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2014réf. 210576Griffon International Limited, 2014.
19818vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.84.
2015réf. 210595Vaktel Vörlag / Casemate Publ., 2015.
1946Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 3 large folding charts at end; strongly bound in full navy buckram, upper board with printed paper label, a near fine copy. Printing code: 65-37719. Often known as 'Dowding's Despatch', this supplement reprints the official report submitted to the Secretary of State for Air by Lord Dowding (Air Officer Commanding Fighter Command) on 20 August 1941. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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.
2010Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous fine full-page photoographs throughout, neat inscription on front free endpaper; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
2000réf. 210596Amber Books Ltd., 2000.
2009réf. 210574Osprey Publishing, 2009.
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.
19608vo., First Edition, with 56 plates on 24; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with a propellor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of 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.
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.
19748vo., with plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the best overall histories of the battle, first published in Paris in 1965. Enser, p.57 (recording the first English edition).
19958vo., Second Edition, with plates and facsimiles; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised version of the original edition of 1986. Enser, p.196 (recording the first edition).
19758vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed with minor loss at edges. Standard reference first published in 1967. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19678vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, dark top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed with minor loss at edges. Standard reference first published in 1965.
19934to., First Edition, with pictorial title-spread and very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Splendid assembly of photographs covering the Dams, Tallboy, Tirpitz, and Grand Slam in WWII, and continuing the story of the RAF's most respected squadron up to the first Gulf War.
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.
19668vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Noffsinger 501; not recorded by Enser.
1995Sm. folio, First Edition, with over 690 illustrations in the text; pictorial cloth gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. By far the most comprehensive and detailed history of any RAF squadron yet published. The work includes schedules of commanding officers, squadron movements, ROH, aircraft deployed, aerial victories and much more. A milestone in the literature of military aviation.
19858vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
19768vo., First Edition, with large folding chart as frontspiece and very numerous illustrations and diagrams throughout, free endpapers lightly browned at edges; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.
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
19428vo., First Edition; 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. 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
19978vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
2010réf. 210784Chevron Classic Ian Allan Publ., 2010.
