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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 | ||
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"Night-Hawk" M.C. ROVERS OF THE NIGHT SKY - Cassell 1st, 1919; 204pp; vg. |
£20.00 | |
| "verbal sketches" of the war in the air, some previously published in journals and newspapers. | ||
| BN: 21731 | ||
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"Vigilant" (Claud W.Sykes). FRENCH WAR BIRDS - Greenhill card cover edn, (from Hamilton 1st of the 1930s); 256pp, 10 portrait photos; fine. |
£12.00 | |
| Stories of the French flying aces; e.g. de la Fregoliere, Navarre, Brocard, Fonck, Guynemer & Garros. | ||
| BN: 22155 | ||
| "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 - | £8.00 | |
| Cassell reprinted 1st, 1918; 19 x 13cm, 182pp; goiod-vg (fep sl torn, pages sl browned) .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 | ||
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Balfour, Harold H. AN AIRMAN MARCHES - Hutchinson 1st, 1933; 282pp, 21 photos; spinecloth chipped at corners vg int. |
£32.00 | |
| Balfour's RFC life and post-war experiences to 1923. Tour in France with 43 Squadron with an interval of instruction at Gosport. Also - Greenhill card cover edn; vg except f cover creased - £6 | ||
| BN: 22156 | ||
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Barber H. (Capt,RFC) THE AEROPLANE SPEAKS - McBride, Nast 6th Printing 1918 from 1st of 1917; 146pp plus 40pp of drawings & many adverts; near - vg (spinecloth faded. & chipped at top, vg int) |
£30.00 | |
| Popular style text on aircraft features and design; 40pp of attractive Geoffrey Watson drawings showing the early aircraft types from each manufacturer during period up to date of publication, (these drawings make the book attractive and collectable). | ||
| BN: 22157 | ||
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Barber H. AEROBATICS - McBride, USA 3rd Printing 1927, (from original of Nov 1918;) 27 x 20cm, 78pp + 29 plates; vg |
£35.00 | |
| Description, with clear illustrations, of the aerobatic "state of the art" in 1918. | ||
| BN: 27069 | ||
| 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. | ||
| BN: 27075 | ||
| 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 | ||
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Bewsher, Paul GREEN BALLS - The adventures of a night bomber: Blackwood 1st, 1919; original)1st, 1919; 309pp; near fine slight suspicion of foxing about to start. (maily page edges) A remarkably good example of this classic work. Also - Greenhill (hardback) edn, 1986; nr fine inc d/w - £12 |
£50.00 | |
| BN: 22159 | ||
| 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 | ||
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Biddle, Major Charles J. THE WAY OF THE EAGLE - Scribners 1st, 1919; 297pp, 22 photos, 4 diags; vg throughout except corners sl rubbed. Scarce in UK.. |
£50.00 | |
| Biddle fought in the Escad. 73from April 1917, , transferred to Lafayette Escadrille & led 13th Aero Squadron & 4th Pursuit Group at war's end. | ||
| BN: 31531 | ||
| 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 | ||
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Bishop, William Arthur THE COURAGE OF THE EARLY MORNING - A son's biography of a famous father (Billy Bishop): McKay 1st (USA) 1966; 206pp, 14 photos, list of victories; fine, near fine d/w. |
£16.00 | |
| BN: 22160 |
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