Aviation Books at Dial a Book Sydney

Lion in the Sky - the Story of Seletar and the Royal Air Force in Singapore
Shorrick, N.
Book Number: 49038
ISBN:
Federal Publications. Singapore, 1968 8vo. hardcover. 170pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, foxing to endpapers, owner's inscription on fep. / Good d/w with cup stain on front panel & chipped corners.
Price: $25.00

The Big Show
Clostermann, Peter.
Book Number: 65728
ISBN:
London: Chatto & Windus, 1951 8vo. hardcover. 256pp. + b/w plates. Very good, foxing to endpapers, some light foxing throughout. / fair torn d/w.
Price: $10.00

Wing Leader
Johnson, Johnnie
Book Number: 65150
ISBN:
London, Chatto and Windus 1956 first edition. 8vo. blue cloth hardcover. 320pp. index, b/w plates. Very good, 2 stamps on fep., small stain on corner of frontis. / Good, rubbed d/w with a few small tears.
Price: $18.00

The Men Who Changed the World
Cooksley, Peter G.
Book Number: 65653
ISBN: 0750928417
Sutton Publishing, UK. 2003. Small 4to. hardcover. 179pp. index., b/w illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $12.00

The Doug Nolan Story : A Navigator on the Catalinas in WWII
Bayfield, Pam
Book Number: 65588
ISBN: 9780957976085
Self Published, 2014. 8vo. softcover. 178pp. b/w illus. Near Fine. Inscribed by author and Doug Nolan.
Price: $55.00

Pararescue, What Men Dare Do
Engle, Eloise
Book Number: 65410
ISBN:
The John Day Company, New York 1964. 8vo. hardcover. 192pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, front board has very slight bend. / Very good d/w.
Price: $75.00

The Man Who Saved Smithy : Fighter Pilot, Pioneer Aviator, Hero : The Life of Sir Gordon Taylor MC, GC
Searle, Rick
Book Number: 65028
ISBN: 9781760113407
Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2015. 8vo. softcover. 384pp. indexb/w illus. Very good.
Price: $12.00

Flying Start. The History of the First five Decades of Civil Aviation in Australia.
Butler, C. Arthur
Book Number: 64755
ISBN: 0855510013
Edwards & Shaw, Sydney, 1971. Large 8vo. hardcover. 184pp. index, b/w illus, folding map. Very good. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $50.00

Jane's Historical Aircraft 1902 to 1916
Drogheda, Countess of and Grey, C. G.
Book Number: 64518
ISBN: 0385013140
Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y., 1973. Oblong 4to. hardcover. 92pp. index, b/w illus. Very good+. / Very good sunned d/w.
Price: $25.00

The Qantas Fleet 1921 - 1967
Qantas Press
Book Number: 63688
ISBN:
Qantas Airways Limited 1967. Oblong 8vo. plastic ring binding. softcover. 20pp. Very good, some foxing on edges.
Price: $45.00

Sir George Cayley's Aeronautics 1796-1855.
Gibbs - Smith, C. H
Book Number: 63536
ISBN:
Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1962. 8vo. hardcover. 269pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Good+ d/w with laminate lifting on front panel. Sir George Cayley is now internationally recognised as the true inventor of the modern aeroplane and the founder of the science of aerodynamics.
Price: $30.00

The defeat of distance, Qantas 1919-1939
Gunn, John
Book Number: 57819
ISBN:
St. Lucia, Qld. University of Queensland Press 1985 Large 8vo hardcover 400pp index, b/w illus. very good. / Very good d/w
Price: $12.00

High Corridors, Qantas 1954-1970
Gunn, John
Book Number: 63427
ISBN: 0702221287
St. Lucia, Qld. University of Queensland Press 1988 8vo hardcover 438pp index, b/w illus. very good. / very good d/w.
Price: $35.00

Killer Caldwell : Australia's Greatest Fighter Pilot
Watson, Jeffrey
Book Number: 59388
ISBN: 0733619290
Hodder, Sydney, 2005 8vo. softcover. 282pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, cover creased.
Price: $8.00

The Legend of Cessna
Rodengen, Jeffrey
Book Number: 62618
ISBN: 0945903308
Write Stuff Enterprises, USA 1998. 4to. hardcover. 271pp. index, colour illus. Near Fine. / Very good d/w with creased flaps.
Price: $25.00

