| 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. | ||
| BN: 23783 | ||
| Price, Alfred WORLD WAR II FIGHTER CONFLICT - | £9.00 | |
| 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. | ||
| BN: 24611 | ||
| Price, Alfred SPITFIRE - A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY - | £15.00 | |
| 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. | ||
| BN: 22404 | ||
| Price, Alfred BATTLE OF BRITAIN; THE HARDEST DAY - 18 August 1940. | £12.00 | |
| McD & J 1st, 1979; 223pp, photos and maps; near fine inc d/w; Comprehensive appendices on aircraft strengths & locations etc on the day. | ||
| BN: 22402 | ||
| Price, Alfred AIRCRAFT VERSUS SUBMARINE - The evolution of the anti-submarine aircraft, 1912 to 1980. | £16.00 | |
| 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. | ||
| BN: 22400 |
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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. Also card-cover edn, nr fine - £12. | |
| BN: 25244 |
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RCAF Historical Section THE RCAF OVERSEAS - the first four years. O.U.P. 1944; 376pp, many photos, appendices (orders, decorations, medals); vg except title page replaced with photo-copy; rather scarce in UK , ;ex-library with a few stamps, o/w clean inside, worn cloth (no d/w) £24 |
£24.00 | |
| BN: 27398 | ||
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Ramsey, Winston. G (ed'r) THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - THEN AND NOW - |
£30.00 | |
| 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 | ||
| BN: 22406 | ||
| Rawnsley C.F. & Robert Wright NIGHT FIGHTER - | £12.00 | |
| Collins 1st, 1957 (2nd Imp); 382pp, 6 illus, map; vg except one corner crushed. 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, later, a successful author. | ||
| BN: 22408 | ||
| Raymond,Sqdn Ldr R. & Sqdn Ldr David Langdon (Ed'rs) SLIPSTREAM - a Royal Air Force anthology. | £9.50 | |
| 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. | ||
| BN: 22409 | ||
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Reid,John P.M. SOME OF THE FEW - (portraits by Cuthbert Orde) Macdonald 1st, 1960; 19 x 13cm, 60pp, 25 Orde portraits; fine. |
£15.00 | |
| Book of fine portraits, now becoming scarce. | ||
| BN: 21767 | ||
| Richards, Denis & Hilary St G. Saunders ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945 - | £42.00 | |
| 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 Special boxed de Luxe set - fine - £49.50 Also same de Luxe set without box - £45 | ||
| BN: 22410 | ||
| Richardson,Anthony WINGLESS VICTORY - the story of Sir Basil Embry's escape from occupied France in the Summer of 1940 | £7.50 | |
| Odhams 1st, 1950; 256pp, 10 illus; vg, fair d/w.Also - Book club (cheap reading copy) - good-vg - £3. | ||
| BN: 22054 | ||
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Richarz, Perry & Robinson (Members of the Group, 1943-1945) THE 390th BOMB GROUP ANTHOLOGY - Vol 1. 390th Memorial Museum, 1983; No 135 of a deluxe edn limited to 500; 306pp, col frontis, many photos in text, fine, vg d/w (Signed by Col J A Moller, former commander.) |
£45.00 | |
| Scarce in this form and a desirable companion to the major 390th History (see UBN 30674 on this site) | ||
| BN: 31280 | ||
| Richey, Wg Cdr Paul FIGHTER PILOT - A personal record of the campaign in France, Sept 8th 1939 to June 13th 1940. | £12.00 | |
| 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. | ||
| BN: 22411 | ||
| Rickenbacker, Capt Edward V. SEVEN CAME THROUGH - Rickenbacker's full story. | £14.00 | |
| 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. | ||
| BN: 24632 |