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238. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS COUNCIL INC. Aeronautics.  Recognition Guide  to  Operational War Planes. Issue 7 and 8. illus. with  3 position Silhouettes,  General Specifications, and  photographs  for United  States  Army  and Navy,  United  Kingdom,  U.S.S.R. Germany, Japan, Italy. pub. U.S.A. 1944 or.illus.wps.  8vo. pp.178. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
239. NELSON   Squadrn-Leader   H.   (Advisory   Editor)   Aero Engineering. A Comprehensive work for those engaged in  the Production,  Assembly, Testing, Maintenance, and overhaul  of aircraft. Vol.I. parts I & II Principles And Construction. Vol.II. parts  I & II Production. Vol.III. parts  I  &  II Maintenance  And Overhaul. profusely illus.  with  plates, drawings, diagrams t/out. some full page, fine examples  of aircraft in flight with data sheet. pub. Lond. George Newnes Limited   nd.  ab.1937  or.dk.blu.cl. 8vo.   pp.Vol.I.840 Vol.II.796 Vol.III.844. six vols. in all, fine set. Price: $400.00
240. NEWTON DENNIS Australian Air Aces. Australian Fighter Pilots in Combat. illus. with b/w. photo plates, and text drawings, pub. ACT: Fyshwick, Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd, 1996 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.122. A Unique & concise Reference work recording the achievements and exploits of Australia's Air Aces. Fine copy.   Price: $50.00

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241. NOWARRA HEINZ J. and Kimbrough S. Brown. von Richthofen And The Flying Circus. The full story of the Flying Circus and von Richthofen's victories. illus. with col. frontis. & profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page, many diagrams in plan and elevation form; pub. U.S.A. Harleyford Pub. 1959 or. red cl. glt. ltg to spine, 4to. pp.208. almost fine copy.   Price: $95.00
242. NOWARRA HEINZ J. Compiled and written by. The Messerschmitt 109. A Famous German Fighter. profusely illus. with plates, drawings t/out. some full page & col. pub. U.K. Harleyford Pub. 1966 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp. 200. slightly chipped d/w. otherwise almost fine copy   Price: $75.00

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243. O'BRIEN  TERENCE   Out  Of  The  Blue. A  pilot  with  the Chindits.   The  war  in  Burma.  This  account  from   the Australian  author's personal diaries. pub.  Lond.  Collins 1984 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.272. The author was an Australian pilot working with the Chindits behind enemy lines in Burma. 4/9th Gurkha Rifles of the Special Force. Fine.   Price: $45.00
244. ODGERS GEORGE Air War Against Japan 1943-1945. illus. with plates, maps t/out. many full page, pub. Canberra Australian War memorial 1957 1st ed. Australian in the War of 1939-1945, or. light blue cl. roy 8vo. pp.XIV.534.  Price: $75.00
245. ODGERS  GEORGE   Across The Parallel. The  Australian  77th Squadron  with  the United States Air Force in  the  Korean war.  illus.  with  e/paper maps frontis. &  24  full  page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Heinemann 1952 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.XIV.240.    Price: $100.00
246. ODGERS GEORGE Mission Vietnam. Royal Australian Air  force operations  1964-1972.  profusely illus. with  text  plates t/out.  some col. pub. Canberra Australian Government  Pub. Service Dept. of Defence 1974 or.cl. d/w. sm.4to. pp.186.   Story of the RAAF in South Vietnam, including Canberra bombers of No. 2 Squadron, Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron and Caribou aircrafts of No. 35 Transport Squadron. With list of Honours and Awards.   Price: $70.00
247. ODGERS GEORGE Air Force Australia. The Defence Force Series. 75 the Anniversary Edition. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. National Book Distributors 1996 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.240. Slight shelf wear, otherwise fine.   Price: $60.00      Convert Currency   Parcel Costs

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248. OGILVIE  GORDEN The Riddle Of Richard Pearse.  Pearce  was the  first man to leave the ground in a  powered  aircraft. Story   of  the  strange  obscure,  neglected  pioneer   of aviation.  illus. with e/paper maps & 14 full  page  plates t/out.  pub. N.Z. Wellington Reed 1973 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.252. New Zealand inventor who was experimenting with powered flight at the same time as the Wright Brothers. Fine copy.   Price: $50.00
249. OLSSON  CARL  From  Hell  To  Breakfast.  `first  person' accounts of what it is like in the aviation war of  W.W.II. illus.  with  frontis. & 16 full page  plates  t/out.  pub. Lond. Allen & Unwin 1943 or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.134,2 advts. Personal 16 first hand accounts of experiences of the Second World War compiled by world-famous war correspondent, which include details of St Nazaire, a 1000 plane raid over Cologne, a London AA battery command post and a night fighter. Very good in the slightly chipped dustwrapper.   Price: $30.00

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250. OUGHTON FREDERICK Mannock VC. Ace With One Eye pub. London Cerberus Publishing Ltd, 2004 (Fortunes of War) or. card wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.184. The Story of Mick Mannock, VC 'Mannock officially shot down 73 enemy planes in the First World War and, unofficially, nearly a hundred - yet he was blind in one eye. Very fine.   Price: $25.00
251. OWEN RODERIC Tedder. Biography of Barton Tedder Marshal of The  Royal  Air  Force, Deputy Supreme  Commander  for  the invasion  of Europe. pub. Lond. Collins 1952  or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.320. Biography of Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Baron Tedder of Glenguin, Chief of Air Staff and Chairman of Staffs Committee. chipped d/w. otherwise very good.   Price: $30.00
252. PARER Lieut. RAYMOND J. P.   Flight And Adventures Of Parer And Mcintosh, By Air from England to Australia. illus. with frontis. & 29 b/w. plates t/out.   pub. Melbourne J. Roy Stevens 1921 1st. ed. or. maroon cl. dec. e/papers, 12mo. pp.352. Lieut. Parer tells of his pioneering but hair-raising plane flight from England to Australia in 1920. He posthumously acknowledges his friend and co-pilot Lieut. John McIntosh who was tragically killed in a plane crash prior to publication of this book. Gilt to front board and spine faded otherwise very good.   Price: $300.00
253. PARNELL N.M. & C.A. LYNCH Australian Air Force Since 1911. with  e/paper  maps  & profusely illus.  with  b/w.  plates t/out.  some full page pub. Syd. Reed 1976  1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.216. History of the Royal Australian Air Force, from its earliest days as the Australian Flying Corps to the present RAAF.This is a detailed account and the pilots, crews and aircraft are referred to by name and serial number. Photographs from the Australian War Memorial files, RAAF and private sources include many rare ones which have never been published before. fine.   Price: $35.00
254. PAYNE  L.G.S.  Air Dates. A chronological survey  of  the principal  events  in  the fields  of  military  and  civil aviation  in  Great Britain and abroad, beginning  in  1783 with  balloon ascents in Paris, and ending on  31  December 1956.   pub.   Lond.  Heinemann  1957  or.cl.   d/w.   8vo. pp.VIII.566. Browning to d/w. & slight chipping to extremities, else very good.   Price: $45.00

