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| Davies, Gordon C. WORLD WAR 1 AEROPLANES - Ward Lock "Super Source" book, 1st 1974; 20 x 14cm landscape, 144pp, photos of all types, brief histories & data; vg inc d/w. | £11.50 |
| One page per type, inc photo & details. | |
| BN: 22075 | |
| Davis, Mick AIRCO - The Aircraft Manufacturing Company. | £17.50 |
| Crowood Aviation Series 1st, 2001; 29 x 23cm, 192pp, f.illus; manufacturers & serial-number lists; fine inc d/w.From the attractive Crowood series, about the Company established by George Holt Thomas in 1911; it covers the aircraft types produced - chiefly Farman & De Havilland. | |
| BN: 30021 | |
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Degelow,Major Carl GERMANY'S LAST KNIGHT OF THE AIR - the memoirs of Major Carl Degelow (translated & edited by P.Kilduff) Kimber 1st, 1979; 218pp, 80 illus, maps, combat log, biblio, glossary; vg inc d/w (d/w stuck to boards). |
£12.00 |
| Biography of the last WW 1 recipient of the "Pour le Merite". | |
| BN: 21315 | |
| Douglas, M. of the RAF Sholto, Lord, of Kirtleside & Robert Wright. YEARS OF COMBAT - A personal story of the First War in the Air: | £18.00 |
| Collins 1st, 1963; 384pp, 15 illus, ep maps; nr fine inc d/w.Vol 1 of autobiography, mainly on WW 1. Also - another, fine without d/w - £16 | |
| BN: 22167 | |
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Drake, Vivian ABOVE THE BATTLE - Appleton USA 1st, 1918; 323pp, unillustrated; only good (lacks fep, foxing (mainly to title page), sl loose f cover. |
£18.00 |
| After transferring to the RFC, trainingat the School of Military Aeronautics and service in France. | |
| BN: 31285 | |
| Drew, Lt Col George A. CANADA'S FIGHTING AIRMEN - | £65.00 |
| Maclean, Toronto, 1930; 305pp, 28 illus; vg int, covers sl faded & loose; scarce. Accounts of some of the more famous Canadian WW 1 airmen inc Bishop, Collishaw, Barker, Maclaren, McLeod, Rogers, McElroy, Claxton, McCall & McKeever. | |
| BN: 30436 |
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Farre, Lt Henry SKY FIGHTERS OF FRANCE - Aerial Warfare 1914-1918. Houghton Mifflin USA 1919; 28 x 21cm, 143pp, 17 mounted plates (illus (inc col frontis) from paintings by the author); bookplate of W.L McLean Jr; vg. |
£120.00 |
| "Englished" by Catherine Rush; the author flew with the French First Bombardment Group and was also an official artist. Nicely produced and scarce. | |
| BN: 31523 | |
| Fitzsimons, Bernard (Ed'r) WARPLANES & AIR BATTLES OF WORLD WAR 1 - | £6.00 |
| Phoebus, 1973, from Purnell's History of the 1st WW; 30 x 23cm, 160pp, f.illus (photos, col drawings); vg inc d/w. Good general introduction to the subject. | |
| BN: 26398 | |
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Franks, Norman & Frank Bailey OVER THE FRONT - Grub St 1st, 1992; 25 x 18cm, 230pp, many photos, sketch maps; nr fine inc d/w. |
£25.00 |
| "A complete record of the fighter aces & units of the U.S. & French Air Services, 1914-1918" (biographical & career notes with some general details of air force organisation). | |
| BN: 26866 | |
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Franks, Norman, Frank Bailey & R.Guest ABOVE THE LINES - Grub St 1993; 25 x 18cm, 259pp, photos, appendices; fine, vg d/w. |
£24.00 |
| "A complete record of the fighter aces of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service & Flanders Marine Corps, 1914-1918" (Air Force organisation, unit histories, biographical & career notes; biblio). | |
| BN: 26867 | |
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Franks, Norman L.R., Russell Guest & F.W.Bailey BLOODY APRIL, BLACK SEPTEMBER - Grub St 1st, 1995; 25 x 18cm, 314pp, 157 photos, data appendices; nr fine inc d/w. |
£20.00 |
