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1937réf. 5810London. Royal Air Force Display Committee. 1937. Pictorial wrappers. 8vo. Fabulously illustrated with colour and monochrome photographs drawings and smashing period advertising. A stunning collection of High Art Deco aviation related advertising much in colour highlights this documentation of 1937 State -of-the- Art aviation. Exceptional ads for Spitfires Glosters etc. make this an item to be relished by any collector. Some minor soiling to white covers else a Fine copy. Lovely. Royal Air Force Display Committee. unknown books
1969réf. 085021N: R.A.F. Regiment Fund 1969. A short history of the Royal Air Force Regiment from 1942 to 1970 with a brief account of the approach to the problems of airfield defence in the Royal Air Force from 1918 until the formation of its own airfield defence corps in 1942. Pp. 70 coloured frontispiece black & white text illustrations annexes; small cr. 4to; corners of boards a trifle bruised; free endpapers slightly tape marked; R.A.F. Regiment Fund 19691970. Loosely inserted is the with compliments sheet of the Custodian of The Royal Air Force Regiment Museum. R.A.F. Regiment Fund unknown
1947réf. 190232Berlin: Air Headquarters British Air Forces of Occupation 1947. First edition of the official record of the RAF's role in the dissolution of the Luftwaffe produced for internal use and marked "restricted". The Potsdam agreement called for the complete disbanding of the Luftwaffe. The report is a detailed chronicle of the RAF's work in fighting the Luftwaffe as Allied forces progressed across Europe and disarming and dissolving Luftwaffe units at the end of the war. It was a huge task - there were almost a million air force personnel to disband and thousands of aircraft and a large supply of munitions to destroy. It gives accounts of the destruction of Luftwaffe aircraft and munitions and the work of bomb disposal units including a list of men killed in operations. The report describes the operation's planning and execution in detail and the information remained sensitive - some maps are still marked "secret" or "top secret". The report was reprinted in 1995; this original is rarely encountered. 2 vols folio. With 9 folding maps and 4 folding charts 3 in colour. Original blue cloth front covers lettered in gilt. Small chip at foot of vol. I front joint light rubbing. A very good copy. hardcover
1942réf. 192642London: The Amalgamated Press Limited 1942. The copies of Churchill's "accepted star of the Royal Air Force" Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal's specially bound copies of these two introductions to the RAF for which he wrote forewords in his capacity as Chief of the Air Staff. Portal was appointed head of the service in October 1940. "The 'accepted star of the Royal Air Force' as Churchill described him he drove himself relentlessly throughout the rest of the war. His leadership was never remotely challenged. The opinions entertained of Portal's ability by his wartime colleagues were extraordinarily high. Eisenhower while president told Lord Plowden that he regarded Portal as the greatest British war leader 'greater even than Churchill' " ODNB. A staunch advocate of the Europe-focused strategy that eventually brought victory Portal was promoted to Marshal of the Royal Air Force in January 1944. The Book of the W.A.A.F. is a first edition and the ABC is a new edition expanded from the first of 1941. Both remained in the Portal family until 2026. Two works octavo c. 195 x 130 mm. Frontispieces 1 colour 8 colour plates illustrations in text. Specially bound in contemporary blue pebble-grain cloth gilt badge of RAF on front covers front cover of ABC additionally lettered and with Portal's initials all in gilt blue linen endpapers edges gilt W.A.A.F. with original wrappers bound in. A little rubbing and sunning rear free endpaper of W.A.A.F. affixed to pastedown at bottom right corner by gilding process: well-preserved copies. hardcover
