Aviation
Wings Across the Border. A History of Aviation in North Wales and the Northern Marches. Volume III
Wrexham, Bridge Books, 2005. 'Complete in itself, this third volume covers the period 1940-1941, a period of experimentation as the RAF and the other armed services tried to tackle the problems of countering the Luftwaffe'. Not least, Saunders-Roe; Catalinas tested at SARO, Beaumaris; Number 9 Group; Number 7 and Number..... More
The Skies Remember. The Story of Ross and Keith Smith
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1969. More
Whispering Death. A History of the RAAF's Beaufighter Squadrons
Sydney, Reed, 1980. Numbers 30, 31 and 93 Squadrons RAAF, and Number 77 Wing RAAF in the Pacific. Not least, the appendices: Awards, Aircrew and Aircraft Serials and History. More
RAAF Historical Record of No. 4 Service Flying Training School, Geraldton W.A
Sorrento, The Author, 2007. The brief chronological history (pages iii-v) indicates that flying training commenced at Geraldton on 10 March 1941, and on 31 May 1945 'No 4 SFTS ceased to exist'. More
The War in the Air. Being the Story of the part played in The Great War by the Royal Air Force. Volume 1
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1969 (facsimile)/ 1922. Based on Official Documents by Direction of The Historical Section of The Committee of Imperial Defence. More
High in the Empty Blue. The History of 56 Squadron RFC/ RAF, 1916-1919
Mountain View, Flying Machines Press, 1995. 56 Squadron was formed at Gosport on 8 June 1916 and was posted to France in April 1917. It was the first unit equipped with the S.E.5. Over 25 pilots qualifed as 'ace' with 56, including the famous James McCudden VC (1895-1918; 51 kills)..... More
Rickenbacker. [An Autobiography: cover title]
London, Hutchinson, 1968 (first UK edition]/ 1967. More
RAAF Catalina Squadrons. First and Furthest. Recounting the Operations of RAAF Catalinas, May 1941 to March 1943 [cover title]
Murwillumbah, The Author, 1992. Publisher's order form loosely inserted. More
Air War Bosnia. UN and NATO Airpower
Shrewsbury, Airlife, 1996. The Bosnian war was an international armed conflict which took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. More
Box Kites and Beyond
Melbourne, Hawthorn, 1976. Two related magazine articles are loosely inserted. More
Aircraft Markings of the World 1912-1967
Letchworth, Harleyford Publications, 1967. Paintings by W.F. Hepworth and by J.D. Carrick. The carefully researched color paintings are of great value to modellers and historians. More
Locklear: The Man who Walked On Wings
South Brunswick and New York, A.S. Barnes and Company, 1973. More
Nor the Years Contemn. Air War on the Australian Front, 1941-1942
[Brisbane], Palomar Publications, 1992. Signed, dated (October 1993) and warmly inscribed by the author to fellow aviation author David Vincent. Loosely inserted is Vincent's original purchase receipt (initialled by the author), the prospectus and a photocopy of a review. More
The R.E.8's 2nd Concert. Under the Direction of H.S. Nichols. Sept. 27th, 1917. By Kind Permission of Major C.F.A. Portal DSO MC [cover title]
A small inscription in red ink at the foot of the programme proper reads 'held at #16 Sqdn. near Tang' Sep '17'. 'Tang' is presumably Tangmere, 50 miles south-west of London, where the RFC founded a training aerodrome in 1917. Major Charles Frederick Algernon Portal (1893-1971) 'was promoted to temporary..... More
They of the Inland. [A Travel Talk of Northern Australia covering part of the area served by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia and The Australian Inland Mission (cover sub-title)]
[Colonel Light Gardens], Printed by Webb & Son for The Author, March 1958. One of 4000 copies; the front cover depicts the RFDSA Radio Network bases and outposts. More
Men and Machines of the Australian Flying Corps, 1914-19
Dandenong, Kookaburra Technical Publications Pty Ltd, 1972. Inscribed, dated (Adelaide, 1973) and signed by the author. Colour line illustrations by the author; cover painting by Geoffrey Pentland. More
South Australian Airmen of the Great War. An ANZAC Centenary Commemoration
Port Adelaide, South Australian Aviation Museum, 2015. More
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura in Action
Carollton, Squadron/ Signal Publications, 1981. Illustrated by Don Greer. More
Pastoral
London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1945 (first Australian edition)/ 1944. This copy comes with a second (tanned, chipped and torn) unprice-clipped dustwrapper beneath the first; dustwrapper design by George Mansell. One of the author's Second World War novels: Peter Marshall's crew are one of the top bombing teams on their base..... More
The World's Vintage Sailplanes, 1908-45
Melbourne, Kookaburra Technical Publications Pty Ltd, 1986. Loosely inserted is a large folding colour poster ('The World of Vintage Sailplanes'), a small folded black and white version of it, and the publisher's prospectus for the book. More
Wings of Gold. How the Aeroplane Developed New Guinea
Bathurst, Robert Brown, 1983/ 1978. More
Pacific Flight. The Story of the 'Lady Southern Cross'
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, December 1935 (second edition)/ November 1935. Describes the first flight, via Suva and Hawaii in 1934, across the Pacific from Australia to San Francisco to Hawaii, Fiji in a Lockheed Altair with Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Taylor (1896-1966) was rejected by the AFC, so he travelled..... More
Flight to Fame. Victory in the 1919 Great Air Race, England to Australia. Edited and introduced by Peter Monteath
Mile End, Wakefield Press, 2019 (first thus). Signed in ink by the editor on the half-title; also dated (20 May 2019), signed and warmly inscribed by aviation author Lainie Anderson. The original edition was published in 1922; 'for this new edition a fresh selection of images has been made [which]..... More