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;...
Unit History of No 4 Repair and Salvage Unit (1942-1944) and No 4 Repair and Servicing Unit (1945-1946). Pp. xii+148, text illustrations, appendices including Rolls, bibliography, indices of People, Other Units and Aircraft; laminated pictorial boards; security sticker on lower pastedown; Australian Military History and Publications, Loftus, NSW, 1999. *A...
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.
With a Foreword by Group Captain F. D. Tredrey. Pp. xviii+326(last blank), text map, notes, index; post 8vo; dust wrapper, edges slightly worn and chipped; light vertical crease in upper free endpaper and half-title page; William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, Edinburgh, 1968. Reprinted. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David...
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.....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
The operational history of Fight Command, Second Tactical Air Force, 100 Group and Air Defence of Great Britain fighters 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.
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...
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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....
Citizen Soldiers in the Air Force Training and Service Commands 1942-1945. Pp. [ii]+viii+184(last blank), 13 plates, occasional text illustrations, full page map, appendix (including chronology and rolls), indices; dust wrapper, scuffed, two small closed tears (tape repaired on the reverse) in lower edge of backstrip; Burd Street Press, Shippensburg, PA.....
The Development and Possibilities of Modern Air Power - Economic and Military. Pp. xxiv+262(last blank), frontispiece, tissue guard, 15 plates, pictorial endpapers, index; demy 8vo; green cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, fore-corners slightly bruised; uncut; some foxing, mainly to outer leaves and including frontispiece and guard, small commercial library...
The Luftwaffe 1933-1945. Pp. 256, printed in red & black, numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations, maps, tables, appendix, bibliography, notes, index; narrow demy 4to; boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper; endpapers faintly offset, a couple of spots of foxing; New Burlington Books, London, 1986. First U.K. edition? *'An authoritative and...
Introduction by Telford Taylor. Pp. [10]+xviii+266(last blank), appendices, glossary; demy 4to; corners of boards a trifle worn; dust wrapper, soiled, edges chipped and several closed tears tape repaired on reverse; title page slightly marked; Arno Press, New York, 1968. USAF Historical Studies No. 173. Reprint. *Originally published by the USAF...
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.
In two volumes. Volume 1: Pp. 144, black & white and coloured text illustrations, appendices, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper; Volume 2: Pp. 144, black & white and coloured text illustrations, index; demy 4to; dust wrapper; Kookaburra Technical Publications, Melbourne, Volume 1: 1980, Volume 2: 1989. First editions.
