Royal Flying Corps pilot wing sewn in silk thread: white and green. 4 1/8" x 1 3/8". The black wool backing has a minute bit of wear near the edges. Part of the "F" and "C" are smudged but this is still an attractive example. More
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, Inc., 1918, First Edition. small octavo, patterned boards in original glassine wrapper. 104pp. The Atlantic Monthly Press, Inc., With a Preface by Arthur Stanwood Pier. Several of these letters were printed in the Harvard Alumni Bulletin after his death. Adams' very descriptive letters to family..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923, First Edition. octavo, light blue cloth with large paper label on spine and front cover. 148pp. Alfred A. Knopf, Eleven fictional stories based on the lives of a young tribe of cadets from Gascony during World War I. Bellah's first published book. Inscribed by..... More
Minneapolis: Privately Printed, 1918, First Edition. octavo, grey-blue boards with buff boards spine and black leather spine label. (118)pp. Privately Printed, Chamberlain attended Princeton University and graduated in the class of 1910. In May of 1917 he sailed for France and upon arrival enlisted 3 June 1917 in the Lafayette..... More
[Garden City: Country Life Press], (1920), First Edition. large octavo, brown cloth stamped in white. T.e.g. (xii), (172)pp. Country Life Press], Brown cloth stamped on front cover with the squadron's insignia of a diving great snow owl with barbell over a ribbon carrying the squadron's motto, and with title in..... More
[Garden City: Country Life Press], (1920), First Edition. large octavo, brown cloth stamped with the Squadron's insignia in white on the front cover. T.e.g. (xii), (172)pp. Country Life Press], Brown cloth stamped on front cover with the Squadron's insignia of a diving great snow owl with barbell over a ribbon..... More
Chicago: Privately Printed, 1921, First Edition. octavo, brown cloth with gilt decoration on front cover. T.e.g. (92)pp. Privately Printed, A family memorial written by Crosby in McCordic's own words and in those of his friends and comrades and supplemented by his many letters home. After training at Wright Flying School..... More
(Boulder: Flying Machines Fress, 2002), First Edition. large thick quarto, original pictorial boards. vi, 618pp. Flying Machines Fress, More than 950 photos and 25 pages of color plates document all 400 French planes that were the mainstay of Allied air power. Three-view drawings in standard scales (1/48 and 1/72) are..... More
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1974), First Edition. octavo, orange cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xii), 275pp. Dorrance & Company, Illustrated with a photograph and drawings of maps and cartoons. Elliott flew with the US 13th Aero Squadron in World War I. Inscribed and signed by Elliott on the front free..... More
Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1927, Sun Dial Press edition. octavo, red cloth stamped in black, in pictorial dust jacket. 383 pp. Sun Dial Press, Top edge stained red as issued. Drawings by Clayton Knight. The first complete account of Richthofen's war flying record containing translated copies of letters, official..... More
[Richmond VA]: John W. Stuart Gilchrist. Privately Printed, 1968, First Edition. octavo, red printed wrappers. (vi), 146pp. John W. Stuart Gilchrist. Privately Printed, History of the squadron with rosters of officers who served during the active period at the Front and a roster of officers who joined the squadron after..... 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
Chicago: [Privately Printed], 1939, First Edition. octavo, printed brown wrappers. (179) pp. [Privately Printed], Illustrated with photographs and with drawings by Edward M. Urband. The Squadron's history is related quoting from various diaries and accounts. Written in 1939 this book has the advantage of historical perspective and includes a roster..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1919, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in black. (viii), 204pp. Cassell and Company, Ltd, A personal narrative of night fighting and bombing during World War I. Several sketches reprinted in part from the Daily Mail, the War Illustrated, and Flying. An honest and straightforward..... More
(London: The "Aeroplane" & General Publishing Co, no date, [1920], First Edition. quarto, full dark green pebbled cloth stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine. (106)pp. The "Aeroplane" & General Publishing Co, With a Foreword by Air Marshall H. M. Trenchard. The Squadron was formed at Hounslow in..... More
London: The Signal Press Ltd., 1931, First Edition. octavo, black cloth with gilt decoration on front cover. (218)pp. The Signal Press Ltd., Preface by E. G. Johnstone. Foreword by Sir Charles L. Lambe. 8 Naval Squadron was formed at St. Pol in October, 1916. It became 208 Squadron, Royal Air..... More
London: Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., 1927, First Edition. octavo, red cloth. (xii), 406pp. Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., Kerr began his naval career as a midshipman in 1879, then as a Lieutenant in the British Navy, becoming the naval attache to Italy, Austria, Turkey, and Greece in 1903. He..... More
Maxwell AFB, AL: Aerospace Studies Institute, 1970, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (xvi), 271pp. Aerospace Studies Institute, Born in 1877, Lahm was the first American military man to go aloft in an airplane, winner of the first James Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race, holder of Airplane License No. 2, Airship..... More
Maxwell AFB, AL: Aerospace Studies Institute, 1970, First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers in acetate covers with black tape spine, issued by publisher. (xvi), 271pp. Aerospace Studies Institute, Born in 1877, Lahm was the first American military man to go aloft in an airplane, winner of the first James Gordon Bennett..... More
London: William Kimber, (1973), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. William Kimber, Lambert enlisted in Canada for the RFC in 1917, was sent to England before joining No. 24 Squadron in France in 1918. He compiled a record of nearly 20 confirmed victories and was awarded..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1918, First Edition. octavo, red cloth with gilt decorative cover. (248)pp. D. Appleton and Company, Molter, pilote-aviateur, Escadrille N-102, Armee Francaise, writes more of a general commentary than one of his personal experiences during World War I. Some particular incidents are related and there..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1918), New and Enlarged Edition. small octavo, green cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), (244)pp. Harper & Brothers, Eighteen chapters covering Construction; The Care and Maintenance of Aeroplanes; Aero Engines; Aeroplane and Airship Instruments, etc. With four..... More
(Indio, CA: Aeronaut Books, 2010), First Edition. large quarto, pictorial boards. 722 pp. Aeronaut Books, Destined to be the standard reference on the subject, The Belgian Air Service in the First World War is the definitive story of the men, machines, and operations of the valiant Aviation Militaire Belge from..... More
[Chicago: Rodgers & Co., 1925], First Edition Privately Printed. octavo, blue cloth and black pebbled morocco, stamped in gilt on front cover. (115)pp. Rodgers & Co., Capt. Schultz had volunteered to deliver copies of The Amaroc News extra containing the announcement of the signing of peace to the outposts of..... More
[Chicago: Rodgers & Co., 1925], First Edition. "Privately Printed, Limited Edition." octavo, dark blue boards and black leather spine. T.e.g. (116)pp. Rodgers & Co., Schulze , a 1917 USMA graduate, was assigned to the cavalry, transferred to aviation in France, and after training joined the U.S. 185th Aero Squadron about..... More