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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
193253034Hendon: R.A.F. Station 1932. Small 4to pp. 68; illustrated throughout including one by Rex Whistler; original pictorial color wrappers with color adverts on the inside; tear at the top of the front wrap no loss; very good. With complete schedule of events and details on each citing plane types engine types pilots etc. <br/><br/> R.A.F. Station unknown books
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
183399London: The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund 1995. It was the crews of Bomber Command who carried our message of defiance into the very heartland of the enemy First edition number 202 of 401 copies signed by the four members of the creative team on the mounted authentication leaf. This magnificent volume contains 25 silhouettes of Bomber Command personnel from Britain Canada and Australia all signed by the sitter and the artist Michael Pierce. Each portrait is accompanied by a biography photographs of memorabilia and facsimiles of handwritten accounts. The creative team included the aviation historian Bill Gunston editor who compiled the biographies in collaboration with the former RAF pilot John Golley and Air Vice Marshal Frederick "Freddie" Charles Hurrell the director of appeals for the RAF Benevolent Fund. The fund's president HRH The Duke of Kent contributed the preface. So Many and its predecessor So Few raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for the charity and were republished in popular editions by W. H. Smith. Folio. With 25 coloured silhouettes on card leaves tipped-in and tissue-guarded as issued signed by the subject and artist and with artist's embossed stamp; "Supporting Cast" silhouette tipped to p. 265 as issued illustrations and facsimiles some colour in text. Original blue crushed morocco over bevelled boards raised bands to spines within gilt rules title to second compartment in gilt front cover lettered in gilt inset bronze bas relief pilot bust by James Butler RA marbled endpapers edges gilt blue bookmarker. Housed in original blue cloth solander box front cover lettered in gilt moiré silk lining. Lacking original prospectus normally housed in pouch of solander box. A few bumps and marks to box else a fine copy. hardcover
1971104059R. A. F. Regiment Fund. 1971. R. A. F. Regiment Fund. 1971. Second edition. Hardback NO DW. Illustrated and with colour frontis. 4to. Blue cloth boards with gilt to upper. Spine is blank and sunned with some sunning to upper board. Contents clean. hardcover
1942192642London: The Amalgamated Press Limited 1942. The copies of Churchill's "accepted star of the Royal Air Force" Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal's specially bound copies of these two introductions to the RAF for which he wrote forewords in his capacity as Chief of the Air Staff. "The opinions entertained of Portal's ability by his wartime colleagues were extraordinarily high. Eisenhower while president told Lord Plowden that he regarded Portal as the greatest British war leader 'greater even than Churchill'" ODNB. Portal was appointed head of the service in October 1940. "The 'accepted star of the Royal Air Force' as Churchill described him he drove himself relentlessly throughout the rest of the war. His leadership was never remotely challenged" ODNB and he was a staunch advocate of the Europe-focused strategy that eventually brought victory. He was promoted to Marshal of the Royal Air Force in January 1944. The Book of the W.A.A.F. is a first edition and the ABC is a new edition expanded from the first of 1941. Both remained in the Portal family until 2026. Two works octavo c. 195 x 130 mm. Frontispieces 1 colour 8 colour plates illustrations in text. Specially bound in contemporary blue pebble-grain cloth gilt badge of RAF on front covers front cover of ABC additionally lettered and with Portal's initials all in gilt blue linen endpapers edges gilt W.A.A.F. with original wrappers bound in. A little rubbing and sunning rear free endpaper of W.A.A.F. affixed to pastedown at bottom right corner by gilding process: well-preserved copies. hardcover
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
191710017U.K.: F.S. Publication 1917. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good Minus/No Dust Jacket. Issued by The Air Council The Air Council was formed in 1917 and disbanded in 1964 in the U.K. The book has no date but likely pre W.W.I. The F.S. Publication 117 issue. There are some illustrations in the 33 pp. Card stock for covers with staple no marks. <br/><br/> F.S. Publication paperback
1935327569.Gperfect. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1969085021N: R.A.F. Regiment Fund 1969. A short history of the Royal Air Force Regiment from 1942 to 1970 with a brief account of the approach to the problems of airfield defence in the Royal Air Force from 1918 until the formation of its own airfield defence corps in 1942. Pp. 70 coloured frontispiece black & white text illustrations annexes; small cr. 4to; corners of boards a trifle bruised; free endpapers slightly tape marked; R.A.F. Regiment Fund 19691970. Loosely inserted is the with compliments sheet of the Custodian of The Royal Air Force Regiment Museum. R.A.F. Regiment Fund 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
67660London Adam & Charles Black 1942. 4° 16 S. Text u. 111 Abb. a. ca. 30 Taf. OLwd. Rücken etw. beschienen Deckel lichtrandig Vs. min. stockfl.; gutes Ex. EA. Zahlreiche Photographien der Royal Air Force im Einsatz. 010 London, Adam & Charles Black, 1942 unknown
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
1987mon0000141569RAF 1987-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. NORTHERN EUROPE NOT EUROPEAN MEDITERRANEAN NOT ex-library. Clean copy in good condition. RAF paperback
177632London: The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund 1990. Signed by 25 Battle of Britain RAF fighter pilots First edition number 221 of 401 copies signed by all six members of the creative team on the mounted authentication leaf. This magnificent tribute contains 25 superb silhouette portraits of distinguished RAF pilots from Britain and the Commonwealth all signed by the sitter and the artist Michael Pierce together with his embossed stamp. Each portrait is accompanied by a biography of the subject together with photographs of memorabilia and facsimiles of letters. The prospectus details the meticulous attention to detail during production: 500 sets of sheets were printed with the best 401 chosen and the rest pulped. The editor was the noted historian of aviation Bill Gunston who compiled the biographies in collaboration with the former RAF pilot John Golley. Prince Edward contributed the preface. So Few and its 1995 successor on Bomber Command So Many raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for the RAF Benevolent Fund a success which led to trade issues by W. H. Smith. The first copy of each volume was presented to Queen Elizabeth II. The list of contributors names several charitable organizations and other members of the Royal Family for whom copies would likely have been reserved. Folio. With 25 coloured silhouettes on card leaves tipped-in as issued signed by the subject and artist artist's embossed stamp tissue-guards numerous photographs colour and black-and-white and facsimiles to text. Prospectus inserted in sleeve in inner box lid. Original blue crushed morocco over bevelled boards raised bands to spines within gilt rules titles to second compartments gilt front cover lettered in gilt with inset embroidered RAF brevet and gilt decoration marbled endpapers all edges gilt blue silk bookmarkers. Housed in original moiré silk-lined blue cloth solander box. A few tiny bumps to box else a fine copy. hardcover
193532747X.Gperfect. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. 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
B9781474540049Paperback / softback. New. paperback
B9781474539999Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1945845518 x 24 1945 " Avant l'envol...Le personnel au sol de la Royal Air Force " - Plaquette illustrée de propagande britannique, couverture en couleurs, en langue française, publiée après la capitulation de l'Italie [septembre 1945], 32 pp., vantant la Royal Air Force, et notamment le rôle du personnel au sol " les rampants ", de " L'aviation côtière ", des " femmes dans l'aviation ", du " Sauvetage pour aviateurs " dans le combat contre les puissances de l'Axe. Exemplaire en très bon état. Nous joignons deux photos de l'époque, l'une présentant une escadrille de 4 avions " Fairey Battle Bombers in formation ", la seconde le chargement de " Torpedoes for british coastal Defence ".(PelC13)
