Canada's Air Future

Toronto, 1944. Wraps. pp. 36. 8vo. Stapled stiff paper covers lightly worn, else very good condition. 'This is one of a series of pamphlets on current problems', issued during World War Two, primarily as a form of morale-boosting propaganda. An earlier version of this pamphlet had appeared as vol. 3, no. 3, in this series. Erratum slip laid-in loose. Published by the Canadian Institute of International Affairs as Vol. 4, No. 1 of the series 'Behind the Headlines'. .

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Book number: 9900041474

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Aeronautics;;;;;;;;

Amtmann, Hans H.

The Vanishing Paperclips: America's Aerospace Secret, a Personal Account

Boylston, MA, Monogram Aviation Publications, 1988. Hardcover. pp. 128. Slim 4to. Brigh red boards with silver lettering to spine and front board. Over 173 black and white photographs, maps and illustrations. No detectable flaws; near fine and housed very good+ lightly rubbed dustjacket. .

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Book number: 052231

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: military history; world war two; great war;

BLATHERWICK, John

A History of Airlines in Canada

Toronto, Unitrade Press, 1989. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 263.4to. Small ink scribble on rear free endpaper. Else, no other markings to the book: in near fine condition. ISBN 0919801668. Ill.: black-and-white photographs.

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Book number: 9900039795

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Air Canada;Aeronautics;Airplanes;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Campagna, Palmiro

Storms of Controversy; the Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed

Toronto, Dundurn, 2010. Paperback. pp. 284. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear; very good+. .

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Book number: 098602

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Canadian History; Canadian politics;

Dunmore, Spencer

Above and Beyond; the Canadians' War in the Air, 1939-45

Toronto, Mcclelland & Stewart, 1996. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear, ink stamp to ffep; good+ in good+, lightly rubbed dustjacket. .

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Book number: 059361

Catalogue: Aviation

ELLIS, Frank H.

Canada's Flying Heritage

Toronto, University of Toronto, 1980. reprint. Wraps. pp. xiv, 398. Heavy 4to. Card covers a bit 'thumbed', scuffed & soiled; else vg cond. A record of the significant events of Canadian aviation and a tribute to the 'forgotten flyers who flew by guess and by God'. Ill.: black-and-white photographs.

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Book number: 9900028348

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Canadian Aviation;Aviation;Flying;Canada;Technology black-and-white photographs

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine

Airman's Osyssey

New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1942. Hardcover. pp. 437. 8vo. Bound in orange cloth with silver lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, minor sunning, light discolouration to board edges, corners bumped; very good in good+, scuffed dustjacket with chips and tears to edges. Second Printing. .

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Book number: 093785

Catalogue: Aviation

EYLES, Geoffrey / D. L. Mays

Up in the Air

London, Humphrey Milford, 1935. 4to. The stiff card covers show wear, especially at the edges. Corners are a bit turned. Inscribed in pencil on front cover. Covers partially detached. The eight full-colour illustrations depict 'Passengers going aboard an air line' (tri-motor plane); 'In time of war: a long-distance bomber and an observation balloon'; 'Flying over Everest - the highest mountain peak in the world' (two biplanes); 'A naval seaplane being launched into the air by means of a catapult'; 'Taking mail from a Post-Office air mail car to an air liner'; 'A glider - an aeroplane that has no engine'; 'At four hundred miles an hour - a racing seaplane'; 'Men of the Royal Air Force making practice parachute descents'. Coloured prints suitable for framing. Eight coloured plates (six by Eyles, two by Mays), two b&w images (inside covers - not identified), coloured outer covers. Ill.: colour illustrations.

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Book number: 9900044602

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Aeroplanes;;;;;;;; colour illustrations

HAMBROOK, Robert W.

Aviation in the Public Schools

Washington, DC, 1936. 1st printing. Wraps. pp. iv, 78. Tall 8vo. Stapled card covers a bit rubbed & soiled, else in gd+ condition. Published by the United States Department of the Interior Office of Education. Name and date written on front cover. Ill.: black-and-white photographs.

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Book number: 9900041486

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: ;;;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

Hamlin, John F.

Always Prepared: The Story of 207 Squadron Royal Air Force

United Kingdom, Air Britain Historians Ltd, 1999. Hardcover. pp. 232. 4to. Many black and white photographs and illustrations. Pictoria boards. Light rubbing to covers, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ to near fine. .

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Book number: 052363

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: military history; world war two; ww2; great war;

Kellow, Bob

Paths to Freedom

[Canada], Kellow Corporation, 1992. First printing. Paperback. Trade pb, pp. 188. Edited by: Peter Carlyle-Gordge. Minor shelfwear; very good. This is "the detailed and intriguing story of the many people in the Underground Movement and other citizens who bravely assisted Bob Kellow and other members of the Allied Forces in World War II to escape" b&w photographs & maps. .

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Book number: 006330

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: WWII, Second World War, Military history, Abtobiographical, RAF, RAAF, Paris Underground, Wartime pilot

LEWIS, Albert L. (ed.)

Air Trails October, 1950 Vol. XXXV, No. 1

New York City, Street & Smith Publications, 1950. 1st printing. Wraps. pp. 90. 4to. Full-colour covers 'thumbed' at edges, with slight wear and soiling. Contents sl. age-toned, else in very good condition. Cover shows 'duo-monoplanes'. 'Air Trails' feature shows 'Commies in Profile'. Article by Douglas Rolfe entitled 'The Hawker Story'. Illustrated articles by Ed Francis entitled 'Yumpin' Yupiter'. Many other articles on building model airplanes. Interesting advertisements. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900042903

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Aeronautics;Airplanes;;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

Manson, Jock

United in Effort: Story of No. 53 Squadron Raf: 1916-1976

United Kingdom, Air Britiain (Historians) Ltd, 1997. Hardcover. pp. 144. Slim 4to. Pictorial boards, many black and white photographs, maps and illustrations. Lightest rubbing to boards, blind-stamp to title page, contents remain clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. .

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Book number: 052364

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: military history; world war two; canadian history; ww2;

Maurer, Maurer (Ed.)

Air Force Combat Units of World War II; History and Insignia

Washington DC, Zenger Publishing Co. Inc, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. Royal 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering to spine and decoration to front board. Black and white illustrations. Light general shelfwear; very good in price-clipped, very good dustjacket. .

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Book number: 059167

Catalogue: Aviation

Mesko, Jim

A-26 Invader in Action; Aircraft No. 134

Carrollton, Texas, Squadron/signal Publications, 1993. Paperback. pp. 50. 8vo. Black & white photographs. Light shelfwear, owner's sticker to verso front cover; else very good-. .

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Book number: 070108

Catalogue: Aviation