BIRKBY Carel

Close to the Sun. The Story of the Sudan Squadron, Royal Air Force. [Foreword by Maj.-Gen. Sir Hubert Huddleston.] RAF IN THE MIDDLE EAST: A RARE SURVIVAL

Middle East Newspapers & Publicity, Khartoum,, [1944]. 8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece, and illustrations and maps in the text, leaves tanning lightly; original blue limp cloth wrappers, upper cover with printed paper label, a near fine copy. RARE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 40962

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, squadron histories, ww2, wwii, middle east, raf, royal air force, sudan squadron, carel birkby

BIRKBY Carel

Dancing the Skies. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Howard Timmins, [Cape Town],, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in white, purple endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 40131

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww2, wwii, carel birkby

BISHOP Edward

The Battle of Britain. IN FULL MOROCCO

Allen & Unwin,, [1960]. 8vo., First Edition, with 56 plates on 24; 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 propellor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the first full account, published to mark the battle's twentieth anniversary. Valuable also for its well-chosen and wide-ranging selection of photographs, which include a number from German sources. Enser, p.56.

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Book number: 40590

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww2, wwii, battle of britain, raf, royal air force, fighter command, the few, edward bishop

BISHOP Edward

The Battle of Britain. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Allen & Unwin,, [1960]. 8vo., First Edition, with 56 plates on 24; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased at edges. The first full account, published to mark the battle's twentieth anniversary. Valuable also for its well-chosen and wide-ranging selection of photographs, which include a number from German sources. Enser, p.56.

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Book number: 9632

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: military, aviation, ww2, battle of britain, raf, royal air force, fighters, the few, edward bishop, aviation, the, battle, britain

BISHOP VC Colonel W.A.

The Flying Squad. FIRM WORKING COPY

Harrap,, [1932]. 8vo., free endpapers lightly spotted, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, boards and backstrip framed and lettered in black, top and fore-edge moderately age-soiled, boards faded (but all lettering wholly legible), a good working copy. First published in 1930. Uncommon novel of WWI aviation by 'Billy' Bishop VC and Rothesay Stuart-Wortley. Mulholland and Jordan, p.171.

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Book number: 32684

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww1, wwi, great war, billy bishop, rothesay stuart-wortley, children's, childrens, vc, victoria cross

BISHOP Lt. Col. William A.

Winged Warfare. Edited by Stanley M. Ulanoff. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Bailey Brothers & Swinfen, [Folkestone,, 1975]. 8vo., with 35 plates on 24 and illustrations and badges in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The classic account by the leading Canadian air ace of WWI. Ulanoff's edition was first issued in 1967. Enser, p.122; Noffsinger 129 (recording the original edition of 1918).

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Book number: 44527

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww1, wwi, great war, rfc, royal flying corps, billy bishop, william bishop

BLACKMAN Eric

Airman at the Helm. A wartime look at a special branch of RAF air sea rescue. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Kenneth Mason, [Havant],, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. UNCOMMON. Enser, p.194.

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Book number: 40538

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww2, wwii, raf, royal air force, air sea rescue, raf air sea rescue, eric blackman

BLAKE John

Aviation Art. Introduction by Frank Wootton. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Exeter Books, New York NY,, [1987]. Folio, First Edition, with fine coloured reproductions throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 40779

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, aviation art, john blake, frank wootton

BLAKE, ed. John

Frank Wootton - a Career in Perspective. An Exhibition at the RAF Museum Art Galley, Hendon. November 2000 until November 2001. NEAR FINE COPY

Guild of Aviation Artists,, 2000. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with fine coloured reproductions throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 40879

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, aviation art, aviation artists, wootton, frank wootton

BLANDFORD, comp. Edmund L

Luftwaffe over Britain. A Pictorial Essay of the German Luftwaffe's Combat against Britain in World War 2. NEAR FINE COPY

Blandford Studio, Hastings,, 1977. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 40900

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww2, wwii, luftwaffe, edmund blandford

BLOND Georges

Born to Fly. Exploits of the War's Great Fighter Aces. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Souvenir Press,, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly creased and frayed dustwrapper.

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Book number: 40135

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww2, wwii, fighter aces, georges blond

BLUE Allan G.

The Fortunes of War. Liberators in the ETO. The 492nd Bomb Group on Daylight Operations. NEAR FINE COPY

Aero, Fallbrook CA,, [1967]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine set.

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Book number: 40895

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviartion, squadron histories, ww2, wwii, usaaf, 492nd bomb group, liberator, b-24 liberator, allan blue

BOASE Wendy

The Sky's the Limit. Women Pioneers in Aviation. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Osprey,, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text, signature on paste-downs; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 40524

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, women aviators, women pilots, wendy boase

BOITEN Theo

Night Airwar. Personal Recollections of the Conflict over Europe, 1939-1945 WITH PHOTOGRAPHS SIGNED BY TWO ACES: HOFFMANN AND ZORNER

Crowood Press, [Ramsbury],, [1999]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. WITH SIGNED PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS OF WERNER HOFFMANN AND PAUL ZORNER MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.

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Book number: 35565

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, ww2, wwii, luftwaffe, night fighters, boiten, theo boiten, hoffmann, werner hoffmann, zorner, paul zorner

BOND S.J.

A History of Royal Air Force Brize Norton. NEAR FINE COPY

[Privately Printed],, [1980]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and photographs in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE.

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Book number: 40954

Catalogue: Aviation0

Keywords: aviation, raf, royal air force, brize norton,