|
THRUELSEN Richard
The Grumman Story. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous photographs in the text and endpaper charts; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
NAGATSUKA Ryuji
I was a Kamikaze. The Knights of the Divine Wind. Translated from the French by Nina Rootes. With an Introduction by Pierre Clostermann. [First English Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.243.
|
|
|
SUTTON Squadron Leader H.T.
Raiders Approach!. The Fighting Tradition of Royal Air Force Station Hornchurch and Sutton's Farm. With a Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous photographs in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly creased and frayed at edges with minor loss at at head of backstrip. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.378.
|
|
|
THOMAS Geoff
US Navy Carrier Aircraft Colours. Units, Colours and Markings of US Navy carrier-borne Aircraft during the Second World War. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
WOOLDRIDGE, ed. E.T.
Carrier Warfare in the Pacific. An Oral History Collection. Edited by E.T. Wooldridge. Foreword by John B. Connally. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; buff boards, white cloth back lettered in gilt, ivory endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
PARSONS Edwin Cornet
I flew with the Lafayette Escadrille. [Second Edition]. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title and text in sepia, with numerous photographs toned in sepia in the text; tan cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition, published as 'The Great Adventure' in 1937. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Noffsinger 1132.
|
|
|
SIMONS Graham M.
Mosquito. The original multi-role Aircraft. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with pictorial title-spread and numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; pale blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
WILLIAMSON Gordon
Aces of the Reich. Foreword by Otto Carius. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
WALSH John Evangelist
First Flight. The untold Story of the Wright Brothers. [First UK Edition]. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate and signature on front free endpaper. Published a year after the US edition.
|
|
|
WARNER Graham
Spirit of Britain First. The dramatic 20-Year Quest to return a Bristol Blenheim to the Skies. Foreword by Lord Rothermere. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates and photographs, and illustrated endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
HILLING John B.
Strike Hard. A Bomber Airfield at War. RAF Downham Market and its Squadrons 1942-46. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with photographs and maps in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1995.
|
|
|
MASON Francis K.
Hawker Hunter. Biography of a Thoroughbred. Foreword by Bill Bedford. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and pictorial endpapers; grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
WEIR Adrian
The Last Flight of the Luftwaffe. The Fate of Schulungslehrgang Elbe 7 April 1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and facsimiles in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
ROBERTSON Bruce
Bombing Colours. British Bomber Camouflage and Markings 1914-1937. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout, and endpaper charts; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Includes airframe serial numbers and aircraft manufacturers. Noffsinger 1223.
|
|
|
THAYER Lt. Lucien H.
America's First Eagles. The Official History of the US Air Service, AEF (1917-1918). Edited by Donald Jospeh McGee and Roger James Bender. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 'Excellent and authoritative reference' (Noffsinger). Noffsinger 1435.
|
|
|
PRIEN, Jochen
Die Jagdfliegerverbande des Deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945. Teil 4/II. Einsatz am Kanal und uber England 26 June 1940 bis 21 June 1941. FINE COPY
Folio, First Edition, text in German, with 2 coloured plates (of unit emblems) and very numerous photographs in the text; laminated boards, a fine copy.
|
|
|
MOMBEEK Eric
Sturmjager. Zur Geschichte des Jagdgeschwaders 4 und der Sturmstaffel 1. Band 1. FINE COPY
Folio, First Edition, text in German, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous photographs in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
|
|
|
COOK Lee
The Skull and Crossbones Squadron. VF-17 in World War II. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous photographs in the text; olive cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, marbled endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
PITCHFORK Air Commodore Graham
Shot Down and in the Drink. RAF and Commonwealth Aircrews saved from the Sea 1949-1945. Foreword by Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank VC. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
BAXTER, G.G.
