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| "Air Pilot" AIRCRAFT - | £25.00 | |
| Newnes, 1916; 128pp; sl faded spinecloth, o/w vg.Covers basic aeronautics, early WW 1 operations, the Zeppelins, captive balloons etc. | ||
| BN: 30187 | ||
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'Contact' (Alan Bott) AN AIRMAN'S OUTINGS - |
£14.00 | |
| Blackwood 4h Imp, 1917; 323pp, vg (a "better-than-usual" example). Classic description of RFC, June to December 1916. Also another, 4th imp, rather grubby but complete - £11.50 | ||
| BN: 22150 | ||
| "Vigilant" (Claud W.Sykes) GERMAN WAR BIRDS - | £16.00 | |
| Accounts of exploits of German flyers in WW 1. Hamilton 4th printing, 1933 ; vg (one corner sl crushed); Also - Greenhill reprint, 1994; with new intro by Norman Franks; fine inc d/w - £14. | ||
| BN: 24881 | ||
| "Wing Adjutant" (Major W.T.Blake) PLANE TALES FROM THE SKIES - | £12.00 | |
| Cassell reprinted 1st, 1918; 19 x 13cm, 182pp; vg with school prize olate dated 1919.Author's second book of "Tales & sketches in words" of the war in the air. | ||
| BN: 21684 |
| Abbot, Willis J. AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES - | £30.00 | |
| Putnams USA 1st, 1918; 388pp, 102 illus (photos, paintings, diags); vg except spinecloth faded.Over half of the book on aviation (WW 1 and before) inc chapters on balloons, Zeppelin, Santos Dumont & WW 1 in the air. | ||
| BN: 28784 | ||
| Apostolo G. & G.Bignozzi WAR BIRDS: MILITARY AIRCRAFT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN COLOUR - | £24.00 | |
| 1st UK, McD & J, 1974; 29 x 25cm, 208pp, f.illus (photos, col side view drgsshowing many marking variations; fine inc d/w.Useful reference to colours & markings as well as type details. | ||
| BN: 24076 |
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Bailey, Frank W. & C.Cony THE FRENCH AIR SERVICE WAR CHRONOLOGY 1914-1918 - Day-to day claims & losses by French fighter, bomber & 2-seat pilots. |
£19.50 | |
| Grub Street 2001; 25 x 18cm, 327pp, over 100 photos; fine inc d/w. Includes records of individual pilots. | ||
| BN: 31013 | ||
| Balfour, Harold H. AN AIRMAN MARCHES - Hutchinson 1st, 1933; 282pp, 21 photos; spinecloth torn, vg int. (repairable) | £18.00 | |
| Balfour's RFC life and post-war experiences to 1923. Tour in France with 43 Squadron with an interval of instruction at Gosport | ||
| BN: 22156 | ||
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Baring, Maurice FLYING CORPS HEADQUARTERS 1914-1918 - Heinemann 1st (Collected edn) 1930;, ; vg iint, spinecloth torn at top. |
£10.00 | |
| Private secretary to the first RFC commander, Sir David Henderson, then to Trenchard - this, therefore an "inside story". | ||
| BN: 23174 | ||
| Barker, Ralph THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS IN FRANCE - from Mons to the Somme. | £17.50 | |
| Constable 1st, 1994; 237pp, 49 photos, maps; nr fine inc d/w.Well-illus spotlight on this period of the war in the air.Also Vol 2 "From Bloody April 1917 to Final Victory" - near fine inc d/w - £17.50. | ||
| BN: 27075 | ||
| Bartlett C.P.O. BOMBER PILOT 1916-1918 - | £16.00 | |
| Ian Allan 1st, 1974; 180pp, 76 photos; fine, nr fine d/w.Personal account, in day-to-day diary form, of bombing along the Belgian coast with the RNAS & later with the RAF in France.Intros by Chaz Bowyer & Sir Geoffrey Bromet. | ||
| BN: 24054 | ||
| Bartlett Sqn Ldr C.P.O. IN THE TEETH OF THE WIND - Memoir of the R.N.A.S. in the first world war. | £15.00 | |
| Cooper, 1994, revision of the author's "Bomber Pilot" of 1974; fine inc d/w.New intro by the author's son replaces those in "Bomber Pilot". | ||
| BN: 27984 | ||
| Bickers R.T. VON RICHTHOFEN - THE LEGEND EVALUATED. | £15.00 | |
| Airlife 1st, 1996; 172pp24 photos; fine inc d/w.A critical appraisal of Manfred von R. and his fighting career. | ||
| BN: 29801 | ||
| Bishop, Lt Col William A. (VC DSO MC) WINGED WARFARE | £14.50 | |
| Bailey Bros & Swinfen edn, 1975; edited by Ulanoff; 281pp, 33 illus (inc 11 3-view drgs of WW 1 aircraft types); fine, nr fine d/w.Modern reproduction of Bishop's own account. | ||
| BN: 30435 | ||
| Bodenschatz, Obl. Karl JAGD IN FLANDERNS HIMMEL - aus den sechzehn kampfmonaten des JG Freiherr von Richthofen. | £18.00 | |
| Knorr & Hirth 1st, 1938; 216pp, 34 plates; German lang (Gothic script); near-fine int, spine faded, & partly torn..The "Bodenschatz war diaries"- ("from the 16 fighting months of the Richthofen squadron") in the original German form (Gothic script).Also - English language translation "Hunting with Richthofen" - Grub St, card covers, 224pp, many photos; fine - £9. | ||
| BN: 29806 | ||
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Bordeaux,Henry GUYNEMER, KNIGHT OF THE AIR - |
£24.00 | |
| Chatto 1st (UK), 1918, translated from the French; 20x13cm, 240pp, prefatory letter from Rudyard Kipling, Portrait photo, Chatto book list; vg. | ||
| BN: 21335 |
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