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FRIDAY (November 29th) until TUESDAY (December 31st)





ANNALS OF BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH AIR TRANSPORT ,
Stroud, John, Putnam, 1962, f/f (as new) Traces the first 4 decades of British & Commonwealth air transport. history of the first transport flights across the English Channel to those over Europe, Africa and the Pacific rim. Winston Churchill, who was the first Secretary of State for Air just after World War I told the major shipping operators that they would not receive financial subsidies to support c ompetition with subsidized French operators. b&w photos, fold-out maps, 675 pages.
$65.00




DAYS OF TRIAL AND TRIUMPH - A PICTORAL HISTORY OF LOCKHEED,,
Lockheed Corp., 1969, vg (soft cover, minor edgewear). Covers 100 memorable days 1913 50 1959, illustrated with photos & description of the event. many photos, 110 pgs.
$12.00




PEDIGREE OF CHAMPIONS - BOEING SINCE 1916,
Boeing Company, 1985, vg (soft cover). History of Boeing desugn fir cinnerce & defence,each model with specifications & photos, Factory & other designations are correlated in a complete fold-out table, 83 pgs.
$12.00




AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE SINCE 1918,
Thetford, Owen, Funk & Wagnalls, 1968, vg/vg (minor edgewear). Illustrated with black & white photographs and line drawings. Full-length descriptions with photos and three-view line drawings of RAF aircraft. 611 pgs.
$20.00




AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1918-57,
Thetford, Owen, tnam, 1957, f/f, Reference to the specification & operational history of 187 front-line aircraft in service with the Royal Air Force between 1918 and 1957, with half tone photos & 3-views of each. Less comprehensive but illustrated details of a further 96 less important types of aircraft, photos, 528 pgs.
$20.00



BATTLE OF JARAMA ,
Lopez & Perez, Quiron Edicions, 2002, Fine (as new, soft cover). English & Spanish, an attempt by General Francisco Franco's Nationalists to dislodge the Republican lines along the river Jarama, just east of Madrid, during the Spanish Civil War.color profiles, photos, 88 pgs.
$15.00




AMERICAN WARPLANES 1908-1988: A BIBLIOGRAPHY,
Smith, Myron, Meciler, 1991, Fine condition (embossed cover, no marks, tight binding). A comprehensive guide to the printed literature on the U.S. military's different airplanes and helicopters. Thousands of entries cover 525 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft models, including prototypes. 515 pages .
$45.00



FLIGHT OF THE JUNE BUG - JUNE 23-27, 1976, Glenn Curtiss Museum, 1976, fine (soft cover, as new), The story of the 1908 Curtiss June Bug, the first pre-announced publicly witnessed flight in America. Illustrated with many vintage photographs - mostly of early airplanes and flights (1908-1918), portraits of aviation pioneers, aeronautical trophies won by Glenn Hammond Curtiss, his record-setting motorcycles, etc. 52 pgs.
$10.00




AMERICAN MILITARY COLLECTIBLES PRICE GUIDE,
Manion, Ron, Antique Trater Books, 1995, f (soft cover). From the Civil War to the Gulf War, this first-of-its-kind price guide to American Military collectibles covers it all. Over 5,800 items from insignia and uniforms to edged weapons and medals are described in detail and accurately priced. Illustrated, 288 pgs.
$5.00



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE - JUNE 1943,
Fine condition (as new). This issue has 32 pages of color illustations of all services' rank insignia, division insignia & squadron insignia.
$20.00



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