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100 pages. Features: Valley of the Missing Men - Major 'Monty' Hardcastle saves the remnants of a Squadron from the greatest Sky-Trap of the War; Silent Wings - Blind in the Darkness above the Scottish HIghlands, a Sailplane Pilot Gambled with his Life to Save a Nation's Secrets; The Case Against Death - Peter Mohune - and his dramatic exposure of a ruthless Plot; True Story - the Continuation of a stirring year-by-year account of the achievements of Britain's Air Services during the Great War; The Fall of Peter - Peter Brown may have been the unluckiest Pilot in R.F.C history; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
96 pages. Features: Pacific Peril - British Forces search for two missing Naval Sloops; The Spy Hunters - Vital information reaches the enemy under the very noses of an R.F.C. Scout Squadron; Triplane Trickery - A Spinning Bristol might be a Trap for Tripehounds; Lone Eagle - Transport pilots have their moments; True Story - The Personal Narrative of a Young American who Fought and Flew in Spanish Skies against the latest German and Italian Warplaines in General Franco's Service; True Stories - Flying Tricks and Fighting Tactics of Britain's War-time Aircraft; No. 72 Squadron, R.F.C. - A Gallant Scout Squadron makes R.A.F. history under Mesopotamian skies; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
96 pages. Features: The Flaming Fighters - The Pilots of a Pup Squadron fall victim to a strange Hoodoo; The Mammoth and the Midge - Flt. Lt. Kinly goes to 'P.A.Q.', no ordinary restricted area; By Order of the Khan - Mischief in the Frontier Territory of Abdullah, The Khan; Hornets of the Skies - The story of the single-seater fighter from its birth in the early days of the Great War to its Near-Perfection in the Six-Miles-A Minute Projectiles of Today; Red Wings - A Red Ruse to trap the White Russians of Denikin's Army was betrayed to the Sharp Eyes of an English Airman; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
96 pages. Long Complete War-Air Adventure - Raiders of the Night - Up from a Darkened 'Drome on the Western Front Rose the Strangest Convoy that ever Sailed the Night Skies of Flanders, a German Bomber and a British Fighter, Bound Together on a Desperate Mission of Death; Ace of the Black Cross - The Authentic Story of the War-time Adventures of Germany's Greatest Living Air Ace, Victor in 62 Aerial Combats and Former Member of the Richtofen Circus; The Zeppelin Fighters - The Epic Story of the men who Freed Britain's Skies from the Terror That Flew By Night; Thriller - The Airship Alibi; Dramatic Story - Chivalry prevails in the Mad Lust of Battle; Dramatic Story - A Great Story of War-Time Adventure in a Pup Squadron on the Western Front; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
96 pages. Features: Thriller - The Frog that Fell out of the Sky; Modern Adventure - Four R.A.F. Planes disappeared before Flying Officer Vickers unmasked the treachery that was to set the frontier aflame with Revolt; The Sky Clown - a joke costs a brave man his courage and makes a fighter of a fool; Call Me Jennie - Major Sharpness made Tigers out of Rabbits - but his first Creation won a most Untigerish name; True Story - The Epic Story of Famous R.F.C Unit - No. 56 Squadron; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
96 pages. Features: Traitor's Tune - A strange clue links a lonely graveyard behind the enemy lines with the mysterious disappearance of Britain's Greatest Air Fighters; Flight of a President - Two men made foolproof plans for a life and death flight - but each planned a different result; True Story - Naval One - The Amazing Exploits of No. 1 (Naval) Squadron, R.N.A.S. which made air history on 3 fronts; Footlight Ace - The 'Balloon Busters' had no stranger member than Basil Harlow, Actor-Airman; The Last Throw - Deep in the Trackless bush of the Canadian North, a Reckless Air Fighter prepared his bold attempt to Sever a life-line of the Allies; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Oriana in Sydney; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Naval Review; Hong Kong Squadron - part 2; Anchor Line to India - Neil Cown recalls a round voyage from the UK to India which he made in the cargo liner "Egidia" in 1959; Oriana - last of the Orient liners - part 2; Barging Around Bristol Channel - the discovery of some old log books led to some interesting research into the activities of the barge 'The Shoots' and the tug 'BPII' in the early post-war trade of the port of Bristol; European Ferry Commentary; Cruise Ship Updates; Ship Sales; Full-page photo of the Werder Bremen; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
157 pages including index plus 8 black and white plates. Documents the First visit, February to April 1861 and the Second Visit, April to July 1870. Illustrations include: Victoria, Vancouver Island, 1861; The Royal Engineer's Camp Near New Westminster in 1861; Yale in the 1860's; Oregon City in 1858; San Francisco in 1866; The American Camp on San Juan Island c. 1870; The Flying Squadron in Esquimalt Harbour, 1870; Sitka, Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Remnants of two price stickers at bottom of front cover. Crease to back cover. Solid copy. Book
