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PRICE Alfred
The Spitfire Story. Foreword by Jeffrey Quill. [Second Impression]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Impression, with very numerous coloured plates and monochrome photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1982
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LIVINGSTON Philip
Fringe of the Clouds. [The Story of an RAF doctor]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Livingston served from the early days of the RAF in India and Iraq. After specialising in ophthalmology he studied aircrew visual acuity during WWII and ended his career as Director-General of RAF Medical Services. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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PRICE] [A.
Aircraft of the Aces. The Legendary Spitfire Mk I/II 1939-41. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 12pp of fine coloured drawings showing variants, liveries and uniforms, and numerous monochrome photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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BENNETT Theodore R.
Markings of the Aces. 8th US Air Force Book 1. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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DAVIS L.arry
Aircraft No. 63. B-17 in Action. Illustrated by Don Greer. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with 2pp of coloured drawings and numerous monochrome photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy.
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DAVIS Larry
USAAF/USAF Damaged Aircraft 1935-1957. Bent & Battered Wings Volume 2. Illustrated by Don Greer. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured drawings and monochrome photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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DAVIS Larry
Aircraft No. 149. C-47 Skytrain in Action. Color by Don Greer and Tom Tullis. Illustrated by Joe Sewell. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with 2pp of coloured drawings and numerous monochrome photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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ETHELL Jeffrey L.
Target Berlin. Mission 250: 6 March 1944.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, page-edges browning; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.24
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FREEMAN Roger
The US Strategic Bomber. [PBS Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with numerous photographs and maps throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GIRBIG Werner
Six Months to Oblivion. The Eclipse of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force. [PBS Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with plates and maps; black cloth, hilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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LEDWOCH J.
Henschel Hs 129. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with 4pp of fine coloured drawings and numerous monochrome photographs and diagrams throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly dust-soiled, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE
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LUCAS James
The Killing Ground. The Battle of the Falaise Gap, August 1944. [Second Impression]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with plates, and a double-page map in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published two months after the first edition. Enser, p.80.
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MCKEE Alexander
The Mosquito Log. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MERRICK K.A.
Halifax. An Illustrated History of a Classic World War II Bomber. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The original edition of a much-reissued classic. Enser, p.32.
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MUSGROVE Gordon
Pathfinder Force. A History of 8 Group. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.176
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NOWARRA Heinz J.
Die Grossen Dessauer. Ju G 38, Ju 89. Ju 90. Ju 290. Ju 390. Band 80. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. SCARCE.
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PHILPOTT Bryan
Fighters defending the Reich. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. A selection of German wartime photographs from the Bundesarchive, Koblenz. First published in the WWII Photo Album series in 1978.
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PHILPOTT Bryan
German Fighters over England. World War 2 Photo Album No. 10 NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; black cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A selection of German wartime photographs from the Bundesarchive, Koblenz
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PHILPOTT Bryan
German Fighters over Russia. World War 2 Photo Album No. 16. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; black cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A selection of German wartime photographs from the Bundesarchive, Koblenz
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PRICE Alfred
Pictorial History of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous monochrome photographs; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The original edition of a much-reissued classic. Enser, p.184.
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STAFFORD Gene B.
Aircraft No. 18. Thunderbolt in Action. Illustrated by Don Greer. Squadron/Signal Publications. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with 2pp of coloured drawings and numerous monochrome photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly dust-soiled, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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SULLIVAN Jim
USN/USMC Damaged Aircraft 1943-1953. Bent & Battered Wings. Illustrated by Don Greer. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured drawings and monochrome photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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TURNER P.St.J.
Handbook of the Vickers Viscount. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
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WEAL John
Focke-Wulf Fw 190. Aces of the Russian Front. Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 6. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 18pp of fine coloured plates showing variants, liveries and uniforms, and numerous monochrome photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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CAIN (ed.) C.W.
Flypast 2. A Selection of International Aircraft from Profile. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with coloured drawings and monochrome photographs throughout the text; pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy.
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CAIN (ed.) C.W.
Flypast 3. A Selection of International Aircraft from Profile. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with coloured drawings and monochrome photographs throughout the text; pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy.
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CAIN (ed.) C.W.
