208 résultats
4to., Second Impression, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) throughout, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent and very well-illustrated survey. Published a year after the first edition.
8vo., First Edition thus, with 29 plates on 16 and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. One of the best overall histories of the battle, first published in Paris in 1965. Enser, p.57.
8vo., with plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the best overall histories of the battle, first published in Paris in 1965. Enser, p.57 (recording the first English edition).
8vo., with folding maps (a number coloured in outline); blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, grey endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1928. Enser, p.17 (recording the first edition).
8vo., with folding maps (a number coloured in outline); blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, grey endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrspper, the latter with closed tear on front panel. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1928. Enser, p.17 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
Sm. folio, First Edition, with over 690 illustrations in the text; pictorial cloth gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. By far the most comprehensive and detailed history of any RAF squadron yet published. The work includes schedules of commanding officers, squadron movements, ROH, aircraft deployed, aerial victories and much more. A milestone in the literature of military aviation.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, front free endpaper clipped; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Roy. 4to., with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and photographic endpapers; laminated photographic boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.128.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The standard history.
8vo., Second Impression, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. First published in 1981.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.175.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of RAF Westhampnett through the eyes of pilots based here during 1940 to 1946. Westhampnett began as an emergency landing ground growing to satellite status and ultimately an important wartime airfield in its own right.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The story of RAF Westhampnett through the eyes of pilots based here during 1940 to 1946. Westhampnett began as an emergency landing ground growing to satellite status and ultimately an important wartime airfield in its own right. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
8vo., Fifth Impression; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'propeller' motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published four months after the first edition. Arguably the finest account of the Battle of Britain by a British fighter pilot. Hillary flew Spitfires out of Hornchurch with 603 Squadron and claimed five victories before being badly burned over the North Sea. An early member of the Guinea Pig Club, he was treated by McIndoe and returned to duty, but was killed shortly after in a training accident. The work was many times reprinted, but early issues are scarce. The US title is 'Falling Through Space'. Enser, p.157
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'propeller' motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Arguably the finest account of the Battle of Britain by a British fighter pilot. Hillary flew Spitfires out of Hornchurch with 603 Squadron and claimed five victories before being badly burned over the North Sea. An early member of the Guinea Pig Club, he was treated by McIndoe and returned to duty, but was killed shortly after in a training accident. The work was many times reprinted, but early issues are scarce. The US title is 'Falling Through Space'. Enser, p.157
np. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Author's photograph on title page. Large 4to. Original cloth spine over pictorial paper boards. Binding worn, soiled with slight loss. Hardbound. AIR BOX 1
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, backstrip letterd in silver, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.377.
8vo., First Edition, with large folding chart as frontspiece and very numerous illustrations and diagrams throughout, free endpapers lightly browned at edges; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Includes operations diary and list of personnel
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and insignia in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.