Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1925. First Edition. Two volumes. Like new.Vol I: octavo, frontispiece, [xiv], 306 pp., 44 photo plates; minor rubbing to bottom and top of spine section, gilt insignia intact, a fine copy in original blue cloth.Vol II: octavo, frontispiece, [x], 400 pp., 41 photo plates; minor rubbing to...

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Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1925. First Edition. Two volumes. Very good set in original blue cloth. A seal tooled onto the spines has been poorly removed. Vol I: octavo, frontispiece, [xiv], 306 pp., 44 photo plates; corners bumped on front board, front hinge tender. Vol II: octavo, frontispiece, [x], 400 pp....

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Paris: Hachette, 1918. First Edition. Small octavo, [x], 224, [4] pp., contemporary gilt lettered quarter green cloth, an attractive copy. Jean Beraud Villars (1893-1979) was born near Paris and educated in France, England, and Germany. An infantry volunteer in 1915, he was wounded several times before transferring to aviation at...

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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Octavo, frontispiece, [xii], 192 pp., 7 photo plates; some browning to preliminary leaves, a fine copy in original red cloth, with very good dust jacket (this clipped and mildly chipped at spine). Luke served with the US 27th Aero Squadron...

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