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GRANFIELD A.
Bombers over Sand and Snow. 205 Group RAF in World War II.
8vo., First Edition, with 60 plates; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 205 Group provided the only mobile force of RAF heavy night bombers in the Mediterranean.
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HALPENNY B.B.
To Shatter the Sky. Bomber Airfield at War. Foreword by Wing Commander Ken Wallis. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip.
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PROBERT Henry
Bomber Harris. His Life and Times. The Biography of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, the Wartime Chief of Bomber Command. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 67 photographs, 5 maps (2 double-page) and 4 charts (2 double-page) in the text, gift inscription on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The definitive biography, and the first to benefit from access to Harris's extensive private papers. The author was formerly Director of RAF Education and subsequently Head of the Air Historical Branch. He was also a co-founder of the RAF Historical Society.
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HARRIS Arthur T.
Despatch on War Operations: 23rd February 1942 to 8th May 1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and tables in the text; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Harris's official report published for the first time, with a German perspective by Horst Boog.
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MOORE John
The Fleet Air Arm. A Short Account of its History and Achievements. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 10 plates on 8 and 3 full-page maps in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; original cloth, backstrip and upper board lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip, and a small piece missing (just affecting title) from upper edge of front panel. With the publisher's errata slip correcting the caption to plate III. Vividly written account by the author of the Brensham trilogy. Moore served with the Fleet Air Arm during hostilities. Enser, p.162; Law, 0783.
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HERBERT Lt. J.H.
G for Genevieve. The Story of a Polish Flier.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Scarce in this condition. Enser, p.343
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HOLMES Harry
Avro. The History of an Aircraft Company. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text, some occasional light underlining; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed (without material loss) at head and tail of backstrip. Avro (A.V. Roe & Company) was founded in 1910 and disappeared in 1963 when it was absorbed into Hawker Siddeley Aviation. Between these dates it flourished as one of the largest and most respected aircraft manufacturers in the world, creating RAF trainers during WWI, the Anson in 1935 and the mighty Vulcan V-bomber of the 1950s. Most famous of all, of course, is a bomber called the Lancaster.
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JACKSON Robert
Spitfire. The History of Britain's most famous World War II Fighter.
Roy. 4to., with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and photographic endpapers; laminated photographic boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JARRETT P.
Frank McClean. The Godfather of British Naval Aviation.
8vo., First Edition, with 120 photographs; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JONES B.
Gloster Meteor.
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The story of the RAF's first turbojet and its career over five decades. Scarce in this condition.
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JONES I. 'Taffy'
Tiger Squadron. The Story of 74 Squadron RAF in Two World Wars.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 20 plates, neat inscription on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, backstrip moderately faded (but all lettering entirely legible), a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter age-soiled and faded with minor loss at extremities. Detailed account of one of the RAF's greatest fighter squadrons, which served with distinction at both Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain. Appendices include WWI aces, and fighter pilots with more than twelve confirmed victories (to June 1941). Enser, p.377.
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KILLEN J.
The Luftwaffe. A History.
8vo., First Edition, with 28 plates; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed and creased at edges. Enser, p.183
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LINDBERGH Charles A.
The Spirit of St. Louis. Louis [First UK Edition].
8vo., First UK Edition, with plates and diagrams in the text; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
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LUCAS Laddie
Thanks for the Memory. Unforgettable Characters in Air Warfare 1939-1945. [Second Impression]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with very numerous plates; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy In unclipped dustwrapper. This evocative collection of reminiscences includes contributions from Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, South Africa, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. First published in the previous year. Mulholland & Jordan L69 (recording the first edition).
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MASLEN-JONES E.W.
Fire by Order. Recollections of Service with 656 Air Observation Post Squadron in Burma. With a Foreword by General Sir Martin Farndale. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 26 plates on 12, and 6 full-page maps and an illustration in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Working as a key component of 14 Army, 656 Squadron's three flights of tiny Auster aircraft provided air observation for the entire Allied force. Graham & Cole, U42.
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MASON Tim
The Secret Years. Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945. [Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with photographic title, 16 fine full-page coloured plates of aircraft profiles, and many hundreds of monochrome photographs in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MCCART Neil
HMS Glory 1945-1961. In association with the Fleet Air Arm Museum. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. HMS GLORY arrived in the Far East too late to take an active combat role in WWII, but she accepted the surrender of Japanese forces in New Guinea and participated in the operation to repatriate British and Commonwealth POWs after the war. She conducted several active tours of duty during the Korean War in the early 1950s. Detailed account from builders to breakers, drawing on first hand accounts and including many previously unpublished photographs
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MCCART Neil
Three Ark Royals 1938-1999. Foreword by Rear-Admiral T W Loughran. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with 15 coloured plates on 8, numerous monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Still the sole single-volume account of the three famous vessels of this name: the legendary wartime Ark allegedly 'sunk' so many times, her post-war namesake of the Cold War and the third Ark which carried the FAA into the 21st century.
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MCCART Neil
HMS Victorious 1937-1969. Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Ian McIntosh. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MCCART Neil
The Colossus Class Aircraft Carriers 1944-1972.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title, numerous photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers the eight light fleet carriers of this class: Colossus, Glory, Ocean, Theseus, Triumph, Venerable, Vengeance and Warrior.
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MCKEE Alexander
Dresden 1945. The Devil's Tinderbox.
8vo., First Edition, with 59 plates on 24 and front and rear endpaper maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The controversial Bomber Command raid on the historic German city of Dresden. Enser, p. 69.
