Pre 1945

by PatrickAbbott
Published by Adams and Dart/Jupiter books 1973 1st edition. 163pp illustrated, index, appendix, bibliography. 21x26 fine, d/j near fine.
The story of the R.34 and the first east to west crossing of the Atlantic by air.

by F. V. Monk, & H. T. Winter
Published by Blackie and Son no date C.1935 224pp illus. with eight half-tone plates, diagrams. 13x19 boards stained and bumped on corners, no d.j.
Stories of pioneer high altitude ballooning.

by Rick Archbold
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1994 1st edition. 229pp profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photos, drawings, and paintings by Ken Marschall 31x29 landscape, very good, d/j good.
Very well illustrated account of the Hindenburg and other airships, including rare colour photographs of the Hindenburg crash.

by Edgar B.Schieldrop
Hutchinson n/d C.1940 327pp profusely illustrated with photos, drawings, maps, diagrams, index. 16x23 near fine, d/j rubbed otherwise good.
"The thrilling story of aviation from the early attempts to the present day." Volume 4 in the series "Conquest of Space and Time"; the other volumes dealt with other forms of transport.

by Charles H. Gibbs-Smith
Published by HMSO/Science Museum 1974 1st edition 387pp illustrated 16x25 very good in worn d/j.
The development of aviation in Europe from 1902 to 1908 with particular reference to the influence of the Wright brothers.