THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
Pp. 240, text illustrations, appendices, index; med. 8vo; black papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper; Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, 1984. Second edition. More
Military Aviation
CLOTH MAP - BUSHIRE - TEHRAN.
Double sided coloured cloth, approx. 68 x 62 cm, scale 1:1,000,000, Sheet Bushire North H- 39 and Tehran N.I - 39 on the reverse; legend across the lower borders; folded; War Office, London, 1951. Fourth edition. *First published in 1942. Fascinating in their detail, maps of this type were issued..... More
AIR WAR SOUTH VIETNAM.
Pp. 160, illustrated double page-title page, text illustrations, index; cr. 4to; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, rubbed, edges a trifle browned, backstrip sunned; Arms and Armour Press, London, 1990. First edition. More
BRITAIN'S WONDERFUL AIR FORCE.
With a Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal. Pp. 320, title page vignette, numerous text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, index; tall demy 8vo; rebound [for H. Pacini?] in navy leather, lettered and ruled in gilt, with owner's name at foot of upper board, the spine slightly..... More
FLEET AIR ARM.
Pp. 128, text illustrations (some double page) and maps; small cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled (staples rusted), soiled, edges worn and chipped, upper wrapper lightly creased; His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1943. *The Admiralty account of naval air operations. More
DRESS REGULATIONS FOR OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.
Pp. iv+28(last 2 blank), 10 plates, appendices, index; demy 4to; printed stiff blue paper wrappers, lower wrapper slightly surface damaged, vertical crease at centre, lower fore-corner of upper wrapper (and several leaves) lightly creased, H.M.S.O. sold stamp on upper wrapper and title page; His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1940. With..... More
ADVERSITY IN SUCCESS.
Pp. xiv+330, 32 plates, folding coloured map in pocket at end, appendix; thick med. 8vo; top edge of lower board slightly bumped near centre; dust wrapper; Langate Publishing, Melbourne, 1980. First edition, numbered and signed by the author at colophon. *Extracts from Air Vice Marshal Hewitt's Second World War diaries..... More
THE BLACK ONE.
Pp. [x]+172+[130](appendices, index), 28 plates, full page illustrations and maps, facsimile journal, index; impl. 8vo; dust wrapper; Langate Publishing, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. *With loosely inserted 20 page Supplement (a record of the author's ultra intelligence mission to the United Kingdom, France & the United States, 1944-1945). More
I'LL SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE: Religion on a Bomber Station.
Foreword by Two Airmen (A. J. Ellis and Jas. Logan). Pp. 96(last blank), title page vignette; cr. 8vo; beige cloth, lettered and decorated in blue, the boards a trifle canted, top fore-corner of upper board slightly rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, faint number stamp..... More
PHOENIX TRIUMPHANT.
The Rise and Rise of the Luftwaffe. Pp. 320, 48 plates, notes to chapters, appendices, bibliography, glossary, index; dust wrapper, small closed tear (tape repaired) in tail of backstrip, date stamp on upper free endpaper; Arms and Armour Press, London, 1994. First edition. More
PATHFINDER.
In the air - on the ground. The Peter Isaacson story. Pp. xvi+336, 8 plates, index; med. 8vo; black boards, lettered in gilt, edges shelf worn, upper fore-corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges slightly worn, head of backstrip slightly creased and split; edges of leaves lightly browned and a...... More
DRAWING THE R.A.F.
A book of portraits. Introduced by Sir Ronald Storrs. Foreword by Charles Portal. Pp. 144(last colophon), black & white frontispiece portrait of the artist, plus 52 plates (4 hand-tipped and coloured), each portrait accompanied by a page of biographical notes; med. 8vo; blue/grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of..... More
SMITHY: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
Pp. xvi+416, 16 plates, 2 full page maps plus endpaper map, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Little, Brown & Company, London, 1998. Second printing. *Biography written with the co-operation of Kingsford Smith's widow and family. More
LAST FLIGHT FROM SAIGON.
