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ROYAL AIR FORCE
Royal Air Force Journal No. 11. March 21 1942. No. 11. March 21 1942. EARLY WWII NUMBER
Royal Air Force 1942. Sm. 4to. First Edition with photographs and illustrations a number full-page in the text; original grey wrappers printed in green wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. 'Published to give all ranks of the Service information and news not usually released to the Press'. Includes illustrated account of the raids on Stettin 'Destination Unknown' by Carter Jonas and an illustrated account of the 'Briarwood' Focke-Wulf. WWII issues are scarce in anything like this condition. Royal Air Force, unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20376
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CG. POWER C. G.
The RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force Overseas. The First Four Years.
Oxford University Press Toronto 1944. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece and plates; cloth a very good clean copy in the dustwrapper the latter frayed and creased at edges. Includes decorations and awards. Very scarce. Oxford University Press, Toronto, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20307
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MCD. WILSON and ASL. ROBINSON. M. C. A. S.
RAF Coastal Command leads the Invasion. Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Viscount Trenchard. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
Jarrolds 1945. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece and 53 plates on 30 endpapers lightly spotted; original backstrip lettered in red a good firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly age-marked and creased and frayed without significant loss at edges. Vividly-written and well-illustrated survey of Coastal Command's contribution to the U-boat war. Very scarce. Enser p.110. Jarrolds, unknown
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force 1933-1945. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Public Record Office Richmond 2001. 8vo. First Edition thus with numerous photographs and maps in the text; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. High quality facsimile reissue of the scarce original edition published by the Air Ministry in 1948. With a new and extended index. Public Record Office, [Richmond, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19837
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EB. MORGAN and E. SHACKLADY. E. B.
Spitfire: The History. The History. Fifth Impression Revised.
Key Books Stamford 2000. 4to. Best Edition with many hundreds of photographs and detailed drawings in the text and fine coloured pictorial endpapers illustrating 140 variants of the aircraft; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in the dustwrapper. Morgan and Shacklady's definitive history of the most famous fighter in aviation history was first published in 1987 after some twenty years' research. It constitutes a massive bank of information including rare photographs detailed technical drawings and operational data on more than 22500 individual aircraft. This is the revised edition incorporating much of the additional material that has subsequently become available. Key Books, Stamford, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19897
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M. GARBETT and B. GOULDING.
Lancaster at War 5: Fifty Years On.
Ian Allan Shepperton 1995. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with illustrated title numerous photographs in the text and photographic endpapers; cloth gilt back a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Scarce especially in this condition. Ian Allan, [Shepperton, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19955
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RH. FOSTER R. H.
Focus on Europe. A Photo-Reconnaissance Mosquito Pilot at War 1943-1945.
Crowood Press Marlborough 2004. 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. Crowood Press, [Marlborough, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19395
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Richard HILLARY
The Last Enemy. Fifth Impression. IN FULL MOROCCO
Macmillan 1942. 8vo. Fifth Impression; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco sides with gilt frame borders back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'propeller' motif gilt top hand-made endpapers a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published four months after the first edition. Arguably the finest account of the Battle of Britain by a British fighter pilot. Hillary flew Spitfires out of Hornchurch with 603 Squadron and claimed five victories before being badly burned over the North Sea. An early member of the Guinea Pig Club he was treated by McIndoe and returned to duty but was killed shortly after in a training accident. The work was many times reprinted but early issues are scarce. The US title is 'Falling Through Space'. Enser p.157 Macmillan, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19570
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John F. HAMLIN
Flat Out. The Story of 30 Squadron Royal Air Force. Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Cheshire. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Air-Britain Historians Tunbridge Wells 2002. Sm. folio First Edition with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; original laminated pictorial boards a near fine copy. This outstanding history covers over eight decades of continuous service by one of the RAF's most famous squadrons. With numerous detailed appendices relating to actions aircraft and personnel. SCARCE. Air-Britain [(Historians), Tunbridge Wells], hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18755
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Timothy HOSEK
Grumman JF Duck. Mini in Action. Color by Don Greer. Illustrated by Joe Sewell. Mini Number 7. NEAR FINE COPY
Squadron/Signal Publications Carrollton TX 1996. Sm. 8vo. First Edition with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text and 2pp of colour plates; original pictorial wrappers wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. Mini Number 7. Squadron/Signal Publications, [Carrollton TX, unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18647
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Charles A. LINDBERGH
The Spirit of St. Louis. Louis First UK Edition.