Fly: True stories of Courage and adventure from the Airmen of World War II
Veitch, Michael
Book Number: 62511
ISBN: 0670071838
Viking / Penguin 2008. 8vo. hardcover. 208pp. b/w illus. Very good, small inscription on fep. / Very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

Famous Air Routes of the World
Champion, Harold - Maps by Rosalind Bicknell
Book Number: 51998
ISBN:
Shakespeare Head - Globe Books 1956 8vo. Hardcover in d/w, with minor shelf wear. 143pp. minor foxing, mostly on the pages facing plates. 23 b&w illustrations and maps. Contents includes, Across the Atlantic, the toughest route of all, London to Europe, the earliest routes, Pushing Back The Commonwealth Air Frontiers, one the East, Pushing Back The Commonwealth Air Frontiers, two Africa, Opening up Darkest Africa, The Spanish Main, The Lands of the Southern Cross, Newest Route of All, Over The North Pole, The Route of the Flying Doctors, The United States of America, Canada, Now and Tomorrow, How Pilots are Helped on Their Way, Some Terms Used in Air Travel.
Price: $45.00

Elementary Gliding - A Manual approved by the British Gliding Association for Pupil Glider Pilots
Paul H. Blanchard
Book Number: 6003
ISBN:
British Gliding Association 2nd editon 1958. blue wraps 45 Illustrations, 71pp. Informaiton about the British Gliding Association. Po name on title page. Elementary principles, Manoeuvres, appendix.
Price: $15.00

The Airman and the Air - The Story of the Air and the Explanation of How Lower Animals - The Birds, Insects etc. Fly
Fielding, A. B.
Book Number: 30802
ISBN:
Pitman 1937 blue cloth 8vo. with gilt title to spine and front board, no d/w. Illustrated with intext line drawings. Very good solid copy with foxed endpages but untoned copy. Po signature on ffl. Contents include What is Air?, Agitated Air, Clouds, Rain, and Fog, Animals and the Air, Insects and the Air, Man''s Efforts to Fly, The Design of the Aeroplane Explained, Aeroplane Engines, The Wings, Airships, Kites, Parachutes.
Price: $65.00

Navigation Training Guide
Willis, john
Book Number: 37717
ISBN:
DH Training Systems 1980 1st edition 4to. softcover. 118pp. very good.
Price: $25.00

Paragliding: The Complete Guide
Whittall, Noel
Book Number: 48113
ISBN: 1856880494
Springfield books 1995 Large 8vo. softcover. 200pp. index, colour ilus. Very good, corners bumped.
Price: $14.00

The Old Bus.
Kingsford-Smith, Sir Charles.
Book Number: 61230
ISBN:
Herald Press, Melbourne. 1932. 8vo. blue cloth hardcover. 224pp. endpaper maps. b/w illus. Good+, foxing throughout, heaviest at beginning and end of book. Owner's inscription on verso of frontis.
Price: $220.00

Sopwith Scout 7309
Taylor, Sir Gordon
Book Number: 61158
ISBN:
Cassell London Proof Copy 1968 8vo. Printed paper Proof Copy wraps. small tear to back wrapper, few pencil marks on back wrapper, slightly coloured where it has been shelved next to a smaller book, otherwise Very good unmarked copy. Wrapper printed with publication date and price.
Price: $250.00

The Miracle Of Flight.
Dalton, Stephen.
Book Number: 4577
ISBN:
N.Y. McGraw-Hill. 1977 4to. Cloth hardcover, 168pp. Index. Colour illus. Very good / very good d/w.
Price: $9.00

Flying the Golden Years
Prior, Rupert (compiled by)
Book Number: 4753
ISBN:
London: Tiger Books, 1994 4to. Laminated boards, Hard Cover144pp. Colour & b/w illus. Very good, light foxing to endpapers.
Price: $15.00

Flights of Fantasy
Gunston, Bill
Book Number: 5186
ISBN:
London, Hamlyn. 1990 4to. hardcover. 144pp. index. colour & b/w photos. very good / very good d/w.
Price: $12.00

Fighter! A pictorial history of international fighter aircraft
Gunston, Bill
Book Number: 5187
ISBN:
Bristol. Parragon. 1998 4to. hardcover. 96pp. index. colour & b/w photos. very good / vwery good d/w with tear at top of spine.
Price: $10.00

The Leading Edge
Boyne, Walter J. & Handleman, Philip
Book Number: 21662
ISBN:
New York, Artrabas. 1991, updated edition. Square 4to. hardcover. 232pp. index. colour illus. near fine. / very good+ d/w.
Price: $25.00