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GELB Norman
Scramble. A Narrative History of the Battle of Britain. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip. Enser, p.21.
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PRICE Alfred
Pictorial History of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945. [Third Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Third Impression, with coloured frontispiece and numerous monochrome photographs throughout; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1969. Enser, p.184.
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TAYLOR John W.R.
Pictorial History of the RAF. Volume One 1918-1939. Volume Two: 1939-1945. COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper. Vol.I (fourth impression, 1971); Vol. 2 (first impression, 1969).
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IMRIE Alex
Pictorial History of the German Army Air Service 1914-1918. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, covers very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean cpy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.154.
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ETHELL Jeff
F-15 Eagle. [Second Impression]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 4to., Second Impression, with illustrated title-spread and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Modern Combat Aircraft 12.
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BROOKS Robin J.
Sussex Airfields in the Second World War. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; with photographs and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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SEABROOK William E.
Air Adventure. Paris-Sahara-Timbuktu. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, and full-page map in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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OMMANNEY F.D
Flat-Top. The Story of an Escort Carrier. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned and rubbed at backstrip. A propaganda account of life aboard a 'Woolworth' carrier on an Arctic convoy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.22; Law, 0506.
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FLEET AIR ARM
Flight Deck Vol. I. No. 3. October 1944. [Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord]. A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. ''Flight Deck' is a restricted publication. It is for official use only.' This issue includes a profile of 819 Squadron flying Swordfish. ALL WARTIME ISSUES ARE SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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PERKINS Paul
The Lady. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Photographs by Dan Patterson. FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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BAILEY Jim
The Sky Suspended. A Fighter Pilot's Story. [Second Ediiton.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published under the title 'Eskimo Nel' in 1964. Enser, p.156 (recording the first edition).
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BRICKHILL Paul
Reach for the Sky. The Story of Douglas Bader. [Sixth Impression]. SIGNED BY BADER: IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., Sixth Impression, with frontispiece and 24 plates on 12; handsomely bound in burgundy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with a propeller motif, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY BADER ON DEDICATION. Published five months after the first impression. Written by Paul Brickhill (already celebrated as the author of another RAF classic 'The Dam Busters', 1951), 'Reach for the Sky' remains the best account of the legless Battle of Britain hero. It was the basis of Lewis Gilbert's hugely successful feature film (1954) starring Kenneth More in what was arguably his finest role. One of the legendary figures of the Royal Air Force, Douglas Bader was from the outset an outstanding athlete. As a cadet at Cranwell he gained his 'blues' for cricket, rugby, hockey and boxing. He represented the RAF at both cricket and rugby and would probably have been capped for England but for the accident that changed his life and created a legend. In 1931 a near-fatal air crash left him legless. Knowing that no man with such a handicap had ever walked without a stick he nevertheless found his way back to fitness playing tennis, golf and many others sports. He even flew again, until the authorities determined that a pilot without legs could not fly and discharged him from the service. With the outbreak of War he fought to be readmitted, not merely to a desk job, but back to the cockpit. Finally he was given command of a flight which quickly increased to five squadrons as the RAF realised that he was not only an outstanding pilot but an inspired leader of men and a fighter tactician almost of genius. Even as a POW his spirit was such that his captors were forced at one stage to remove his artificial limbs to prevent the chance of his escaping. Enser, p.375 (recording the first edition)
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PARHAM H.J.
Unarmed into Battle. The Story of the Air Observation Post. With a Foreword by Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, 17 plates on 14 and 4 folding maps; original blue cloth, badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. The sole dedicated history of the AOP squadrons in WWII, during which they served in North-West Europe, Italy, North Africa and Burma. Includes ROH, casualties, honours & awards and list of officers attending Air OP courses. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p. 23.
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TILL Geoffrey
Air Power and the Royal Navy 1914-1945. A Historical Survey. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ALLARD ET AL.] [D.C.
The Zero Fighter [Manual]. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
4to., First Edition thus, text in Japanese (primarily) and English, with coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles, type profiles and liveries, and many hundreds of detailed technical drawings in the text, and superb cut-away illustrations as endpapers; pictorial boards, a near fine copy in publisher's card slip-case with dustwrapper. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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THETFORD Owen
British Naval Aircraft since 1912. [Fourth Revised Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Fourth Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; blue gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of a standard reference, first published in 1958 and successively updated.
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POOLMAN Kenneth
Zeppelins over England. With a Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1960. Enser, p.405.
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READER W.J.
