A genuine fabric piece from the German Zeppelin L-49 that was shot down at Bour-Les-Bain, October 9, 1917, while making an air raid over London with seven other Zeppelins. On the morning of Oct. 19, 1917, 13 Zeppelins, including L49, were ordered to “attack middle England. Industrial region of Sheffield..... More
Berlin: Sanke, circa 1910's, approx. 3 x 5 1/4 inches, Sanke, This card is in mint condition. The card has not been postally used. More
New York: Sotheby's, June 14, 1993, quarto, wrappers. (137)pp., followed by XV color plates and a one page index. 211 lots. Sotheby's, With a 2pp. biography of the collector. A collection mainly comprised of letters and manuscripts: Ballooning, Amelia Earhart, Otto Lilienthal, Lindberg, Robert E. Peary, Wilbur and Orville Wright..... More
Berlin: Sanke, circa 1910's, approx. 3 x 5 1/4 inches, Sanke, This card is in very fine condition. Slight fading along right edge of verso. Card has not been postally used. More
Berlin: Sanke, circa 1910's, approx. 3 x 5 1/4 inches, Sanke, This card is in very good condition with letter in German dated "28.8.13" on verso. Card has been postally used. More
Keystone View Company. Verso with text describing the function of the dirigibles during the war. Produced post war. Fine. More
New York: The Dial Press, 1927, First American Edition, from sheets printed in England. large octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine, in printed dust jacket. (xxx), 288pp. The Dial Press, With a preface by A. H. Pollen. With much on Zeppelin's, airships, bombings of towns and villages, defense..... More
(Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2010), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 64pp. Osprey Publishing, In 1914 the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps was subsumed into the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). With the bulk of the Royal Flying Corps engaged in France, the aircraft and seaplane pilots of..... More
(Stroud): Tempus, (2006), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 192pp. Tempus , Extensively illustrated. The story of this county in England leading up to and throughout the First World War. Airmen from this county served in the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force and the Royal Naval Air Service..... More
(Gdansk): AJ-Press, (2004), First Edition. tall quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 112pp. AJ-Press, Extensively illustrated with photographs and line drawings, profiles and other detail drawings in color. (MISSING ON OF THE THREE FOLD-OUTS). Very fine condition. More
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Fine Books, no date, Reprint of the 1921 edition. octavo, grey cloth. (viii), 1,493 pp. Martino Fine Books, This second volume covers the period from 1909-1916. Very fine. More
(Ontario: Canada's Wings, Inc., 1980), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (308)pp. Canada's Wings, Inc., Thousands of young Canadians served in the RNAS, RFC, and, later, the RAF during World War I. Along with the stories of famous "aces" such as Bishop, Barker, and Collishaw are the..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1960), First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 218pp. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., Illustrated with black and white photographs. A fine history of the Zeppelin war. Neat booklabel on front endpaper, otherwise a very fine, clean copy. More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1960), First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 218pp. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., Illustrated with black and white photographs. A fine history of the Zeppelin war. Neat booklabel on front endpaper, otherwise a very fine, clean copy. More
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2009), First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. xii, (164)pp. Pen & Sword, Our vision of aviation in the First World War is dominated by images of gallant fighter pilots duelling with each other high over the Western Front. But it was the threat..... More
(Yeovilton): Friends of the Fleet Air Arm Museum, 1979, First Edition. octavo, white boards in pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Friends of the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Illustrated with photographs. The story of Rex Warneford who brought down the first German Zeppelin in aerial combat. A very fine copy, jacket not..... More
West Roxbury, MA: World War I Aero Publishers, [1966], First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 24pp. World War I Aero Publishers, Volume 1, No. 3 in the World War I Aero Publishers aviation series. "When the rigid airship ZR-1 was christened the U.S.S. Shenandoah on 10 October 1 923, it became the..... 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
(Gloucestershire, England): Nonsuch, (2007), Reprint. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 188pp. Nonsuch, Reprint of the first edition of 1925. With maps and photographic illustrations. Includes Tables of German air raids on Great Britain by airships and airplanes and German Airships brought down by British forces. Very fine copy... 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
Boston: Little, Brown, 1918, First Edition. octavo, gray cloth. Little, Brown, An adventure novel. With frontispiece by H. Weston Taylor. Text block dusty and with a bit of foxing, spine slightly faded. More
New York: The John Day Company, (1961), First American Edition. octavo, black cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 246pp. The John Day Company, The author studied official documents, log books, flight reports, military correspondence, and personal interviews to record the aerial "blitz" of London in the years 1914-1918, by Germany's..... More
(Poole): Arms and Armour Press, (1987), First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. 64pp. Arms and Armour Press, Profusely illustrated. Fine copy. More
(London: Conway Maritime Press (also 7Canada's Wings, Inc.), 1984), First Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. 256 pp. Conway Maritime Press (also 7Canada's Wings, Inc.), Foreword by Air Marshal Sir Frederick B. Sowrey. A pictorial account of the airplane vs. airship campaign of World War I. The author..... More
Seattle: University of Washington Press, (1980), Reprint of theThird edition. octavo, red cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. (xvi), (419)pp. University of Washington Press, Almost half of the 162 rigid airships ever built served with the German Navy in WWI. Robinson's study of the official records of..... More