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COMER John
Combat Crew. [The Story of 25 Combat Missions over North-West Europe.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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COLE, ed. Christopher
Royal Air Force Communiques 1918. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 30 plates on 16, and 30 full-page illustrations of aircraft in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip heavily sunned else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JAMESON William
Ark Royal 1939-1941. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 24 plates on 16, a double-page plan and numerous maps (a number full-page) in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. With the publisher's errata slip at p.141. One of the most detailed and scholarly single-ship biographies, this is the best account of the wartime career of one of the most famous ships of WWII. Includes a bibliography. SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.21; Law, 0961.
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FIEDLER Arkady
Squadron 303. The Story of the Polish Fighter Squadron with the RAF. [Third Impression.] THE POLISH FIGHTER SQUADRON WITH THE RAF
8vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece, title-vignette and plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, boards moderately age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at edges and wanting majority of backstrip. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Published a month after the first edition. Enser, p.156.
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DELVE Ken
The Mustang Story. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. Folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back,a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CAINE Philip D.
Aircraft Down!. Evading Capture in WWII Europe. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CRESSMAN Robert J
A Magnificent Fight. The Battle for Wake Island. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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FYFE James
The Great Ingratitude. Bomber Command in World War II. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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FISH Donald E W
Airline Detective. The Fight against international Air Crime. With a Foreword by Ian Fleming. [Second Impression.] BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with plates, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a bright copy in unclipped, rubbed and frayed dustwrapper.
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DOUGLAS-HAMILTON James
The Air Battle for Malta. The Diaries of a Spitfire Pilot. Introduction by Laddie Lucas. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, brown endpapers, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper Enser, p.150.
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GRIFFITHS Harry
Testing Times. Memoirs of a Spitfire Boffin. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE.
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DEANE Group Captain Laurence
A Pathfinder's War and Peace. 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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DEICHMANN General der Flieger Paul
Spearhead for Blitzkrieg. Luftwaffe Operations in Support of the Army, 1939-1945. Edited and with an Introduction by Dr. Alfred Price. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GALVIN John R
Air Assault: the Development of Airmobile Warfare. Maps by Bob George. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; black boards, upper board blocked in silver, black cloth back lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper.
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DAVIES R E G
Rebels and Reformers of the Airways. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous photographs in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published simultaneously with the US edition.
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FREEMAN Roger A
Thunderbolt. A Documentary History of the Republic P-37. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1978.
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FRY Garry L
Eagles of Duxford. The 78th Fighter Group in Word War II. Aircraft Illustrations by Bob Boyd. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pale blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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FREEMAN Roger
B-24 Liberator at War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pale blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ETHELL Jeffrey
World War II Fighting Jets. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GREEN H. Gordon
The Silver Dart. The Authentic Story of the Hon. J.A.D. McCurdy, Canada's First Pilot. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title in blue and black, and numerous plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published under the authority of the National Co-Ordinating Council for the Golden Anniversary of Flight in Canada.
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GURNEY Captain Gene
Five Down and Glory. A History of the American Air Force. Edited by Mark P. Friedlander, Jr. [Second Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with numerous plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. Published in the same year as the first edition.
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FOREMAN John
Me262 Combat Diary. The Story of the Me262 in Battle. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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GNYS Wkadek
First Kill. A Fighter Pilot's Autobiography. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Peter Endsleigh Castle. ONE OF THE SCARCEST FIGHTER AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF WWII. Not recorded by Enser.
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GERBIG Werner
Six Months to Oblivion. The Eclipse of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force over the Western Front 1944-1945. [First US Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in lighter blue, marbled endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THE US EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Not recorded by Enser.
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FRANKS Norman
Scramble to Victory. Five Fighter Pilots 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GODSON John
Runway. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with diagrams in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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LEE Arthur Gould
The Flying Cathedral. The Story of Samuel Franklin Cody. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; purple tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in blue and black, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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GEE Jack
Mirage. Warplane for the World. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear. With small personal book-label on front free endpaper.
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JUPTNER Joseph P.
US Civil Aircraft Vol. 1 (ATC 1 - ATC 100). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at edges.
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JACKSON Robert
P-51 Mustang. The Operational Record. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JARRETT, ed. Philip
Aircraft of the Second World War. The Development of the Warplane 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SERLING Robert L
When the Airlines went to War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue boards, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SANDERS James
Of Wind and Water. A Kiwi Pilot in Coastal Command. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SPATE Wolfgang
Test Pilots. [First English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs and diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published simultaneously with the German edition.
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JACKSON Robert
Fighter!. The Story of Air Combat 1936-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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JACKSON Robert
Storm from the Skies. The Strategic Bombing Offensive 1943-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.26.
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JOHNSON Brian
Bombers. The Weapon of Total War. 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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JOUBERT DE LA FERTE Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip
Fun and Games. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Noffsinger 819.
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SCHLIEPHAKE Hanfried
The Birth of the Luftwaffe. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; maroon cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JACKSON Robert
Canberra. The Operational Record. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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JACKSON Robert
Spitfire. The Combat History. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JACKSON Archie S
Both Feet in the Air. An Airline Pilot's Story. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; ivory cloth, gilt back, 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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JOHNSTON Group Captain E A
In My Element. An Old Pilot's Tale. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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JOHNSON Air Vice-Marshal J.E. 'Johnnie'
The Story of Air Fighting. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised and updated version of the author's 'Full Circle', first published in 1964.
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JONES Glyn
The Jet Pioneers. The Birth of Jet-Powered Flight. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back,a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JOHNSON Howard
Wings over Brooklands. The Story of the Birthplace of British Aviation. With a Foreword by Sir Thomas Sopwith. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; orange cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JACKSON Robert
The Red Falcons. The Soviet Air Force in Action 1919-1969. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CEJKA Eduard
Zlomena Kridla. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, text in Czech, with photographs in the text; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, black silk marker, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author served with 311 (Czech) Squadron RAF. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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CAUSER H. Phillip
MIA (Missing in Action). NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and facsimiles in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CAMPBELL James
The Bombing of Nuremberg. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.301.
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