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 about Sketch Book of a Cadet from Gascony
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 about The Annals of 100 Squadron. Being a Record of the War activities of the Pioneer Night Bombing...
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 about My Experiences As an Aviator in the World War
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 about Pat Crowe, Aviator. Skylark Views and Letters from France, Including the Story of...
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 about Wooden Crates & Gallant Pilots
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 about Wind in the Wires
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 about Sweeping the Skies. A History of 40 Squadron Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, 1916-56
(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 about A History of 24 Squadron, Sometime of the Royal Flying Corps and later of the Royal Air Force
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 about Fighting Planes and Aces
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 about Thrilling Flights
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 about The War in the Air. Being the Story of The part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force....
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 about Land, Sea, and Air. Reminiscences of Mark Kerr
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 about Combat Report
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 about Knights of the Air
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 about The Eyes of the Army and Navy. Practical Aviation
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 about The First Yale Unit. A Story of Naval Aviation 1916-1919
[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 about Captain R. J. Tipton: An Appreciation. With an account of his escape from Turkey in Asia during...
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 about A Happy Warrior. Letters of William Muir Russel, An American Aviator In the Great War 1917-1918
[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 about Captain Walter H. Schulze, The Peace Messenger 1893-1919. In Memoriam
[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 about Captain Walter H. Schulze, The Peace Messenger 1893-1919. In Memoriam
New York: George H. Doran, no date [1920], First American Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in blind, in dust jacket. xx, (146)pp. George H. Doran, With a Preface by the Rt. Hon. Lord Hugh Cecil.This squadron was organized 30 April 1916 at Gosport. On 28 May 1916 the unit went... More about Sixty Squadron, RAF. A History of the Squadron from Its Formation
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1931, First Edition. octavo, green cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (317)pp. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., "The Don Juan of War Birds swaggers through war and peace with wings on his chest and a cocktail in his hand." As per usual, the green... More about The Rise and Fall of Carol Banks
London: John Hamilton Limited, First Edition. octavo, red cloth. (xviii), 9-256pp. John Hamilton Limited, Biographies of French aces during World War I such as Fonck, Guynemer, Nungesser, Navarre, de la Fregoliere, Brocard, and Garros along with facts of less famous airmen. With the book plate of aviation book collector Alvin..... More about French War Birds
Privately Printed, 1920, First Edition. octavo, dark blue cloth with gilt decoration and stamping. (211)pp. Privately Printed, Taber was a volunteer ambulance driver in France in 1915, returned to Princeton University and learned to fly at the Princeton Aviation School in 1917. He was sent to the RFC ground school... More about Arthur Richmond Taber. A memorial record compiled by his father