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TAYLOR Eric
Operation Millennium. 'Bomber' Harris's Raid on Cologne, May 1942. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 57 plates on 24 and several full-page facsimiles in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Surprisingly detached, meticulously researched account of the first thousand bomber raid - effectively the prototype of Harris's controversial 'saturation bombing' strategy. Moving and graphically illustrated. Already elusive in this condition. Enser, p.55.
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THETFORD O.
British Naval Aircraft 1912-1958.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs and drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Arranged by manufacturer, this standard reference covers every type, including background, evolution, design, manufacture, units allocated and technical data.
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THOMPSON Sir Robert
Famous Regiments. The Royal Flying Corps (Per Ardua ad Astra). [Introductions by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks]. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND SERIES EDITOR
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND HORROCKS ON TITLE. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE.
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THOMPSON Sir Robert
Famous Regiments. The Royal Flying Corps (Per Ardua ad Astra). [Introductions by Lt. General Sir Brian Horrocks]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text, small blind-embossed personal book-stamp on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled and with two short tape repairs. Published in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series.
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TOLAND John
Infamy. Pearl Harbor and its Aftermath.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps in the text and coloured endpaper maps; red boards, black cloth back lettered in gilt, , uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.173.
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TOLAND J.
Ships in the Sky. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and plates, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded at headband else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss (affecting lettering) at tail of backstrip. Vividly-written account of major airship disasters.
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UNKEFER Duane
Gray Eagles. [First UK Edition].
8vo., First UK Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one or two short closed tears. The author's first novel. The UK edition was published a year after the US [first] edition.
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WATTON Ross
Anatomy of the Ship. The Aircraft Carrier Victorious. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published 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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WOOD D.
The Narrow Margin. The Battle of Britain and the Rise of Air Power 1930-1940. [Foreword by Air Chef Marshal the Lord Dowding. Revised and Best Edition].
4to., Revised and Best Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one small closed tear at fold-in. This important work was first published by Hutchinson in 1961 and several times reissued; this edition incorporates text additions and amendments and extends the appendices. Crucially, the list of aircrew taking part in the Battle of Britain is completely revised in the light of fresh information on many of the participants. Scarce, especially in this condition. Enser, p.87 (recording the first edition).
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WRAGG David
Swordfish. The Story of the Taranto Raid.
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16;cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. It is argued that the attack on Taranto changed the nature of war at sea by shifting the aggressive emphasis to carrier-borne aircraft. This account of Operation JUDGEMENT focuses on the personalities involved and examines the strategic context.
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ARMSTRONG A.
Plonk's Party of ATC. [Illustrated by RAFF]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and very numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial blue cloth, upper board blocked in black, backstrip lettered in orange, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Delightful wartime satire dedicated 'to the young men of the Air Training Corps, whose enthusiasm is no less overwhelming than their knowledge, and in whose hands to-day rests the skill and reputation of the Air Force of tomorrow'. Very scarce in anything like this condition.
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MCCART Neil
The Illustrious and Implacable Classes of Aircraft Carrier 1940-1969.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, illustrated title, very numerous monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers the six fleet carriers of these two classes: Formidable, Illustrious, Implacable, Indefatigable, Indomitable and Victorious. Includes detailed career histories, lists of COs, badges and battle honours.
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GARBETT M.
Lancaster at War 5: Fifty Years On.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, numerous photographs in the text and photographic endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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MCCART Neil
Harrier Carriers. Volume One. HMS Invincible. Foreword by Rear-Admiral R A G Clare.
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed career history from Invincible's early days as a' though-deck cruiser' to the 21st century.
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COOPER Alan W.
The Air Battle of the Ruhr. RAF Offensive March to July 1943. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account including aircraft losses, command structure, Bomber Command groups and comprehensive register of missing aircraft and aircrew with fates where known.
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POWER C.G.
The RCAF [Royal Canadian Air Force] Overseas. The First Four Years.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and plates; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter frayed and creased at edges. Includes decorations and awards. Very scarce.
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TAYLOR R.
Royal Air Force Germany since 1945.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
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DE JONG Ivo
Mission 85. A Milk Run that turned Sour. The Unites States Eighth Air Force and its Mission on August 19 1943 over South-West Holland. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, text in English, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Historical Edition No. 5. Meticulously researched and well-illustrated account. Scarce.
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BOWYER Michael J. F.
Air Raid! The Enemy Air Offensive against East Anglia 1939-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A comprehensive and detailed account with a wealth of valuable photographs. Enser, p.29.
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MARCH (ed.) D.J.
British Warplanes of World War II. [Combat Aircraft of the RAF and Fleet Air Arm 1939-1945].
Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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CLUETT, Douglas
Croydon Airport and the Battle for Britain. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous photographs and plans in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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COBHAM A.J.
My Flight to the Cape and Back.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece in sepia, and 45 sepia-toned photographs (many full-page), a full-page plan and a full-page map in the text, front free endpapers lightly spotted; original pictorial boards, very neatly rebacked, old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, clean copy. Uncommon in this condition
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DICKSON Charles
Croydon Airport Remembered.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wrappers unevenly sunned else a near fine copy.
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MALONEY E.T.
Supermarine Spitfire. Scale Drawings by Uwe Feist.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 4 pages of coloured drawings and numerous monochrome photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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SULLIVAN J.
Aircraft No. 29. F4U Corsair in Action. Illustrated by Don Greer. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with 2 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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WHITFIELD Frederick
We Sat Alone [Memoirs of a former Lancaster Rear Gunner].
8vo., First Edition with illustrations; original wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Fred Whitfield served as rear gunner with IX Squadron Lancasters based at Bardney in Lincolnshire. His record of over 30 'ops' includes raids on the Tirpitz and the Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. Extremely scarce due to limited print run
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LARKIN (ed.) David
The Aviation Art of Frank Wootton. Edited by David Larkin. Introduction by John Blake. [First US Edition].
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous full-page coloured illustrations and smaller line illustrations in monochrome; original pictorial wrappers, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy.
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MITCHELL G.
R.J. Mitchell. Schooldays to Spitfire. In association with the Imperial War Museum. [Third Edition].
Roy. 8vo., Third Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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AIR MINISTRY
Pilot's Notes General. Prepared by Direction of the Minister of Supply. Promulgated by Order of the Air Council. RESTRICTED. Third Edition.
8vo., Third Edition, with diagrams in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Publication Code: AP 2095. With Amendment List mounted on rear wrapper and several printed pasted at relevant positions in text. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
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UNDERWOOD J.G.
The World's Famous Racing Aircraft.
Oblong 4to., with numerous photographs and line illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
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BRUCE (intro.)] [J.M.
Silhouettes d'Avions classes par analogie. [Facsimile reissue].
Oblong 4to., with very numerous multi-view illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. High quality facsimile reissue of the scarce original edition of 1917. Introduction by J.M. Bruce, Assistant Keeper at the RAF Museum. Very scarce in its own right.
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ROSS, David
'The Greatest Squadron of them All'. The Definitive History of 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, RAuxAF. [Foreword by Lord Selkirk of Douglas. Preface by Alasdair J. Beaton. Complete set]. FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with many hundreds of photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: Formation to the end of 1940; Vol. II: 1941 to date. Already uncommon as a set in this condition.
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ASHWORTH C.
Action Stations 9. Military Airfields of the Central South and South-East. [Second Edition].
8vo., Best Edition, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Significantly expanded version of the first edition of 1985.
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DELVE Ken
Nightfighter. The Battle for the Night Skies. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GELB Norman
Scramble. A Narrative History of the Battle of Britain. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper.
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HUNT Leslie
Twenty-One Squadrons. The History of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force: 1925-1957. With a Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The standard history.
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KAPLAN Philip
The Few. Summer 1940, The Battle of Britain. Introduction by Peter Townsend. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Impression, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) throughout, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent and very well-illustrated survey. Published a year after the first edition.
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JULLIAN Marcel
The Battle of Britain. July-September 1940. Translated from the French by Ann-Yvette and Alan Stewart. [First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with 29 plates on 16 and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. One of the best overall histories of the battle, first published in Paris in 1965. Enser, p.57.
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ASHWORTH et al.] [Christopher
Action Stations 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. [With] COOKSLEY (P). Aviation Enthusiasts' Guide to London & South-East [with] FAIRBAIRN (A). Action Stations Overseas [with] SMITH (D.J). Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945. [Extra Extended set.] EXTRA EXTENDED SET
13 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated titles, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt backs, a very good extended set in the dustwrapper. Bright extra-extended set of the most comprehensive survey of the UK's WWII military airfields ever published and an invaluable tool for historians and scholars alike. The ten volumes of the original series, together with the three complementary works, form a milestone in WWII aviation history. The extended set comprises:Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 1, [1979] [East Anglia]Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 2, [1981] [Lincolnshire and East Midlands]Smith (D.J). Action Stations 3, [1981] [Wales and the North West]Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 4, [1982] [Yorkshire]Ashworth (C). Action Stations 5, [1982] [South-West] Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 6, [1983] [Cotswolds and Central Midlands]Smith (D.J). Action Stations 7, [1983] [Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland]Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 8, [1984] [Greater London]Ashworth (C. Action Stations 9, [1985] [Central South and South-East]Quarrie (B). Action Stations 10, [1987] [Supplement and Index]Fairbairn (A). Action Stations Overseas, [1991]Cooksley (P.G). Aviation Enthusiasts' Guide to London & the South-East, [1982]Smith (D.J). Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945, [1989]EXTENDED SETS OF FIRST EDITIONS ARE SELDOM AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
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MOXON Oliver
Bitter Monsoon [with] The Last Monsoon [with] After the Monsoon.. THE 'MONSOON' TRILOGY COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates and a full-page map in the text, first and third volumes with light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; tops lightly age-soiled else a very good, firm set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly frayed at heads and tails of backstrips, and wrapper of third volume creased at joints. Moxon's celebrated 'Monsoon' trilogy is a key work in the history of the war in the air in Burma. It tells the story of a young Hurricane pilot during and after the war. The first volume is autobiographical, and provides a first-hand illustrated account of service with 5 Squadron RAF in the Imphal Valley from 1944 onwards. The second and third volumes, through based on the author's experiences, are closer to fiction; the second giving an action-packed account of the war to the Japanese surrender, the third dealing with the reintegration of the survivors into peacetime civilian life. The complete trilogy is scarce, especially in the dustwrappers. Graham & Cole U45, V59, V58 respectively.
