Deighton, Len,

BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1980, 1st edn., 224pp, numerous in text colour and half tone ills. and diagrams, large format (10 x 7.5 inches), blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, a companion to the author's highly acclaimed and more technical history of the Battle of Britain, 'Fighter', this title records in a series of 'snapshots' the reality of all aspects of the battle, using many previously unpublished contemporary photographs as as well as newly commissioned drawings, charts and diagrams, a few light fox marks to upper edge, dustwrapper: unblemished.very good plus in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32753

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Deighton, Len,

BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1980, 1st edn., 224pp, coloured photo pictorial half title and double title, numerous in text colour and half tone ills. and diagrams, large format (10 x 7.5 inches), blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper from a painting by Frank Wootton, a companion to the author's highly acclaimed and more technical history of the Battle of Britain, 'Fighter', this title records in a series of 'snapshots' the reality of all aspects of the battle, using many previously unpublished contemporary photographs as as well as newly commissioned drawings, charts and diagrams, lighrtly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40684

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Deighton, Len (intro A. J. P. Taylor),

FIGHTER - The True Story of the Battle of Britain.

Triad / Grafton, London, 1986, reprint, paperback, 335pp, 62 half tone illustrations and 33 in text figures and/or diagrams, decorative montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), the acclaimed and comprehensive account of the Battle of Britain, with an examination of pre-WW2 air defence strategy, a biographical sketch of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding - the C in C of RAF Fighter Command, the aircraft, radar and operational control, a day by day account of the Battle with the tactics employed and the results (stripped of contemporary propaganda enhancement), and how, with superior numbers, Germany managed not to win, faint creasing and sunning to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 21101

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Deighton, Len (intro A. J. P. Taylor),

FIGHTER - The True Story of the Battle of Britain.

Triad / Granada, London, 1979, paperback, xxi, 335pp, 36pp half tone photo ills., 33 in text figures and/or diagrams, decorative montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), the acclaimed and comprehensive account of the Battle of Britain, with an examination of pre-WW2 air defence strategy, a biographical sketch of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding - the C in C of RAF Fighter Command, the aircraft, radar and operational control, a day by day account of the Battle with the tactics employed and the results (stripped of contemporary propaganda enhancement), and how, with superior numbers, Germany managed not to win, sl. spine roll and slant, numerous light creases to sl. sunned spine, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 27087

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Deighton, Len (intro A. J. P. Taylor),

FIGHTER - The True Story of the Battle of Britain.

Triad / Granada, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, xxi, 335pp, 36pp half tone photo ills., 33 in text figures and/or diagrams, decorative montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), the acclaimed and comprehensive account of the Battle of Britain, with an examination of pre-WW2 air defence strategy, a biographical sketch of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding - the C in C of RAF Fighter Command, the aircraft, radar and operational control, a day by day account of the Battle with the tactics employed and the results (stripped of contemporary propaganda enhancement), and how, with superior numbers, Germany managed not to win, faint creasing and sunning to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light creases cnrs. of wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 30845

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Deighton, Len (intro A. J. P. Taylor),

FIGHTER - The True Story of the Battle of Britain.

Book Club Associates, London, 1978, club edn., 303pp, 16pp photo ills. and charts, maps, etc., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, comprehensive account of the Battle of Britain, with an examination of pre-WW2 air defence strategy, a biographical sketch of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding - the C in C of RAF Fighter Command, the aircraft, radar and operational control, a day by day account of the Battle with the tactics employed and the results (stripped of contemporary propaganda enhancement), and an explanation of how, with superior numbers, Germany managed not to win, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, lower tip upper bd. sl. bumped, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, spine sunned, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32758

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Deighton, Len (intro A. J. P. Taylor),

FIGHTER - The True Story of the Battle of Britain.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1993, Pluriform edn., paperback, xxiv, 261pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., 33 in text figures and/or diagrams, [ii] ads., large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, comprehensive account of the Battle of Britain, with an examination of pre-WW2 air defence strategy, a biographical sketch of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding - the C in C of RAF Fighter Command, the aircraft, radar and operational control, a day by day account of the Battle with the tactics employed and the results (stripped of contemporary propaganda enhancement), and an explanation of how, with superior numbers, Germany managed not to win, good quality photo ills. compared with other paperback editions, a little rubbed at extrems with cnrs. slightly inclined to curl, light vertical creasing at spine, edges tanned, inside of wrappers heavily tanned, pages faintly tanned, very good,

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Book number: 41137

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Deighton, Len (intro A. J. P. Taylor),

FIGHTER - The True Story of the Battle of Britain.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1977, 2nd imp., 304pp, 40pp half tone photo ills. and 33 in text figures and/or diagrams, coloured endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, top edge coloured, coloured decorative headlands, the acclaimed and comprehensive account of the Battle of Britain, with an examination of pre-WW2 air defence strategy, a biographical sketch of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding - the C in C of RAF Fighter Command, the aircraft, radar and operational control, a day by day account of the Battle with the tactics employed and the results (stripped of contemporary propaganda enhancement), and how, even with superior numbers, Germany managed not to win, lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, edges tanned with faint foxing to fore-edge, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, lettering at spine sunned, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45366

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Dixon, J. E. G.,

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN : VICTORY AND DEFEAT.