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255. PENROSE H. Architect Of Wings A biography of Roy Chadwick, Designer of the Lancaster bomber. profusely illus. with plates throughout, dwgs., diags., index, pub. England Airlife Shrewsbury 1985 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.246. Very fine.   Price: $55.00
256. PENTLAND GEOFFREY The P-40 Kittyhawk In Service  illus. with b/w. photos. Colour illustrations; pub. Melbourne Kookabura Technical Publications, 1974 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp. previous owners inscription on f/free e/paper, else fine.    Price: $75.00
257. PENTLAND GEOFFREY & PETER MALONE Aircraft Of The  R.A.A.F. 1921-71.  Jubilee issue. profusely illus. with colour plates showing over 40 executed colour paintings of a wide variety of RAAF aircraft in both wartime and peacetime markings, &  b/w. plates  t/out.  pub. Melb. Kookaburra Technical  Pub.  1971 1st.ed. or.brn.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.l48. A record of the men and machines who served with the RAAF during a fascinating period of aircraft development, from propeller-driven to jet-propelled aircraft. Fine.  Price: $45.00
258. PENTLAND GEOFFREY & PETER MALONE Aircraft Of The  R.A.A.F. 1921-78.   profusely illus. with colour plates showing over 40 executed colour paintings of a wide variety of RAAF aircraft in both wartime and peacetime markings, &  b/w. plates  t/out.  pub. Melb. Kookaburra Technical  Pub.  1978 new edition or.brn.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.l48. A record of the men and machines who served with the RAAF during a fascinating period of aircraft development, from propeller-driven to jet-propelled aircraft. previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, else fine.   Price: $45.00
259. PIGGOTT DEREK  Gliding. A Handbook On Soaring Flight illus. with frontis. 16 b/w photos, 75 figures, diagrams pub. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1967 second edition or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp. III.265. Covers all the important aspects of gliding from the very first flight to advanced cross country techniques. sl. chipped d/w. else fine.   Price: $25.00
260. ROBERT PIPER The Hidden Chapters Untold stories of Australians at War in the Pacific. illus. with b/w. photo plates t/out. some full page pub. Melbourne Pagemasters, 1995 or. card wrappers, (paperback), cr.4to. pp.154. Very fine.   Price: $35.00
261. POPHAM  HUGH  Sea Flight. A Fleet Air Arm  Pilot's  Story. illus. with e/paper maps & 14 full page plates t/out.  pub. Lond.  William  Kimber  1954 1st.ed.  or.cl. d/w. 8vo.  pp.200. Hugh Popham joined the Fleet Air Arm in the summer of 1940 and was soon in training as a pilot at HMS Vincent, Yeovilton and then Carrier Indomitable thereafter his wartime career as a naval pilot took him to the far corners of the world. His story is one of a naval fighter pilot having to do his best with Sea Hurricanes, and then the Supermarine Seafires. Account of duty with the Malta Convoy in 1942. Dustwrapper little chipped, browned, lacks rear flap, gift inscription to reverse of f/free e/paper, otherwise very good.  Price: $35.00
262. POSSE VICTOR   Together Up There. Unit History of 549 RAF/RAAF Fighter Squadron in Northern Australia During World War 2. illus. with black and white photographs throughout, maps, index of officers; pub. Australian Military History Publications 2003 or. pictorial laminated boards. cr.4to. pp.202. Account of Ron's Posse's Life , wartime career and early tragic death in 1944 as a spitfire pilot. Very fine.    Price: $45.00
263. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.)   Flight The Aircraft Engineer and Airships illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, many full page, No.1417 Vol.XXIX February 20^th 1936 pub. London 1936 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.190-216,4 The Avro 'Anson' Type 652A. Contents inc. The Outlook, Switzerland Non-Stop, Hornet Moth advt. double page, The Empire Flying Boats, Royal Air Force, Commercial Aviation, Development, Correspondence etc. near fine   Price: $40.00
264. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.)  Flight and Aircraft Engineer  illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, many full page, No.1532 Vol.XXXIII May 5th 1938 pub. London 1938 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.54. Contents inc. Buy American, Private flying, Commercial Aviation, Service with a smile, Development, Correspondence etc. near fine   Price: $35.00
265. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.)  Flight and Aircraft Engineer  illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, many full page, No.1577 Vol.XXXV March 16th 1939 pub. London 1939 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.46. Contents inc. Foreign Aircraft Carriers, Air Estimates, Service Aviation, The New Moth, The 1039 Praga Lightweights etc. Slight silverfishing to wrapper else near fine .   Price: $35.00
266. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.)  Flight and Aircraft Engineer illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, many full page, No.1590 Vol.XXXV June 15th 1939 pub. London 1939 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.46. Contents inc. Selling Air Transport, Service Aviation, 1929-1939, Flight Planning, Airline Fleet maintenance, etc. near fine.   Price: $35.00
267. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.) Flight and Aircraft Engineer illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, many full page No.1634 Vol.XXXVII April 18th 1940 pub. London 1940 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.48. Contents inc. The Luftwaffe, Flying The Master, France's Curtiss Fighter, Queen Wasp, German Markings, 1912-1940 Large advt. for Vickers-Armstrong with "Wellingtons" "Spitfires" etc. Slight silverfishing to wrapper else v/good .   Price: $30.00
268. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.)  Flight and Aircraft Engineer  illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, many full page, No.1639 Vol.XXXVIII Aug. 1st 1940 pub. London 1940 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.64. Contents inc. War in the air, Any Evening any Day (Bomber Command), Air blockade, Correspondence,  Italian Bomber, etc. Rusted hinges else v/good .   Price: $35.00
269. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.)   Flight and Aircraft Engineer  illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, many full page, No.1689 Vol.XXXIX May 8th 1941 pub. London 1941 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.64. Contents inc. War in the air, Friend or Foe, Seeing it Through, Birth of a Great Fighter, Latest Curtiss Dive-bomber,Service Aviation lists etc. Hinges rusted, else v/good.   Price: $35.00
270. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.)  Flight and Aircraft Engineer  illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, many full page, No.1796 Vol.XLIII May 27th 1943 pub. London 1943 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.62. Contents inc. War in the air, Tunisian Day-bomber, Singles to Twins, Night Flying Training, Aircraft Types, Taillless Trials, etc. Hinges rusted, else v/good.   Price: $30.00
271. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.) Flight and Aircraft Engineer  illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, many full page, No.1876 Vol.XLIV Nov. 4th 1943 pub. London 1943 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.48. Contents inc. War in the air, Here and There, Fleet Air Arm, Lockheed Lightning, Aircraft Types, Drop Tanks, etc. Hinges rusted, lacks one page of advts. at front else v/good.   Price: $30.00
272. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.)  Flight and Aircraft Engineer  illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, many full page, No.1865 Vol.XLVI September 21st 1944 pub. London 1944 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.56. Contents inc. War in the air, Here and There, Defeating V1, Portrait Gallery (Outstanding Pilotys of the War), 'Goslen Hind' Goes East, Blackpool Airport, Aircraft Heating, etc. couple of loose pages else v/good.   Price: $35.00
273. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.) Flight and Aircraft Engineer  illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, many full page, No.1876 Vol.XLVI Dec. 7th 1944 pub. London 1944 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.48. Contents inc. War in the air, Here and There, Fairey Firefly, Civil Power Plant, Service Aviation, etc. Hinges rusted, couple of loose pages else v/good.   Price: $30.00
274. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.)  Flight and Aircraft Engineer illus. with plates, diagrams, advts, some in two-tone; No.1950 Vol.XLIX May 9^th 1946 pub. London 1946 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.36. Contents inc. Percival Merganser, The A.W. Flying Wing, Pathfinder Story, Northrop Activities, Service Aviation etc.   Price: $20.00
275. POULSEN C.M. (Ed.)   Flight and Aircraft Engineer  illus. with plates, diagrams, advts; No.1998 Vol.LI April 10^th 1947 pub. London 1947 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.58. Contents inc. Airsped Ambassador, Phantom Development, Short Nimbus Sailplane, Reviews, Radio Equip., Service etc.   Price: $20.00   (See picture-press for example    )  