Flypast 6. A Selection of International Aircraft from Profile. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured drawings and monochrome photographs throughout the text; pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy.
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ARMITAGE Michael
The Royal Air Force. An Illustrated History. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. From the formation of the service to the Gulf War of 1991.
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BOWMAN Martin W.
The US Eighth Air Force in Camera. Pearl Harbor to D-Day 1942-1944 [with] The US Eighth Air Force in Camera . 1944-1945. FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and numerous fine photographs throughout; cloth (blue/black respectively), gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HELD Werner
The Defence of the Reich. Hitler's Nightfighter Planes and Pilots. Translated by David Roberts. [First English Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Not recorded by Enser.
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JEFFORD C.G.
RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of the standard reference
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MIDDLEBROOK Martin
The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission. American Raids on 17 August 1943. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, and maps and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly browned at extremities. Enser, p.202.
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MOYES Philip J.R.
RAF Jet Bomber Flypast. NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous monochrome photographs; original pictorial boards, a near fine copy.
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POLLARD A.O.
The Boy's Romance of Aviation. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in navy full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A lovely copy
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SCUTTS Jerry
Aces and Pilots of the US 8th/9th Air Forces. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WILLIAMS Jeremy Howard
Night Intruder. A Personal Account of the Radar War between the Luftwaffe and the RAF Night Fighter Forces. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE. Not recorded by Enser.
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FLYING REVIEW INTERNATIONAL
Flying Review International. Volume 19 1963-1964. [Bound Volume]. NEAR FINE COPY
12 parts in 1 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with many hundreds and photographs and drawings throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, all original coloured wrappers preserved, backstrip very lightly faded else a near fine copy. The volume comprises September 1963 (Vol. 19 No 1) to August 1964 (Vol. 19 No. 12). VERY SCARCE.
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NICHOLL G.W.R.
The Supermarine Walrus. The Story of a unique Aircraft. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 14 plates on 8 and endpaper 'cutaway' illustrations; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. This improbable looking aircraft saw gallant service in many roles throughout WWII, most notably in the early years, and its history is engagingly described. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Law 0784; not recorded by Enser.
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PIEKALKIEWICZ Janusz
The Air War 1939-1945. Translated from the German by Jan van Heurck. [First English Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, very numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First English version of the original German edition of 1978. Enser, p.7.
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STOFF Joshua
The Thunder Factory. An Illustrated History of the Republic Aviation Corporation. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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TAYLOR (ed.) J.R.W.
Combat Aircraft of the World. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with many hundreds of photographs and drawings in the text, free endpapers very lightly browned; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DAVY M.J.B.
Interpretative History of Flight. A Survey of the History and Development of Aeronautics with particular Reference to contemporary Influences and Conditions. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 32 plates; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear. First published for the Ministry of Education and the Science Museum in 1937. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MCCRARY J.R.
First of the Many. A Journal of Action with the Men of the Eighth Air Force. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with very numerous plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1941. Splendid collection of rarely-seen photographs. Enser, p.453 (recording the first edition).
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DOCHERTY T.
Swift to Battle. No. 72 Squadron RAF in Action. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1937 to 1942. Phoney War, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, Offensive Operations; Vol II: 1942-1947. North Africa. Malta. Sicily; Vol. III: 1947-1961. Into The Jet-Age, Cold War Operations
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WIXEY K.E.
Parnall Aircraft since 1914. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. SCARCE
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LEWIS C.[A.]
Farewell to Wings. Illustrated by Leonard Bridgman. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 5 plates and numerous llustrations in the text; red cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter just a little browned at backstrip and rear panel. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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RALEIGH Sir Walter
The War in the Air. Being the Story of the Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. Vol. I [this volume only]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with full-page maps in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, free endpapers lightly browned; original black buckram, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.19.
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STAPFER H-H.
Strangers in a Strange Land. Illustrated by Don Greer. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured drawings and monochrome photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SCARCE
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HOFFMAN Paul
Wings of Madness. Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition., with plates; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, brown endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With bookplate on front free endpaper.
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LEE A.G.
No Parachute. A Fighter Pilot in World War I. Letters written in 1917 by Lieutenant A S G Lee, Sherwood Foresters, attached Royal Flying Corps. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition., with a portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. SCARCE. Enser, p.123.
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