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HARPER Harry
Lords of the Air. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, free endpapers lightly browned; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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IMMELMANN Franz
Immelmann. 'The Eagle of Lille'. Translated from the German by Claud W. Sykes. [First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and plates, title very lightly spotted; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'propeller' motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, a most atractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Enser, p.154; Noffsinger 755.
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JOHNSON, ed. Frank
RAAF over Europe. Edited by Frank Johnson. Introduction by Winston S. Churchill. Foreword by Air Vice-Marshal H.N. Wrigley. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 54 plates, endpapers lightly spotted; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.46 (giving author as 'Johnston'); Woods B39.
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JOHNSTON Stanley
The Grim Reapers. [US Fighter Squadron VF-10. First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and endpaper maps; sand cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in red, covers lightly age-soiled else a bright, clean copy. Published simultaneously with the US edition. Enser, p.124.
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INGELLS Douglas J.
The McDonnell Douglas Story. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and endpaper charts; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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LESKE Gottfried
I was a Nazi Flier. Flight Sergeant in the Luftwaffe. Edited by Curt Reiss. [First US Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition thus; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in blue, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.184 (recording the UK edition).
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KNIGHT Clayton
The History of the Wings Club. 1942-1967. The first Twenty Five Years. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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KLEIN Harry
Winged Courier. With introductory Foreword by Major-General K.R. Van der Spuy. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
4to., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, and plates, wanting front free endpaper; grey boards, upper board lettered in blue, ivory cloth back lettered in blue, covers lightly rubbed and age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Civil aviation in South Africa.
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HESS Dean E.
Battle Hymn. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; brown cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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BUSHBY John
Gunner's Moon. A Memoir of the RAF Night Assault on Germany. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Enser, p.64.
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HEILMANN Willi
Alert in the West. [Translated by Mervyn Savill. First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and plates; red cloth, gilt back, backstrip a little dulled else a good, clean copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue at end. Enser, p.183.
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DE CHANT John A.
Devilbirds. The Story of United States Marine Corps Aviation in World War II. Foreword by General A.A. Vandegrift. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, pictorial front endpapers, rear endpaper map, uncut, backstrip faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.456.
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WOOD Derek
Target England. The Illustrated History of the Battle of Britain. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.22.
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FOSTER Captain John M.
Hell in the Heavens. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in darker blue, a bright, clean copy. Enser, p.313.
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OFFENBERG Jean
Lonely Warrior. The Journal of Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot Jean Offenberg. Edited by Victor Houart. With a Preface by Group Captain Peter Townsend. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with plates; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled with propeller motif in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Enser, p.57.
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JONES David
The Time Shrinkers. The Development of Civil Aviation bwteen Britain and Africa. [Foreword by Lord Thomas of Remenham.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy price-clipped dustwrapper.
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HYNES Samuel
Flights of Passage. Reflections of a World War II Aviator. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CLEGG] [Peter V.
The Quiet Test-Pilot. The Story of Jimmy Orrell, one of Britain's greatest test-pilots. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
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CLEGG] [Peter V.
Sword in the Sky. Reminscences of Midland & Scottish Air Ferries, Renfrew Aerodrome, SMT and the Ayrshire Bus Operator and Millionaire who made their aviation activities famous - John Cuthill Sword. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
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LAKE Chris
Jersey Airport. The First Fifty Years. 1937-1987. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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BOWMAN Martin
Wellington. The Geodetic Giant. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PHILPOTT Bryan
German Fighters over the Med. World War 2 Photo Album No. 6. 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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THORNING Arthur G.
The Dambuster who cracked the Dam. The Story of Melvin 'Dinghy' Young. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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KINSEY Gordon
Orfordness. Secret Site. A History of the Establishment 1915-1980. Foreword by Arnold Fredric Wilkins. Mr. Wilkins also provided the Chapters on the early development of radar at Orfordness. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout and endpaper maps; white cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BAUMBACH Werner
Broken Swastika. The Defeat of the Luftwaffe. Translated by Frederick Holt. [Second English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition thus, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first English edition appeard in 1960. Enser, p.183 (recording the first edition).
