FOSS Joe
Top Guns. America's Fighter Aces tell their Stories. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM JOE FOSS
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue boards, red cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM JOE FOSS WITH HIS SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH AND SEPARATELY SIGNED SLIP MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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GARDINER Leslie
Man in the Clouds. The Story of Vincenzo Lunardi. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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FREEMAN Roger A.
The British Airman. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GUNSTON Bill
World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Fully Revised Second Edition. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Edition, with photographs throughout and pictorial endpapers; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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COHEN Colonel Eliezer 'Cheetah'
Israel's Best Defense. The First Full Story of the Israeli Air Force. Translated by Jonathan Cordis. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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FREEMAN Roger A.
The Ploesti Raid through the Lens. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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COLLIER Basil
Leader of the Few. The Authorised Biography of Air Chief Marshal The Lord Dowding of Bentley Priory. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head of backstrip and just a trifle dust-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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'NIGHT-HAWK, pseud.'
Rovers of the Night Sky. BRIGHT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, title and preliminaries lightly spotted, page-edges tanning lightly as usual; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, covers mildly age-soiled else a bright, clean copy. 'A personal narrative of night fighting and bombing' (Noffsinger). SCARCE. Enser, p.304; Noffsinger 1086.
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LEE Asher
The Soviet Air and Rocket Forces. NEAR FINE COPY
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LAMBERT John W.
Bombs, Torpedoes and Kamkazes. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Air Combat Photo History Series, Vol. 2.
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SLIZEWSKI Grzegorz
The Lost Hopes. Polish Fighters over France in 1940. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, text in Polish and English, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
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MINNESOTA AIR NATIONAL GUARD
The Air National Guard in Minnesota 1921-1971. A Fifty Year History of Pioneering, Progress and History to State and Nation. NEAR FINE COPY
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HUDSON James J.
Hostile Skies. A Combat History of the American Air Service in World War I. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps (one large and folding); blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. 'One of the best one-volume accounts of the American air weapon during the First World War…a carefully researched and foot-noted work' (Noffsinger). Enser, p.378; Noffsinger 726.
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BROOKES Andrew
Air War over Italy, 1943-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BRAMSON Alan
Master Airman. A Biography of Air Vice-Marshal Donald Bennett. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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DESMOND Kevin
Richard Shuttleworth. An Illustrated Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BOWYER Chaz
RAF Operations 1918-1938. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
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COOPER Alan W.
Bravery Awards for Aerial Combat. Stories behind the Award of the CGM (Flying). NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published as 'In Action with the Enemy' in 1986.
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GREGORY Howard
Parachuting's Unforgettable Jumps. New Completely Revised Second Edition. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, boards very lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-marked dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON BLANK PRELIMINARY VERSO. Extensively revised and updated version of the original edition of 1967.
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CHRISTIE Carl A.
Ocean Bridge. The History of RAF Ferry Command. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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DONALDSON George
Did I take the Right Turning?. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DEAN Sir Maurice
The Royal Air Force and Two World Wars. Foreword by Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur T. Harris. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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CLAASEN Adam R. A.
Hitler's Northern War. The Luftwaffe's Ill-Fated Campaign, 1940-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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BLOND Georges
Born to Fly. Exploits of the War's Great Fighter Aces. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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BOLITHO Hector
A Penguin in the Eyrie. An RAF Diary, 1939-1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
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BALDWIN A. W.
A Flying Start. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly browned dustwrapper.
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BIRKBY Carel
Dancing the Skies. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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ABBOTT Patrick
The British Airship at War 1914-1918. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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AIRCRAFT PROFILES
Aircraft Profiles [Volume 4]. Nos. 97-132. General Editor: Martin C. Windrow. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured drawings and monochrome photographs throughout the text; ivory buckram boards lettered in gilt, brown buckram back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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ESCOTT Squadron Leader Beryl E.
Women in Air Force Blue. The Story of Women in the Royal Air Force from 1918 to the Present Day. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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UNISHEVSKY Vladimir
Red Pilot. Memoirs of a Soviet Airman. Translated by Violet M. Macdonald. RBC Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
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ALLEN Michael
Pursuit through Darkened Skies. An Ace Night-Fighter Crew in World War II. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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TAYLOR p. g.
Pacific Flight. The Story of the Lady Southern Cross. With a Foreword by C.G. Grey. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST UK EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published a year after the Australian edition.
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DRISCOLL Ian H.
Winged Journey. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped duStwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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ETHELL Jeffrey
Mustang. A Documentary History of the P-51. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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GOUTIERE Justin de
Justin de Goutiere - Pilot. Self-Portrait of a Brave Man. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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DIVINE David
The broken Wing. A Study in the British Exercise of Air Power. BRIGHT WORKING COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, covers moderately faded else a good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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RICKENBACKER Edward Vernon
Fighting the Flying Circus. [Facsimile reissue.] NEAR FINE COPY OF FACSIMILE REISSUE
4to., with portrait frontispiece and full-page illustration in the text; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip framed, blocked and lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, yellow silk marker, a near fine copy. High-quality facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1919. Published in the series 'The Great Commanders', with separately printed biographical summary card loosely inserted. Enser, pp. 124, 378; Noffsinger 1210 (all recording the original edition).
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ELLIOTT Christopher
Aeronauts and Aviators. An Account of Man's Endeavours in the Air over Norfolk, Suffolk and East Cambridgeshire between 1785 and 1939. Foreword by Sir Alan Cobham. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper laminated at edges.
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HAMLIN Paul
Coolham Airfield Remembered. Memories and Anecdotes of a Sussex D-Day Fighter Station and Village. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Includes operations diary and list of personnel
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GOSS Chris
Bloody Biscay. The Story of the Luftwaffe's only long range Maritime Fighter Unit, V Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 40, and its Adversaries 1942-1944. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BERGER Monty
Invasions without Tears. The Story of Canada's Top-scoring Spitfire Wing in Europe during the Second World War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; blue boards, black cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BROOKES Andrew
V Force. The History of Britain's Airborne Deterrent. [BCA Edition.] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
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LYCETT John
Aviation Technical Dictionary, English-French and French-English. Including Conversion Tables. Adopted by the Section Technique de l'Aviation Francaise. BRIGHT WORKING COPY
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, page-edges tanning mildly as usual, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; tan cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, pale blue endpapers, upper hinge parted (half-title loose but present) but binding otherwise sound, a bright, clean working copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. SCARCE.
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HANDLEY PAGE Ltd.
Forty Years on, 1909-1949. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and photographs throughout; blue boards, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, navy cloth back, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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BOWMAN Martin W.
Four Miles High. The US 8th Air Force 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions in World War 2. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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BRAMSON Alan
Pure Luck. The Authorized Biography of Sir Thomas Sopwith, 1888-1989. Foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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BROOKES Andrew
Postwar Military Aircraft 4: Avro Vulcan. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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BOWYER Michael J.F.
The Battle of Britain Fifty Years On. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
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BOWYER Chaz
Albert Ball VC. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and double-page map; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.122; Mulholland & Jordan B91.
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