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276. POWELL GORDEN the  R.A.A.F. in the Trobriand and Admiralty Islands illus. with  e/paper maps Two Steps To Tokyo. A story of  &  52  full  page plates  t/out.  pub.  Melb.  Oxford University Press 1946 or.cl. 8vo. pp.XII.222.    Price:  $65.00.        Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
277. POWERS   FRANCIS   GARY with   Curt   Gentry.   Operation Overflight. The U-2 Spy Pilot tells his story for the first time. illus. with 16 full page plates, pub. Lond. Hodder  & Stoughton 1971 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.376. Fine copy.   Price: $50.00
278. PUGH STEVENSON The Bleriot Anniversary Race.  illustrated throughout with black & white photographs, portraying the race between London & Paris using a variety of transport such as helicopters, motorcycles, roller skates, bicycles, cars, gliders & converted prams. pub. London Assoc. Newspapers 1959 1st. ed. or. boards d/w. 4to. pp.80. Fastest time between the centres of London & Paris organised by the Daily Mail, London, July 13-23, 1959. Anniversary of first flight over the English Channel by Louis Bleriot on July 25 1909 to win Daily Mail prize of £1.000. Slight foxing to title page else fine copy.   Price: $30.00
279. PRATT AND WHITNEY Operators Handbook Twin Wasp C Series Engines. Book 1 illus. with numerous fold out cross sectional views of engines. pub. Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford U.S.A Conn. March 1939 or. maroon and black stiff wrappers, black cloth to spine, 8vo. pp.98. fine copy.   Price: $100.00
280. PRICE ALFRED Spitfire At War. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page pub. Lond. Ian Allan Ltd. 1977 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.160. Near fine copy.   Price: $40.00
281. PRIEST  JOAN Virtue In Flying.  A  biography  of pioneer aviator Keith Virtue. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. pub.  Syd. Angus & Robertson 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  8vo. pp.XII.158.    Price:  $55.00
282. PRIME MERVYN W. Broome's One Day War Illus. With B/W. Photographic Plates, Maps, Pub. Broome WA, Broome Historical Society, 2004 or. pictorial, cream card wrappers pp.44 Fine copy.   Price: $15.00
283. PRITCHARD ROBERT J.  (Ed)   Western Flying, Vol. V No. 5 May 1929 periodical. profusely illus. with plates t/out., advts. some full page some col; (cover illustration: bi-plane front on.) pub. Los Angeles : Occidental Publishing Company 1929 or. black/yellow/white wrappers, 4to. pp.168 Articles include: "What’s All The Shooting For" "Bailing Out" "The Detroit Show" The Latest American Airplanes" Rear, top fore-edge corner badly chipped, not effecting text, wear from use to edges, otherwise complete and attractive periodical.     Price: $45.00
284. R.A.A.F. The Bomber. Vol.1 No.2 November 1931. The Journal of No.1 Squadron R.A.A.F. Price on front cover 1/- illus. with one photo plate (group photo) Articles include: Poems, Metal rigging, My Old Avro, Anti-Aircraft Defence, Around New Guinea in a flying boat, The Upper Air, Bombing of Manufacturing Towns, Unit activities etc. pub. Melbourne 1931; original stiff, beige stapled wrappers. picture of 'kookaburra with snake in it's mouth on front cover, within shield; 4to. pp.32. Article by Wing-Commander E. Harrison. First of two pilots to help establish the first RAAF airport at Point Cook (or as the author says- 'She Oak' the other pilot being H.A. Petre), explaining the establishment of the base in 1913-14, accompanied by group photo with BE2A 70hp Renault engine, one of 5 machines to establish the RAAF. On March the 1^st 1914 he says, 'Point Cook became a real aerodrome both flights and a crash taking place on the day it was christened.' Fine.    Price: $75.00   (See picture-press for example    )  
285. R.A.A.F.   Elementary Malay, Prepared as a Guide for R.A.A.F. Personnel illus. with frontis. map; pub. Melbourne Air Force H.Q, 1944 'restricted copy', original orange boards, blk lettering, pp.XIV.134, includes pages for notes, Issued to Australian Air-Force Aircrews and ground staff 'who may be forced down or located in a Malay speaking area'. For Wartime use and restricted to R.A.A.F. members. Very good copy.     Price: $35.00
286. RAAF Central Photographic Establishment   Canvas to Carbon Fibre - A Selection of Fine Paintings Depicting the History of the Australian Flying Corps and the Royal Australian Air Force. illus. with 36 full page col. plates of paintings by various artists, pub. Canberra Australia: AGPS Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. oblong pp.74.  Very fine.    Price: $55.00
287. RAWNSLEY C.F. and ROBERT WRIGHT Night Fighter. illus. with frontis.  &  3 full page plates t/out. pub.  Lond.  Collins 1957 or. black cl. 8vo. pp.382. Account of the development of radar-equipped night fighters by a pair of British airmen who flew them. The author was John 'Catseyes' Cunningham's navigator in night fighters for almost the whole of WW2, and the pair were acknowledged as the RAF's leading night fighter crews, destroying over 20 enemy aircraft.   Price: $35.00

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288. READER W.J. Architect Of Air Power. The life of the  first Viscount  Weir  1877-1959. illus. with frontis. &  10  full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Collins 1968 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.352. Biography of Viscount Weir. Strategic bombing, the most controversial and terrifying operation of war, was put forward in 1917-1918 as the main justification for setting up the RAF. William Weir, along with Smuts and Churchill, was among the most forceful of its founders. As Secretary of State for Air in 1918, Weir coerced Trenchard, much against his will, into becoming the Father of the RAF. He later fought off Lord Beatty, First Sea Lord, whose demand for an Admiralty-controlled Fleet Air Arm would have shattered the RAF. From 1935 to 1938 Weir was closely associated with every aspect of the Government’s plan for war, and his work with Lord Swinton at the Air Ministry unquestionably laid the foundations of the Air Force of the Second World War. Includes a list of British aircraft companies and their aircraft for the years 1935-38. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
289. REID P.R. Winged Diplomat. The life story of Air Commodore 'Freddie' West V.C. illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Chatto & Windus 1962 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.220. The life story of Air Commodore Freddie West, VC, CBE, MC. He served in the trenches in WWI, transferred to the RFC where he won the VC, and then went on to eventually become the Head of British Air Intelligence in Switzerland during World War II. Slight shelf wear, otherwise very good copy.   Price: $40.00        Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
290. Reilly Robin The Sixth Floor illus. with 8 full-page plates appendices, index pub. London 1969 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.224. 18 RAF Mosquito aircraft carried out a daring low-level bombing raid on the Gestapo HQ at Shell House, Copenhagen. Most of the Danish prisoners, held captive on the sixth floor, managed to escape, however a school was bombed accidentally. Slight shelf wear, otherwise a good copy.   Price: $65.00
291. REYNOLDS QUANTIN They Fought For The Sky. The story of the First  War  in  the air. illus. with 32  full  page  plates t/out.  pub.  Lond.  Cassell  1958  1st.ed.  or. black cl.   8vo. pp.XX.290. Story of the British, French, German and American flyers of World War I and of the development of the aeroplane as a fighting machine. Previous owner's name to past down e/paper, else very good.   Price: $40.00
292. RICHARDS  DENIS Royal Air Force 1939-1945. 3  vols.  Vol.I The  Fight  At  Odds. Vol.II The  Fight  Avails.  by  Denis Richards and Hilart St. George Sanders. Vol.III. The  Fight Is Won. by Hilary St. George Sanders. illus. with  frontis. folding  maps, diagrams, full page plates, pub.  Lond.  Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1954 or.blue cl. black. & glt.ltg. to spine, 8vo. pp. approx. 434 per vol. very good set.   Price:  $150.00
293. RICHEY  PAUL   Fighter  Pilot. A  personal  record  of  the campaign in France Sept. 8th to June 18th 1940. illus. with frontis. & 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. 1942 or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.166. Originally published anonymously in 1941, this first hand account of 23 year old Flying officer Richey's war began the day he landed his Hawker Hurricane on the grass airfield in France. A classic account of the role played by RAF no 1 squadron in the violent air battles that preceded the fall of France in June 1940. Gilt lettering little faded to spine else very good.   Price: $35.00
294. RICKENBACKER  EDWARD V. Rickenbacker.  His  Autobiography. illus.   with  16  full  page  plates  t/out.  pub. Lond. Hutchinson 1968 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.316.   Price:  $100.00
295. ROBERTS E.G. Box Kites And Beyond. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Hawthorn Press 1976 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.VI.186. fine copy.  Price: $45.00
296. ROBERTSON BRUCE Bombing Colours. British bomber camouflage and markings 1914-1937. with illus. e/papers, 32 full page plates, 4-view and profile drawings, plus drawings of squadron badges and individual aircraft markings pub. Melb.  Kookaburra 1972 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.176. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
297. ROBERTSON  BRUCE Ed. by. Aircraft Camouflage And  Markings 1907-1954.  profusely illus. with plates t/out.  many  full page some col. b/w drawings. pub. Eng. Harleyford Pub. 1956 or. dark bue cl. 4to. pp.212. Very good copy.   Price: $65.00
298. ROBERTSON E.M. WAAAF At War. Life and Work in the  Women's Auxiliary  Australian Air Force. illus. with 12  full  page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Mullaya Pub. 1974 or. white  pict. stiff wps. cr.8vo. pp.112. Very good copy. Signed by author on the half-title page.   Price: $35.00
299. ROBINSON DOUGLAS H. Text. The L Z 129 `Hindenburg.' illus. with frontis. & many plates t/out. soe full page pub.  N.Y. Arco  Pub.  1964 or. lt.blu. b/w.  illus.wps.  4to.  pp.52. double column. fine.   Price:  $25.00
300. ROCHFORD  LEONARD H. I Chose The Sky. Exploits of a  Royal Air  Force  pilot  in  the First  World  War.  illus.  with numerous text plates t/out. pub. Lond. William Kimber  1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.224.   Price:  $40.00

