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Soft cover. Zustand: Fine.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear and free from any notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 205 x 275 mm. 1. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Aviation; Britain/UK; 1930s; Inventory No: 44866.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear and free from any notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 205 x 275 mm. 1. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Aviation; Britain/UK; 1930s; Inventory No: 44869.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear and free from any notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 205 x 275 mm. 1. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Aviation; Britain/UK; 1930s; Inventory No: 44870.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear and free from any notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 205 x 275 mm. 1. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Aviation; Britain/UK; 1930s; Inventory No: 44865.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear and free from any notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 205 x 275 mm. 1. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Aviation; Britain/UK; 1930s; Inventory No: 44868.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear, vertical fold line as originally presented but free from any other notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 390 x 275 mm. 1. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Aviation; Britain/UK; 1930s; Inventory No: 44873.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1930. A clean and well-presented colour plate, neatly trimmed to prevent edge wear, vertical fold line as originally presented but free from any other notable creases or marks. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 390 x 275 mm. 1. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Aviation; Britain/UK; 1930s; Inventory No: 44872.

Zustand: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original strawberry cloth covers, light blue title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 320 printed pages of text. Foxing to the page edges and end papers. Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with short closed tear and related crease lines to the top front gutter, chips to the spine ends, not price clipped, 10/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (viii), 272 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £25.00. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'For (name withheld) - Sincerely Norman Franks'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Hardback. Second Edition. This lovely hardback 1911 second edition of The Aviation World Whos Who and Industrial Directory is bound in blue cloth with gold gilt lettering to the cover Inside one finds 320 pages of text containing contemporary advertisements a list of Whos Who in the aviation world with accompanying black and white photographs and further information including a directory of aero clubs and aeronautical societies This copy is in very good condition with few notable blemishes or imperfections other than some slight staining and wearing to the cover the interior of the copy remains remarkably clean bright and readable considering that the copy is over 100 years old The Aviation World Whos Who and Industrial Directory is looking for a new home and would make for a perfect gift for anyone hoping to get a better sense of the early 20th century aviation landscape. book.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains 168 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Small ink name to the front free end paper. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with crease lines to the spine ends, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Norman Franks' + Loosely enclosed letter of provenance, dated 3rd October 2016, requesting the author to sign the book | Norman Franks has returned this letter to the recipient listing other titles he has and which he can sign for him. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).

Zustand: Fine. First soft back edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. 4to. 9¼'' x 10¼''. Contains 96 printed pages of text with stunning monochrome and full-page colour illustrations throughout. One small mark to the fore edge and in Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715321587 ART [British].

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original moss green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5¼''. Contains (viii), 216 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by both authors to the title page 'For (name withheld) with best wishes - Bob Foster and Norman Franks'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original caramel cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5½''. Contains (xvi), 218 pp with monochrome archive photographs and illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author opposite the title page 'To David (David Lewis | Lewdon?), With warmest and sincere thanks for your warm understanding of my book. Geoffrey. July, 1981.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains frontispiece, 384 pp. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with a little age sunning down the spine, not price clipped, 16s. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Loosely inserted letter on 'The Leonard Cheshire Foundation' headed paper dated 19th September to Norman Franks and SIGNED 'Leonard Cheshire'. SIGNED by Norman Franks label to the title page 'Best wishes Norman Franks'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.

Zustand: Fine. First edition thus substantially updated hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xiv), 274 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Small booksellers ticket removed from the bottom of the front free end paper. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. + No. 304 of 500 Victory in Europe flown cover | Flight Lieutenant J. A. Cruickshank was awarded the Victoria Cross for most conspicuous bravery during a successful attack on U-347 in the Atlantic on 17th July 1944 and SIGNED by him to the front cover 'John Cruickshank' also SIGNED by the author label to the title page 'Best wishes | Norman Franks' + letter of provenance to the author dated 2016. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.

