Aucott & Thomas

First and foremost: fifty years of Manchester's Civic Airport.

Scholefield, R. A. & McDonald, S. D. · 1978

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Manchester's International Airport Authority, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, landscape format, spine uncreased, card covers lightly rubbed at corners, no inscriptions. Unpaginated, many photos in the text, statistics, chronology. Very Good.

My life.

Batten, Jean · 1939

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Aviation Book Club, 1939. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, spine sunned, cloth rubbing at edges, name, address & date on front endpaper. 304 pages, photos on plates,. Good.

Charles Lindbergh his life.

Van Every, Dale and Tracy, Morris DeHaven · 1927

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

D. Appleton and Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, spine sunned, cloth rubbing at edges, no inscriptions. xiv + 236 pages, 20 photos on plates. Good.

Heroes of the fighting R.A.F..

Gribble, Leonard R. · 1941

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1941. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with neat gift inscription on front endpaper, in an unclipped dustjacket which has loss at front corners and spine ends & has been stuck to white paper and then protected...

Flying for news.

Rue, Larry · 1938

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

John Hamilton, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, cloth sunned at spine, 1 inch split at top of spine/rear board, boards rubbed at edges, no inscriptions. 288 pages, illustrations on plates. Undated but Copac gives 1934...

The last flight of Bert Hinkler.

Wixted, Edward P. · 1992

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

U.S.A: Vantage Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, endpaers lightly foxed, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 176 pages + 20 pages of photos on plates, illustrations in the text. Very Good in Very Goo...

Guynemer Knight of the Air.

Bordeaux, Henry · 1918

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Chatto & Windus, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex private library, clean hardback tightly bound in buff cloth with red titles, cloth rubbed & worn at edges, pulled at spine, bookplate on front pastedown covering another label and date stamped on rear pastedown. Bottom corner...

The man on the twenty dollar note: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith.

McNally, Ward · 1976

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Australia: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with name, address & date on front endpaper, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped at the edges. 216 pages, photos in the text, index. Good.

Weekend with Willows - London to Oxford in an old-fashioned gas balloon.

Hardy, Sir Alister · 1986

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Alan Sutton, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound small format hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is lightly sunned at the spine and bottom edge of front cover. 120 pages, illustrations in the text. Very Good in Ver...

Good neighbours: some recollections of an English village and its people.

Rose, Walter · 1943

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1943. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with gilt titles, cloth is worn at corners, no inscriptions. viii +138 pages, illustrations by John Hookham in the text. Good with no dust jacket.

Caitlin: life with Dylan Thomas.

Thomas, Caitlin & Tremlett, George · 1986

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Secker & Warburg, 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean and tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. xvi + 212 pages, photos on plates, chronology, bibliography, index. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Finals - three greens a life in aviation.

Johnson, Wing Commander G. W. Johnnie · 2000

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Cirrus Associates, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 276 pages, photos on plates. Very Good.

Joe: the autobiography of a Trenchard brat.

Northrop, Joe · 1993

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Worcester: Square One Publications, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is creased at the edges with a short closed tear at top of spine/front cover. 230 pages, photos in the text...

Flying with Lindbergh.

Keyhoe, Donald E. · 1928

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

U.S.A: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex private library hardback, boards rubbed at edges, stickers on both endpapers but no other inscriptions, back board pulled. 300 pages, photos on plates. Fair with no dust jacket.

Through the air: a narrative of forty years experience as an aeronaut comprising a history of the various attempts in the art of flying by artificial means from the earliest period down to the present time.

Wise, John · 1972

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

U.S.A: Arno Press, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with silver titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. 650 pages, illustrations in the text, appendix. A facsimilie copy of the 1873 edition, in the Literature and History...

Foxes and physic.

Sparrow, Geoffrey · 1962

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

J. A. Allen & Co, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with name and 2 addresses on front pastedown and pen and ink sketch signed by the author on the front endpaper, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is chipped, with short closed tears and ...

The records of St. Michael's Parish Church, Bishop's Stortford.

Glasscock, J. L. · 1882

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Elliot Stock, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in white buckram with gilt titles and red decoration, boards bowed,some marks to boards, rubbed at corners, endpapers tanned, no inscriptions. xii + 236 pages, index. Good with no dust jacket.

Red Baron: historical overview & control documentation (Manual only for a computer game).

Slye, Damon · 1991

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

U.S.A: Dynamix, 1991. First Edition. Spiral bound. Clean, landscape format, tightly bound paperback, sunned spiral bound spine, glossy paper covers rubbed and creased at corners, no inscriptions, appears little used. Unpaginated, illustrations in the text & on plates, notes, b...

Three score years and ten 1922 - 1992: the Lancashire Aero Club.

Maher, Peter · 1992

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Manchester: The Lancashire Aero Club, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, large format, tightly bound paperback original, crease to top corner of rear cover, spine uncreased, page edges tanned, no inscriptions. 90 pages, including 15 pages of photos, bibliography, index.. G...

Great battles of World War 1 in the air.

Platt, Frank C. · 1966

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

U.S.A: Weathervane Books, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book, page edges foxed, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine, creased and chipped at the edges and has several short closed tears. 206 pages, maps ...