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301. ROSEN  MILTON  W.  The Viking Rocket  Story.  illus.  with frontis. & 28 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Faber 1956 1st.ed.  or.  red  cl. silver rocket shape  to  spine  8vo. pp.248. Near fine copy.  Price: $50.00
302. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE: Standard Notebook for Initial Training Schools. Being R.A.A.F. Publication No. 95 illus. with num. text-illusts., and graphs (inc. ranks and badges of officers and airmen). pub. Melbourne 1941 roy.4to. or. boards with cord binding. pp.IV.192 copy of 410165 Marshal, Flight I Sqdn. I. Produced at the beginning of W.W.II to recruit aviators into the R.A.A.F. fine copy.   Price: $150.00
303. RUDEL  HANS ULRICH Stuka Pilot. Forward by Group Captain Douglas Bader. Translated by Lynton Hudson. illus. with frontis.  &  3 full page plates t/out. pub. Dublin Euphqurion 1952  or.cl. 8vo. pp.260. Hans-Ulrich Rudel was the first and only member of the Armed Forces of the Third Reich to be awarded wartime Germany's highest decoration. No-one else has ever received this supreme award: the Golden Oakleaves with Swords and Diamonds to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. With two thousand and thirty operational flights to his credit, From 1939 he was hardly ever on leave. Even after he was wounded, he immediately hurried back to his unit. At the beginning of 1945 he lost his right leg below the knee in action and refused to wait until he was fully convalescent before returning to duty. Despite an open wound he grimly went on flying with an ill-fitting artificial leg chafing away at the bleeding stump. The old soldierly values of loyalty and obedience determined the whole of his life. He was, as Douglas Bader states in his foreword, 'by any standards a gallant chap'. Lettering fading into spine, worn and torn d/w. repaired with tape else v/good.  Price: $40.00

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304. RUSHBROOKE C.S. (Managing Editor)  Aero Modeller. Volume XXI Number 249 October 1956. illus. with plans, photos plates, advts. pub. UK Watford 1956 or.b/w/orange wrappers, 4to. pp.505-560. Contents inc. The Spice of Life (RAF) Cessna 310, (plans) World Power Championships, "La Paloma, Curb that stall, Aeromodelling step-by-step, Famous biplanes Avro 504N (plans) etc. fine.   Price: $35.00
305. SANDERS  JAMES Venturer Courageous. Group Captain  Leonard Trent  V.C.  D.F.C. A biography. illus. with  several  b/w. plates  t/out  some  full page pub.  N.Z.  Hutchinson  1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.266.   Price:  $35.00
306. SARGENT  ERIC Compiled and Ed. by. Aircraft And  The  Air. profusely illus. with plates b/w. t/out. many full page,  5 fold-out maps, one col. plate of recognition markings. pub. London  Sampson Low `Dumpy Books' 1938 or. black cl.  16mo.obl. pp.XXII.680. very good copy.    Price: $50.00
307. SARGENT  ERIC Compiled by. Edited by  E.C.  Talbot-Booth, R.N.R . Fighting Planes Of The World. profusely illus. with plates b/w. t/out. many full page, 2 fold-out maps, 16 col. plates  inc.  frontis.  of  recognition  markings,  crests, badges.  pub.  Lond.  Sampson Low  `Dumpy  Books'  nd.1938? or.blk.cl. 16mo.obl. pp.XXII.680. v/good copy.   Price:  $75.00

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308. SAUNDERS HILARY ST. GEORGE Per Ardua The Rise Of British Air Power 1911-1939. illus. with 32 full page plates t/out. pub.  Lond.  Oxford  Uni.  Press  1944  or.cl.  d/w.   8vo. pp.XII.356. almost fine copy in the torn d/w.   Price:  $35.00
309. SCHAEDEL  CHARLES   Australian Air Ace.   The  exploits  of "Jerry"  Pentland M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C. illus. with 16  full page plates t/out. pub. Rigby 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.160. Pentland flew with Royal Flying Corps on the First World War Western Front after serving with the Light Horse on Gallipoli. He shot down 24 German aircraft. After serving with the new RAAF he became a private charter pilot in New Guinea and in the Second World War served as an instructor. Fine copy. Price: $40.00
310. SCHAEDEL  CHARLES   Australian Air Ace.   The  exploits  of "Jerry"  Pentland M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C. illus. with 16  full page plates t/out. pub. Rigby 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.160. Pentland flew with Royal Flying Corps on the First World War Western Front after serving with the Light Horse on Gallipoli. He shot down 24 German aircraft. After serving with the new RAAF he became a private charter pilot in New Guinea and in the Second World War served as an instructor. Presentation copy Signed by 'Jerry' Pentland.  Fine copy.   Price: $100.00
311. SCOTT  C.W.A.   Scott's  Book. The life  and  Mildenhall Melbourne  flight of C.W.A. Scott told by  himself.  illus. with portrait  frontis.  15 full page plates t/out. &  folding  map pub.  Lond.  Hodder & Stoughton 1934  1st.ed.  or.cl.  8vo. pp.264. Australia in nine days; Autobiography of a Royal Air force pilot. Records his four flights made from England to Australia. Written before Scott had actually attempted the fourth trip (the Mildenhall to Melbourne MacRobertson race), with the final chapter concerning the race itself cabled to the publishers from Melbourne within six week's of the race's beginning. Lacks front free e/paper else v/good.   Price: $75.00

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312. SETH RONALD Lion With Blue Wings. The story of the Glider Pilot Regiment 1942-1945 illus. with 16 full page plates throughout appends., Roll of Honour, index, pub. London Gollancz 1955 1st edition or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.246. Slightly chipped dust wrapper else v/good copy.   Price: $55.00
313. SHAW  W. HUDSON & OALF RUHEN Lawrence Hargrave.  Explorer, Inventor  &  Aviation Experimenter. with e/paper  illus.  & plates  t/out. some full page, 4 col. pub.  N.S.W.  Cassell 1977 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.188. (1850-1915) was born in England, but moved to Sydney in 1865. Over the next few years, he made several trips to New Guinea. Later in life he became a pioneer in aeronautics. Dustwrapper slightly faded to spine otherwise near fine.   Price: $40.00
314. SHUTE NEVIL -  Slide Rule. The Autobiography of an Engineer. illus. with frontis. (portrait) & 8 full page plates throughout, pub. Lond. Heinemann 1954 reprint, or. red cl. 8vo. pp.250. fine copy.   Price: $60.00
315. SHUTE NEVIL - Slide Rule. The Autobiography of an Engineer. illus. with frontis. (portrait) & 8 full page plates throughout, pub. Lond. Heinemann 1954 1st.ed. or. red cl. d/w. .8vo. pp.250. d/w. lacks small piece to top of spine, little chipped, else very good copy.   Price: $95.00
316. SITEK  Major   ALOIS and F/Lt. VERNON BLUNT  Gliding  And Soaring. illus. with 2 pages of plates diagrams and line dwgs. t/out.  pub.  Lond.  Alliance Press  Ltd.  nd.1940?  or.lt. blue cl. 8vo. pp.118. Wartime guide to all aspects of gliding, including a chapter on Modern Glider Building. fine.   Price: $35.00
317. SIMS  C.A.  British  Aircraft  Illustrated.  illus.  with frontis.  & 42 full page plates t/out. plates of aircraft pub. Lond. A.  &  C. Black 1931 or.dk.blu.cl. gilt lettering, 8vo. pp.96. Work being done by the British Aircraft Industry. A number of RAF and civil aircraft are photographed and described, along with a list of RAF units/squadrons, where relevant, in which the aircraft were serving. The author acquired his experience of aircraft when serving in the RAF in the Middle East and in England. Fine.   Price: $65.00
318. SMITH  ANTHONY  Throw  Out Two  Hands.  Ballooning across Africa.  illus. with 30 full page plates t/out. pub.  Lond. Allen & Unwin 1963 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.272. fine.   Price: $25.00

