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Laffin, John WORLD WAR 1 IN POSTCARDS - £14.00
Wrens Park 2001 (from Sutton 1st of 1988); 201pp, pictorial; fine inc d/w. Describes the author's extensive card collection (minimal aviation reference).  
BN: 30018  
 Lambert,Bill  COMBAT REPORT - Kimber 1st, 1973; 24 x 16cms, 224pp, 44 illus; fine, vg d/w.  £16.00
 Covers the 1918 German offensive & the final Allied advance.  
BN: 22180  
Lamberton W.M. & Cheesman RECONNAISSANCE & BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF THE 1914-1918 WAR - £60.00
Harleyford 1st, 1962; 231pp, plans & photos of 72 types plus photos of 40 more; nr fine, vg d/w.A fine production, now scarce.    Also another, similar but with torn remains of d/w - £48  
BN: 21715  
Lamberton W.M. & Cheesman FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF THE 1914-1918 WAR - £35.00
Harleyford 1st, 1960; 28 x 22cm, 224pp, f.illus (photos,3-view line drgs); fine inc d/w. Drawings by Carrick & Yeoman; plans & photos of 84 types. Other examples sometimes available - please ask.  
BN: 21242  
Lanchester F.W. AIRCRAFT IN WARFARE - The Dawn of the Fourth Arm. £24.00
Constable 1st, 1916; 222pp, 15 photos; library bd'g but vg except minor stamps.  illustrates the thinking of this important engineer at early WW 1 period.  
BN: 23141  
Lawson, Eric & Jane THE FIRST AIR CAMPAIGN - August 1914-November 1918. £20.00
Combined Books (USA) 1996; 249pp, f.illus (photos & maps); orders of battle, large biblio; fine inc d/w.  As well as the normal biblio, there's a small chapter on past publications re WW 1 in the air.  
BN: 29286  
Layman R.D. NAVAL AVIATION IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.. its impact and influence. £20.00
Chatham 1st, 1996 ; 224pp, 33 photos, biblio; fine inc d/w. Serious study with extensive reference notes.  
BN: 30025  
Lewis, Cecil SAGITTARIUS RISING - £16.00
Folio Society edn, 1998; large 8vo with 6 added lithographs by Nevinson; fine in slipcase; one of the most famous stories of WW 1 RFC flying; although fictitious, considered a fine illustration of WW 1 fighter pilots' life. (The author died only recently, aged 96).  Also P. Davies edn, 1966; fine - £13.50; also P.Davies 1941 7th Imp of 1st; fair-good (some foxing) with good original d/w - £12  
BN: 23142  

Loening, G.C.  MILITARY AEROPLANES -  8th dn, 1918 17x27cms, 182pp, diags, tables, photos, figs, graphs; ex society lib; all pages sl damp-wrinkled, cloth sl marked

£18.00
"An explanatory consideration of their characteristics, performances, construction, maintenance & operation, for the use of aviators".
BN: 24376
Longstreet, Stephen THE CANVAS FALCONS - The story of the men and the planes of WW 1. £13.50
W.H.Allen 1971; 365pp, 45 photos; vg , sl torn d/w.  Good review of the war in the air.  
BN: 24079  
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McCudden,James Thomas Byford    FIVE YEARS IN THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS -

£14.00
Modern reprint, from Aeroplane & General 1st of 1918; 348pp, 37 photos; fine modern binding.   
BN: 21260
 McCudden,J.T.B.  FLYING FURY -  1930 illustrated re-issue; vg (fine int) marked "V Rhys Davids, June 1939"   270pp, 2  photos, 8 nice Leonard Bridgman drgs;,   also - 1939 Aviation Book Club reprint  of 1930 1st (with this title);  some foxing to page edges, spinecloth badly faded, o/w near vg. £18  £25.00  
 a retitled version of McCudden's war story of 1918 ; originally "Five Years in the Flying Corps"  Also - Bailey Bros 1973 (reprinted 1975) edited by Ulanoff, with notes by Trenchard & Salmond; fine inc d/w - £16;    
 BN: 21286    
Marben,Rolf ZEPPELIN ADVENTURES - £28.00
Hamilton 3rd printing of 1st, 1931; 220pp, 15 illus;.vg inc d/w; (unusually good example). Also - another, (cloth split but complete "reading copy" - £9.  Stories of WW 1 Zeppelin operations, collected & compiled by Marben, trans from German by Sykes.   
BN: 22184  
Mason, Herbert Molloy THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE - £17.50
Smithnark 1995 reprint, (from Random House, New York 1st of 1964); 340pp, over 100 photos, maps, appendices (names, victories etc); fine inc d/w. The history of the American pilots who flew with French squadrons in WW 1, prior to the official involvement of the USA in the war.  
BN: 27341  
 Borlase Mathews R.  THE AVIATION POCKET-BOOK FOR 1917 -  Crosby Lockwood 1917 (5th edn); 17 x 12cm, 300pp + adverts; vg (nr fine int).  £35.00
 A reference book of facts, data, drgs etc on current aeronautics including details & data of specific engines & 3-view line drgs of aircraft.           Also 1918 edn; (now 362pp) similar; vg  £35  
 BN: 22621  

 Maurer, M. THE U.S. AIR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR I - Volume II. Early Concepts of Military Aviation.

£25.00
The Office of Air Force History HQ USAF, 1978; 23x18cm, 460pp, f.illus (photos, diags & sketches in text); v near fine. Second volume of the 4-vol history; this vol describes the Aviation Section (1914-1917), Plans & Programmes (1917-1918), Combat (1918) & Post-war review.  
BN: 24080  

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