Signed by author/subject upon first blank leaf. 197 pages. WWII RCAF pilot Al Trotter recounts his dramatic wartime experiences in the air and as a POW. Many pages of reproductions of archival black and white photos. Gift greetings atop first blank leaf, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Strange cover photo of British troops at spray gas drill - crouching under their protective clothing; Full-page photo of Churchill at the radio microphone - First Lord of the Admiralty; Two pages of photos illustrating the British Ministry of Information - how the censors do their work and the issuing of news to the press; Nice two-page photo of British tanks practising in a smoke screen; Two-page illustration of a German air attack on a British squadron in the North Sea on September 27th; One page graph illustrating the ebb and flow of income tax rates1800 through 1939; Photos illustrate the transformation in England wrought by the war - urban and rural scenes; Poland crushed by two invaders - twelve photos; Dramatic photo of two British vessels at work - black smoke streaming from one of them; Photos of Poland and her destroyers; The Turkish mission in London; Nice full-page photo of a camouflaged long-range British gun with "Balloon Tyres"; Photos of people and events in the news, including a Dutch air liner attacked by Germany; 10 photos of various styles of gas mask container; German and Russian Maneouvres - article by Cyril Falls; 10 photos from behind the French lines; Interesting full-page photographic guide to the rations of the British field force; Five great photos of British troops en route to the front; Various photos of self-defence at home; and more. Small name written atop front of outer cover. First two pages loose but present. Two pages probably missing from back. Book
1994438694PN. New. 1994. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1970BIBRR1111121561970. Hardcover. USED. THIS RARE/ANTIQUE BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1970 BY Peoples Publishng House Delhi HAVING 224 PGS AND SIZE 8.505.50 WRITTEN IN English. THE BOOK IS IN READABLE CONDITION Originally in Hardcover with some issues like loose binding and some Pin Holes. The book is having B/W Plates. THE IMAGE OF THIS BOOK IS GIVEN FOR YOUR REFERENCE. WE CAN REBIND THE SAME IN LEATHER BINDING FOR EXTRA $ 25. hardcover
1974Alibris.0027419Patrol Squadron Eleven 1974. First edition. . Hard cover. Good. light shelfwear spine ends bumped pages are a bit curly but there is no evidence of a dampstain probably due to tropical air moisture no ownership marks. 64 p. Includes illustrations. Patrol Squadron Eleven hardcover
1983008256Patrol Squadron One/San Diego California: Patrol Squadron Nineteen/Walsworth Publishing Company 1983. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96pp.; HB red w/gilt; fine condition w/cleantight pgs. Patrol Squadron Nineteen "Big Red" -- Misawa Japan - 10 Dec. 1982 - 10 June 1983. b/w & color photos. <br/> <br/> Patrol Squadron Nineteen/Walsworth Publishing Company hardcover
63-8195Paris: British Naval Air Station 1915. 20.5 x 29.5 cm. Typed letter signed on British Naval Air Station letterhead with the British Crown's insignia embossed at head of letter; stamped by the Metropolitan Police & Service De L'Aviation Navale Anglaise. Good with marginal tears. Paris: British Naval Air Station, 1915. unknown
19202593Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons 1920. Quarto dark blue cloth 74 pp. frontispiece 21 plates. Boards frayed at spine ends and extremities hinge split and soft owner's inscription on preliminary leaf made with black ink otherwise a good copy A squadron history based on the unit diary of operations on the Western Front in the final year of World War One and written by L.A. Pattinson the Squadron Commander. Equipped with the DH9 the 99 Squadron was a bombing squadron. They were tasked with long-distance raids both on enemy-occupied areas of Alsace-Lorraine in France and inside Germany itself. W. Heffer & Sons unknown
19203065Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons 1920. Quarto dark blue cloth 74 pp. frontispiece 21 plates. previous owner's inscription on inner front board frontispiece slightly torn with no loss of text light spotting leaves thumbed otherwise a good copy. A squadron history based on the unit diary of operations on the Western Front in the final year of World War One and written by L.A. Pattinson the Squadron Commander. Equipped with the DH9 the 99 Squadron was a bombing squadron. They were tasked with long-distance raids both on enemy-occupied areas of Alsace-Lorraine in France and inside Germany itself. W. Heffer & Sons unknown
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1937 to 1942. Phoney War, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, Offensive Operations; Vol II: 1942-1947. North Africa. Malta. Sicily; Vol. III: 1947-1961. Into The Jet-Age, Cold War Operations
1979Q-0853684529Arms and Armour 1979. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Arms and Armour hardcover
1997298011PN. New. 1997. . Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
8vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece, title-vignette and plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, boards moderately age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at edges and wanting majority of backstrip. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Published a month after the first edition. Enser, p.156.
1994441877PN. New. 1994. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
2516Without date or place. Presumably printed for a Royal Air Force regimental reunion. Card bifoliate 16mo with 3 pages printed in green ink and featuring crude vignette of men in action in black ink on recto of first leaf and with verso of second leaf reserved for autographs. Discoloured but in good condition. Recto of first leaf headed '"D" Squadron R.A.F. Regiment O.C.T.U. Sidmouth. 29th October 1942 - 23rd January 1943.' Across the opening are listed the men of nos. 13 14 15 and 16 flights. Among around a dozen autograph signatures in pencil or pen are those of the Squadron Commander Major J. W. E. R. Gainher Second in Command Captain D. R. Fraymouth and the Chaplain L. A. Gibson. See Image. Without date or place. unknown
199885335The RAF Benevolent Fund Enterprises. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 1899808310 . Number 331 of a Iimited edition of 1000 casebound copies SIGNED by authors on an adhesive book plate to ffep in near fine condition apart from very sl yellowing to leaf edges dw has mild fade to the spine/rear margin areas turning the navy blue backround colour to a sl lighter hue and mior rub to spine ends and corners. ; 235x300mm ; 128 pages . The RAF Benevolent Fund Enterprises hardcover
1992255912PN. New. 1992. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
