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TERRAINE John
The Right of the Line. The Royal Air Force in the European War 1939-1945. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. First Edition with numerous plates; black cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of the best and most detailed single-volume history of the RAF in WWII. Enser p.196.
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COLLIER Basil
A History of Air Power. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with plates; blue cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.6
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CROSS Robin
The Bombers. The Illustrated Story of Offensive Strategy nd Tactics in the Twentieth Century. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to. with numerous coloured and monochrome plates and illustrations throughout; red cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ETHELL Jeffrey
Target Berlin. Mission 250. 6 March 1944. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with plates and maps; blue cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.24
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HOYT Edwin P.
The Kamikazes. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with plates; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.146.
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REVIE Alastair
The Lost Command. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with plates; black cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.378
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SEKIGAWA Eiichiro
Pictorial History of Japanese Military Aviation. Translated by Miss C Uchida. English Version edited by David Mondey. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with numerous photographs throughout; red cloth gilt back a very good bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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TURNER John Frayn
British Aircraft of World War II. Introduced by Douglas Bader. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; blue cloth backstrip lettered in silver a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser. p.196
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WINTON John
Air Power at Sea 1939-45. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. with illustrated title-spread numerous photographs throughout and endpaper maps; black cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A good general account and profusely illustrated. Enser p.160; Law 0802.
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HILLIER, Mark
Westhampnett at War. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The story of RAF Westhampnett through the eyes of pilots based here during 1940 to 1946. Westhampnett began as an emergency landing ground growing to satellite status and ultimately an important wartime airfield in its own right. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
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BYRON Reginald
Tangmere. Famous Royal Air Force Fighter Station. An Authorised History. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Long-awaited and detailed history of one of the best-known and strategically most important airfields in Britain from commissioning in 1916 to closure in 1970.
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WALLIS] [Sir Barnes
[Programme of] A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Sir Barnes Wallis 1887-1979. St. Paul's Cathedral, 27 February 1980. TRIBUTE TO SIR BARNES WALLIS
Roy. 8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
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AVIATION
Wings of Britain. SCARCE IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout, small signature contemporary signature on front free endpaper, free endpapers lightly browned; grey-brown cloth, upper board lettered in blue, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with or two minor nicks but no actual loss. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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GILL Lieut.-Colonel N.J.H.
The Aerial Arm. Its Functions and Development. With an Introduction by Major-General Sir W. Sefton Brancker. SCARCE WWI AVIATION
4to., First Edition, with illustrations and diagrams in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good,bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Noffsinger 529.
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TAYLOR John W.R.
History of Aviation. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Sm. folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and many hundreds of coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in publisher's illustrated board slip-case.
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CLARK Alan
Aces High 1914-1918 [with] Fight for the Sky 1939-1945. COMPLETE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
2 vols., 8vo., with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright set in publisher's illustrated board slip-case.
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SMITH Peter C.
The Stuka at War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.184.
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GELB Norman
Scramble. A Narrative History of the Battle of Britain. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip. Enser, p.21.
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PRICE Alfred
Pictorial History of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945. [Third Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Third Impression, with coloured frontispiece and numerous monochrome photographs throughout; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1969. Enser, p.184.
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TAYLOR John W.R.
Pictorial History of the RAF. Volume One 1918-1939. Volume Two: 1939-1945. COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper. Vol.I (fourth impression, 1971); Vol. 2 (first impression, 1969).
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IMRIE Alex
Pictorial History of the German Army Air Service 1914-1918. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, covers very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean cpy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.154.
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ETHELL Jeff
F-15 Eagle. [Second Impression]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 4to., Second Impression, with illustrated title-spread and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Modern Combat Aircraft 12.
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BROOKS Robin J.
Sussex Airfields in the Second World War. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; with photographs and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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SEABROOK William E.
Air Adventure. Paris-Sahara-Timbuktu. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, and full-page map in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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OMMANNEY F.D
Flat-Top. The Story of an Escort Carrier. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned and rubbed at backstrip. A propaganda account of life aboard a 'Woolworth' carrier on an Arctic convoy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.22; Law, 0506.
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FLEET AIR ARM
Flight Deck Vol. I. No. 3. October 1944. [Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord]. A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. ''Flight Deck' is a restricted publication. It is for official use only.' This issue includes a profile of 819 Squadron flying Swordfish. ALL WARTIME ISSUES ARE SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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PERKINS Paul
The Lady. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Photographs by Dan Patterson. FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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BAILEY Jim
The Sky Suspended. A Fighter Pilot's Story. [Second Ediiton.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published under the title 'Eskimo Nel' in 1964. Enser, p.156 (recording the first edition).
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BRICKHILL Paul
Reach for the Sky. The Story of Douglas Bader. [Sixth Impression]. SIGNED BY BADER: IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., Sixth Impression, with frontispiece and 24 plates on 12; handsomely bound in burgundy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with a propeller motif, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY BADER ON DEDICATION. Published five months after the first impression. Written by Paul Brickhill (already celebrated as the author of another RAF classic 'The Dam Busters', 1951), 'Reach for the Sky' remains the best account of the legless Battle of Britain hero. It was the basis of Lewis Gilbert's hugely successful feature film (1954) starring Kenneth More in what was arguably his finest role. One of the legendary figures of the Royal Air Force, Douglas Bader was from the outset an outstanding athlete. As a cadet at Cranwell he gained his 'blues' for cricket, rugby, hockey and boxing. He represented the RAF at both cricket and rugby and would probably have been capped for England but for the accident that changed his life and created a legend. In 1931 a near-fatal air crash left him legless. Knowing that no man with such a handicap had ever walked without a stick he nevertheless found his way back to fitness playing tennis, golf and many others sports. He even flew again, until the authorities determined that a pilot without legs could not fly and discharged him from the service. With the outbreak of War he fought to be readmitted, not merely to a desk job, but back to the cockpit. Finally he was given command of a flight which quickly increased to five squadrons as the RAF realised that he was not only an outstanding pilot but an inspired leader of men and a fighter tactician almost of genius. Even as a POW his spirit was such that his captors were forced at one stage to remove his artificial limbs to prevent the chance of his escaping. Enser, p.375 (recording the first edition)
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PARHAM H.J.
