Acquisitions

Antony Beevor. The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. The Spanish Civil War was a crucial event in British airpower history. I have the first edition of this book, but I haven't read it yet, so ...

Andrew Milner, Matthew Ryan and Robert Savage, eds. Imagining the Future: Utopia and Dystopia. North Carlton: Arena Publications Association, 2006. The proceedings of a conference held at Monash University in 2005. A bit too litcrit/cultstud for my liking, but 'topias are part of my thing, so ...

Templewood. Empire of the Air: The Advent of the Air Age, 1922-1929. London: Collins, 1957. Before being raised to the peerage as Viscount Templewood, Samuel Hoare had been a long-serving Tory Secretary of State for Air in 1922-4 and 1924-9 (and again, briefly, in 1940). This is his memoir of the golden age of aviation.

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Rony Ross
on A tall tale of Big BenI have a book published in Israel in 1961. It is a collection of non-fiction spy-related short stories, originally featured
Nick Beale
on What I did in my holidays (research/sightseeing)I came across the Farringdon plaque on my way to a work meeting in London once. It wasn't called Zeppelin
UFO curious
on Goodbye, Zeta ReticuliPearse used the 19th edition of Norton’s Star Atlas, apparently: https://www.academia.edu/54662948/Hill_Wilson_Statistical_Analysis_1
Matt Willis
on Modern wonders — IFound it! Here's the photo of the Battle (probably K7558) that the 9 Oct 1937 cover was based on https://navalairhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/k7558_staniland2.jpg
Matt Willis
on Modern wonders — II think the 'Air Thrills' cover is actually a Battle rather than a P.4/34 - in fact I believe it

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