Search Results: Aviation from Bruce McLeod

Very Good 1st Printing trade softcover. Crisp & clean pages, no markings but for former owner's ID on half-title page. Light shelf-wear and one small crease on front cover only. Approx 5" x 8.25", 252 pages. Presents the Bomber Harris Trust's Statement of claim, filed in Ontario Court in 1993. Includes the Statement of Claim, Photographs and Maps, Bibliography, Ranks and Acronyms, Biographical notes, Afterword and Index.

Fine trade paperback. As-new but for a hint of corner wear and a previous owner's stamp on endpaper. 6" x 9", 176 pages, illustrated. The author gives an authentic account of flying an Army Black Hawk helicopter during the Iraq war. The journal entries of his deployment paint a vivid portrait of the day-to-day struggles soldiers endured.

Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, 1992. Soft cover. Fine. FINE softcover, like new. Crisp, clean, no markings, no wear. 7.25" x 9", 158 pages, illustrated. Drawing on years of Alaska bush flying experience, the authors explain how to adapt flight plans to weather conditions, fly in cold and mountainous areas, take off and land at all kinds of airstrips, including water and glacier landings, how to handle emergencies, survival kits, repair planes in the field, and how to tell if the ice is too thin to land.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Watson & Dwyer, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. FINE/VERY GOOD+ First Edition, 1st Printing. Clean, tight, unmarked, very nice. Unclipped DJ has just a trace of light edge wear. 7" by 10", 294 pages, maps, dozens of photos from the Provincial Archives of Manitoba and the Hudson's Bay Company Archives.

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD Second Edition, revised 1967 Edition. Owner's ID on front endpaper, margin markings throughout. A crisp and clean copy with very nice blue and gold boards. Unclipped DJ has just light wear. 5.5" x 8", 173 pages, index, preface by Air Marshal Hugh L. Campbell.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Self Published, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FINE/FINE First Edition, 1st Printing stated. A beautiful copy - inscribed, dated (1988) and signed by the author, Don Fonger. No wear, as-new interiors. Excellent unclipped DJ. 6.25" by 9.25", 211 pages, illustrated.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Self Published, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FINE/FINE First Edition, 1st Printing stated. A beautiful copy - inscribed & signed by the author, Don Fonger. Previous owner's gift inscription also. No wear, as-new interiors. Excellent unclipped DJ. 6.25" by 9.25", 211 pages, illustrated.

Very Good 1st printing trade softcover. Light shelf wear and a couple of small spots on edges. Square, solid & unmarked. 6" x 9", 259 pages. The Winnipeg author died in 1992, and never saw his manuscript published. Iverach tells the story of his service in WWII, from flight training at No. 1 Air Observer School in Malton, Ontario in 1940 to serving in The Canadian Air Force in WWII.

NY: Frederick Fell Publishers, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Very Good. FINE/VG First American Edition. No wear, no markings, appears unopened. Unclipped DJ has a slightly sunned spine, two tiny edge tears only. 5.5" x 8.5", 286 pages. An alphabetical reference to the words, terms and names used in aviation technology.

Douglas & McIntyre, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine/Fine 2nd Printing of First Edition. Dated, inscribed and SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. As-new in all respects. 6.25" x 9.25", 334 pages, section of b&w photos, appendix, sources, bibliography, index, foreword by Max Ward. - The true story behind the demise of Canada's first major airline - Canadian Airways Limited - a web of deceit and double-dealing by the military leadership in Canada.

Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine/Very Good First Edition. Clean, square, tight. An excellent copy. This historical book chronicles the history of the Avro Arrow fighter jet.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Edward Thornhill, 1997. Large Softcover. As New. AS-NEW revised edition, 8.5" by 11" softcover,183 pages. No wear to wraps, binding or interiors - brand new condition. The amazing biography of Ed Thornhill, born and raised in Manitou, Manitoba, and who joined the RCAF in 1937.

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Press, 1992. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. VERY GOOD First Edition. Slight wear to wraps, ownership markings on foredges, interiors as-new in all respects. 6.75" x 9.5", 374 pages, graphs, index.

London, UK: Grub Street, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FINE/FINE First Edition, 1st UK Printing. Short gift inscription on front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Nearly perfect black and gold boards, pristine text and dozens of glossy photos. Crisp, clean, solid. 6.5" x 9.5", 210 pages, appendices, index includes WWI personnel, 1928-1940 personnel, 1928-1940 general index.

London, U.K.: Arthur Barker Ltd., 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine/Near-Fine First Edition, 1st UK Printing. Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. Former owner's ID on endpaper, otherwise as-new, a beautiful copy. Unclipped DJ has only a trace of edge wear, very nice. 5.5" by 8.75", 154 pages.

London, U.K.: Arthur Barker Ltd., 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine/VG- First Edition, 1st UK Printing. Previous owner's marking on endpaper, very slight rub at spine tips, otherwise as-new. Clipped DJ has minor edge wear & two 1/4" chips. 5.5" by 8.75", 144 pages.

Near-Fine trade paperback. Nearly perfect covers, no creases, spine and binding as-new, interiors all as-new and unmarked. A very nice copy for your collection. 6" x 9", 240 pages, glossy photos, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index.

Fine 1st printing in a VG unclipped DJ with light wear at spine tips. This book is in brand new condition except for the original owner's name and ID sticker on the front paste-down page. 6.25" x 9.25", 184 pages, index, well illustrated. This book tells the story of the U.S. Eighth Air Force, which flew daylight attacks against Hitler's Germany, braving crippling cold, Luftwaffe fighters and anti-aircraft fire. Their efforts formed part of the Combined Bomber Offensive, with the Americans attacking German targets by day, and the British by night.

London, U.K.: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine/Very Good First Edition, 1st UK Printing Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. Ownership stamp on endpaper, slightly tanned text, otherwise as-new. Clipped DJ has one 1/2" tear, small mark at bottom of back panel. 5.5" by 8.75", 170 pages.

Fine/VG First Edition. An exceptional copy that has been protected in mylar for decades. 6.25" x 9", 206 pages including epilogue and author biography, glossy b&w photos, map endpapers. The author, who died before publication of this book, began crop-dusting in a Tiger Moth and Aeronca Sedan. At 29 he logged 4,000 hours as a pilot for a BC coast construction firm. At 34 he joined B.C. Air Lines where he flew 7,000 hours and 1.3 million miles, most of them on the coast of British Columbia.