BROOKS Robin J.MareMagnum
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19938vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Includes indexes by airfield and squadron, and select bibliography.]
1980Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece map, and numerous photographs and maps (a number full-page) in the text, small personal book-label on front inside wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, covers very lightly creased else a very good, clean copy.
19848vo., Fourth Impression, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. First published in 1981.
19928vo., Second Impression, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. First published in 1981.
19468vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 48 plates on 30, 4 maps (one double-page, 3 full-page) in the text and endpaper maps; navy blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, clean copy. Air Vice-Marshal Lee's account is uncommon. Enser, p.377.
19868vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, lower wrapper lightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. First published in 1981
1925Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and captioned guard, 21 plates (a number in photogravure) all with captioned guards, 5 maps and plans, 7 illustrations and 8 full-page pedigrees in the text, and endpaper maps, neat signature on front free endpaper; original cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, gilt top, covers moderately age-faded (but all gilt entirely legible) else a very good, bright, clean copy. One of the scarcest and most detailed Buckinghamshire parish histories
19428vo., Fifth Impression; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'propeller' motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published four months after the first edition. Arguably the finest account of the Battle of Britain by a British fighter pilot. Hillary flew Spitfires out of Hornchurch with 603 Squadron and claimed five victories before being badly burned over the North Sea. An early member of the Guinea Pig Club, he was treated by McIndoe and returned to duty, but was killed shortly after in a training accident. The work was many times reprinted, but early issues are scarce. The US title is 'Falling Through Space'. Enser, p.157
2000Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 9 plates on 4; original photographic wrappers, a fine copy. SIGNED BY THE EDITORS ON TITLE. Includes an appendix on Typhoon variants.
19988vo., Third Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. 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. A revised edition appeared in 1995, and this is further augmented (particularly in the detailed table of missions) here. SCARCE. Enser, p.206 (recording the first edition).
19968vo., First Edition thus, text in red, blue and black; brown cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 2500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 152) WITH PRINTED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND LIMITATION MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Robert [Roland] Stanford Tuck needs no introduction here; as one of the of the leading fighter aces of the Battle of Britain he achieved 29 confirmed victories. This high quality facsimile covers the period October 1935 (initial training in Avro Tutors) to 1954 (as Chief Test Pilot on the EEC Canberra).
1997Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; original laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy. The standard reference, giving exhaustive detail on all units, extensive glossary of terms and index of place-names. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
19928vo., First Edition; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Important record covering Coastal Command, Intelligence, Equipment and Techniques, and including a German perspective by Dr. J. Rohwer. UNCOMMON.
19608vo., First Edition, with 56 plates on 24; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased at edges. The first full account, published to mark the battle's twentieth anniversary. Valuable also for its well-chosen and wide-ranging selection of photographs, which include a number from German sources. Enser, p.56.
19568vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 59 plates on 32; cloth, gilt back, a very bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19814to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
19628vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and several maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, case slightly shaken else a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled and frayed at extremities. The standard biography.
19548vo., Second Impression, with 34 plates on 23, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip, repairs on inner surface and rubbed and creased at extremities. The first biography of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, by the author of 'The Naked Island'. This second impression was printed to meet demand before publication. Enser, p. 64; Mulholland & Jordon B105 (both recording the first edition).
19978vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19828vo., First Edition, with 39 plates on 16 and front and rear endpaper maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The first full account of Operation JERICHO, the low-level Mosquito raid on Amiens prison in February 1944 which claimed the life of Group Captain Pickard. Fishman approaches his subject with customary meticulousness, incorporating hundreds of participant and eye-witness statements, and intelligence co-operation from four countries. Enser, p.10.
19668vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed at extremities. Sequel to 'Years of Combat'. Enser, p.265.
20048vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and numerous plates, illustrations and facsimiles in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Excellent account of the author's service with 544 Squadron at Benson. Already uncommon, especially in this condition..
19994to., First Edition thus, with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous coloured photographs throughout; laminated photographic boards, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19418vo., First Edition, with 8 plates and a full-page diagram in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, red top, backstrip lettering faded but entirely legible, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter wanting two-thirds of backstrip and frayed at edges. Scarce early account, and elusive in the dustwrapper. Enser, p.376.
19428vo., Second Impression, with a portrait frontispiece and 14 plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled with small label scar on front panel and small nick at backstrip. Second impression before publication. Scarce, especially in the dustwrapper. Enser, p. 157 (recording the first edition).
