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839 Beaumont (Andre ). My Three Big Flights, 1st English edition, Eveleigh Nash, 1912, monochrome illustrations after photographs, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, some light soiling, 8vo, together with Duchene (Captain), Flight Without Formulae, Simple Discussions on the The Mechanics of the Aeroplane, & The Mechanics of the Aeroplane, a study of the principles of flight, translated from the French by John H. Ledeboer, 1st edition/new edition, 1914/1915, monochrome illustrations to text, matching maroon cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Berget (Alphonse), The Conquest of the Air, new and revised edition, 1911, monochrome illustrations after photographs, original blue cloth, rubbed, 8vo, and others on early aviation, mostly early 20th century publications, including Loening, Monoplanes and Biplanes, 1911, Santos Dumont, My Airships, 1904, Brandenfels, Zeppelins over England, 1931, Lachambre & Machuron, Andrée and His Balloon, 1898, etc., many in original cloth, generally 8vo (4 cartons)
842 Royal Flying Corps. Technical Notes, R.F.C., printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1916, numerous monochrome folding diagrams, original pale brown cloth, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with Air Board Technical Notes. Rigging Notes, circa 1917, numerous photographs and diagrams of biplanes, original printed wrappers with yapp edges, soiled, 8vo, plus Berriman (Algernon E., editor), ‘Flight’ Manual, A reference book of notes, formulae and tables for the use of those engaged in aviation, aeronautics..., 1910, original wallet-style maroon cloth gilt, some light surface marks, 8vo, and other pioneering and First World War period aviation publications, including R. Borlase Matthews, The Aviation Pocket-book for 1916, Gnome & Le Rhone Engine Co., The Care of the One Hundred h.p. Monosoupape Engine 9-cylinder, Type B2, 2 volumes, circa 1915, W. LeMaitre, Natural Stability and the Parachute Principle in Aeroplanes, 1911, The Aeronautical Directory of the World, 1920, The Aero Manual, 1st edition, 1909 (3 copies), and 2nd edition (3 copies), etc.
£200-300
(carton)
840 Harleyford Publications. Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War by O.G. Thetford and E.J. Riding, 1st edition, 1954, Air Aces of the 19141918 War, edited by Bruce Robertson, 2nd impression, 1959, Fokker-The Man and The Aircraft, by Henri Hegener, 1st edition, 1961, Von Richtofen and The Flying Circus by H.J. Nowarra and Kimbrough S. Brown, 3rd impression, 1964, The Focke-Wulf 190, A Famous German Fighter, by Heinz J. Nowarra, 1st edition, 1965, Aircraft Markings of the World 1912-1967, by Bruce Robertson, 1st edition, 1967 & Sopwith - The Man and His Aircraft, by Bruce Robertson, 1st edition, 1970, colour frontispiece, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, all original cloth gilt in dust jackets, several price-clipped, very slightly rubbed (generally G/VG), 4to (7)
843 Technical Manuals. A large collection of aircraft technical repair and workshop manuals, circa 1940s-60s, including Merlin 33 & 38 Engines, January 1944 & 68 & 85 p.p., Meteor T.MK.7, Lincoln I & II, Spare Parts, September 1946, Bristol Type 170 Aircraft Maintenance Manual, volume II, circa 1949, Vocabulary of American Equipment for the Royal Air Force, 12 volumes, circa 1944, Packard 68a & 266 Engines, June 1945, Canadair Four Maintenance Manual, revised January 1950, Cirrus Major II & III Manual, 1952, and many others (7 cartons)
£200-300
844 Trade Catalogues. A collection of engineering and related trade catalogues, early 20th century, including Rowe Bros. & Co., Ltd., Modern Sanitary Fittings, Rainwater and Soilpipes, Hot Water Boilers and Fittings, General Plumbing Goods, circa 1900, numerous monochrome illustrations, original dark blue cloth, rubbed and some soiling, large 4to, Short & Mason, Tycos Instruments for Aviation, 1930, slim 4to, B. Elliott & Co. Ltd., London, High Grade Machine Tools, circa 1920s, numerous monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers with mounted photographic illustration to upper cover, some marks and soiling to edges, 4to, and other similar trade catalogues for mechanical components, engine parts, including Standard Telephones and Cables, Permali, Braby, Langley Special Alloys, Holroyd Gears, Martonair Control Valves, Buick 1939 sales brochure, etc., mostly bound in original wrappers, some bound in cloth, mainly slim 4to
£70-100
841 Mason (Monck). Aeronautica; or, Sketches illustrative of the theory and practice of Aerostation: comprising an enlarged account of the late aerial expedition to Germany, 1st edition, F.C. Westley, 1838, 6 engraved and lithographed plates, including frontispiece (the latter with closed tear to top margin), occasional minor marks and a few leaves with some offsetting, original blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, and a little frayed to upper joint and head and foot of spine, 8vo, together with Turnor (Hatton), Astra Castra, experiments and adventures in the atmosphere, 1st edition, Chapman & Hall, 1865, numerous wood engraved illustrations, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling, recased with original spine laid down (with a little loss to head and foot of spine), thick 4to, plus Glaisher (James), Travels in the Air by James Glaisher, Camille Flammarion, W. De Fonvielle, and Gaston Tissandier, 2nd revised edition, 1871, colour lithograph frontispiece, wood engraved illustrations, original red cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some marks to extremities, 8vo, and others on the early history of aviation, including J.E. Hodgson, The History of Aeronautics in Great Britain, 1924, R.W.A. Brewer, The Art of Aviation, a handbook upon aeroplanes and their engines with notes upon propellers, 2nd edition, 1911, Sir Hiram Maxim, Artificial and Natural Flight, 1908, H.M. De Vries, The Importance of Java Seen from the Air, Batavia, circa 1929, another worn copy of Turnor’s Astra Castra, etc., 8vo/4to (carton)
£200-300
(3 cartons)
£200-300
845 World War I Photographs. Photograph album relating to events during the First World War in Macedonia, compiled by George Fyfe, circa 1914-1918, containing approximately 200 photographs of various sizes, including landscape views, biplanes in flight and grounded, hangars, bomb damage, plane wrecks, portraits of officers and colleagues, local inhabitants, aerial reconnaissance shots, occasional handwritten captions, etc., all mounted, original cloth boards, worn with backstrip deficient, oblong 4to, together with a postcard album containing approximately 180 postcard photographs and actual photographs of aeroplanes and aviation scenes, circa 1914-30, many with handwritten captions, original boards, somewhat worn, 4to, plus a quantity of other photograph albums and postcard albums, all early 20th century, of miscellaneous interest, but including some further aviation related images, mostly bound in approximately 20 various albums, but also including some loosely contained in large envelopes
£150-200
(3 cartons)
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£200-300