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RAF CRANWELL.
Cranwell Magazine. Royal Visit Souvenir Number. July, 1948. [Foreword by Group Captain E.J. Corbally.] A RARE SURVIVAL (??WITH POSSIBLE DAM BUSTERS ASSOCIATION)
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and advertisements throughout, neat contemporary signature on upper cover; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. Records the visit of HM the King, Queen and HRH Princess Margaret. THE UPPER WRAPPER BEARS THE SIGNATURE 'W.E. DUNN, W/Cdr': THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE WALTER 'Wally' DUNN, Chief Signals Officer, No. 5 Group, and radio operator on the night of the Dam Busters raid. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
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RAF 25 SQUADRON.
Seventy Five Glorious Years. A History of 25 Squadron Royal Air Force Leeming. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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FLYGHISTORISK REVY.
Flyghistorisk Revy. Aviation Historical Review. Special Issue November 1976. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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KENT.
Bygone Kent. Vol. 2, No. 5. Aviation Issue. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly faded at edges else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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KEENEY L. Douglas
Gun Camera World War II. Photography from Allied fighters and bombers over Occupied Europe. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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SWANSON Larry
Theodore Weissenberger. Arctic Ace of the Luftwaffe. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, printed typescript, with illustrations and maps in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Weapons and Warfare Special No. 40. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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CRAIG James F.
The Messerschmitt Bf.109. With scale drawings by Richard Groh. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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BICKERS Richard Townshend
Air War Normandy. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, page edges tanned; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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FOSS Joe
Top Guns. America's Fighter Aces tell their Stories. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM JOE FOSS
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue boards, red cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM JOE FOSS WITH HIS SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH AND SEPARATELY SIGNED SLIP MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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GARDINER Leslie
Man in the Clouds. The Story of Vincenzo Lunardi. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and plates toned in sepia; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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FREEMAN Roger A.
The British Airman. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GUNSTON Bill
World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Fully Revised Second Edition. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Edition, with photographs throughout and pictorial endpapers; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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COHEN Colonel Eliezer 'Cheetah'
Israel's Best Defense. The First Full Story of the Israeli Air Force. Translated by Jonathan Cordis. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; blue boards, green cloth back lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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FREEMAN Roger A.
The Ploesti Raid through the Lens. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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COLLIER Basil
Leader of the Few. The Authorised Biography of Air Chief Marshal The Lord Dowding of Bentley Priory. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head of backstrip and just a trifle dust-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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'NIGHT-HAWK, pseud.'
Rovers of the Night Sky. BRIGHT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, title and preliminaries lightly spotted, page-edges tanning lightly as usual; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, covers mildly age-soiled else a bright, clean copy. 'A personal narrative of night fighting and bombing' (Noffsinger). SCARCE. Enser, p.304; Noffsinger 1086.
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LEE Asher
The Soviet Air and Rocket Forces. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top, a near fine copy.
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LAMBERT John W.
Bombs, Torpedoes and Kamkazes. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Air Combat Photo History Series, Vol. 2.
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SLIZEWSKI Grzegorz
The Lost Hopes. Polish Fighters over France in 1940. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, text in Polish and English, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
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MINNESOTA AIR NATIONAL GUARD
The Air National Guard in Minnesota 1921-1971. A Fifty Year History of Pioneering, Progress and History to State and Nation. NEAR FINE COPY
Folio, First Edition, with very numerous coloured and toned photographs throughout, and pictorial endpapers; navy faux-morocco cloth, upper blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, gilt back, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
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HUDSON James J.
Hostile Skies. A Combat History of the American Air Service in World War I. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps (one large and folding); blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. 'One of the best one-volume accounts of the American air weapon during the First World War…a carefully researched and foot-noted work' (Noffsinger). Enser, p.378; Noffsinger 726.
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BROOKES Andrew
Air War over Italy, 1943-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BRAMSON Alan
Master Airman. A Biography of Air Vice-Marshal Donald Bennett. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DESMOND Kevin
Richard Shuttleworth. An Illustrated Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BOWYER Chaz
RAF Operations 1918-1938. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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