Edward Wixted (27 results)

Octavo, black boards (hardcover), x + 176 + xx pp photographs. Bookplate; otherwise, Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Last Flight of Bert Hinkler, by Edward P. Wixted, is a gripping true-life adventure story about one of the heroes of the early days of aviation. A leading pilot of the British Empire the days whe…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH INSCRIPTION Minimal wear to book & unclipped dust jacket, owner's small sticker bottom of pastedown. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day. NB: Due to the idiocy of Brexit, parcels sent to the EU may incur customs…

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Edition. Moderate wear to boards. Inscribed by author to a Foreign Affairs department. An institutional library stamp to title page with an impression on facing page. Another one to the rear fep. Otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 216…

Ownership signature of NZ aviation author Ian Mackersey, first edition, Quarto hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book…

Condition: Good. V. Good. Brisbane: E.P. Wixted, 1996. 305 pages includes index. An illustrated Chronology. All proceeds from this book went to assist the search for Smithy. Dust jacket is bright and clean as is the black paper on boards binding. All four corners of this book however have been bumped. No former owner's name. Tex…

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs…

1st edition pictorial boards Nice Copy folio viii + 216pp., b/w plates, maps, bibliog., index, Some Men, Women & Flying Machines seen in NW Australia in the Pioneering period. Covers each of the major aircraft flights between 1919 and 1934. Provides a permanent place in history to the many efforts that have been overlooked previ…

1st edition pictorial boards Nice Copy folio viii + 216pp., b/w plates, maps, bibliog., index, Some Men, Women & Flying Machines seen in NW Australia in the Pioneering period. Covers each of the major aircraft flights between 1919 and 1934. Provides a permanent place in history to the many efforts that have been overlooked previ…

1st edition pictorial boards As New folio viii + 216pp., b/w plates, maps, bibliog., index, Some Men, Women & Flying Machines seen in NW Australia in the Pioneering period. Covers each of the major aircraft flights between 1919 and 1934. Provides a permanent place in history to the many efforts that have been overlooked previous…

1st edition pictorial boards Nice Copy folio viii + 216pp., b/w plates, maps, bibliog., index, Some Men, Women & Flying Machines seen in NW Australia in the Pioneering period. Covers each of the major aircraft flights between 1919 and 1934. Provides a permanent place in history to the many efforts that have been overlooked previ…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, Not ex-library. Jacket scuffed to all edges and with a few small nicks, along with some general discolouring and marking. Black cloth boards slightly scuffed to lower edges and with lower corners bumped. Spine bumped to head and tail. Slight spotting to upper face of page b…