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
ATLANTIC BRIDGE.
The official account of R.A.F. Transport Command's ocean ferry. Prepared for the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information. Pp. 76(endpapers included in pagination), 8 plates, endpaper map; demy 8vo; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, worn, browned and foxed, fore-corners creased; leaves browned and lightly foxed; His Majesty's Stationery Office..... More
COASTAL COMMAND.
The Air Ministry account of the part played by Coastal Command in the Battle of the Seas 1939-1942. Pp. 144(including free endpapers), text illustrations; post. 4to; paper wrappers, worn, edges and fore-corners a little split and creased, fore-edges dog-eared, paper defect due to removal of roundel sticker on front panel;..... More
FLEET AIR ARM.
Pp. 128, text illustrations and maps; small cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled (staples rusted), soiled, edges lightly worn and chipped, upper wrapper lightly creased and with stamp and remains of price sticker; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on title page, edges of leaves lightly foxed; His Majesty's Stationery..... More
THERE'S FREEDOM IN THE AIR.
Pp. 36, text illustrations; small cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled (staples rusted), wrappers lightly browned and foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper, ownership inscription at head of title page, edges of leaves lightly browned; His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1944. *The official story..... 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
THE ARMY AT WAR: TUNISIA.
Prepared for the War Office by the Ministry of Information. Pp. 60. text illustrations and maps (some full and double page); super roy 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, browned and lightly worn; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; His Majesty's Stationery Office, London..... 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
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
BEAUFIGHTERS OVER BURMA.
No. 27 Squadron, RAF, 1942-45. Pp. 128, 32 plates, text maps, appendices (including In Memoriam, decorations & awards), index; dust wrapper; Blandford Press, Poole, Dorset, 1985. 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
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
THE ESSENTIAL T. E. LAWRENCE.
Selected with a Preface by David Garnett. Pp. 328, frontispiece portrait, index; post 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards lightly browned; top edges red; price clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip browned and faded; gift inscription on upper free endpaper, endpapers..... 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
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
THE LIFE OF GUY MENZIES.
The forgotten flyer. Foreword by Dick Smith. Pp. 160, 32 plates, text illustrations and maps (some full page), bibliography; cr. 4to; light green papered boards, lettered in white; dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn; privately printed, no place [Melbourne?], 2005. First edition. *Inscribed by the author to Melbourne General Physician..... More
DARK EAGLES.
A history of top secret US aircraft programs. Pp. vi+344, 18 plates, notes, index; price-clipped dust wrapper; name in ink on upper free endpaper; Presidio, Novato, 1995. First edition. 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 ; endpapers offset, some foxing, occasionally heavy, John Murray, London, 1988. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his bookplate on upper..... 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