Duggan, John - Airships in the Arctic
Publisher: Zeppelin Study Group, Ickenham, 2006.
Large format hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, vi + 302 pages, in Very Good+ condition.
A large, well illustrated book. Mainly non-philatelic but with much useful background history for postal historians.

£36.00

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Deighton, Len and Schwartzman, Arnold - Airshipwreck
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 72 pages, with promotional postcard loosely inserted, dustwrapper price-clipped, mild shelfwear else in VG condition.
A history of airship disasters, profusely illustrated with photographs. With the surprisingly elusive promotional postcard still present. [Non-philatelic].

£15.00

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Ruoss, Hugo - 100 Jahre Luftfahrt in der Schweiz
Die ersten Flugmeetings und die ersten Fluggesellschaften
Publisher: Fritz Kirchhofer, 2012.
Paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 231 pages, text in German, a couple of the tiniest corner creases to the covers else in Very Good condition.
A fine work on the history of the early days of Swiss flight. Beautifully produced, with superb quality colour illustrations throughout. Not strictly philatelic, but with much of aero-philatelic interest including many flown covers illustrated in colour.

£20.00

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- La TRAPAS 1946-1951
Publisher: Icare, 2000.
Large format, paperback, illustrated, 123 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.
Icare No. 175. Well illustrated in colour. [Non-philatelic].

£15.00

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Newberry, Peter - The Vectis Connection
Pioneering Isle of Wight Air Services
Publisher: Waterfront, Settle, 2000.
First edition, large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 128 pages + xvi colour plates, in VG condition.
Very well illustrated, detailed history. [Non-philatelic].

£8.50

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Deroche, Gilles - L'Aviation dans les Ardennes
Publisher: Terres Ardennaises, 1987.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 56 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.
Well illustrated history of aviation in the region. [Non-philatelic].

£8.50

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Duggan, John - The Siemens-Schuckert Airship
Publisher: Zeppelin Study Group, Ickenham, 2002.
Paperback, illustrated, ii + 39 pages, short tear to front cover at top of spine, in Good condtion.
Handbook No.3 in the Zeppelin Study Group's (non-philatelic) Lighter-than-Air History series. A detailed history of this pioneer airship.

£8.50

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Herszberg, Catherine and Proenza, Anne - Mermoz
Publisher: Le Cherche Midi, Paris, 2001.
First edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 141 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.
The life of the famous French aviator. Extremely well illustrated throughout. [Non-philatelic].

£15.00

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Heimermann, Benoît and Margot, Olivier - L'Aéropostale
La Fabuleuse Épopée de Mermoz, Saint-Exupéry, Guillaumet
Publisher: Arthaud, Paris, 2003.
First edition, large hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 199 pages, text in French, in Very Good condition.
A marvellous evocation of the pioneering days of French airmail flights. Beautifully illustrated throughout, including several colour illustrations of flown covers. [Non-philatelic].

£30.00

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Kurc, Alain and Le Cercle des Cartophiles du Loiret - Les Pionniers de l'Aviation dans le Loiret
1908-1914
Publisher: Le Cercle des Cartophiles du Loiret, 2004.
Large format (A4) paperback, illustrated, 216 pages, text in French, very slight shelfwear to the covers else in Very Good condition.
A superb history of pre-WW1 aviation in the Loiret department of France. Very well illustrated with postcards. [Non-philatelic].

£25.00

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Gunn, John - The Defeat of Distance
Qantas 1919-1939
Publisher: University of Queensland Press, 1985.
First edition, hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, xvi + 400 pages, slight signs of wear else in Very Good condition.
The first volume of this definitive history of the world's second oldest airline. [Non-philatelic]

£22.00

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Vaabengaard, Mette - Everything but Giraffes
The untold story of SAS Cargo
Publisher: Freddy Stenboms Förlag, Stockholm, 2004.
Hardback, dustwrapper, illustrated, 237 pages, text in English, in Very Good condition.
A comprehensive history of the Scandinavian air-freight company. Well illustrated. [Non-philatelic]

£20.00

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Wixted, Edward P. - The North-West Aerial Frontier 1919-1934
Some men, women and flying machines seen in north-west Australia in the pioneering period: international flights, round-Australia flights, and the completion of the Darwin air link to the eastern States
Publisher: Boolarong Publications, 1985.
Large hardback, illustrated, 216 pages, slightest hint of spine-lean else in Very Good condition.
A history of each of the major flights in the north-west region of Australia between 1919 and 1934. Very well illustrated. Non-philatelic but very useful to collectors of Australian flight covers. Scarce.

£30.00

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Fysh, W. Hudson - Australia in Empire Air Transport
Publisher: The Royal Aeronautical Society, London, no date (circa 1946).
Paperback, illustrated, 52 pages, ex libris Qantas Research Library with inkstamp to front cover and first page, covers previously detached and repaired with tape, short tear to front cover near top of spine, rear cover creased, in Fair to Good condition.
The text of a talk given by W. Hudson Fysh, Managing Director of Qantas, in 1945. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps. Rare. [Non-philatelic]

£30.00

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Hocking, D.M. and Haddon-Cave, C.P. - Air Transport in Australia
Publisher: Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1951.
First edition, hardback, original black cloth, dustwrapper, xvi + 188 pages, very slight hint of spine-lean, dustwrapper chipped at edges and with a few very short tears, pages lightly toned, in Good condition.
A ccomprehensive survey of the development of public air transport in Australia from 1918. Non-philatelic, but with much important background history for the aero-philatelist. Very scarce.

£30.00

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Jackson, A.J. - British Civil Aircraft since 1919
Publisher: Putnam, London, 1973-74.
Complete set in 3 volumes, second (revised) edition, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, dustwrappers, illustrated, 567 + 560 + 636 pages, two dustwrappers price-clipped, light signs of wear, else in VG condition.
The definitive history of British aircraft. Profusely illustrated. [Non-philatelic]

£60.00

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Penrose, Harald - British Aviation
The Adventuring Years 1920-1929
Publisher: Putnam, London, 1973.
First edition, hardback, original blue cloth gilt, illustrated, 727 pages, dustwrapper price-clipped, light signs of use, else in Very Good condition.
A nice copy of this important history of British aviation in the 1920s. [Non-philatelic]

£35.00

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Thomas, Don - Nostalgia Northamericana
Artistic Publicity of the Early Airlines
Publisher: privately published, Florida, 1990.
First edition, large paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 64 pages, light shelfwear else in Very Good condition.
"Colorful publicity of the trunk airlines of the U.S. and their ancestors." Colour illustrations of rare early timetables, brochures, etc. from the author's collection.

£15.00

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Thomas, Don - Nostalgia Panamericana
Selling Romance in Color
Publisher: privately published, Florida, 1987.
First edition, large paperback (pictorial card covers), illustrated, 62 pages, tiny knock near top of spine else in Very Good condition.
"A look at the flying boats and other early aircraft of Pan American Airways, its predecessors, associates and contemporaries via colorful brochures and other publicity." Superb colour illustrations of timetables, brochures, etc. from the author's collection. [Non-philatelic]

£15.00

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Cluett, Douglas - Croydon Airport - The Australian Connection
Flights and other links between Croydon Airport and Australia
Publisher: London Borough of Sutton Leisure Services, 1988.
Large paperback, illustrated, iii + 77 pages, crease to front cover and corners lightly bumped, but contents clean and sound, in Good condition.
Well illustrated history, with much of interest on Imperial Airways, Alan Cobham, Bert Hinkler, Kingsford-Smith, etc. [Non-philatelic]

£7.50

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