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8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16 and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. With personal armorial bookplate mounted on half-title. The original edition of this long-awaited standard reference on the special squadrons that delivered and collected SOE and other agents. Bases included Tangmere and Tempsford; aircraft included Ansons, Hudsons and the immortal Lysander. Includes detailed summary of operations and much other statistical data. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.206.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 3 large folding charts at end; strongly bound in full navy buckram, upper board with printed paper label, a near fine copy. Printing code: 65-37719. Often known as 'Dowding's Despatch', this supplement reprints the official report submitted to the Secretary of State for Air by Lord Dowding (Air Officer Commanding Fighter Command) on 20 August 1941. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19194718United Kingdom: Royal Air Force 1919. Octavo staple-bound printed wrappers iv 58 pp. frontispiece 19 black-and-white plates some tables included. Front cover is loose front and back covers have tape marks and are worn front cover has a "M' carved into it lower part of title page is torn with minor loss of text leaf edges a little worn light-to-medium foxing throughout; otherwise a good copy. Release by the Royal Air Force in 1919 this handbook expands on the information contained in a set of Instructional Notes on the Lewis Gun which was used for training by the RAF during the previous year. Illustrated with numerous photographs the information within covers all aspect of the Lewis Gun including general information how to strip and reassemble the gun care and cleaning repair and maintenance and testing and tuning. A rare find in itself this particular copy was owned by J. Pritchard a pilot who served during World War One.</p> <p>Along with the titles the following text also printed on the cover: "For official use only. F.S. Publication 114. N.B. Heavy Type except in regards to titles applies to GROUND GUN only." The signature of J. Pritchard appears on the cover and title page. Pritchard was a pilot in World War One. Royal Air Force unknown
19454956London: Royal Air Force 1945. Set of 12 issues of one volume octavo staple-bound illustrated printed wrappers total of 316 pp. illustrated throughout with black-and-white cartoons and drawings. Little bit of wear on spines some staples a little rusty very light browning of leaves throughout as is common to publications of the period slight variance in colour of covers some show slight fading Issues 1 and 6 have a small white rub-mark on the top-right corner of the cover without loss of text; otherwise a near-fine set with clean and crisp text. First edition. </p> <p>The Tee Emm series of training memoranda also known as "pilots' notes" was created in April 1941 by the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force to aid air personal in the difficult days of World War Two. Intended for official use only the issues contain highly useful information told in an amusing way and accompanied by cartoons and comical drawings. The character of Pilot Officer Prune is featured throughout often demonstrating or reiterating the sometimes life-saving tips covered by the contributors. This set is from the last year the notes where released and Issue No. 12 dated March 1946 is the final issue in the series. Royal Air Force unknown
19444955London: Royal Air Force 1944. Set of 12 issues of one volume octavo staple-bound illustrated printed wrappers total of 304 pp. illustrated throughout with black-and-white cartoons and drawings. Little bit of wear on spines some staples a little rusty very light browning of leaves throughout as is common to publications of the period slight variance in colour of covers some show slight fading Issues 3 5 and 9 have a small white rub-mark on the top-right corner of the cover without loss of text Issue 4 has "200" written on the back cover in red pencil; otherwise a near-fine set with clean and crisp text. First edition. </p> <p>The Tee Emm series of training memoranda also known as "pilots' notes" was created in April 1941 by the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force to aid air personal in the difficult days of World War Two. Intended for official use only the issues contain highly useful information told in an amusing way and accompanied by cartoons and comical drawings. The character of Pilot Officer Prune is featured throughout often demonstrating or reiterating the sometimes life-saving tips covered by the contributors. Royal Air Force unknown
19434954London: Royal Air Force 1943. Set of 12 issues of one volume octavo staple-bound illustrated printed wrappers total of 302 pp. illustrated throughout with black-and-white cartoons and drawings. Little bit of wear on spines some staples a little rusty very light browning of leaves throughout as is common to publications of the period slight variance in colour of covers some show slight fading; otherwise a near-fine set with clean and crisp text. First edition. </p> <p>The Tee Emm series of training memoranda also known as "pilots' notes" was created in April 1941 by the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force to aid air personal in the difficult days of World War Two. Intended for official use only the issues contain highly useful information told in an amusing way and accompanied by cartoons and comical drawings. The character of Pilot Officer Prune is featured throughout often demonstrating or reiterating the sometimes life-saving tips covered by the contributors. Royal Air Force unknown
