William Avery 'Billy Bishop'. The man and the aircraft he flew.
(London): Outline Press, (1990), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 128pp. Outline Press, Extensively illustrated in black and white and in color. Near fine. More
World War One
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Surviving the Skies. A Night Bomber Pilot in the Great War.
(Stroud: Spellmount, 2012), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 160pp. Spellmount, Illustrated with photographs. Captain Stephen Wynn Vickers joined the Cheshire Regiment in August 1914, but after being badly wounded, he remustered to the RFC (Royal Flying Corps). While other young pilots were killed or injured almost as soon..... 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
The Flying Squad.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, (1927), Later printing. octavo, blue cloth stamped in black on front cover and spine. Doubleday, Doran, Illustrated by C. Heurlin. Cloth worn, inscription on front endpaper, stains on front and back endpapers. More
Winged Warfare.
New York: Arco, (1981), First Arco Edition. octavo, red boards in pictorial dust jacket. (284)pp. Arco, Edited by Stanley M. Ulanoff. Bishop enlisted in the Canadian Mounted Rifles in 1914 but transferred to the RFC in 1915. He served with Nos. 21 and 60 Squadrons before becoming Commanding Officer of..... More
Sky Battle: 1914-1918. The Story of Aviation in World War I.
New York: Norton, (1970), First Edition. octavo, red boards. (xvi), 304pp. Norton, Illustrated with photographs. Boards dusty at extremities. More
A Nursery of the Air Force. The Story of the Carleton Place Great Airmen and the Brown/Richthofen Saga.
No Place: Forest Beauty Products, (1979), First Edition, 2,000 copies printed. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (x), (190)pp. Forest Beauty Products, Extensively illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. Signed by Costello on the title page. Very slight damp staining, otherwise a nice, clean copy. More
Handley Page.
(Gloucestershire, England): Tempus, (2000), Second Printing. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 128pp. Tempus , One in the series Images of Aviation. From its beginnings in 1909, Handley Page Ltd., grew to become a major manufacturer of large aircraft in Britain. Among the aeronautical achievements of the company were the O/400..... More
The Escaping Club.
(Portway: Chivers, 1968), Facsimile Reprint. octavo, orange cloth in printed dust jacket. 256pp. Chivers, With one map. The amazing adventures of an RFC pilot with 3 Squadron in France and later as CO of a bombing squadron in Palestine. A fine copy. More
Fighter Pilots of World War I.
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1977), Book Club Edition. octavo, white boards in dust jacket. (viii), 152pp. St. Martin's Press, Biographies of a number of World War One aces. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block, otherwise a very nice copy. Jacket not clipped. More
The Red Baron: Beyond the Legend.
(London): Cassell, (2002), Paperbound Edition, reprint. octavo, printed wrappers. 256pp. Cassell, Illustrated with photographs and two maps. One of the better biographies of Richthofen. Very fine copy. More
Von Richthofen and Brown.
New York: Award Books, (1971), First Edition. small octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. Award Books, Novel upon which the movie of the same name was based. A very fine copy. More
Fighter Heroes of WWI. The Extraordinary Story of the Pioneering Airmen of the Great War.
(London): Collins, (2008), First Paperback Edition. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. x, 374pp. Collins, This book was first published under the title: On a Wing and a Prayer. Few are aware of the risks that the pioneering airmen of World War I took. This oral history conveys the perils of..... 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 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
Great Battles of World War I: In the Air.
New York: Weathervane Books, (1966), Reprint. octavo, dark red boards in pictorial dust jacket. (208)pp. Weathervane Books, Included are chapters on aces Rickenbacker, William A. Bishop, and A. Roy Brown. Also the importance of the air arm in the Battles of the Marne, Verdun, and St. Mihiel. Light wear to..... More
Great Battles of World War I: In the Air.
New York: Signet, (1966), First Paperback Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 206pp. Signet, Included are chapters on aces Rickenbacker, William A. Bishop, and A. Roy Brown. Also the importance of the air arm in the Battles of the Marne, Verdun, and St. Mihiel. Light wear to jacket, spot on..... More
Postcard. Imperial Ottoman Dreadnought "Sultan Osman".
c. 1914-18, Postally unused. Small annotation in Turkish hand on verso, very slight bumps to corners, otherwise a very nice example. In a stiff plastic slip. This is one of SEVERAL THOUSAND German and Japanese military, mainly naval, postcards we have acquired. We will be listing them on eBay over..... More
Air War over Great Britain 1914-1918.
(Poole): Arms and Armour Press, (1987), First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. 64pp. Arms and Armour Press, Profusely illustrated. Fine copy. More
Richthofen. The Red Baron.
New York: Paperback Library, (1970), First Edition. small octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. Paperback Library, Bump to base of spine, otherwise fine. Biography which is a bit "fictionalized" More
Cavalry of the Clouds. Air War Over Europe 1914 - 1918.
(Stroud): Spellmount, (2010), First Edition. large octavo, dark blue boards in dust jacket. 224pp. Spellmount, In 1917, David Lloyd George declared that airmen were "the cavalry of the clouds . . . the knighthood of this war." This romantic image was fostered post-war by writers of adventure stories and the..... More
Anchors in the Sky. Spuds Ellyson, the First Naval Aviator.
San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, (1978), First Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), 246pp. Presidio Press, Illustrated with photographs. Ellyson was taught to fly by Glenn Curtiss and later originated the power-stall landing. He tested the catapult method of launching planes from the deck of a ship..... More
Legion of the Lafayette.
New York: Modern Literary Editions, (1962), First Paperback Edition. duodecimo, pictorial wrappers. 319pp. Modern Literary Editions, The story of the Americans who formed the Lafayette Escadrille to fly with the French in World War I. Fine. More
The Millionaires' Unit.
(London): Pan Books, (2006), First Pan Books Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. xxii, (314)pp. Pan Books, The Millionaires' Unit is the story of a gilded generation of young men from the zenith of privilege: a Rockefeller, the son of the head of the Union Pacific Railroad, several who counted..... More
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