The book, Encyclopedia Of the World's Commercial and Private Aircraft, represents a comprehensive review of contemporary civil airplanes and was current through the early 1980s.  Arranged alphabetically, this book encompasses over 250 major types along with many variants and features most of the scheduled airlines and in production, smaller types.  The types of aircraft reviewed include: 1) Airliners; 2) Commuter Aircraft; 3) Freighters; 4) Executive Aircraft; 5) Helicopters and Light Planes.  In addition to an informative narrative complete with aircraft specifications, this book includes the following features: 1) 230 color photographs; 2) 143 diagrams; 3) 113 color profiles; 4) 6 color three-views and 5) 25 cutaways.  This book is 254 pages and is in very good condition.  The authors are David Mondey, John Cook, Michael John Hooks and Chris Chant.  Edition published in 1981.