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TAYLOR Gordon
Sopwith Scout 7309. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition., with plates and a full-page map in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip and lightly rubbed at edges. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.124, 306.
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COOPER Alan W.
Air Gunner. The Men who manned the Turrets. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BIRDSALL Steve
Saga of the Superfortess. The Dramatic Story of the B-29 and the Twentieth Air Force. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First UK Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition. Enser, pp. 30,277.
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PRICE Alfred
Aircraft versus Submarine. The Evolution of the Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1912 to 1980. [Revised Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Best Edition, with numerous plates, neat inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Extended and revised version of the original edition of 1973
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COOKSLEY P.
Croydon Airport Flypast. Historic Aircraft Profiles in Colour.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous full-page coloured illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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BROOKS R.J.
Kent's Own. The History of 500 (County of Kent) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; original laminated boards, a fine copy.
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CHANDLER Robert
Off the Beam. The Memoirs of an Aircraft Radio Operator. [Foreword by Air Vice Marshal Donald Bennett]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and endpaper maps; brige cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of comparatively few wartime accounts by a radio operator who began flying pre-WWII with Imperial Airways. His wartime service included National Air Communications, chief radio operator to the Air Observers' Navigation School and finally RAF Ferry Command for the remainder of hostilities. After the war he worked with British South American Airways. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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BARKER Richard
Stop Binding! A Day in the Life of a Flying Control Officer. Illustrated by RAFF. A RARE WWII SURVIVAL
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Typically humorous cartoons enliven this leaflet, which almost certainly takes its name from the popular radio show 'Much Binding in the Marsh' running at the time. Crammed with wartime RAF jargon (and a few explanations). A SCARCE SURVIVAL.
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SMITH Constance Babington
Amy Johnson. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and a double-page map; cloth, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
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FOREMAN John
Fighter Command War Diaries. The Operational History of Fighter Command, Second Tactical Air Force, 100 Group and Air Defence of Great Britain 1939-1945. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: September 1939 to September 1940 (1996); Vol. 2: September 1940 to December 1941 (1998); Vol. 3: January 1942 to June 1943 (2001); Vol. 4: July 1943 to June 1944 (2002); Vol. 5: June 1944 to May 1945 (2004). Complete sets of the first edition of this standard reference are very scarce.
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SPURDLE Bob
The Blue Arena. [Second and Best Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with plates and facsimiles; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised version of the original edition of 1986. Enser, p.196 (recording the first edition).
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ROSS David M. S.
Stapme. The Biography of Squadron Leader Basil Gerald Stapleton.. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, and illustrations and facsimiles in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GREEN William
The Observer's Book of Aircraft. With Silhouettes by Dennis Punnett. 1968 Edition. [Seventeenth Edition]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., Seventeenth Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original series binding of pale blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in navy blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at front fold-in and with one or two scuffs on front panel. Observer 11. Printing code 722.1167. Marren & Carter, p.153.
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SUTTON B.
Jungle Pilot.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter chipped and frayed with minor loss at edges and head and tail of backstrip. Sequel to 'The Way of a Pilot'. A Battle of Britain pilot continues his service in the jungles of Burma. Uncommon in the dustwrapper. Enser, p. 92; Graham & Cole, U71.
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MOORE John
The Fleet Air Arm. A Short Account of its History and Achievements. IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 10 plates on 8 and 3 full-page maps in the text, small, neat inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip and upper board lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With the publisher's errata slip correcting the caption to plate III. Vividly written account by the author of the Brensham trilogy. Moore served with the Fleet Air Arm during hostilities. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.162; Law, 0783.
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WHITE Leslie R.
The Holmsley Story. [A History of a New Forest Airfield in War and Peace]. Fourth Edition. FINE COPY
8vo., Fourth Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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LANCASHIRE Thomas
A Trenchard Brat at War. [Stirling, Lancaster and Stalag IVB]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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FALCONER J.
The Bomber Command Handbook 1939-1945.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Well-illustrated account of organisation, personnel, aircraft, airfields, equipment, armament, navigation and tactics. Includes portraits of notable airmen, war diary and exhaustive squadron listings.
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AIRCRAFT PROFILES
Aircraft Profiles [Volume 2]. Nos. 25-60. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured drawings and monochrome photographs throughout the text; buff buckram boards lettered in gilt, red buckram back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
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BRABAZON Lord
The Brabazon Story. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy.
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BRADDON Russell
Cheshire VC. A Story of War and Peace. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 34 plates on 23; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. The first biography of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, culminating in the bombing of Nagasaki. By the author of 'The Naked Island'. Enser, p. 64; Mulholland & Jordon B105.