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319. SMITH CONSTANCE BABINGTON Evidence In Camera. The story of photographic  intelligence in World War II. illus. with  16 full  page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Chatto & Windus 1958 or. black cl. 8vo. pp.256. Describes the role of photographic reconnaissance and interpretation in many vital episodes of the war, including the spotting of the Bismarck, the planning of Commando raids, the discovery of the Flying Bomb at Peenemunde and preparations for D-Day. It describes the men and women who made it; the earliest enthusiasts, technicians, pilots, interpreters, and the great American and British wartime figures who recognised the significance of this new branch of Intelligence. Fine.   Price: $45.00
320. SMITH  CONSTANCE BABINGTON Testing Time. The story of  the British test pilots and their aircraft. illus. with 24 full page  plates t/out. pub. Lond. Harper & Bros. l961  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XI.224.  Price: $40.00

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321. SMITH  CONSTANCE  BABINGTON  Amy  Johnson.  illus.   with frontis.  24  full  page plates t/out.  &  map  pub.  Lond. Collins   1967  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo.   pp.384.   sl. silverfished d/w. otherwise fine.   Price: $45.00
322. SMITH  DICK (Researcher) PEDRE DAVIS (Story)   Kookaburra. The most compelling story in Australia's aviation  history. note:  recovery of the lost plane Kookaburra in the  Tanami Desert lost in 1929. illus. with many plates t/out. pub. Syd. Lansdowne Press 1980 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.130.XVI. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
323. SMITH G. GEOFFREY Gas Turbines And Jet Propulsion. For Aircraft. Foreword by Sir Geoffrey de Havilland. with frontis. & profusely illus. with many photographs of engines and aircraft, plates & line drawings t/out. pub. Lond. Flight 1947 4^th ed or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.272. History of the development of both British and American gas turbines. Near fine copy.  Price: $40.00
324. SMITH  KINGSFORD Sir Charles. The Old Bus. With an introduction by Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Game. illus. with b/w. plates, e/paper maps of travels of the "Southern Cross"; pub. Melb. Herald Press. 1932. 1st ed. or. dec. blue cl. 12mo. pp.224 The cloth little rubbed otherwise nice copy. The story of the famous plane, the "Southern Cross", by one of Australia's most famous aviators.   Price: $250.00
325. SMITH HENERY LADD Airways. The History of Commercial Aviation in the United States. illus. with 30 full page plates t/out. folding chart, pub. N.Y. Knopf 1944 or. black cl. glt. ltg. ot spine and front bd. 8vo. pp.XIV.430,XVI.  sunned to spine otherwise very good copy.   Price: $55.00
326. SMITH  K. LANGFORD Sky Pilot In Arnhem Land. illus.  with frontis.  &  13 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd.  Angus  & Robertson 1935 or.cl. sm.8vo. pp.272.    Price: $125.00
327. SMITH  K.  LANGFORD Sky Pilot's Last Flight.  illus.  with frontis.  &  9 full page plates t/out. pub.  Syd.  Angus  & Robertson 1936 or. dk.blu. cl. 12mo. pp.250. v/good copy.   Price: $100.00
328. SMITH PETER C. Royal Air Force Squadron Badges. illus. with col. examples of the badges & 3 full page plates, pub. Eng. Balfour Books nd.196-? or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.96. The designs of the official badges assigned to distinguished Royal Air Force Squadrons and gives the full story behind the selection of the badge and motto. In addition there is a history of RAF heraldry and details of the service of these squadrons and their aircraft over more than sixty years. Fine copy.   Price: $50.00
329. SOUTHALL  IVAN    Bluey  Truscott.  Squadron  Leader  Keith William  Truscott,  R.A.A.F., D.F.C. and Bar.  illus.  with frontis.  &  14 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd.  Angus  & Robertson  1958 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.202.  d/w.  sl. stained otherwise fine.    Price:  $55.00

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330. SPELLER W.J.C. A Complete Course For Ground Engineers' (A, B, C, D & X) Licenses. illus. with photos, diagrams and charts. pub. London Pitman & Sons, Ltd 1935 or. dark blue cl. with gilt lettering 8vo. pp.X.94,36,118,134,120. Five sections, one for each licence category, each section is thumb-indexed and by a different author. Sections are (1) The Rigging Maintenance and Inspection Of Aircraft (2)Inspection Of Aircraft After Overhaul (3)Aero-Engines, Inspection before flight (4)Aero-Engines, Inspection Of During Manufacture, Overhaul, and Test (5)Electrical And Wireless Equipment Of Aircraft, including Magnetos (6)Instruments. Small previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, otherwise very good copy.   Price: $95.00
331. STACKHOUSE JOHN The Longest Hop. Celebrating 50 years of the Qantas Kangaroo Rout. 1947-1997. profusely illus. with plates, old advts. t/out. some full page & col. pub. Syd. Focus Pub. 1997 or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.192. The story of the Sydney to London route since the first constellation flight in December 1947. The romance of the journey in the old days, the glamour of stopovers at hotels like Raffles in Singapore and the challenges of operating the longest regular air route in the world, the advent of the jet age and mass air travel. Very fine.   Price: $40.00       Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
332. STACKHOUSE JOHN From The Dawn Of Aviation. The Qantas Story 1920-1995. illus. with colour and b/w. illustrations throughout, illustrated endpapers. pub. Sydney Focus Publishing 1995 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.224. Published as part of the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Qantas. Qantas took off from the dry, flat plains of central western Queensland in 1920, and rose to the forefront of the international civil aviation industry. Very fine.   Price: $50.00
333. STEPHENS A. -  Going Solo. The Royal Australian Air Force 1946-1971. With number of illus., maps and illus. end-papers; pub. Canberra 1995 1st ed. cr.4to. or. cl. d.w. pp.XVII.524. Includes operations in Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam. fine copy.    Price: $50.00
334. STEPHENSON CLARE and Honor Darling Ed’s.  The WAAAF Book. Written by ex-WAAAFs illus. with frontis. wartime adv for WAAAF and black and white photographs; pub. Sydney Hale & Iremonger Pty Limited 1984 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.286. (Stephenson was Wartime Director of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force) Fine copy.    Price: $35.00
335. 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. Colo nel Billy Bishop, ranked as fourth among the aces of the war. He received every British decoration for valor, including the Victoria Cross and became a pioneer figure in the development of the Canadian Air Force.    Price: $40.00
336. STARK RUDOLF Wings Of War. An Airman's Diary of the Last Year of War. Translated into English by Claud W. Sykes. illus. with frontis. & 11 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. John Hamilton Ltd. 1933 1st ed. or. light blue cl. 8vo. pp.228.34 advts. First World War aviation from a German point of view. ex. Lib. copy, cloth is little sunned and rubbed. Several circular lib, stamps t/out. page 29 closed tear ab. 4cm. very clean inside, scarce in first edition.   Price: $75.00
337. STEINHOFF JOHANNES The Last Chance. The Pilots' Plot Against Goring 1944-1945. Translated from the German by J. A. Underwood. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Hutchinson 1977 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.204. Steinhoff Was One Of WWII Germany's Top Fighter Aces And Was Decorated With The Knights Cross, Oakleaves And Swords. He describes the crumbling Germany and of the defensive campaign against the daylight bombing by the USAAF and the night bombing by the RAF. Where top officials constantly attempt to put the blame on others. In 1945 his Me262 jet crashed on takeoff and he was horribly burned. After he recuperated he became inspector of the Luftwaffe in the postwar German Luftwaffe. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
338. STEWART OLIVER Editor   Aeronautics March 1940 Vol.1 No.6 illus. with advts. photo plates, diagrams, pub. London Aeronautics C. Arthur Pearson 1940 or. wrappers, 4to.. pp.68. 1/- on front wrapper. Contents inc: Triumph of the Interceptor Fighter, High Wing or Low Wing, American Medley, Light Milling Machines, Analysis of the Air War, etc. Insect mark to front wrapper else v/good.   Price: $35.00
339. STEWART OLIVER Editor Aeronautics March 1943 Vol.8 No.2 illus. with advts. photo plates, diagrams, pub. London Aeronautics C. Arthur Pearson 1943 or. wrappers, 4to.. pp.96. 2/- on front wrapper. Closed tear at spine and front wrapper else v/good.   Price: $30.00
340. STEWART OLIVER Editor  Aeronautics June 1949 Vol.21 No.2 illus. with advts. photo plates, diagrams, pub. London Aeronautics C. Arthur Pearson 1949 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.90. 2/6 on front wrapper. Contents inc.: Paris 1949, Thirty Years Over the Atlantic, Flashback, Caterpillar Tracks, Airstrip construction, Patents reviewed, Aerocarriage etc. v/good. Price: $30.00
341. SOUTHERLAND L.W. (Author was officer in No 1 Squadron of Royal Australian Flying Corps). Aces And Kings. "Tales to a lighter side of an exacting service." illus. with frontis. & 22 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robinson 1935 or. beige cloth 12mo. pp.XII. 276. slightly rubbed to top & bottom of spine otherwise good copy.    Price:  $65.00
342. SWANBOROUGH GORDEN Civil Aircraft Of The World. profusely illus.  with text photo plates t/out. pub. Lond. Ian  Allan 1980 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.176. Price:  $20.00
343. SWANBOROUGH  GORDEN & PETER M. BOWERS United  States  Navy Aircraft  Since  1911.  profusely illus.  with text  dgms. plans,  plates  t/out. pub. Lond. Putnam 1976  or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.546. fine.    Price: $100.00
344. SWEETMAN  BILL  and  BILL GUNSTON   Soviet  Air  Power.  An illustrated  encyclopedia  of the Warsaw  Pact  Air  Forces today. profusely illus. with col. plates, dwgs t/out.  pub. Lond. Salamanda 1978 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192.    Price: $25.00
345. TAA Trans-Australia Airlines.   Folder for travel International. One fold with two pockets, one pocket containing two stickers, TAA Packing Guide (one fold) and leaflet (folded) advt. Folder is in dark blue and white/gold. Almost fine condition.     Price: $45.00