Wraps. Zustand: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Various paginations (approximately 1.25 inches thick). Cover has some wear and soiling. Name of previous owner written in ink at type of spine. The Goddard Space Flight Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration organized a workshop (held on May 18-22, 1981) centered around three working groups corresponding to the three chapters in this report--a Trace Species Working Group; a Multidimensional Aspects Working Group; and a Trends and Predictions Working Group. Over 100 scientists representing most of the institutions in the world engaged in upper atmospheric research attended the workshop. At the end of the workshop, each working group prepared a summary document, and these have been assembled into this report. The basic theme for the workshop and the report was the comparison of theory and measurement. Appendix A-I, includes, in part: References, Acronyms, Stratospheric Instruments and Analysis, Chemical Kenetics and Photochemistry, and a Reference Solar Spectral Irradiance for use in a Atmospheric Modeling It should be stressed that this is not a consensus document. If more than one conclusion could be maintained by the scientific data, then both of these conclusions have been quoted. It is, aft all, a significant test of the present state-of-knowledge if more than one scientific conclusion can be drawn from the same experimental data. The stratosphere is the second major layer of Earth's atmosphere, just above the troposphere, and below the mesosphere. The stratosphere is stratified (layered) in temperature, with warmer layers higher and cooler layers closer to the Earth; this increase of temperature with altitude is a result of the absorption of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation by the ozone layer. This is in contrast to the troposphere, near the Earth's surface, where temperature decreases with altitude. The border between the troposphere and stratosphere, the tropopause, marks where this temperature inversion begins. Near the equator, the lower edge of the stratosphere is as high as 20 km (66,000 ft; 12 mi), at midlatitudes around 10 km (33,000 ft; 6.2 mi), and at the poles about 7 km (23,000 ft; 4.3 mi) Temperatures range from an average of 51 °C ( 60 °F; 220 K) near the tropopause to an average of 15 °C (5.0 °F; 260 K) near the mesosphere.[6] Stratospheric temperatures also vary within the stratosphere as the seasons change, reaching particularly low temperatures in the polar night (winter). Winds in the stratosphere can far exceed those in the troposphere, reaching near 60 m/s (220 km/h; 130 mph) in the Southern polar vortex.

Zustand: Very Good. New edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back. 8vo. 7'' x 5½''. Contains 64 pp with wonderful monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper. One of the hardest titles to find in the 'How To Draw' series from Studio publications. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. DRAWING & CRAFTSMANSHIP.

267 x 190 mm. Tall 8vo. 446 pp. Color frontis., extensively illustrated with photographs of aviation equipment in use, physical examinations of flight candidates, and test equipment constructed to test the physiological effects of flight conditions, tables (1 folding), index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth; rubbed, inner hinge cracked. Very good.

267 x 190 mm. Tall 8vo. 446 pp. Color frontis., extensively illustrated, tables (1 folding), index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth; rubbed. Very good. This extensively illustrated manual for the medical personnel of the United States Air Service contains numerous figures and plates including photographs of aviation equipment in use, physical examinations of flight candidates, and test equipment constructed to test the physiological effects of flight conditions.

Zustand: Very Good. Second impression hard back binding in publisher's original grey marl cloth covers, navy blue title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 6''. Contains [viii] 332 printed pages of text. Fox spotting to the closed text block edges. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with 10 mm piece of paper missing across the top of the spine, age darkening of the paper to the spine and edges, not price clipped 8/6, identical to the first edition dust wrapper with 'Master Mariner' review to the rear panel. 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. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).

1p. on Sergievsky's personal letterhead. 8vo. A letter written by the renowned Russian ace and world record setting Sikorsky test pilot, on behalf of Danish-born ballet and Broadway dancer, Paul Haakon, considered by many to be one of greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. Reading in part: "I have known Paul Haakon Longreen for over sixteen years. In the theatrical profession he is known under the name of Paul Haakon. It is very well known that he is one of the best dancers in the world. He gave up his dancing recently to become a flying instructor, purely to serve his country. I sincerely believe that anything which could be done to facilitate his joining the United States Army Air Force reserve would benefit our war effort." Despite Sergievsky's recommendation in our letter, it seems Haakon never became a combat pilot during WWII, and instead toured as an entertainer with the United Service Organizations. He died in New York, in 1992. Old folds, lower right hand corner chipped not affecting text or signature, otherwise a fine letter with a bold, clear signature 1p. on Sergievsky's personal letterhead. 8vo.

