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POLLARD A.O.
The Boy's Romance of Aviation. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in navy full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A lovely copy
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SCUTTS Jerry
Aces and Pilots of the US 8th/9th Air Forces. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WILLIAMS Jeremy Howard
Night Intruder. A Personal Account of the Radar War between the Luftwaffe and the RAF Night Fighter Forces. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE. Not recorded by Enser.
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FLYING REVIEW INTERNATIONAL
Flying Review International. Volume 19 1963-1964. [Bound Volume]. NEAR FINE COPY
12 parts in 1 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with many hundreds and photographs and drawings throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, all original coloured wrappers preserved, backstrip very lightly faded else a near fine copy. The volume comprises September 1963 (Vol. 19 No 1) to August 1964 (Vol. 19 No. 12). VERY SCARCE.
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NICHOLL G.W.R.
The Supermarine Walrus. The Story of a unique Aircraft. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 14 plates on 8 and endpaper 'cutaway' illustrations; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. This improbable looking aircraft saw gallant service in many roles throughout WWII, most notably in the early years, and its history is engagingly described. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Law 0784; not recorded by Enser.
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PIEKALKIEWICZ Janusz
The Air War 1939-1945. Translated from the German by Jan van Heurck. [First English Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, very numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First English version of the original German edition of 1978. Enser, p.7.
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STOFF Joshua
The Thunder Factory. An Illustrated History of the Republic Aviation Corporation. 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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TAYLOR (ed.) J.R.W.
Combat Aircraft of the World. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with many hundreds of photographs and drawings in the text, free endpapers very lightly browned; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DAVY M.J.B.
Interpretative History of Flight. A Survey of the History and Development of Aeronautics with particular Reference to contemporary Influences and Conditions. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 32 plates; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear. First published for the Ministry of Education and the Science Museum in 1937. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MCCRARY J.R.
First of the Many. A Journal of Action with the Men of the Eighth Air Force. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with very numerous plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1941. Splendid collection of rarely-seen photographs. Enser, p.453 (recording the first edition).
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DOCHERTY T.
Swift to Battle. No. 72 Squadron RAF in Action. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1937 to 1942. Phoney War, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, Offensive Operations; Vol II: 1942-1947. North Africa. Malta. Sicily; Vol. III: 1947-1961. Into The Jet-Age, Cold War Operations
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WIXEY K.E.
Parnall Aircraft since 1914. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. SCARCE
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LEWIS C.[A.]
Farewell to Wings. Illustrated by Leonard Bridgman. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 5 plates and numerous llustrations in the text; red cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter just a little browned at backstrip and rear panel. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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RALEIGH Sir Walter
The War in the Air. Being the Story of the Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. Vol. I [this volume only]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with full-page maps in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, free endpapers lightly browned; original black buckram, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.19.
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STAPFER H-H.
Strangers in a Strange Land. Illustrated by Don Greer. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured drawings and monochrome photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SCARCE
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HOFFMAN Paul
Wings of Madness. Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition., with plates; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, brown endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With bookplate on front free endpaper.
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LEE A.G.
No Parachute. A Fighter Pilot in World War I. Letters written in 1917 by Lieutenant A S G Lee, Sherwood Foresters, attached Royal Flying Corps. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition., with a portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. SCARCE. Enser, p.123.
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TAYLOR Gordon
Sopwith Scout 7309. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition., with plates and a full-page map in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip and lightly rubbed at edges. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.124, 306.
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COOPER Alan W.
Air Gunner. The Men who manned the Turrets. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BIRDSALL Steve
Saga of the Superfortess. The Dramatic Story of the B-29 and the Twentieth Air Force. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First UK Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition. Enser, pp. 30,277.
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PRICE Alfred
Aircraft versus Submarine. The Evolution of the Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1912 to 1980. [Revised Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Best Edition, with numerous plates, neat inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Extended and revised version of the original edition of 1973
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COOKSLEY P.
Croydon Airport Flypast. Historic Aircraft Profiles in Colour.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous full-page coloured illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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BROOKS R.J.
Kent's Own. The History of 500 (County of Kent) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; original laminated boards, a fine copy.
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CHANDLER Robert
Off the Beam. The Memoirs of an Aircraft Radio Operator. [Foreword by Air Vice Marshal Donald Bennett]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and endpaper maps; brige cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of comparatively few wartime accounts by a radio operator who began flying pre-WWII with Imperial Airways. His wartime service included National Air Communications, chief radio operator to the Air Observers' Navigation School and finally RAF Ferry Command for the remainder of hostilities. After the war he worked with British South American Airways. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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BARKER Richard
Stop Binding! A Day in the Life of a Flying Control Officer. Illustrated by RAFF. A RARE WWII SURVIVAL
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Typically humorous cartoons enliven this leaflet, which almost certainly takes its name from the popular radio show 'Much Binding in the Marsh' running at the time. Crammed with wartime RAF jargon (and a few explanations). A SCARCE SURVIVAL.
