Sydney: W.C. Penfold, 1919. Octavo, original decorated yellow cloth, 180 pp., numerous photo plates (some folding). Some preliminary foxing, otherwise a fine copy. Official history of the Australian Sixth Light Horse Regiment in the Middle East, and signed by the author on the title page. The first chapter outlines training..... More
London: Guild Publishing, 1990. Quarto, blue cloth, 208 pp., illustrated. Previous owner's inscription on title leaf, otherwise a fine copy with dust-jacket. Signed by R.L. Jones '6419 Spitfire Squadrons 1940'. A foreword by Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling. The full story of the greatest air battle in history. A team..... More
Shrewsbury England: Airlife Publishing, 1990. Octavo, blue cloth hardcover, dust-jacket, iv, 170 pp., illustrated in black-and-white throughout. A very fine copy. Edward Bishop, war history author and director of the de Havillard Museum Trust, exquisitely articulates the creation, development and success of the Mosquito. Affectionately known as The Wooden Wonder..... More
Leceister: Midland Counties Publications, 1992. Quarto, black cloth boards with silver spine lettering, 240 pp., profusely illustrated. Bottom-edge boards slightly flecked, otherwise a very good copy in dust jacket. An account of the incredible effort by the Yorkshire-based No. 4 Group of RAF Bomber Command, over an eleven year period..... More
London: Hamlyn Publishing, 1978. Quarto, blue papered-boards, 224 pp., profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and diagrams. Rubbed at spine ends, discolouration at spine tail, some foxing on endpapers, otherwise a good copy. The History of the RAF and the technical qualities of British warplanes from World War One to the..... More
Shepperton: Ian Allen, 1984. Octavo, black cloth hardcover, dust-jacket, 144 pp., profusely illusttrated with black-and-white photographs throughout. Some minor foxing, otherwise a fine copy. This book traces the history the RAFs most successful aircraft, the de Havilland Mosquito. And includes histories of every squadron to fly the Mosquito, detailing the..... More
London: Aurum Press, 2004. Quarto, black hard cover, 400 pp., one map, 13 double-sided plates. Rubbed at spine ends, otherwise a fine copy. First UK edition. Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. Flyboys..... More
Saffron Walden: W. Hart & Son Ltd, 1956. Octavo, blue printed wrappers, 28 pp. A near-fine copy. An account of the Royal Air Force Debden, a station located in Essex. The airfield was opened in April 1937. During Second World War, it became a sector station from which operations were..... More
Sydney: The 36th Battalion (St George's English Riffle Regiment) Association, 1967. Octavo, green cloth embossed with regiment's crest, gilt spine lettering, illustrated endpapers, [xi], 210 pp., 11 plates. A near fine copy in dust jacket. First edition. An account of the 36th Australian Infantry Battalion from its formation in pre-war..... More
Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 2003. Small quarto, illustrated hardcover, xv, 232 pp., illustrated throughout. As new. An account of the 36th Australian Infantry Battalion from its formation in pre-war days to the end of Second World War. The battalion, also known as Ike's Marines, played an important role in..... More
Leicester, UK: The Promotional Reprint Company, 1995. Quarto, illustrated hardcover, 270 pp.; illustrated with black-and-white photographs, maps, sketches and cartoons throughout. Top of dust-jacket a little worn, otherwise a fine copy. A compilation of Fighter Squadron at War and Bomber Squadron at War, both by Ian Allan. This volume not..... More
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2011. Octavo, printed wrappers, 96 pp., profusely illustrated with colour and black-and-white illustrations and diagrams throughout. A fine copy. A comprehensive history of the fighting aircraft Victor, highlighting its development and first hand accounts from combat veterans. First edition. More
London: Bison Books, 1990. Quarto, illustrated gloss hardcover, 80 pp., frontispiece, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, some colour photographs included. Dust-jacket worn and torn without loss of text, otherwise a near-fine copy. First edition, part of the Fighting Elites series of books. An account of the kamikaze suicide attacks on..... More
Maryborough, Australia: Banner Books, 2000. Quarto, navy-blue hardcover with gilt embossed lettering on spine, xii, 322 pp., endpapers illustrated with black-and-white maps, text illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout as well as some logbook sheets, 14 appendices included with one featuring four full-colour leaves of aircraft illustrations. As new. First edition..... More
Newcastle, Australia: Norman Morriss Printers, 1986. Quarto, illustrated printed wrappers, 120 pp., illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photograph, some maps and drawings included, five appendices included. Back cover discoloured in a localised area along the spine, edge of covers a little worn, a small localised section of the top..... More
Paris: Obelisk press, 1933. Octavo, black cloth with gilt spine lettering and bucking mule motif to the front board, 228 pp., frontispiece, 23 plates in black & white. Previous owner's inscription to half-title page, otherwise a near-fine copy. An intimate history of the 95th, being the first American Flying Squadron..... More
Lismore: Northern Star Limited, 1988. Quarto, red cloth with bold lettering front and spine, xiii, 258 pp., map on front and back free-enpapers, profusely illustrated. A near fine copy in dust jacket including a leaflet celebrating the centenary of the Upper Clarence Light Horse (1st October, 1885 - 1st October..... More
Ashfield, New South Wales: Privately printed, 1973. Octavo, green hardcover with spine lettering, [iv], 168 pp., illustrated with photographs in black and white throughout as well as maps and four appendices. Boards bumped at extremities, author's inscription and signature on front free-endpaper, small tears on dust-jacket, otherwise a near-fine copy..... More
London: Bivouac Books Limited, 1975. Quarto, dark blue cloth with gilt lettering, ix, 212 pp, frontispiece, illustrated in black and white. A near-fine copy. Number 70 of a facsimile reprint edition of 500 copies. A record of the war activities of the Pioneer Night Bombing Squadron in France from March..... More
London: Herbert Reiach Limited, unknown. Quarto, dark blue cloth and black leather spine with gilt lettering on front board and spine, 212 pp., frontispiece, illustrated. Some abrasions on the spine, spine head frayed, boards bumped at extremities, small bump located on rear board, otherwise a good copy. With a foreword..... More
Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 2003. Quarto, illustrated printed gloss hardcover, xvi, 174 pp., additional leaves included at end (unpaginated), illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, some black-and-white maps and newspaper cuttings included. As new. First edition. An account of the Australian airmen who served in the Royal Air Force's 617..... More
Hampton Hill: Radio Modeller Book Division, 1971. Octavo, illustrated printed wrappers, airfield plan on both endpapers, 88 pp., frontispiece, eight double-sided plates (in text). A near-fine copy. Art work by Kenneth McDonough. An account of the early days of the No. 2 Squadron. More
Sydney: Rutland Cowling-Smith Associates, 1996. Folio, printed wrappers, 96 pp., profusely illustrated in colour throughout. Minor rubbing at each end of spine, otherwise a very fine copy. A history of the R.A.A.F.'s seventy-five years from 1921 to 1996. Including biographies, base open days, and a full programme of national commemorative..... More
Tonbridge, Kent: Air-Britain Publication, 1989. Tall octavo, printed wrappers, 64 pp., illustrated. A fine copy. A history of No. 18 Squadron Royal Air Force operations from World War I to the Falklands campaign in the 1980s. More
Northern Territory, Australia: Privately printed, 1988. Quarto, staple-bound, illustrated printed wrappers, [iv], 28 pp., illustrated with black-and-white photographs, two maps included at the end. Cover slightly foxed, otherwise a fine copy. First edition, signed by the author. A pictorial history of the airfield and flying-boat base constructed in remote Arnhem..... More
