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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. | £30.00 | |
| Stark flew with JG-34 & later led JG-35. | ||
| BN: 22203 | ||
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Steel, Nigel & Peter Hart TUMULT IN THE CLOUDS - the British experience of the war in the air, 1914-1918. H & S 1st, 1997; 382pp, 35 photos; extensive references & biblio; nr fine inc d/w. |
£18.00 | |
| Contents; "The Dawn of Aviation, 1914, 1915, Training, 1916, Zeppelins, Naval Aviation, 1917, Dawn Patrol, Gothas, 1918." | ||
| BN: 27699 | ||
| Strange,Lt Col L.A. RECOLLECTIONS OF AN AIRMAN - | £16.00 | |
| J Hamilton Airman's Bookshelf edn, 1935 (from c1933 original) 224pp, 22 photos; ; some foxing, cloth v faded, ex-Chaz Bowyer collection with interesting added cuttings attached to plain endpapers etc; 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
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Thetford O.G. & E.J.Riding AIRCRAFT OF THE 1914-1918 WAR - Harleyford, 1st, 1954; 29 x 22cm, 126pp, plans, photos; yellow cloth; fine int, spinepaper stained, without d/w |
£32.00 | |
| On same lines as "Aircraft of the Fighting Powers" with 1/72 scale plans of 80 types plus details & photos of many more. | ||
| 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 | |
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Treadwell, Terry C. AMERICA'S FIRST AIR WAR - The U.S. Army, Navy & Marine Air Services in the first WW. Airlife 1st, 2000; 25 x 19cm, 176pp, f.illus; nr fine inc d/w. |
£16.00 |
| BN: 29799 | |
| 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 | |
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Turner, Major Cahrles C. THE STRUGGLE IN THE AIR 1914-1918 - Edward Arnold (London), 1919; 288pp, 288pp, 9 plates; vg (cloth sl marked), interesting orner's plate. Scarce. |
£45.00 |
| Turner joined the RNAS in 1914 ans was involved in aviation throughout the war. This review of WW 1 aviation quotes from combat reports to evaluate the impact of aviation on warfare. | |
| BN: 31396 |
| 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 | |
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Von Buttlar, Freiherr Treusch ZEPPELINS OVER ENGLAND - Harrap 1st UK, 1931; 232pp, 28 photos; vg. |
£25.00 |
| An account of the German airship service by one of the participants. | |
| BN: 24062 | |
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von Eberhardt, Walter UNSERE LUFTSTREITKRAEFTE 1914-1918 - Ein Denkmal deutschen Heldentums Vaterlaendlscher Verlag, Weller, Berlin, 1930; 35 x 27cm, 467pp plus 4 fold-out silhouette pages + a 91pp honours list.f.illus inc some full-page colour paintings by Henningetr; f. cover picture with eagle motif & gold lettering; German text. |
£220.00 |
| A superb production describing the German Air Force in the First World War.Highly recommended. | |
| BN: 31537 | |
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von Richthofen, Manfred Freiherr DER ROTE KAMPFFLIEGER - £16 |
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| Im Deutschen Verlag, Berlin, 1933; 20 x 13cm, 262pp, 22 photos; German lang, Gothic script; near-vg (owner's bookplate etc).The original German of "The Red Air Fighter"; foreword by Goering. Also - Ullstein 1st, 1917; card covers, 16 x 11cm, 183pp, 11 photos; binding broken but repairable, o/w vg - the rare early edn! - £24. | |
| BN: 24483 | |
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von Richthofen,Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr THE RED AIR FIGHTER - |
£20.00 |
| The Aeroplane & General 1st (UK) 1918; 19 x 13cm, 140pp, 6 photos ; spinecloth splitting & pages sl browned. Also - translation by Kilduff "The Red Baron" (Bailey Bros 1974); fine - £14; AND - Aero Publishers USA edn of the same (picture boards) fine - £14. | |
| BN: 22197 |
| 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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Weldon, Capt L.B. "HARD LYING" - Eastern Mediterranean, 1914-1919. Jenkins 1st, 1925; 246pp, 23 illus, map; vg (sl soiled spine) |
£27.50 |
| Essentially a naval book but including much reference (& photos) to the uses of seaplanes. | |
| BN: 25345 | |
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Wellman, William A. (Marechal des Logis of the Lafayette Escadrille) GO, GET'EM! - Page Company, USA, 1918; 284pp, picture front cover (nice clear image but sl corner-bumped), 16 photos; spine lettering worn, one loose front endpaper marked. o/w vg. Scarce. |
£75.00 |
| Wellman trained at Avord & Pau; flew with Escadrille S.87 Dec 1917 till March 1918; after being wounded returned to the USA and served as an instructor in the USAS; later, filmed at Hollywood. | |
| BN: 31298 |
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