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BRICKHILL Paul
Reach for the Sky. The Story of Douglas Bader. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 24 plates on 12; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed and head and tail, and with just the slightest browning at backstrip and (predominantly white) rear panel. Written by Paul Brickhill (already celebrated as the author of another RAF classic 'The Dam Busters', 1951), 'Reach for the Sky' remains the best account of the leg-less Battle of Britain hero. It is the basis of Lewis Gilbert's hugely successful feature film (1954) starring Kenneth More in what was arguably his finest role. One of the legendary figures of the Royal Air Force, Douglas Bader was from the outset an outstanding athlete. As a cadet at Cranwell he gained his 'blues' for cricket, rugby, hockey and boxing. He represented the RAF at both cricket and rugby and would probably have been capped for England but for the accident that changed his life and created a legend. In 1931 a near-fatal air crash left him leg-less. Knowing that no man with such a handicap had ever walked without a stick he nevertheless found his way back to fitness playing tennis, golf and many others sports. He even flew again, until the authorities determined that a pilot without legs could not fly and discharged him from the service. With the outbreak of War he fought to be readmitted, not merely to a desk job, but back to the cockpit. Finally he was given command of a flight which quickly increased to five squadrons as the RAF realised that he was not only an outstanding pilot but an inspired leader of men and a fighter tactician almost of genius. Even as a POW of the Germans his spirit was such that his captors were forced at one stage to remove his artificial limbs to prevent the chance of him escaping. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.375.
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BROOKES A.J.
Fighter Squadron at War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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BROOKS Robin J.
Sussex Airfields in the Second World War.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Includes indexes by airfield and squadron, and select bibliography.]
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BUIST, Luuk
The Royal Air Force at Arnhem. Glider and Re-Supply Missions in September 1944. FINE COPY
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with photographs, maps and tables (several full-page) in the text; original pictorial boards, a fine copy. The first detailed study of the heroic if (predominantly) ill-fated air supply missions to 1 Airborne at Arnhem. Includes aircraft and squadron profiles, navigational aids, record of containers, panniers and parachutes with list of stores dropped, detailed register of aircraft with fates and crews, and ROH. A notable achievement and a valuable addition to the growing recent literature of Arnhem. ALREADY VERY SCARCE.
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BUTTLER Tony
British Secret Projects. Fighters and Bombers 1935-1950. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
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BUTTLER Tony
British Secret Projects. Jet Bombers since 1949. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, grey endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
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BUTTLER Tony
British Secret Projects. Jet Fighters since 1950. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, grey endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
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BYRON Reginald
Tangmere. Famous Royal Air Force Fighter Station. An Authorised History. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Long-awaited and detailed history of one of the best-known and strategically most important airfields in Britain from commissioning in 1916 to closure in 1970.
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CABELL Craig
Operation Big Ben. The Anti-V2 Spitfire Missions 1944-45. Foreword by Raymond Baxter. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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CAINE Philip D
Eagles of the RAF. The World War II Eagle Squadrons. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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CALMEL Colonel Jean
Night Pilot. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and endpaper maps; navy cloth, gilt back, backstrip heavily sunned (but all gilt wholly legible), a bright, clean copy. Enser, p.64.
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CARD Frank
Whensoever. 50 Years of the RAF Mountain Rescue Service 1943-1993. Paintings and Cartoons by Pat Donovan. Maps drawn by Tony Jones. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous photographs and maps throughout, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CHANDLER Robert
Off the Beam. The Memoirs of an Aircraft Radio Operator. [Foreword by Air Vice Marshal Donald Bennett]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and endpaper maps; brige cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of comparatively few wartime accounts by a radio operator who began flying pre-WWII with Imperial Airways. His wartime service included National Air Communications, chief radio operator to the Air Observers' Navigation School and finally RAF Ferry Command for the remainder of hostilities. After the war he worked with British South American Airways. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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CHARLTON Air Commodore L. E. O.
The Royal Air Force and USAAF from October 1944 to September 1945. Britain at War. A Complete Record in Text and Pictures. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs throughout, neat stamps on endpapers; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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CHRISTIE Carl A.
Ocean Bridge. The History of RAF Ferry Command. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper taped to paste-downs. Published in the same year as the Canadian [First] edition.
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CLOSTERMANN, Pierre
Une sacrée guerre !
1990 Editions Flammarion - 1990 - In-8, broché, couverture illustrée - 243 p. - Un cahier de reproductions photographiques en N&B en milieu d'ouvrage
Bookseller reference : 107134
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COLLECTIF
La R.A.F.
