CG. JEFFORD C. G.
The Flying Camels. The History of No. 45 Sqn RAF. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Flying Camels Privately Printed High Wycombe 1995. Sm. folio First Edition with over 690 illustrations in the text some occasional underlining; pictorial cloth gilt a very good copy in the dustwrapper. By far the most comprehensive and detailed history of any RAF squadron yet published. The work includes schedules of commanding officers squadron movements ROH aircraft deployed aerial victories and much more. A milestone in the literature of military aviation. Flying Camels, [Privately Printed], [High Wycombe, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14746
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H. BERGEL
Fly and Deliver. A Ferry Pilot's Log Book. Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier.
Airlife Shrewsbury 1982. 8vo. First Edition with plates small neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in the dustwrapper. The author gives numerous extracts from his wartime logbook as a 'forgotten' ferry pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary. Not recorded by Enser. Airlife, [Shrewsbury, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14727
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A. SPOONER
In Full Flight. Revised Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Wingham Press Canterbury 1991. 8vo. Second Revised Edition with 44 plates on 20; cloth gilt back a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. First published in 1965. Well-written autobiography of this notable airman from pre-war Brooklands Flying Club to the height of the Malta blitz. Striking dustwrapper artwork by Heawood. Scarce especially in this condition. Enser p.66 recording the first edition Wingham Press, Canterbury, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14769
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A. SPOONER
In Full Flight. Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Pughe Lloyd.
Macdonald 1965. 8vo. First Edition with 44 plates on 20; cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. Well-written autobiography of this notable airman from pre-war Brooklands Flying Club to the height of the Malta blitz. Striking dustwrapper artwork by Heawood. Scarce especially in this condition. Enser p.66. Macdonald, hardcover
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David GARNETT
War in the Air. September 1939 to May 1941. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Chatto & Windus 1941. 8vo. First Edition with 8 plates and a full-page diagram in the text neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; cloth gilt back red top backstrip lettering faded but entirely legible a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter wanting two-thirds of backstrip and frayed at edges. Scarce early account and elusive in the dustwrapper. Enser p.376. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14793
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Dudley SAWARD
Victory Denied. The Rise of Air Power and the Defeat of Germany 1920-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Buchan & Enright 1985. 8vo. First Edition with 36 plates on 16; black cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Buchan & Enright, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14853
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JDR. RAWLINGS J. D.
Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. Foreword by Lord Dowding.
Macdonald 1969. Sm. folio First Edition with very numerous photographs in the text; original blue cloth backstrip lettered in silver a very good clean copy in the dustwrapper the latter very lightly frayed at edges. Histories of 241 squadrons with detailed appendices. Macdonald, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14317
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Paul HAMLIN and Ann DAVIES
Coolham Airfield Remembered. Memories and Anecdotes of a Sussex D-Day Fighter Station and Village. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY
Privately Printed Sussex 1996. 4to. First Edition with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers a very good clean copy. Includes operations diary and list of personnel [Privately Printed], Sussex, unknown
Ссылка продавца : 14389
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Peter KILDUFF
Talking with the Red Baron. 'Interviews' with Manfred von Richthofen. FINE COPY IN CLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Brassey's 2003. 8vo. First Edition with27 plates on 16; cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Brassey's, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14264
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P. LEWIS
Squadron Histories. RFC. RNAS and RAF 1912-1959.
Putnam 1959. 8vo. First Edition with 8 coloured plates of fighter squadron markings; cloth a very good clean copy in the dustwrapper. This valuable reference includes aircraft specifications squadron titles Cranwell sword list and squadron code lettering. Putnam, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14251
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Christopher ASHWORTH
Action Stations 5. Military Airfields of the South-West. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY.
Patrick Stephens Cambridge 1982. 8vo. First Edition with illustrated title very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy. Patrick Stephens, Cambridge, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14255
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J. NICHOL and T. RENNELL
Tail-End Charlies. The Last Battles of the Bomber War 1944-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Viking 2004. 8vo. First Edition with 22 plates on 8 and endpaper maps; cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of the controversial last battles through eye-witness accounts. Viking, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14265
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BB. HALPENNY B. B.
Action Stations 2. Military Airfields of Lincolnshire and the East Midlands. Fourth Impression. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY
Patrick Stephens Wellingborough 1984. 8vo. Fourth Impression with illustrated title very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy. First published in 1981. Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14257
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Duncan CUBITT with Ken ELLIS.
