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World War 2
| Poolman, Kenneth FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY - Three planes against an air force. Kimber 1st, 1954; 200pp, 23 photos, map; near fine. |
£12.00 |
| Celebrated account of the early WW 2 defence of Malta. |
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| BN: 23783 |
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| Poolman, Kenneth ESCORT CARRIER - HMS Vindex at war. |
£16.00 |
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| L.Cooper 1st, 1983; 25 x 20cms, 216pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w.Completely different book from the 1972 title, this one describes the career of the escort carrier that carried the Swordfish of 825 Squadron which made the famous attack on the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in whch Esmonde won his VC. |
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| BN: 22397 |
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| Price, Alfred WORLD WAR II FIGHTER CONFLICT - |
£9.00 |
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| M & J 1st, 1975; 160pp, f.illus (photos, tactics diags); nr fine.A comparative study of evolution of aircraft & tactics; GB, USA, Germany, USSR, Japan, France, Italy. |
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| BN: 24611 |
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| Price, Alfred SPITFIRE - A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY - |
£15.00 |
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| McD & J 1st, 1977; 28 x 22cm, 159pp, f.illus (photos, cut-away, line drgs etc); fine, near fine d/w.Attractively illustrated review of the variants and precursors of the Spitfire. |
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| BN: 22404 |
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| Price, Alfred BATTLE OF BRITAIN; THE HARDEST DAY - 18 August 1940. |
£16.00 |
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| McD & J 1st, 1979; 223pp, photos and maps; near fine inc d/w; AUTHOR-SIGNED.Comprehensive appendices on aircraft strengths & locations etc on the day. Also another, without signature-
£12. |
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| BN: 22402 |
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| Price, Alfred AIRCRAFT VERSUS SUBMARINE - The evolution of the anti-submarine aircraft, 1912 to 1980. |
£16.00 |
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| Jane's 2nd, 1980 from 1973 1st; 272pp, 74 photos, diags; fine inc d/w.History of the use of aircraft to hunt submarines, from WW 1 to the Nimrod.Also 1st, 1973; fine, nr fine d/w - £16. |
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| BN: 22400 |
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| Price,Alfred BATTLE OVER THE REICH - |
£13.50 |
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| Ian Allan 1st, 1973; 208pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w.From the point of view of the German, British and American participants. |
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| BN: 21093 |
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Quill, Jeffrey BIRTH OF A LEGEND: THE
SPITFIRE - Quiller Press 1st, 1986; 26 x 19cm, 160pp,
f.illus (photos, col & line drgs), specifications; near fine inc
d/w. |
£17.50 |
| Mainly a design study inc history of the Spitfire's
progenitors.; amusing foreword by A.v-M."Johnny" Johnson.
Also another, fine but without d/w - £14. |
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| BN: 25244 |
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Ramsey, Winston. G (ed'r) THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - THEN
AND NOW - |
£30.00 |
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| After the Battle 1st, 1980; 31 x 22cm, 718pp, f.illus; fine inc d/w.
Massive, detailed record including details of individul aircraft, aircrew and airfields.
Also - Mk V (reprinted 1996); fine inc d/w in fine slipcase - (new price £59,50) - £47-50 |
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| BN: 22406 |
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| Rawnsley C.F. & Robert Wright
NIGHT FIGHTER - |
£16.00 |
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| Collins 1st, 1957 (2nd Imp); 382pp, 6 illus, map; fine inc d/w.
Earliest, & one of the best, books on the WW 2 night-fighters. Rawnsley was navigator to John Cunningham & Wright was also for a time a radar navigator as well as, ;ater, a successful author. |
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| BN: 22408 |
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| Raymond,Sqdn Ldr R. & Sqdn Ldr David Langdon (Ed'rs) SLIPSTREAM - a Royal Air Force anthology. |
£9.50 |
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| Eyre & Spottiswoode 1st, 1946; 260pp, 9 illus;
vg, v torn d/w.; Contains 60 stories by the editors & over 30 by other authors - all descriptions of RAF action. |
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| BN: 22409 |
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| Redding, Major J.M. & Major H.I.Leyshon SKYWAYS TO BERLIN - With the American Flyers in England. |
£15.00 |
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| Hutchinson 1st (UK) c1943; 19 x 13cm, 124pp, 20 photos; vg, good d/w.Fairly scarce account of the early USAF operations. |
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| BN: 23814 |
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| Richards, Denis & Hilary St G. Saunders ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945 - |
£42.00 |
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| HMSO 1sts, 1953/54; complete 3-vol. set; "The Fight at Odds", "The Fight avails" & "The Fight is won"; total 1,286pp, photos, fold-out maps, appendices; all vg with owner's plates & good d/ws.The official account - an important reference work. Also - cheaper sets and some individual vols usually available inc boxed soft-cover set, vg -
£24. Also (just in) Special boxed de Luxe set - fine
- £49.50 |
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| BN: 22410 |
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| Richardson,Anthony WINGLESS VICTORY - the story of Sir Basil Embry's escape from occupied France in the Summer of 1940 |
£7.50 |
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| Odhams 1st, 1950; 256pp, 10 illus; vg, fair d/w.Also - Book club (cheap reading copy) - good-vg - £3. |
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| BN: 22054 |
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| Richey, Wg Cdr Paul FIGHTER PILOT - A personal record of the campaign in France, Sept 8th 1939 to June 13th 1940. |
£12.00 |
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| Batsford reprinted 1st, 1941; 122pp, 25 photos; vg, torn d/w.The classic of early WW 2 in France, inc. much on 73 Squadron & "Cobber" Kain. Other edns also available inc Jane's 1980 (with extra photos); fine, vg d/w -
£11.50. |
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| BN: 22411 |
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| Rickenbacker, Capt Edward V. SEVEN CAME THROUGH - Rickenbacker's full story. |
£14.00 |
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| Doubleday, Doran 1st, 1943; 21 x 15cm, 118pp, 18 photos; vg, torn d/w.WW 2 career including forced landing in the Pacific, rescue & message to America. |
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| BN: 24632 |
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