Search Results: Aviation from Adelaide Booksellers

New York: Skyhorse Publishing. 2012. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour photographs and drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Unpaginated. . Revised and Updated Edition. Softcover.

Adelaide: Rigby Limited. 1968. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps to endpapers. 196 pages. Ray Parer made the first single-engined flight from England to Australia in 1920 but this was only one of his adventures - World War One pilot, gold-miner, charter pilot in New Guinea, pearl fisher, sailor etc. A fascinating look at a modern adventurer. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Hutchinson. 1955. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is mildly age-toned at spine. Previous owner's details to front free end paper including a colour photograph of Greif Fixed Wing parachute and the notation 'very scarce parachute'. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Translated from the French by Mervyn Savill. 127pages. Story of the famous parachutist who tried them all! Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1992. Square Small Quarto Size [approx 22x22cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 66 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. 1996. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 96 pages. Part of the Enthusiast Color Series. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

London: Collins. 1982. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Good+ Dustjacket. DJ has a lightly sunned spine and some light edgewear - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Black & white illustrations. Remainder mark to base. 350 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited. 1963. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 24 pages. Contents include TSR-2; SAFE.. Between the Islands; Olympus Meets The Power Peak; The Halford Laboratory; High Point; In Brief; and The Pilot's Third Hand. . 1st thus. Softcover.

London: Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited. 1961. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 25 pages. Contents include 83 Squadron; New Diesel Locomotives for British Railways; High Speed Calculation; UK-Australia.. Non-Stop; Hawker P1127; Cars Across The Channel; Mach 5 and Beyond; and Pegasus. . 1st thus. Softcover.

London: Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited. 1965. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour & Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 28 pages. Contents include 1965 Concorde Survey; In Brief; Rocket Engines for Satellite Launchers; Time-Saving by HS 125; New Vipers.. More HS 125's; Olympus: Power Unit for Large Ships; Photo Spread; Arrows in the Air. . 1st thus. Softcover.

London: Bristol Siddeley Engines Limited. 1963. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Colour illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 26 pages. Contents include The Navy's Buccaneer; Airborne Auxiliary Powerplants; Blue Steel; P 1127 Trials on Ark Royal; The Production of Gas; Jet Flap; and V/STOL Engine Test Bed. . 1st thus. Softcover.

London: Jane's Publishing Company. 1980. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 191 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

St Lucia: University of Queensland Press. 1992. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. xv, 215 pages. Looks at Australian heroes of the air. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Softcover.

London: S.W. Partridge. 1934. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good condition. No dustjacket. Some mild danaged to rear board [cosmetic]. Colour frontispiece 246 pages. The Great Adventure Series. First published in 1932. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. 1993. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Part of the Smithsonian History of Aviation Series. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 309 pages. Tells the story of pilots and aircrews who lifted off carriers in pursuit of the enemy and also the ships they left behind. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: Published by Author. 1981. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Maps to endpapers. Some age-toning to page edges. Scarce title. Signed by the author on the title page. 127 pages.. Catalina's were used extensively in World War 2 by the RAAF and the Catalina was to Australia what the Spitfire was to England. The Catalina's wartime exploits were the stuff legends are made from, including finding the German ship Bismarck in the mid-Atlantic, and of course, the Coral Sea Battle. Catalina's were also involved in long range bombing missions, fighter strikes, mine laying, and air-sea rescue. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 2nd Printing. Hardback.

Melbourne: Hyland House. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good+ condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 130 pages. Tells of the struggle to get TAA "off the ground", of the men [all ex-servicemen] who joined it, of the hostility of many Australians to these men and the very idea of a nationalised airline. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: C J Publications. 1978. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 176pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Fladbury, UK: Sandcastle Books. 2008. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 208 pages. Contents: Introduction; Airbus; ATR; Boeing; Bormbardier; Cessna; Embraer; SAAB; Virgin Galatic. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Simon & Schuster. 1999. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 274 pages. The adventures of the cowboy who conquered Britian's skies. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Arms and Armour Press. 1990. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in a Very Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 128 pages.. . 1st Edition. Hardback.