Index
to the Edgar Johnston Library Collection
In
2006 the Civil Aviation Historical Society acquired the aviation library of the
second Controller of Civil Aviation, Edgar
Johnston.
A former Great War pilot himself, Edgar Johnston knew, and assisted, most of Australia's aviation pioneers. Among his library therefore are a number of signed presentation copies of the autobiographies of famous flyers such as Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (left - click on the image for a larger version). These are indicated by an asterisk in the index below.
The Edgar Johnston Library Collection is available to researchers by appointment.
| Loc | Title | Author | Date | Publisher |
| A1 | Official History of Australia in the War 1916-1918 Vol. VIII (AFC) | F M Cutlack | - | A&R |
| A2 | Flying Doctor Calling | Ernestine Hill * | 1947 | A&R |
| A3 | The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (1st Edition) | Bilton/Bront | 1961 | Halstead Press |
| A4 | Wingspread - Aviation in New Zealand (1st Edition) | Leo White | 1941 | Unity Press |
| A5 | Airborne at Kittyhawk | Michael Harrison | 1953 | Cassell |
| A6 | The Old Bus | C E Kingsford Smith * | 1932 | Herald Melb |
| A7 | Australia's Two Airline Policy | Stanley Brogden | 1968 | Melb Uni Press |
| A8 | Challenge in the Skies - The Founding of TAA (1st Edition) | Ian Sabey | 1979 | Hyland House |
| A9 | Plane Tales from the Skies | "Wing Adjutant" | 1918 | Cassell |
| A10 | Southern Cloud | I.R. Carter | 1963 | Lansdowne |
| A11 | Sky Roads of the World (1st Edition) | Amy Johnson | 1939 | Chambers |
| A12 | Britain in the Air | Nigel Tangye | 1944 | Collins |
| A13 | The Civil Air War | C.G. Grey | 1945 | Harborough |
| A14 | Half Way to Heaven | Fred Hoinville | 1960 | A&R |
| A15 | A Million Miles in the Air | Gordon P. Olley | 1934 | H&S |
| A16 | Born to Fly | Nancy Bird | 1961 | A&R |
| A17 | Around the World in 8 Days | Wiley Post & Harold Gatty | - | John Hamilton |
| A18 | Letters from a Flying Officer 1928 | R.S. Wortley | 1928 | Oxford U.P. |
| A19 | Ride on the Wind - Sydney to Japan (1st Edition) | Francis Chichester | 1936 | Hamish Hamilton |
| A20 | Solo to Sydney | Francis Chichester | 1930 | Hamish Hamilton |
| A21 | Caesar of the Skies - Biography of Kingsford Smith | Simpson/Beau Sheil | 1937 | Cassell |
| A22 | Virtue in Flying - A Biography of Keith Virtue | Joan Priest | 1975 | A&R |
| A23 | My Flight to the Cape and Back | Alan J. Cobham | 1926 | A&C Black |
| A24 | Australia and Back | Sir Alan Cobham * | 1926 | A&C Black |
| A25 | First to Fly | Stanley Brogden | - | Whitcomb |
| A26 | Aviation | Claude Graham White | 1912 | Collins |
| B1 | The Book of Famous Flyers | J.A. Mollison | 1934 | Collins |
| B2 | The Air Annual of the British Empire | C.G. Burge | 1937 | Pitman |
| B3 | The Epic of Malta | L. Ritchie * | Odhams | |
| B4 | The Complete Book of Aviation | C.G. Burge | 1935 | Pitman |
| B5 | The 1st Aeroplane Voyage from England to Australia | Sir Ross Smith | - | A&R |
| B6 | Qantas Rising | Hudson Fysh * | 1965 | A&R |
| B7 | Wings to the World | Sir Hudson Fysh * | 1970 | A&R |
| B8 | Qantas at War | Sir Hudson Fysh * | 1968 | A&R |
| B9 | Front Line Airline, War Story of Qantas Empire Airways | E. Bennet Bremner * | 1944 | A&R |
| B10 | Taming the North | Hudson Fysh | 1933 | A&R |
| B11 | Atlantic Bridge - Official Account of R.A.F. Transport Command Ocean Ferry | - | 1945 | HMSO |
| B12 | Wings over the North - 1st Ten Years Newcastle Aero Club | * | 1938 | N Aero Club |
| B13 | My Life (1st Edition) | Jean Batten | 1938 | Harrap |
| B14 | Solo Flight (1st Edition) | Jean Batten * | 1934 | Jackson O'Sullivan |
| B15 | Blue Wings to Bangkok | Prince Bira Foulis | - | - |