John Murray 1953. 8vo. First UK Edition with plates and diagrams in the text; cloth a very good bright clean copy in the dustwrapper. John Murray, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18454
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General Ira EAKER. James PARTON
'Air Force Spoken Here' General Ira Eaker and the Command of the Air. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Adler Bethesda MD 1986. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous photographs in the text; blue boards blue cloth back lettered in silver a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The author was Eaker's aide in England from 1942-43 then chief air historian in the Mediterranean from 1944-45. Scarce in this condition. Not recorded by Enser. Adler, [Bethesda MD, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18183
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Stephen E. AMBROSE
The Wild Blue. The Men and Boys who Flew the B-24s over Germany. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Simon & Schuster New York NY 2001. 8vo. First Edition with 16 plates on 8; white boards blue cloth back lettered in gilt a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Simon & Schuster, New York NY, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18195
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Peggy DRUMMOND HAY
The Driving Force. Memoirs of Wartime WAAF Drivers 1665 HCU and 81 OTU. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Book Guild Lewes 1994. 8vo. First Edition with 14 plates on 8 and numerous illustrations a number full-page in the text inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Book Guild, [Lewes], hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18237
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Charles BOWYER
Bomber Group at War RAF No. 5 Group. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Ian Allan Shepperton 1981. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout black cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Well-illustrated pictorial history of the RAF's most publicised Bomber Group. Enser p.30. Ian Allan, [Shepperton, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18269
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Christopher ASHWORTH et al.
Action Stations 12345678910. with COOKSLEY P. . Aviation Enthusiasts' Guide to London & the South-East with FAIRBAIRN A. Action Stations Overseas with SMITH D.J. Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945 13 vols. EXTRA EXTENDED SET
Patrick Stephens Cambridge Sparkford Wellingborough 1979-1991. 13 vols. 8vo. First Edition with illustrated titles very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth gilt backs a very good extended set in the dustwrapper. Nice extra-extended set of the most comprehensive survey of the UK's WWII military airfields ever published and an invaluable tool for historians and scholars alike. The ten volumes of the original series together with the three complementary works form a milestone in WWII aviation history. The extended set comprises:Bowyer M.J.F. Action Stations 1 1979 East AngliaHalpenny B.B. Action Stations 2 1981 Lincolnshire and East MidlandsSmith D.J. Action Stations 3 1981 Wales and the North WestHalpenny B.B. Action Stations 4 1982 YorkshireAshworth C. Action Stations 5 1982 South-West Bowyer M.J.F. Action Stations 6 1983 Cotswolds and Central MidlandsSmith D.J. Action Stations 7 1983 Scotland the North-East and Northern IrelandHalpenny B.B. Action Stations 8 1984 Greater LondonAshworth C. Action Stations 9 1985 Central South and South-EastQuarrie B. Action Stations 10 1987 Supplement and IndexFairbairn A. Action Stations Overseas 1991Cooksley P.G. Aviation Enthusiasts' Guide to London & the South-East 1982Smith D.J. Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945 1989EXTENDED SETS OF FIRST EDITIONS ARE SELDOM AVAILABLE FOR SALE. Patrick Stephens, [Cambridge, Sparkford, Wellingborough, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18080
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Charles BOWYER
Royal Air Force. The Aircraft in Service since 1918. Paintings by Michael Turner. Main Text by Chaz Bowyer. Foreword by Raymond Baxter.