ONE: Mimeographed typed document titled 'Zambianization of the Air Traffic Services Division of the Department of Civil Aviation'. 7pp., foolscap 8vo, with eighth page carrying table of contents. Undated [mid 1960s]. Given that the plans accompanying this item are initialed by Helm, it seems reasonable to assume that this report is also his work. It begins with a 'Statement of Government Policy' ('Since gaining Independence in 1964 a total of 13 Zambian students have been recruited and are in various stages of training'), and including sections on 'Recruitment and Selection of Zambian students', 'Master Plan for Zambianization training', 'Instructional staff' and 'Synthetic training aids'. With three charts drawn out by Helm on graph paper: 'Chart No 1: A.T.S. Personnel - D.C.A. October 1967' (31 x 22cm.), 'Chart No 2: Master Plan for Zambianization A.T.C.O. Training | Period Seven Years' (48 x 63cm.) and 'Chart No 4 | School of Air Traffic Control - Model Layout' (26 x 62cm.), the last two both dated by Helm 'R. F. H. 23. 10. 67 [23 October 1967]'. TWO: Mimeographed typed plan of 'COURSE NO. 2 [3, 4] | ELEMENTARY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL COURSE | AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL'. 16pp., foolscap 8vo. Paginated 16-31. Undated [1950s?]. With reference to ICAO. THREE: 'Chapter 3 - Interlude in Canada'. Autograph account (27pp., 8vo) by Helm, describing his difficulty in gaining employment on moving to Canada in 1956. After failing to gain work at Trans-Canada Airlines he is interviewed in a Montreal Social Security Office by a 'grizzled Canadian' who informs him that he has 'quite a job ahead of you! It's not going to be easy; for a start you're too specialised and it will be difficult at your age to break into something else - but - should you find an opening that wants what you've got you'll be in in a big way. On the other hand most Canadian employers just won't offer you lower paid job and you can't blame them; they know you won't be satisfied with what they'll pay & you'll be looking around all the time for something else'. In the following days he is interviewed by 'B.O.A.C., C.P.R., Northern Electric & Rolls Royce. Only Northern Electric who were operating a contract to supply stations on the D.E.W. line was interested. As they were an American organization the matter had to be referred to New York & this meant that some time would elapse before I heard anything. One thing I did find out: it was far easier to get in to see the "top man" in Canada than in England.' At the end of three weeks Helm 'was getting depressed & so I decided to play the one card I had kept up my sleeve. Without telling Joyce [Helm's wife] I visited the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation . Two years earlier I had applied to this organisation for an appointment with their Technical Assistance Bureau and my application was still on file.' FOUR: 'Chapter 4 - The Job'. Autograph description (6pp., 8vo) by Helm of how the ICAO 'fitted in with the United Nations Organization' at the time of his employment in 1956. Concludes: 'My work was to serve with the ICAO Mission in Tehran and to train Iranian Air Traffic Control Staff [.] The contract which I had signed was for a period of one year & was renewable for periods of up to one year.' FIVE: Certificate (1p., 8vo) from the Institute of Navigation, signed by M. W. Richey, Executive Secretary, informing Helm that he has been elected to Membership of the Institute of Navigation, at the Royal Georgraphical Society, London. Helm's promotion on 3 September 1940 to the rank of Flying Officer (41020) is recorded in the London Gazette, 15 October 1940.

Zustand: Fine. 29'' x 23''. Hand written number 461 of 850 Limited Edition colour print | WW2 The Sinking of the Tirpitz | Signed by 10 flyers with Certificate of Authentication + SIGNED by Frank Wootton. In Fine condition. Sent rolled in a tube with plastic end caps. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Soft cover. Very good. 2 maps. 1 printed on photo paper and one that appears to be a photographic negative. Negative has old red tape on edges. Size 13.5 x 31 Inches. This is a set of 2 Fairey Aviation Company proof maps of the world air-speed record flight of the Fairey Delta 2 - here in their only known examples. During this flight, on October 6, 1954, the Delta 2 broke the world speed record, becoming the first aircraft to fly over 1,000 mph in level flight. A Closer Look The map depicts the Delta 2's course around southern England on its successful world record flight. A black line illustrates the Delta 2's course and direction from Boscombe Down, with circles marking time checks from takeoff and altitude. The points where the afterburners were engaged are indicated as 'reheat on'. Towns in the vicinity are labeled, including Brighton, Portsmouth, and Bournemouth. A printed signature by the pilot, Peter Twiss (1921 - 2011), appears below the title. The Record-Breaking Flight of the Fairey Delta 2 On October 6, 1954, Pariey Aviation Company test pilot Peter Twiss sat in the cockpit of the Fairey Delta 2 ahead of what was going to be the last attempt at breaking the world speed record set the previous year by a U.S. Air Force North American F-100 Super Sabre. The U.K. Ministry of Supply did not support the attempt, believing that aviation was heading away from manned military aircraft in favor of guided missiles. Curiously, Rolls-Royce (which built the Delta 2's engine) also decided not to support the attempt to break the record. Fairey went ahead with the attempt without the government's support, renting the aircraft from the Royal Air Force and financing its own insurance. The weather had been uncooperative for the first half of the week, and technical issues plagued most of the attempts once the weather finally cleared. It was not until the final flight on Friday afternoon that Fairey succeeded. The Delta 2 reached a speed of 1,132 mph, 310 mph above the previous record, making it the first aircraft to exceed 1,000 mph in level flight. The Delta 2 held the record until December 12, 1957, when it was broken by a U.S. Air Force McDonnell JF-101A Voodoo. Publication History and Census These maps were published by the Fairey Aviation Company Flight Development Department c. 1956. Both maps feature identical content and bear indications that they are proofs - such as manuscript highlighting and white-on-black printing. They are the only known surviving examples, suggesting that the map never went into mass production. References: Twiss, P. Faster Than The Sun (London: Grub Street) 2005.

