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COOPER Alan W.
Bravery Awards for Aerial Combat. Stories behind the Award of the CGM (Flying). NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published as 'In Action with the Enemy' in 1986.
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GREGORY Howard
Parachuting's Unforgettable Jumps. New Completely Revised Second Edition. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, boards very lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-marked dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON BLANK PRELIMINARY VERSO. Extensively revised and updated version of the original edition of 1967.
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CHRISTIE Carl A.
Ocean Bridge. The History of RAF Ferry Command. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper taped to paste-downs. Published in the same year as the Canadian [First] edition.
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DONALDSON George
Did I take the Right Turning?. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DEAN Sir Maurice
The Royal Air Force and Two World Wars. Foreword by Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur T. Harris. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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CLAASEN Adam R. A.
Hitler's Northern War. The Luftwaffe's Ill-Fated Campaign, 1940-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BLOND Georges
Born to Fly. Exploits of the War's Great Fighter Aces. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly creased and frayed dustwrapper.
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BOLITHO Hector
A Penguin in the Eyrie. An RAF Diary, 1939-1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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BALDWIN A. W.
A Flying Start. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly browned dustwrapper.
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BIRKBY Carel
Dancing the Skies. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in white, purple endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ABBOTT Patrick
The British Airship at War 1914-1918. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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AIRCRAFT PROFILES
Aircraft Profiles [Volume 4]. Nos. 97-132. General Editor: Martin C. Windrow. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured drawings and monochrome photographs throughout the text; ivory buckram boards lettered in gilt, brown buckram back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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ESCOTT Squadron Leader Beryl E.
Women in Air Force Blue. The Story of Women in the Royal Air Force from 1918 to the Present Day. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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UNISHEVSKY Vladimir
Red Pilot. Memoirs of a Soviet Airman. Translated by Violet M. Macdonald. RBC Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, backstrip blocked in gilt, a bright, clean copy.
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ALLEN Michael
Pursuit through Darkened Skies. An Ace Night-Fighter Crew in World War II. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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TAYLOR p. g.
Pacific Flight. The Story of the Lady Southern Cross. With a Foreword by C.G. Grey. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST UK EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published a year after the Australian edition.
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DRISCOLL Ian H.
Winged Journey. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped duStwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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ETHELL Jeffrey
Mustang. A Documentary History of the P-51. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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GOUTIERE Justin de
Justin de Goutiere - Pilot. Self-Portrait of a Brave Man. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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DIVINE David
The broken Wing. A Study in the British Exercise of Air Power. BRIGHT WORKING COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, covers moderately faded else a good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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RICKENBACKER Edward Vernon
Fighting the Flying Circus. [Facsimile reissue.] NEAR FINE COPY OF FACSIMILE REISSUE
4to., with portrait frontispiece and full-page illustration in the text; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip framed, blocked and lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, yellow silk marker, a near fine copy. High-quality facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1919. Published in the series 'The Great Commanders', with separately printed biographical summary card loosely inserted. Enser, pp. 124, 378; Noffsinger 1210 (all recording the original edition).
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ELLIOTT Christopher
Aeronauts and Aviators. An Account of Man's Endeavours in the Air over Norfolk, Suffolk and East Cambridgeshire between 1785 and 1939. Foreword by Sir Alan Cobham. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper laminated at edges.
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HAMLIN Paul
Coolham Airfield Remembered. Memories and Anecdotes of a Sussex D-Day Fighter Station and Village. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Includes operations diary and list of personnel
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GOSS Chris
Bloody Biscay. The Story of the Luftwaffe's only long range Maritime Fighter Unit, V Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 40, and its Adversaries 1942-1944. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BERGER Monty
Invasions without Tears. The Story of Canada's Top-scoring Spitfire Wing in Europe during the Second World War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; blue boards, black cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BROOKES Andrew
V Force. The History of Britain's Airborne Deterrent. [BCA Edition.] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., with plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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LYCETT John
Aviation Technical Dictionary, English-French and French-English. Including Conversion Tables. Adopted by the Section Technique de l'Aviation Francaise. BRIGHT WORKING COPY
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, page-edges tanning mildly as usual, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; tan cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, pale blue endpapers, upper hinge parted (half-title loose but present) but binding otherwise sound, a bright, clean working copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. SCARCE.
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HANDLEY PAGE Ltd.
Forty Years on, 1909-1949. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and photographs throughout; blue boards, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, navy cloth back, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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BOWMAN Martin W.
Four Miles High. The US 8th Air Force 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions in World War 2. 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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BRAMSON Alan
Pure Luck. The Authorized Biography of Sir Thomas Sopwith, 1888-1989. Foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with plates, inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BROOKES Andrew
Postwar Military Aircraft 4: Avro Vulcan. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BOWYER Michael J.F.
The Battle of Britain Fifty Years On. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
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BOWYER Chaz
Albert Ball VC. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and double-page map; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.122; Mulholland & Jordan B91.
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BOWMAN Martin W.
The Reich Intruders. Dramatic RAF Medium Bomber Raids over Europe in World War 2. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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BOWYER Chaz
Fighter Pilots of the RAF 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A comprehensive and detailed account with a wealth of valuable photographs. Enser, p.81.
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BOWYER Chaz
Air War over Europe 1939-1935. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A comprehensive and detailed account with a wealth of valuable photographs. Enser, p.6.
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BERGSTROM Christer
Graf and Grislawski. A Pair of Aces. Written in cooperation with Alfred Grislawski. ONE OF 400 COPIES SIGNED BY ALFRED GRISLAWSKI
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignettes, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, fine coloured illustrations of aircraft liveries, front endpaper map and rear endpaper portraits in colour; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. ONE OF 400 COPIES WITH SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF GRISLAWSKI MOUNTED FACING FACING TITLE.
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MCCART Neil
HMS Centaur 1943-1972. Foreword by Rear-Admiral St. John Steiner. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text, and pictorial endpapers, neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Detailed account of one of the Royal Navy's major post-war warships, from builders to breakers, drawing on first hand accounts and including many previously unpublished photographs. VERY SCARCE.
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KUCERA Dennis C.
In a now forgotten Sky. The History of the 31st Fighter Group in World War II. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
Folio, First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, coloured aircraft profiles and endpaper maps; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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DUNNET James
Blenheim over the Balkans. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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HILL Robert
The Great Coup. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.189.
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HARKEY Ira
Pioneer Bush Pilot. The Story of Noel Wien [and Wien Air Alaska]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps neat contemporary inscription on half-title; white cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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FEIST Uwe
The Fighting Me 109. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout and coloured pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DESMOND Kevin
Aviation Ghosts. Stories of Paranormal Activity along Line SSE 165 Degrees. 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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DOYLE Neville
From Sea-Eagle to Flamingo. Channel Islands Airlines 1923-1939 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with photographs,maps and facsimiles in the text; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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HECKS Karl
Bombing 1939-1945. The Air Offensive against Land Targets in World War Two. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip.
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DELVE Ken
The Six-Year Offensive. Bomber Command in World War Two. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CAMERON Dugald
Glasgow's Own. A Visual Record of the Men and Machines of 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron Auxiliary Air Force and Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1925 to 1957. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed errata slip loosely inserted.
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CUMMING Michael
The Starkey Sacrifice. The Allied Bombing of Le Portel 1943. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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DABNEY Joseph Earl
HERK: Hero of the Skies. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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