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MCCART Neil
Three Ark Royals 1938-1999. Foreword by Rear-Admiral T W Loughran. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with 15 coloured plates on 8, numerous monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Still the sole single-volume account of the three famous vessels of this name: the legendary wartime Ark allegedly 'sunk' so many times, her post-war namesake of the Cold War and the third Ark which carried the FAA into the 21st century.
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MCCART Neil
HMS Victorious 1937-1969. Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Ian McIntosh. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MCCART Neil
The Colossus Class Aircraft Carriers 1944-1972.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title, numerous photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers the eight light fleet carriers of this class: Colossus, Glory, Ocean, Theseus, Triumph, Venerable, Vengeance and Warrior.
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MCKEE Alexander
Dresden 1945. The Devil's Tinderbox.
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.
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MIDDLETON Drew
The Sky Suspended. The Battle of Britain. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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MITCHELL Alan W.
New Zealanders in the Air War. With Forewords by Sir Archibald Sinclair and W. Jordan. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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ROBERTSON B.
Aircraft Camouflage and Markings 1907-1954. Paintings by William P. epworth. [Fifth Impression], with Addition of Squadron Badges.
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
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NESBIT Roy Conyers
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
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.
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NEWBY Leroy W.
Target Ploesti. View from a Bombsight [1944]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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OLIVER David
Airborne Espionage. International Special Duties Operations in the World Wars. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Comprehensive account, from the beginnings in WWI to the specialist SD squadrons of WWII.
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OVERY Richard
Bomber Command 1939-1945. Foreword by Sir Michael Beetham. Interviews conducted by Alex Beetham and Sally Lindsay. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, with photographic title-spread and very numerous photographs throughout; laminated photographic boards, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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PALMER Warren James
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
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.
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PAWLOWSKI Gareth L.
Flat-Tops and Fledglings. A History of American Aircraft Carriers. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., with very numerous photographs in the text; green cloth, backstripletterd in white, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Detailed class-by-class survey from USSs 'Langley' to 'Chester W Nimitz'. Part I comprises chapters on individual carriers; in Parts II-IV the author covers the early days, and medals and commendations, together with useful appendices including deployments.
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POOLMAN Kenneth
Focke-Wulf Condor. Scourge of the Atlantic. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 43 plates on 20 and 2 fill-page maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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POOLMAN Kenneth
Illustrious. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 34 plates on 16; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and frayed at edges. Standard operational history by an acknowledged authority. Enser, p.22; Law, 0969.
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PRICE Alfred
Targeting the Reich. Allied Photographic Reconnaissance over Europe 1939-1945. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PRICE Alfred
Great Aircraft of WWII. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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PRICE Alfred
Battle of Britain Day. 15 September 1940. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 75 plates on 32 and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account of the peak day of the battle based on eye-witness material from over sixty participants in the air or on the ground.
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RAVEN Alan
Essex Class Carriers [Warship Design History].
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. This series is similar to Conway's outstanding outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
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RADELL Rick
Lancaster. A Bombing Legend [Second Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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
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ROYAL AIR FORCE
Brace by Wire to Fly by Wire. 75 Years of the Royal Air Force. Compiled to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with 76 fine full-page coloured illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's board slip-case. Arranged in chronological sequence, the seventy-six illustrations include work from virtually every leading aviation artist.
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RAVEN Alan
Fletcher Class Destroyers [Warship Design History].
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. This series is similar to Conway's outstanding outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
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RAWLINGS John D. R.
Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. [Foreword by Lord Dowding]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Histories of 241 squadrons with detailed appendices.
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REILLY Mike
Alone in the Sky. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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
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ROBBINS Guy
The Aircraft Carrier Story 1908-1945.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a mint copy in the dustwrapper. Valuable account of carrier development in Britain, Japan and the US. Coverage of wartime engagements is largely US-oriented.
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ROSS Al
Anatomy of the Ship. The Escort Carrier Gambier Bay.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Arguably the scarcest title in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
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BAKER A.
From Biplane to Spitfire. The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond.
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.
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SAWARD Dudley
Victory Denied. The Rise of Air Power and the Defeat of Germany 1920-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 36 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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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
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.
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SHORES Christopher
Dust Clouds in the Middle East. The Air War for East Africa, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Madagascar, 1940-42. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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 1996.
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SMITH D.J.
Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sequel to the highly acclaimed 'Action Stations' series.
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SPICK Mike
Luftwaffe Bomber Aces. Men, Machines, Methods.
8vo., First Edition, with 35 plates on 16 and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SWANBOROUGH Gordon
The Focke-Wulf Fw190. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference. Includes a detailed list of development batch, prototypes and production variants. Published simultaneously with the first edition.
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TAYLOR Eric
Operation Millennium. 'Bomber' Harris's Raid on Cologne, May 1942. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 57 plates on 24 and several full-page facsimiles in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Surprisingly detached, meticulously researched account of the first thousand bomber raid - effectively the prototype of Harris's controversial 'saturation bombing' strategy. Moving and graphically illustrated. Already elusive in this condition. Enser, p.55.
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THETFORD O.
British Naval Aircraft 1912-1958.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs and drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Arranged by manufacturer, this standard reference covers every type, including background, evolution, design, manufacture, units allocated and technical data.
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THOMPSON Sir Robert
Famous Regiments. The Royal Flying Corps (Per Ardua ad Astra). [Introductions by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks]. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND SERIES EDITOR
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND HORROCKS ON TITLE. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE.
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THOMPSON Sir Robert
Famous Regiments. The Royal Flying Corps (Per Ardua ad Astra). [Introductions by Lt. General Sir Brian Horrocks]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text, small blind-embossed personal book-stamp on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled and with two short tape repairs. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series.
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TOLAND John
Infamy. Pearl Harbor and its Aftermath.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps in the text and coloured endpaper maps; red boards, black cloth back lettered in gilt, , uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.173.
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TOLAND J.
Ships in the Sky. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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UNKEFER Duane
Gray Eagles. [First UK Edition].
8vo., First UK Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one or two short closed tears. The author's first novel. The UK edition was published a year after the US [first] edition.
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WATTON Ross
Anatomy of the Ship. The Aircraft Carrier Victorious. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
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WOOD D.
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].
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).
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WRAGG David
Swordfish. The Story of the Taranto Raid.
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16;cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. It is argued that the attack on Taranto changed the nature of war at sea by shifting the aggressive emphasis to carrier-borne aircraft. This account of Operation JUDGEMENT focuses on the personalities involved and examines the strategic context.
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ARMSTRONG A.
Plonk's Party of ATC. [Illustrated by RAFF]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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MCCART Neil
The Illustrious and Implacable Classes of Aircraft Carrier 1940-1969.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, illustrated title, very numerous monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers the six fleet carriers of these two classes: Formidable, Illustrious, Implacable, Indefatigable, Indomitable and Victorious. Includes detailed career histories, lists of COs, badges and battle honours.
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GARBETT M.
Lancaster at War 5: Fifty Years On.
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.
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MCCART Neil
Harrier Carriers. Volume One. HMS Invincible. Foreword by Rear-Admiral R A G Clare.
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed career history from Invincible's early days as a' though-deck cruiser' to the 21st century.
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COOPER Alan W.
The Air Battle of the Ruhr. RAF Offensive March to July 1943. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account including aircraft losses, command structure, Bomber Command groups and comprehensive register of missing aircraft and aircrew with fates where known.
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POWER C.G.
The RCAF [Royal Canadian Air Force] Overseas. The First Four Years.
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.
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TAYLOR R.
Royal Air Force Germany since 1945.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
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