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PRANGE Gordon W.
At Dawn We Slept. The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE UK EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; grey boards, ivory cloth back lettered in red, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition, the UK version is considerably scarcer than its American counterpart. Enser, p.173.
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CAIDIN Martin
The Ragged Rugged Warriors. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations and maps in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The US edition was published in 1966. Enser, p.103 (recording the first edition).
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PRANGE Gordon W.
December 7, 1941. The Day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. With Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous plates and diagrams in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Third volume of Prange's monumental 'Pearl Harbor' trilogy. THE UK EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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SIZER J. A.
Model Flying Boats. [Revised edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE REVISED EDITION
8vo., with photographs and diagrams throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
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RICHMOND, Sir Herbert
War Pictures by British Artists. War at Sea [with] Blitz [with] RAF [with] Army. [Series I complete]. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF THE FIRST SERIES
4 vols., sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 194 toned full-page illustrations in the text; original plain wrappers, hinges starting as usual (but all bindings wholly sound), one backstrip scuffed else a very good, bright, clean set in pictorial dustwrapper. No.1: War at Sea; No. 2: Blitz; No. 3: R.A.F.; No. 4: Army. Complete set of the first series with fine reproductions of paintings, drawings and sketches by virtually all Britain's leading war artists. The contributors naturally featured many of the most eminent artists of the period, including (among many others) Ardizzone, Bawden, Bone, Kennington, Moore, Nash, Piper, Ravilious, Rothenstein, Spencer, Sutherland, Topolski and Worsley. A second series (dealing primarily with the Home Front) was published separately in the following year. UNCOMMON AS A SET, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Eads, A43 (recording H. E. Bates' introduction to 'RAF').
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TRENCHARD Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Viscount
The Principles of Air Power on War. A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers mildly browned at edges else a near fine copy in custom-made slip-case. RARE. 'I have endeavoured to make plain in this pamphlet what part Air Power has played in victory over Germany' (Author's Foreword). COPAC records only the Cambridge University Library copy.
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ROBERTSON Bruce
Sopwith. The Man and his Aircraft. Line Tracings by W.F. Hepworth. Based on original Drawings by Peter G. Cooksley. Produced by D.A. Russell and G.R. Duval. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and very numerous monochrome photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by J.D. Carrick. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MASON Francis K.
Battle over Britain. A History German Air Assaults on Great Britain, 1917-1918 and July-December 1940, and of the Development of Britain's Air Defences between the World Wars. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates of insignia and uniforms, numerous monochrome photographs throughout the text, and endpaper maps on blue stock; burgundy buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. German research material edited by Martin Windrow. Colour and tone illustrations by Michael P. Roffe. A BRIGHT COPY OF THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY. Enser, p.63.
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MASON Francis K.
Battle over Britain. A History of German Air Assaults on Great Britain, 1917-1918 and July-December 1940, and of the Development of Britain's Air Defences between the World Wars. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured illustrations of aircraft and insignia, and numerous monochrome photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. German research material edited by Martin Windrow. Colour and tone illustrations by Michael P. Roffe. First published in 1969. much-ndded reissue of the definitive account. Enser, p.63 (recording the first edition).
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KNIGHT, Laura
War Pictures by British Artists. Women [with] Production [with] Soldiers [with] Air Raids. [Series II Complete]. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF THE SECOND SERIES
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 194 toned full-page illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean set. No.1: Women; No. 2: Production; No. 3: Soldiers; No. 4: Air Raids. Complete set of the second series with fine reproductions of paintings, drawings and sketches by virtually all Britain's leading war artists. The contributors naturally featured many of the most eminent artists of the period, including (among many others) Ardizzone, Bawden, Bone, Kennington, Moore, Nash, Piper, Ravilious, Rothenstein, Spencer, Sutherland, Topolski and Worsley. The first series (dealing primarily with the fighting forces) was published in the preceding year. This second series deals with the Home Front and was issued without the dustwrappers present in the earlier series. UNCOMMON AS A SET AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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HADAR Moshe
The Israel Air Force. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, illustrations and maps throughout, and pictorial endpapers; white cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in blue, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with a few short closed tears at lower edge of front panel. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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435 SQUADRON RCAF
Chinthe. [A History of 435 Squadron RCAF in Burma 1944-1945.] NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL MAILING CASE
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout and endpaper maps on yellow stock; navy cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, gilt back, a near fine copy in the printer's original mailing case complete with stamps and frankings. This copy was formerly in the library of 622257 Sgt. P. J. Doswell, Nursing Orderly RAF, and carries on the front free endpaper his service record in MS: India 1943, Ceylon and Burma 1944, Ceylon and Singapore (including relief of Changi) 1945. Arguably the finest of all RCAF squadron histories, considerably detailed and profusely illustrated. Includes ROH, and full personnel listings for BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Maritime Provinces and those from Outside Canada. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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WHITEHOUSE Arch
The Early Birds. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published two years after the US edition.
