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cm 45x89. colored pochoir print. Litografia colorata con la tecnica del pochoir. Ottima conservazione. Il poster ricorda l’impresa di Roger Sommer (1877-1965), con il biplano che da lui prese il nome: nel 1909 batte il record del mondo di durata di volo. Sommer fu inventore e costruttore di aerei, un pioniere in questo campo
cm 45x89. colored pochoir print. Litografia colorata con la tecnica del pochoir. Ottimo stato di conservazione. Roland Garros (1888-1910) ottenuto il brevetto di pilota nel 1910 e avendo dimostrato una particolare inclinazione al volo, vince su un Bleriot il Grand Prix dell’Aéro Club de France nel 1912.
cm 45x90 colored pochoir print. Litografia colorata con la tecnica del pochoir.
cm 42x87. colored pochoir print. Litografia colorata con la tecnica del pochoir. La litografia si riferisce probabilmente all’impresa compiuta da Henri Farman (1874-1958) dell’anello o loop di un chilometro, da lui compiuta per primo che gli valse la vittoria al Grand Prix de l’aviation nel 1908.
cm 45x90. colored pochoir print. Litografia colorata con la tecnica del pochoir. Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) fu il primo ad attraversare la Manica il 25 luglio 1909.
cm 45x89. colored pochoir print. Litografia colorata con la tecnica del pochoir.
5 vols., in one wallet, 8vo., with photographs and charts (a number folding; one chart poorly folded); printed wrappers, the collection housed in green card wallet, clipped as issued, wallet covers age-soiled else all very good, bright, clean copies. Rigging notes for the five aircraft specified: Avro Biplane Type 504; B.E.2C. 70 HP Renault (Old Machine). 90-100 HP RAF (New Machine); BE2E (90 HP RAF 1A); De Havilland No. 4 (275 HP Rolls-Royce); SE5A (200 HP Hispano Suiza). The wallet is headed Department of Aircraft Production. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece and photographic front endpapers; attractively bound in full navy blue crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propeller motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, marker ribbon, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Gibson's own account of his exploits in Bomber Command and a WWII RAF classic, culminating in his account of the 'Dambusters' raid. It contains a ROH of the pilots and crews who flew with him in 83 Squadron, 106 Squadron and the immortal 617 Squadron. The frontispiece reproduces the well-known studio portrait of Gibson by Gordon Anthony; the front endpapers carry the famous 'before and after' aerial photographs of the Mohne dam. Enser, p.65; Mulholland & Jordan, G20.
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'propeller' motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Arguably the finest account of the Battle of Britain by a British fighter pilot. Hillary flew Spitfires out of Hornchurch with 603 Squadron and claimed five victories before being badly burned over the North Sea. An early member of the Guinea Pig Club, he was treated by McIndoe and returned to duty, but was killed shortly after in a training accident. The work was many times reprinted, but early issues are scarce. The US title is 'Falling Through Space'. Enser, p.157
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, 41 plates on 22, and 3 full-page maps and 2 full-page charts in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with a propeller motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. General Adolf Galland (1912-1996), one of Germany's leading fighter pilots of WWII, served as General der Jagdflieger (overall commander of the national fighter force) from 1941 to 1945. His combat career began in the Spanish Civil War during which he completed over 300 missions with Condor Legion. Throughout the Battle of Britain he served with III/JG26 against England and Northern France, and in 1942 devised the successul air protection of Operation CERBERUS, the famous 'Channel Dash' of the SCHARNHORST, GNEISENAU AND PRINZ EUGEN. Later in the same year he tested an early prototype of the Me262, the world's first operational jet fighter, before leaving combat to concentrate on the air defence of Germany against the RAF and USAAF bombing offensive. Increasingly critical of higher Nazi authority, he was relieved of his command following the 'Fighter Revolt' and returned to front-line duty with the elite Jagdverband in the Spring of 1945. He finished the war with 103 victories on over 700 missions and was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds, one of Germany's highest decorations. Galland's autobiography was first published as 'Die Ersten und die Letzen' in 1953 and is widely regarded as the most insightful and far-reaching account of WWII Axis air combat and one of the finest overall aviation memoirs of all time. VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.183.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, two small erasures on front paste-down, top and fore-edge lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities, chipped with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip, and with long closed tear across rear panel. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Increasingly difficult to find in this condition. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (recording the first edition).