Hamlyn 1981. 4to. First Edition with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; cloth gilt back green endpapers a very good bright clean copy in the dustwrapper. Hamlyn, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18134
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FE. DYMOND F. E.
A Very Special Lancaster. A History of Lancaster Mk I R5868.
Pitkin Pictorials for the RAF Museum Hendon 1975. Sm. 4to. First Edition with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs illustrations and maps throughout; orihinal photographic wrappers wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. Now preserved at Hendon R5868 served with 83 and 467 Squadrons throughout WWII. [Pitkin Pictorials for the RAF Museum, Hendon, unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18159
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Mike SPICK
Luftwaffe Bomber Aces. Men Machines Methods.
Greenhill 2001. 8vo. First Edition with 35 plates on 16 and illustrations in the text; black cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Greenhill, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17852
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Milton L. Schwartz & Robert O. Maguglin
Signed The Howard Hughes Flying Boat
RoseBud Books for the Wrather Corp 1983. Paperback. Very Good. Signed by Author. Milton L. Schwartz & Robert O. Maguglin - Signed The Howard Hughes Flying Boat. This copy is AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED by Robert O. Maguglin on the front fly. Signed in person. Bob is quite disgruntled that the other 'author' attributed to this book did none of the writing but was the son of the producer. Staplebound softcover pamphlet style booklet. FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on first page. Our Packing Slips do not contain any pricing information so you may order items as Gifts or for Dropship without concern. We ship every Monday Wednesday & Friday morning. All items subject to prior sale. Why the odd prices We run a percent discount for our Biblio listings which insures Biblio has our lowest prices online but does give odd change. RoseBud Books for the Wrather Corp paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 017621
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Alfred PRICE
The Luftwaffe in Camera 1939-1942 with The Luftwaffe in Camera 1942-1945. COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
Sutton Stroud 1997-98. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous photographs many full-page throughout; original black cloth gilt backs a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Superb assembly of photographs collected from German official and personal archives. The majority appear here for the first time. Sutton, [Stroud, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17763
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Air Chief Marshal Geoffrey SALMOND. A. BAKER
From Biplane to Spitfire. The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond.
Leo Cooper Barnsley 2003. 8vo. First Edition with 35 plates on 16 and 2 maps in the text; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Leo Cooper, [Barnsley], hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17575
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I. 'Taffy' JONES
Tiger Squadron. The Story of 74 Squadron RAF in Two World Wars.
W H Allen 1954. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece and 20 plates neat inscription on front free endpaper; black cloth gilt back backstrip moderately faded but all lettering entirely legible a good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter age-soiled and faded with minor loss at extremities. Detailed account of one of the RAF's greatest fighter squadrons which served with distinction at both Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain. Appendices include WWI aces and fighter pilots with more than twelve confirmed victories to June 1941. Enser p.377. W H Allen, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17596
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LE. DEAL L. E.
The Manston Spitfire. TB752. Second Revised Edition. NEAR FINE COPY
North Kent Books Rochester 1986. 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 [North Kent Books, Rochester, unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17671
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A. GRANFIELD
Bombers over Sand and Snow. 205 Group RAF in World War II.
Pen & Sword Barnsley 2011. 8vo. First Edition with 60 plates; cloth a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 205 Group provided the only mobile force of RAF heavy night bombers in the Mediterranean. Pen & Sword, [Barnsley, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17708
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T. COLLISON
Flying Fortress. The Story of the Boeing Bomber.
Scribners New York NY 1943. 8vo. First Edition with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; cloth covers mildly age-marked else a very good firm copy in the dustwrapper the latter worn and frayed at joints and edges. Scarce especially in the dustwrapper Scribners, New York NY, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17508
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Lt. JH. HERBERT pseud. ANON J. H.
G for Genevieve. The Story of a Polish Flier.
Roy New York NY 1944. 8vo. First Edition; cloth a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Scarce in this condition. Enser p.343 Roy, New York NY, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17510
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G. DANIELS ed.
