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DE JONG Ivo
Mission 85. A Milk Run that turned Sour. The Unites States Eighth Air Force and its Mission on August 19 1943 over South-West Holland. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, text in English, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Historical Edition No. 5. Meticulously researched and well-illustrated account. Scarce.
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BOWYER Michael J. F.
Air Raid! The Enemy Air Offensive against East Anglia 1939-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A comprehensive and detailed account with a wealth of valuable photographs. Enser, p.29.
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MARCH (ed.) D.J.
British Warplanes of World War II. [Combat Aircraft of the RAF and Fleet Air Arm 1939-1945].
Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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CLUETT, Douglas
Croydon Airport and the Battle for Britain. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous photographs and plans in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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COBHAM A.J.
My Flight to the Cape and Back.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece in sepia, and 45 sepia-toned photographs (many full-page), a full-page plan and a full-page map in the text, front free endpapers lightly spotted; original pictorial boards, very neatly rebacked, old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, clean copy. Uncommon in this condition
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DICKSON Charles
Croydon Airport Remembered.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wrappers unevenly sunned else a near fine copy.
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MALONEY E.T.
Supermarine Spitfire. Scale Drawings by Uwe Feist.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 4 pages of coloured drawings and numerous monochrome photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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SULLIVAN J.
Aircraft No. 29. F4U Corsair in Action. Illustrated by Don Greer. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with 2 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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WHITFIELD Frederick
We Sat Alone [Memoirs of a former Lancaster Rear Gunner].
8vo., First Edition with illustrations; original wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Fred Whitfield served as rear gunner with IX Squadron Lancasters based at Bardney in Lincolnshire. His record of over 30 'ops' includes raids on the Tirpitz and the Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. Extremely scarce due to limited print run
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LARKIN (ed.) David
The Aviation Art of Frank Wootton. Edited by David Larkin. Introduction by John Blake. [First US Edition].
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous full-page coloured illustrations and smaller line illustrations in monochrome; original pictorial wrappers, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy.
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MITCHELL G.
R.J. Mitchell. Schooldays to Spitfire. In association with the Imperial War Museum. [Third Edition].
Roy. 8vo., Third Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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AIR MINISTRY
Pilot's Notes General. Prepared by Direction of the Minister of Supply. Promulgated by Order of the Air Council. RESTRICTED. Third Edition.
8vo., Third Edition, with diagrams in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Publication Code: AP 2095. With Amendment List mounted on rear wrapper and several printed pasted at relevant positions in text. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
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UNDERWOOD J.G.
The World's Famous Racing Aircraft.
Oblong 4to., with numerous photographs and line illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
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BRUCE (intro.)] [J.M.
Silhouettes d'Avions classes par analogie. [Facsimile reissue].
Oblong 4to., with very numerous multi-view illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. High quality facsimile reissue of the scarce original edition of 1917. Introduction by J.M. Bruce, Assistant Keeper at the RAF Museum. Very scarce in its own right.
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ROSS, David
'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
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.
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ASHWORTH C.
Action Stations 9. Military Airfields of the Central South and South-East. [Second Edition].
8vo., Best Edition, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Significantly expanded version of the first edition of 1985.
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DELVE Ken
Nightfighter. The Battle for the Night Skies. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GELB Norman
Scramble. A Narrative History of the Battle of Britain. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper.
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HUNT Leslie
Twenty-One Squadrons. The History of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force: 1925-1957. With a Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The standard history.
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KAPLAN Philip
The Few. Summer 1940, The Battle of Britain. Introduction by Peter Townsend. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Impression, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) throughout, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent and very well-illustrated survey. Published a year after the first edition.
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JULLIAN Marcel
The Battle of Britain. July-September 1940. Translated from the French by Ann-Yvette and Alan Stewart. [First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with 29 plates on 16 and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. One of the best overall histories of the battle, first published in Paris in 1965. Enser, p.57.
