Captain Spooner (12 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. Previous owner's ink inscription. There is a tea like stain in the lower margin of the first 32 pages. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG. First Edition. Biography of a distinguished pilot in war and peace. Well illustrated with black and white photos and occasional maps. Very light wear to book, Purnell Service Centre Library Copy stamp on front endpaper. Jacket edgeworn with several tears. 272 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book.

Magazine. Condition: Good+. 4to softback; 'Editor's Cockpit' by W E Johns; article 'Wings over Egypt'; a feature on What Middle East Operators Need; the staples have been removed, but otherwise a decent copy; G+; attractive Black & White Scotch whiskey advert on rear cover (colour) ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Publication of 272 pages. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, small tears and edge worn. The boards are in good condition. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 272pp, photos. Maltese contribution to the sinking of Axis shipping in the Mediterranean. Light wear. 900g.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Engraved By Swain (illustrator). An original portrait. Mounted and ready to frame. This is an excellent opportunity to puchase a decorative, unusual and attractive portrait.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Excellent RAF memoir of a fascinating career; Brooklands to 2WW Malta and anti-submarine missions. pp272, illus. Dedication. DW in archival sleeve; some wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Original staple-bound colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. pp497-552 with b/w photos and adverts throughout. Staples disintegrated with sections coming loose with some rust residue, otherwise very good. The cover artwork celebrates the arrival of the First "Southampton" Flying boat Cruise at Aboukir in 1926. This opens with W.E. Johns' editorial. Dedicated to the Middle East, articles address Geoffrey Mahoney (ex-Egypt Air precursor Misr-Airwork)'s journey accompanying Talaat Harb Pasha on his pilgrimage to Mecca aboard a De Havilland Dragon. Mahoney disembarked at Jeddah and describes his impressions. Private flying by Kamal Bey Eloui, MD of Misr-Airwork. Wings over Egypt - A Brief History of Aviation in the Middle East, Commercial aviation in Egypt, Palestine and the Sudan by Capt H. Spooner. Civil aviation in Palestine. "A grim day off Gwadur" where Ft. Lt. R. Linton describes his difficulties landing a RAF flying boat off this Omani exclave. Also a biography of Major Mick Mannock, news briefs, a 2-page spread of airmail covers, and other related content. The photos feature stunning aerial and on the ground views across Egypt and Arabia.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 156pp, the commission of HMS Dragon on the American and West Indies Station, 1930-32, illus, bright spine and boards with bright gilt emblem and titles, all in very good condition.

1st edition dust jacket Fine octavo 176pp., frontis., b/w pls., appends., index, The whole history of British flying achievement compressed into the space of one man's experience.

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback A 1965 First Edition Copy complete with an unclipped dust jacket in very good condition Underneath lie grey cloth boards with light fading to the spine and a blemish to the front The pages are clean although the author or possibly someone else has fixed photographs and images of the pilots and aircraft from the authors life to the front free endpapers and very occasionally throughout There is also the odd pencil notation to the margins of the text pp 272 The whole inspiring story of British flying achievement compressed into the space of one mans experience A fascinating copynbsp. book.