Single sheet, 8vo., a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Tedder' in the writer's usual manner, the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore, founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club, and demonstrates the airman's keen and continuing interest in the sport. Tedder was President of Surrey County Cricket Club from 1953 to 1958. The letter regretfully declines Moore's invitation to attend the Buccaneer's annual dinner (held at Lords). Marshal of the RAF Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890-1967) was one of Britain's most distinguished air commanders. Educated at Whitgift School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, he transferred from the Dorsetshire Regiment to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916, serving in France from 1915- to 1917 and in Egypt from 1918 to 1919. He was then commissioned in to the (new) Royal Air Force where was appointed Director of Training from 1934 to 1936, after which he became Commander RAF Far Eastern Forces. During WWII he was head of RAF Middle East Command, controlling Allied air operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa, including the evacuation of Crete and the defeat of Rommel; his air power was a vital component of Montgomery's victory at El Alamein. Having been promoted to Air Marshal, Tedder then took part in the early planning for D-Day, and was subsequently appointed Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Forces Europe (the most senior such British position) immediately beneath General Eisenhower, on whose behalf he signed at the German Surrender in 1945. In 1947 he delivered the Lees Knowles lecture, afterwards published as 'Air Power in War'. Following his retirement he served as Chancellor of Cambridge University and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC. Founded in 1930, The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket (a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays consistently as an 'away' team relying on the hospitality of the 'home' clubs against which it competes). The Club's history has been written twice, by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY TEDDER ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
125 vol. in-4 br., couv. ill couleurs, nombr. photos noir et blanc, env. 30 pp. par numéro (130 pp. pour les numéros sur Le Bourget). Liste des titres : 1. la vérité sur les avions à réaction soviétiques ; 2. le spectacle aérien aux États-Unis ; 3. la fête nationale de l'air ; 4. l'école des hélicoptères ; 5. Un chasseur du tonnerre ; 6. l'écrivain du ciel ; 7. avec les bolides de Dijon ; 8. avec la postale de nuit ; 9. l'aviation civile russe ; 10 Farnborough 1950 ; 11. L'homme qui revient de loin ; 12. le ravitaillement en vol ; 13. L'école des parachutistes ; 14. les avions de course U.S. ; 15. A bord de l'Arromanches ; 16. l'appontage des bolides ; 17. le plan d'une maquette volante ; 18. Le pilote miraculé ; 19. l'année française ; 20. nous avons fait un beau voyage ; 21. S.O.S au Sahara ; 22. Orly industriel ; 23. les poussins de l'Aéronavale ; 24. les avions d'amateur ; 25. les caboteurs du ciel ; 26. J'ai vu naître le "Sabre" ; 27. toute l'aviation du monde - Spécial Salon ; 28. Armagnac le grand ; 29. La fête de l'air ; 30. Victoire au Bourget ; 31. Tout sur le B-36 ; 32. 50 ans d'aviation ; 33. l'avion à changement de vitesses ; 34. la parade anglaise ; 35. Farnborough 1951 ; 36. Victor à Farnborough ; 37. Parachutisme, sport de masse ; 38. Pionnier de la Marguerite ; 39. la famille Meteor ; 40. Soixante-dix minutes en "Jet" ; 41. Paul Émile Victor ; 42. l'aviation du Négus ; 43. Paris-Madagascar en 40 CV. ; 44. Angleterre-Maroc en Lancaster ; 45. Les bourdons du diable ; 46. Prélude au fantastique ; 47. Avec les réservistes anglais ; 48. 56 heures dans la Bourrasque ; 49. les armes secrètes de la France ; 50. le Latécoère 631 ; 51. L'Armagnac en service ; 52. La Kermesse aux avions ; 53. "Demoiselle" vole ; 54. Le meeting de Lyon ; 55. Tout sur le Grognard ; 56. l'avion du président Auriol ; 57. pourquoi l'aile Delta? 