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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Second Printing. With eight black and white photographic plates. Ex-high school library copy rebound in green cloth. Unsual interior markings. 118 pp.

Cloth. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Discovery Books No. 18. ix, [3], 13-120 p. 20 cm. 12 b&w illustrations. Pink cloth hardcover in pictorial dustjacket. Spine ends a bit softened. Jacket has chips and tears to edges and wear to extremities. Topics: exploits in the Great War; the beginning of commercial flying; how conditions affect flying; prospectors and Mounties; ice and snow; Air Force and flying clubs; fighting fires and insects; map making from the air; etc.…

Cloth. Condizione: Vg. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Edition. 120pp Ink name on front fly. Size: Cr.8vo.

Paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condizione sovraccoperta: Good +. Reprint. A second 1940 printing of Palnes Over Canada providing a comprehensive overview of Canadas early aviation history It covers the countrys experimental flight of the Silver Dart to the expansion of commerical and bush flying in the 1920s and 30s This copy is complete with an unclipped pictorial dust jacket There is a little wear and chipping to the extremities with tape repair underneath The dust jacket however is still in good condition The pink cloth boards underneath are in very good condition there is a minor mark to the front free endpaper otherwise the pages are very clean illustrated with a few blacka nd white photographic images pp ix 119 A scarce copy and part of a huge aviation collection just acquired by St Marys Booksnbsp. book.…

Condizione: very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: torn and worn. 8vo pp.120. Dustjacket torn and worn with loss, price-clipped. Light foxing throughout. book.

