The book, The Aircraft Owner's Handbook, covers everything a pilot would need to know about buying, operating and selling an aircraft.  This book is laid out in a logical sequence as follows: 1) Considering It; 2) Funding It; 3) Choosing It; 4) Owning It; 5) Operating It; 6) Fixing It; 7) Knowing It and 8) Selling It.  These eight distinct themes are reviewed in detail.  The major sections of this book parallel the above breakout and are as follows: 1) Acknowledgments; 2) Foreword by Leighton Collins; 3) Considering it; 4) Funding it; 5) Choosing It; 6) Owning it; 7) Operating it; 8) Fixing it; 9) Knowing it; 10) Selling it; 11) Appendix - Addresses the aircraft owner needs and 12) Index.  Also, throughout this book you will find 32 separate aircraft profiles including: 1) Beech Baron E 55; 2) Beech Baron 58P; 3) Beech Bonanza A 36; 4) Beech Bonanza V 35B; 5) Beech Duchess; 6) Beech B 60 Duke; 7) Beech Sundowner; 8) Bellanca Citabria 7GCAA; 9) Bellanca Super Viking; 10) Cessna 180; 11) Cessna 340; 12) Cessna Cardinal RG; 13) Cessna Hawk XP; 14) Cessna Presurized Centurion; 15) Cessna Skylane; 16) Cessna Skylane RG; 17) Cessna Skymaster; 18) Cessna Tubor 310; 19) Great Lakes 2 T-1A2; 20) Grumman American Cougar; 21) Grumman American Tiger; 22) Lake Buccaneer; 23) Mooney 201; 24) Piper Aerostar 601P; 25) Piper Arrow III; 26) Piper Cherokee Six-300; 27) Piper Seminole; 28) Piper Seneca II; 29) Piper Turbo Aztec F; 30) Piper Turbo Lance II; 31) Rockwell International Commander 114 and Taylorcraft Sportsman 100.  In addition to an informative narrative, "The Aircraft Owner's Handbook" includes the following features: 1) Approximately 199 black and white photographs; 2) About 35 black and white illustrations and 3) 3 maps.  This book is 249 pages long and is in very good condition.  The author is timothy R. V. Foster with Leighton Collins (foreword).  Edition published in 1978.