Vulcan. Last of the V-Bombers Second Edition. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Chancellor Press 1996. Sm. 4to. Second Edition with a coloured frontispiece and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; pictorial boards a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1993 Chancellor Press, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13765
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Rick RADELL and Mike VINES
Lancaster. A Bombing Legend Second Edition. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Chancellor Press 1997. Sm. 4to. Second Edition with a coloured frontispiece and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; pictorial boards a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A photographic celebration of the two remaining airworthy Lancasters - the B MkI and MkX. First published in 1993 Chancellor Press, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13766
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B. COOPER and J. BATCHELOR.
Bombers 1914-1939 Purnell's History of the World Wars. Special.
Phoebus Publishing Co. 1975. 4to. First Edition with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers a near fine copy. Phoebus Publishing Co., unknown
Ссылка продавца : 13813
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Ralph BARKER
The Schneider Trophy Races. Second Edition. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Airlife Shrewsbury 1981. 8vo. Second Edition with a portrait frontispiece 66 plates on 28 and 11 full-page maps in the text; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published by Chatto & Windus in 1971. Well-researched and vividly-written history of the legendary seaplane races from the first Monaco 1913 to the last Calshot 1931. Britain's success in the 1929 event at Calshot was due largely to a new Supermarine design powered by an equally innovative Rolls-Royce engine. A few years later this combination gave birth to a fighter aircraft named the Spitfire. Uncommon. Airlife, [Shrewsbury, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13745
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LFE. COOMBS L. F.
The Lion has Wings. The Race to Prepare the RAF for World War II: 1935-1940. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Airlife Shrewsbury 1997. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Airlife, [Shrewsbury, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13763
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Harry HOLMES
Avro. The History of an Aircraft Company. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Airlife Shrewsbury 1994. 4to. First Edition with numerous photographs in the text some occasional light underlining; blue cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter lightly chafed without material loss at head and tail of backstrip. Avro A.V. Roe & Company was founded in 1910 and disappeared in 1963 when it was absorbed into Hawker Siddeley Aviation. Between these dates it flourished as one of the largest and most respected aircraft manufacturers in the world creating RAF trainers during WWI the Anson in 1935 and the mighty Vulcan V-bomber of the 1950s. Most famous of all of course is a bomber called the Lancaster. Airlife, [Shrewsbury, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13747
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A. KERSHAW
The First War Planes Purnell's History of the World Wars. Special.
Phoebus Publishing Co. 1972. 4to. First Edition with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers a near fine copy. Phoebus Publishing Co., unknown
Ссылка продавца : 13814
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RC. NESBIT and G. van ACKER R. C.
The Flight of Rudolf Hess. Myths and Reality. Foreword by the Duke of Hamilton.
Sutton Stroud 1999. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous photographs and drawings in the text and endpaper maps; cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 'The most objective assessment of the Hess story yet to be published' publisher's blurb. Sutton, [Stroud, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13866
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Ken DELVE and Peter JACOBS.
The Six-Year Offensive. Bomber Command in World War Two. Foreword by Flight Lieutenant William Reid VC. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Arms & Armour 1992. 4to. First Edition with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs facsimiles and plans in the text; blue cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Arms & Armour, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13886
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Charles BOWYER
Fighter Command 1936-1968. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Dent 1980. 8vo. First Edition with 55 plates on 32; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with two or three closed tears at edges. Appendices include AOCs and Squadron Dispositions. With bibliography. Not recorded by Enser. Dent, hardcover
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Roger A. FREEMAN
Raiding the Reich. The Allied Strategic Offensive in Europe. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Arms & Armour 1997. 4to. First Edition with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs in the text; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with minor loss at rear panel. Arms & Armour, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13889
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Charles BOWYER
Hurricane at War. Foreword by Group Captain T. Gleave. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY
Ian Allan Shepperton 1974. Roy. 4to. First Edition with very numerous photographs in the text; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy. Enser p.81 Ian Allan, [Shepperton, hardcover
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J. GRIERSON
Jet Flight. Foreword by Lord Beaverbrook. IN FULL MOROCCO
Sampson Low Marston 1945. 8vo. First Edition with a portrait frontispiece very numerous full-page photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers title very lightly age-marked; handsomely bound in full blue morocco gilt back original endpapers preserved a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A scarce and important text in the history of British and in many respects international aviation. Test pilot Grierson traces the initial development and operation of the jet engine from Whittle pictured as a flight cadet in the frontispiece and the Gloster E.28 aircraft to the Meteor and Vampire as well as progress in the USA. A most attractive copy. Sampson Low Marston, unknown
Ссылка продавца : 13949
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SR. SCOTT S. R.
