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World War 1
| Robertson, Bruce SOPWITH - THE MAN AND HIS AIRCRAFT - |
£25.00 |
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| Air Review 1st, (Harleyford) 1970; 29 x 23cm, 244pp, f.illus; nr fine, chipped
d/w. Contains 3-view line drgs of 29 types, photos of these & others and much detailed history. Other copies also available. |
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| BN: 21768 |
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| Robertson, Bruce (Ed'r) & others. AIR ACES OF THE 1914-1918 WAR - |
£26.00 |
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| Harleyford 2nd (rev'd) imp, 1959; 29 x 23cm, 211pp, f.illus; near fine, vg d/w. Short biographies of many of the "aces" & aircraft photos. Cheaper copies sometimes in stock. Please enquire. |
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| BN: 23665 |
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| Robinson, Dr Douglas H. THE ZEPPELIN IN COMBAT - a history of the German Naval Airship Division, 1912-1918. |
£30.00 |
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| Foulis 2nd edn, 1966,(from 1962 1st); 417pp, 50 plates, 26 diags & charts; fine, faded & chipped
d/w. Highly recommended history. |
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| BN: 22007 |
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| "Roger Vee" (Vivian Voss) "FLYING MINNOWS" - |
£25.00 |
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| A & A.P. 2nd edn,1977 (with new preface by Voss) from J.Hamilton 1st of 1935; 320pp + appendices; 14 photos; fine, sl stained d/w; picture from front of original d/w stuck to fep; written dedication by Norman Franks to Chaz
Bowyer. Memoirs of a World War 1 fighter pilot, from training in Canada to the Front Line, 1917-18 |
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| BN: 22152 |
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| Rosher, Harold IN THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE - |
£28.00 |
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| Chatto 1st, 1916; 17 x 12cm, 149pp, 22 photos; vg (nr fine int).Letters sent by the author to his family, August 1914 to Feb 1916.Also - the scarce soft-back edn 1917, inc 3 extra letters & picture f cover; signed by A.H.Curtiss (RFC); lacking 1 plate & with ragged spine - £16. |
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| BN: 22721 |
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| Ross, John THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS BOY SERVICE -RFC-RNAS-RAF - The link is forged. |
£13.50 |
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| Regency Press 1st, 1990; 179pp, 31 photos; fine inc
d/w. One of few accounts of the Boy Service, by one of its members. |
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| BN: 29310 |
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Roustam-Bek, Lt Col. B AERIAL RUSSIA
- The Romance of the giant aeroplane: John Lane, 1916;
20 x 13cms, 154pp, 20 photos; a few pages ragged at edge, o/w vg
throughout. |
£70.00 |
| Description of Russian developments from 1909 to
early WW 1 period. ; photos of Sikorsky and other types; scarce. |
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| BN: 22199 |
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| Saunders, Hilary St George PER ARDUA - the rise of British Air Power 1911-1939 |
£15.00 |
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| OUP 1st, 1944; 356pp, 53 photos, maps; vg. Largely a good description of WW1 aviation. |
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| BN: 21662 |
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| Schroeder,Hans AN AIRMAN REMEMBERS - |
£28.00 |
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| Hamilton 1st, nd (1930s); 320pp, 30 photos; vg int, spinecloth faded & rear cloth sl
marked. Memoirs of a Russian Front observer of Flying Section 58, flying Aviatiks, 1916-17, and later as intelligence officer; Translated from German by Sykes. Also - Av. B.C. edn, nr fine, torn d/w - £17.50. |
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| BN: 22200 |
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| Seely, Rt Hon. J.E.B. FEAR, AND BE SLAIN - Adventures by Land, Sea and Air. |
£16.00 |
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| H & S, 1931 reprinted 1st; 306pp; vg ext, sl foxing & few pps
loose.. Personal memoirs including flights on staff duty, during and after WW 1. |
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| BN: 25344 |
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| Shores, Christopher, Norman Franks & Russell Guest ABOVE THE TRENCHES - The Fighter Aces & Units of the British Empire Air Forces, 1915-1920. |
£38.00 |
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| Grub St 1st, 1990; 25 x 19cm, 397pp, many photos, map; fine, vg d/w; signed dedication to Chaz Bowyer by all 3 authors & a few ink annotations (corrections?) by
C.B. Details individual careers, combat records & eventual fates of those having scored five or more victories; also a brief view of the war in the air and individual squadron histories.Also - another, fine, sl crumpled d/w -
£26. |
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| BN: 26138 |
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| Smithers,A.J. WONDER ACES OF THE AIR - the flying heroes of the great war. |
£9 |
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| Gordon & Cremonesi 1st, 1980; 212pp, 13 photos, drgs; fine, vg
d/w. An anthology of potted biographies with tinted photos. |
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| BN: 24877 |
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| Springs,Elliott White (Ed'r) WAR BIRDS - DIARY OF AN UNKNOWN AVIATOR - |
£30.00 |
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| Doran USA "large edn" 1926; 277pp, illus by Clayton Knight (plates inc 5 col, endpaper drgs & other drgs in text); vg (nr fine int, spinecloth sl
rubbed) .Diary of J.M.Grider, edited & arranged by Springs after author's
death. Also cheaper copies of various editions John Hamilton UK (1926)-
£24 and Temple Press "Classics" £7.50. |
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| BN: 22202 |
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