FRANCILLON Rene J.MareMagnum
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8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous photographs and diagrams throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip.
8vo., Second Impression, with a portrait frontispiece and 14 plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled with small label scar on front panel and small nick at backstrip. Second impression before publication. Scarce, especially in the dustwrapper. Enser, p. 157 (recording the first edition).
8vo. First Edition with plates and maps neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Group Captain John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham was arguably the greatest RAF night-fighter pilot of WWII. Serving principally with 604 and 85 Squadrons, he is credited with 20 kills, of which 19 were claimed at night. After the war he was appointed chief test pilot for De Havilland, proving both Comet and Trident airliners.
Sm. folio, Second Impression, with many hundreds of photographs and detailed illustrations in the text, and graph endpapers, tiny inscription on front free endpaper verso; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference, and uncommon in this condition.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, and several cutaway diagrams; red cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY SQN. LDR. CHARLES PHILIP OLDFIELD BARTLETT ON A LABEL MOUNTED ON HALF-TITLE. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. Charles Bartlett was a founder pilot of No. 5 Squadron RNAS in WWI and although a bomber pilot scored no fewer than eight aircraft kills on the Western Front. After WWII No. 5 Squadron was revived as 205 Squadron RAF flying Shackletons from Changi.
8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece and plates, wanting front free endpaper; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrpper, the latter rubbed and frayed at edges. Published a month after the first edition.
8vo., First UK Edition, with plates and diagrams in the text; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates of insignia and uniforms, numerous monochrome photographs throughout the text, and endpaper maps on blue stock; burgundy buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. German research material edited by Martin Windrow. Colour and tone illustrations by Michael P. Roffe. A BRIGHT COPY OF THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY. Enser, p.63.
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured illustrations of aircraft and insignia, and numerous monochrome photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. German research material edited by Martin Windrow. Colour and tone illustrations by Michael P. Roffe. First published in 1969. much-ndded reissue of the definitive account. Enser, p.63 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; grey boards, ivory cloth back lettered in red, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition, the UK version is considerably scarcer than its American counterpart. Enser, p.173.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs (many full-page) throughout; original black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Superb assembly of photographs collected from German official and personal archives. The majority appear here for the first time.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with coloured title vignette, and numerous coloured illustrations and monochrome photographs throughout, upper corner of leaves lightly damp-marked; navy cloth,upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, backstrip faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Identifies and describes major Japanese warplane types. Despite the flaw, a bright, clean working copy of a scarce wartime compilation.
Folio, First Edition, text in Dutch, with folding coloured plates, numerous photographs in monochrome throughout and illustrated endpapers; terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and black, red silk marker, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly rubbed and age-soiled dustwrapper.
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., 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
Valencia, Editorial Arte y Letras, 1927. 4to. mayor; 201 pp., 5 hs. Numerosas ilustraciones entre el texto. Envío autógrafo del autor. Cubiertas originales.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome insignia throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper
8vo., Second Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, fore-edges lightly spotted; black cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, red endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the first edition of 1960. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, text in Czech, with numerous photographs, portraits and maps throughout, and coloured endpapers depicting Czech RAF squadron badges; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in green and black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly tanned at edges else a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, backstrip heavily sunned else a bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, text in German, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH HIS HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