      

346. TAA Trans-Australia Airlines. Route Maps and Flight Information. Booklet with pocket. Folding out into a book with maps of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane; Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide; Sydney Melbourne Hobart; Adelaide Perth; Darwin Services; Queensland Services; Papua/New Guinea Services; Rear page pocket (empty) Booklet illus. with col. drawings, maps, & 'Welcome Aboard' info. or. wrappers 4to. pp.10 plus one fold. Folder is in dark blue and white/gold. Np. nd. c. 1961 Booklet is folded in the middle as issued. Fine.   Price: $40.00

      

347. TAA  Trans-Australia Airlines. Route Maps and Flight Information. Booklet with pocket. Folding out into a book with maps of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane; Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide; Sydney Melbourne Hobart; Adelaide Perth; Darwin Services; Queensland Services; Papua/New Guinea Services; Rear page pocket containing: Card, TAA info on travelling, (folding), Rent a car TAA folding, advt. Booklet illus. with col. drawings, maps, & 'Welcome Aboard' info. or. wrappers 4to. pp.10 plus one fold . Folder is in dark blue and white/gold. Np. nd. c. 1961 prices are in pounds and shillings. Booklet is folded in the middle as issued. Fine.   Price: $55.00
348. TAA Trans-Australia Airlines Set 8 Menus. 'Time Flies' Eight reproductions of original posters. illus. with poster on front covers, printed in sepia ink. np. 1981 or. cream card wrappers cr.4to. pp.4 per menu. '300mph, Fly with the Mail, TAA The Friendly Way, TAA Serves the Nation, Travel Across Australia, Rolls-Royce speed, pic. of Captain, Pic of Air Hostess' Slight silverfishing to edge of 'Pic. of Captain' and cover edge, very slight to rear of 'Serves The Nation' otherwise all are fine.   Price: $75.00
349. TAYLOR GEOFF The Nuremberg Massacre. illus. with 14 full page plates t/out. maps, e/paper illus. pub. Melb. Hutchinson 1979 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.176. Account Of The 1944 Controversial RAF Bomber Command Raid on Nuremberg. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
350. TAYLOR JOHN -  William Ransom and Maurice F. Allward. Spitfire: The Book of the Spitfire. profusely illus. with plates throughout, some full page, one folding; pub. Leicester, Harborough, 1946 1st ed. or. red cl. 4to. pp.120 very good condition.    Price: $175.00
351. TAYLOR P.G. Pacific Flight The Story of the Lady Southern Cross. illus. with frontis. & 18 full page plates t/out. pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1935 1st.ed. or. cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIV.262. boards little scuffed otherwise v/good copy d/w. clean, signed by J. Percival.   Price: $250.00        Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
352. TAYLOR  P.G. Forgotten Island. illus. with frontis.  &  18 full page plates t/out. e/paper maps, pub. Syd. Shakespeare Head Press 1948 or. red cl. 8vo. pp.346. very lightly sunned to spine.    Price:$150.00

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353. TAYLOR  (P.)  GORDON The Sky Beyond.  A  famous  aviator's personal story of pioneering aviation 1916 to 1951.  illus. with  12  full page plates t/out. pub. Melb.  1963  1st.ed. or. pictorial cl. 8vo. pp.366. Very good copy.   Price: $100.00
354. TAYLOR  P.G.  Frigate  Bird.  illus.  with  e/paper  maps, frontis.  &  14 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd.  Angus  & Robertson  1953  1st.ed. or. lt.blu. cl.  8vo.  pp.XII.244. fine copy.    Price:$80.00
355. TAYLOR  (P.)  GORDON Bird Of The Islands. The story  of  a Flying  Boat in the South Seas. illus. with e/paper maps  & 23 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Cassell 1964  1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.284.XVIII. v/fine copy.    Price: $60.00
356. TAYLOR  RICHARD  L. Understanding Flying. A commonsense practical approach to the basics of flying. Everything  you need to know to operate an airplane safely. illus. with  53 text illus. t/out. by Paul C. Hayne pub. U.S.A.  Delacorate Press 1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.342.    Price: $20.00

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357. THETFORD OWEN Aircraft Of The Royal Air Force Since  1918. illus.  with  frontis. & numerous b/w. text  plates  t/out. pub. Lond. Putnam 1979 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. thick pp.650.    Price:$90.00
358. THETFORD O.G. Camouflage 1939-42 Aircraft. illus. with 8 full page col. plates t/out. many text plates, pub. Lond. Harborough Pub. Co. 1946 or. col. pict.wps. 8vo. pp.106.  Near fine copy.  Price: $45.00
359. THETFORD O.G. and E.J. RIDING Aircraft Of The 1914-18 War. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page many drawings & plans. pub. Lond. Harborough Pub. Co. 1954 or. cl. d/w. 4to. pp.128. Added, copies of plans loosely inserted.     Price: $95.00
360. THOMAS  GORDON & MAX MORGAN WITTA Ruin From The  Air.  The Atomic  Mission  to  Hiroshima. illus. with  16  full page plates  t/out.  & 4 maps pub. Lond.  Hamish  Hamilton  1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.386. Hiroshima was chosen for the atomic bomb, as it was the military headquarters for the Japanese High Command charged with repulsing the expected American invasion, this account of the bombing is based on interviews, diaries and government documents from both sides. Dustwrapper shows sunning to spine and is price clipped otherwise near fine.   Price: $35.00
361. THOMPSON DOUGLAS M.   Turbulence Over Tyabb, A History of Airports and Aviation in the Shire of Hastings. illus. with numerous b/w. illustrations throughout, index; pub. Douglas M. Thompson, (Tyabb, The Historical Book Committee, 1985) or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.144. Limited numbered signed edition, this being No.327. Chipped d/w. else fine.     Price: $80.00  
        
362. THORPE DONALD W. Japanese Army Air Force Camouflage and Markings World War II.  illus. with  colour Illustrations of camouflage, line Drawings, loosely inserted is a colour chart of JAAF colours. pub. California Aero Press 1968 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.202. Very fine. Price: $120.00