Superbly detailed visual record of the RAF's central logistical hub for the Middle East theatre, serving the region from Egypt to the Hejaz. The depot offered complete servicing from erection out of the crate to scrapping after strike off. Images include personnel groups, exteriors and interiors of workshops, warehouses, hangars, and auxiliary buildings: a complete survey of the staffing and facilities of the complex. The prints are of striking quality, the images sharply focussed and crisply printed, rewarding close examination under a lens with a wealth of detail. Perhaps the most arresting photographically are the shots of the storage spaces, unoccupied aisles extending into the distance filled with fastidiously ordered ranks of parts; a touch uncanny but effectively evocative of scale and rigorous organization. Based at RAF Aboukir (Abu Qir) near Alexandria X AD was the largest such facility in the region, part of a complex including an airfield, home base for a flight school and several training squadrons - craft where identified, Nieuports and SE-5s, bear tail numbers assigned to regional trainers - all of which continued in use until the end of WWII. The present copy is uncaptioned but comparison with records of the two copies traced through auction - the only others found - it is possible to identify a number of the images: various groups of personnel, HQ staff, carpenters, fitters, stores staff, football and gymnastics teams; the headquarters buildings; tool stores; the contents of the parts stores encompassing small fabric pieces, aircraft fittings, spare wings and planes,motor, machine-gun, engine, and balloon spares; the depot's motor transport vehicles, mainly Crossley tenders; the base tennis courts; the engine-erecting shop; outdoor engine testing; hangars; the riggers' shop, dismantling shop, dope shop, and salvage hangar. Landscape album (195 x 260 mm), containing 66 original official gelatine silver prints including title page (100 x 155 mm), some with light sepia toning, mounted on 34 leaves of greyish yellow light card. Cord sewn into greyish yellow light card wraps. Covers worn, creased and stained, with some areas of loss to the extremities; but the contents clean and sound, the photographs themselves crisply defined and with great tone; very good.

Pas de couverture. Zustand: Bon. Rare - Superb photo (postcard) signed in Lambres in 1914. Stamp on the front. Beautiful large signature, the larger of his two signatures. Size : 9x14 cm. Condition : stamp on the front, please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

Very good. Repaired tears on verso. Blank on verso. Size 23 x 31 Inches. A rare aviation-themed chromolithograph game board highlighting the global fascination with aviation int the early 20th century. This is an extremely rare c. 1912 Léon Saussine pictorial map or game board of an airplane voyage around the world. The map serves as the board for a jeu de parcours (journey game), which snakes around the world, beginning and ending in France. Along the route, vignettes of adventures (and misadventures) decorate the board. Several present problems, including getting tangled in telegraph lines, crashing in the sea, and suffering a mid-air collision. Others depict the highlights: the pyramids at Giza, exotic landscapes, and harassing a farmer and his sheep. A steam locomotive appears in one of the vignettes. The adventure (and the game) ends back in France, with a view of the Eiffel Tower. Chromolithography Chromolithography is a color lithographic technique developed in the mid-19th century. The process involved using multiple lithographic stones, one for each color, to yield a rich composite effect. Oftentimes, the process would start with a black basecoat upon which subsequent colors were layered. Some chromolithographs used 30 or more separate lithographic stones to achieve the desired product. Chromolithograph color could also be effectively blended for even more dramatic results. The process became extremely popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when it emerged as the dominate method of color printing. The vivid color chromolithography produced made it exceptionally effective for advertising and propaganda imagery. Publication History and Census The map/game was published by Léon Saussine, founder of Jeux Saussine (Saussine Games) in Paris around 1900. We have been unable to locate any examples in institutional collections. A rare opportunity.