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
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
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. 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
Pp. x+198, endnotes, pictorial endpapers; dust wrapper, slightly worn; Hudson Publishing, Hawthorn, Vic., 1990. First edition. 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 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. 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
The Jubilee history. Pp. xviii+414(last blank), 24 black & white and 7 coloured (1 double page) plates, endpaper illustration, appendices, source references, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, the reverse slightly foxed; endpapers slightly offset, some foxing, mainly to outer leaves and edges; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1989. First edition. *From... 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
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
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..... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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
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. 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
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