réf. 177632London: The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund 1990. Signed by 25 Battle of Britain RAF fighter pilots First edition number 221 of 401 copies containing 25 superb silhouette portraits of distinguished RAF pilots from Britain and the Commonwealth each signed by the sitter as well as by the artist Michael Pierce. The book is also signed by all six members of the creative team on the authentication leaf. The prospectus details the meticulous attention to detail during production: 500 sets of sheets were printed with the best 401 chosen and the rest pulped. Each portrait is accompanied by a biography of the subject together with photographs of memorabilia and facsimiles of letters. The editor was the noted historian of aviation Bill Gunston who compiled the biographies in collaboration with the former RAF pilot John Golley. Prince Edward contributed the preface. So Few and its 1995 successor on Bomber Command So Many raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for the RAF Benevolent Fund a success which led to trade issues by W. H. Smith. The first copy of each volume was presented to Queen Elizabeth II. The list of contributors names several charitable organizations and other members of the Royal Family for whom copies would likely have been reserved. Folio. With 25 coloured silhouettes on card leaves tipped-in as issued signed by the subject and artist artist's embossed stamp tissue-guards numerous photographs colour and black-and-white and facsimiles to text. Prospectus inserted in sleeve in inner box lid. Original blue crushed morocco over bevelled boards raised bands to spines within gilt rules titles to second compartments gilt front cover lettered in gilt with inset embroidered RAF brevet and gilt decoration marbled endpapers all edges gilt blue silk bookmarkers. Housed in original moiré silk-lined blue cloth solander box. A few tiny bumps to box else a fine copy. hardcover
réf. 183399London: The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund 1995. It was the crews of Bomber Command who carried our message of defiance into the very heartland of the enemy First edition number 202 of 401 copies signed by the four members of the creative team on the mounted authentication leaf. This magnificent volume contains 25 silhouettes of Bomber Command personnel from Britain Canada and Australia all signed by the sitter and the artist Michael Pierce. Each portrait is accompanied by a biography photographs of memorabilia and facsimiles of handwritten accounts. The creative team included the aviation historian Bill Gunston editor who compiled the biographies in collaboration with the former RAF pilot John Golley and Air Vice Marshal Frederick "Freddie" Charles Hurrell the director of appeals for the RAF Benevolent Fund. The fund's president HRH The Duke of Kent contributed the preface. So Many and its predecessor So Few raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for the charity and were republished in popular editions by W. H. Smith. Folio. With 25 coloured silhouettes on card leaves tipped-in and tissue-guarded as issued signed by the subject and artist and with artist's embossed stamp; "Supporting Cast" silhouette tipped to p. 265 as issued illustrations and facsimiles some colour in text. Original blue crushed morocco over bevelled boards raised bands to spines within gilt rules title to second compartment in gilt front cover lettered in gilt inset bronze bas relief pilot bust by James Butler RA marbled endpapers edges gilt blue bookmarker. Housed in original blue cloth solander box front cover lettered in gilt moiré silk lining. Lacking original prospectus normally housed in pouch of solander box. A few bumps and marks to box else a fine copy. hardcover
réf. B9781474540049Paperback / softback. New. paperback
réf. B9781474539999Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1923réf. 50446London: Royal Air Force 1923. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Edition not known of this 1923 printing not known. In good dark red cloth boards with blind stamped ruled lines on corners and side of back strip gilt titles to front and spine. The covers are firm straight and quite clean. From centre of end papers dark red tape has been used in the past to reinforce. The ends of back strip are bumped and frayed. Lightly tanned and foxed end papers. Tanned cut edges. The text block is in very good condition - tightly bound straight and not tanned or marked apart from very light foxing on prelims and last text pages. With numerous b/w illustrations figures and photos. Title pages loose. No inscriptions etc. Very rare. Royal Air Force hardcover
réf. 67660London Adam & Charles Black 1942. 4° 16 S. Text u. 111 Abb. a. ca. 30 Taf. OLwd. Rücken etw. beschienen Deckel lichtrandig Vs. min. stockfl.; gutes Ex. EA. Zahlreiche Photographien der Royal Air Force im Einsatz. 010 London, Adam & Charles Black, 1942 unknown
1951réf. 54241London: Air Ministry 1951. 1st edition. Very Good. lge. octavo. orig. binder c.200pp. text ills. diags. appends. Air Publication 1234A. Restricted. Some use o/w a nice clean manual Air Ministry unknown