1948 Editions Flammarion - 1948 - In-8, broché, couverture illustrée - 125 p. - Nombreuses reproductions photographiques in, hors-texte et pleine page en N&B
Bookseller reference : 111662
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Cole Christopher. Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force communiqués 1918
London : Tom Donovan 1990. Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: xiii 335 p. : ill. ports. ; 24 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 327-328; and index. Subjects: Victoria Cross. Armed Forces Insignia. Great Britain Armed Forces ; Biography. Genre: Illustrated. London : Tom Donovan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 282216 ISBN : 1871085047 9781871085044
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COLE, ed. Christopher
Royal Air Force Communiques 1918. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 30 plates on 16, and 30 full-page illustrations of aircraft in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip heavily sunned else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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COLLYER David G.
Battle of Britain Diary . [An Account of the Events in East Kent]. July-September 1940]. NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece map, and numerous photographs and maps (a number full-page) in the text, small personal book-label on front inside wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, covers very lightly creased else a very good, clean copy.
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Contre-miral Jubelin
Pilote d'hélicoptères
1956 Editions France-Empire - 1956 - Petit in-8, broché, sous jaquette illustrée - 332 p. - Quelques reproductions photographiques hors-texte en N&B - Ouvrage non coupé (jamais lu)
Bookseller reference : 110992
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COOMBS L.F.E.
The Lion has Wings. The Race to Prepare the RAF for World War II: 1935-1940. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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COOPER Alan
The Dambusters Squadron. Fifty Years of 617 Squadron RAF. [Foreword by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother]. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with pictorial title-spread and very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Splendid assembly of photographs covering the Dams, Tallboy, Tirpitz, and Grand Slam in WWII, and continuing the story of the RAF's most respected squadron up to the first Gulf War.
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COOPER Alan W.
Bravery Awards for Aerial Combat. Stories behind the Award of the CGM (Flying). NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published as 'In Action with the Enemy' in 1986.
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CORDINGLY Norman
From a Cat's Whisker Beginning. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, photographs and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE.
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CUMMINGS Colin
The Price of Peace. A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses between VE-Day and End of 1945. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
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Daily Mail
Battle of Britain (Images of War).
Parragon Plus, 2004.
Bookseller reference : 210592
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DEAL] [L.E.
The Manston Spitfire. TB752. [Second Revised Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, lower wrapper lightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. First published in 1981
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DEAN Sir Maurice
The Royal Air Force and Two World Wars. Foreword by Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur T. Harris. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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Dibbs, John and Kent Ramsey
Storm of Eagles - The Greatest Aviation Photographs of World War II.
Osprey Publishing, 2017.
Bookseller reference : 210575
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Dibbs, John and Tony Holmes
Spitfire - Flying Legend.
Osprey Publishing, 2009.
Bookseller reference : 210573
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Dibbs, John and Tony Holmes
Spitfire - The Legend Lives On (General Aviation).
Osprey Publishing, 2016.
Bookseller reference : 210572
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DICKSON Lovat
Richard Hillary. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; maroon cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright,clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss at head and tail of backstrip.
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DIVRAY, Louis
Témoignages 1939-1945
2007 Edité à compte d'auteur - 2007 - In-8, broché, couverture illustrée - 102 p. - Reproductions photographiques hors-texte en N&B
Bookseller reference : 111533
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DONALDSON George
Did I take the Right Turning?. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DOUGLAS Sholto
Years of Command. The Second Volume of Autobiography of Sholto Douglas, Marshal of the Royal Air Force. With Robin Wright. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed at extremities. Sequel to 'Years of Combat'. Enser, p.265.
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DUDLEY-GORDON Squadron Leader Tom
Coastal Command at War. Foreword by Sir Philip B. Joubert de la Ferte. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately rubbed and worn at backstrip and edges. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.109.
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EDMONDS C.J.
Kurds Turks and Arabs. Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq 1919-1925. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 31 plates on 16, 2 large folding maps, a full-page map and 2 full-page plans in the text, and endpaper maps in orange; original buff cloth, gilt back, a remarkably bright, fresh, clean copy in unclipped, moderately age-soiled dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its inscription on front board, small label scar on front paste-down, bookplate on half-title verso and neat blind stamp on title. THESE ATTRIBUTES NOTWITHSTANDING, THIS IS A REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF A PRACTICALLY UNOBTAINABLE WORK. With dustwrapper artwork by Anthony Gross. This important account covers the diplomatic and military history of the Mosul dispute between Great Britain and Turkey from 1918 to 1925, with a detailed appreciation from the author's own experiences as political officer and member of the Anglo-Iraqi delegation of the Committee of the League of Nations. In addition it contains much new information of the geography and antiquities of north-eastern Iraq , the secular frontier dispute between the Ottoman and Persian Empires, the organization and influence of the mystical dervish fraternities, modern cultural activity and other facets of Kurdish society. THIS REGION ALSO SAW THE FIRST ASSIGNMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AS THE ARM PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTERNAL DEFENCE AND INTERNAL ORDER. Rare.
