282 résultats
2003Roy. 4to., with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and photographic endpapers; laminated photographic boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19978vo., First Edition, with 26 plates on 12, and 6 full-page maps and an illustration in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Working as a key component of 14 Army, 656 Squadron's three flights of tiny Auster aircraft provided air observation for the entire Allied force. Graham & Cole, U42.
998Sm. folio, First Edition, with photographic title, 16 fine full-page coloured plates of aircraft profiles, and many hundreds of monochrome photographs in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
20058vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Comprehensive account, from the beginnings in WWI to the specialist SD squadrons of WWII.
1996Sm. folio, First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured and sepia-toned photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
20038vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1997Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs throughout; laminated photographic boards, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19428vo., Second Impression, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; boards and backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly spotted. Published in the same year as the first edition. Includes 'Jack Overdue' and 'For Johnny'.
1993Oblong 4to., First Edition, with 76 fine full-page coloured illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's board slip-case. Arranged in chronological sequence, the seventy-six illustrations include work from virtually every leading aviation artist.
1969Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Histories of 241 squadrons with detailed appendices.
20038vo., First Edition, with 35 plates on 16 and 2 maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
20108vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference, first published in 1996.
19898vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sequel to the highly acclaimed 'Action Stations' series.
19958vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. The standard reference on the RAF squadrons that delivered and collected SOE and other agents. Bases included Tangmere and Tempsford; aircraft included Ansons, Hudsons and the immortal Lysander. Includes detailed summary of operations and much other statistical data. Verity's classic account was first published in 1978. This revised edition, with extra notes by the author, is considerably updated (particularly in the detailed table of missions). Extremely scarce. Enser, p.206 (recording the first edition).
19428vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and very numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial blue cloth, upper board blocked in black, backstrip lettered in orange, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Delightful wartime satire dedicated 'to the young men of the Air Training Corps, whose enthusiasm is no less overwhelming than their knowledge, and in whose hands to-day rests the skill and reputation of the Air Force of tomorrow'. Very scarce in anything like this condition.
20038vo., First Edition, with illustrations; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
1998Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19468vo., Third Edition, with diagrams in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Publication Code: AP 2095. With Amendment List mounted on rear wrapper and several printed pasted at relevant positions in text. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
19554to., First Edition, with title in red and black; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A lovely copy. O'Brien A173
1972Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The standard history.
19898vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The story of the race to develop radar told by one of the two survivors of the unit which learned how to jam German radar
19904to., Second Impression, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) throughout, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent and very well-illustrated survey. Published a year after the first edition.
19678vo., First Edition thus, with 29 plates on 16 and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. One of the best overall histories of the battle, first published in Paris in 1965. Enser, p.57.
197913 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated titles, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt backs, a very good extended set in the dustwrapper. Bright extra-extended set of the most comprehensive survey of the UK's WWII military airfields ever published and an invaluable tool for historians and scholars alike. The ten volumes of the original series, together with the three complementary works, form a milestone in WWII aviation history. The extended set comprises:Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 1, [1979] [East Anglia]Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 2, [1981] [Lincolnshire and East Midlands]Smith (D.J). Action Stations 3, [1981] [Wales and the North West]Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 4, [1982] [Yorkshire]Ashworth (C). Action Stations 5, [1982] [South-West] Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 6, [1983] [Cotswolds and Central Midlands]Smith (D.J). Action Stations 7, [1983] [Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland]Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 8, [1984] [Greater London]Ashworth (C. Action Stations 9, [1985] [Central South and South-East]Quarrie (B). Action Stations 10, [1987] [Supplement and Index]Fairbairn (A). Action Stations Overseas, [1991]Cooksley (P.G). Aviation Enthusiasts' Guide to London & the South-East, [1982]Smith (D.J). Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945, [1989]EXTENDED SETS OF FIRST EDITIONS ARE SELDOM AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
197912 vols., 8vo., Mixed Editions, with illustrated titles, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine extended set in dustwrapper. Splendid extended set of the most comprehensive survey of the UK's WWII military airfields ever published and an invaluable tool for historians and scholars alike. The ten volumes of the original series, together with the two complementary works, form a milestone in WWII aviation history. The extended set comprises (first impressions unless otherwise stated):Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 1, [third impression, 1980] [East Anglia]; Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 2, [1981] [Lincolnshire and East Midlands]; Smith (D.J). Action Stations 3, [1981] [Wales and the North West]; Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 4, [1982] [Yorkshire]; Ashworth (C). Action Stations 5, [fourth impression, 1982] [South-West]; Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 6, [1983] [Cotswolds and Central Midlands]; Smith (D.J). Action Stations 7, [1983] [Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland]; Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 8, [second impression, 1984] [Greater London]; Ashworth (C. Action Stations 9, [second impression, 1985] [Central South and South-East]; Quarrie (B). Action Stations 10, [1987] [Supplement and Index]; Fairbairn (A). Action Stations Overseas, [1991]; Smith (D.J). Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945, [1989]. EXTENDED SETS IN DUSTWRAPPERS ARE SELDOM AVAILABLE FOR SALE.