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THORNE A.
Lancaster at War 4: Pathfinder Squadron.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author is a former PFF Lancaster pilot and master bomber. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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WALLACE Graham
Claude Grahame-White. A Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and many plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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GUEDALLA Philip
Middle East 1940-1942. A Study in Air Power. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. Enser, p.273.
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MOLLISON Jim
Playboy of the Air. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, handsomely bound in blue full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
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CROSS R.
Classic Aircraft No. 1: Spitfire. Classic Aircraft No. 1. Their History and how to model them.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and diagrams throughout; pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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BEAMONT Roland
My Part of the Sky . A Fighter Pilot's Firsthand Reminiscences 1939-1945. [Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Smallwood]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Beamont's vivid account of his wartime service. Appendices include record of service and details of press coverage. Dustwrapper artwork by Peter Emms
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HARRINGTON Daniel
Pioneers of the Airlift. With an Essay by Daniel Harrington. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.
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ORANGE, Vincent
Winged Promises. A History of No 14 Squadron RAF, 1915-1945. [Foreword by His Majesty King Hussein I. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous monochrome photographs ands facsimiles in the text, and coloured endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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KELLY Maurice
Steam in the Air. The Application of Steam Power in Aviation during the 19th and 20th Centuries. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE
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THOMAS C.
Typhoon Wings of 2nd TAF 1943-45. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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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].
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 53 plates on 30, endpapers lightly spotted, neat ATC Squadron stamp on front free endpaper; original backstrip lettered in red, a very good, firm, clean copy. 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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GLUBB John Bagot
War in the Desert. An RAF Frontier Campaign. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. First Edition with plates and maps neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. SCARCE.
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TERRAINE John
The Right of the Line. The Royal Air Force in the European War 1939-1945. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. First Edition with numerous plates; black cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of the best and most detailed single-volume history of the RAF in WWII. Enser p.196.
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COLLIER Basil
A History of Air Power. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with plates; blue cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.6
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CROSS Robin
The Bombers. The Illustrated Story of Offensive Strategy nd Tactics in the Twentieth Century. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to. with numerous coloured and monochrome plates and illustrations throughout; red cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ETHELL Jeffrey
Target Berlin. Mission 250. 6 March 1944. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with plates and maps; blue cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.24
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HOYT Edwin P.
The Kamikazes. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with plates; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.146.
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REVIE Alastair
The Lost Command. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with plates; black cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.378
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SEKIGAWA Eiichiro
Pictorial History of Japanese Military Aviation. Translated by Miss C Uchida. English Version edited by David Mondey. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with numerous photographs throughout; red cloth gilt back a very good bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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TURNER John Frayn
British Aircraft of World War II. Introduced by Douglas Bader. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; blue cloth backstrip lettered in silver a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser. p.196
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WINTON John
Air Power at Sea 1939-45. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with illustrated title-spread numerous photographs throughout and endpaper maps; black cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A good general account and profusely illustrated. Enser p.160; Law 0802.
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HILLIER, Mark
Westhampnett at War. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The story of RAF Westhampnett through the eyes of pilots based here during 1940 to 1946. Westhampnett began as an emergency landing ground growing to satellite status and ultimately an important wartime airfield in its own right. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
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BYRON Reginald
Tangmere. Famous Royal Air Force Fighter Station. An Authorised History. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Long-awaited and detailed history of one of the best-known and strategically most important airfields in Britain from commissioning in 1916 to closure in 1970.
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WALLIS] [Sir Barnes
[Programme of] A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Sir Barnes Wallis 1887-1979. St. Paul's Cathedral, 27 February 1980. TRIBUTE TO SIR BARNES WALLIS
Roy. 8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
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AVIATION
Wings of Britain. SCARCE IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout, small signature contemporary signature on front free endpaper, free endpapers lightly browned; grey-brown cloth, upper board lettered in blue, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with or two minor nicks but no actual loss. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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GILL Lieut.-Colonel N.J.H.
The Aerial Arm. Its Functions and Development. With an Introduction by Major-General Sir W. Sefton Brancker. SCARCE WWI AVIATION
4to., First Edition, with illustrations and diagrams in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good,bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Noffsinger 529.
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TAYLOR John W.R.
History of Aviation. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Sm. folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and many hundreds of coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in publisher's illustrated board slip-case.
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CLARK Alan
Aces High 1914-1918 [with] Fight for the Sky 1939-1945. COMPLETE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
2 vols., 8vo., with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright set in publisher's illustrated board slip-case.
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SMITH Peter C.
The Stuka at War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.184.
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