Canada's Air Future

Toronto, 1944. Wraps. pp. 36.8vo,,Stapled stiff paper covers lightly worn, else very good cond,'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;;;;;;;;

Cessna 150 Operation Manual / Winnipeg Flying Club

ND (1970s). Wraps. pp. 35.Small 8vo,,Bound in original stapled card covers.Although not stated, this manual was first published in 1971 by the Cessna Aircraft Company of Wichita, KS. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. Cover corners turned and very light soiling; else unmarked and in very good condition.

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Book number: 9900043574

Catalogue: Aviation

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

W.C. A.M. Newsletter [and] W.C. A.M. Aviation Review [a Broken Run of 20 Issues Commencing in 1978 and Concluding in 1985]

Winnipeg, MB, 1978 to 1985. Wraps.4to,,Some creasing to covers and a few corners turned, else vg cond,The first two issues are the 'newsletter' and the remaining 18 issues are the 'aviation review'. This lot commences with Vol. 4, no. 4, December, 1978, and continues with vol. 5, nos. 3 and 4; vol. 6, nos, 2 and 4; vol. 7, nos. 1 to 4; vol. 8, nos. 1 to 4; vol. 9, nos. 1 to 4; vol. 10, nos. 1 to 5 (3 & 4 are a combined issue). Mailing label on back page of most issues. Ill.: black-and-white photographs. Published by the Western Canada Aviation Museum.

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Book number: 9900044719

Catalogue: Aviation

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

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;

DOANE, F. B. AND W. E. THOMAS

Magnaflux Aircraft Inspection Manual

Chicago, IL, Magnaflux Corporation, 1941. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 193. 8vo. Corners sl. bumped, sl. shelf wear; else clean, tight & vg condition. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. Inscribed and signed by both authors on the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. 'Magnaflux' is a method of testing ferrous metals for surface and subsurface flaws, and is often used to detect metal failures, as in aeronautical crash investigations.

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Book number: 9900035458

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Airplanes;Metal fatigue;Magnetization;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

BEAUDOIN, TED

Walking on Air

Vernon, BC, Paramount House Publishing, 1986. 1st edition. pp. vii, 297.8vo,,Card covers a bit worn, else in very good condition. Ill.: maps. ISBN 0921531001.

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Book number: 9900040661

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Canadiana;Pilots;Bush pilot;;;;;; maps

BISHOP, WILLIAM ARTHUR

True Canadian Heroes in the Air

Toronto, Key Porter Books, 2004. Paperback. 8vo. Black and white photographic reproductions. Light shelfwear; very good. .

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Book number: 047911

Catalogue: Aviation

BLATHERWICK, JOHN

A History of Airlines in Canada

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

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Book number: 9900039795

Catalogue: Aviation

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

BYRD, RICHARD EVELYN

Skyward

New York City, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Hardcover. pp. ix, 359,8vo,,,'Man's mastery of the air as shown by the brilliant flights of America's leading air explorer'. Photogravure frontispiece of author. Light wear to extremities of boards, and a touch of soiling; else clean, tight and in good plus, to very good, condition. Ill.: endpaper maps, b&w photos. Dated (1928) former owner's name, address and inscription on first blank page. Bookplate on front pastedown. No dust jacket.

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Book number: 9900035785

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Aeronautics;Flying;Airplanes;Aviation;;;;; endpaper maps, b&w photos

CAMPAGNA, PALMIRO

Requiem for a Giant A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow

Toronto, Hounslow Book (Dundurn), 2003. 1st printing. Paperback. pp. 226.8vo,,Larger format pb - card covers sl. rubbed, else near fine cond. Ill.: black-and-white photographs. Basically a re-hash of his 1997 book 'Storms of Controversy' but with some additional information. ISBN 1550024388.

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Book number: 9900042727

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Politics;Canadiana;Aviation;Canadian history;Canadian politics;Military aircraft;;; black-and-white photographs

COLBY, C. B.

Air Trails August, 1939, Vol. XII, No. 5

New York City, Street & Smith Publications, 1939. 1st printing. Wraps. pp. 82.4to,,,Numerous illustrated articles, plus regular fatures and extensive model building section. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations. Covers rubbed at extremities. Small tear to spine. Contents sliightly age-toned. Overall, in good to good plus condition.

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Book number: 9900042904

Catalogue: Aviation

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

COMBER, ROBERT J.

Northern Flying and Survival

New York City, Carlton Press, 1970. Hardcover. pp. 96.8vo,,A Hearthstone Book,'a fascinating and highly instructive book on private flying and survival - if and when one is forced down.'. Ill.: b&w photos & illustrations. Minor shelfwear; very good+ in lightly rubbed & edgeworn, very good- dust jacket with 1/4' closed tear to top edge.

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Book number: 9900032654

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Polar;Sportsmen;Survival guide;Snowmobiles;Canadian North;Northern climate;Weather patterns;Airplanes; b&w photos & illustrations

DARLING, KEV

American X & Y Planes Volume II: Experimental Aircraft Since 1945

Ramsbury, The Crowood Press, 2010. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and white and colour photographs. Light shelfwear; very good in very good, lightly rubbed dustjacket. .

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Book number: 058660

Catalogue: Aviation

O'DELL, BOB

Aerobatics Today

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1984. revised ed. Hardcover. pp. x, 214.8vo,Sl. bumped & soiled; else vg in chipped, scuffed, o/w g/vg dj. Ill.: Photos, diagrams, tables. An introduction to the world's most challenging sport.

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Book number: 9900025115

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Aviation;Flying;Aircraft;;;;;; Photos, diagrams, tables

DOUGLAS, W. A. B.

The Creation of a National Air Force The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Volume Two

Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1986. Hardcover. pp. xix, 797. Thick 8vo. Bound in full blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white photographic reproductions and fold-out maps. Light edgewear, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ in very good+, lightly rubbed dustjacket. .

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Book number: 049621

Catalogue: Aviation