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McCAIRNS James Atterby
Lysander Pilot. Secret Operations with 161 Squadron. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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SARKAR Dilip
Battle of Britain. Last Look Back. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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POOLMAN Kenneth
Escort Carrier: 1941-1945. An Account of British Escort Carriers in Trade Protection. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 94 plates (one double-page) on 47 and full-page plan in the text; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Good general operational survey. Not to be confused to with the same author's 'Escort Carrier' (1983) which is a dedicated account of VINDEX. Enser, p.22; surprisingly, not recorded by Law.
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HILLIER, Mark
Westhampnett at War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 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.
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HARRIS Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur T. 'Bomber'
Bomber Offensive. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, top lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, moderately age-soiled dustwrapper. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris (1892-1984) was Commander in Chief Bomber Command from 1942 (when he replaced Richard Peirse) to 1945. Based on his experiences in London during the Blitz, Harris developed a belief in intensive incendiary bombing as a means not merely of destroying cities but of undermining civilian morale. His new concept of 'area bombing' was put into practice with the first 'thousand-bomber' raid on Cologne in May 1942. Like most large-scale innovations this was a major gamble, but its undoubted success (colossal damage inflicted for the loss of forty aircraft) paved the way for Britain's bombing strategy for the rest of the war. Eventually this policy (which remains controversial to this day) brought him into direct conflict with both Portal and Churchill, but Harris pursued it doggedly until the surrender. Arguably the greatest RAF commander of WWII, Harris was an outstanding and inspiring leader, achieving almost iconic status among staff and crews alike. After the war he refused a peerage but accepted a baronetcy in 1953. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.65.
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SIMONS Martin
German Air Attache. The thrilling Story of the German Ace Pilot and Watime Diplomat Peter Riedel. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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Artcurial
Aeronautique
This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out, except for a discrete small handstamp from one of the major New York museums, on the lower part of the title-page. Complete with DVD attached to inside rear cover. Text in French. This is a sale catalog, the first one in a series, on the history of French aviation. The sale was held in Paris at the Hotel Marcel Dassault on October 11-12, 2008. Sale number: 01533. The first part of the sale marked 1ere Partie had three sections: 1) letters and manuscripts of Jean Mermoz; and 2) material documenting the Bleriot Type XI plane; and 3) Collection Monsieur A. et a divers. Jean Mermoz (1901- 1936) was a French aviator, viewed as a hero by other pilots such as Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and in his native France, where many schools bear his name. He first met Antoine de Saint Exupery when they both worked at the Compagnie Générale Aéropostale. In 1933, Mermoz was appointed inspector general by Air France. That same year, he arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he and Saint-Exupéry both worked for Aeroposta Argentina, which would later become Aerolíneas Argentinas. Mermoz and Saint-Exupéry flew many dangerous flights for the then new air company. Unfortunately during a flight on December 7, 1936 Mermoz was lost at sea. The second section of the sale contained photographs, posters and other graphic ephemera about the Bleriot Type XI plane. including one of these actual planes dubbed "Traversee de la Manche" from 1909. There is a last section of the sale marked 2eme Partie which contained more French aviation photographs, posters and ephemera. 385 lots in the complete sale. All illustrated in color. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 122 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Moyes, Philip J.R.(ed.)
Aircraft Illustrated May 1973
Illustrated, includes an article on Hawker P1127. eng
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Moyes, Philip J.R.(ed.)
Aircraft Illustrated February 1974
Illustrated, includes an article on the Blackburn B-20. eng
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Horseman, Martin (ed.)
Aircraft Illustrated July 1978
Illustrated, includes an article on the first flight over Mount Everest. eng
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Horseman, Martin (ed.)
