Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, Inc., 1918, First Edition. small octavo, patterned boards. 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 while he was at... More
London: A. L. Humphreys for Private Circulation, 1918, First Edition. quarto, original full green morocco stamped in gilt and blind on front cover and spine. (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... 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
Covent Garden (London): Herbert Reiach Limited, (1919), First Edition. quarto, blue cloth and black leather. (x), 211 pp. Herbert Reiach Limited, Foreword by Sir Hugh Trenchard. Excellent squadron history with a resume of all operations reports from April 5, 1917 to November 11, 1918. In October, 1917, the squadron was... More
Boston: Richard G. Badger, (1928), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt. 276pp. Richard G. Badger, Clifford rose from the ranks to the position of Captain in the Independent Royal Air Force. One Illustration. This book appears to be a hoax. A near fine copy. More
New York: Nicholas L. Brown, 1919, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth, stamped in maroon. (224)pp. Nicholas L. Brown, Edited by W. B. Chase. Chapter headings include: At St. Maixent, Deux Sevres (December-April), From San Ma'x' to Tours, Indre-et-Loire (May, 1918), In the Air (June-July), At Issoudun (August-September), and En Famille... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919, First Edition. octavo, ochre cloth in dust jacket. (252)pp. Boni and Liveright, The story of H. Clyde Balsey of San Antonio, Texas who worked his way to England and then to France where he joined the American Ambulance Corps. He later joined the French... 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
London: John Hamilton Limited, No date, Reprint. octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. (300)pp., 19pp. John Hamilton Limited, Grinnell-Milne joined the RFC in 1915 and flew for No. 16 Squadron, was captured and spent three years in a German prison. He escaped and returned to the front as CO of... More
Edinburgh: The Pentland Press, (1995), First Edition. octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. (xx), 405pp. The Pentland Press, A comprehensive history of No 40 Squadron , from its foundation as a Royal Flying Corps Squadron in 1916 to its disbandment in 1956. During WWI as a Scout Squadron it numbered... 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: John Hamilton, no date [1933], First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. (96) pp. John Hamilton, Frontispiece photograph of Captain Rene Fonck, French Ace. Chapters on the ace system, famous squadrons, fighting planes, German circuses, German aces, American and allied aces, and other aces with the allies. Illustrated with photographs and... More
London: John Hamilton Ltd., [1935], First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. (256)pp. John Hamilton Ltd., Twenty airmen's experiences of flying dealing mostly with World War I. Includes stories by: William Courtenay, L.A. Strange, C.D. Barnard, W.E. Johns, T.E.W. Browne, "Brevet," B.J.W. Brady, Charles G. Barker, A.G.D. Alderson, W.J. Tremellen, Joachim Breithaupt..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931, First Edition. large octavo, original dark blue buckram stamped in gilt on spine. (xxii), (444)pp. The Clarendon Press, With numerous folding maps in color. Shelfwear, slight crease to spine, internally a nice, clean copy. 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
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
Chicago: Privately Printed, 1919, First Edition. octavo, dark blue cloth with gilt decoration on front cover. (139)pp. Privately Printed, Frontispiece portrait of MacLeish before sailing for France. Contains a poem by his brother Archibald MacLeish. Illustrated with photographs. MacLeish trained with the First Yale Unit in the US and later... 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
Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1925, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth with gilt stamping of airplane on front cover. (xiv), (306)pp.; (x), 398pp. The Riverside Press, Two volumes. Vol. I describes the formation of the "Aerial Coast Patrol No. 1" which became the First Yale Unit. Organizational activity is described as... More
[Liverpool: Sloane & Co., Ltd., 1918], First Edition. octavo, tan cloth, stamped in black on front cover, all edges gilt. (36), 32, (4),pp. plus fourteen tipped-in plates. Sloane & Co., Ltd., Preface by the compiler. Memorial volume to Tipton who was attached to 40 Squadron, France, formerly 14 Squadron, Egypt... More
Detroit: Printed by Saturday Night Press, Inc., 1919, First Edition. octavo, tan cloth. T.e.g. (xx), (214)pp., illustrations not paginated. Printed by Saturday Night Press, Inc., A family memorial of Russel's letters home describing his training and experiences as an American aviator in the U.S. Air Service during World War I...... More
Detroit: Printed by Saturday Night Press, Inc., 1919, First Edition. octavo, tan cloth in original printed dust jacket. T.e.g, (xx), (214)pp., illustrations unpaginated. Printed by Saturday Night Press, Inc., Family memorial volume of Russel's letters home describing his training and experiences as an American aviator in the U.S. Air Service..... 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