| B16 | Saving the Channel Ports 1918 | W.D. Joynt V.C. * | 1975 | Wren |
| B17 | Waves Wheels Wings | Walter Windham | Hutchinson | |
| B18 | Box Kites and Beyond | E.G. Roberts * | 1976 | Hawthorn |
| B19 | Flying Matilda - Flights of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith | Norman Ellison | 1957 | A&R |
| B20 | Flying Start | C. Arthur Butler | 1971 | Edwards & Shaw |
| B21 | Smithy | John Stanage | 1950 | Oxford U.P. |
| B22 | The Seven Skies - A Study of BOAC & it's Forerunners | John Pudney | 1959 | Putnam |
| B23 | Australian Aviator | Sir Norman Brearley & T. Mayman | 1971 | Rigby |
| B24 | Sky Saga, A story of Empire Airmen | T.W. White | 1943 | Hutchinson |
| B25 | Guests of the Unspeakable | Sir Thomas White | 1932 | A&R |
| B26 | Down Africa's Skyways | Benjamin Bennett | 1932 | Hutchinson |
| C1 | We Flew to Christchurch | Henrik Scholte (KLM) | 1954 | KLM |
| C2 | The Royal Air Force - Cape Flight 1926 | - | 1926 | Napier |
| C3 | Airlines - Australian Airlines | - | 1945 | Left Book Club |
| C4 | War Birds - Diary of an Unknown Aviator | - | 1926 | Cornstalk Sydney |
| C5 | Sky Pilot in Arnhem Land | K. Langford Smith | 1935 | A&R |
| C6 | The Wandering Years | Arthur H Affleck | 1964 | Longmans |
| C7 | The Wandering Years | Arthur H Affleck | 1964 | Longmans |
| C8 | Sky Pilot's Last Flight | K. Langford Smith | 1936 | A&R |
| C9 | Pictorial History of B.O.A.C. & Imperial Airways | Kenneth Munson * | 1970 | Ian Allen |
| C10 | Flight and Adventures | Parer & McIntosh | 1921 | Stevens Melb |
| C11 | Forgotten Island | P.G. Taylor | 1948 | Shakespeare Head |
| C12 | Frigate Bird | P.G. Taylor * | 1953 | A&R |
| C13 | Pacific Flight | P.G. Taylor * | 1935 | A&R |
| C14 | Call to the Winds | P.G. Taylor | 1939 | A&R |
| C15 | VH-UXX | P.G. Taylor | 1937 | A&R |
| C16 | Deeds the Held the Empire by Air | L.E.O. Charlton | 1940 | Murray |
| C17 | The Sound of Wings (Biography of Amelia Earhart) | Mary Lovell | 1990 | Arrow |
| C18 | Australian Air Ace | Charles Schaedel * | 1979 | Rigby |
| C19 | Early Birds | H.C. Miller | 1968 | Rigby |
| C20 | Green Mountains of Cullenbong | Bernard O'Reilly | 1952 | Smith Paterson |
| C21 | Scott's Book (1st Edition) | C.W.A. Scott | 1934 | H&S |
| C22 | Daredevil of the Skies | Norman Ellison | 1941 | A&R |
| C23 | With Zeal & Integrity | Sir Arthur Coles * | 1982 | |
| E1 | Law and Politics of the Australian Two Airline System | Harold Poulton | 1981 | Poulton |
| E2 | High Corridors, Qantas 1954-1970 | John Gunn * | 1988 | U of Q Press |
| E3 | Wood Wire and Fabric (1st Edition) | John Goode | 1968 | Lansdowne |
| E4 | The Defeat of Distance, Qantas 1919-1939 | John Gunn * | 1985 | U of Q Press |
| E5 | Challenging Horizons, Qantas 1939-1954 | John Gunn * | 1987 | U of Q Press |
| E6 | The Golden Years - R.A.F.C. 1921-1971 | - | 1971 | AGPS |
| E7 | Wings of Tomorrow - Holyman Memories (1st Edition) | C. Turnbull | - | Johnston |
| E8 | Frederick William Haig - An Autobiography | * | 1996 | Fredericks |
| E9 | This was Air Travel | Henry Palmer | 1960 | Bonanza |
| E10 | All About Aircraft in Australia | Pedr Davis | 1974 | Hamlyn |
| E11 | History of the Dept of Aviation | P.T. McCulloch | - | - |
| E12 | R.A.A.F. Saga - The R.A.A.F. at War 1944 | - | - | AWM |
| E13 | Ansett - The Story of an Airline | Samuel Brimson | 1987 | Dreamweaver |
| E14 | Flying the Royal Mail - The History of Australia's Airlines | S. Brimson | 1984 | Dreamweaver |
| E15 | Military Aircraft of Australia 1909-1918 | Keith Isaacs | 1971 | AWM |
| E16 | The Royal Australian Air Force | George Odgers | 1965 | Ure Smith |
| E17 | Atlas Sky Merchant (Original Photo of Plane Enclosed) | - | - | - |
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