1970143811London: Royal Air Force Ministry of Defence 1970. xv 234 pp. Octavo. Original gold-coloured cloth boards. Black lettering on spine and title. Former Aerospace Museum library title. Stamps on the front paste down and title page. Otherwise a tight clean copy. Signed by Lieutenant Dunnett on the title page. Illustrated with 22 photographs and a map on the frontispiece. This was a restricted title when it was published outlining the threat of communism that arose in Malaysia as it related to the Royal Air Force and the Ministry of Defense. The volume outlines the background of the emergency reviewing the opposing forces and the organizational operations of the air forces in Malaysia. Chapters also detail diverse topics such as the planning and initiation of supply drops the role of helicopters and the psychological warfare propaganda campaign. Photographic reconnaissance was also used and the intelligence aspect of the air campaign is also reviewed. This seems to be a rare title and it documents a fascinating chapter in history from the perspective of the Royal Air Force. 1970 Royal Air Force | Ministry of Defence hardcover
19437866Terrell TX: British Flying Training Sch c. 1943. fair. Quarto c. 75 profusely illus. boards weak shaken some soiling to text boards and spine somewhat scuffed and some wear to edges. British Flying Training Sch hardcover
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with photographs, maps and tables (several full-page) in the text; original pictorial boards, a fine copy. The first detailed study of the heroic if (predominantly) ill-fated air supply missions to 1 Airborne at Arnhem. Includes aircraft and squadron profiles, navigational aids, record of containers, panniers and parachutes with list of stores dropped, detailed register of aircraft with fates and crews, and ROH. A notable achievement and a valuable addition to the growing recent literature of Arnhem. ALREADY VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured maps; original blue cloth gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. Publication AP 3231. Restricted official history. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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.
19531881London: HMSO 1953. Octavo later green cloth with gilt spine lettering original printed wrappers bound in; 868 pp. Spine end slightly bumped neat tape repair to the front wrapper previous owner's details small tear visible on second leaf with no loss of text a few pages dog-eared. Overall a very good copy. An extensive list of officers and agents working for the Air Force in 1953. HMSO unknown
4to., Third Impression, with many hundreds of photographs and detailed drawings in the text, and fine coloured pictorial endpapers illustrating 140 variants of the aircraft; terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Morgan and Shacklady's definitive history of the most famous fighter in aviation history was first published in 1987. It constitutes a massive bank of information, including rare photographs, detailed technical drawings and operational data on more than 22,500 individual aircraft. This is the revised edition, incorporating much of the additional material that has subsequently become available.
19375810London. Royal Air Force Display Committee. 1937. Pictorial wrappers. 8vo. Fabulously illustrated with colour and monochrome photographs drawings and smashing period advertising. A stunning collection of High Art Deco aviation related advertising much in colour highlights this documentation of 1937 State -of-the- Art aviation. Exceptional ads for Spitfires Glosters etc. make this an item to be relished by any collector. Some minor soiling to white covers else a Fine copy. Lovely. Royal Air Force Display Committee. unknown
19375810London. Royal Air Force Display Committee. 1937. Pictorial wrappers. 8vo. Fabulously illustrated with colour and monochrome photographs drawings and smashing period advertising. A stunning collection of High Art Deco aviation related advertising much in colour highlights this documentation of 1937 State -of-the- Art aviation. Exceptional ads for Spitfires Glosters etc. make this an item to be relished by any collector. Some minor soiling to white covers else a Fine copy. Lovely. Royal Air Force Display Committee. unknown books
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout, chapters with thumb-tabs, neat contemporary signature on front cover, a few wartime anntations; original blue boards printed in black, backstrip rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Publication code: A.P. 1795. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition thus, text in red, blue and black; brown cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 2500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 152) WITH PRINTED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND LIMITATION MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Robert [Roland] Stanford Tuck needs no introduction here; as one of the of the leading fighter aces of the Battle of Britain he achieved 29 confirmed victories. This high quality facsimile covers the period October 1935 (initial training in Avro Tutors) to 1954 (as Chief Test Pilot on the EEC Canberra).