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SMITH Constance Babington
Amy Johnson. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and a double-page map; cloth, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
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FOREMAN John
Fighter Command War Diaries. The Operational History of Fighter Command, Second Tactical Air Force, 100 Group and Air Defence of Great Britain 1939-1945. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: September 1939 to September 1940 (1996); Vol. 2: September 1940 to December 1941 (1998); Vol. 3: January 1942 to June 1943 (2001); Vol. 4: July 1943 to June 1944 (2002); Vol. 5: June 1944 to May 1945 (2004). Complete sets of the first edition of this standard reference are very scarce.
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SPURDLE Bob
The Blue Arena. [Second and Best Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with plates and facsimiles; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised version of the original edition of 1986. Enser, p.196 (recording the first edition).
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ROSS David M. S.
Stapme. The Biography of Squadron Leader Basil Gerald Stapleton.. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, and illustrations and facsimiles in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GREEN William
The Observer's Book of Aircraft. With Silhouettes by Dennis Punnett. 1968 Edition. [Seventeenth Edition]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., Seventeenth Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original series binding of pale blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in navy blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at front fold-in and with one or two scuffs on front panel. Observer 11. Printing code 722.1167. Marren & Carter, p.153.
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SUTTON B.
Jungle Pilot.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter chipped and frayed with minor loss at edges and head and tail of backstrip. Sequel to 'The Way of a Pilot'. A Battle of Britain pilot continues his service in the jungles of Burma. Uncommon in the dustwrapper. Enser, p. 92; Graham & Cole, U71.
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MOORE John
The Fleet Air Arm. A Short Account of its History and Achievements. IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 10 plates on 8 and 3 full-page maps in the text, small, neat inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip and upper board lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. 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. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.162; Law, 0783.
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WHITE Leslie R.
The Holmsley Story. [A History of a New Forest Airfield in War and Peace]. Fourth Edition. FINE COPY
8vo., Fourth Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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LANCASHIRE Thomas
A Trenchard Brat at War. [Stirling, Lancaster and Stalag IVB]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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FALCONER J.
The Bomber Command Handbook 1939-1945.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Well-illustrated account of organisation, personnel, aircraft, airfields, equipment, armament, navigation and tactics. Includes portraits of notable airmen, war diary and exhaustive squadron listings.
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AIRCRAFT PROFILES
Aircraft Profiles [Volume 2]. Nos. 25-60. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured drawings and monochrome photographs throughout the text; buff buckram boards lettered in gilt, red buckram back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
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BRABAZON Lord
The Brabazon Story. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy.
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BRADDON Russell
Cheshire VC. A Story of War and Peace. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 34 plates on 23; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. The first biography of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, culminating in the bombing of Nagasaki. By the author of 'The Naked Island'. Enser, p. 64; Mulholland & Jordon B105.
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THORNE A.
Lancaster at War 4: Pathfinder Squadron.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author is a former PFF Lancaster pilot and master bomber. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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WALLACE Graham
Claude Grahame-White. A Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and many plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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GUEDALLA Philip
Middle East 1940-1942. A Study in Air Power. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. Enser, p.273.
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MOLLISON Jim
Playboy of the Air. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, handsomely bound in blue full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
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CROSS R.
Classic Aircraft No. 1: Spitfire. Classic Aircraft No. 1. Their History and how to model them.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and diagrams throughout; pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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BEAMONT Roland
My Part of the Sky . A Fighter Pilot's Firsthand Reminiscences 1939-1945. [Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Smallwood]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Beamont's vivid account of his wartime service. Appendices include record of service and details of press coverage. Dustwrapper artwork by Peter Emms
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HARRINGTON Daniel
Pioneers of the Airlift. With an Essay by Daniel Harrington. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.
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ORANGE, Vincent
Winged Promises. A History of No 14 Squadron RAF, 1915-1945. [Foreword by His Majesty King Hussein I. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous monochrome photographs ands facsimiles in the text, and coloured endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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KELLY Maurice
Steam in the Air. The Application of Steam Power in Aviation during the 19th and 20th Centuries. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE
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THOMAS C.
Typhoon Wings of 2nd TAF 1943-45. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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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].
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 53 plates on 30, endpapers lightly spotted, neat ATC Squadron stamp on front free endpaper; original backstrip lettered in red, a very good, firm, clean copy. 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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GLUBB John Bagot
War in the Desert. An RAF Frontier Campaign. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. First Edition with plates and maps neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. SCARCE.
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