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A RACE ON THE EDGE OF TIME. Radar - The Decisive Weapon of World War II.
Edition: First printing
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988. Red boards. (xii), 371 pp + photo plates. Fine in jacket.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 13754More details Price: USD $15.00 -
A THOUSAND SHALL FALL. A Pilot for 214.
Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings, 1981. Second edition (first was in 1979). Blue cloth, pictorial endpapers. (xiv), 490 pp. Numerous photos on glossy paper inserted but included in the pagination. Ink inscription to front free endpaper, minute rubbing to spine tips, corner crease to one leaf , else fine in fine jacket. Author's account as his years with the RCAF in World War II and his tour with 214 Squadron in Bomber Command. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.
Condition: Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fine, Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 13664More details Price: USD $19.00 -
A Yankee Ace in the RAF: The World War I Letters of Captain Bogart Rogers
Edition: First printing
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1996. Green cloth. pp (x), 264, [6]. Photos, maps, index. Ink owner name at front, else fine in fine jacket.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 43883More details Price: USD $25.00 -
AEROPLANES AND DIRIGIBLES OF WAR
McLean, Virginia: IndyPublish, 2001. Blue boards. pp 145. Ink owner name, very nearly fine otherwise.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 48761More details Price: USD $24.95 -
Air Aces: The Lives and Times of Twelve Canadian Fighter Pilots
Edition: First printing
Toronto: James Lorimer, 1990. The paper issue. pp (6), 234. Ace list, glossary, notes, bibliography. Text paper a bit toned, as always, else fine.
Condition: Binding: Trade Paperback
Book ID: 44988More details Price: USD $7.95 -
ALBATROS ACES OF WORLD WAR I
Botley, Oxford: Osprey, 2007. 7th printing. Card covers. pp 99. Colour and b&w illustrations, index. Ink owner name, else fine.
Condition: Binding: Softcover
Book ID: 48704More details Price: USD $12.95 -
ALBATROSS ACES OF WORLD WAR I. Part 2
Botley, Oxford: Osprey, 2008. Second printing. Quarto, glossy card covers. Colour illustrations, b&w photos. Ink owner name at front, else fine.
Condition: Binding: Softcover
Book ID: 43949More details Price: USD $15.00 -
Allied Aviation of World War I: A Pictorial History of Allied Aviators and Aircraft of the Great War
Edition: First printing
Botley, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2000. Glossy card covers, pp 96, many photos, index. Osprey Aviation Pioneers 5. Ink owner name, else fine. More than a superficial treatment, typical of the excellent books from this publisher.
Condition: Binding: Softcover
Book ID: 48071More details Price: USD $13.95 -
An Illustrated History of the RAF
Godalming, Surrey, UK: Coombe Books / Quadrillion, 1999. Glossy pictorial boards. pp 320. Colour and b&w photos. Corner clip to front free endpaper, else a fine copy, no owner marks, in lightly used VG jacket. Note: 3 kg parcel, extra shipping may be required.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 48627More details Price: USD $19.95 -
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE RAF: Battle of Britain 50th anniversary edition
Godalming, Surrey, UK: Colour Library Books, 2004. 4th edition. Glossy pictorial boards. pp 320. Colour and b&w photos. Ink owner name at front, else fine in fine jacket. Note: Note: 3 kg parcel, extra shipping may be required.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 48628More details Price: USD $19.95 -
ANDRÉE'S STORY: The complete record of his polar flight, 1897...Translated from the Swedish by Edward Adams-Ray
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 30072More details Price: USD $27.95 -
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ACES OF WORLD WAR I
Edition: First printing
Botley, Oxford: Osprey, 2001. Quarto, glossy card covers. Colour illustrations, b&w photos. Ink owner name at front, else fine.
Condition: Binding: Softcover
Book ID: 43950More details Price: USD $15.00 -
BALLOON-BUSTING ACES OF WORLD WAR I
Edition: First printing
Botley, Oxford: Osprey, 2005. Quarto, card covers, pp 96, illustrations in colour and b&w. Ink owner name at date at front, else fine.
Condition: Binding: Softcover
Book ID: 45463More details Price: USD $13.95 -
Barker VC: William Barker, Canada's Most Decorated War Hero
Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1998. Glossy card covers. pp (xii), 308 + plates. Extensive bibliography, index. Ink owner name at front, else fine. William Barker, the great Canadian air ace of WWI, had 50 victories and most of the medals a man could win in air combat.
Condition: Binding: Trade Paperback
Book ID: 44487More details Price: USD $14.95 -
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF AIR WARFARE (The Influence of Air Power on Sea and Land Strategy). By Squadron-Leader [pseud.]
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 30107More details Price: USD $150.00 -
Behind the Glory
Edition: First printing
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 53140More details Price: USD $18.95 -
BEHIND THE SMOKE SCREEN. With a Preface by Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton.
Edition: First Edition
London: Faber, 1934. Black cloth. (xvi), 352 pp. Library discard, with call numers to lower spine, book plate and small ink marks to endpapers, slight evidence of removed pouch at rear; 1/4 inch tear to head of spine; else a VG clean, tight and unworn jacketless copy. Groves was formerly Director of Flying Operations at the Air Ministry and British Air Representative at the Peace Conference following WWI. He issues a warning to Britain to keep her air defenses up.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 19191More details Price: USD $15.00 -
Biplanes, triplanes and seaplanes. The aviation factfile
Edition: First Edition
Hoo, England: Grange Books, 2004. Glossy pictorial boards. pp 256; index, colour and b&w illustrations. Ink owner name at front, else fine. Jacket has a crease to front flap, else fine. 2 kg parcel
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 48701More details Price: USD $19.95 -
BLACKBURN AIRCRAFT SINCE 1909.
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989. Second edition, revised. Blue boards. (xii), 571 pp. Numerous photos and diagrams, index. Fine in VG+ jacket, no previous owner marks. "This is the absorbing story of a great Yorkshire enterprise, beginning in 198 0 when young Robert Blackburn, inspired by the exploits of famous French aviators, designed his first aeroplane in Paris. Tried out on the Yorkshire coast in 1909, it was ancestor to a long line of Blackburn aircraft designed and built on Humberside during more than half a century...First published in 1968 Blackburn Aircraft since 1909 has been revised to bring fully up to date the continuing story of the Beverley and Buccaneer." - jacket. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra postage may be required.
Condition: Book: Fine, Dust Jacket: Near fine, Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 19618More details Price: USD $60.00 -
Bomber Harris: His Life and Times: The Biography of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 2001. Black boards. pp 432 + plates; indexed. Fine in VG+ jacket.
Condition: Binding: Hardcover
Book ID: 47651More details Price: USD $19.95