Architect of Air Power. The Life of the first Viscount Weir of Eastwood 1877-1959. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue tweed cloth, gilt back, rear endpapers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PEARCY Arthur
Douglas Propliners DC-1-DC-7. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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SMITH Richard J.
Jet Planes of the Third Reich. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 33 fine coloured illustrations by Creek, and many hundreds of photographs and illustrations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Arguably the definitive account, augmented by Creek's superb illustrations.
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RESHETNIKOV Vasily
Bomber Pilot on the Eastern Front. 307 Missions behind Enemy Lines. Translators: Vladimir Kroupnik and John Armstrong. Editor: Serguey Anisimov. English text: Sarah Bryce. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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COOPER Alan W.
Target Dresden. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Cooper investigates the context of the controversial raid, asking whether the city was a legitimate target and was the attack justified?
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PEARCY Arthur
The Dakota. A History of the Douglas Dakota in RAF and RCAF Service. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 80 pp of photographs at end; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A lovely copy of a standard reference, and increasingly elusive in this condition.
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MILLER David
Sir Barnes Wallis and the Christ's Hospital RAF Foundationers' Trust 1951-2003. FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece and very numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Written to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the RAF Foundationers' Trust at Christ's Hospital, this deceptively detailed and profusely illustrated account shows how Wallis's schooldays influenced his subsequent life. It covers many aspects of his career including airship, aircraft and armaments design, and his central role in the foundation of the Trust in 1951.
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ROBERTS John
Anatomy of the Ship. The Aircraft Carrier Intrepid. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped 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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THE AEROPLANE MAGAZINE.
Aircraft Identification. Friend or Foe?. Part Four. American Monoplanes with the RAF. {Foreword by Peter G. Masefield]. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Oblong 4to., with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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THE AEROPLANE MAGAZINE.
Aircraft Identification. Friend or Foe?. Part Three. Italian Fighters, Bombers and Seaplanes. {Foreword by Peter G. Masefield]. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Oblong 4to., with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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CORNWELL Peter D
The Battle of France Then and Now. Six Nations locked in Aerial Combat, September 1939 to June 1940. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with many hundreds of photographs throughout, and photographic endpapers; cloth, a fine copy in dustwrapper. Another of ATB's well-researched 'then and now' series, matching contemporary photographs with their present-day equivalents.
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FREEMAN Roger A.
Bases of Bomber Command Then and Now. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with many hundreds of photographs throughout, and photographic endpapers; cloth, a fine copy in dustwrapper. Another of ATB's well-researched 'then and now' series, matching contemporary photographs with their present-day equivalents.
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FREEMAN Roger A.
US Airfields in Britain. [Boxed Presentation Set, comprising Airfields of the Eighth then and now [with] UK Airfields of the Ninth then and now]. FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
2 vol., sm. folio, with many hundreds of photographs throughout, and photographic endpapers; pictorial boards (first volume), red cloth (second volume), a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's board slip-case. Another of ATB's well-researched 'then and now' series, matching contemporary photographs with their present-day equivalents.
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NAUDAUD Marcel
The Flying Poilu. [A Story of Aerial Warfare. First English Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 9 plates, some light and inoffensive spotting; original terracotta cloth, upper board with illustration (repeated from text) mounted in blind frame, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. First-hand memoir by an observer-bombadier in the French Aviation Corps of WWI. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Noffsinger 1074; not recorded by Enser.
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LAMB Commander Charles
To War in a Stringbag. Foreword by Vice Admiral Sir Charles Evans. [Specially Illustrated US Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with illustrations and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in the UK as 'War in a Stringbag' in 1977. Well-written account by a pilot who served in virtually every theatre in which the Fleet Air Arm was involved. Vivid coverage of Taranto. Enser, p.88; Law, 9782.
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BISHOP VC Colonel W.A.
The Flying Squad. FIRM WORKING COPY
8vo., free endpapers lightly spotted, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, boards and backstrip framed and lettered in black, top and fore-edge moderately age-soiled, boards faded (but all lettering wholly legible), a good working copy. First published in 1930. Uncommon novel of WWI aviation by 'Billy' Bishop VC and Rothesay Stuart-Wortley. Mulholland and Jordan, p.171.
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GIBBONS Floyd
The Red Knight of Germany. Baron von Richthofen. Germany's Great War Airman. [Ninth Edition]. FIRM, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
8vo., Ninth Edition, with portrait frontispiece, free endpapers lightly spotted; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, fore-edge a little dust-soiled else a firm, clean copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. First published in 1930. Enser, p.301.