Aircraft Casualities in Kent. Part I: 1939 to 1940. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
|
|
|
SIMS Charles
Farnborough. The Highlights of Twenty-six SBAC Shows. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
RIES Karl
The Luftwaffe. A Photographic Record 1919-1945. Translated from the German by Alex Vanags-Baginskis. [First English Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs throughout and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in Germany in 1983.
|
|
|
MOLESWORTH Carl
Wing to Wing. Air Combat in China, 1943-45. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; yellow boards, red cloth back lettered in black, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first detailed account of the Chinese-American Composite Wing which succeeded the Flying Tigers.
|
|
|
WIXEY Ken
Gloucestershire Aviation. A History. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
SINCLAIR Captain J.A.
Airships in Peace and War. VETERAN'S COPY IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece and plates; handsomely bound in navy 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, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF A WWI RFC SERVICEMAN. A LIST IN MS OF HIS POSTINGS 1918-1920 IS MOUNTED ON NEW LEAF AT FRONT. Substantial account of the WWI period including much about the air war on submarines. SCARCE. Noffsinger 1336.
|
|
|
PRITCHARD Anthony
Messerschmitt. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous photographs in the text and illustrated endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
WHITTLE Sir Frank
Jet. The Story of a Pioneer. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; 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, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
|
|
|
SMITH J. Richard
Messerschmitt. An Aircraft Album. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; green tweed cloth, green cloth back lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
OUGHTON James D.
Bristol. An Aircraft Album. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; red tweed cloth, red cloth back lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
McGUIRE Melvin
Bloody Skies. A 15th AAF B-17 Combat Crew. How they lived and died. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
NOWARRA Heinz J.
Messerschmitt Bf 109. [First English Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The German edition appeared in 1986.
|
|
|
McCORMICK W. H.
The Modern Book of Aeroplanes. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs toned in sepia, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; oatmeal cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in red, a remarkably bright, fresh copy in unclipped, worn and defective dustwrapper. The dustwrapper is lettered 'Aeroplanes & Airships'. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
|
|
|
TREADWELL Terry C.
Knights of the Black Cross. German Fighter Aces of the First World War. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
READER W.J.
Architect of Air Power. The Life of the first Viscount Weir of Eastwood 1877-1959. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue tweed cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
PROBERT et al Air Commodore H.A.
The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force 1933-1945. With a new Introduction by Air Commodore H.A. Probert. Foreword by Air Vice-Marshal Sir T.W. Elmhirst. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
ISHOVEN Armand van
Messerschmitt. Aircraft Designer. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
SCUTTS Jerry
Lion in the Sky. US 8th Air Force Fighter Operations 1942-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
MORGAN Hugh
Combat Kill. The Drama of Aerial Warfare in World War 2 and the Controversy surrounding Victories. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, beige endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
MARSHALL Chester W.
Final Assault on the Rising Sun. Combat Diaries of B-29 Air Crews over Japan.[First UK Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy.8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
SILVER L. Ray
Last of the Gladiators. A World War II Bomber Navigator's Story. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition,, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
PEARCY Arthur
US Coast Guard Aircraft since 1916. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, profusely illustrated throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
OWEN Kenneth
Concorde and the Americans. International Politics of the Supersonic Transport. [First UK Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs in the text; blue boards, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
WALLACE Gordon
Carrier Observer. A Back-Seat Aviator's Story. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps in the text, small ink mark on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
RICH Doris L.
Amelia Earhart. [With a Foreword by Jeana Yeager. First UK Edition.]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published simultaneously with the US edition.
|
|
|
McVICAR Don
More than a Pilot. Illustrated by L.R. Williams. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
SIMPSON Jim
RAF Gate Guards. A Royal Air Force Aviation Society Project. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
NICHOLS John B.
On Yankee Station. The Naval Air War over Vietnam. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in black, green endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
SPICK Mike
The Ace Factor. Air Combat and the Role of Situational Awareness. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs, illustrations and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author analyses combat situations which have created the great aces of the two World Wars, and the conflicts in Korea, the Middle East and South-East Asia.
|
|
|
PENROSE Harald
Cloud Cuckooland. Illustrated by David Gibbings. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
McVICAR Don
A Change of Wings. Illustrated by L.R. Williams. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
Receive by email
Download as PDF document
RSS feed
Permanent link
