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
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
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
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; His..... 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. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on..... 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
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
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 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