Search Results: Aviation from Adelaide Booksellers

New York: Ridge Press. 1970. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 251pages. . 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. 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. 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. 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.

Melbourne: The Herald & Weekly Times Ltd.. [1969]. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Some minor age-toning to the interior. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and drawings. 65 pages. Published to celebrate the landing on the Moon. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.

New York: Collins Design. 2007. Quarto Size [approx 21x26cm]. A Near Fine copy. As new condition. No dustjacket [as issued] but has wrap-around. Padded boards. Foreword by John Travolta. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 143 pages. Inside fifty [50] history making aircraft. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Cassell & Company Ltd. 1957. Octavo Size [approx 14x23cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine a little age-toned. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 114 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: A & C Black. 1926. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good condition. No dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Map to front endpaper. Presentation plate to prelims. Light foxing to endpapers & Some flecking to front cover. Foreword by The Rt. Hon. S.M. Bruce [Prime Minister of Australia]. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 124 pages. On 30 June 1926, Cobham set off on a flight from Britain (from the River Medway) to Australia, where 60,000 people swarmed across the grassy fields of Essendon Airport [Melbourne], when he landed his de Havilland DH.50 floatplane (it had been converted to a wheeled undercarriage earlier, at Darwin). During the flight to Australia, Cobham's engineer of the D.H.50 aircraft, Arthur B. Elliot, was shot and killed after they left Baghdad on 5 July 1926. The return flight was undertaken over the same route. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Brisbane: Published by Author. 2006. Octavo Size [approx 15x21cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Unpaginated. . 1st Edition (Presumed). Softcover.

London: Cassell. 1959. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Good+ Dustjacket. Dustjacket has some small loss to edges and is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. 421 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman Press. 1977. 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 lightly chipped at edges with a crease to the front flap. Previous owner's neat ownership stamp to half-title page. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 316 pages. The story of the 1972 highjacking of Southern Airways Flight 49 which led to improvements in domestic flight security and Cuba ceasing to provide refuge for highjackers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Macmillan. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 449 pages. A suspense novel based on unexpected crashing of a brand new jet airplane and the impact on individuals and the aviation industry of the subsequent investigations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. 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.

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.

London: Cassell & Co.. 1954. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good condition in Good dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ edgeworn. Gift inscription to front pastedown. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 117 pages.. . 5th Edition. Hardback.

London: Cassell & Company Ltd. 1956. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket. DJ has some relatively minor edgewear and small loss - now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 278 pages. The story of the test pilot who flew the American research plane, the Skyrocket, at over 1250 miles per hour. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Lord Howe Island, NSW: Published by Author. 2009. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 127 pages. . Reprint. Softcover.

New York: Henry Holt & Company. 2014. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 353 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Bison Books Ltd.. 1990. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 159 pages. The black sheep of the aviation industry. They were selcted on the basis of their having utterly failed at their intended role, or havng been built for utterly ill-conceived task. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.