London: William Kimber, (1974), First Edition. octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. 194 pp. William Kimber, Illustrated with photographs and map. William Fry was a fighter pilot on the Western Front from 1915 to 1918. His vivid memoirs cover the Battle of the Somme and Paschendaele, painting a portrait of..... More
London: Picture Advertising Co., Ltd, 1917, First Edition. octavo, original salmon-color wrappers printed in red and black. 250pp. Picture Advertising Co., Ltd, An invaluable reference. Contains list of honors, decorations, and medals with citations for Victoria Cross and Distinguished Service Order Awards. Also has lists of officers K.I.A., wounded, P.O.W...... More
Memphis: Davis Printing Company, (1933), First Edition. small octavo, embossed wrappers with photographic label of Grider on front cover. 111pp. Davis Printing Company, "Marse John" was John McGavock Grider, a 1st Lt. attached to No. 85 Squadron RFC. This work is largely based on letters collected by his aunt with..... More
Cambridge: Bowes and Bowes, 1918, Second Impression. small octavo, blue cloth. (32)pp. Bowes and Bowes, The lyrics to fifteen World War I aviator songs: "The Syncopated Fire Control," "We Haven't Got a Hope in the Morning," and more. With seven tipped-in collotype illustrations. Cloth very slightly scuffed, touch of scuffing..... More
London: Ernest Benn Limited, (1930), First Edition. octavo, orange cloth. (x), 268pp. Ernest Benn Limited, Written during the closing year of WWI, Hughes, who served on the HMS Ben-my-Chree, tells the story of the RNAS in the eastern Mediterranean. A fine account of the campaign in Palestine and Syria. Numerous..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917, First Edition. large octavo, blue boards and cloth with printed paper labels on front cover and spine. (xii), 74, (vi)pp., top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Houghton Mifflin Company, Frontispiece portrait of Norman Prince and 12 pages of plates. With Memoir by George F. Babbitt. Prince..... More
(Grand Rapids, MI: The Dean-Hicks Company, 1919), First Edition. quarto, pictorial blue cloth. 136pp. The Dean-Hicks Company, The school, authorized in 1918, provided for the training of aerial observers and the training of units of line troops in liaison between ground and air, was located on the outskirts of Chatillon-sur-Seine..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928, First Edition, Limited to 150 numbered copies signed by Springs. large octavo, light green cloth (Fort Mill sheeting) with paper label on spine. (283)pp. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Fiction based upon Springs' wartime experiences. Overall dust and handling soiling to cloth..... More
Woking and London: Unwin Brothers, Ltd., 1919, First Edition. small octavo, green cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. (130)pp., illustrations unpaginated. Unwin Brothers, Ltd., A monthly account of the formation of RFC 55 Squadron in England in April, 1916, its arrival in France in March, 1917, becoming..... More
Dallas, TX: The League of World War I Aviation Historians, (1992), First Edition. quarto, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 162pp. The League of World War I Aviation Historians, The story of adaptation and innovation as the aviation element of the American Army attempted to overcome its extreme unpreparedness..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917, First Edition. octavo, blue boards and cloth with printed paper labels on front cover and spine. (216)pp. The Macmillan Company, Frontispiece photograph of Chapman and his mother. Chapman enlisted in the French Foreign Legion in August, 1914, transferred to aviation a year later, trained..... More
London: A. L. Humphreys for Private Circulation, 1918, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. T.e.g. (viii), 253pp. A. L. Humphreys for Private Circulation, Lubbock entered the RFC as an observer in August 1915 and served with No. 5 Squadron, earning the M.C. He underwent flight training in February 1916 and served..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917, First Edition. octavo, blue boards and cloth with printed paper title labels on front cover and spine, that on the cover with a double-rule border in orange, in dust jacket. (x), 196, (viii)pp. The Macmillan Company, With memoir by John Jay Chapman. Illustrated with..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. (xxvi), 330pp. Charles Scribner's Sons, Edited, with an introduction by Grace Ellery Channing. Prefatory note by John Jay Chapman. With a frontispiece portrait and photographic plates. Edmond Genet was born in Ossining, New York. He joined the Foreign Legion..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930, First Edition. small octavo, blue cloth in printed dust jacket. (62)pp. Houghton Mifflin, Hall's account of becoming a prisoner during WWI, his escape from Germany and flight to the frontier with a battered copy of "The Canterbury Tales" as his constant companion. Jacket lightly dust soiled..... More
[New York]: (Privately printed by The Blanchard Press, 1920), First Edition, Limited to 350 numbered copies. octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt on front cover. 94pp. (Privately printed by The Blanchard Press, Organized at Kelly Field in Texas on August 6, 1917, the squadron trained in the U.S. and England..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1917, First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. T.e.g. (148)pp. G.P. Putnam's Sons, A short memoir of Starr's two years of service taken from his letters and diary. A member of the American Ambulance Service in 1914, Starr was..... More
Chicago: Privately Printed, 1919, First Edition. octavo, brown boards stamped in gilt of front cover and spine. (80)pp., plus 5 illustrations. Privately Printed, Compiled by Lawrence C. Woodworth. Brown trained at Camp Benbrook, Fort Worth, Texas and was commissioned early in 1918. He sailed for England in February, 1918. In..... More
(Privately Printed by Richard Ellis at The Haddon Craftsmen), 1938, First Edition, Limited to 68 copies printed. large octavo, slate blue buckram stamped in gilt on front cover and spine, t.e.g. (xii), (152)pp. (Privately Printed by Richard Ellis at The Haddon Craftsmen), With a Tribute by Frederick C. Ferry. With..... More
[Kansas City: Lechtman Printing Co., 1920], First Edition. octavo, black cloth stamped in silver and light blue. (x), (188)pp. Lechtman Printing Co., An excellent example of a rare memorial volume. Richards, a Yale graduate, joined the 1st U.S. Aero Squadron on January 10, 1918. He kept a diary from the..... More
Privately Printed, 1917, First Edition, Limited to 150 copies. octavo, three-quarter brown cloth and grey boards with printed spine label. (viii), (258)pp. Privately Printed, Printed on paper watermarked "NETTUNIA". Meeker was born in New York City and enlisted in French Aviation 3 June, 1917. Meeker was a member of the..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1919, First Edition. octavo, dark blue cloth stamped white and gilt. (viii), 220 pp., 16 pp. publisher's ads. Edward Arnold, Yeates-Brown was captured on 13 November 1915 north of Baghdad along with Captain T. W. White and spent most of the war in a Turkish prison. With..... More
Printed in Coblenz: [Gebruder Breuer, 1919], First Edition. octavo, rebound in tan cloth with original printed wrappers bound in. (39)pp. [Gebruder Breuer, llustrations include photographs of the men in the squadron, aerial photos, drawings, lists of personnel, and casualty lists. This squadron was roganized at Kelly Field, Texas on 20..... More
West Chester, PA: Schiffer, (1991), First Edition in English. quarto, grey cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (224)pp. Schiffer, Translated from the German by David Johnston. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Very fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2011), First Softbound Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (xii), 266pp. Oxford University Press, Illustrated with photographs. As new. More