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and captioned guard, 21 plates (a number in photogravure) all with captioned guards, 5 maps and plans, 7 illustrations and 8 full-page pedigrees in the text, and endpaper maps, neat signature on front free endpaper; original cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, gilt top, covers moderately age-faded (but all gilt entirely legible) else a very good, bright, clean copy. One of the scarcest and most detailed Buckinghamshire parish histories
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16 and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The original edition of this long-awaited standard reference on the special squadrons that delivered and collected SOE and other agents. Bases included Tangmere and Tempsford; aircraft included Ansons, Hudsons and the immortal Lysander. Includes detailed summary of operations and much other statistical data. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.206.
192350446London: Royal Air Force 1923. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Edition not known of this 1923 printing not known. In good dark red cloth boards with blind stamped ruled lines on corners and side of back strip gilt titles to front and spine. The covers are firm straight and quite clean. From centre of end papers dark red tape has been used in the past to reinforce. The ends of back strip are bumped and frayed. Lightly tanned and foxed end papers. Tanned cut edges. The text block is in very good condition - tightly bound straight and not tanned or marked apart from very light foxing on prelims and last text pages. With numerous b/w illustrations figures and photos. Title pages loose. No inscriptions etc. Very rare. <br/> <br/> Royal Air Force hardcover
193591756London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. 1935 In-4. Reliure éditeur pleine toile bleue, report du titre en lettres argent sur le dos et le premier plat, LV-772 pp., illustrations en noir & blanc, plans , scémas. Dos passé, sinon bon exemplaire d’un ouvrage peu courant.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 53 plates on 30, endpapers lightly spotted; original backstrip lettered in red, a good, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-marked and creased and frayed (without significant loss) at edges. Vividly-written and well-illustrated survey of Coastal Command's contribution to the U-boat war. Very scarce. Enser, p.110.
2012210783Casemate Publishers, 2012.
19504033London: Waterflow & Sons 1950. Folio soft cover 82 pp. foreword and frontispiece. Foxing of soft cover and minor foxing internally otherwise a fine copy. This is the memorial book documenting the ceremony and procession that took place on the 8th November 1949 at the Airmen's chapel of St Michael in Lincoln Cathedral for those aircrew that were lost in operational missions during World War Two. The Honour Roll for groups 1 and 5 contain over twenty-one thousand names rank name unit and date. Each memorial book contains a foreword by Air Marshal Sir Aubrey Ellwood K.C.B. D.S.C. Air Officer Commanding in Chief Bomber Command R.A.F. Waterflow & Sons unknown
19504034London: Waterflow & Sons 1950. Folio soft cover 106 pp. foreword and frontispiece. Some foxing of soft-cover and minor foxing internally otherwise a fine copy. This is the memorial book documenting the ceremony and procession that took place on the 8th November 1949 at the Airmen's chapel of St Michael in Lincoln Cathedral for those aircrew that were lost in operational missions during World War Two. The Honour Roll for groups 1 and 5 contain over twenty-one thousand names rank name unit and date. Each memorial book contains a foreword by Air Marshal Sir Aubrey Ellwood K.C.B. D.S.C. Air Officer Commanding in Chief Bomber Command R.A.F. Waterflow & Sons unknown