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World War 1
| McKee,Alexander THE FRIENDLESS SKY - the story of air combat in WW 1. |
£16.00 |
| Souvenir Press 1st, 1962; 256pp, 26 photos, nice aircraft line drgs on endpapers; fine, vg
d/w. Well-written book based on previous literature. |
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| BN: 21870 |
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| McMinnies Flt Cdr W.G. PRACTICAL FLYING - complete course of flying instruction. |
£24.00 |
| Temple Press 1st, 1918; 19 X 13cm, 237pp, many diags, map, advts; vg..Good period "picture" of WW1 instruction practice. |
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| BN: 22183 |
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| Middleton, Edgar C. AIRFARE OF TODAY AND OF THE FUTURE - |
£15.00 |
| Constable 1917; 192pp, 8 photos, 5 diags; vg except fep
removed. Contemporary review of the war in the air - a fairly elementary account but with some good photos of aircraft at the Whitehead (Richmond) aircraft factory. |
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| BN: 23602 |
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| Middleton,Edgar C. GLORIOUS EXPLOITS OF THE AIR - |
£15.00 |
| Simpkin "Cheap re-issue", 1918, from 1917 1st; 19 x 12cm, 187pp; cloth sl worn, few pages sl
marked. Brief description of the air war; attitudes, fighting the airships, submarine patrols, French & German Services and "some curious adventures". |
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| BN: 23235 |
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| Middleton,Edgar C. THE WAY OF THE AIR - |
£18.00 |
| Heinemann 1st, 1917; 20 x 14cm, 184pp; vg; scarce.
Popular-style description of the air war. |
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| BN: 21991 |
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Money R.R. FLYING AND SOLDIERING - |
£24.00 |
| Nicholson & Watson 1st, 1936; 32Opp, 7 photos; vg
Author flew with 12 Sqdn in WW 1 & was taken prisoner; later served in Fleet Air Arm. |
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| BN: 23736 |
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| Moore , Major W.G EARLY BIRD - |
£20.00 |
| Putnam 1st, 1963; 146pp, 33 illus; fine, vg
d/w. Memoirs of a WW1 naval Airman - Isle of Grain, East Africa, deck landing experiences. |
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| BN: 22186 |
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| Morris, Alan FIRST OF THE MANY - The story of Independent Force, RAF. |
£16.00 |
| Jarrolds 1st, 1968; 188pp, 17 illus, biblio, ep maps; near fine inc
d/w. Story of the WW 1 fore-runner of all the later strategic air forces & its adventures. |
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| BN: 22187 |
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| Morris,Capt Joseph THE GERMAN AIR RAIDS ON GREAT BRITAIN, 1914-1918 - |
£12.50 |
| - Naval & Military Press card-cover edn, 1993; fine - |
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| BN: 22188 |
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| Mowthorpe, Ces BATTLEBAGS - British Airships of the first world war. |
£18.00 |
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| Wren's Park 1st, 1998; 27 x 20cm, 194pp, f.illus (photos, plans, map; fine inc
d/w. Illustrated history, by classes and individual airships. |
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| BN: 27978 |
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| Munson, Kenneth THE POCKET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BOMBERS AT WAR - |
£7.50 |
| Blandford, 1977, combining previous books on WW 1 & WW 2 bombers; fine inc d/w. |
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| BN: 26873 |
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| Munson, Kenneth AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR 1 - |
£7.50 |
| Ian Allan 1st, 1967; 19 x 13cm, 175pp, f.illus; fine inc
d/w. Brief type histories, with one photo per basic type plus main technical details.
Also - "Pocket Encyclopedia of World Aircraft - Bombers at
War" (combining "1914-18" with Bombers
1939-45"; fine, vg d/w - £7.50 |
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| BN: 20996 |
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| Norris, Geoffrey THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS, A HISTORY - |
£15.00 |
| Muller 1st, 1965; 256pp, 18 photos; fine. One of the better brief histories of the development of the RFC and its aircraft. |
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| BN: 24081 |
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| Nowarra H.J & K.S.Brown VON RICHTHOFEN AND THE "FLYING CIRCUS" - Harleyford/Aero
Pub 3rd (Enlarged) Imp (1964) of 1st, 1958 ; (USA printed); 28 x 23cm, 208pp, f.illus (photos, maps); fine, near fine d/w. |
£36.00 |
Career history, with details inc 3-view drgs of aircraft types used; map of last flight indicating routes
of the aircraft concerned. Also another, 1st, vg, v ragged d/w
- £24 |
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| BN: 25868 |
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Nowarra H.J. 50 JAHRE DEUTSCHE LUFTWAFFE -
Band 1 - 1910-1915. |
£14.00 |
| Author-published, 1961; 212pp, mostly pictorial; mostly vg but fep removed & title page torn at base;
Pictorial record of German aviation 1910-1915; many photos, data tables; captions in German & English.
Also Vol 2 (1915-'18) (pub by Intyprint Italy & Aero Books USA) 230pp; captions in German, English & Italian; near fine, vg d/w - £25 |
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| BN: 29805 |
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Nowarra, Heinz, Robertson, Cooksley & others
MARINE AIRCRAFT OF THE 1914-1918 WAR - |
£70.00 |
| Harleyford, 1966; 29 x 22cm, 210pp, photos, fold-out line drgs; fine inc d/w!
Contains photos & 3-view 1/72 scale line drgs of 56 types, photos (only) of many others & comprehensive data tables. (With the rec. & bomber book, the scarcest of the series) |
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| BN: 21453 |
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| Oughton, Fred'k THE ACES - |
£15.00 |
| Spearman 1st, 1961; 390pp, 68 illus (mostly photos), appendices, good biblio; vg, good
d/w. Good collection of WW 1 flying stories. |
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| BN: 23703 |
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