Pp. xiv+138, text illustrations and maps, appendices, index; printed paper wrappers; U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1978. Asia Monograph Series Volume IV, Monograph 6. More
FROM FIJI THROUGH THE PHILIPPINES:
With the Thirteenth Air Force. Foreword by General George C. Kenny. Illustrations by Staff Sgt. Robert A. Laessing. Pp. xxiii+191, numerous coloured and black & white full page text illustrations, text and coloured endpaper maps; oblong roy 4to; mustard/yellow cloth lettered in navy and decorated with the unit insignia in..... More
APACHE.
Pp. xxvi+374, 16 coloured plates, text illustrations including maps, glossary, index; dust wrapper; HarperPress, London, 2008. First U.K. edition. *Ed Macy's experiences of training and combat flying the Apache helicopter. He was awarded the MC for courage during the Jugroom Fort rescue. More
FLY NAVY: The View from the Cockpit, 1945-2000.
Published on behalf of the Fleet Air Arm Officers' Association. Pp. xiv+224, text illustrations, glossary index; cr. 4to; navy baords, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, small rust coloured mark on the upper endpapers; Leo Cooper, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 2000. First edition. *A collection of experiences and anecdotes from the..... More
FLYING PORCUPINES: A biography of Flt Lt Dudley Marrows DFC, DSO of Sunderland 'U' of 461 Squadron.
Pp. 128(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), appendix; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle worn; fore-edges of leaves slightly soiled; The Sunnyland Press Pty. Ltd., Red Cliffs, Vic., n.d.[1993]. *Signed by the author on the title page. A biography, in particular, of Dudley Marrows experiences flying..... More
TWO-BLOCK FOX.
The Rise of the Aircraft Carrier, 1911-1929. Foreword by T. H. Moorer, Admiral, U.S. Navy. Pp. [x]+182(last blank), notes, bibliography, index; tall demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; upper pastedown slightly creased; Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1974. First edition..... More
RAAF SAGA.
Pp. 200, coloured frontispiece and 7 plates, plus numerous tinted and black & white illustrations (many full page), pictorial endpapers, Honour Roll; demy 4to; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in pale blue; dust wrapper; Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1944. First edition. More
HALIFAX AND WELLINGTON.
Pp. 256, text illustrations including maps throughout (some full page), bibliography; demy 4to; laminated pictorial boards; dust wrapper; lower edge of upper pastedown lightly watermarked; The Promotional Reprint Company, Leicester, 1994. *Originally published as two separate volumes by Ian Allan ('Halifax at war' by Brian J. Rapier in 1987, and..... More
HANNA REITSCH: Flying for the Fatherland.
Pp. [xii]+244, 16 plates (some very slightly surface rubbed), bibliography, chronology, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, quite foxed, edges lightly; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers offset, some foxing, occasionally heavy, John Murray, London, 1988. First edition. More
FLIGHT IN THE CHINA AIR SPACE 1910-1950.
Pp. 240(last blank), text illustration and maps (some full page), bibliography, notes, index; med. 4to; art. leather boards, lettered and decorated in gilt; gift inscription on the upper free endpaper; Rosholt House, Rosholt, Wisconsin, 1984. First edition. *Signed by the author on title page. An overview of both military and..... More
PER ARDUA.
A short history of the Royal Air Force Regiment from 1942 to 1970, with a brief account of the approach to the problems of airfield defence in the Royal Air Force from 1918 until the formation of its own airfield defence corps in 1942. Pp. 70, coloured frontispiece, black &..... More
KINGS OF THE CLOUDS.
Pp. 80(wrappers included in the pagination), text illustrations (some full page), terms used in the R.A.A.F.; demy 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled (staples slightly rusted), worn and a trifle soiled; small paper defect and ownership stamp on the front wrapper; edges of leaves browned; Frank Johnson, Sydney, 1943. *From the..... More