Komet. The Messerschmitt 163.
London: Ian Allan Ltd., (1978), First Edition. quarto, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Ian Allan Ltd., Extensively illustrated with photographs. Jacket not price clipped, fine copy. More
London: Ian Allan Ltd., (1978), First Edition. quarto, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Ian Allan Ltd., Extensively illustrated with photographs. Jacket not price clipped, fine copy. More
Washingtin, DC: Smithsonian Institution, (1987), First Printing in English. small quarto, orange cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (224)pp. Smithsonian Institution, Translated by Von Hardesty. Profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and line drawings. An important volume of aviation history. Fine copy. Jacket not clipped. More
Nashville: Battery Press, (1989), Reprint of the edition of 1938. octavo, dark blue cloth stamped in silver amd red. 302pp. Battery Press, Some of the first American youths to volunteer their services toward the end of WWI were sent to Italy to learn to fly and later assigned to the..... More
Boston: Marshall Jones Company, (1938), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. 302pp. Marshall Jones Company, Some of the first American youths to volunteer their services toward the end of WWI were sent to Italy to learn to fly and later assigned to the Italian-Austrian front. This is an exciting story of..... More
Nashville: Battery Press, (1989), Reprint of the edition of 1938. octavo, dark blue cloth stamped in silver amd red. 302pp. Battery Press, Some of the first American youths to volunteer their services toward the end of WWI were sent to Italy to learn to fly and later assigned to the..... More
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Militaria, (2002), First Edition. tall quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 50pp. Wydawnictwo Militaria, A fine history extensively illustrated with photographs, many side and three-view line drawings and three lage folding plates. With many side views in full color. A very fine, clean copy. More
Alameda, CA: The Nottingham Press, (1973), First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards. (vi), 202pp. The Nottingham Press, A complete narrative and pictorial history of the Seven National Air Tour competitions for the Edsel B. Ford Reliability Trophy. Illustrated with maps, photographs, composite photographs, itineraries, brief biographies of the pilots, and official..... More
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, (1999), First Edition. quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 272pp. Syracuse University Press, A fine, well illustrated biography of one of the most colorful of the early aviators. Born in Russia, Sergievsky learned to fly in 1912. During World War I, he flew with..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943, First Edition. octavo, brown cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. E. P. Dutton, Illustrated with photographs. Marine Corps fighter pilot Joe Foss is credited with 26 victories. He is the recipient of the Medal of Honor. A fine, clean copy in jacket with slight..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, (1970), First American Edition. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv), 570pp. Funk & Wagnalls, With technical illustrations by J. B. Roberts. Extensively illustrated with photographs, side views, and three view line drawings. Both book and jacket as new condition. Jacket not price clipped..... More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian, (2003), First Edition. octavo, boards in pictorial dust jacket. xviii, (322)pp. Smithsonian, Illustrated with photographs. When Congress declared war in April 1917, the Europeans had already deployed their third generation of fighters, equipped with machine guns and capable of speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour..... More
London: Grub Street, (2008), First Edition. octavo, red boards in dust jacket. 192 pp. Grub Street, Illustrated. Arguably the highest scoring R.A.F. fighter pilot of the First World War, Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock’s life, and most particularly his death, are still shrouded in mystery. Did he achieve as many victories as..... More
London: Grub Street, (1998), First Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Grub Street, A detailed history of the GC12 of the French aviation group of WWI. In addition, detailed histories of the Escadrilles attached to the group are discussed along with periodic lists of pilots who flew..... More
London: Grub Street, (1997), First Edition. quarto, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Grub Street, Illustrated with photographs. Four distinguished German air aces of World War I, and their battles with Allied airmen are profiled in this book. Max Immelmann, the "Eagle of Lille" accounted for 17 British and..... More
London: Grub Street, (1997), First Edition. quarto, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Grub Street, Illustrated with photographs. Four distinguished German air aces of World War I, and their battles with Allied airmen are profiled in this book. Max Immelmann, the "Eagle of Lille" accounted for 17 British and..... More
London: Grub Street, (1994), Revised and Updated Edition. octavo, dark red boards in pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Grub Street, Illustrated with photographs. Signed by Franks on the title page. A very fine, clean copy. More
London: Grub Street, (1997), First Edition. quarto, red boards in pictorial dust jacket. (vi), 218pp. Grub Street, Illustrated with photographs. A complete record of the British two-seater bomber pilot and observeraAces, the British two-seater fighter observer aces and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian fighter aces, 1914-1918. A very fine..... More
London: Grub Street, (1999), First Edition. quarto, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 384pp. Grub Street, A chronological A-Z reference of casualties of the German Air Service from 1914-20. Cross references can be made and all deaths are listed, whatever the cause. In addition, the date and place of birth..... More
London: Grub Street, (1996), First Edition. quarto, red boards in pictorial dust jacket. 364pp. Grub Street, Illustrated with photographs. A very fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
London: Grub Street, (1995), First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards in dust jacket. 224pp. Grub Street, A very fine copy. Extensivey illustrated. A very fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
London: Grub Street, 2007, First Edition, wrappers issue. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 224pp. Grub Street, Extensivey illustrated. The most knowledgeable reference book covering the 123 men von Richthofen is reputed brought down while amassing his score of 80 victories. Very fine. More
London: Grub Street, (1995), First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards in dust jacket. 224pp. Grub Street, Extensivey illustrated. Book very fine, slight wear to jacket. Jacket not price clipped. More
London: Grub Street, (1995), First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards in dust jacket. 224pp. Grub Street, Extensivey illustrated. Book very fine, top edge of text block spotted. Jacket not price clipped. More
(Oxford): Osprey, (2001), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 96pp. Osprey, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 42. Profusely illustrated. American fliers arriving in Europe from September 1917 brought with them no aircraft. Instead, US units had to obtain machines mainly from the British and French. From early 1918 American..... More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (2005), First Edition. oblong quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. (232)pp. Schiffer, A companion volume to German Aces of World War I - The Pictorial Record (Norman Franks & Greg VanWyngarden, 2004), this book covers the British and Commonwealth fighter aces of the Great War. One..... More