Aviation from Diversity Books, IOBA

Carrolton, Texas, U.S.A.: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1977. 49pp. Colour art illustrations, b/white photographs and line-drawings, diagrams. Book clean. Saddle-stitch, staplebound format. Staples firm, minor rust. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-art illustrated card wrapper has a tiny spot to bottom edge of front panel, else mild rubbing. Aircraft No. 30 in the Squadron/Signal Publications series. Book weight approx. 185g. (This book will… Read more about this item

South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Aviation Theory Centre, 1998. v, plus chapter pagination (17 chapters in total). Colour and b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated card wrapper softly corner-creased, minor edgewear, tiny mark. "Volume 2 of Trevor Thom's set of manuals for the Private and Commercial Pilot addresses the topics of meteorology and navigation .… Read more about this item

South Yarra, Victoria, Australia: Hyland House, 1979. xiii, 130pp., plus 4 x 4 page b/white illustrated sections. Illustrated endpapers. Book clean. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards have a light bump to upper front foredge corner. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, edge-creased and indented, plus areas of surface abrasion/damage and tanning to upper edge… Read more about this item

New York: Portfolio (Penguin), 2004. xxi, + 262pp., plus 1 x 8 page b/white illustrated section. Book clean, square. Silver title to firm spine. Lightly bumped head and heel. Plain blue boards negligibly edge-rubbed. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket softly edge-creased, minor edgewear. From the jacket flap: "Five years ago an unknown entrepreneur named David Neeleman uprooted his… Read more about this item

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, U.K.: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1984. 184pp. Illustrated endpapers, plus intext b/white halftone plates (various sources) and line-drawings throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain blue boards bumped on lower foredge corner. Textblock unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket edgeworn, with a repaired closed tear and crease on lower front foredge fold. This book tells… Read more about this item

Barnsley, South Yorkshire, U.K.: Pen and Sword Aviation, 2008. vii, + 180pp. Unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section, plus intext maps. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket minimally bumped and edgeworn only. This book offers a rare insight into the tanker squadrons of the Royal Air Force via… Read more about this item

London: Little, Brown & Company, 1998. xv, + 416pp. Illustrated (Trans-Pacific Flight route map) endpapers, plus an unpaginated, b/white halftone plate photographic section, and intext line-drawn maps. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain red boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket edgeworn, with two creased, closed tears on head of rear panel. This illuminating and… Read more about this item

Shrewsbury, U.K./ New South Wales, Australia : Airlife Publishing/Wilson Media , 2000. 48pp., colour plate illustrations throughout, including frontispiece. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-illustrated card wrapper minimally bumped only. Textblock unmarked. A stand-alone volume in the 'Aviation Notebook' series, this book tells the story of the Harrier, the revolutionary combat aircraft that was the world's first V/STOL… Read more about this item

Marlborough, Wiltshire, U.K.: The Crowood Press, 2002. 192pp., unpaginated colour-plate section. Intext b/white photographic halftone plates throughout (various sources). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain black boards nominally splayed, with a blind indentation on front board. Textblock pristine. Colour-illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with a short closed tear plus a blind indentation (as front board).… Read more about this item

New York: Todtri Book Publishers (Robert M. Tod), 1999. 80pp., illustrated throughout: colour and b/white halftone plates. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Photographic, colour-illustrated gloss boards have several minor blind indentations, else very good. Textblock unmarked. From the rear board: "This authoritative and fascinating book tells the complete story of hot air ballooning, from its eighteenth-century beginnings in… Read more about this item

Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995. xviii, + 174pp., intext tables and figures throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Duo-tone, pictorially-illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn, with a faint sticker ghost on upper front cover. Textblock (including 18 leaves of grey stock) unmarked. This report is a first report conducted by a committee/sub-committee of members of the House… Read more about this item

London: Anthony Blond, 1970. xiv, + 176pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped, metallic blue title there-on. Plain grey boards very good. Textblock clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket edgeworn with jagged closed tears, and title colour loss on spine. "Unsafe at Any Height" looks into the causes of 'avoidable' crashes - e.g. negligence in construction and maintenance, use… Read more about this item

Roseville, NSW, Australia: McGraw-Hill Book Company Australia, 1993. xxii, + 378pp. Australian edition, printed and published 1993, but consisting of American data. Book clean, square. Spine firm, mildly colour-faded. Illustrated card wrapper slightly creased and edgeworn. Textblock minimally dampstained on last six leaves, else unmarked. "Scary stuff, best read after your aircraft has landed." Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, 20 chapters… Read more about this item

Glasgow, Scotland: The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 1994. 88pp., intext, colour and b/white halftone plate illustrations (some archival, others contemporary) throughout. Oblong format, double column text. Book clean. Spine square. Art-illustrated (Dugald Cameron) card wrapper lightly edgeworn, soft corner crease to rear panel. Text-block unmarked. The story of one hundred years of aviation in Scotland. Book weight approx. 440g. Size:… Read more about this item

London: Chancellor Press, 1992. 207pp., colour art illustrations and b/white line drawings, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Colour illustrated gloss boards negligibly bumped on one corner. Like-illustrated dustjacket mildly edge-creased. From the jacket flap: "Fifty of the world's most successful fighting aircraft are depicted here in a series of stunning full-colour paintings. Special features or major developments… Read more about this item

Hounslow, Middlesex, United Kingdom: British Airways Health Services, Dept. Of Medical Training, 1995. vii, + 121pp., plus v, + 35. Intext line-drawings throughout. Book clean and square. Text printed card wrapper mildly bumped and edgeworn. Textblock bumped on upper foredge corner, else unmarked. Third issue of the British Airways Cabin and Flight Crew Medical Manual, Part 1, consists of 9… Read more about this item

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Princeton (via Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, England), 1984. (viii), + 285pp., illustrated throughout: intext b/white half-tone plates, line-drawings, maps and tables. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Light bump on foot of plain blue boards. Text-block unmarked. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket slightly edgeworn, and minimally colour-faded on spine. A career aviator, the author, Stanley Stewart,… Read more about this item

Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia: (Author), 1974. Sectional pagination. Perfect-bound softcover format. Spine firm, mildly cocked. Illustrated throughout with line-drawn diagrams. Stylized, art-illustrated ripple card wrapper lightly soiled, and faded on spine. A variety of coloured papers used for sectional and revision purposes, with several random, but relevant, annotations throughout, else leaves clean. Additionally, loosely inserted is a folded A4 sheet, printed… Read more about this item

Wollombi, NSW, Australia: Exisle Publishing, 2007. 96pp. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over firm spine. Plain red boards undamaged. Text-block pristine. Printed dustjacket minimally shelfworn only. A stand-alone title in Exisle Publishing's 'Little Red Book' series, this concise history of aviation in Australia tells the story "from the barnstorming pioneers to the airlines of today." Contents include: Prelims.,… Read more about this item

Arlington, Texas, U.S.A.: Jay Miller/Aerofax Inc., 1988. 48pp., pictorially-illustrated throughout; four page centre-spread colour plate section, numerous b/white halftone plates, and fully supported by sectional and cutaway line drawings and tables. Saddle-stitched, staple-bound format. Staples clean and tight. Booklet square and clean. Gloss, pictorial and line illustrated limp wrapper lightly bumped on foredge corners, else very good. Text-block unmarked. A… Read more about this item