Woodfield, Bognor Regis, 2003, 1st edn., paperback original, 285pp, half tone photo portrait frontis, hald tone photo iss. in text, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), photo pictorial upper wrapper, as Commander in Chief of Fighter Command during the battle of Britain Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding was architect of one of the most important victories in modern times but no sooner was the battle won than he was removed from his post. He never received the honours that were his due and the author here exposes the treachery and scheming that led to his dismissal and to the continuing lack of recognition by the Air Ministry, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,

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Book number: 39503

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Donald, David (ed.),

GERMAN AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II.

Blitz, Leicester, 1996, 1st edn., 112pp, coloured and half tone ills., line drawings / diagrams in text, oversize (12 x 9 inches approx.), laminated pictorial boards lettered in red and black at spine and upper board with matching dustwrapper, a selction of some of the most interestuing, innovative and distinctive German aircraft designs of WW2, with colour illustrations, half tone photographs and cutaway drawings in line, with descriptions of their development, performance and any variants, including the Aredor Ar 196 and 234, Blohm und Voss BV 141, Dorner Do 17, 217 and 335, Fieseler Storch, Foche-Wulf Fw 189, Heinkel He 115, 177 and 219, Junkers Ju 188, Messerschmitt Me 163, 262 and 410, lightly rubbed at extrems., dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41293

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 german aircraft dornier arador messerschmitt junkers heinkel blohm und voss fieseler storch focke-wulf

Dressel, Joachim and Greihl, Manfred (trans. by M. J. Shields),

THE LUFTWAFFE ALBUM - Fighters and Bombers of the German Air Force 1933-1945 (originally published as two separate volumes).

Brockhampton Press / Hodder Headline, London, 1999, 1st thus, in two parts separately paginated: 164pp and 192pp, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, coloured photo pictorial laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, oversize (11 x 9 inches) and heavy, a comprehensive pictorial guide with over 600 contemporary photographs from rare personal and national archives of more than 35 fighters and 50 bombers of the Luftwaffe, showing variants in different stages of production, with text describing them and giving many details of the history, performance and armament of each, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32763

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 germany luftwaffe arado heinkel henschel messerschmitt focke-wulf dorner junkers bachem lippisch horten ho

Dudgeon, Air Vice-Marshal Tony,

WINGS OVER NORTH AFRICA - A Wartime Odyssey, 1940 to 1943.

Airlife, Shrewsbury, 1987, 1st edn., [viii], 222pp, 20pp half tone photo ills., maps in text and at endpapers, deep ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a further volume of autobiography following on from in his 'The Luck of the Devil', briefly covering his early life and the years 1940/41 but mainly about his roving commission as an RAF Wing Commander, trouble-shooting problems in North Africa and the Middle East during 1942 and 1943, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39898

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Duncan Smith, Group Captain W. G. G., DSO DFC RAF (Ret) (foreword by Iain Duncan Smith),

SPITFIRE INTO BATTLE.

John Murray, London, ND, reprint, trade paperback, xvi, 235pp,16pp half tone photo ills., 2 in text maps, photo pictorial upper wrapper, the personal experiences of RAF Volunteer Reserve pilot who completed his training during the first year of the war and served on front-line operations continuously from the Battle of Britain through the struggle for Malta, the invasion of Italy and the liberation of France, reaching the rank of Group Captain, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44536

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Duncan Smith, Group Captain W. G. G., DSO DFC RAF (Ret) (foreword by Jeffrey Quill),

SPITFIRE INTO BATTLE.

John Murray, London, 1981, 1st edn., xviii, 235pp, half tone frontis portrait, 16pp half tone photo ills., 2 in text maps, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the personal experiences of RAF Volunteer Reserve pilot who completed his training during the first year of the war and served on front-line operations continuously from the Battle of Britain through the struggle for Malta, the invasion of Italy and the liberation of France, reaching the rank of Group Captain, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, spine a little sunned, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45378

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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Dundas, Hugh,

FLYING START - A Fighter Pilot's War Years.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (circa 1991), reprint, paperback, 226pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 2 in text maps, [i] ads., pictorial montage upper wrapper, the author's WW2 experiences, joining 616 Squadron, Auxilliary Air Force as a pupil pilot in May 1939, flying a Spitfire, he served with 610 squadron and promoted to command 56 Squadron in December 1941, appointed Wing Commander late 1942 serving with 324 Wing (Typhoons) in Tunisia and Sicily, and 244 Wing for the Normandy invasion, he was the youngest Group Captain when appointed in November, 1944, and winner of a bar to his DSO in March, 1945, lightly rubbed at tips, faint vertical creasing to spine, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 42666

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

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