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19948vo., Second Impression, with photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition.
19918vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19648vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. The author flew in Blenheims, Venturas and Mosquitoes. Enser, p.65; Falconer, p.57.
20038vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19788vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and fine coloured illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Airwar 19.
19778vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and fine coloured illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Airwar 2.
19908vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
19788vo., Second Impression, with photographs in the text and large folding map; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
19518vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, two small erasures on front paste-down, top and fore-edge lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities, chipped with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip, and with long closed tear across rear panel. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Increasingly difficult to find in this condition. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (recording the first edition).
20088vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text, and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Valuable collection of witness accounts and reminscences compiled by the RAF's leading oral historian.
19428vo., Second Impression; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. A Directorate of Public Relations (Royal Air Force) Monograph, collecting nine short stories concerning men of Bomber Command. Published a month after the first edition. It was the unhappy negotiations surrounding publication of this title and 'How Sleep the Brave' (1943) that led Bates finally to break his relationship with the house of Jonathan Cape. Literary agent Laurence Pollinger became his champion and, in taking charge of his affairs, organised the historic switch from Cape to Michael Joseph with whom Bates remained for the rest of his writing life. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Eads, A41.
19748vo., First Edition, with plates and maps, top and fore-edge lightly spotted; blue cloth, gilt back, boards very lightly faded at edges else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.375.
1985Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. WITH T.L.s FROM THE AUTHOR. In this copy a number of the illustrations have been replced by printed coloured stickers mounted as appropriate. A few sheets of unused stickers are loosely inserted. SCARCE.
1989Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
20008vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19468vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece and photographic front endpapers; attractively bound in full navy blue 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 propeller motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, marker ribbon, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Gibson's own account of his exploits in Bomber Command and a WWII RAF classic, culminating in his account of the 'Dambusters' raid. It contains a ROH of the pilots and crews who flew with him in 83 Squadron, 106 Squadron and the immortal 617 Squadron. The frontispiece reproduces the well-known studio portrait of Gibson by Gordon Anthony; the front endpapers carry the famous 'before and after' aerial photographs of the Mohne dam. Enser, p.65; Mulholland & Jordan, G20.
19848vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.154.
20188vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy.
19558vo., Twelfth Impression, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1951. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (all recording the first edition).
19528vo., Fifth Impression, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities. SIGNED IN PENCIL ON TITLE BY DAM BUSTERS VETERANS JOHNNY JOHNSON (T-Tommy) AND LES MUNRO (W-Willie), AND ADDITIONALLY BY MARY STOPES-ROE (daughter of Barnes-Wallis). A photograph with printed signature of Richard Todd (Wing Commander Guy Gibson in Michael Anderson's well-known film) is mounted on front free endpaper. Published a year after the first edition. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (recording the first edition).
19968vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Vividly-written account of Halifax sorties in the Battle of the Ruhr.
19478vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; elegantly bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propeller motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. 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. Enser, p.65.
20158vo., First Edition, with coloured plates and monochrome photographs in the text; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in black, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The operations of 617 Squadron following the dams raid.
19828vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.33.
19828vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.33.