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363. TICKELL JERRARD Ed. by. Wings On My Suitcase. Personal Adventures of Air Hostesses. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. 1958 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.194. Covers some of the Petrov affair, also writing by Mary Higgins Clark. Near fine copy.   Price: $40.00      Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
364. TRACY NORMAN J. (Ed. by) The Air-Log for August 1943. No.7 Australia's Aviation Compend. Magazine. - 9d on front cover. illus. with many text plates t/out. advts. pub. Sydney 1943 or. red/b/w. pictorial wrappers 4to. pp.28. Contents inc. Death of William Ewart Hart Australia's Pioneer Flier, The Slap-happy Jap, Roll of Honour etc. Cup stains to rear wrapper, two small tear marks to front wrapper else v/good. Use of wartime paper has yellowed, but pages 7-22 is on white quality paper.   Price: $45.00
365. TURNBULL CLIVE Wings Of Tomorrow. illus. with drawings by Roderick M. Shaw, plans and photographs. pub. Sydney F.H. Johnston, 1945 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.64. Includes listing of A.N.A. fleet, Route Mileages as at January 1st, 1945, etc. Pages 57-58 removed for censers reasons. The Flying Sailor, The Struggle With The Strait, A New Deal in Aviation, The Line Grows Up, Wings Over New Guinea, History of the Australian National Airways which became Ansett. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise very good.   Price: $75.00
366. ULANOFF STANLEY The Air. Illustrated History Of World War 1 In the Air. Air action portrayal in World War 1 as shown in  over illus. in col. & b/w. many full  page.100  Artists  like Henre  Farre,  Charles  H. Nubbell,  Clyde  Risley,  Howard Chandler Christy etc. pub. N.Y. & Vic. Kookaburra Technical Pub.  1971 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.168.  f/free  e/paper  thin otherwise v/fine.    Price:$40.00

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367. VALENTIN  LEO   Bird  Man.  (Early  Gliding)  illus.   with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Hutchinson 1955 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.128. Story of the French 'Bird Man'. Valentine took parachute-jumping to new standards during his attempts at free flight on wooden wings. Slight shelf wear, otherwise near fine.   Price: $45.00
368. VEITCH MICHAEL  Flak Stories from the men who flew in World World Two. illus. with pub. Sydney Pan MacMillan 2006 or. card wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.288. Very good copy.   Price: $25.00
369. VENN WALTER   Restore To Service. Unit History of 4 Rsu-482 Maintenance Squadron. Unit History of No.4 Repair and Salvage Unit (1942-1944) and No.4 Repair and Servicing Unit (1945-1946) [Royal Australian Air Force]. illus. with black & white photographs and drawings/diagrams maps, appendixes, bibliography, Nominal roll, general index, index of other units, index of aircraft; pub. Sydney Australian Military History Publications 1999 1st. ed. or. pictorial laminated boards cr.4to. pp.148. Very fine.    Price: $55.00
370. VENTRY LORD & Eugene M. Kolesnik Airship Saga. The history of Airships seen through the eyes of the men who designed, built  and  flew them. profusely illus. t/out.  with  photo plates some full page pub. U.K. Blandford 1982 or.cl.  d/w. 4to. pp.192. One of the most accurate accounts of airship history because of its fascinating first-hand recollections of the most distinguished pilots, designers, builders, passengers of the airship era. Covers development & operations in Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany and the US, highlighting the real achievements of the airship. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
371. VICTORIA  Government Of. Air Raid Precautions.  Advice  To Householders.  illus.  with 11 full page dwgs.  of  how  to construct  a shelter & graph. pub. Melb. Authority  of  the Govt. of Victoria nd.1941? or.wps. 8vo. pp.48.   Price: $25.00
372. VIDEON BARRY J. Air Training Corps. The First Fifty Years. profusely illus. with b/w. plates t/out. some full page pub. South Aust. 1991 1st.ed. or. illus. bds. cr.4to. pp.136. History of the Australian school cadet programme to prepare boys for careers in the Air Force. Fine.   Price: $35.00
373. VINCENT DAVID   The RAAF Hudson Story. profusely illus. with b/w. plates t/out. some full page; appendices, casualty lists, POW lists, nominal index, camouflage, markings and artwork; pub. Adelaide by Author 1999 or. illus. laminated boards 4to. pp.424. The main chapters in this volume are Policy and Procurement; Operations Malaya, Sumatra, Java; Operations Maritime Trade Protection; Operations Mediterranean; Australian Hudson Training; Special Transport Flight [and] Survey Flight, with relevant appendices. 'The Lockheed Hudson played a very important part in RAAF operations against the Japs in WW2 - it was the first aircraft to see action against the Japs. Of the 2447 airframes in RAAF service only 10 remained at war's end.' sl. tape marks to past down e/papers else fine.   Price: $100.00
374. VLADIMIROV LEONID The Russian Space Bluff. The inside story of the Soviet drive to the Moon and beyond. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Tom Stacy 1971 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00

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375. W.A.A.F. They Wrote It Themselves. A Book of The W.A.A.F. illus. with col. frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. 1946 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.72.   Price: $40.00

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376. WALL  GEOFFREY   Songs  Of An Airman.  Poems  by  the  late Geoffrey  Wall  Royal Flying Corps. Includes a memoir by L.A. Adamson, Headmaster, Wesley College, Melbourne.  illus.  with  frontis. and (facsimile letter written by Lieut. Wall) 3 pages of music pub. Melb. 1917 1st. ed. or. dark blue cl.  sm.8vo. pp.62. Spine faded otherwise very good.   Price: $40.00

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377. WALL  GEOFFREY   Letters Of An Airman. Letters  by  the  late Geoffrey  Wall  Royal Flying Corps. illus. with frontis. & 11 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Australian Author's Agency 1918 or. purple cl. 12mo. pp.248. Spine little faded otherwise fine.   Price: $55.00         Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
378. WALLACE GORDON "Those Air Force Days'' Being the true story of an enlisted man in the Royal Australian Air force from 1942 to 1946 The everyday life of its airmen, the air war in Darwin and a pre war and post war autobiography. illus. with many b/w. text plates t/out. pub. by author r.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.150. limited to 2000 copies.  Fine copy.  Price: $55.00
379. WALTERS HELEN Wernher Von Braun. Rocket Engineer illus. with 18 b/w. full page plates t/out. pub. N.Y. Collier-Macmillan, 1964 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.188. Dustwrapper shelf wear, prize label to f/free e/paper else a very good copy.   Price: $50.00
380. WARRING R.H.  Control Line Flying.  (Aeromodelling)  illus. with plates. Line drawings t/out. pub. London, Percival Marshall, 1948 or. green cloth boards 12mo. pp.220 gilt lettering shows fading to the backstrip, else very good copy.    Price: $45.00
381. WATANABE RIKYU The Great Book Of World War II  Airplanes. with  over 400 full colour illus. inc. 24 fold  out  panels pub. N.Y. Bonanza 1984 or.cl. d/w. folio VIII.632.XII.v/fine.   Price: $160.00
382. WATERS  J.C. Valiant Youth. The Men Of the R.A.A.F.  illus. with  tipped in col. frontis. plate of painting by  William Dobell, dwgs.   t/out  by  Douglas  Annard   &   official photographs  pub. Syd. E.H. Johnston Pub. Co.  1945  or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.104. fine copy in the slightly chipped d/w. Price: $45.00

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383. WATSON Wing Commander John and Louis Jones 3 Squadron At War illus. with pictorial endpapers & 16 full page plates t/out. pub. Sydney, D.A.F. (Desert Air Force), 3 Squadron Association, 1959 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVIII.244. Very good copy.   Price: $550.00     (See picture-press      )  
384. WEATE MARK Bill Newton V.C. The short life of a RAAF hero. illus. with text plates, maps t/out. record of service, bibliography, index of people, general index; pub. N.S.W. Military History Pub. 1999 or. laminated pictorial boards cr.4to. pp.XII.98. Fine.   Price: $40.00

