A Pilot at Wimbledon
Codicote: Blenheim Press, 2009. Octavo, printed wrappers, 324 pp., illustrated throughout. A very fine copy. The memoir of AIr Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burnett, GCB, DFC, AFC. More
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Australian Aviators An Illustrated History
North Ryde, NSW: Cassell Australia, 1980. Folio, navy cloth, dust jacket, 170 pp., profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. A near fine copy. This is the story of the hazards and tribulations that Australia's early fliers overcame and how aviation empire-builders later capitalised on these hardy efforts. More
249 at War The Authorised History of the RAF's Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron of WWII
London: Grub Street, 1997. Octavo, black cloth hard cover, dust jacket, xii, 292 pp., 16 double sided black and white plates. Some rubbing of dust jacket, otherwise a very fine copy. Arguably the RAF's foremost fighting squadron, this book covers it's post WWII activities before it's disbandment in 1969... More
Hurricanes Over Tobruk The Pivotal Role of the Hurricane in the Defence of Tobruk, January-June 1941
London: Grub Street, 1999. Octavo, 224 pp., 8 photo plates. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. At the beginning of 1941, the strategically vital port of Tobruk and its Allied garrison was under siege from Rommel's troops and the Luftwaffe and Italian Regia Aeronautica. The only air defence..... More
With the Yanks in Korea Volume One The First Definitive Account of British and Commonwealth Participation in the Air War, June 1950 - December 1951
London: Grub Street, 2000. Tall octavo, a yellow hardcover, vi, 346 pp., 16 double-sided plates in black and white. A near-fine copy in dust-jacket. First edition. An account of the war in the air during the first eighteen months of this bitter struggle between East and West told from the..... More
Buffaloes over Singapore RAF, RAAF, RNZAF and Dutch Brewster Fighters in Action over Malaya and the East Indies 1941-42.
London: Grub Street, 2003. Octavo, green cloth, 254 pp., 10 plates. Cover slightly bumped at spine ends; overall, a near-fine copy in dust jacket. First edition signed by Brian Cull. An account of the fledgling pilots who flew the Buffalo in combat on operations in Malaya and at Singapore... More
Buffaloes over Singapore RAF, RAAF, RNZAF and Dutch Brewster Fighters in Action over Malaya and the East Indies 1941-42.
London: Grub Street, 2003. Tall octavo, grass-green hardcover, spine embossed with gilt lettering, 254 pp., illustrated with 10 double-sided black-and-white plates, five appendices included. Very light spotting on top edge of text block; otherwise a fine copy with a fine dust-jacket. First edition. An evocative account of the fledgling British..... More
One-Armed Mac The Story of Squadron Leader James MacLachlan, DSO, DFC AND 2 BARS, CZECH WAR CROSS
London: Grub Street, 2003. Octavo, blue hard cover, dust jacket, 192 pp., eight double sided black and white plates. A very fine copy. This is the biography of James MacLachlan, a truly great hero of World War Two, who flew Fairey Battle light bombers during the Battle of France and..... More
The Matilda Mission
MaMahons Point: Coolindah, 1993. Octavo, printed wrappers, viii, 100 pp., illustrations throughout. A very good copy. The Matilda Mission is the journey made in 1990 by amateur pilot Brian Edwards in his 1943 Tiger Moth Matilda from England to Australia in honour of his father missing in action in World..... More
Lancaster at War: 3
London: Ian Allan, 1984. Quarto, black hardcover, illustrated endpapers, 154 pp., profusely illustrated throughout. A fine copy in dust jacket. First edition. An account of the Lancaster story during World War II. More
The Purple Stripe
Bulleen: Souther Cross Productions, 2012. Octavo, purple cloth hard cover, dust jacket, xiii, 874 pp., A very fine copy. This book gives a comprehensive history of flight engineers in Australia, made through the perspective of the Australian Flight Engineer Association. This well articulated and well researched opus puts the history..... More
Australia 1942 End of Innocence
Sydney: Collins, 1985. Quarto, white hardcover with black spine lettering, 208 pp., profusely illustrated with photographs and posters, and drawings in both colour and black and white. Spotting on hardcover, dust-jacket, and title leaf, otherwise a good copy in dust-jacket. An account of the combined Australia-American force drove back the..... More
Caesar & Hussein
London: The British Library, 1999. Two octavo volumes, quarter leather pictorial boards housed in red cloth slipcase with label, 334 pp. total. Like new. Limited second edition. Caesar: The Life Story of a Panda Leopard; and Hussein: An Entertainment. were the author's first debut novels. They were originally published under..... More
Caesar & Hussein
London: The British Library, 1999. Two octavo volumes, quarter leather pictorial boards housed in red cloth slipcase with label, 334 pp. total. As new. Limited second edition. Set No. 168/250. Signed by the author. Caesar: The Life Story of a Panda Leopard; and Hussein: An Entertainment. were the author's first..... More
John Derry The story of Britain's first supersonic pilot
California: Haynes Publishing, 2008. Octavo, original cloth, 256 pp., plates. A fine copy in dust jacket. The full story of John Derry's supersonic test flights and the results of the investigation into the fatal crash. More
Air War for Yugoslavia Greece and Crete 1940-41
London: Grubb Street, 1987. Quarto, black cloth hard cover, dust jacket, 445 pp., illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. A very fine copy. A wonderfully researched and historically detailed account of the Balkan campaign - the air battle for Yugoslavia, Greece, and Crete. This war began with Italy invading..... More
The Bloody Shambles Series
London: Grub Street, 1996. Octavo, red cloth hard cover, dust jacket, (vol.1) 494 pp., (vol.2) 392 pp., (vol.3) 448 pp., illustrated throughout. All three volumes are very fine copies. A three volume set. The first two volumes being the first comprehensive account of air operations over South-East Asia from December..... More
The Best of the Past Preserving and Flying, Aviation's Fifty-Year Legacy
California: MACH 1, Inc, 1993. Folio, black cloth, 160 pp., profusely illustrated with colour. Light foxing on inner dust jacket, light foxing and spotting on endpapers, otherwise a very good copy. Renowned photographer Brian Silcox takes the reader through a colourful journey into the legacy and historical significance of these..... More
The Royal Flying Corps (Per Adua ad Astra)
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. Octavo, blue papered boards with gilt spine lettering, 152 pp., illustrated. A near-fine copy. An account of the Royal Flying Corps from its formation until the end of World War One in nine chapters. The first section includes a history of early flights from 1793 to..... More
Silk and Barbed Wire
Perth: The Royal Air Forces ex Prisoners of War Association, 2000. Octavo, printed wrappers, xvi, 350 pp., black-and-white illustrations throughout. A very good copy. Captivating and emotive first hand P.O.W. accounts by members of The Royal Airforces ex Prisoners of War Association. More
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