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Sm. 4to., First Edition, text in Polish, coloured and monochrome photographs hroughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece map, and numerous photographs and maps (a number full-page) in the text, small personal book-label on front inside wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, covers very lightly creased else a very good, clean copy.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps throughout; pictorial boards, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. 1: The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore (1992); Vol. 2: The Defence of Sumatra to the Fall of Burma (1993); Vol. 3: The Allied Air Forces fight back in South-East Asia 1942-1945 (2005). COMPLETE SETS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with 76 fine full-page coloured illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's board slip-case. Arranged in chronological sequence, the seventy-six illustrations include work from virtually every leading aviation artist.
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published as 'In Action with the Enemy' in 1986.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sequel to the highly acclaimed 'Action Stations' series.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, grey endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, grey endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., text in Czech, with numerous photographs in the text; pictorial boards, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, text in Czech, with frontispiece, title in blue and black, and photographs and charts in the text; grey pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red and black, blue endpapers, lower hinge starting (buit binding entirely sound), a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, text in Czech, with frontispiece, title in blue and black, and photographs and charts in the text; grey pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red and black, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LOOSELY INSERTED IS A COLOURED POSTCARD OF A HURRICANE I SIGNED BY SIX CZECH VETERANS, TWO AWARDED THE DFC.
8vo., Second Impression, with 34 plates on 23, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip, repairs on inner surface and rubbed and creased at extremities. The first biography of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, by the author of 'The Naked Island'. This second impression was printed to meet demand before publication. Enser, p. 64; Mulholland & Jordon B105 (both recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with 34 plates on 23; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. The first biography of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, culminating in the bombing of Nagasaki. By the author of 'The Naked Island'. Enser, p. 64; Mulholland & Jordon B105.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately rubbed and worn at backstrip and edges. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.109.
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 numerous photographs and advertisements throughout, neat contemporary signature on upper cover; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. Records the visit of HM the King, Queen and HRH Princess Margaret. THE UPPER WRAPPER BEARS THE SIGNATURE 'W.E. DUNN, W/Cdr': THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE WALTER 'Wally' DUNN, Chief Signals Officer, No. 5 Group, and radio operator on the night of the Dam Busters raid. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and facsimiles in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured plates, 108 monochrome photographs on 48, 12 full-page plates of drawings by Topolski and numerous illustrations, diagrams and tail-pieces in the text; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, boards and backstrip very lightly rubbed and age-marked else a very good, clean copy. Classic account prepared by the Polish Air Force association in London as the official English language history of Polish flyers in WW 2. The text is based on combat reports, squadron diaries and official records, with personal narratives by many former aircrew and (all-important) ground staff. It is the definitive account of the ten fighter squadrons (302, 303, 306, 307, 308, 309, 315, 316, 317, 318) and four bomber squadrons (300, 301, 304, 305) that flew with the RAF to such notable effect. VERY SCARCE
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Second Impression, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; boards and backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly spotted. Published in the same year as the first edition. Includes 'Jack Overdue' and 'For Johnny'.
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference, first published in 1996.