Mosquito Thunder. No. 105 Squadron RAF at War 1942-5 Foreword by Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sutton Stroud 1999. 8vo. First Edition with photographs in the text red underline on title; black cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Includes COs aircraft ROH line shoots and bibliography. Sutton, [Stroud, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13965
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Mike GARBETT Brian GOULDING and Alex THORNE.
The Lancaster at War 1-5. Complete set. CLEAN WORKING SET
Ian Allan Shepperton 1971 1981 1984 1990 1995. 5 vols. roy. 8vo. First Edition save one volume with very numerous photographs a number full-page in the text and photographic or pictorial endpapers; cloth gilt backs backstrip of first volume missing but binding entirely sound small scar on title of fifth volume else a very good clean working set. Splendid pictorial record spanning nearly a quarter of a century of publishing. The set comprises: The Lancaster at War first edition 1971; Lancaster at War 2 1979; third impression 1981; Lancaster at War 3 first edition 1984; Lancaster at War 4: Pathfinder Squadron first edition 1990; Lancaster at War 5: Fifty Years On first edition 1995. UNCOMMON AS A SET. Enser p.31 recording the first volume. Ian Allan, [Shepperton, 1971, 1981, 1984, 1990, hardcover
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Alfred PRICE
The Luftwaffe in Camera 1939-1942 with The Luftwaffe in Camera 1942-1945. COMPLETE SET IN THE DUSTWRAPPERS
Sutton Stroud 1997-98. 2 vols. roy. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous photographs many full-page in the text; cloth gilt backs a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Superb collection of well-chosen photographs with expository text Sutton, Stroud, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13963
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Charles BOWYER
Path Finders at War. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY
Ian Allan Shepperton 1977. Sm. folio First Edition with illustrated title and very numerous photographs many full-page in the text; cloth gilt back backstrip lightly sunned but all gilt entirely legible else a very good clean copy. The RAF's path finders and target-markers over Germany during WWII. Enser p.172. Ian Allan, [Shepperton], hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13966
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Roy Conyers NESBIT
Eyes of the RAF. A History of Photo-Reconnaissance. Assisted by Jack Eggleston. Foreword by Air Chief Marshall Sir Neil Wheeler. Second Edition. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Bramley Books Godalming 1997. Roy. 8vo. Second Edition with very numerous photographs a number full-page in the text; laminated pictorial boards a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The best single-volume history to day covering aircraft equipment techniques and theatres. First published by Sutton in the previous year. Bramley Books, [Godalming, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13962
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Warren James PALMER and Neil Stuart LAWSON.
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. The Inside Story of the Royal Air Force Memorial Flight. Foreword by Rick Groombridge. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Ripping Publishing Epsom 1996. Sm. folio First Edition with a coloured frontispiece very numerous coloured and sepia-toned photographs in the text; cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Ripping [Publishing, Epsom, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14003
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J. TOLAND
Ships in the Sky. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Muller 1957. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece and plates some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth gilt back backstrip lightly faded at headband else a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with small loss affecting lettering at tail of backstrip. Vividly-written account of major airship disasters. Muller, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 14009
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Wing Commander I. GLEED
Arise to Conquer. With a Foreword by Flight Lieutenant John Strachey. Second Impression. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Gollancz 1942. 8vo. Second Impression with a portrait frontispiece and 14 plates small neat signature on front free endpaper; original cloth backstrip lettered in blue a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly age-soiled with small label scar on front panel and small nick at backstrip. Second impression before publication. Scarce especially in the dustwrapper. Enser p. 157 recording the first edition. Gollancz, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13375
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A. HARTLEY
RAF Transport Command 46 Group. Alan Hartley recalls his Wartime Days.
Cricklade Historical Society 2004. 8vo. First Edition original pictorial wrappers wire-stitched as issued a fine copy. Covers the assignments of RAF TC 46 Group from the lead-up to D-Day to Arnhem and the extended supply operations of 1946-7. [Cricklade Historical Society, unknown
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BE. ESCOTT B. E.
