BAILEY Jim

The Sky Suspended. A Fighter Pilot's Story. [Second Ediiton.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Bloomsbury,, [1990]. 8vo., Second Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published under the title 'Eskimo Nel' in 1964. Enser, p.156 (recording the first edition).

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Book number: 29709

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww2, wwii, fighter command, jim bailey

BAKER A.

From Biplane to Spitfire. The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond.

Leo Cooper, [Barnsley],, [2003]. 8vo., First Edition, with 35 plates on 16 and 2 maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 17575

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: military, aviation, ww2, raf, royal air force, geoffrey salmond, spitfire, supermarine, a. baker, aviation, from, biplane, spitfire

BAKER Anne

From Biplane to Spitfire. The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Leo Cooper, [Barnsley],, [2003]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 40467

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww1, wwi, great war, salmond, geoffrey salmond, anne baker

BAKER David

Messerschmitt Me 262. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Crowood Press, [Ramsbury],, [1997]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and diagrams throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 40761

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, aircraft monographs, ww2, wwii, messerschmitt, me 262, messerschmitt me 262, david baker

BALDWIN A. W.

A Flying Start. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Peter Davies,, [1967]. 8vo., First Edition, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly browned dustwrapper.

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Book number: 40133

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww2, wwii, raf, royal air force

BAO Phil Lo

An Illustrated History of British European Airways. [Foreword by Sir Henry Marking]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

[Browcom, Feltham],, [1989]. Folio, First Edition, with photographs and tables throughout; pictorial boards, blue endpapers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 34253

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, airline histories, bea, british european airways

BARBAS Bernd

Aircraft of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces. [Volumes I and II]. A Chronicle in Photographs. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Schiffer, Atglen PA,, [1995]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout, and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, upper boards and backstrips lettered in blue, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper

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Book number: 35636

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww2, wwii, luftwaffe, fighter aces, bernd barbas

BARBAS Bernd

Geschichte der II Gruppe des Jagdgeschwaders 52. FINE COPY

Privately Printed,, [c.1990]. Sm., folio, First Edition, text in German, with very numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial laminated boards, a fine copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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Book number: 35634

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww2, wwii, luftwaffe, ii gruppe, jagdgeschwaders 52, bernd barbas

BARKER Ralph

A Brief History of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I. [First Paperback Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY

Robinson,, [2002]. 8vo., First Paperback Edition, with very numerous plates; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Barker's acclaimed study was first published as 'The Royal Flying Corps in France' (2 vols, 1995). This is the work's first appearance in paperback.

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Book number: 14015

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: military, aviation, ww1, great war, rfc, royal flying corps, ralph barker

BARKER Geoffrey T

A Concise History of US Airborne Army, Corps, Divisions and Brigades with Lineage and Insignia. With an Introduction by Lt.-Gen. Carl W Stiner. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Anglo-American Publishing, Brandon FL],, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome insignia throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 40972

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, us army, us airborne, geoffrey barker

BARKER Geoffrey T

A Concise History of US Army Airborne Infantry with Lineage and Insignia. With an Introduction by Lt.-Gen. Donald E. Rosenblum. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Anglo-American Publishing, Brandon FL],, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome insignia throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 40973

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, us army, us airborne, geoffrey barker

BARKER Ralph

The Schneider Trophy Races. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Airlife, [Shrewsbury,, 1981]. 8vo., Second Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 66 plates on 28 and 11 full-page maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published by Chatto & Windus in 1971. Well-researched and vividly-written history of the legendary seaplane races from the first (Monaco, 1913) to the last (Calshot, 1931). Britain's success in the 1929 event (at Calshot) was due largely to a new Supermarine design powered by an equally innovative Rolls-Royce engine. A few years later this combination gave birth to a fighter aircraft named the Spitfire. Uncommon.

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Book number: 13745

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Keywords: military, aviation, ww2, schneider trophy, seaplanes, supermarine, rolls-rpyce, merlin engine, spitfire, ralph barker, aviation, the, schneider, trophy, races

BARKER Richard

Stop Binding! A Day in the Life of a Flying Control Officer. Illustrated by RAFF. A RARE WWII SURVIVAL

[Punch Bowl Press, Preston,, 1946]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Typically humorous cartoons enliven this leaflet, which almost certainly takes its name from the popular radio show 'Much Binding in the Marsh' running at the time. Crammed with wartime RAF jargon (and a few explanations). A SCARCE SURVIVAL.

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Book number: 25071

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Keywords: military, aviation, wwii, raf, royal air force, richard barker, much binding, r. barker, aviation, stop, binding, day, the, life, flying, control, officer

BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary. Isle of Wight Commemorative Programme. May to October 1990. NEAR FINE COPY

Isle of Wight Executive Committee,, 1990. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 40949

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BAUMBACH Werner

Broken Swastika. The Defeat of the Luftwaffe. Translated by Frederick Holt. [Second English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Robert Hale,, [1986]. 8vo., Second Edition thus, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first English edition appeard in 1960. Enser, p.183 (recording the first edition).

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Book number: 39893

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww2, wwii, germany, luftwaffe, baumbach, werner baumbach