London: Royal Flying Corps, 1916. Collection of First World War personal training materials, comprising the following: original ring-bound notebook issued by the Royal Flying Corps with motto and insignia blocked on the front cover. The notebook measures 155 x 225 mm and contains approximately 100 sheets within card section dividers..... More
Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens, 1942. Octavo, orange printed wrappers, 204 pp., frontispiece, eight double-sided photo plates. Wrappers a bit frayed along the backstrip, otherwise a very good copy. An autobiography of the leading fighter ace of the Australian Flying Corps during World War I. Flying a Sopwith Camel on the..... More
Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens, 1942. Octavo, orange cloth, 204 pp., frontispiece, eight double-sided photo plates. Cloth rubbed and thumbed, light spotting on preliminary pages, overall a good copy. An autobiography of the leading fighter ace of the Australian Flying Corps during World War I. Flying a Sopwith Camel on the..... More
Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens, 1942. Octavo, orange cloth, 204 pp., frontispiece, seven double-sided photo plates (7 out of 8 plates). Cloth rubbed and a bit thumbed, some spotting on preliminary pages, one leaf torn at extremities without any loss of text, one plate missing, otherwise a very good copy. An..... More
Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens, 1942. Octavo, orange cloth, 204 pp., frontispiece, eight double-sided photo plates. Binding rubbed at extremities, endpapers foxed, old ownership inscription, overall a very good copy. An autobiography of the leading fighter ace of the Australian Flying Corps during World War I. Flying a Sopwith Camel on..... More
Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens, 1942. Octavo, orange cloth, 204 pp., frontispiece, eight double-sided photo plates. Near-fine copy. An autobiography of the leading fighter ace of the Australian Flying Corps during World War I. Flying a Sopwith Camel on the Western Front with No. 4 Squadron Australian Flying Corps, Cobby was..... More
Murwillumbah, NSW: Privately Printed, 1997. Quarto, blue printed wrappers, illustrated endpapers, [iii], 60 pp., illustrated with maps, tables and twelve double-sided plates. Wrappers a little rubbed, else near-fine copy. An account of the RAAF Flying Boat Squadrons and the operations that took place from May 1941 to March 1943. It..... More
London: The Pilot Press, 1944. Quarto, original blue cloth, 48 pp., profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Cloth a bit stained and rubbed, internal hinge split (not detached), a good copy. An illustrated book of operational American warplanes in action such as: Catalina, Flying Fortress, and Lockheed Ventura as..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. Octavo, original red cloth with embossed plane design on front cover, [iv], 192 pp., frontispiece, seven plates. Near-fine copy. The Balloon Buster is a biography of America's No. 2 fighter ace of the First World War: Frank Luke, Jr. Frank Luke..... More
London: Peter Davies, 1943. Octavo, original blue cloth, x, 310 pp., frontispiece. Some moderate discolouration affects the cloth, otherwise a very good copy. A foreword by Peter Mansfield. The biography of General William Mitchell. Deprived of rank and command by sentence of Court Martial in Washington in 1925, he was..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1956. Octavo, original blue cloth with spine gilt lettering, [iv], 276 pp., illustrated in black and white. Front board bumped at one corner, otherwise a near-fine copy in dust-jacket. Dick Grace served as a B-17 Flying Fortress co-pilot with the 486th Bombardment Group in World..... More
Boston: The Page Company, 1918. Octavo, original decorated green cloth, xiv, 284 pp., frontispiece, 15 plates; with an additional four pages of publisher's advertising at the end (unpaginated). Cloth a little rubbed at extremities, otherwise near-fine. With Foreword and Notes by Eliot Harlow Robinson. Go, Get'Em! is a first-hand account..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1927. Octavo, original blue cloth with embossed title, illustrated endpapers, v, 250 pp., frontispiece, seven double-sided plates. Front hinge becoming tender, last two leaves of the text lightly stained, otherwise a lovely copy with the dust-jacket. The jacket itself is a bit rubbed with..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1919. Octavo, original blue cloth, xi, 372 pp., illustrated with maps. Cloth thumbed, boards slightly bumped at extremities, some foxing on endpapers, otherwise a vry good copy. The wartime journal of Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker, one of America's top surviving fighter ace in World..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. Octavo, original blue cloth, 332 pp., frontispiece in colour, three plates in colour. Cloth thumbed, some flecking at spine ends, otherwise a very good copy. Reprint. Written by two American veterans of the Escadrille Layfayette, Falcons of France, is a novel which encapsulates the..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1943. Octavo, original light blue cloth, 256 pp. Spine a little rubbed, light spotting throughout a very good copy in dust jacket. Not Peace but a Sword was written during World War II and is an immediate, lucid and personal account of Pat Gibbs' experiences before..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1929. Octavo, original blue cloth decorated, 332 pp., frontispiece in colour, three plates in colour. Spine ends and extremities slightly flecked, one leaf chipped with no loss of text, otherwise a very good copy. Written by two American veterans of the Escadrille Layfayette, Falcons of..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. Octavo, original black cloth, frontispiece, illustrated. A near-fine copy. Elliott White Springs was an American flying ace of World War I credited with shooting down 16 enemy aircraft. In autumn 1917, Springs enlisted in the United States Army and was sent to train..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. Octavo, blue cloth decorated with Lafayette Flying Corps coat of arms on front board, 240 pp., frontispiece. Cloth slightly frayed along edges, hinge split but sound, otherwise a very good copy. James Norman Hall, an American, served with the English Army in the Royal Fusiliers..... More
London: John Hamilton, unknown. Octavo, blue hardcover, vii, 320 pp. Boards flecked at extremities, spine end cracked, otherwise a very good copy. Reprint. UK edition. Aviation Book Club. Written by two American veterans of the Escadrille Layfayette, Falcons of France, is a novel which encapsulates the overall experiences of Charlie..... More
London: John Hamilton, 1934. Octavo, blue hardcover, 284 pp., frontispiece, eight plates. Spine ends worn, hinges split and tender, light spotting, otherwise a good copy. Fourth printing. Special illustrated edition for the Aviation Book Club. A collection of stories about love, madness, and heroism of aviators at war and at..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. Octavo, original green cloth, decorated endpapers, 308 pp. Cloth and spine faded and dulled, front hinge a bit tender, otherwise a very good copy. Foreword by the author. The story of a World War One pilot, the challenges he faces, and..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Octavo, blue original cloth with black lettering on front and spine, decorated endpapers, 276 pp., additional six pages of publisher's advertisements. Front board slightly faded along top-edge, spine ends and extremities flecked, located pink stains on leaf p.266, otherwise a very good copy. Above..... More
London: John Hamilton, 1930. Octavo, blue original cloth with front cover and spine black lettering, decorated endpapers, 276 pp., 16 additional pages for publisher's advertisement. Spine ends slightly flecked, previous owner's inscription in black ink on title leaf, otherwise a very good copy. Fifth printing. Above the Bright Blue Sky..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday,Doran & Company, 1928. Octavo, two-tone illustrated papered boards, decorated endpapers, 276 pp. Boards frayed at extremities, spine ends slightly flecked, otherwise a very good copy. Above the Bright Blue Sky is a collection of short stories revolving around World Ward One pilots and their experiences..... More