Military, Aviation & Transport History

Air International . A complete run, volume 1-49, 1971-95, numerous colour & black and white illustrations, all in original cloth in dust jackets, ...

Air-Britain . DC-1 DC-2 DC-3 The First Seventy Years, volumes 1 & 2, by Jennifer Gradidge, 2006, as new in original shrink wrap , The Boeing 707, ...

Booth (John). The Battle of Waterloo, containing the series of accounts published by authority, British and Foreign, with circumstantial details, ...

Clarke (Hewson). The History of the War, from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, 3 volumes, 1st edition, T. Kinnersley...

Bonaparte (Napoleon). Copies of Original Letters from the Army of General Bonaparte in Egypt, intercepted by the Fleet under the command of Admira...

Fincham (John). A History of Naval Architecture: to which is prefixed, an introductory dissertation on the application of mathematical science to ...

Gordon (Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitriy) . Chinese Aircraft, China's aviation industry since 1951, minor rubbing to head of spine, 2008, Soviet Strate...

Gordon (Yefim, et al) . OKB Ilyushin, a history of the design bureau and its aircraft, 2004, OKB Tupolev, a history of the design bureau and its a...

Gurwood (Lieut. Colonel). The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K.G. during his various campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, S...

James (William). A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War between Great Britain and the United States of America;...

James (William). The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV, new edition, wi...

Kinglake (Alexander William). The Invasion of the Crimea: its Origin, and an Account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan, 8 volumes, ...

Leach (Jonathan). Rough Sketches of the Life of an Old Soldier: during a service in the West Indies; at the Siege of Copenhagen in 1807; in the Pe...

Maitland (Captain F.L.). Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon; with a detail of the principal...

Marson (Peter J.) . The Lockheed Twins, 1st edition, 2001, numerous black & white illustrations, original boards, large 8vo , Tagg (A.E. & Wheeler...

Napier (William Francis Patrick). History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the Year 1807 to the Year 1814, 6 volumes, ...

O'Meara (Barry E.). Napoleon in Exile; or, a Voice from St. Helena. The Opinions and Reflections of Napoleon on the most Important Events of his L...

[Porter, Robert Ker]. Letters from Portugal and Spain, written during the march of the British troops under Sir John Moore, By an Officer, 1st edi...

Putnam. Aircraft of the R.A.F. since 1918, by Owen Thetford, uncorrected proof copy, 4th edition, 1968, Bristol Fashion, some account of the earli...

Richards (Walter). Her Majesty's Army, 4 volumes, J.S. Virtue, circa 1890, three additional chromolithographed titles, 52 chromolithographed plate...

Royal Military Chronicle. The Royal Military Chronicle. Or, British Officer's Monthly Register and Mentor, [first series], 7 volumes, for J. Davis...

Waterloo. An Account of the Battle of Waterloo, fought on the 18th of June 1815, by the English and Allied Forces, commanded by the Duke of Wellin...

Woods (Nicholas Augustus). The Past Campaign: a Sketch of the War in the East, from the Departure of Lord Raglan to the Capture of Sevastopol, 2 v...

Admiralty. Regulations and Instructions relating to His Majesty's Service at Sea, established by His Majesty in Council, [London: Admiralty], 1808...

[Barrow, John]. The Naval History of Great Britain; with the Lives of the most Illustrious Admirals and Commanders, from the Reign of Queen Elizab...

Brassey (Thomas). The British Navy: its Strength, Resources, and Administrations, 5 volumes, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882-3, half-t...

Campbell (John). Lives of the British Admirals ... a New Edition, revised, corrected ... further continued to the Last Expedition against Algiers ...

Clarke (James Stanier, & John McArthur). The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, from his Lordship's Manuscripts, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for T. Cadell a...

Clerk (John). An Essay on Naval Tactics, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: for Archd. Constable & Co., 1804, half-title, advertisement leaf, 52 engraved fol...

Darby (Henry D'Esterre, 1750-1823). Archive of signal and instruction books from naval service in the French Revolutionary Wars, mainly 1795-1800,...

Falconer (William). A New Universal Dictionary of the Marine ... now modernized and much enlarged by William Burney, printed for T. Cadell and W. ...

