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"Auspex" VICTORY FROM THE AIR - Bles 1st, 1941; 234pp; near fine. |
£15.00 |
| The build-up of aircraft production on all sides & the strategies adopted in early days of the air war. | |
| BN: 21517 | |
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"Herbert, Flight Lieutenant" (Janusz Merszmer) G FOR GENEVIEVE - Polish Book Depot, 1944; edn; 254pp; fine.vg (spinecloth faded, small stains inside f cover) |
£12.50 |
| Narrative description based on author's experiences & those of other members of the Polish Air Force Squadrons. | |
| BN: 23828 | |
| "Raff" (Bill Cooper) BEHIND THE SPITFIRES - | £15.00 |
| Methuen 1st 1941; 19 x 13cm, 106pp, cartoons; vg.Rather scarce book of RAF humour. | |
| BN: 24623 |
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Adam, Wg Cdr Ronald ("Blake") READINESS AT DAWN - the veil lifted from a fighter station's operations room. Gollancz 1st 1941; 144pp, 16 photos; vg inc d/w. |
£18.00 |
| By ex-RFC Camel pilot in WW 2 ops rooms; characters imaginary, incidents based on fact. | |
| BN: 28759 | |
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Adam, Wg Cdr Ronald (Blake) WE RENDEZVOUS AT TEN - Gollancz 1st 1942; 160pp, 16 photos; nr fine, good d/w |
£25.00 |
| Fighter pilot stories; characters imaginary, incidents based on fact. | |
| BN: 22041 | |
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Adam, Wg Cdr Ronald ("Blake") TO YOU THE TORCH - Fortune Press 1st, c1943; 19 x 13cm, 141pp; vg. (no d/w) |
£35.00 |
| Rare 1942 war diary written in a personal, philosophical way. | |
| BN: 31640 | |
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Adams, Geoffrey Pharaoh NO TIME FOR GEISHAS - Journeys of a Far East Rrisoner of War. Leo Cooper 1st, 1873; 217pp, 18 photos, 2 maps; near fine inc d/w, Author signed presentation to Sir Douglas Bader "to a distinguished ex-kriegie from an unknown ex-Furyho - the bursar of Uplands School." (provenance reliable - book was purchased by me with a small collection of other books from the Bader family from a reliable dealer) |
£65.00 |
| Interesting connection with Bader. | |
| BN: 31645 | |
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Allen H.R. BATTLE FOR BRITAIN - The recollections of H.R. "Dizzy" Allen DFC A Barker 1st, 1973; 175pp, 17 photos; fine, sl chipped d/w. |
£22.00 |
| Squadron Commander at 21 years old, the author commanded several other squadrons, continued from Spitfires to Meteors - post-war was a Queen's Messenger flying the world as passenger. | |
| BN: 31648 | |
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Allen H.R. WHO WON THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN? - Barker 1st, 1974; 196pp; fine, vg d/w. |
£20.00 |
| An analysis by one of the participants, dealing with some of the controversies. | |
| BN: 28809 | |
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Allison, Les CANADIANS IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE - Author published, Canada, 1978; 28 x 22cm, 225pp, f.illus (photos, maps); fine, vg d/w; AUTHOR-SIGNED (unproven signature) |
£55.00 |
| Half of the book is a list, with details, of the Canadians who served. | |
| BN: 31647 | |
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Anderson, Col. Clarence E. ("Bud") & J.P.Hamelin TO FLY AND FIGHT - Memoirs of a triple Ace. Pacific Military History 1990; 307pp, 37 photos; fine inc d/w (SIGNED BY AUTHOR. |
£65.00 |
| Graphic description of the American bomber and fighter war. | |
| BN: 31304 | |
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Anthony, Gordon (with biographical notes by J Macadam AIR ACES - Home & van Thal, 1944; 24 x 19cm, 40pp of text plus 32 full-page plates; vg, good d/w |
£25.00 |
| collection of photographic studies of leading British & Commonwealth air aces and RAF leaders. | |
| BN: 23467 | |
| Arct, Sqn Ldr B. PRISONER OF WAR - my secret journal. | £14.00 |
| Webb & Bower, 1988; 24 x 18cm, 153pp, cartoons, maps & sketches (mostly col); fine inc d/w.Most artistic and attractive product of the author's time in Stalag Luft 1, Germany, 1944-5. | |
| BN: 30053 | |
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Astor, Gerald THE MIGHTY EIGHTH - "The air war in Europe as told by the men who fought it." D I Fine Books USA, 1997; 464pp, 49 photos, map; fine inc d/w. |
£25.00 |
| BN: 31303 | |
