962  profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. Letchworth (Herts) Harleyford Pub. 1962 1st. ed. or. beige cl. silver lettering to spine, 4to. pp.248. A very good copy.    Price: $65.00
215. MERRIAM   F.  WARREN  First  Through  The  Clouds.    The Autobiography of a Box-Kite Pioneer. illus. with frontis. & 30 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Batsford 1954 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.176. As well as being the first man to fly his box-kite through the clouds of a misty summer morning and out into the sunshine above, Commander Warren Merriam was also well-known as one of the most successful of the early flying instructors. fine.   Price: $75.00

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216. MILLER  H.C. Early Birds. illus. with  18 full  page plates t/out. pub.  Adel.  Rigby  1968 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.166. The author's recollections of early experiences of civil flying in Australia and serving in the Royal Flying Corps. Miller was one of the founders of MacRobertson Miller Airlines.   Price: $45.00
217. MILES  JOHN and JOHN PESCOTT Testing Time. Insight into work  performed  by an Australian test pilot.  many  illus. t/out. pub. Melb. Neptune Press 1979 1st.ed.  or. blue boards  roy.8vo. square pp.162. List of Government Aircraft Factory aeroplanes, index. The author was a test pilot for the Government Aircraft factory, and the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.   Price: $35.00

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218. MOLLOY E.  Aircraft Production.   A practical survey of materials and processes used in the construction of modern aircraft. Intended for all engaged in aircraft factories and assembly shops. illus. with 81 illustrations; pub. London Newnes, 1941 Original red cloth gilt, 8vo. pp.104. Specific chapters cover Material, Work Methods, Joining Components, Assembly, Wooden Aircraft, Aero Engines and Airscrews. Very good copy.   Price: $40.00
219. MOLLOY  E. General Editor. -  Aeroplane Maintenance and Operations Series, Vol. 6. Dealing With the Inspection and Repair of Some Representative Types of British and American Airframes, with notes on the use of welding for aircraft repairs. Illustrated with 106 & 118 plates, dwgs.; Airframes Part 1: & Airframes Part 2 (Aeroplane Maintenance and Operations Series, Vol. 11 "…With notes on aids to airframe maintenance, and fabric covering.") pub. London, Eng: George Newness Ltd. nd. 1940? 1st ed.'s orig. cl. in light blue dw.'s 8vo pp.VIII.132 & II.132. 2 vols. fine set.    Price: $115.00
220. MOLLOY E. (General editor) Engines (Part 1) Aeroplane Maintenance and Operation Series, Volume 5. illus. with diagrams and photographs throughout (71). pub. London. George Newnes nd. c. 1940 or. blue cloth glt to front board; 8vo. pp.124. Deals with the maintenance and repair of Armstrong-Siddeley "Cheetah IX", the "Tiger VIII" and the "Lynx IVc" Engines. Faded to spine else very good condition.  Price: $40.00
221. MOLLOY E. Engines (Part 3) Dealing With The Maintenance And Repair Of The Wright "Cyclone", Bristol, Pobjoy, And Continental Engines. illus. with 75 diagrams, plates, pub. London George Newnes Ltd. nd. c. 1941 or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.132. faded to spine else very good copy.   Price: $40.00
222. MONK F.V. and WINTER H.T. Adventure Above The Clouds illus. with photo. frontis. of Piccard, 7 other b/w photographs and drawn illustrations, pub. London, Blackie and Son nd. c 1940's orig. blue cloth, 12mo. pp.224; A history of the pioneers of exploration of the stratosphere up to the 1930s, concentrating mainly on the quest for height by the early pioneering balloonists; particularly the achievement of Piccard in rising 54,500 feet above the world's surface in a balloon, and experiments with rocket-propelled flight. Very good copy.   Price: $30.00
223. MONKS  NOEL   Fighter  Squadrons. The  epic  story  of  two Hurricane  Squadrons in France. illus. with frontis.  &  14 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. & Lond. Angus & Robertson 1941  or.cl. 8vo. pp.242. Story of 73 Squadron which fought with success in the Battle for France in 1939-40. little faded to spine else,  spotted  to edges, else very good.   Price: $35.00
224. MONKS  NOEL   Fighter  Squadrons. The  epic  story  of  two Hurricane  Squadrons in France. illus. with frontis.  &  14 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. & Lond. Angus & Robertson 1941  or.cl. 8vo. pp.242. Story of 73 Squadron which fought with success in the Battle for France in 1939-40. Presentation copy "To Mr. Kingsford from staff wishing a speedy recovery June 1941" 24 signatures 11 of which are women. Some names are: Joyce Harrington, Joy Coleman, Gwen Lovelock, M. Donohue, L. Vincent, George Baird etc. Little faded to spine else,  spotted  to edges, else very good.  Price: $50.00

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225. MOONEY  MICHAEL MACDONALD The Hindenburg. illus.  with  16 full   page  plates  t/out.  pub.  Lond.  Hart-Davis   1973 or.orange cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.278. Minute by minute account of the tragedy of the Hindenburg which exploded on May 6th, 1937, caught fire and lay in glowing ruins on the airfield at Lakefield, New Jersey. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
226. MORRIS JAN Intro. Riding The Skies. Classic Posters from the Golden Age of Flying illus. with full page col. plates t/out. pub. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1989 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp. 144 A selection of airline posters from the 1930s–1960. Fine copy.   Price: $65.00
227. MOULTON R. G. Modern Aeromodelling illus. with line drawings, plus an additional 8 pages of b/w. photographs pub. London: Faber 1968 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.164. previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, else bear fine copy.   Price: $30.00
228. MUNSON  KENNETH German War Birds From World War I To  Nato Ally.  profusely illus. with col. dwgs. (two views of  each plane  at least) pub. U.K. & Syd. 1986 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.176.    Price: $45.00
229. MUNSON KENNETH and GORDEN SWANBOROUGH Boeing. An  Aircraft Album. illus. with b/w. plates t/out. pub. Lond. Ian  Allan 1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo.obl. pp.144.    Price: $20.00