Our Wartime Days. The WAAF in World War II. Second Impression. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Alan Sutton Stroud 1995. 8vo. Second Impression with numerous photographs in the text neat inscription on front free endpaper; cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition Alan Sutton, [Stroud, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13152
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Laddie LUCAS
Thanks for the Memory. Unforgettable Characters in Air Warfare 1939-1945. Second Impression. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Stanley Paul 1990. 8vo. Second Impression with very numerous plates; cloth backstrip lettered in silver a fine copy In unclipped dustwrapper. This evocative collection of reminiscences includes contributions from Britain France Italy Germany Japan Czechoslovakia Poland Norway South Africa the USA Canada Australia and New Zealand. First published in the previous year. Mulholland & Jordan L69 recording the first edition. Stanley Paul, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13242
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Alan W. MITCHELL
New Zealanders in the Air War. With Forewords by Sir Archibald Sinclair and W. Jordan. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Harrap 1945. 8vo. First Edition with 32 plates on 16 small neat signature on front paste-down; cloth badge blocked in gilt on upper board gilt back backstrip sunned but all lettering entirely legible a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter mildly age-soiled and lightly rubbed at joints and fold-ins. With the trade ticket of Underhills of Plymouth on front paste-down. Uncommon in this condition. Enser p.288. Harrap, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 13254
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Aviation Historical Society of Australia
RAAF Aircraft 1921-1971
Sydney: A. H. S. A. 1971. 1st edition. stiff wrappers. Near Fine. quarto. 24pp. b/w pls. Short account of the 114 Aircraft types used by the RAAF over 50 years. Well-illustrated A. H. S. A. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 22077
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G. MCCALL
Flight Most Sceret. Air Missions for SOE and SIS.
Kimber 1981. 8vo. First Edition with numerous photographs in the text text edges browning slightly as usual; cloth a very good clean copy in the dustwrapper. Already uncommon especially in this condition. Kimber, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 12823
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Page Queckett Davies Edwards Payne Collins Burden Wilson
HMS Illustrious Millennium Commission The Fleet Flagship Between July 1999 and May 2002
London: Stacey International 2002. Superb large A4 format book profusely illus with high quality colour photos nominal rolls with lists of personnel who served on board as ship's company embarked staffs and air squadrons. Book and jacket are in as new condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Stacey International Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : AB006602
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Arthur T. HARRIS
Despatch on War Operations: 23rd February 1942 to 8th May 1945.
Frank Cass 1995. Sm. folio First Edition with numerous photographs and tables in the text; cloth a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Harris's official report published for the first time with a German perspective by Horst Boog. Already very scarce. Frank Cass, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 12913
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AW. COOPER A. W.
The Men who breached the Dams. 617 Squadron. 'The Dambusters'. Foreword by Air Marshal Sir Harold Martin.
Kimber 1982. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous photographs in the text; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Meticulously researched history of the famous raid and a valuable complement to Brickhill's classic account. Includes a detailed record of every crew member and many previously unpublished photographs. Already scarce in this condition. Kimber, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 12960
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Mason Francis K
Hawks Rising The Eight-Five Year History of No. 25 Fighter Squadron Royal Air Force
Air- Britain 2001. 278pp illus photos large format hugely detailed squadron history illus laminated boards. Perfect NEW condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. New. Air- Britain Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : AB006583 ISBN : 0851303072 9780851303079
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603 Squadron. David ROSS Bruce BLANCHE and William SIMPSON
'The Greatest Squadron of them All'. The Definitive History of 603 City of Edinburgh Squadron RAuxAF. Foreword by Lord Selkirk of Douglas. Preface by Alasdair J. Beaton. Complete set. FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
Grub Street 2003. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition with many hundreds of photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth gilt backs a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: Formation to the end of 1940; Vol. II: 1941 to date. Already uncommon as a set in this condition. Grub Street, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 12769
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Patricia CORNWELL
The Battle of France then and now. Six Nations Locked in Aerial Combat. September 1939 - June 1940.
After the Battle 2008. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with very numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. After the Battle, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 12532
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Helmuth EULER
The Dams Raid through the Lens. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPER
After the Battle 2001. Oblong 4to. First Edition with very numerous photographs maps and diagrams in the text; cloth a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first photographic treatment from the German viewpoint. After the Battle, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 12539
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Roger A. FREEMAN
Bomber Command Bases then and now.
After the Battle 2001. 4to. First Edition with very numerous photographs maps and diagrams in the text; cloth a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. After the Battle, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 12538
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Leroy W. NEWBY
Target Ploesti. View from a Bombsight 1944. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Arms & Armour 1983. 8vo. First Edition with plates and maps; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly written account by a navigator of 460th Bomb Group Fifteenth Air Force. Enser pp.33 198 230. Arms & Armour, hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 12161
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R.R.S. TUCK
Pilot's Flying Log. Facsimile Edition.
After the Battle Magazine 1996. 8vo. First Edition thus text in red blue and black; cloth gilt a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 2500 NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY NO. 152 WITH PRINTED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND LIMITATION MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Robert Roland Stanford Tuck needs no introduction here; as one of the of the leading fighter aces of the Battle of Britain he achieved 29 confirmed victories. This high quality facsimile covers the period October 1935 initial training in Avro Tutors to 1954 as Chief Test Pilot on the EEC Canberra. [After the Battle Magazine, hardcover
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