1923réf. 28955London: Royal Air Force 1923. 1st edition. Very Good. lge. octavo. orig. cloth 156pp. diags. Cloth a little spotted o/w a very nice copy of a scarce early manual Royal Air Force hardcover
1960réf. 38994London: Air Ministry 1960. reprint. Very Good. lge. octavo. orig. binder c200pp. text ills. diags. appends. Some use o/w a nice clean manual Air Ministry unknown
réf. SB12A-02190Royal Air Force Review. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Royal Air Force Aviation Periodicals A readable intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Royal Air Force Review unknown
1971réf. 104059R. A. F. Regiment Fund. 1971. R. A. F. Regiment Fund. 1971. Second edition. Hardback NO DW. Illustrated and with colour frontis. 4to. Blue cloth boards with gilt to upper. Spine is blank and sunned with some sunning to upper board. Contents clean. hardcover
réf. AQ2992244 photographs loosely mounted 24 leaves the majority captioned in manuscript. Original cord-bound limp card cover. Extremities lightly rubbed. A photograph album evidently compiled by a Royal Air Force pilot whilst on active service in Egypt and the Mediterranean in 1936 predominantly comprised of images of seaplanes both stationary and inflight and the Royal Navy vessels from which they were launched. . Oblong quarto. unknown
1987réf. mon0000141569RAF 1987-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. NORTHERN EUROPE NOT EUROPEAN MEDITERRANEAN NOT ex-library. Clean copy in good condition. RAF paperback
réf. 1935327569.Gperfect. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1943réf. 7866Terrell TX: British Flying Training Sch c. 1943. fair. Quarto c. 75 profusely illus. boards weak shaken some soiling to text boards and spine somewhat scuffed and some wear to edges. British Flying Training Sch hardcover
réf. 38670London. Printed by Clarke & Sherwell Ltd. c.1919. Soft cover. 4to. 30cm 16p. with 45 photographs in sepia grey string-bound wraps title & RAF crest embossed in gilt on front advertisement on rear wrapper some creasing very good no listing or records located rare Ho13.4. ~ An exhibition of Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force aerial photography in World War One. The RFC evolved as the RAF in 1918. London. Printed by Clarke & Sherwell, Ltd. c.[1919] unknown
1918réf. 5-685HMSO March 1918 1918. 39p. line drawings. "Official Use only" Wraps. Near Fine copy. Paperback. Near Fine. Book. HMSO, March 1918 Paperback
1944réf. 0001446MONCTON NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA. Good. 1944. On offer is a super original manuscript diary handwritten by James C. Dow trainee of the Royal Air Force written in England and then at 31 P.D. Training Camp Moncton New Brunswick Canada. Along with the diary is a photograph album titled 'The Canadian Adventure. Sept. 1944 to March 1945.' Historians and researchers of the era and the experience of British training in Canada will find the two items complimenting one another in casting interesting light on the day-to-day training routine of a middle-class 19 year old man training as an RAF radio operator during the Second World War. At the start of the diary Dow is in training in Lincolnshire engaged in such activities as learning Morse Code and doing transmitter tuning practice. By August he is training in Lancashire and on 25 August he is drafted to Canada. He usually begins his businesslike entries with a short report of the progress of the war and end with a mention of the weather. In between are usually several sentences of personal information. A typical entry 12 April 1944 reads: 'The Russians have made considerable progress towards the center of the Crimea. Had a pretty easy morning; ostensibly cleaning up defense trenches in the Larch Wood on the far side of the North Drome under Sgt. Fish of the Regiment. Quite restful! Denis passed his morse this morning: so did Mac. Denis & I spent most of the afternoon in the Information Room officially "games". We Taffy Standish Dave Hands & Sid Steed are going on day pass to Lincoln tomorrow. It was quite mild - sunny with some cloud'. On 26 he reaches the Trois Rivieres camp seventy miles from Quebec. The following day he complains: 'We are here for nothing more definite than fatigues to pass time until we start training. Dennis & I are in a party which has to clear up variou rubbish dumps around the camp'. On 24 October he starts his course in Moncton: 'It is going to be very hard work for the 22 weeks