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EMBRY Sir Basil
Wingless Victory. The Story of Sir Basil Embry's Escape from Occupied France in the Summer of 1940. Related by Anthony Richardson. [Third Impression.] SIGNED BY AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR BASIL EMBRY
8vo., Third Impression, with portrait frontispiece and 11 plates on 8; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, backstrip faintly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at extremities. SIGNED BY EMBRY ON FRONTISPIECE. Bright copy of one of the earliest and most popular RAF escape stories of WWII, published just a month after the first edition. Shot down near St. Omer, Embry made his return to England via Spain just nine weeks and five days later. He subsequently commanded 2 Group Bomber Command, and although ranked Air Vice Marshal flew several operations under the name 'Wing Commander Smith'. His Mosquitos were renowned for their skill and accuracy in precision daylight bombing, and he would have led personally Operation JERICHO - the raid on Amiens prison in February 1944 (in which his substitute Pickard was killed) - had higher authority not ordered him to stand down. Post-war, Embry served as Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command from 1949 to 1953. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE. We are told that this copy was signed by Embry for Wing Commander Tom 'Ginger' Neil (Battle of Britain ace and RAF test pilot), but there is no formal evidence to this effect. Enser, p.151 (recording the first edition).
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ESCOTT Squadron Leader Beryl E.
Women in Air Force Blue. The Story of Women in the Royal Air Force from 1918 to the Present Day. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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FALCONER Jonathan
RAF 100 1918-2018. Technical Innovations Manual. Insights into the Design and Use of 100 technical Innovations that have benefitted the RAF in its first 100 Years. FINE COPY
8vo., with coloured photographs, and numerous diagrams throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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FERGUSON Aldon P
Royal Air Force Woodvale. The First Fifty Years. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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FERGUSON Aldon P.
A History of Royal Air Force Shawbury. Military Airfield History No. 1. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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FINN S.
Lincolnshire Air War 1939-1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, covers very slightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. Detailed account of raids and losses, with bibliography and year-by-year crash list for the county.
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FISHMAN Jack
And the Walls came tumbling down. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 39 plates on 16 and front and rear endpaper maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The first full account of Operation JERICHO, the low-level Mosquito raid on Amiens prison in February 1944 which claimed the life of Group Captain Pickard. Fishman approaches his subject with customary meticulousness, incorporating hundreds of participant and eye-witness statements, and intelligence co-operation from four countries. Enser, p.10.
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FOREMAN John
Fighter Command War Diaries. The Operational History of Fighter Command, Second Tactical Air Force, 100 Group and Air Defence of Great Britain 1939-1945. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: September 1939 to September 1940 (1996); Vol. 2: September 1940 to December 1941 (1998); Vol. 3: January 1942 to June 1943 (2001); Vol. 4: July 1943 to June 1944 (2002); Vol. 5: June 1944 to May 1945 (2004). Complete sets of the first edition of this standard reference are very scarce.
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FOSTER R.H.
Focus on Europe. A Photo-Reconnaissance Mosquito Pilot at War 1943-1945.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and numerous plates, illustrations and facsimiles in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Excellent account of the author's service with 544 Squadron at Benson. Already uncommon, especially in this condition..
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FRANKS Norman L. R.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War. Volume 1. Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1939-1941. [THIS VOLUME ONLY.]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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FRANKS Norman L.R.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War. [Complete set.] BRIGHT, CLEAN SET
3 vols., 8vo., with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean set. The set comprises Vol. 1: Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1939-1941 (1997); Vol. 2: Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1942-1943 (1998); Vol. 3: Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1944-1945 (incorporating Air Defence Great Britain and 2nd TAF) (2000). The standard reference. COMPLETE SETS ARE NOW VERY SCARCE.
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FREDETTE Major Raymond H.
The First Battle of Britain 1917-1918 and the Birth of the Royal Air Force.. With an Afterword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Noffsinger 501; not recorded by Enser.
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