58. Farnborough 1952 ; 59. Tout sur le Super Constellation ; 60. Sur le porte-avions géant U.S. (USS Coral Sea) ; 61. Exercices de jour et de nuit ; 62. Tout sur le B-47 ; 63. Le Scorpion ; 64. Civils en uniforme ; 65. Avec les pilotes de demain ; 66. Tout sur le Princess ; 67. En vol avec les Sabres canadiens ; 68. L'opération Citerne ; 69. L'école des hommes ; 70. Tu seras aviateur ; 71. Les avions Kangourous ; 72. J'ai fait un bombardement atomique ; 73. La force aérienne belge ; 74. Le vol des oiseaux ; 75. Pourquoi M. Montel a démissionné ; 76. L'aviation du monde - Spécial Salon ; 77. Dans le Tunnel géant ; 78. La grande parade du Bourget ; 79. Les réacteurs du monde ; 80. Tout sur le Viscount ; 81. Tout sur le Sabre ; 82. L'aviation vietnamienne vole ; 83. Farnborough 1953 ; 84. CM 170 Magister ; 85. Bombardement au Pays Thai ; 86. Les engins spéciaux ; 87. Tout sur le Mig 15 ; 88. Vous pouvez gagner un avion ! - Spécial Noêl ; 89. L'Année Française ; 90. Avec ceux de Dien-Bien-Phu ; 91. Itinéraires norvégiens ; 92. Rouliers de l'air en Indochine ; 93. Tout sur le Skyraider ; 94. Bach-Maî, base opérationnelle ; 95. Tout sur les Mystères ; 96. Tout sur le déviateur de jet ; 97. Le décollage vertical ; 98. Le centre des records ; 99. Indochine, Mission en B-26 ; 100. Le Baroudeur ; 101. Les mémoires de Galland ; 102. La course Paris-Biarritz ; 103. L'Aéronavale au Tonkin ; 104. Grande victoire française ; 105. championnats de parachutisme ; 106. Le tour de France aérien ; 107. Farnborough 1954 ; 108. L'opération Shooting Star ; 109. Nouveaux bombardiers russes ; 110. La Sainte Alliance des Paras ; 111. Les démons de la nuit ; 112. Tout sur le Leduc ; 113. Enquete sur les clubs ; 114. Comment s'est tué Dauvin ; 115. Le vol vertical ; 116. La vie de Saint Yan ; 117. Thoret la Tempête ; 118. Caravelle ; 119. La controverse du Potez 75 ; 120. Ferber, génial précuseur ; 121. Feu à volonté ; 122. L'évolution de l'armement ; 123. Essai du Fiat G-82 ; 124. Production japonaise ; 125. Nouveau "Ark royal" Bon état pour cet exceptionnel ensemble des 125 premiers numéros d'une célèbre revue aéronautique française, qui parut jusqu'en 1992 (année de sa fusion avec l'hebdomadaire Air & Cosmos). Cette revue modifia plusieurs fois son titre à partir des années 60, mais il s'agit exactement de la même publication que certains n'ont connue que comme "Aviation Magazine International". Les 125 numéros proposés ici ne manqueront pas d'enchanter tout passionné d'aviation, car ils couvrent l'une des périodes les plus riches en modèles de toute l'histoire de l'aéronautique. Le contenu de chaque numéro est très dense, et la pagination qui semble limitée ne doit pas tromper : cet ensemble est une vrai mine de renseignements. Liste des titres disponible sur simple demande. Français
X [ads], 465-554 pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos. Features: Jasper National Park - article which includes five full-page colour reproductions of A.Y. Jackson paintings; Five Million Tourists - Canada's second greatest industry; Asbestos - "Pierre a Coton" - article with dozens of excellent photos of Quebec's mighty asbestos industry; The Story of the R-100 Airship - largest and greatest in the world - article illustrated with many sensational photos; New Books; Glorious vintage ads for national Canadian brands; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this extraordinary Canadian aviation history memento. Book
367 pages. Generously illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Endpapers attractively illustrated with logos of aerial spraying companies. "Tells for the first time the remarkable story of aerial topdressing in New Zealand. It begins with Len Daniell, who tried to interest the Government in providing an aircraft for trials in 1926, and ends with an industry poised on the brink of change. Explains how aircraft and aviators flew out onto the farm and fertilised vast areas of unproductive land from the air, an achievement unparalleled in modern agriculture, and significant in the history of world aviation." - dust jacket. Book unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating and informative history. Book
98 unnumbered pages. 11.3" x 8.3". A comprehensive and well presented history of this large WWII training centre for Air Bombers and Navigators. At its peak, No. 7 consisted of some 2,000 people. The informative text is generously illustrated with dozens of black and white photos featuring hundreds of students, graduates, administrators, and all manner of support staff, many of whom are named. Printed upon glossy stock. Undated but appears to be circa 1945. Blue card covers attractively decorated in black and gilt. Openings at each end of backstrip otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this important history. Peel [3] 6778. Book
333 pages including index and glossary. Many black and white illustrations including sketches, maps, and reproductions of photos and documents. The author's Halifax bomber was shot down over Germany in March, 1943 and he was sent to POW camp Stalag Luft III, made famous by the film The Great Escape. Printed upon glossy stock. Small phone number written atop title page, otherwise unmarked. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), plates and endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With the separately printed errata slip mounted facing p.26. VERY SCARCE.