it lasts if I stick it out!. We work 8 hours a day so there are usually extra assignments at night.' By the last entry in the diary Dow is 'Flying again this morning - a pleasant trip. As W/Op once again. I got an all-right'. The diary also contains some addresses and a list of 25 books Dow has read. Album: landscape 8vo 24 pp containing 49 captioned black and white photographs ranging in size from 8.5 x 12 cm to 6 x 9 cm together with a postcard of Notre Dame Church Montreal. Internally sound in a worn binding with the photographs in excellent condition. The first eight pictures are of the training camp at Moncton mostly with named individuals. The next eight are of Montreal and these are followed by nineteen pictures under the heading 'Quebec St. Louis de Courville. Week Ends with the Woods' the first two being captioned 'with Bill Scollay & Taffy Standish near the Wood's sic home' and 'Desmond Wood in front with Jimmy from next door'. There follow two pictures headed 'After we left' and eight of an aircraft under the heading 'No 8 Air Observer School Ancienne Lorette Quebec'. The first shows an 'Anson about to take off' and there are also an 'Interior scene during flight' an 'Astrocompass in silhouette' and five views out from over the wing including the 'Shawnigan Falls & the Shawnigan River a frew miles north of Trois Rivieres'. The last four images are of a 'New York Interlude - Christmas 1944'. Diary: 12mo with 91 full pages of neatly-written entries. Text clear and complete. Fair: internally sound and clean on lightly-aged paper in worn original boards. Dow's ownership inscription inside the front board reads 'James C. Dow. R.A.F. 1944.' Overall G.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: WORLD WAR II WWII WW2 RAF ROYAL AIR FORCE RADIO OPERATORS CANADA CANADIANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY TRAVEL 20TH CENTURY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover
1943réf. 0001601NORTH AFRICA EGYPT TUNISIA BRITISH PALESTINE. Fair. 1943. On offer is a simply sensational fascinating original World War II British RAF manuscript diary of an airman named K. James Using a very interesting journal with portrait of an Egyptian pharaoh and North Africa maps as the endpapers. Our writer has inserted a block of papers used as a preface explaining the use of the diary he had charmingly dedicated to his parents. He also does a retrospective portion setting up the narrative. His signature ends the preface letter of explanation and then the actual entries begin dated May 14th 1943 through to winter of 1944 and then a final entry for February 23rd 1945. This airman has seen it all and been everywhere throughout the conflict in the Mediterranean and since the notebook is undated as diary goes his entries are long and very detailed. He begins with the end of the battle for Tunisia carries on with a most intimate personal diary that besides the factual details of the War going on around him and his duties he never fails to provide colourful background of his mates the natives his thoughts his loves his boredom his high and lows. In our experience this is a heads above the rest manuscript of the real life and times of this airman during his time throughout North Africa and Italy. The 6½ x 4½ inch book has a well filled 208 pages of which 5 or 6 are pages with autographs of his close personal narrative. The text block is somewhat loose but all pages appear accounted for. Overall G.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NORTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN WORLD WAR II BRITISH RAF ITALY ROYAL AIR FORCE K. JAMES WWII WW2 BRITISH ARMED FORCES BRITISH AIRMAN ROMMEL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORYantiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . unknown
1937réf. 5810London. Royal Air Force Display Committee. 1937. Pictorial wrappers. 8vo. Fabulously illustrated with colour and monochrome photographs drawings and smashing period advertising. A stunning collection of High Art Deco aviation related advertising much in colour highlights this documentation of 1937 State -of-the- Art aviation. Exceptional ads for Spitfires Glosters etc. make this an item to be relished by any collector. Some minor soiling to white covers else a Fine copy. Lovely. Royal Air Force Display Committee. unknown
1988réf. 1081481988 Editions CELIV - 1988 - Fort in-4, cartonnage bleu sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs de l'éditeur - 548 p. - Très riche iconographie in et hors-texte en couleurs et en N&B
