World Aviation (54 results)

Hard Cover/No Jacket. Condition: Near Poor. pp.320 with the Chronology of Case clean tight copy except for both front and back endpapers scribbled on in pencil by a child with former owner name - second page in spine broken but all pages intact same back cover - red cloth covers with black writiing shows slight soiling with slig…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Photographs; This is an oversized paperback. The item is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The magazine and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is one small but noticeable bump to the bottom spine end of the magazine. The te…

Soft Back. Condition: VG. 1st Edition Thus. VG P/b.1st ed.thus.This new edition is completely updated to Include 40 or more significant types. [ basics recognition / jets / twin propellers / biplanes amphibians / helicopters etc ] Gloss ; Silograph proficiency test , index 560pp.[ oblong laminated book, tight bindings , no inscs…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Black Boards with gilt titles to spine, 250 x 180 mm approx. 374 pp Illustrated with b/w photos, maps, profiles of aircraft, line figs and with tables of statistical information, orders of battle etc. First Edition 1st printing 2007. As New/ Near Fine (…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear and free from any notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradle…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear and free from any notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradle…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear and free from any notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradle…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear and free from any notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradle…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear and free from any notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradle…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear, vertical fold line as originally presented but free from any other notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bric…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear, vertical fold line as originally presented but free from any other notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bric…

8vo. xi, [1], 196 pp. Blue cloth, red lettering (minor shelfwear, very minor rubbing to spine), w/ d.j. (minor chipping head & foot of spine, couple closed tears, edgewear), VG/G- copy. First edition, first printing, stated, of this early work emphasizing the value of air power, and bombing, as the decisive factor during World W…

8vo. [8], 236 pp. With photo illustrations. Blue publisher's cloth, gilt lettering on spine (minor age toning, edgewear), w/ d.j. cover art by Ilse Koehn (1 very small closed tear, slight age toning & edgewear, price-clipped), still VG/VG copy. First American edition, stated, of this rousing biography of RAF Commander Harry Melv…

4to. 192 pp. Over 250 colour illustrations, numerous photo illustrations, photo-illustrated endpapers. Colour-illustrated boards, w/ d.j. F/F copy. First edition of this invaluable reference to the military aircraft and their detailed artwork markings during World War I, arranged chronologically, including separate chapters on t…

8vo. xi, [3], 152 pp., plus 24 pp. of photo illustrations. Black publisher's cloth, gray lettering on spine (minor dustsoiling, shelfwear), w/ d.j. aerial photo bombing cover art (minor tear to upper fore-edge front cover, minor chipping head & foot of spine), still a VG/G copy, w/ publisher's advance review slip laid-in. First…

Two vols. 324; 127, [1] pp. 1st vol. with silhouettes of Japanese planes, text photos, diagrams, photo plates, 3 large folding plates, maps on endpapers, illustrated ads, 2 large folding tables. Uniformly bound in red cloth, gilt lettering front & back covers, spines, NF set. First edition in English of first vol., fourth editio…

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original strawberry cloth covers, light blue title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 320 printed pages of text. Foxing to the page edges and end papers. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tear and related…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (viii), 272 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £25.00. SIGNED by the author to the…

Hardback. Second Edition. This lovely hardback 1911 second edition of The Aviation World Whos Who and Industrial Directory is bound in blue cloth with gold gilt lettering to the cover Inside one finds 320 pages of text containing contemporary advertisements a list of Whos Who in the aviation world with accompanying black and whi…

8vo. xviii, [2], 158, [2] pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates. Burgudy-coloured publisher's cloth, white lettering front cover & spine (minor chipping & rubbing to lettering, slight bowing to covers, light shelfwear), still VG copy, w/ former ownership markings at gutter margin, and bookseller's stamp on front pastedown.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains 168 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Small ink name to the front free end paper. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper w…

Condition: Fine. First soft back edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. 4to. 9¼'' x 10¼''. Contains 96 printed pages of text with stunning monochrome and full-page colour illustrations throughout. One small mark to the fore edge and in Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original moss green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5¼''. Contains (viii), 216 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by both authors to the t…

4to. [44 pp (unpaginated).], title in blue & black, photo illustrations throughout, double-page colour photo centerfold. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of Army Air Force trainers on the field (minor edgewear, creasing), still VG copy. First edition of this scarce souvenir book for the 44-E training squadrons at Gardner…

Two vols. 8vo. xvii, [5], 440; xxiii, [1], 245, [1] pp. Frontisp. in 2nd vol., with photo illustrations throughout. 1st vol. w/ blue boards, black lettering & 2nd w/ half-beige cloth over Army green, metallic green lettering, both with d.j.'s, NF/NF set. First edition, 1st printing, of both volumes detailing the careers, persona…

Thick 4to. 736 pp. Photo frontispiece, 100s of photo illusts., maps, diagrams. Blue cloth, silver lettering (minor shelfwear, w/o endpapers) still G copy. First edition of this famed illustrated monograph on German aviation history from before World War I until 1932. The author provides an expansive and excellent history of the…