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ASHWORTH et al.] [Christopher
Action Stations 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. [With] COOKSLEY (P). Aviation Enthusiasts' Guide to London & South-East [with] FAIRBAIRN (A). Action Stations Overseas [with] SMITH (D.J). Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945. [Extra Extended set.] EXTRA EXTENDED SET
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. Bright 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 Anglia]Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 2, [1981] [Lincolnshire and East Midlands]Smith (D.J). Action Stations 3, [1981] [Wales and the North West]Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 4, [1982] [Yorkshire]Ashworth (C). Action Stations 5, [1982] [South-West] Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 6, [1983] [Cotswolds and Central Midlands]Smith (D.J). Action Stations 7, [1983] [Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland]Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 8, [1984] [Greater London]Ashworth (C. Action Stations 9, [1985] [Central South and South-East]Quarrie (B). Action Stations 10, [1987] [Supplement and Index]Fairbairn (A). Action Stations Overseas, [1991]Cooksley (P.G). Aviation Enthusiasts' Guide to London & the South-East, [1982]Smith (D.J). Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945, [1989]EXTENDED SETS OF FIRST EDITIONS ARE SELDOM AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
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MOXON Oliver
Bitter Monsoon [with] The Last Monsoon [with] After the Monsoon.. THE 'MONSOON' TRILOGY COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates and a full-page map in the text, first and third volumes with light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; tops lightly age-soiled else a very good, firm set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly frayed at heads and tails of backstrips, and wrapper of third volume creased at joints. Moxon's celebrated 'Monsoon' trilogy is a key work in the history of the war in the air in Burma. It tells the story of a young Hurricane pilot during and after the war. The first volume is autobiographical, and provides a first-hand illustrated account of service with 5 Squadron RAF in the Imphal Valley from 1944 onwards. The second and third volumes, through based on the author's experiences, are closer to fiction; the second giving an action-packed account of the war to the Japanese surrender, the third dealing with the reintegration of the survivors into peacetime civilian life. The complete trilogy is scarce, especially in the dustwrappers. Graham & Cole U45, V59, V58 respectively.
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ASHWORTH et al.] [Christopher
Action Stations 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. [With] FAIRBAIRN (A). Action Stations Overseas [with] SMITH (D.J). Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945. [Complete Extended set.] COMPLETE EXTENDED SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
12 vols., 8vo., Mixed Editions, with illustrated titles, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine extended set in dustwrapper. Splendid 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 two complementary works, form a milestone in WWII aviation history. The extended set comprises (first impressions unless otherwise stated):Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 1, [third impression, 1980] [East Anglia]; Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 2, [1981] [Lincolnshire and East Midlands]; Smith (D.J). Action Stations 3, [1981] [Wales and the North West]; Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 4, [1982] [Yorkshire]; Ashworth (C). Action Stations 5, [fourth impression, 1982] [South-West]; Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 6, [1983] [Cotswolds and Central Midlands]; Smith (D.J). Action Stations 7, [1983] [Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland]; Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 8, [second impression, 1984] [Greater London]; Ashworth (C. Action Stations 9, [second impression, 1985] [Central South and South-East]; Quarrie (B). Action Stations 10, [1987] [Supplement and Index]; Fairbairn (A). Action Stations Overseas, [1991]; Smith (D.J). Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945, [1989]. EXTENDED SETS IN DUSTWRAPPERS ARE SELDOM AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
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HACKFORTH-JONES Gilbert
One Man's Wars. A Novel. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Douglas Hall. Scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.
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JEFFORD C. G.
The Flying Camels. The History of No. 45 Sqn, RAF. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with over 690 illustrations in the text; pictorial cloth gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in 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.
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MILTON Brian
Hurricane. The Last Witnesses. Hurricane Pilots tell the Story of the Fighter that won the Battle of Britain. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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NOWARRA H.J.
Von Richthofen and the Flying Circus. The Life and Death of Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen and the History of the Richthofen Jagdeschwader. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; red cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter chipped and frayed with minor loss at head and tasil of backstrip. Scarce in this condition. Enser, p.301
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PRICE Alfred
The Luftwaffe in Camera 1939-1942 [with] The Luftwaffe in Camera 1942-1945. COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
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.
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SLEE Daphne
That Great Hunter. A Novel. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK
8vo., First Edition, neat personal address stamp on front free endpaper; green library cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly dust-soiled. Slee's first book, a vividly written novel concerning a Polish bomber pilot in the RAF during WWII. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
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WARRILOW B.
Nabob. The First Canadian-Manned Aircraft Carrier. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout, and photographic endpapers; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip. HMS Nabob was a Ruler-class escort carrier, and the first carrier to be manned entirely by the RCN. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
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WILSON M.C.D.
RAF Coastal Command leads the Invasion. [Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Viscount Trenchard]. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force 1933-1945. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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RICHMOND, Sir Herbert
War Pictures by British Artists. War at Sea [with] Blitz [with] R.A.F [with] Army. [Series I complete]. COMPLETE FIRST SERIES IN FULL MOROCCO
4 works in 1 vol., sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 194 toned full-page illustrations in the text, three volumes with neat signatures on front free endpapers; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, ALL ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a most attractive volume ideal as a gift or for presentation. No.1: War at Sea; No. 2: Blitz; No. 3: R.A.F.; No. 4: Army. Complete set of the first series with fine reproductions of paintings, drawings and sketches by virtually all Britain's leading war artists. The contributors naturally featured many of the most eminent artists of the period, including (among many others) Ardizzone, Bawden, Bone, Kennington, Moore, Nash, Piper, Ravilious, Rothenstein, Spencer, Sutherland, Topolski and Worsley. A second series (dealing primarily with the Home Front) was published separately in the following year. UNCOMMON AS A SET AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Eads, A43 (recording H. E. Bates' introduction to 'RAF').
