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
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HURRICANE.
Pp. [viii]+156(printed double column, last blank), text illustrations, appendices, selective bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; boards a trifle canted, bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, U.K., 1986. First edition. *'The Hurricane helped to save Britain from invasion in..... More
CLOTH MAP - ANKARA - SINOP.
Double sided coloured cloth, approx. 64 x 66 cm, scale 1:1,000,000, Sheet North J 36 featuring ANKARA (sixth edition 1951) with Sheet K 36 featuring SINOP (fifth edition 1951) on the reverse; legend across the lower borders of both maps; folded; G.S.G.S., The War Office, 1951. *Sheet North J 36..... More
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
CLOTH MAP - ROMA - SARAJEVO - TUNIS - PALERMO.
Double sided coloured cloth, approx. 89 x 60 cm, scale 1:1,000,000, Sheet Roma - Sarajevo North K.33 & parts 32, 34 and Tunis - Palermo North J.33 & parts 32, 34 on the reverse; legend across the lower borders; folded; War Office, London, 1952. Fourth edition. *First published in 1943..... More
CLOTH MAP - TRIESTE - BUDAPEST -WEIN - KRAKOW.
Double sided coloured cloth, approx. 80 x 60 cm, scale 1:1,000,000, Sheet Trieste - Budapest North I.33 & part of L34 and Wien - Krakow North M.33 & part of 34 on the reverse; legend across the lower borders; folded; War Office, London, 1952. Third edition. *First published in 1915..... More
CHESHIRE VC.
A Study of War and Peace. Pp. 218(last blank), 23 plates; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a little worn dust wrapper, worn and foxed, edges lightly split with small tears and chips; ownership inscription and bookseller's sticker on the upper pastedown, endpapers foxed, leaves..... More
FINEST HOUR.
The Battle of Britain. Pp. 350(last blank), illustrated title page, 32 plates, bibliography, notes, index; med. 8vo; qr. red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; buff papered boards; dust wrapper; Simon & Schuster, New York, 1999. First U.S. edition. 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
LAST TIGER.
The true story of Dan Maukar, ace pilot in the Indonesian Air Force. Pp. 128(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), coloured endpaper map; demy 8vo; printed papered boards featuring a 'tiger skin' design, the edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly worn, the edges lightly rubbed with a few..... More
WOUNDED EAGLE.
The bombing of Darwin and Australia's air defence scandal. Pp. 240, text and endpaper illustrations (some full page), double page map, notes, index; sq. demy 8vo; pictorial papered boards; patterned endpapers; New Holland Publishers, Sydney, 2009. First edition. More
AIRCRAFT IN THE GREAT WAR.
A record and study. Pp. 346+[6](publisher's advertisements, last blank), frontispiece, tissue guard; green cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt and white, the edges slightly worn, spine slightly rubbed, affecting white rules at head and tail; some foxing throughout, lower fore-corner of two leaves and fore-edge of two of the advertisement..... 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
BOMBER COMMAND CONTINUES.
The Air Ministry Account of the Rising Offensive Against Germany July 1941-June 1942. Pp. 56, 8 plates, endpaper maps; med 12mo; printed stiff paper wrappers, stapled, bookseller's stamp on verso of lower wrapper; bookseller's stamp on title page, some foxing throughout, lower fore-corners of leaves and wrappers lightly bruised; His..... 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; edges of leaves lightly foxed; His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1943. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile..... 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; ownership inscription at head of title page, edges of leaves lightly browned; His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1944. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on..... 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
AMERICAN & BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER DEVELOPMENT 1919-1941.
Pp. xii+252(last blank), 16 plates, chapter heading illustrations, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper, edges lightly worn, backstrip slightly faded; Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1999. First edition. 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
ARMY WINGS.
Pp. 176(last blank), pictorial title-page, text illustrations (some full and 1 double page), select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, slightly marked; dust wrapper; Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 2006. First edition. 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