Billy Bishop. Canadian Hero.
Toronto: James Lorimer, 1988, First Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xviii), 227pp. James Lorimer, Illustrated with photographs. Very fine copy. More
Toronto: James Lorimer, 1988, First Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xviii), 227pp. James Lorimer, Illustrated with photographs. Very fine copy. More
(Bath: Cedric Chivers), No date, Reprint. octavo, red cloth in pink dust jacket. (xvi), 349pp. Cedric Chivers), The memoirs of McCudden's service in the RFC from 1913 to 1918. He is credited with 57 victories and was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1918. He was killed when engine failure caused..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1968, First American Edition. octavo, grey cloth in dust jacket. (28), 356pp. Doubleday, Edited and with an introduction to this new edition by Stanley Ulanoff. Illustrated. The memoirs of McCudden's service in the RFC from 1913 to 1918. He is credited with 57 victories and was awarded..... More
London: Greenhill, (2000), Reprint. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (xiv), 274pp. Greenhill, With a new introduction and victory list by Norman Franks. The memoirs of McCudden's service in the RFC from 1913 to 1918. He is credited with 57 victories and was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1918. He was..... More
New York: Ace, (1968), First American Paperback Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 316pp. Ace, Edited and with an introduction to this new edition by Stanley Ulanoff. The memoirs of McCudden's service in the RFC from 1913 to 1918. He is credited with 57 victories and was awarded the Victoria..... More
New York: Ace, (1968), First American Paperback Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 316pp. Ace, Edited and with an introduction to this new edition by Stanley Ulanoff. The memoirs of McCudden's service in the RFC from 1913 to 1918. He is credited with 57 victories and was awarded the Victoria..... More
London: Grub Street, (2005), Re-issue. octavo, cream paper covered boards in pictorial dust jacket. (320)pp. Grub Street, Annotated and with an introduction by Barry Marsden. A moving story of the love between McHardy and her husband, Capt. William A. Bond, a pilot who served with distinction in 40 Squadron RFC..... More
London: Grub Street, (2007), Re-issue. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (320)pp. Grub Street, Annotated and with an introduction by Barry Marsden. A moving story of the love between McHardy and her husband, Capt. William A. Bond, a pilot who served with distinction in 40 Squadron RFC. Bill Bond served as..... More
New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1918, First American Edition. octavo, beige cloth with pictorial design on front cover. 288pp. Moffat, Yard & Company, A moving story of the love between McHardy and her husband, William Bond, a pilot who served with distinction in 40 Squadron RFC. Visible, vertical crack..... More
London: Grub Street, (2008), First Edition. octavo, pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. 192 pp. Grub Street, Illustrated. With color illustrations by John Batchelor. Based upon Lionel Blaxland's five photo albums and logbbook. The text is a bit disjointed but the photographs are superb. New.In early 1917 the war in..... More
West Roxbury, MA: World War I Aero Publishers, [1966], First Edition. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. 24pp. World War I Aero Publishers, Volume 1, No. 2 in the World War I Aero Publishers aviation series. "A concise and well-written history of the unit which was comprised of the 11th; 20th;..... More
(Knightstown, IN): JaaRE Publishing, (1985), Revised Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (viii), 136pp. JaaRE Publishing, A memoir by Monaghan from his enlistment in the 79th Overseas Infantry Battalion in 1915 to his discharge from the Royal Flying Corps in 1918. He flew Handley-Page 0/400 aircraft in 215 Squadron as..... More
Chester CT: The Pequot Press, (1975), First Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 157pp. The Pequot Press, Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir John W. Baker. Illustrated with photographs and color drawing of Montgomery-Moore's Sopwith "Dolphin" as frontispiece. Includes index, appendix of the Combat log of No..... More
(Stroud): Tempus, (2007), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (128)pp. Tempus, Profusely illustrated. The forgotten airfield at Throwley, Faversham, Kent, which existed between 1917 and 1919, was created to aid Britain's coastal defence after the public's fearful outcry in response to Zeppelin raids early in the First World War..... More
(London): Jarrolds, (1970), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xii), 212pp. Jarrolds, Foreword by Air Vice-Marshal W.F. MacNeece Foster. Story of the kite-balloon units that were raised and operated during WWI. Their duty was to spy on enemy movements and to direct artillery by telephone while staked..... More
(London): Jarrolds, (1968), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. xii, 188pp. Jarrolds, With a Foreword by Air Marshal Sir Robert Saundby. Illustrated with photographs. Near fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
(London): Jarrolds, (1968), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. xii, 188pp. Jarrolds, With a Foreword by Air Marshal Sir Robert Saundby. Illustrated with photographs. A very fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919, Second Printing. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 231pp. Charles Scribner's Sons, Contents include chapters on: The Foreign Legion; With Famous British Regiments; The American Red Cross in Servia; American Ambulances in France; Relief Work in Belgium and in Northern France; and American..... More
Paris: Editions Baudiniere, (1936), First Edition. octavo, rebound in contemporary 3/4 marbled boards and grey calf with spine stamped in gilt. (256)pp. Editions Baudiniere, Text in French. With a chapter on each one of the famous pilots mentioned in title. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A most attractive volume..... More
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2008), First Edition. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. (xii), 148pp. Pen & Sword, Zeppelin Over Suffolk tells the remarkable story of the destruction of a German airship over East Anglia in 1917. The drama is set against the backdrop of Germany's aerial bombing campaign on Britain..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1918), New and Enlarged Edition. small octavo, green cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), (244)pp. Harper & Brothers, Eighteen chapters covering Construction; The Care and Maintenance of Aeroplanes; Aero Engines; Aeroplane and Airship Instruments, etc. With four..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, (1968), First American Edition. octavo, tan cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (176)pp. Doubleday, Well-illustrated with photographs. A usefull, one-volume book. Very fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
Garden City: Doubleday, (1968), First American Edition. octavo, tan cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (176)pp. Doubleday, Well-illustrated with photographs. A usefull, one-volume book. A near fine copy, jacket price clipped. Name on front free endpaper. More
(Oxford: Osprey, 2008), First Edition. quarto, pictorial card wrappers. 96pp. Osprey, Osprey Campaign Series 202. Extensively illustrated. The Arab Revolt of 1916–18 was one of the most dramatic events of World War I. It resulted in the birth of the modern Middle East and also created one of the most..... More
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2012), First Edition. large octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. xii, 324pp. Pen & Sword, Formed in 1915 and still operational today, 14 Squadron is one of the RAF's longest serving and most senior Squadrons. Spending the first thirty years of its operational life in..... More