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Rare & Second-Hand Aviation Books Dec 2014 RARE & SECOND-HAND AVIATION BOOKS Favourite Racing Aeroplanes October 2014 THE COMET’s 80th ANNIVERSARY! BRIAN COCKS 18 WOODGATE HELPSTON PETERBOROUGH PE6 7EDTel 01733-252791 e-mail; [email protected] WEBSITE; www.aviationbookhouse.co.uk Greetings Another catalogue! – but it may be the last! WOULD EVERYONE RECEIVING THIS PLEASE GET IN TOUCH, EVEN IF NOT ORDERING ANYTHING, SO THAT I CAN ASSESS YOUR CATALOGUE NEEDS. The response to catalogues has diminished again since the last one and I have restricted the size, particularly of the main sections. And I offer again a 10% discount for orders of 5 or more hard-backs. The following are my usual conditions. This catalogue is NOT a complete stock list. Although the “Books in Series”section shows all titlesI in stock, the main book categories show only a small selection of my much bigger stocks (visible on my website).I also have duplicates of some of those listed, usually less fine and at lower prices. I am always pleased to welcome visitors to Helpston, preferably by prior appointment a day or so beforehand. Messages can be left on my answering system when I'm not available or by e-mail. Except where otherwise stated, books listed are 8vo or thereabouts, are not illustrated and have dust-wrappers. The main catalogue reference numbers are all new - if requesting books from older catalogues please quote the date. (The “UBN” numbers quoted - unique book numbers - always stay with the same title – they are used mainly for our system reference.) TERMS; Please order without sending payment. A Proforma Invoice will be sent showing which books are available and the postage costs, which are charged "at cost". Please pay on receipt of Proforma - books will be sent immediately on receipt of payment. POSTAGE RATES; Unless otherwise requested books will be sent; within the UK - by whichever service offers the best price and reliability.. OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS - kindly advise whether air or surface postage is required so that I can quote accordingly. Despatches are insured but I need fairly prompt advice if things seem to be lost. PAYMENT; UK personal cheques & postal orders are welcome. I have no facilities for direct credit card payments (but credit cards can be used if paying via PayPal, using my e-mail address). OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS - if sending foreign currency cheques over £50 please add £4 towards exchange costs or £9 for orders over £100. ( No exchange charges at present for foreign cheques under £50 equivalent.) You are advised not to send cash, even if registered . Cheques payable to “Brian Cocks”. Please adress Paypal payments to [email protected]. CONDITION OF BOOKS; I try to adhere to convention in describing condition. If any item fails to satisfy on this account I shall be pleased to receive it back & refund payment; please, however, advise any such case within 7 days of receipt. BOOKS WANTED; I am currently buying only the rarer items but please enquire. NEW LISTS;- Printing and postage costs cause me to limit posting catalogues to customers who have made regular or substantial orders. (I can produce, on request, the small lists of Aeromodelling, Air Power, Fiction, Meteorology & Aero-medical books for those who cannot see the website). WEBSITE my website is at <www.aviationbookhouse.co.uk> It contains almost all my current stock of aviation books and magazines including those on the “sub- catalogues” on modelling etc. and is more comprehensive than this catalogue as it contains books unsold from the last catalogue as well as new stock. Also, sold books are regularly deleted from it. IF YOU CAN ACCESS MY WEBSITE AND THEREFORE DON’T NEED THESE PRINTED CATALOGUES PLEASE TELL ME! - MANY THANKS PLEASE DO NOT SEND MONEY FOR MORE CATALOGUES – I am constantly assessing how to provide the information to those of you who are not computerised but cannot at present guarantee to send more. CONTENTS Page Books published in Series or in common form. 1 A. Pre-1914 Flying 21 B. World War 1 23 C. Lighter-than-air 27 D. Biographical 29 EA. World War 2 33 EL Luftwaffe (mostly WW 2) 37 FA General Historical 38 FAL. Airlines 41 G. Air Ministry & the Royal Air Force 42 H. Private Flying, Flying Training & Navigation 44 KG Gliding 44 M. Technical (Aircraft, Engines, Instruments etc) 44 P. Directories and Guides (please enquire - there are still some) 46 Po Aviation Poetry (please enquire – there are still some) 46 W. Event & Display Programmes 46 X. Brochures & Miscellaneous 46 Small lists of books etc on the following subjects are available free on application (an A5 size s.a.e would be appreciated). J. Air Power Politics (mainly from the '30s) R. Meteorology L. Aviation Medicine S. Aviation Fiction N. Aeromodelling ABBREVIATIONS BC book club ed'r