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385. WHELAN  RUSSELL   The  Flying Tigers.  The  story  of  the American Volunteer Group in China. illus. with e/paper maps &  8  full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus  &  Robertson 1944 First Australian Edition or. orange cl. 8vo. pp.216. "In a little more than 6 months, some 70 American fliers with at no time more than 55 planes shot down 286 Japanese planes officially recorded, with at least that many more downed but not credited for lack of witnesses. 1500 Japanese fliers lost their lives." Slightly faded to spine otherwise very good copy.   Price: $35.00
386. WHISHAW DAVID That Airman! Last of the Seven. illus. with many photo plates, maps and charts, illustrated endpapers; pub. Tasmania Sandy Bay Libra 1997 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. royal 8vo. pp.142. Memoirs of war service with 455 Squadron, R.A.A.F. The author was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during World War Two. Near fine copy.   Price: $50.00
387. WHITE T. W.  Guests Of The Unspeakable. The Odyssey of an Australian Airman. Being a Record of Captivity and Escape in Turkey. illus. with 18 pages of plates, 9 full page plates, folding colour map; pub. London John Hamilton, 1928 Second Printing or. black cl. gilt titles on spine and front board, 8vo. pp.320. The Author was a amongst Australia's first batch of four airmen in 1914. Captured along with his observer, Capt. Yeats-Brown, while on a flight over Mesopotamia on Friday, November 13, 1915. First by the Arabs then Turks, after several escape attempts and disguises finally reached Odessa then under Bolshevik control prior to the Russian revolution. White was one of the first four men in Australia to be trained as a pilot with the Australian Flying Corps, and he tells of his experiences before capture. Downed over Palestine on a daring sabotage mission, he and his companions were marched 100s of miles to a primitive prison camp in the middle of Turkey. Feigning illmess he had himself sent to a military hospital in Constantinople and managed to escape. Rebacked, new e/papers a very good copy.   Price: $250.00
388. WHITE  T.W. Sky Saga. A story of Empire  Airmen.  (Verse). pub. Melb. Hutchinson & Co. 1944 wrappers sm.8vo. pp.94.   Price: $25.00

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389. WIGLEY  HARRY  Ski-Plane  Adventure. Flying  in  the  New Zealand  Alps.  with e/paper illus. & 16 full  page  plates t/out. pub. Wellington & Syd. Reed 1965 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.222.   Price: $35.00
390. WILKINS G.H.   Flying the Arctic. illus. with frontis. & 30 full-page plates and illus. end-papers title-vign., pub. New York G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928 1st ed. 8vo. or. brown cl. pp.XVI.336 fine copy.    Price: $95.00
391. WILKINS G.H. Flying the Arctic.. illus. with frontis. & 14 full-page plates and blue and white illustrated endpapers, title-vign., pub. New York Grosset & Dunlap 1929 3^rd. ed. 8vo. or. blue cl. pp.XIV.336 Light edgewear, else very good copy.   Price: $65.00
392. WILLIAMS GEOFFREY Flying Backwards. Memoirs of a Rear Gunner 1943 - 1944 - the Geoffrey Williams Story. illus. with text plates; pub. Sydney Loftus Australia: Publishing Services, 2001 1st.ed. or. laminated pictorial boards pp.106. Signed by Author. author flew as a rear gunner in a Lancaster in 514 squadron. Includes a names index. Fine.   Price: $55.00
393. WILLIAMSON  CATHY  Falling Free. Describes  some  of  the thrills  and  satisfactions of sports  parachuting.  Author came  to Australia in 1954 and entered  sports  parachuting with the South Australian Sports Parachuting Club in  1961. After schooling in Australia, she was chosen and  captained the   woman's  team  at the  Seventh   World   Parachuting Championships  illus. with 12 full page plates t/out.  pub. Lond.  Robert  Hale 1965 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  8vo.  pp.192. Slight shelf wear, otherwise fine.   Price: $40.00
394. WINCHESTER  CLARENCE Ed. by. Wonders Of World  Aviation.  2 vols. Flying in all its aspects, Modern Civil and  Military Aircraft,   Aero   Engines  and  their   Maintenance,   Light Aeroplanes, Learning to Fly, Modern Soaring Flight, Service Flying,  The R.A.F. Air Photography, World Airways,  Heroes and Pioneers of the Air, Airships, Model Planes.  profusely illus.  with plates t/out. some full page col. &  fold-out, (16  col. & over 1200 plates) pub. Lond. The Waverley  Book Co. nd.1935-9? or.lt.blu.cl. 4to. pp.Vol.I.560, Vol.II.522. fine set.   Price: $200.00
395. WINGS.  Official  Magazine Of The  RAAF  Vol.1 No.1  illus. with dwgs., plates, advts. t/out.  some full page pub. Melb. Directorate of Public Relations  for personnel of the RAAF WAAAF ATC and VAOC. nd. 1943 or. stapled wrappers  cr.4to.  pp.32.  Fine.   Price: $25.00
396. WINGS  Official  Magazine Of The  RAAF  Incorporating  Air Force  News. illus. with dwgs., plates, advts. t/out.  some full page pub. Melb. Directorate of Public Relations  RAAF Barracks  Vol. 3 No.1 April 1944 to Vol.3 No.13  1944  (13 issues)  bound together,  or. red cl.  4to.  pp.approx.32.  per issue. (an unbroken run), Fine.   Price: $185.00 

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397. WINTER VINCENT ADAMS Noble Six Hundred. The Story of the Empire Air Training Scheme. With special reference to the 647 Australians who trained in Southern Rhodesia. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. e/paper maps, pub. by author 1982 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.324. Fine in the slightly worn d/w.   Price: $45.00

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398. WITCOMB NAN Up Here and Down There. Representing over fifty years of air hosting. illus. with text plates, pub. by author or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.X.342.  Price: $40.00
399. WORTLEY ROTHESAY STUART Letters From A Flying Officer. (Author was assigned to Bristol Fighter Squadron 1917) illus. with frontis. pub. Lond. Oxford Uni. Press 1928 or. black and red cloth (red cloth to spine) cr.8vo. pp.X.208. fine copy.    $85.00
400. WRIGHT Capt. BAILEY & REX MARTIN Flight. Construction and Maintenance. A General Survey of Fundamentals of Aviation. illus. with frontis. of Vultee Valiant 54, halftones & drawings of instrument panel, airliner interior, TWA Stratoliner cockpit, airplane repairs, rigging, construction etc. some full page, e/paper illus. pub. U.S.A. American Technical Society 1943 or. silver & lt.blu. bds. 8vo. pp.260. Inscription to f/free e/paper, else very good copy.   Price: $45.00
401. XAUDARO J.  The Perils Of Flight illus. with 48 colour cartoon illustrations of humorous flight situations, all full page; pub. New York, Mayflower 1979 facsimile; or. laminated pictorial boards 4to. pp.48. The world's first collection of aviation cartoons, drawn by an established French cartoonist. Every full-page colour drawing is a masterpiece in its own right, with examples of early aviation humour coupled with early 20th Century French art. originally published in France in 1911, the colour of the "satire" side of flying.. everything from a broom to a horse. Fine.   Price: $35.00
402. YEAGER General CHUCK and LEO JANOS Yeager, An Autobiography. illus. with 24 full page plates t/out.  pub. Melb. Hutchinson 1986 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.342. World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang. The pioneering aviator who first broke the sound barrier in 1947 recounts his career as a fighter pilot and test pilot, in a memoir enriched by the reminiscences of his wife and colleagues. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
403. ZIFF WILLIAM B. (Ed.)   Flying December 1944 Volume 35 Number 4. illus. with photo plates, drawings, advts. diagrams, one folding; some in col. pub. Chicago 1944 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.166. Contents inc.: National Policy, Military (Pappy's Blacksheep, 12 minutes of Hell, Oxygen Sense, Requiem for the WASP) Private Flying, Engineering, Reports, letters, etc. Articles on Pacific theatre and front line aviation. Lacks small piece to spine else v/good.   Price: $35.00
404. ZIFF WILLIAM B. (Ed.) Flying January 1945 Volume 36 Number 1. illus. with photo plates, drawings, advts. diagrams, one folding; some in col. pub. Chicago Ziff-Davis Pub. 1945 or. wrappers, 4to. pp.166. Contents inc.: Civil Avation, (Cost planning the light plane, Light plane engine problems), Military (The Sergent Flies his Jeep) India in the Air, Hellcats over France, Post –war, Engineering, Reports, letters, etc. Articles on Boeing Flying Fortress (fold-out cut away view, and photos) and front line aviation. v/good. Price: $35.00

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