Aircraft Illustrated August 1978
Illustrated, includes an article on US Navy Phantoms. eng
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Horseman, Martin (ed.)
Aircraft Illustrated October 1979
Illustrated, includes an article on Fiat's NATO Fighter Bomber - the G91. eng
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Horseman, Martin (ed.)
Aircraft Illustrated October 1980
Illustrated, includes an article on civil aviation in Iceland. eng
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Horseman, Martin (ed.)
Aircraft Illustrated April 1978
Illustrated, includes an article on RAF Germany. eng
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Halken, William
How to Fly Around the World (Almost for Free) as an Air Courier: Complete Report on How to Travel Very Inexpensively
128 pages, crease to back cover. eng
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EasyJet
An easyJet Era - How a Decade Can Fly: easyJet Achievements and Stories 1995-2005
oblong format, 124 pages, illustrated, foreword by Stelios. eng
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White, Molly O'Loughlin
Foodbirds : Flying for Famine Relief: The story of One of the Greatest Mercy Airlifts the World Has Known
144 pages, illustrated, maps, signed and dated dedication by Molly O'Loughlin White on the preliminary title page. eng
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Rowley, Allen (editor)
East Midlands Airport Official Handbook
4to, 92 pages, illustrated. eng
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Johnson, R. W.
Shootdown : The Verdict on KAL 007
8vo, 335 pages, illustrated. Former public library copy. eng
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Moyes, Philip J. R.
Aircraft Illustrated September 1972
8vo, 40 pages, illustrated. Includes articles on Andovers, and on Concorde. eng
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Mondey, David (general editor)
Aviation : The Complete Book of Aircraft and Flight
400 pages, illustrated, index. eng
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Whelton, Clark
Skyjack!
176 pages, edges browned. eng
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Costello, John; Hughes, Terry
The Battle for Concorde
158 pages, illustrated, page edges browned. eng
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Hudson, Kenneth
Air Travel : A Social History
174 pages, illustrated, references, bibliography, appendices, index, ex public library with usual signs weak hinges. eng
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Fraser, W.
The Story of the Royal Air Force Manston
86 pages, illustrated, light wear to the covers. eng
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Helicopters
192 pages, illustrated, list of abbreviations. eng
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Mondey, David
Pictorial History of Aircraft
128 pages, illustrated, index. eng
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Gunston, Bill
An Illustrated Guide to Modern Fighters and Attack Aircraft
160 pages, illustrated, 40,00 words of text and data. eng
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Campbell, R. D.
Ground Training for the Private Pilot Licence Manual Two: Air Navigation and Aviation Meteorology
Illustrated, figures, maps, index, previous owner name on title page. eng
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Hudson, Kenneth and Julian Pettifer
Diamonds in the Sky : a Social History of Air Travel
1st edition. 4to, 240 pages, illustrated. Fine condition hardback in a very good condition price clipped dust jacket. 40848. eng
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Jackson, Robert
F-86 Sabre : The Operational Record
1st edition. Fine condition hardback in a VG dust jacket. 154 pages illustrated. ISBN 1-85310-402-7. 50542. eng
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Mondey, David (general editor)
The international encyclopedia of aviation
1st edition. Hardback in dust jacket. G++/G++. ISBN 0706406036. 15744. eng
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Beedle, James
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
1st edition. 12mo oblong format, 24 pages, illustrated. Very good condition in stapled paper covers. 39940. eng
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Ross, Walter S.
The last hero : Charles A. Lindbergh
1st paperback edition. Good paperback edition. Front cover creased. Staining to bottom page edges. 5753. eng
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Charles Delavat
Le sport et la mode. 1909-10
cm. 52x75. Litografia colorata. Hand colored lithograph.
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G. Jouan
L’aviaton au XXme siecle
cm 41x83 Litografia colorata. Colour lithograph.
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Gamy Montaut Ernest e Marguerite
Charleville Verdun (al. et Ret. 240 km). Record du voyage en france. Roger Sommer sur son biplan Sommer muni du moteur Gnome. 20 mai 1910
cm 45x89. colored pochoir print. Litografia colorata con la tecnica del pochoir. Ottima conservazione. Il poster ricorda l’impresa di Roger Sommer (1877-1965), con il biplano che da lui prese il nome: nel 1909 batte il record del mondo di durata di volo. Sommer fu inventore e costruttore di aerei, un pioniere in questo campo
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