A Guide to the Reports of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey. Guide to the Reports of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey.
Royal Historical Society 1981. 8vo. First Edition; original printed wrappers a very good bright clean copy. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 12. Royal Historical Society, unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17509
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J. KILLEN
The Luftwaffe. A History.
Muller 1967. 8vo. First Edition with 28 plates; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter mildly frayed and creased at edges. Enser p.183 Muller, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17370
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Richard OVERY
Bomber Command 1939-1945. Foreword by Sir Michael Beetham. Interviews conducted by Alex Beetham and Sally Lindsay. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
HarperCollins Harper Collins for Silverdale Books 2000. Sm. folio with photographic title-spread and very numerous photographs throughout; laminated photographic boards blue endpapers a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. [HarperCollins, Harper Collins for Silverdale Books, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17442
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Alfred PRICE and M. SPICK
Great Aircraft of WWII. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Abbeydale Press Enderby 1997. Roy. 4to. First Edition thus with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs throughout; laminated photographic boards blue endpapers a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Abbeydale Press, [Enderby], hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17441
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Roger A. FREEMAN
The Royal Air Force of World War Two in Colour. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Brockhampton Press 1999. 4to. First Edition thus with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous coloured photographs throughout; laminated photographic boards a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Brockhampton Press, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17439
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Robert JACKSON
Spitfire. The History of Britain's most famous World War II Fighter.
Parragon Bath 2003. Roy. 4to. with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and photographic endpapers; laminated photographic boards a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. [Parragon, Bath, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 17440
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Mike REILLY
Alone in the Sky. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Hale 1963. 8vo. First Edition with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; blue cloth backstrip lettered in silver a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The history of parachuting in war and peace. The author died in a parachute accident shortly after completing this work Hale, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16949
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Alexander MCKEE
Dresden 1945. The Devil's Tinderbox.
Souvenir Press 1982. 8vo. First Edition with 59 plates on 24 and front and rear endpaper maps; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The controversial Bomber Command raid on the historic German city of Dresden. Enser p. 69. Souvenir Press, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16797
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Drew MIDDLETON
The Sky Suspended. The Battle of Britain. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Secker & Warburg 1960. 8vo. First Edition; blue cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written largely eye-witness account of the fateful summer of 1940 by the London Correspondent of Associated Press. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser p.57. Secker & Warburg, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16684
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ASG. LEE A. S.
Special Duties. Reminiscences of a Royal Air Force Staff Officer in the Balkans Turkey and the Middle East. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY
Sampson Low Marston & Co. 1946. 8vo. First Edition with a portrait frontispiece 48 plates on 30 4 maps one double-page 3 full-page in the text and endpaper maps; navy blue cloth backstrip lettered in white a very good clean copy. Air Vice-Marshal Lee's account is uncommon. Enser p.377. Sampson Low Marston & Co., hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16590
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D. WOOD and D. DEMPSTER.
The Narrow Margin. The Battle of Britain and the Rise of Air Power 1930-1940. Foreword by Air Chef Marshal the Lord Dowding. Revised and Best Edition.
Tri-Service Press 1990. 4to. Revised and Best Edition with very numerous photographs and maps throughout; blue cloth gilt back blue endpapers a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with one small closed tear at fold-in. This important work was first published by Hutchinson in 1961 and several times reissued; this edition incorporates text additions and amendments and extends the appendices. Crucially the list of aircrew taking part in the Battle of Britain is completely revised in the light of fresh information on many of the participants. Scarce especially in this condition. Enser p.87 recording the first edition. Tri-Service Press, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16366
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Norman FRANKS ed.
The War Diaries of Neville Duke . The Journals of Squadron Leader N F Duke 1941-44. Edited by Norman Franks. Second Impression. SIGNED BY NEVILLE DUKE
Grub Street 2006. 8vo. Second Impression with 84 plates on 16 and a full-page map in the text; black cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY DUKE ON SMALL BOOKPLATE MOUNTED ON TITLE. first published in 1995. Grub Street, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16461
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C. SHORES
Dust Clouds in the Middle East. The Air War for East Africa Iraq Syria Iran and Madagascar 1940-42 Second Edition.