| New descriptions of the two worst months, for allied air forces, of WW 1 with respect to losses. | |
| BN: 27336 | |
| Franks, Norman & Hal Giblin UNDER THE GUNS OF THE GERMAN ACES - | £16.00 |
| Grub St 1st, 1997; 26 x 22cm, 192pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w.The careers of the allied airmen who were brought down by Immelmann, Goering, Voss & Lothar von Richthofen. | |
| BN: 29800 | |
| Franks, Norman, R.Guest & G.Alegi ABOVE THE WAR FRONTS - | £20.00 |
| Grub St 1st, 1997; 25 x 18cm, 218pp, 100 photos; fine inc d/w. complete record of the British 2-seater bomber pilot & observer aces, the British 2-seater fighter observer aces and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian & Russian fighter aces 1914-1918. | |
| BN: 29419 | |
| Franks, Norman; Hal Giblin & N.McCrery. UNDER THE GUNS OF THE RED BARON - Record of Von Richthofen's victories & victims. | £16.00 |
| Grub St 1st, 1995; 26 x 22cm, 224pp, f.illus (some col plates); fine inc d/w.Potted histories of the combats in which v-R was successful - and the careers of the victims. | |
| BN: 27070 | |
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Franks, Norman, Frank Bailey & Rick Duiven THE JASTA WAR CHRONOLOGY - A complete listing of claims & losses august 1916 - November 1918. Grub St, 1998; 26 x 18cm, 288pp, 97 photos; nr fine inc d/w |
£18.00 |
| An extension of the previous "The Jasta Pilots". | |
| BN: 31391 | |
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Franks, Norman & Frank Bailey THE STORKS - the story of France's elite fighter Groupe de Combat 12 (Les Cigognes) in WW 1. Grub St, 26 x 18cm, 160pp, many photos, drgs; data re personnel; nr fine inc d/w. |
£16.00 |
| BN: 31392 | |
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Franks, Norman, Frank Bailey & Rick Duiven CASUALTIES OF THE GERMAN AIR SERVICE, 1914-1920 -as complete a list as possible, arranged alphabetically and chronologically. Grub St, 1999; 26 x 18cm, 384pp, unillus; fine inc d/w. |
£18.00 |
| Also with one corner sl bumped, £14 | |
| BN: 31390 | |
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Franks, Norman SHARKS AMONG MINNOWS - Germany's first fighter pilots and the Eindecker period, July 1915 to Sept 1916. Grub St 1st, 2001; 182pp, photos, maps, biblio; fine inc d/w. |
£16.00 |
| The beginning of air fighting in Europe in WW 1, some of the "aces" of the time & the technical advance represented by the Fokker monoplane & the synchronised gun. | |
| BN: 29798 | |
| Fuchs, Otto WIR FLIEGER - kriegserinnerungen eines unbekanntem. | £20.00 |
| Koehler, 1933; 250pp, German lang (Gothic script); details of other books at rear; vg int, cloth sl rubbed. WW 1 account by a German pilot from 1917, in popular style. | |
| BN: 29931 | |
| Funderburk, Thomas R. THE EARLY BIRDS OF WAR - The daring pilots and fighter planes of WW 1. | £10.00 |
| Barker 1st, 1968; 24 x 19cm, 154pp, f.illus (photos & line drgs); fine, sl torn d/w.Good picture of WW 1 in the air.Also another, fine int, worn cloth & no d/w - £4.50. | |
| BN: 23700 | |
| Funderburk,Thomas R. THE FIGHTERS - the men & machines of the first air war. | £15.00 |
| Grosset & Dunlap, 1965; 28 x 22cm, 197pp, photos & line drgs, biblio; fine, vg d/w.A good introduction to the subject. Also UK edn (Barker, 1966); fine, damaged d/w - £12 (different colour cloth & colour drgs on eps). | |
| BN: 24865 |
| Gibbons, Floyd THE RED KNIGHT OF GERMANY - Baron von Richthofen, Germany's Great War Airman. | £18.00 |
| Cassel 11th, 1936 from 1930 1st; 408pp, frontis photo, list of victories; near fine (an unusually clean example).Also another, 4th imp, rather worn - £12. Also 1st, 1927; near-vg except fep missing - £30 | |
| BN: 23699 |
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