The Grim Reapers. History of the 3rd Bomb Group 1918-1965
Temple City, Historical Aviation Album, 1985. Not least, the A-24 Douglas Dauntless Dive Bomber. More
Aviation
Tigers. The Story of No. 74 Squadron RAF
London, Arms and Armour, 1992. Squadron history featuring such names as Ira Jones, Mick Mannock, Sailor Malan, Mungo-Park and Freeborn, and such aircraft as the Supermarine Spitfire, Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hunter, English Electric Lightning and the F-4J Phantom. More
Edge of Centre. The Eventful Life of Group Captain Gerald Packer
Point Cook, Royal Australian Air Force Museum, 1992. Number 4 in an occasional series. More
The RAAF in Vietnam. The Australian Army in the Vietnam War, 1962-1975
St Leonards, Allen and Unwin/ Australian War Memorial, 1995. The fourth volume in 'The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts, 1948-1975'. More
Chasing Shadows. A Wartime Biography of Australian Air Ace Squadron Leader Bob Cowper DFC & Bar, Legion of Honour (Fr.)
Adelaide, DPA Publishing, 2007. This copy is signed by both Stephen Lewis and Bob Cowper. The citation for Cowper's DFC reads: 'This officer has completed 68 sorties and has displayed great courage and determination. During a sortie in January, 1943, Flying Officer Cowper was compelled to make a forced landing..... More
The Army Air Forces in World War II. Volume 1: Plans and Early Operations. January 1939 to August 1942
Washington, Office of Air Force History, 1983 (new imprint)/ 1948. More
Black Cats and Dumbos. WWII's Fighting PBYs
Blue Ridge Summit, TAB Books, 1987 (first edition). The US Navy's Consolidated PBY Catalinas in action. More
A Flying Life. John Duigan and the First Australian Aeroplane
Melbourne, Museum Victoria, 2010. More
They Hosed Them Out
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2016/ 2012 [revised and expanded edition]. Signed by the editor, Robert Brokenmouth. Not least, an eyewitness account of slow, low-flying day-bombers in the Second Tactical Air Force over Occupied Europe. This fully annotated edition is greatly expanded from the 222-page original, and features several entirely new..... More
The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914-1918
Sydney, Angus and Robertson Ltd., 1942 (twelfth edition)/ 1923. Volume 8 of the 'Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918'. The front flyleaf is completely taken up with a large and attractive calligraphic presentation inscription from 'The Cootamundra and District Civic Patriotic and War Fund. Presented to Leading..... More
Pacific Aircraft Wrecks and where to find them
Melbourne, Kookaburra Technical Publications, 1979. More
De Havilland Comet
Marlborough, Crowood Press, 2005. More
This Flying Business. A Life of Arthur Schutt
West Melbourne, Nelson, 1976. A pioneer of general aviation in Australia. More
Contraband and Controversy. The Customs History of Australia from 1901
Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1996. The second volume of the official history of the Australian Customs Service. More
World Airports. The Way Ahead. Proceedings of the Conference Held at The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 23, 24, 25 September 1969
London, The Institution of Civil Engineers, 1970. Not least, Sydney and Melbourne Airports, pp 120-127. More
Bell P-39 Airacobra
Malborough, The Crowood Press, 2000. One of the Crowood Aviation series. With numerous illustrations, plus a loosely inserted magazine article. More
Hell on High Ground. World War II Air Crash Sites. Volume 2
Shrewsbury, Airlife, 1999. A relevant newspaper clipping is loosely inserted. More
Blue Lightning. The Story of 6 Squadron AFC and RAAF, 1917-2005
Loftus, Australia Military History Publications, 2007. More
British Gliders and Sailplanes 1922-1970
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1971. With the ownership signature of Peter Cesco, of the RAAF Richmond Gliding Club. Peter Cesco is currently the President of Gliding Australia, and Vice President of the Gliding Federation of Australia. More
Flying Matilda
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1957. The early days of aviation in Australia; not least, 'the birth of Qantas and the beginning of the Flying Doctor Service, of adventure in the Northern Territory and New Guinea'. More
Three Decades a Pilot. The Third Generation
Tunbridge Wells, Spellmount, 1990. Signed and dated (March 1991) on the title page by the author, who has added a later personal inscription (dated 30 May 1991), this time signed by his wife and himself. More
The Helicopter and How it Flies
London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1954. With a charming contemporary gift inscription from a young Jeffrey Langdon Parsons (1941-2004), sometime Dean of Hobart (and further inscribed on the dedication page, 'from their son'). More
Pilot Officer James Neale Thorne, RAF, DFC, 1919-1944
Rye, Samuel Thorne, 1956. An American fighter pilot in the RAF, killed in action on 10 September 1944; not least, 64, 504 and 122 Squadrons. More
U.S. Army Air Forces in the Pacific
Fallbrook, Aero Publishers, 1969. Aero Pictorials 2. More
Lancaster. Classic Aircraft No. 6. Their History and How to Model Them
Cambridge, Patrick Stephens, 1979. More