FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War. Pp. xviii+364, 8 plates, endpaper plan, notes, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, 2014. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on verso of upper free endpaper. More
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
The Definitive History of 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron RAauxAF. In two Volumes. Volume I: Formation to the end of 1940. Pp. xvi+384, text and endpaper illustrations, appendices including rolls (with occasional inked underscoring), notes, bibliography index of personnel; Volume II: 1941 - To Date. Pp. xvi+416, frontispiece and text... More
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
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
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
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
Edited by Bruce Robertson, drawings by William F. Hepworth. Pp. 208(last publisher's advertisement), numerous line drawings and photographic illustrations, 2 double page maps, appendices, glossary, index; demy 4to; edges of boards lightly bruised, lower edges slightly buckled; price-clipped dust wrapper, soiled and worn, with several large tears and smaller splits... More
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
The operational history of Fight Command, Second Tactical Air Force, 100 Group and Air Defence of Great Britain 1939-1945. Volume 2. Pp. 352, text illustrations, index; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed, front flap creased; leaves a trifle browned, previous owner's annotations on the upper free endpaper; Air Research Publications, Walton-on-Thames,1998. First edition. More
The operational history of Fighter Command, Second Tactical Air Force, 100 Group and Air Defence of Great Britain 1939-1945. Volume 1. Pp. 224, text illustrations, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle worn; previous owner's annotations on the half and title pages; Air Research Publications, Walton-on Thames, 2002. *First published in 1996. More
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
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
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;... More
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
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. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 pastedown. More
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
The Devils in Baggy Pants. Pp. [160], coloured half-title, 2 full page coloured text and numerous black & white illustrations, endpaper maps, In Memoriam listing; cr. folio; blue cloth boards, edges and corners worn, lacking backstrip, front board illustrated and lettered in gilt; upper hinge weak, edges of leaves a.... More