8vo., Fourth Impression, with frontispiece and plates; handsomely bound in full dark blue crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propellor motif, gilt top, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Covers several landmarks in the development of aviation. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE INDEED.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present); handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propellor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, printed cloth from original upper board and backstrip mounted on new and separate leaves at front, a most atractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Kipling's letter does not appear in the US edition where it is replaced with a Preface by Theodore Roosevelt. Enser, p.122; Livingston 436; Noffsinger 143 (recording the US edition). SCARCE.
4 works in 1 vol., 8vo., First Edition, with 194 toned full-page illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, ALL ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a most attractive volume ideal as a gift or for presentation. No.1: Women; No. 2: Production; No. 3: Soldiers; No. 4: Air Raids. Complete set of the second series with fine reproductions of paintings, drawings and sketches by virtually all Britain's leading war artists. The contributors naturally featured many of the most eminent artists of the period including (among many others) Ardizzone, Bawden, Bone, Kennington, Moore, Nash, Piper, Ravilious, Rothenstein, Spencer, Sutherland, Topolski and Worsley. The first series (dealing primarily with the fighting forces) was published in the preceding year. UNCOMMON AS A SET AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
4 works in 1 vol., sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 194 toned full-page illustrations in the text, three volumes with neat signatures on front free endpapers; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, ALL ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a most attractive volume ideal as a gift or for presentation. No.1: War at Sea; No. 2: Blitz; No. 3: R.A.F.; No. 4: Army. Complete set of the first series with fine reproductions of paintings, drawings and sketches by virtually all Britain's leading war artists. The contributors naturally featured many of the most eminent artists of the period, including (among many others) Ardizzone, Bawden, Bone, Kennington, Moore, Nash, Piper, Ravilious, Rothenstein, Spencer, Sutherland, Topolski and Worsley. A second series (dealing primarily with the Home Front) was published separately in the following year. UNCOMMON AS A SET AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Eads, A43 (recording H. E. Bates' introduction to 'RAF').
8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers mildly browned at edges else a near fine copy in custom-made slip-case. RARE. 'I have endeavoured to make plain in this pamphlet what part Air Power has played in victory over Germany' (Author's Foreword). COPAC records only the Cambridge University Library copy.
4 vols., 8vo., with numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, a near fine set to date in unclipped dustwrapper. Almost certain to become a definitive history, the series comprises Vol. One: North Africa, June 1940 - January 1942 (2012); Vol. Two: North African Desert, February 1942 - March 1943 (2014); Vol. Three: Tunisia and the End in Africa, November 1942 - May 1943 (2016); Volume Four: Sicily and Italy to the Fall of Rome, May 1943 - June 1944 (2018). A fifth and final volume is forthcoming.
8 vol. in-4 reliure uniforme demi-percaline bordeaux, J.B. Baillière, puis Editions de la Science Moderne, Paris, 1924-1931, 684 ; 680-148-6 pp. ; 648-144 ; 6-588-144 ; 576-140-4 ; 574-140-4 ; 576-162-6 ; 624-136-6 pp. Bon ensemble bien complet de l'intégralité de cette excellente revue scientifique destinée au grand public. Tous les aspects de la science y sont abordés (mathématiques, astronomie et mécanique, Physique, Electricité et TSF, Chimie, Mécanique industrielle, force motrice, art de l'ingénieur, Transports, Aviation, Travaux Publics et Exploitation minière, Sciences appliquées (ex. : Les Halles centrales de Paris), Physiologie, médecine et hygiène, Anthropologie et Ethnographie (ex. : La pénétration de l'Afrique par l'automobile), Zoologie, Botanique et Agronomie, Géographie, Géologie, Physique du Globe, Sociologie, Economie politique, Les Grands Etablissements scientifiques français (ex. : L'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines), etc..., dans des articles richements illustrés. On notera un numéro spécial consacré à l'aviation, un autre à la T.S.F.. Bon état (ancien cachet d'institution religieuse, petite étiquette de coteau plat sup.) pour cet ensemble absolument passionnant. Français