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| Stark,Rudolph WINGS OF WAR - an airman's diary of the last year of the war. J Hamilton 1st English edn, 1933; from 1932 German 1st (trans. by Sykes); 227pp, 12 illus inc 8 reproductions of paintings by the author; vg int, sl worn cloth & Aero Club stamp inside front. | £24.00 | |
| Stark flew with JG-34 & later led JG-35. | ||
| BN: 22203 | ||
| Strange,Lt Col L.A. RECOLLECTIONS OF AN AIRMAN - | £25.00 | |
| J Hamilton Airman's Bookshelf edn, 1935 (from c1933 original) 224pp, 22 photos; ; sl foxing, o/w near fine, good original d/w. Author, one of the outstanding pilots of WW 1,trained at Hendon in 1913, served in France from Day 1 of the RFC's presence, ended war as commander of 80th Wing. Also - Av Book Club 1940 edn (19 x 12cm) 8 illus; vg - £18. | ||
| BN: 22204 | ||
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Sullivan, Alan (Lt, RAF) AVIATION IN CANADA, 1917-18 - |
£55.00 | |
| Rous & Mann, Canada 1st, 1919; 318pp, many photos, diags, pictorial titling on f.cover; vg int; boards sl chipped at corners). "A brief account of the work of the Royal Air Force, Canada, the Aviation Department of the Imperial Munitions Board & the Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd." A scarce work, partly on flying training. | ||
| BN:, 26852 | ||
| Sutherland, L.W ACES AND KINGS - | £18.00 | |
| Aviation Book Club version of John Hamilton 1st; c1934; 276pp, 29 photos; near fine, vg d/w.Life in No 1 R.A.A.F sqdn, W.W.1, Palestine; references to Lawrence. | ||
| BN: 22205 |
| Thetford O.G. & E.J.Riding AIRCRAFT OF THE 1914-1918 WAR - | £38.00 |
| Harleyford, 1946 1st; 29 x 22cm, 126pp, plans, photos; blue cloth; near fine, vg d/w. . On same lines as "Aircraft of the Fighting Powers" with 1/72 scale plans of 80 types plus details & photos of many more. Also another, sl soiled & damaged - £20; Also 1954 Harleyford edn; near fine inc d/w - £35. | |
| BN: 20989 | |
| Thompson, Sir Robert THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS - | £15.00 |
| H.Hamilton 1st, 1968 ("Famous Regiments" series); 151pp, photos, drgs; nr fine, vg d/w. Short history of the formation & service of the RFC. | |
| BN: 23173 | |
| Treadwell, Terry C & Alan C Wood GERMAN KNIGHTS OF THE AIR - 1914-1918 - the holders of the Orden Pour le Merite. | £16.00 |
| Brassey's 1st, 1997; 25 x 19cm, 208pp, f.illus, glossary, biblio; fine inc d/w. Brief career histories of the 81 holders with portrait and some aircraft photos. | |
| BN: 29826 | |
| Turner,Charles C. AIRCRAFT OF TODAY - a popular account of the conquest of the air. | £40.00 |
| Seeley, Service 1918; 315pp, 17 plates inc 2 fold-outs with dozens of the Geoffrey Watson drgs of current types; nice half-leather Wellingborough school-prize binding, marbled feps & page edges, school presentation plate - vg+. - worth buying just for the binding! Description mostly of pre-war developments with chapters on WW 1. | |
| BN: 20995 |
| Udet,Ernst MEIN FLIEGERLEBEN - | £7.50 |
| Ullstein c1935; gothic German lang., 195pp, f.illus; complete but rather soiled & marked. The original of "My flying life" with many excellent photos; about 2/3 of the book is on WW 1 & before. | |
| BN: 21457 |
| Wade W.L. THE AEROPLANE IN THE GREAT WAR - a record of its achievements. | £18.00 |
| Virtue 1st, c1919; 25 x 19cm, 229pp, 20 illus (4 photos, 16 G.Watson drgs, 4 in colour); picture f.cover; vg (slight foxing & spinecloth split). A very "period" work. Also another similar, but 4 plates replaced by photo-copies - £18. | |
| BN: 22209 | |
| Wade W.L. (Ed'r) THE FLYING BOOK - 1917 edn | £40.00 |
| Longmans Green, 1917; 291pp plus adverts; rebound in green cloth & gold lettering; fine but without the original covers. Contains a few photos, many side-view drgs of aircraft types, records, companies, who's who, service personnel & awards, diary for 1916, honours lists, glossary etc; a very "period" item. | |
| BN: 21864 | |
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Wade W.L. (Ed'r) THE FLYING BOOK - 1918 edn Longmans Green, 1918; 275pp plus advts; good int except first few pages loose; bd'g broken & spine replaced with brown tape, so really needs rebinding - hence low price. Similar to 1914 & 1917 edns with added section on "The new RAF", details of air raids on GB; some extra photos of aircraft & engines. UBN 21865 |
£20.00 |
| Walters E.W. HEROIC AIRMEN AND THEIR EXPLOITS - | £15.00 |
| Kelly 1st, 1917; 270pp, 8 illus; near vg (soiled front endpaper & spine sl faded). Popular-style account of WW 1 in the air. | |
| BN: 24756 | |
| War Office General Staff MANUAL OF MAP READING AND FIELD SKETCHING - | £24.00 |
| 1914 (reprint with additions of 1912 original; stiff covers, 18 x 12cm, 102pp plus 25 plates (some fold-out); vg. (More military than aviation!) | |
| BN: 30374 |
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