Condizione: good. no dustjacket. 8vo pp.120, previous owners name on FEP, cover sunned. book.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 36 pages. Features: Great full-page Ethyl Corporation ad features Gabrielle de la Landelle and his design of the "Steam Air Liner" of 1864; North Atlantic Rehearsal - Double crossing of the Atlantic involving the "Caledonia" with photos; Full-age ad for Gold Flake cigarettes; The 8th Annual meeting of the Canadian Flying Clubs Association at Regina - article with photos of Lt.-Col. E.A. McCuster, Cliffe Kaake, W. Stempel, H.B. Monaghan, Dr. J.J. Green; Full-page ad for the De Havilland Dragon Rapide with photo; The Sperry Gyropilot - article with photo; Deutsche Lufthansa in the North Atlantic - article with two great photos of the Nordmeer; Photo of an HA 139 seaplane taking off; Lovely Pontiac centrefold ad; Shortcutting the Globe - flying over the top of the world; Old Country (Britain) Gossip; United Air Transport Ltd. ad; M.A.L.C. News; Condensed news from the flying clubs; News from the West Coast; Siddeley Cheetah full-page photo ad; The Students' Forum; Cub Aircraft ad; Nice illustrated Imperial Airways ad inside back cover; Stanavo products ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 52 pages. Features: Cover photo of part of the Sportsman Pilots Association Fleet at Gray Rocks Airport in the Laurentians; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Goodyear aviation tire full-page ad; Nice two-page ad for Fleet Aircraft's Commercial Aircraft features photo of a Model 50K being loaded; Editorial on our new customer - The Air Tourist; At the Sportsman Pilots Association Annual Outing; Sandwell's Page - observations on current topics; Aircraft Engines and their Development; England - Egypt with Imperial Airways; Old Country Gossip; Full-page Lockheed ad with title "Across Europe in 4 Hours!"; Nice full-page photo ad for Imperial Airways; News from the West Coast; Trans-Ocean Flying; Airlines and Transport; Fantastic photos at the end of the first England - Canada Air Mail Flight by Imperial Airways show the 24-ton Caribou flying boat afloat and a group of dignitaries and crew members including C.D. Howe; Paul Malone describes his flight from Southampton to Alexandrea, Egypt; Small photo of Grant McConachie, President of Yukon Southern Air Transport; Aircraft and Engines; Full-page ad for the Cygnet; Photo of a new Harlow PC-5 with perforated flaps extended; Photo of the new Boeing B-17B; Great colour full-page ad for Player's cigarettes shows sailors working under the 15" guns of H.M.S. Warspite in the Mediterranean; Wonderful centerfold photo ad looks down on a couple flying the new De Havilland Moth on a clear day; Nice BG Corporation full-page ad salutes the U.S. Army Air Corps on its 13th Anniversary - with a great photo showing their planes flying over Manhattan; Taylorcraft full-page ad; Amazing photos of Wellington I bomber fuselages being erected in large numbers at Weybridge - the geodetic construction is remarkable to view; B-A Gasoline ad shows the Tops III, the world's fastest 225 class speedboat which set a new world speed record at Picton; Photo of the T.C.A. hangar at Winnipeg which is being doubled in size; Interesting photo of a demonstration of the Griswold Fognozzle , an efficient device for rapidly extinguishing fires; Photo of Norie Nishio and Bob McLellan - Vancouver model aircraft champions for 1939; Full-page ad for the Cup Coupe; Nice photo ad for Junkers inside back cover shows inspector testing a wing; People in the News; Statistics; Empire Air Defence; Canadian Air Defence; Airports; Radio; Flying Schools and Training; Model Aviation News; Imperial Oil ad on back cover shows two photos of American Export Airlines' "Transatlantic" being fueled at Halifax; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 24 pages. Features: Nice Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; The Trans-Canada situation; Cold weather tests; Increase in budget for the R.C.A.F. for next year; High octane fuels increase performance; Marvelous full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features photo of Gertrude Lawrence; Radio Compasses for the Airways; Early Aeronautical Research in Canada - Part II - with photo of the famous "Red Wing" just prior to its first flight, plus a photo of a tetrahedral kite on floats built at Baddeck, Nova Scotia in 1906; New York's National Aviation Show - article; Nice half-page photo ad for the DH90 Dragonfly; A "Flying Wing" - unique oxwelded construction - article with photos; War-Time Reminiscences by Flight Commander A.H. Sandwell; Photo ad for the Fairchild "82"; Formation of United Air Services, Limited with photos of A. Roy Brown, W. Leigh Brintnell and M.E. Ashton; News from the West Coast; Model Aircraft League news; Old Country (Britain) Gossip - article; The St. Catharines Flying Club - full page article with photos of Morley Gain and Fred Gillies; Cub Aircraft ad; Bristol engine ad; Nice photo ad on back cover for Imperial Oil's Stanavo products; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 28 pages. Features: Pratt & Whitney engine ad inside front cover; Half-page photo of the Bristol "142" in flight; Article about the high number of aviation disasters in December 1936; Brief article with photos about float planes which sunk under the weight of heavy snow; Super full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes shows Dolly Haas; How to honour the pioneers - the Silver Dart; The Story of the Silver Dart - article with three photos; Carmand and Warner Elliott of Sioux Lookout make aircraft skis - article with photos; Nice photo ad for the Monospar by General Aircraft; Hennessy Airlines Limited of Haileybury, Ontario - article with photo; Fantastic full-page ad for the 1937 Oldsmobile; War-Time Reminiscences by Flight Commander A.H. Sandwell; Superb four-page ad for Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario features photos of their "Waco" Canadian "C-6" Custom, Trainer Model 7 and Model "21" Advanced Trainer; Winnipeg Ground School - brief article with two photos; Old Country (Britain) Gossip - article; Superb Siddeley Cheetah full-page photo ad; M.A.L.C. News; News from the West Coast; Chatting with the Student; Cub Aircraft ad; Great photo ad for Imperial Airways inside back cover shows two couples enjoying the smoking saloon; Imperial Oil ad for Stanavo products on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 28 pages. Features: Cover photo of a Beechcraft 18 on Canadian-built Edo Floats; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover boasts of a 1208 mile flight from Canada to Mexico in under five hours by a Twin Wasp; Imperial Oil ad on back cover; and more. Laid-in is a 23.5" x 15.5" Imperial Oil map of Canada showing the airports, intermediate aerodromes, seaplane ports, and seaplane bases of Canada; A Heated Subject - a call for joint research into the protection of power plants operating in Canada's extreme temperatures; Nice illustrated full-page ad for Kollsman Instruments;Nice Gold Flake cigarettes full-page ad; The Toledo Cruise - article with photos; The Fairchild "Sekani" - article with photos; The Toronto Flying Club - 10th anniversary; Photo of the new Boeing XB-15 bomber in flilght; R.C.A.F. Appointments; The Sunshine Air Council; Fantastic centrefold cutaway illustration of the Fleet Freighter; McGill Receives New Glider; Northland Air Fleet Rests; Aviation Highlights from Winnipeg; News from the West Coast; The Students' Forum; Old Country Gossip - with amazing photo of Aviation's Boldest Experiment - the first Mayo Composite Aircraft - Mercury on top and Maia on the bottom; Nice ad for Cub Aircraft of Hamilton, Ontario; Condensed News from the Clubs; M.A.I.C. News; Imperial Oil ad on back cover shows how ski planes are speeding what used to be done by showshoe!; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 102 pages plus 10 pages of wonderful illustrated vintage advertisements. First issue of this prestigious publication. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations plus several colour illustrations of birds. Features: Wonderful one-page photo ad for the Royal Bank features a photo looking down a busy city street; Canada's Viceroy in the West Indies, The Right Hon. Viscount Willingdon - article with photo portrait of subject and many photos of West Indies locations; With the (1927) Arctic Patrol - F.G. Banting and artist A.Y. Jackson accompany the expedition of 1927, which was under the command of Mr. G.P. MacKenzie - article and fourteen illustrations by Banting; Some Canadian Birds - notes on a selection of four-colour plates reproduced from paintings of feathered friends by Allan Brooks; Dr. Charles Camsell - bio with photo portrait; Article on the Canadian Geographical Society; Excellent one-page photo portrait of Sir Francis Younghusband; In the Heart of Asia - A Summary of the Record of the Expedition to the Forbidden City of Lhasa, Tibet - article with photos; The Camera Takes To The Air - Exploration and Surveying Revolutionized by Flying in Canada and Elsewhere - article with many great photos; Inaugural meeting of the Canadian Geographical Society - article with photos; Lady Kitty Ritson describes her winter time in a shack at Metagama, Ontario - article with photos; Arctic wild flowers - article with photos; Titled Farmers of the Canadian West - The Prince of Wales and a number of other representatives of British and other nobilities in the Back-To-The Land Movement - article with photo of the Prince of Wales' ranch near High River, Alberta and Lord and Lady Rodney; Great one-page Canadian National ad for tourism in Jasper, Alberta; Nice photo-illustrated ad for Westinghouse of Hamilton, Ontario; Back cover Canadian Pacific ad promotes Banff tourism. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound copy of this historic item. Kieran, Philip (Linocut); Banting, F.G.; Brooks, Allan (illustratore).…

Softcover. Condizione: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 509 pages. Printed on premium paper. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1915. A richly illustrated historical and civic portrait of Montreal at a moment of rapid urban growth and modernization. The volume surveys the city's founding and early history, its commercial and imperial significance, major streets and thoroughfares, religious and social life, education, music and drama, and the learned professions. It also includes numerous photographs and short biographical notices of prominent citizens, offering valuable visual and documentary interest for readers of Montreal history and Canadian urban studies. Book images are non-contractual.…