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MIDDLETON Drew
The Sky Suspended. The Battle of Britain. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written, largely eye-witness account of the fateful summer of 1940 by the London Correspondent of Associated Press. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.57.
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MITCHELL Alan W.
New Zealanders in the Air War. With Forewords by Sir Archibald Sinclair and W. Jordan. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16, small neat signature on front paste-down; cloth, badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, backstrip sunned (but all lettering entirely legible), a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled and lightly rubbed at joints and fold-ins. With the trade ticket of Underhills of Plymouth on front paste-down. Uncommon in this condition. Enser, p.288.
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ROBERTSON B.
Aircraft Camouflage and Markings 1907-1954. Paintings by William P. epworth. [Fifth Impression], with Addition of Squadron Badges.
4to., Fifth Impression, with a coloured, frontispiece, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations, and a colour plate of RAF paint colours; original cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. A standard reference unique in its coverage
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NESBIT Roy Conyers
Eyes of the RAF. A History of Photo-Reconnaissance. Assisted by Jack Eggleston. Foreword by Air Chief Marshall Sir Neil Wheeler. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., Second Edition, with very numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The best single-volume history to day covering aircraft, equipment, techniques and theatres. First published by Sutton in the previous year.
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NEWBY Leroy W.
Target Ploesti. View from a Bombsight [1944]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly written account by a navigator of 460th Bomb Group, Fifteenth Air Force. Enser pp.33, 198, 230.
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OLIVER David
Airborne Espionage. International Special Duties Operations in the World Wars. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Comprehensive account, from the beginnings in WWI to the specialist SD squadrons of WWII.
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OVERY Richard
Bomber Command 1939-1945. Foreword by Sir Michael Beetham. Interviews conducted by Alex Beetham and Sally Lindsay. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, with photographic title-spread and very numerous photographs throughout; laminated photographic boards, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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PALMER Warren James
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. The Inside Story of the Royal Air Force Memorial Flight. [Foreword by Rick Groombridge]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured and sepia-toned photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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PAWLOWSKI Gareth L.
Flat-Tops and Fledglings. A History of American Aircraft Carriers. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., with very numerous photographs in the text; green cloth, backstripletterd in white, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Detailed class-by-class survey from USSs 'Langley' to 'Chester W Nimitz'. Part I comprises chapters on individual carriers; in Parts II-IV the author covers the early days, and medals and commendations, together with useful appendices including deployments.
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POOLMAN Kenneth
Focke-Wulf Condor. Scourge of the Atlantic. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 43 plates on 20 and 2 fill-page maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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POOLMAN Kenneth
Illustrious. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 34 plates on 16; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and frayed at edges. Standard operational history by an acknowledged authority. Enser, p.22; Law, 0969.
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PRICE Alfred
Targeting the Reich. Allied Photographic Reconnaissance over Europe 1939-1945. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PRICE Alfred
Great Aircraft of WWII. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs throughout; laminated photographic boards, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PRICE Alfred
Battle of Britain Day. 15 September 1940. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 75 plates on 32 and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account of the peak day of the battle based on eye-witness material from over sixty participants in the air or on the ground.
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RAVEN Alan
Essex Class Carriers [Warship Design History].
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. This series is similar to Conway's outstanding outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
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RADELL Rick
Lancaster. A Bombing Legend [Second Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 4to., Second Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A photographic celebration of the two remaining airworthy Lancasters - the B MkI and MkX. First published in 1993
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ROYAL AIR FORCE
Brace by Wire to Fly by Wire. 75 Years of the Royal Air Force. Compiled to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with 76 fine full-page coloured illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's board slip-case. Arranged in chronological sequence, the seventy-six illustrations include work from virtually every leading aviation artist.
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RAVEN Alan
Fletcher Class Destroyers [Warship Design History].
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. This series is similar to Conway's outstanding outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
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RAWLINGS John D. R.
Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. [Foreword by Lord Dowding]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Histories of 241 squadrons with detailed appendices.
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REILLY Mike
Alone in the Sky. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The history of parachuting in war and peace. The author died in a parachute accident shortly after completing this work
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ROBBINS Guy
The Aircraft Carrier Story 1908-1945.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a mint copy in the dustwrapper. Valuable account of carrier development in Britain, Japan and the US. Coverage of wartime engagements is largely US-oriented.
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ROSS Al
Anatomy of the Ship. The Escort Carrier Gambier Bay.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Arguably the scarcest title 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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BAKER A.
From Biplane to Spitfire. The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond.
8vo., First Edition, with 35 plates on 16 and 2 maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SAWARD Dudley
Victory Denied. The Rise of Air Power and the Defeat of Germany 1920-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 36 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SCOTT S.R.
Mosquito Thunder. No. 105 Squadron RAF at War 1942-5, Foreword by Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text, red underline on title; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Includes COs, aircraft, ROH, line shoots and bibliography.
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SHORES Christopher
Dust Clouds in the Middle East. The Air War for East Africa, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Madagascar, 1940-42. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference, first published in 1996.
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SMITH D.J.
Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sequel to the highly acclaimed 'Action Stations' series.
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SPICK Mike
Luftwaffe Bomber Aces. Men, Machines, Methods.
8vo., First Edition, with 35 plates on 16 and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SWANBOROUGH Gordon
The Focke-Wulf Fw190. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference. Includes a detailed list of development batch, prototypes and production variants. Published simultaneously with the first edition.
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