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BRICKHILL Paul
Reach for the Sky. The Story of Douglas Bader. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 24 plates on 12, tiny signature on front free endpaper; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and rubbed at extremities. Written by Paul Brickhill (already celebrated as the author of another RAF classic 'The Dam Busters', 1951), 'Reach for the Sky' remains the best account of the leg-less Battle of Britain hero. It is the basis of Lewis Gilbert's hugely successful feature film (1954) starring Kenneth More in what was arguably his finest role. One of the legendary figures of the Royal Air Force, Douglas Bader was from the outset an outstanding athlete. As a cadet at Cranwell he gained his 'blues' for cricket, rugby, hockey and boxing. He represented the RAF at both cricket and rugby and would probably have been capped for England but for the accident that changed his life and created a legend. In 1931 a near-fatal air crash left him leg-less. Knowing that no man with such a handicap had ever walked without a stick he nevertheless found his way back to fitness playing tennis, golf and many others sports. He even flew again, until the authorities determined that a pilot without legs could not fly and discharged him from the service. With the outbreak of War he fought to be readmitted, not merely to a desk job, but back to the cockpit. Finally he was given command of a flight which quickly increased to five squadrons as the RAF realised that he was not only an outstanding pilot but an inspired leader of men and a fighter tactician almost of genius. Even as a POW of the Germans his spirit was such that his captors were forced at one stage to remove his artificial limbs to prevent the chance of him escaping. Enser, p.375.
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HALLION Richard P
Taking Flight. [Inventing the Aerial Age from Antiquity through the First World War]. AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs in the text; white boards, pale blue cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO REAR-ADMIRAL RICHARD COBBOLD RN WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
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IVESON Squadron Leader Tony
Lancaster. The Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and double-page cutaway illustration; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CLOSTERMANN Pierre
The Big Show. Some Experiences of a French Fighter Pilot in the RAF. Translated by Oliver Berthoud. With a Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor. [First English Edition]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; handsomely bound in blue full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with a propeller motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of a title widely regarded as one of the finest personal accounts of aerial warfare of WWII. Enser, p.156.
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ROBERTSON Brian
Classic Aircraft No. 5: Ju 87 Stuka. Classic Aircraft No. 5. Their History and how to model them. NEAR FINE COPY IN BOARDS
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and diagrams throughout; pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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AIR MINISTRY
Pilot's Notes for Spitfire IX, XI & XVI, Merlin 61, 63, 66, 70 or 266 Engine. Prepared by Direction of the Minister of Supply. Promulgated by Order of the Air Council. [Facsimile reissue of the Third Edition]. FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
8vo., Facsimile Reissue of the Third Edition, with frontispiece and large folding plate containing 4 plans; original blue pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Air Publication 1565J. Much-neded facsimile reissue of the third edition of 1937.
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SMITHIES, ed. Edward
War in the Air. Men and Women who built, serviced and flew War Planes remember the Second World War. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear.
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ROLFE Mel
To Hell and Back. [True Life Experiences of Bomber Command at War]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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RICHTHOFEN Manfred von
The Red Air Fighter. New Edition with additional Material by Norman Franks and N.H. Hauprich. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Expanded reissue of the original edition of 1918. Enser, p.320; Noffsinger 1207 (both recording the original edition).
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REITSCH Hanna
The Sky My Kingdom. Memoirs of the famous German WWII Test-Pilot. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. High quality reissue of the original edition of 1955.
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MEIJERING Piet Hein
Signed with their Honour. The Story of Chivalry in Air Warfare 1914-1915. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs (a number full-page) in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SPICK Mike
Allied Fighter Aces. The Air Combat Tactics and Techniques of World War II. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ROBERTS Lieutenant E.M.
A Flying Fighter. An American above the Lines in France. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the scarce original edition of 1918. Enser, p.124, 379 (recording the first edition).
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WHELAN Russell
The Flying Tigers. [The Story of the American Volunteer Group. First UK Edition]. THE ORIGINAL UK EDITION IN WORN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus; red cloth, backstrip lettered inj black, a good, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter worn, frayed and with loss at edges. The UK edition, published under wartime rules, is far scarcer than its earlier US counterpart. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Graham & Cole, U78 (recording the US edition).
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THOMAS Gil
Shoulder the Sky. The Biography of a Fighter Pilot [Wing-Commander Ffrench Beytagh]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.189.
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REID P.R.
Winged Diplomat. The Life Story of Air Commodore 'Freddie' West VC. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter creased and frayed with loss at edges. Noffsinger 1195. Mulholland & Jordan, R20.
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