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London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Green paper boards. 190 pp. Spine tilted, bleaching to spine foot. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, bumped to top edges, darkened to rear cover.

Ramsbury, Marlborough: The Crowood Press Ltd, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo (imperial). Full black cloth. 192 pp. B&W photos. Light bumping to spine and joints of dust jacket, else fine. The threat of a nuclear war in the 1940s and 50s prompted a massive leap in the capability of aircraft and defence systems. This, together with developments in jet propulsion and the technical lessons learned during World War II, led all the protagonists to produce some exciting and innovative designs. Barry Jones tells the story of these aeroplanes in this well-researched addition to the Crowood Aviation Series.

Chicago: The Reilly and Britton Co, 1911. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Orig. blue cloth. 514 pp. Numerous plates with 270 illustrations. Chafing and light bruising to extremities, a few spots of light rubbing to boards. Tears to tail edges of pp. 131 and 133, text slightly affected but legible.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo. Orig. green cloth. B&W map to ffep. xxi, 137 pp. Cloth soiled, slight bumping to spine ends and corners. Offsetting to front endpapers. Ownership inscription to ffep. Pencil notations to text. Prior owner created a tabbed index system to vocabulary section at rear.

[Canada]: Warren Carroll, 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 127 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Light rubbing to extremities, spine tilted and creased. Minor edge toning to interior, else fine.

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company Limited, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated white cloth with b/w sketch on bottom cover, 170pp. In the 1920s, Wilfred Wop' May pioneered the first Canadian flight routes in the uncharted North. This is his story.