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GIBBONS Floyd
The Red Knight of Germany. Baron von Richthofen. Germany's Great War Airman. [Ninth Edition]. FIRM, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
8vo., Ninth Edition, with portrait frontispiece, free endpapers lightly spotted; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, fore-edge a little dust-soiled else a firm, clean copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. First published in 1930. Enser, p.301.
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BRICKHILL Paul
Reach for the Sky. The Story of Douglas Bader. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 24 plates on 12, tiny signature on front free endpaper; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and rubbed at extremities. 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 leg-less Battle of Britain hero. It is 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 leg-less. 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 of the Germans his spirit was such that his captors were forced at one stage to remove his artificial limbs to prevent the chance of him escaping. Enser, p.375.
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HALLION Richard P
Taking Flight. [Inventing the Aerial Age from Antiquity through the First World War]. AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs in the text; white boards, pale blue cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO REAR-ADMIRAL RICHARD COBBOLD RN WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
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IVESON Squadron Leader Tony
Lancaster. The Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and double-page cutaway illustration; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CLOSTERMANN Pierre
The Big Show. Some Experiences of a French Fighter Pilot in the RAF. Translated by Oliver Berthoud. With a Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor. [First English Edition]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; handsomely bound in blue full 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, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of a title widely regarded as one of the finest personal accounts of aerial warfare of WWII. Enser, p.156.
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ROBERTSON Brian
Classic Aircraft No. 5: Ju 87 Stuka. Classic Aircraft No. 5. Their History and how to model them. NEAR FINE COPY IN BOARDS
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and diagrams throughout; pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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AIR MINISTRY
Pilot's Notes for Spitfire IX, XI & XVI, Merlin 61, 63, 66, 70 or 266 Engine. Prepared by Direction of the Minister of Supply. Promulgated by Order of the Air Council. [Facsimile reissue of the Third Edition]. FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
8vo., Facsimile Reissue of the Third Edition, with frontispiece and large folding plate containing 4 plans; original blue pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Air Publication 1565J. Much-neded facsimile reissue of the third edition of 1937.
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SMITHIES, ed. Edward
War in the Air. Men and Women who built, serviced and flew War Planes remember the Second World War. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear.
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ROLFE Mel
To Hell and Back. [True Life Experiences of Bomber Command at War]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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RICHTHOFEN Manfred von
The Red Air Fighter. New Edition with additional Material by Norman Franks and N.H. Hauprich. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Expanded reissue of the original edition of 1918. Enser, p.320; Noffsinger 1207 (both recording the original edition).
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REITSCH Hanna
The Sky My Kingdom. Memoirs of the famous German WWII Test-Pilot. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. High quality reissue of the original edition of 1955.
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MEIJERING Piet Hein
Signed with their Honour. The Story of Chivalry in Air Warfare 1914-1915. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs (a number full-page) in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SPICK Mike
Allied Fighter Aces. The Air Combat Tactics and Techniques of World War II. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ROBERTS Lieutenant E.M.
A Flying Fighter. An American above the Lines in France. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the scarce original edition of 1918. Enser, p.124, 379 (recording the first edition).
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WHELAN Russell
The Flying Tigers. [The Story of the American Volunteer Group. First UK Edition]. THE ORIGINAL UK EDITION IN WORN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus; red cloth, backstrip lettered inj black, a good, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter worn, frayed and with loss at edges. The UK edition, published under wartime rules, is far scarcer than its earlier US counterpart. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Graham & Cole, U78 (recording the US edition).
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THOMAS Gil
Shoulder the Sky. The Biography of a Fighter Pilot [Wing-Commander Ffrench Beytagh]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.189.
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REID P.R.
Winged Diplomat. The Life Story of Air Commodore 'Freddie' West VC. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter creased and frayed with loss at edges. Noffsinger 1195. Mulholland & Jordan, R20.
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PHILPOTT Bryan
Eject! Eject!. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MARCH Peter R.
Preserved Aircraft. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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THOMPSON Charles J.
Wings. Combat Aircraft of the Second World War in Paintings by Charles J. Thompson. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and very numerous full-page coloured reproduction; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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FRANKS Norman
German Aces of World War I. The Pictorial Record. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; pictorial boards, marbled endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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MATZ Colonel Onas P.
History of the 2nd Ferrying Group. Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command. New Castle Army Air Base, Wilmington, Delaware. Sponsored by Wilmington Warrior Association. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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KILDUFF Peter
US Carriers at War. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, numerous photographs throughout and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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THOMAS Geoffrey J.
Eyes for the Phoenix. Allied Aerial Photo-Reconnaissance Operations, South-East Asia, 1941-1945. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CHRISTY Joe
P-38 Lightning at War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SCUTTS Jerry
US Medium Bomber Units of World War 2. Northwest Europe. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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RFC NARBOROUGH.
'The Great Government Aerodrome'. RFC Narborough. The Story of a First World War Airfield. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs, illustrations and facsimiles throughout, signatures on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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NOWARRA Heinz J.
Focke-Wulf Fw190 and Ta152. Aircraft and Legend. [First English Edition]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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NOWARRA Heinz J.
Eisernes Kreuz und Balkenkreuz. Markings of German Aircraft in WWI 1914-1918. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and coloured illustrations of aircraft; grey cloth, upper board blocked in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. '…may be considered an important contribution to WWI aviation literature' (Noffsinger). Noffsinger 1096.