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ASHWORTH et al.] [Christopher
Action Stations 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. [With] FAIRBAIRN (A). Action Stations Overseas [with] SMITH (D.J). Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945. [Complete Extended set.] COMPLETE EXTENDED SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
12 vols., 8vo., Mixed Editions, with illustrated titles, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine extended set in dustwrapper. Splendid extended set of the most comprehensive survey of the UK's WWII military airfields ever published and an invaluable tool for historians and scholars alike. The ten volumes of the original series, together with the two complementary works, form a milestone in WWII aviation history. The extended set comprises (first impressions unless otherwise stated):Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 1, [third impression, 1980] [East Anglia]; Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 2, [1981] [Lincolnshire and East Midlands]; Smith (D.J). Action Stations 3, [1981] [Wales and the North West]; Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 4, [1982] [Yorkshire]; Ashworth (C). Action Stations 5, [fourth impression, 1982] [South-West]; Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 6, [1983] [Cotswolds and Central Midlands]; Smith (D.J). Action Stations 7, [1983] [Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland]; Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 8, [second impression, 1984] [Greater London]; Ashworth (C. Action Stations 9, [second impression, 1985] [Central South and South-East]; Quarrie (B). Action Stations 10, [1987] [Supplement and Index]; Fairbairn (A). Action Stations Overseas, [1991]; Smith (D.J). Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945, [1989]. EXTENDED SETS IN DUSTWRAPPERS ARE SELDOM AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
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HACKFORTH-JONES Gilbert
One Man's Wars. A Novel. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Douglas Hall. Scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.
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JEFFORD C. G.
The Flying Camels. The History of No. 45 Sqn, RAF. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with over 690 illustrations in the text; pictorial cloth gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. By far the most comprehensive and detailed history of any RAF squadron yet published. The work includes schedules of commanding officers, squadron movements, ROH, aircraft deployed, aerial victories and much more. A milestone in the literature of military aviation.
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MILTON Brian
Hurricane. The Last Witnesses. Hurricane Pilots tell the Story of the Fighter that won the Battle of Britain. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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NOWARRA H.J.
Von Richthofen and the Flying Circus. The Life and Death of Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen and the History of the Richthofen Jagdeschwader. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; red cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter chipped and frayed with minor loss at head and tasil of backstrip. Scarce in this condition. Enser, p.301
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PRICE Alfred
The Luftwaffe in Camera 1939-1942 [with] The Luftwaffe in Camera 1942-1945. COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs (many full-page) throughout; original black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Superb assembly of photographs collected from German official and personal archives. The majority appear here for the first time.
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SLEE Daphne
That Great Hunter. A Novel. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK
8vo., First Edition, neat personal address stamp on front free endpaper; green library cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly dust-soiled. Slee's first book, a vividly written novel concerning a Polish bomber pilot in the RAF during WWII. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
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WARRILOW B.
Nabob. The First Canadian-Manned Aircraft Carrier. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout, and photographic endpapers; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip. HMS Nabob was a Ruler-class escort carrier, and the first carrier to be manned entirely by the RCN. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
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WILSON M.C.D.
RAF Coastal Command leads the Invasion. [Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Viscount Trenchard]. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 53 plates on 30, endpapers lightly spotted; original backstrip lettered in red, a good, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-marked and creased and frayed (without significant loss) at edges. Vividly-written and well-illustrated survey of Coastal Command's contribution to the U-boat war. Very scarce. Enser, p.110.
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force 1933-1945. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. High quality facsimile reissue of the scarce original edition published by the Air Ministry in 1948. With a new and extended index.
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