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BURN Michael
Mary and Richard. The Story of Richard Hillary and Mary Booker.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, covers unevenly sunned else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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AMALGAMATED PRESS
The Modern Boy's Book of Aircraft. The Romance of Man's Mastery of the Skies in Picture and Story. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, and very numerous monochrome photographs (a number full-page and illustrations in the text; free endpapers lightly spotted; original blue cloth, upper board with mounted coloured illustration (not repeated in text), upper board and backstrip lettered in black, lower hinge webbing exposed (but binding entirely sound), a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy with almost no trace of the usual fading and soiling. W E Johns [of 'Biggles' fame] is a major contributor. He is credited with four stories and all the coloured plates, but was almost certainly responsible for further content. The first 'Biggles' book was published in the following year. A WONDERFUL COPY OF A SPLENDID PERIOD PIECE AND VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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HOLMES H.
Avro Lancaster. The Definitive Record. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs, drawings and tables in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
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SHIPMAN J.
One of 'The Few'. Describing the Experiences of Ted 'Shippy' Shipman, who called his Part in the Battle of Britain 'my Gentle Battle'.
8vo., First Edition, with 63 plates on 32; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 'Shippy' Shipman flew in the Battle of Britain with 41 Squadron, only the third RAF squadron to be be equipped with Spitfires. His extensive memoirs, carefully collated by his son, cover his career from initial training to his eventual retirement in 1959. 'Stapme' Stapleton flew Spitfires with 603 Squadron; his 20 confirmed victories include Franz von Werra, later famous as 'the one that got away'. Byron Duckenfield flew Spitfires with 74 Squadron and Hurricanes with 501 Squadron with four enemy aircraft confirmed destroyed. Already scarce in this condition
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WEST Bruce
The Man who flew Churchill.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly rubbed at edges and with one short closed tear.
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GOLLEY John
John 'Cats's Eyes' Cunningham. The Aviation Legend. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Group Captain John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham was arguably the greatest RAF night-fighter pilot of WWII. Serving principally with 604 and 85 Squadrons, he is credited with 20 kills, of which 19 were claimed at night. After the war he was appointed chief test pilot for De Havilland, proving both Comet and Trident airliners.
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PHILPOTT Bryan
Famous Fighter Aces. [Second Impression]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition. Covers most combatant nations of WWI and WWII.
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SARKAR Dilip
A Few of the Many. Air War 1939-45. A Kaleidoscope of Memories. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WEST Kenneth S.
The Captive Luftwaffe. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs and diagrams in the text, three rear bank leaves lightly annotated; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A detailed record of the German aircraft which fell into British hands during and immediately after WWII. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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DOYLERUSH Edward
The Legend of Llandwrog. The Story of an Airfield and the Birth of the RAF Mountain Rescue Service. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and facsimiles in the text, small inscription on front inner wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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LATIMER-NEEDHAM C.H.
The Flight-Refuelled Bomber. [Sole Edition]. WITH T.L. WITH T.L.s FROM SIR ALAN COBHAM
8vo., First Edition, with a full-page photograph and numerous diagrams in the text, and a large folding map; original blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. WITH A LONG T.L.s FROM SIR ALAN COBHAM ON FLIGHT REFUELLING LTD STATIONERY TO V H RABY, DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE AIR MINISTRY. Cobham's detailed letter concludes 'The Report may be regarded as a supplement to Mr. Latimer-Needham's book 'Refuelling in Flight' which appeared in 1950. Together these two publications cover the whole history of research and development leading up to the adoption of flight refuelling on the V-class bombers'. With the separately printed Explanatory Note mounted on front free endpaper verso.
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BEEDLE J.
43 Squadron. Royal Flying Corps. Royal Air Force. The History of the Fighting Cocks 1916-1984. With a Foreword by Lord Douglas of Kirtleside. [Second Updated Edition] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps; plum boards, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Updated and extended version of the original edition of 1966. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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CAYGILL P.
In All Things First. No. 1 Squadron at War 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
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STEWART Adrian
They Flew Hurricanes.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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COLE Christopher
McCudden VC. With a Foreword by Air Vice Marshal 'Johnnie' Johnson.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, small tippex stain on front free endpaper; grey cloth, gilt back, case a little shaken else a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed and frayed at edges. Detailed biography of the one of the most successful Allied fighter pilots of WWI, with in-depth accounts of air combat from 1914 to 1918, and details of McCudden's victories, aircraft and aircraft markings. Uncommon. Enser, p.123; Mulholland & Jordan C95.
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FOSTER Charles
Breaking the Dams. The Story of Dambuster David Maltby and his Crew. [Second Impression]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with a frontispiece and numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a month after the first edition
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