Unarmed into Battle. The Story of the Air Observation Post. With a Foreword by Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, 17 plates on 14 and 4 folding maps; original blue cloth, badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. The sole dedicated history of the AOP squadrons in WWII, during which they served in North-West Europe, Italy, North Africa and Burma. Includes ROH, casualties, honours & awards and list of officers attending Air OP courses. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p. 23.
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TILL Geoffrey
Air Power and the Royal Navy 1914-1945. A Historical Survey. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ALLARD ET AL.] [D.C.
The Zero Fighter [Manual]. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
4to., First Edition thus, text in Japanese (primarily) and English, with coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles, type profiles and liveries, and many hundreds of detailed technical drawings in the text, and superb cut-away illustrations as endpapers; pictorial boards, a near fine copy in publisher's card slip-case with dustwrapper. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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THETFORD Owen
British Naval Aircraft since 1912. [Fourth Revised Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Fourth Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; blue gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of a standard reference, first published in 1958 and successively updated.
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POOLMAN Kenneth
Zeppelins over England. With a Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1960. Enser, p.405.
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READER W.J.
Architect of Air Power. The Life of the first Viscount Weir of Eastwood 1877-1959. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue tweed cloth, gilt back, rear endpapers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PEARCY Arthur
Douglas Propliners DC-1-DC-7. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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SMITH Richard J.
Jet Planes of the Third Reich. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 33 fine coloured illustrations by Creek, and many hundreds of photographs and illustrations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Arguably the definitive account, augmented by Creek's superb illustrations.
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RESHETNIKOV Vasily
Bomber Pilot on the Eastern Front. 307 Missions behind Enemy Lines. Translators: Vladimir Kroupnik and John Armstrong. Editor: Serguey Anisimov. English text: Sarah Bryce. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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COOPER Alan W.
Target Dresden. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Cooper investigates the context of the controversial raid, asking whether the city was a legitimate target and was the attack justified?
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PEARCY Arthur
The Dakota. A History of the Douglas Dakota in RAF and RCAF Service. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 80 pp of photographs at end; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A lovely copy of a standard reference, and increasingly elusive in this condition.
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MILLER David
Sir Barnes Wallis and the Christ's Hospital RAF Foundationers' Trust 1951-2003. FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece and very numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Written to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the RAF Foundationers' Trust at Christ's Hospital, this deceptively detailed and profusely illustrated account shows how Wallis's schooldays influenced his subsequent life. It covers many aspects of his career including airship, aircraft and armaments design, and his central role in the foundation of the Trust in 1951.
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ROBERTS John
Anatomy of the Ship. The Aircraft Carrier Intrepid. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped 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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THE AEROPLANE MAGAZINE.
Aircraft Identification. Friend or Foe?. Part Four. American Monoplanes with the RAF. {Foreword by Peter G. Masefield]. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Oblong 4to., with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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THE AEROPLANE MAGAZINE.
Aircraft Identification. Friend or Foe?. Part Three. Italian Fighters, Bombers and Seaplanes. {Foreword by Peter G. Masefield]. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Oblong 4to., with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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CORNWELL Peter D
The Battle of France Then and Now. Six Nations locked in Aerial Combat, September 1939 to June 1940. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with many hundreds of photographs throughout, and photographic endpapers; cloth, a fine copy in dustwrapper. Another of ATB's well-researched 'then and now' series, matching contemporary photographs with their present-day equivalents.
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FREEMAN Roger A.
Bases of Bomber Command Then and Now. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with many hundreds of photographs throughout, and photographic endpapers; cloth, a fine copy in dustwrapper. Another of ATB's well-researched 'then and now' series, matching contemporary photographs with their present-day equivalents.
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FREEMAN Roger A.
US Airfields in Britain. [Boxed Presentation Set, comprising Airfields of the Eighth then and now [with] UK Airfields of the Ninth then and now]. FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
2 vol., sm. folio, with many hundreds of photographs throughout, and photographic endpapers; pictorial boards (first volume), red cloth (second volume), a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's board slip-case. Another of ATB's well-researched 'then and now' series, matching contemporary photographs with their present-day equivalents.
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NAUDAUD Marcel
The Flying Poilu. [A Story of Aerial Warfare. First English Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 9 plates, some light and inoffensive spotting; original terracotta cloth, upper board with illustration (repeated from text) mounted in blind frame, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. First-hand memoir by an observer-bombadier in the French Aviation Corps of WWI. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Noffsinger 1074; not recorded by Enser.
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LAMB Commander Charles
To War in a Stringbag. Foreword by Vice Admiral Sir Charles Evans. [Specially Illustrated US Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with illustrations and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in the UK as 'War in a Stringbag' in 1977. Well-written account by a pilot who served in virtually every theatre in which the Fleet Air Arm was involved. Vivid coverage of Taranto. Enser, p.88; Law, 9782.
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BISHOP VC Colonel W.A.
The Flying Squad. FIRM WORKING COPY
8vo., free endpapers lightly spotted, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, boards and backstrip framed and lettered in black, top and fore-edge moderately age-soiled, boards faded (but all lettering wholly legible), a good working copy. First published in 1930. Uncommon novel of WWI aviation by 'Billy' Bishop VC and Rothesay Stuart-Wortley. Mulholland and Jordan, p.171.
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