AVIATION & AERONAUTICS

Wragg, David W.

(Book #ID 49427)

Published by Osprey Publishing, Botley, Oxford First Edition 1974. London 1974.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original russet paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto. 10½'' x 8¼''. ISBN 0850451655. Contains 192 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Without any ownership markings. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow rubs to the spine tip and upper corners, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Weeks, John

(Book #ID 22945)

Published by David & Charles Ltd., Brunel House, Newton Abbot, Devon First Edition 1976. 1976.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9" x 5½" 192 pages. ISBN 0715371177. Monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, flawless, as new. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715371177

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Walker, Mike

(Book #ID 44217)

Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester First Edition 2003. Chichester 2003.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 0470851406. Contains xvi, 287 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Unused new book. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Weeks, John

(Book #ID 97754)

Published by David & Charles Ltd., Brunel House, Newton Abbot, Devon First Edition 1976. 1976.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9" x 5½" 192 pages. ISBN 0715371177. Monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with minor rubbing to the tips. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715371177

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Wainwright, Jean [Richard Wilson]

(Book #ID 97825)

Published by Futurecity Ltd., 57 Clerkenwell Road, London, First Edition 2014. 2014.

First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. 4to. 11'' x 9''. Contains 80 printed pages with colour plates, photographs and illustrations throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9780992893804

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Wragg, David W.

(Book #ID 55159)

Published by Osprey Publishing Ltd., Reading, Berkshire First Edition 1971. Berkshire 1971.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. ISBN 850450381. Contains [ix] 231 printed pages of text with 70 monochrome photographic plates to the centre, pink to the top edges. Fine condition book, in near Fine condition photographic illustrated dust wrapper with just a little wear to the edges, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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W. Averell Harriman (Department of Commerce) T. P. Wright (Administrator, Civil Aeronautics Administration)

(Book #ID 95176)

Published by U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C. January 1948 + August 1951. 1948 - 1951.

Flexible binding in publisher's original dark green Rexine covers, green title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, rounded corners. 8vo. 8'' x 5''. Contains [vii] 588 printed pages of text. In Fine condition, accompanied by 35 page white stapled Revisions and Supplements (August 1951). Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Whitehouse, Archibald

(Book #ID 76343)

Published by John Hamilton Ltd., 32 Bloomsbury Street, London First Edition 1936. London 1936.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original red paper covered boards, black title, author lettering and sundial to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 222 printed pages of text with 4 monochrome illustrations. Spine ends scuffed, foxing to the closed page edges and in near Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Wohl, Robert

(Book #ID 78733)

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, USA First Edition 2005. USA 2005.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original chalk blue paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine, pale blue end papers. 4to 10½'' x 9''. Contains 364 printed pages of text with monochrome and colour illustrations and monochrome photographs throughout. Fine clean unopened condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with light rubs and creases to the cover edges, small chips from the spine ends. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0300106920

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Wragg, David W.

(Book #ID 115121)

Published by Robert Hale Ltd., Clerkenwell House, Clerkenwell Green, London First Edition 1983. 1983.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth effect covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 283 pp with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Walsh, Barbara [Arthur Charles Hubert Latham (10 January 1883 - 25 June 1912) was a French aviation pioneer]

(Book #ID 111849)

Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd., The Mill, Brimscombe Port, Stroud, Gloucestershire First Edition 2007. 2007.

First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Latham was the first person to attempt to cross the English Channel in an aeroplane. Due to engine failure during his first of two attempts to cross the Channel, he became the first person to land an aeroplane on a body of water. In August 1909 at the Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne he set the world altitude record of 155 metres (509 ft) in his Antoinette IV. In April 1910 he set the official World Airspeed Record of 48.186 miles per hour in his Antoinette VII. Contains 256 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Donation copy directly from the publisher to Kent Arts Archive Library, Canterbury, Kent. This has been stored in the trust's archive and has not been circulated as a lending book with labels neatly removed from the half-title page, else in Very Good bright condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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