London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1942. John Lloyd Preece (1895-1969), one of the sons of the noted Adelaide bookseller and publisher F.W. Preece, was himself an influential bookseller, publisher and proprietor of Preece's Gallery. He 'studied English at the University of Adelaide ... In 1926 he visited Italy with Lionel..... More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2023. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2023. The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk served with the Royal Australian Navy from 1968 to 1984; not least, aboard the aircraft carrier 'HMAS Melbourne'. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2023 [third, revised, edition]/ 1996 [second edition, with minor revisions]/ 1995. 'This edition is somewhat smaller, to enable it to reach a new generation of readers... The biggest changes are the omission of the original Chapter 1 [which] covered the period 1939-1941, [and] the Epilogue [which..... More
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Kent, Fine Scroll, 1971 to 1993. As-issued bound volumes of the periodical; each volume has a cumulative index. The title of the bound volumes changed from 'Air Enthusiast' to 'Air International' at Volume 7. [44 items]. More
London, Temple Press Limited, 1918. The introduction is by Major-General W.S. Brancker; there is a chapter on the medical aspects of aviation by H. Graem Anderson. Provenance: Sydney Dunstone (14 February 1936), with his ownership details on the front flyleaf. RAAF Wing Commander Sydney Morgan Lewis Dunstone (1917-1990) was a...... More
Sydney, Errol G. Knox, 1935. A previous copy we have handled had a bookseller's pencilled note on the flyleaf stating 'Only 75 copies printed'. The purchaser on that occasion recalled being told that the book had to be pre-ordered before publication: we know from long and painful experience how hard..... More
London, The Folio Society, 1999 (second printing)/ 1998 [first thus]. Introduction by Max Arthur, with Lewis' foreword to the third edition of 1993. More
Sydney, Aerospace Publications, 1993 (third impression)/ 1988. The first book in the Australian Air Power series. More
Canberra, Aerospace Publications, 1990. The fourth book in the Australian Air Power series. More
Canberra, Aerospace Publications, 1992. The ninth book in the Australian Air Power series. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2023. 'Drawing on a wealth of new sources ... for the first time the full story of a little-known bomber offensive waged from remote northern Australia' (rear cover blurb). Not least, B-25 Mitchells and B-24 Liberators. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2023. More
Canberra, Aerospace Publications, 1992. The eighth book in the Australian Air Power series. More
Canberra, Aerospace Publications, 1992. The eighth book in the Australian Air Power series. More
Brisbane, Amphion Press (Department of Child Health Publishing Unit, University of Queensland), 1988. Not least, Aboriginal health. More
Sydney, The Watermark Press, 2000. 'George Roberts ... saw his first aeroplane, which landed in a paddock near his house, when he was eight and took his first flight in a flying boat on Moreton Bay in 1920 when he was 10. George who is now over 90 is the..... More
Adelaide, The Author, 1978 (first edition). Number 597 of 1000 copies; this copy is inscribed, dated (December 1978) and signed by the author. More
Paterson, Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1943 (first edition, second printing)/ 1943. This American-designed radial engine (formerly designated the GR-1820-G series) powered many well-known Second World War aircraft, including some produced by France and Russia. More
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Sydney, RSNSW, 1892. This volume contains numerous lengthy, interesting and important articles, and would suit any budding polymath. The range includes FRASER, J.: On the Languages of Oceania (24 pages); STATHAM, E.J.: Observations on Shell-heaps and Shell-beds. Significance and importance of the record they afford (10 pages plus 2 plates..... More
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
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2021/ 2020. More
Kent Town, Avonmore Books, 2023. 'This first volume of Solomons Air War chronicles aerial warfare in the opening phase of the war in the Solomons Islands theatre, being the critical period of August-September 1942. After occupying the Solomon Islands capital of Tulagi with ease in May 1942, the Imperial Japanese..... More
