Original Sanke Postcard #228 of "Flugplatz Johannisthal. Ballonhallen."
Berlin: Sanke, circa 1910's, approx. 3 x 5 1/4 inches, Sanke, This card is in near mint condition. The card has not been postally used. More
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Original Sanke Postcard #256 of "Flugplatz Johannisthal. Das Reichsmarine - Luftschiff L 3."
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
Original Sanke Postcard #267 of "Flugplatz Johannisthal. Zeppelin - Luftschiff "Hansa".
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
The Otto Kallir Collection of Aviation History.
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
Sanke Postcard #320 of "Zeppelin - Luftschiffe "Hansa."
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
Sanke Postcard of "Luftschiffhafen Potsdam. "Das Zeppelin Luftschiff 'Hansa' wird in die halle gebracht."
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
Royal Naval Air Service Pilot 1914-18.
(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
Essex Airmen 1910-1918.
(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
Graf Zeppelin. (Polish-English text).
(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
Bibliography of Aeronautics II.
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
London 1914-17. The Zeppelin Menace.
(Oxford: Osprey, 2008), First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. 96pp. Osprey, Illustrated in color by Christa Hook. Osprey Campaign Series No. 193. The first Zeppelin attack on London came in May 1915 – and with it came the birth of a new arena of warfare, the ‘home front’. German..... More
The Brave Young Wings.
(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
La Vie Heroique de Jean Du Plessis Commandant du "Dixmude" 1892-1923.
Paris: Plon, (1924), First Edition. octavo, original printed paper wrappers. (viii), (352)pp. Plon, Illustrated with photographs and two maps. Wrappers worn and a few tiny chips and tears. More
Die Amerkafahrt des "Graf Zeppelin".
Berlin: August Scherl, (1928), Later Printing. octavo, original maroon cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. (120)pp. August Scherl, Well illustrated with photographs. With tipped-in map. Text block dust on top otherwise a near fine copy. More
The Flatpack Bombers. The Royal Navy and the 'Zeppelin Menace'.
(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
The Flatpack Bombers. The Royal Navy and the 'Zeppelin Menace'.
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2009), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 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 of the..... More
Warneford, VC. The first Naval Airman to be awarded the V.C.
(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
The Origins of Air War. The Development of Military Air Strategy in World War I.
London: Taurus Academic Studies, (2009), First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 288pp. Taurus Academic Studies, Air power has come to be seen as a country’s first line of defense; in the First World War views were vastly different. Aircraft were a novelty not always welcomed by..... More
Night Raiders of the Air. Being the experiences of a night flying pilot, who raided Hunland on many dark nights during the War.
Philadelphia: Casemate, (2014), First Printing of this edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 168pp. Casemate, Illustrated with photographs and drawings. This edition contains a new 2-page biographical note at end. A.R. Kingsford flew with 100 Squadron, the unit that dropped the first bomb at night on Germany and..... More
Kent's Forgotten Airfield Throwley 1917 - 1919.
(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
The German Air Raids on Great Britain 1914-1918.
(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
Zeppelin Over Suffolk. The Final Raid of the L48.
(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
Airfields & Airmen. Ypres.
(Barnsley): Leo Cooper, (2001), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 192pp. Leo Cooper, Battleground Europe Series edited by Nigel Cave.The Battleground Europe series has helped create a new audience for the story of the desperate battles of World War I, but up to now the series has largely been concerned with..... More
The Zeppelin's Passenger.
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
Zeppelins Against London.
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