The Day the Red Baron Died.
New York: Bonanza Books, (1970), Reprint edition. octavo, black cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), (330)pp. Bonanza Books, Illustrated with photographs. Corner lightly bumped, light wear to jacket. More
New York: Bonanza Books, (1970), Reprint edition. octavo, black cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), (330)pp. Bonanza Books, Illustrated with photographs. Corner lightly bumped, light wear to jacket. More
(Tunbridge Wells): Midas, (1981), First Edition. blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (160)pp. Midas, Illustrated with photographs. Very fine copy, jacket price clipped. More
London: Arms and Armour Press, (1977), Second edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), 17-(318)pp. Arms and Armour Press, Illustrated with photographs. In this edition, many of the author's fellow airmen are identified from the pseudonyms used in the original edition, along with detailed appendices contributed by Norman..... More
Falls Church, VA: AJAY Enterprises, 1978, First Edition. octavo, black and white pictorial wrappers (specially bound with clear plastic wrappers). (4), 33pp., stapled. AJAY Enterprises, Series No. 2 Publication on World War I Aces. Brief histories of the 40-victory ace Lothar von Richthofen and the 33-victory ace Kurt Wolff along..... More
(New York): Dutton, (2003), First Edition. octavo, boards in pictorial dust jacket. (x), (310)pp. Dutton, Illustrated with photographs. An interesting look into the 95th Aero Squadron during World War One. Fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
London: Cape, (1961), Reprint of the Reissue of the 1934 reprint. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (vi), 456pp. Cape, With Henry Williamson's Tribute to Yeates and a Preface to the New Edition. There is no bitter snarl nor self-pity in this classic novel about the air war of..... More
London: Cassell, (1963), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (vi), (192)pp. Cassell, Illustrated with photographs. Frederick Joseph Rutland, DSC & Bar, AM (21 October 1886 – 28 January 1949) was a British pioneer of naval aviation. A decorated pilot in the First World War, he earned the nickname..... More
(Dayton, OH): The Journal Herald, (1978), First Edition. quarto, pictorial boards. (10), (149)pp. The Journal Herald, An account of the first powered flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina commemorating the 75th anniversary of that 12 second flight. Signed by Caniff and Young. Illustrations in color and..... More
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2013), Reprint. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (viii), (160)pp. Pen & Sword, Illustrated with photographs. Philip Bartlett’s account is a unique and fascinating record of a pilot’s life in the dawn of aerial warfare and, as history, of the first use of the bomber in war..... More
Boulder: Flying Machines Press, First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy wrappers. 112pp. Flying Machines Press, The story in words, photos, and color profiles of the 8 aviation recipients of the Medal of Honor in World War I and their aircraft that figured in the actions. Among those included are Eddie Rickenbacker..... More
Boulder: Flying Machines Press, First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy wrappers. 112pp. Flying Machines Press, The story in words, photos, and color profiles of the 8 aviation recipients of the Medal of Honor in World War I and their aircraft that figured in the actions. Among those included are Eddie Rickenbacker..... More
(Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2012), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 224pp. Pen & Sword, Throughout the relatively short yet highly distinguished history of the Royal Air Force there has been a tendency for the men and women of the Service to be overshadowed by the glamour of the..... More
New York: Ballentine, (2003), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. (viii), (344)pp. Ballentine, An affectionate tribute to this gallant American. As new. Jacket not price clipped. More
(Oxford): Osprey, (2009), First Edition. quarto, pictorial card wrappers. 128pp. Osprey, By the autumn of 1916, with the formation of the new Jagdstaffeln, the pendulum of aerial supremacy had once again swung in favour of the German Air Force. The battle of the Somme in 1916 saw the RFC suffer..... More
(Oxford): Osprey, (2011), First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. 128pp. Osprey, Profusely illustrated with photographs and with full color plates. When No 60 Sqn arrived in France in May 1916, partially equipped with the delightfully named Morane Bullet, there were only two dedicated single-seat fighter squadrons on the Western..... More
Boulder: Flying Machines Press, (1997), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy wrappers. 96pp. Flying Machines Press, The story in words, photos, and color profiles of the 19 aviation recipients of the Victoria Cross in World War I and their aircraft that figured in the action. Among those included are Albert Ball..... More
(Oxford): Osprey, (2001), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 96pp. Osprey, Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 42. Profusely illustrated. American fliers arriving in Europe from September 1917 brought with them no aircraft. Instead, US units had to obtain machines mainly from the British and French. From early 1918 American..... More
(Oxford): Osprey, (2002), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 96pp. Osprey, Extensively illustrated with photographs and airplane profiles in full color. Focuses on the combat careers of the last of the famous Sopwith fighters to enter service during World War 1, the Dolphin and the Snipe, both of which..... More
(Oxford): Osprey, (2003), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 96pp. Osprey, Extensively illustrated with photographs and full color profiles. Responsible for destroying 1294 enemy aircraft between June 1917 and November 1918, the Camel was the most successful fighting scout employed by either side in terms of the sheer number..... More
(Oxford: Osprey, 2004), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 128pp. Osprey , Aviation Elite Units No. 17. Organized in April, 1916, and comprised of American volunteers under a French commander and executive officer, the Escadrille Lafayette became one of the most famous Allied fighter squadrons of World War I...... More
(Oxford): Osprey, (2001), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 96pp. Osprey, Built by the 'Société Anonyme Pour l’Aviation et ses Dérivés', (SPAD), the SPAD VII was the first successful fighting scout design to emerge from the company that had traded as Duperdussin pre-war. Flown ‘from the off’ by aces..... More
(London): Greenhill, (1984), First Greenhill Printing. octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. 223pp. Greenhill, Translated from the German by Claud W. Sykes. Frontispiece photograph of Immelmann. Biography of Immelmann one of Germany's greatest war heroes written by his brother. Much of the material is quoted from letters. With 25 photographic illustrations..... More
(Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2011), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 128pp. Osprey Publishing, The history of Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel (or Jasta) 18 is one of the more unique and complex of German fighter squadrons of World War I. In fact, the unit could be said to have had something..... More
London: William Kimber, (1965), First Edition. octavo, orange boards in pictorial dust jacket. 207pp. William Kimber, Numerous illustrations of airplanes and R.A.F. squadron personnel. The story of this amazing pilot who was killed during the bitter fighting over Greece in April of 1941. Minor foxing to top edge of text..... More
College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, (2007), First Edition. octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), 208pp. Texas A&M University Press, The biography of Kindley, one of the lesser known American pilots of WWI, with the history of the early years of aviation, the Great War, and the..... More