Grub Street 2010. 8vo. Second Edition with numerous photographs in the text; red cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference first published in 1966. Grub Street, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16260
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Robin J. BROOKS
Sussex Airfields in the Second World War.
Countryside Books Newbury 1993. 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. Countryside Books, Newbury, unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16313
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David ANDERTON
Republic F-105 Thunderchief. Osprey Air Combat. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Osprey 1983. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with illustrated title-spread and very numerous photographs in the text neat inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth backstrip lettered in silver a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Osprey, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16322
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B. JONES
Gloster Meteor.
Crowood Press Ramsbury 1998. 4to. First Edition with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in the dustwrapper. The story of the RAF's first turbojet and its career over five decades. Scarce in this condition. Crowood Press, [Ramsbury, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16087
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RAFF. A. ARMSTRONG
Plonk's Party of ATC. Illustrated by RAFF. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Methuen 1942. 8vo. First Edition with title-vignette and very numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial blue cloth upper board blocked in black backstrip lettered in orange a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Delightful wartime satire dedicated 'to the young men of the Air Training Corps whose enthusiasm is no less overwhelming than their knowledge and in whose hands to-day rests the skill and reputation of the Air Force of tomorrow'. Very scarce in anything like this condition. Methuen, hardcover
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B. ROBERTSON
Aircraft Camouflage and Markings 1907-1954. Paintings by William P. epworth. Fifth Impression with Addition of Squadron Badges.
Harleyford Publications Letchworth 1966. 4to. Fifth Impression with a coloured frontispiece very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations and a colour plate of RAF paint colours; original cloth a very good clean copy in the dustwrapper the latter lightly frayed at edges. A standard reference unique in its coverage Harleyford Publications, Letchworth, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15871
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ROYAL AIR FORCE. WING COMMANDER pseud. ANON
Bombers' Battle. Bomber Command's Three Years of War. By a Wing Commander. With a Foreword by Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris.
Duckworth 1943. 8vo. with 16 plates on 8; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in the dustwrapper the latter chipped with minor loss at extremities. Early wartime account of Bomber Command principally in the Atlantic and Europe. Uncommon in anything like this condition. Apparently not recorded by Enser Duckworth, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15849
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Guy GIBSON. RAF 617 SQUADRON. Paul BRICKHILL
The Dam Busters. With a Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Tedder. IN FULL MOROCCO WITH THEME TOOLING
Evans Brothers 1951. 8vo. First Edition with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12; handsomely bound in blue full morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands ruled in gilt second and third compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt with a propeller hand-made endpapers a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and Operation CHASTISE arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. This book formed the basis of Michael Anderson's classic feature film 1954 of the same name starring Michael Redgrave Richard Todd and Nigel Stock. The stirring 'Dam Busters March' written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Enser p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 Evans Brothers, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15620
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F. MARES
Mission Accomplished. The Engaging Memoir of a Czech Fighter Pilot Flying for Britain in World War Two.
Grub Street 2007. 8vo. First Edition with plates; cloth a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Already uncommon Grub Street, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15346
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WA. BISHOP W. A.
Winged Warfare. Edited by Stanley M. Ulanoff. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Bailey Brothers & Swinfen Folkestone 1975. 8vo. with 35 plates on 24 and illustrations and badges in the text; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The classic account by the leading Canadian air ace of WWI. Enser p.122. Bailey Brothers & Swinfen, [Folkestone, hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15427
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Aviation Quarterly Vol. 3 No. 4
Aviation Quarterly Vol. 3 No. 4
Plano: Airtrails 1977. 1st edition. pictorial boards. Fine. oblong 8vo. Plano 1977 96pp. col. & b/w pls. Limited Numbered edition. Trophy Edition Airtrails hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14599
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