editor nd no date given bd'g binding ep endpaper orig original biblio bibliography fep front endpaper pp pages biog. biography col colour pub'r publisher diag. diagram illus illustrated rep'd repaired drg drawing APR advert pages removed SD slight damage d/w dust wrapper int internally sl. slight edn edition ext externally trans translated NC No Cover NRC No Rear Cover " Fully illus " - books with continuous text plus photos on many/most pages. " Pictorial " - books mainly of photos, with captions. Publishers A & AP Arms and Armour Press A & U Allen and Unwin BCA Book Club Associates OUP Oxford University Press CUP Cambridge University Press SBC Scientific Book Club D & C David and Charles S & J Sidgwick and Jackson H & S Hodder and Stoughton McD & J Macdonald and Jane's Your comments, constructive I hope, on this catalogue would be welcome. If you are always, or only, interested in receiving any of the supplementary lists please let me know for future reference. 1 BOOKS PUBLISHED IN SERIES PSL "ACTION STATIONS" Series. (All 24x16 cm illus.,describing military airfields in a specified region.) (Other vols may be available also; please enquire) No 1 Military Airfields of East Anglia; 1st 1979; nr fine inc d/w. £16 No 2 Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands; 1st 1981(rep 83); nr fine inc d/w. £16 No 3 Military Airfields of Wales & the North-West, 1st, 1981; fine inc d/w £15 No 4 Military Airfields of Yorkshire 1982 reprinted 1st; nr fine inc d/w £12 No 5 Military Airfields of the South-West, 1st, 1982; fine inc d/w £15 No 6 Military Airfields of the Cotswolds and the Central Midlands; 2nd 1990; fine inc d/w. £16 No 7 Military Airfields of Scotland, the North-East & Northern Ireland; 2nd, 1989; nr fine inc d/w £16 No 8 Military airfields of Greater London;1st 1984;nr fine inc d/w. £16 No 9 Military Airfields of the Central South and South-East; 1st 1985; nr fine inc d/w. £16 No 10 Supplement and Index, 1st 1987; nr fine inc d/w. £16 Britain’s Military Airfields 1939 - 45; 1st 1989; nr fine inc d/w. £16 Overseas; 1st, 1991; fine inc d/w £16 Soft Back editions. (19x13 cm illus,similar layout to hardbacks). ea £6 Military Airfields of Cambridgeshire. Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America/Manufacturers Aircrafr Assoc. “Aircraft Year Book 1920” vg £60 “AIRCRAFT YEARBOOK 1929” vg, tape repair front cover to fep. £37.50 “FLYING”. The Official Junior Aircraft Year Book. Flying for 1936. £24 AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING SERIES Pitman Series for Ground Engineers, 22x14 cm,with drawings and photos. Aero-Engines - Inspection Before Flight ("C" Licence) -2nd ed 1934,36 pp;vg+,bdg sl dirty. £5 Aero-Engines – Inspection during manufacture, overhaul, and test –9th 1942; nr fine with vg d/w. £6.50 Inspection of Aircraft after Overhaul – 4th ed rep 1942; nr fine with vg d/w. £7.50 Rigging Maintenance and Inspection of Aircraft (“A” Licence) – 1st rep 1940. no d/w. £6 Rigging Maintenance and Inspection of Aircraft (“A” Licence) – 2nd 1941,vg, ragged d/w £7.50 A Simple Study of Flight - 2nd 1941,87pp; vg+. £4.50 Electrical and Wireless Equipment of Aircraft (Wybrow) (4th, 1941) vg - £6 Aerospace "COMBAT AIRCRAFT LIBRARY" all 33 x 24 cm, fine, nr fine d/w. ea £8 British & European Combat Aircraft - P.A.Jackson.(some neat annotations). £6.50 British Fighters of World War II – B.Gunston. £6.50 American Fighters of World War II - D.Anderton (some neat annotations). £6.50 German Warplanes of World War II – Mason £7.50 Helicopters of the World - Gunston £6.50 “THE AIR ANNUAL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE” ed C.G.Burge. 1930 vg inc bdg (corners bumped, spine sl worn top & bottom, some marks but bdg sound). £65 1932/33 vg £70 Air Britain “AIRCRAFT FILE” Series;- British Aircraft Specifications File 1920-1949 (Meekcoms & Morgan) fine £25 The Beaufort File (Hayward) fine £40 The D.H. 4/D.H.9 File (Sturtivant & Page, 1999) fine £25 The Defiant File (Brew) fine £30 The Norman Thompson File (Goodall) fine £28 The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (Manlin) fine except some neat annotations £20 The K File (The RAF of the 1930s) Halley – fine £65 The Sopwith Pup (e, Page & Sturtivant) – fine £45 2 Air-Britain Publications 30x20 cm,hardback,many illustrations Royal Navy Aircraft - Serials & Units 1911-1919 - 1st 1992,480 pp;fine. £28 Royal Navy Shipboard Aircraft Developments 1912-1931 - 1st 1990,384 pp; fine. £15 The Lockheed Constellation Series – 1st 1982, 508pp;nr fine. £32 Chipmunk – the first fifty years (Fisher, Brown & Rothermel) fine £60 The Lockheed Twins (Mason) fine £60 Royal Air Force Flying Training & Support Units (Sturtivant, Hamlin & Halley) fine £35 The Sopwith Pup. fine £46 The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm (Sturtivant) fine £35 Aircraft Publications “AEROSPHERE - 1942".
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