Aviation from Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA

(Port Elizabeth: The Ron Belling Art Gallery, 2000) 0620258012. Number 99 of a hardcover limited edition of 100 copies. 4to; original black cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover; pictorial onlay to upper cover; pp. 48; illustrated in full colour with reproductions of the paintings, including thumbnail, captioned illustrations of each of the exhibition pictures. Very occasional minor fox spot.… Read more about this item

(Port Elizabeth: The Ron Belling Art Gallery, 2000) 0620258012. 262 x 210 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 48; illustrated in full colour with reproductions of the paintings, including thumbnail, captioned illustrations of each of the exhibition pictures. Near-fine condition. 'This collection of paintings covers the history of aviation in South Africa from 1917 to about 1976, and at the same… Read more about this item

(Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1953). 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in black on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. 274; plates. Light wear to extremities; spine sunned; a little foxing to endpapers, edges and outermost leaves. Good condition. Autobiography of pioneer aviator Frank Solomon. .

(Cape Town, Howard Timmins, 1982) 0869782223. 8vo; original blue boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xiv + 198; monochrome photographic plates. A little shelf-wear to bottom edges of boards; dustwrapper very slightly creased and rubbed; old price penned on half-title. Very good condition. "This book is about aeroplanes and people. Carel Birkby has enjoyed the freedom of… Read more about this item

(Cape Town, Tafelberg, 1971). Pictorial dustwrapper, lightly worn, pp. 125 + (1), plates. Text edges very slightly foxed. 'In the years immediately following the Great War, Major-General W.G. Salmond, officer commanding the R.A.F. in the Middle East theatre during the war, set out to make his dream of Cairo as a great centre for Empire air routes come true. This… Read more about this item

(Rotterdam, Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 1925). Small 4to, original cloth gilt, a little worn on edges with lettering on spine faded, pp. 404, with 45 plates. Light browning. Dutch translation. .

(Johannesburg: AirReport, 1995). Folio; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 169; numerous colour photographs. Very good condition. This edition includes: A special report on the 75th anniversary of the South African Airforce; "A Touch of Africa" photographic portfolio by Herman Potgieter; the crash of the SAAF Museum's prized Shackleton; Farnborough 94, and many other articles. .

(Osceola: Speciality Press, 1983). 8vo; original mustard rexine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 144; table; photographs throughout. Dustwrapper slightly creased; ownership inscription on front pastedown obliterated with black felt pen; a little light foxing to endpapers and prelims. Good to very good condition. 'Harvard, Texan, J-Bird, T-6, whatever name you gave the aircraft, it was the right plane,… Read more about this item

(Johannesburg: AirReport, 1996). Folio; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 201; numerous colour photographs. Very good condition. This edition includes: Comair's golden jubilee; farewell to the SAAF's Harvards; Herman Potgieter joins Pilatus for fun over the Swiss Alps; Paris Air Show; 87 Helicopter Flying School in the Drakensberg mountains; South African aerobats re-trace the original air route to Kenya; and… Read more about this item

(Leicester, Aircraft [Technical] Publications Ltd on behalf of the Harborough Publishing Co, no date). Folio; original blue boards; no dustwrapper; pp. 104 including contemporary advertisements; numerous black-and-white photographs and drawings. Boards sunned on spine and a little bumped; a tape remnant on front pastedown; endpapers somewhat foxed and a little scattered browning elsewhere; a few tiny ink marks. … Read more about this item