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8vo. First Edition with numerous plates; black cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of the best and most detailed single-volume history of the RAF in WWII. Enser p.196.
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.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and numerous maps and plans (many folding); original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With the trade ticket of Charles Wilson of Liverpool on front paste-down. The first dedicated account, necessarily fragmentary, of the handful of RAF aircraft assigned to SOE. Initially led by Fielden, the 'moon squadrons' (mainly Hudsons and Lysanders) ferried agents to and fro throughout Occupied Europe. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.401
200555417Verlag Fred Trendle, 2005. Der Luftkrieg im Südwesten 1940-1945 ca. 300 S. (30 cm) Großformat, Paperback / kartonierte Ausgabe
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).
19768957Mittler, Herford 1976. 73 S. mit mehreren Abbildungen u. 3 Karten. Ppbd. mit Schutzumschlag. Umschlag mit oben mehreren Einrissen, mit Tesafilm geklebt.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.84.
8vo., Third Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. The standard reference on the RAF 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. Verity's classic account was first published in 1978. A revised edition appeared in 1995, and this is further augmented (particularly in the detailed table of missions) here. SCARCE. Enser, p.206 (recording the first edition).
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. The standard reference on the RAF 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. Verity's classic account was first published in 1978. This revised edition, with extra notes by the author, is considerably updated (particularly in the detailed table of missions). Extremely scarce. Enser, p.206 (recording the first edition).
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.
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.
19797166Kimber, London 1979. 223 p. with several illustrations. Hardcover with dust jacket. Some spotting. Slight traces of use. Good copy.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 9 plates on 4; original photographic wrappers, a fine copy. SIGNED BY THE EDITORS ON TITLE. Includes an appendix on Typhoon variants.
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.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 53 plates on 30, endpapers lightly spotted, neat ATC Squadron stamp on front free endpaper; original backstrip lettered in red, a very good, firm, clean copy. Vividly-written and well-illustrated survey of Coastal Command's contribution to the U-boat war. VERY SCARCE. Enser p.110.
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, 10 plates on 8 and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. Published in the same month as the first edition. The earliest solid account of RN and RAF efforts. Enser, p.60; Law, 1689
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, text in Polish, coloured and monochrome photographs hroughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