| Austin A.B. FIGHTER COMMAND - | £9.50 |
| Gollancz 1st, 1941; 248pp, 8 illus; vg.Story from outbreak of war to May 1941. | |
| BN: 21243 | |
| Ayling, Keith THEY FLY FOR VICTORY - | £16.00 |
| Nelson USA 1943; 22 x 15cm, 215pp, vg drgs in text by G.Congdon; vg (nr fine int).First third of the book full of anecdotes from aviation up to WW 2; remainder WW 2 stories. Interesting American view from early in the US war; scarce in UK. | |
| BN: 23369 | |
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Ayling, Keith COMBAT AVIATION - Military Service Pub Co, USA, 1943; 20 x 12cm, 254pp, photos, map; vg int, spine worn & faded. |
£12.00 |
| Some accounts of RAF experience early in WW 2 and some theories on how it should be done. | |
| BN: 31325 |
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Bacon Adm. Sir Reginald, Maj Gen Fuller & A-M Sir Patrick Playfair WARFARE TODAY - how modern battles are fought on land, at sea & in the air. Odhams c1944; 256pp, f.illus; vg |
£6.50 |
| . almost half on the war in the air. | |
| BN: 22037 | |
| Bader,Gp Capt Douglas FIGHT FOR THE SKY - the story of the Spitfire & Hurricane. | £11.50 |
| BCA from S & J 1st, 1973; 25 x 19cm, 192pp, f.illus (some col); fine, near fine d/w. | |
| BN: 23182 | |
| Bailey, Jim THE SKY SUSPENDED - | £10.00 |
| H & S, nd; 166pp; fine, vg d/w. Born in the UK of South African parents, the author examines the experiences & feelings of his fighter pilot career. (This was first published in 1964 with the title "Eskimo Nell" Also - Bloomsbury edn, 1990; fine, near fine d/w - £15 | |
| BN: 25883 | |
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Bailey J.R. ESKIMO NELL - Timmins 1st, 1964; 166pp, good-vg (f cover sl damaged at base) ragged d/w. |
£15.00 |
| The original of the later-published "The Sky Suspended" | |
| BN: 31643 | |
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Baker E.C.R. THE FIGHTER ACES OF THE RAF, 1939-1945 - Kimber 1st, 1962; 24 x 16cm, 208pp, 46 photos; fine, vg d/w. |
£30.00 |
| Includes many portrait photos. | |
| BN: 23175 | |
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Balchen, Bernt, Corey Ford & Oliver Lafarge WAR BELOW ZERO - the battle for Greenland. Houghton Mifflin USA 1st, `944; 20 x 13cm, 127pp, 13 photos, col picture endpapers; vg, remains of d/w. |
£15.00 |
| Includes the destruction of a weather station made pre-war and the rescue of the crew of a crashed Fortress which was being ferried. | |
| BN: 31641 | |
| Banks, Arthur WINGS OF THE DAWNING - the battle for the Indian Ocean 1939-1945. | £16.00 |
| Martin & Redman, 1997 (from Images 1st of 1996); 416pp, photos, drgs & maps in text, extensive notes & biblio; near fine, vg d/w. | |
| BN: 29016 | |
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Barclay, George FIGHTER PILOT - a self portrait. Kimber 1st, 1976; 224pp, 43 photos, 3 maps; fine, nr fine inc d/w. |
£18.00 |
| A volunteer reservist, the author flew in the Battle of Britain, evaded capture in France, was given command of a Squadron on the Middle East & was killed leading his squadron in July 1942. | |
| BN: 27363 | |
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Barker, Ralph STRIKE HARD, STRIKE SURE - Epics of the Bombers. Chatto 1st, 1963; 210pp, 16 photos, maps; nr fine inc d/w.(ex my collection) |
£19.50 |
| Accounts include those of Hughie Edwards, Guy Gibson & Charles Pickard. | |
| BN: 24033 | |
| Barker, Ralph THE THOUSAND PLAN - The story of the first thousand bomber raid on Cologne. | £12.00 |
| Chatto 1st, 1965; 260pp, 15 photos; vg. | |
| BN: 23512 | |
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Barker, Ralph THE HURRICATS - Pelham Books 1st, 1978; 207pp, 21 photos, maps, cartoon; fine inc d/w |
£17.50 |
| Story of the Hurricanes carried on merchant ships, to be catapulted to oppose the FW Condors. | |
| BN: 23747 | |
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Barker, Ralph THAT ETERNAL SUMMER - unknown stories from the Battle of Britain Collins 1st, 1990; 241pp, 20 photos, map; fine inc d/w |
£18.00 |
| 31637 | |
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Barnes, Derek Gilpin CLOUD COVER - Recollections of an Intelligence Officer. Rich & Cowan 1st, 1943; 176pp, reproductions of pictures by A.K.Lawrence; vg, sl damaged d/w . Author presentation copy dedicated and signed. |
£40.00 |
| Memories of many of the pilots the author knew. | |
| 23520 |