Field (Cyril, & Herbert Edward Blumberg). Britain's Sea Soldiers, a History of the Royal Marines and their Predecessors, 4 volumes including map p...

Nelson (Horatio). The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with Notes by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, 7 volumes, 2nd editi...

Ralfe (James). The Naval Chronology of Great Britain; or, an Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events, from the Commencement of the War in ...

Simmons (Robert). The Sea-Gunner's Vade-Mecum; being a new introduction to Practical Gunnery, expressly accommodated to the use of the Royal Navy....

Steel (David). The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for David Steel, 1794, engraved frontispiece by Neagle...

Naval Magazine. The Naval Magazine; or Maritime Miscellany, 3 volumes, Harrison, Cluse, and Co. [volume 3: Alexander Hogg], 1799-1801, engraved ad...

Walker (Bethune James). A Code of Signals for the Use of the Mercantile Navy, part first [only: of two], 1st edition, William H. Allen and Co., 18...

D-Day Intelligence Notebook. A small notebook kept by Major John Jerome Stonborough (1912-2002), an American serving in the Canadian Army during W...

* Blenheim Bomber Crash. An eyewitness account of a Blenheim Bomber crash near Oxford, 1940, described in an 11-page autograph letter by the artis...

* Nicholas II (Tsar). A transferware commemorative plate commemorating the imperial visit of Tsar Nicholas II & Tsarina Alexandra for their state ...

* RMS 'Niagara'. A photograph album, compiled by a female passenger onboard RMS 'Niagara', 1937-38, a total of 75 corner-mounted mostly snapshot p...

* Tresidder (Captain Tolmie John, circa 1851-1931). The Laws of High-Speed Punching, with Particular Reference to the Perforation of Armour by Pro...

* WWI & WWII Ephemera. A mixed collection of booklets including Hand-Book of the Lewis Machine Gun (Airplane Type) Model 1918-18 Caliber [sic] .30...

* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke, 1769-1852). Autograph letter on three sides of a folded folio sheet to C Stuart Esq, signed Wellington, ...

American Civil Aviation. Photograph album, 1936-1937, containing 108 original vintage gelatin silver print photographs of 30 different kinds of mo...

Amick (Marion L.). History of Donaldson's Balloon Ascensions, Laughable Incidents, Frightful Accidents, Narrow Escapes, Thrilling Adventures, Burs...

* Amundsen (Roald & Ellsworth, Lincoln). The First Flight Across the Polar Sea, first edition, [1927], black & white plates, folding chart at rear...

Baldwin (Thomas). Airopaidia: Containing the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion, the Eighth of September, 1785, Taken from Minutes made during the V...

Biggin (George). A Letter Addressed to a Female Friend, by Mrs Sage, the First English Female Aerial Traveller; Describing the General Appearance ...

Cavallo (Tiberius). The History and Practice of Aerostation, first edition, Printed for the Author, 1785, two folding engraved plates at rear, som...

* American Aviation. A mixed collection of aviation photographs and ephemera, including Piper Aircraft Corp brochures c.1959, The Glenn L. Martin ...

* Civil Aviation. Approximately 1300 3.5 x 5ins colour photographs of commercial airliners, presented in 6 albums, many captioned including Boeing...

* Coxwell (Henry, 1819-1900). My Life and Balloon Experiences, 2 volumes (first & second series), second and first edition, 1889, Woodburytype por...

* Dollfus (Charles & Bouché, Henri). Histoire de l'Aéronautique, first edition, Paris, 1932, colour and black & white illustrations including some...

Faujas de Saint-Fond (Barthélemy). Description des Expériences de la Machine Aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier..., [volume 1 of 2], first edition...

Forster (Thomas). Annals of some Remarkable Aerial and Alpine Voyages, including those of the Author; to which are added, Observations on the Affe...

* Gray (Jack Stearnes). "Up", A True Story of Aviation, first edition, Strasburg, Virginia, 1931, black and white illustrations from photographs, ...

Harleyford Publications, Aircraft Markings of the World 1912-1967, by Bruce Robertson, W.F. Hepworth and John Stroud, 1st edition, 1967, colour an...

* Hodgson (J.E.). The History of Aeronautics in Great Britain from the Earliest Times to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century, first edition,...