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ROBINSON Douglas H.
The Dangerous Sky. A History of Aviation Medicine. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter creased at fold-ins and with minor loss at upper edge of front panel.
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RUMBOLD Richard
The Winged Life. A Portrait of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Poet and Airman. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, brght, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at edges. UNCOMMON, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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TOPHOVEN Rolf
GSG 9. German Response to Terrorism. [Translated from the German by John Oldfield. Second Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; grey boards, backstrip lettered in green, green endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SMITH Anthony
The Dangerous Sort. The Story of a Balloon. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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RENDALL Ivan
Splash One. The Story of Jet Combat FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SHACKLADY Edward
Butcher Bird. The Focke-Wulf Fw190. [Signed Limited Edition]. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THREE ACES
4to., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, very numerous photographs in the text, and many fine coloured aircraft profiles; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY GUNTHER RALL, HEINZ MARQUARDT AND HEINZ RADLAUER ON LIMITED EDITION PLATE MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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SCUTTS Jerry
JG54. Jagdgeschwader 54 Grunherz. Aces of the Eastern Front. SIGNED BY HANS EKKEHARD BOB
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text, and fine coloured aircraft illustrations on endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY FIGHTER ACE HANS EKKEHARD BOB ON PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED ON HALF-TITLE. Bob flew with JG54 extensively on both Western and Eastern Fronts, amassing a total of some 60 victories.
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LUCAS Laddie
Out of the Blue. The Role of Luck in Air Warfare 1917-1966. Illustrated by Michael Trim. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON SLIP MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Enser, p.7.
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BOYLE Sir Dermot
My Life. An Autobiography by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot Boyle. [Second, Enlarged, Edition]. 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED
8vo., Second Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY. NO.161). Revised and enlarged version of the original (family) edition of 1989.
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GENTIL Richard
Trained to Intrude. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, fore-edge lightly dust-soiled; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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AUSTIN, Michael
Jet Airliners of the World 1949-2001. including Military Transport, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Types and Variants. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; pictorial boards, a near fine copy.
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BAO Phil Lo
An Illustrated History of British European Airways. [Foreword by Sir Henry Marking]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, First Edition, with photographs and tables throughout; pictorial boards, blue endpapers, a near fine copy.
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Spaete Wolfgang
Top Secret Bird. The Luftwaffe's ME-163 Comet. [Third Impression]. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., Third Impression, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. First published in 1989. Spaete was Commander, Operational Test Unit 16. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE.
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HOLMES Harry
The Avro Shackleton. Compiled by Harry Holmes. SIGNED BY WWI ACE CHARLES BARTLETT
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, and several cutaway diagrams; red cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY SQN. LDR. CHARLES PHILIP OLDFIELD BARTLETT ON A LABEL MOUNTED ON HALF-TITLE. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. Charles Bartlett was a founder pilot of No. 5 Squadron RNAS in WWI and although a bomber pilot scored no fewer than eight aircraft kills on the Western Front. After WWII No. 5 Squadron was revived as 205 Squadron RAF flying Shackletons from Changi.
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STURZEBECKER Russell L.
The Roarin' 20's. A History of the 312th Bombardment Group. US Army Air Force. World War II. [Second Edition]. 300 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Oblong 4to., Second Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; picctorial blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter neatly repaired with tape at edges. First published in 1976. The second edition is limited to 300 copies. RARE.
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SMOLDAS Zdenek
Ceskoslovensti letci v boji proti fasismu. WITH CARD SIGNED BY SIX VETERANS
8vo., First Edition, text in Czech, with frontispiece, title in blue and black, and photographs and charts in the text; grey pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red and black, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LOOSELY INSERTED IS A COLOURED POSTCARD OF A HURRICANE I SIGNED BY SIX CZECH VETERANS, TWO AWARDED THE DFC.
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ANDRIEUX Colonel Jacques
Le Ciel et l'Enfer. France-Libre 1940-1945. Preface de Joseph Kessel. [First Trade Edition]. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition thus, text in French, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; ivory cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FDC SLIP MOUNTED ON TITLE. With the dustwapper sectioned and mounted on front and rear endpapers.
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SARKAR Dilip
Battle of Britain. Last Look Back. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
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TAYLOR John W.R.
Pictorial History of the RAF. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
3 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with very numerous photographs throughout, neat inscription on front free endpaper of second volume; pale blue cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: 1918-1939 (first edition, 1968); Vol. II: 1939-1945 (second edition, 1980); Vol. III: 1945-1969 (second impression, 1971).
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OBERMAIER Ernst
Die Ritterkreuztrager der Luftwaffe. Volume i: Jagdflieger 1939-1945. SIGNED BY SIX LUFTWAFFE FIGHTER ACES
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; pale blue cloth upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities and with one short closed tear on rear panel. SIGNED BY SIX FIGHTER ACES ON SEPARATE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER AND HALF-TITLE. Signatories are GEORG-HERMANN GREINER, WERNER HOFFMANN, HANS-JOACHIM JABS, PAUL ZORNER, WOLFGANG FALCK, HAJO HERRMANN.
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OVERTON Bill
Blackburn Beverley. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with frontispiece, and numerous photographs and maps throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, cream endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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