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1975Roy. 8vo., with portrait frontispiece and photographs in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 143). Facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1918.
19254to., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous plates, some light age-spotting; original navy buckram, upper board lettered in gilt with German war ensign blocked in colours; gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. The author served on HMS ALSATIAN, flagship of 10th Cruiser Squadron, formed under de Chair as the Northern Patrol of the Grand Fleet and operating from Scapa Flow. Enser, p.229.
19558vo., First Edition, with 8 plates and full-page map in the text, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at head and tail of backstrip. A key work in the history of the war in the air in Burma, providing a first-hand illustrated account of service with 5 Squadron RAF in the Imphal Valley from 1944 onwards. Graham & Cole U45, V59, V58 respectively.
19188vo., Third Impression, with full-page illustrations in the text; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. This privately printed collection of RFC songs was first published in July 1917 with a second impression in April 1918. This third (and we believe final) impression was issued in October 1918 shortly before the Armistice. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Noffsinger 278 (recording only the second impression).
1943Foolscap, 6pp typescript, with 8pp supplementary material in typescript; wire-stitched, a very good, clean copy. Classified 'Most Secret', the operational order is dated 16 May 1943 and arranged under the following headings: General, Enemy Defences, Intention, Code Name, Date of Attack, Effort, Outline Plan, Detailed Plan, Method of Attack, Time of Attack, Routes, Diversions, Armament, Fuel, Navigation, Synchronisation of Watches, Secrecy, Reports, Special Devices, Nickels, Wireless Silence, MF/DF Section, Executive Order. Three technical Appendices covering routes, timings, signals procedures, and light and moon tables are not present with this copy. The order itself is accompanied by a further 8pp of photocopies comprising 1) 2pp of prose by Marshal of the RAF Arthur 'Bomber' Harris written for ex-Pathfinder Hamish Mahaddie and used by him during lecture tours in Australia and New Zealand; 2) a full-page copy of the well-known photographic portrait of Harris with his signature; 3) 5pp photocopy of the Service of Thanksgiving for Air Marshal Sir Harold Martin held at the RAF church St. Clement Danes on 4 January 1989, including the tribute written and delivered by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire.
1918Single sheet, 8vo., on 'Grand Fleet' stationery,in near fine state. The letter in entirely in Beatty's hand, and signed and dated 19 December 1918. At this time Beatty, who commanded the Battlecruiser Squadron at Jutland, was serving as Commander of the Grand Fleet; Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt was Commander of the Harwich Force. A FINE LETTER RELATING TO TWO OF THE FOREMOST BRITISH NAVAL COMMANDERS OF THE GREAT WAR. AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL BY BEATTY IS SCARCE.
19978vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19898vo., First Edition, with plates and rear endpaper map; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19808vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF AIR MARSHAL SIR ERIC DUNN AND BEARS HIS BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Summary squadron histories with bases and aircraft types.
20088vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1990Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
1987Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed errata slip loosely inserted.
19428vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece, title-vignette and plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, boards moderately age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at edges and wanting majority of backstrip. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Published a month after the first edition. Enser, p.156.
1991Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pale blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19718vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
20068vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs, illustrations and maps throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
19868vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers,a near fine copy.
19818vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
1985Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly tanned at edges else a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE.
1985Roy. 8vo., with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Includes personnel, ROH. Reissue of the original edition of 1945. NOW VERY SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
1993Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
2001Sm. folio, First Edition, with fine coloured illustrations and monochrome photographs throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1982Folio, Fifth Impression, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, upper board blocked in colours, backstrip lettered in yellow, a near fine copy.
1959Folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; orange cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.
1999Folio, First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; olive cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, marbled endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHORS WITH THEIR SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
