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Lot of 56 aviation books. Includes: MacMillian, Norman. An Hour of Aviation. Duckworth: London, 1931. 160 pp. Orange board cover. Some shelf wear on spine and soiling on front cover. (2) Royal Air Force. Technical Notes Aeroplanes A-1. Paper bound cover supported by board with photomechanical inserts of plane images and fold out diagrams. Rough condition with flaking pages, toning, and some wrinkling of the paper. The second is in similar condition with no board support for the front cover page. Samways, G.R. Ballads of the Flying Corps. London: McBride, Nast & Co., 1917. Publisher's cloth. A spine and portions of cover, sunned but binding is tight and sound, light toning of the paper. Square 8vo,. Munday, Albert H. The Eyes of the Army and Navy, Practical Aviation. London: Harper Brothers, 1917. 227 pp. Hardcover, green board with original illustrated dust jacket in poor condition. Barber, H. The Aeroplane Speaks. London: McBride, Nast & Co., sixth revised edition. 158 pp. Hardcover, green board with gold embossed title. Shelf wear on the spine, damage to the cover, toning of the pages, loosening of the binding. Renard, Ct Paul. L'aéronautique. Ouvrage illustré de 68 figures. Paris: Flammarion, 1909.368 p. + catalogue de l'éditeur 8 p. Board cover with leather spine, wear on the cover and spine toning of the paper with some loosening of the binding. Benard, Marc. En Hydravion au dessus du Continent noir. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1927. 197 pp. Paperback. Soiling and toning of the front cover appears to be signed by an individual but we cannot decipher the name. Matthews, R. Boriase. The Aviation Pocket-Book. London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1918. 364 pp. Hardcover pink or purple board with magenta lettering. Toning of the pages and some water damage to the cover page, some shelf wear. Mortane, Jacques. La Chevauchée des mers, Bleriot, Garros, Lindbergh (The Ride of the Seas, Bleriot, Garros, Lindbergh). Paris: Librairie Baudiniere, 1927. 287 pp. Paperback. Yellowing of the pages and some damage to the cover. Grahame-White, Claude; Harper, Harry. The Aeroplane. Romance of Reality series. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1914. xii & 280 pages. First printing; 8vo; with a color frontispiece (painting of the airliner of the future) and 16 black & white plates (photographs), plus numerous line drawings in the text; hardback: original brown cloth, with black & white photo on front cover. Rotch, A. Lawrence. The Conquest of the Air or, The Advent of Aerial Navigation. New York: Moffat, Yard, 1909. 192 pp. Hardcover, red board with white embossed lettering. Wear on the spine as well as a sticker on it, personal inscription on the cover page. Lepage, W. Laurence. The ABC of Flight. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, 1928. 141 pages. Hardcover, grey board with red embossed lettering. Very good condition. Percheron, Maurice. Guide Du Mechanicien D'Aviation. Paris: Librairie aéronautique, 1918. 222 pp. Softcover, soiling on the cover and toning of the pages. Costest, D.; J.M. LeBrix. Notre Tour de la Terre. Libraire Hachette, 1928. 261 pp. with photomechanical inserts. Softcover, toning of the cover and pages. Bassett, B.V. Instructions for the Installation, Inspection, and Maintenance of the U.S.A. Standardized Aircraft Engine. Washington: Equitment Division Signal Corps, 1920(?). 94 pp. Rebound as a hardcover, but the original softcover is still visible. Wear and soiling of the softcover and light toning of the pages. Sullivan, Alan. Aviation in Canada, 1917-1918: Being a Brief Account of the Work of the Royal Air Force, Canada, the Aviation Department of the Imperial Munitions Board, and the Canadian Aeroplanes Limited. Toronto: Rous and Mann Limited, 1919. 318 pp. Hardcover, blue board and fabric spine with gold lettering some soiling on the cover and toning of the pages. Appears to have been rebound, but we cannot be certain. Sterling, F.W. Internal Combustion Engine Manual. Washington: Breshford, 1917. 168 pp. Hardcover, blue cloth board wi