Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1933, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth with gilt decoration of Squadron mascot on front cover. (238)pp., illustrations unpaginated. The Obelisk Press, "An intimate history of the 95th Squadron, first American Flying Squadron to go to the front in the war of 1914-1918." Five drawings by L...... 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
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
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
(Waterloo, IA): For Private Circulation, (February, 1919), First Edition, one of perhaps 100 copies issued. large octavo, grey heavy paper wrappers with embossed USAF wings in silver and black on front wrapper and American Service Flag in gilt, red and blue on back wrapper. 146 pp., sewn. For Private Circulation..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917, First Edition. octavo, blue boards and cloth with printed paper title labels on front cover and spine, that on the cover with a double-rule border in orange, in dust jacket. (x), 196, (viii)pp. The Macmillan Company, With memoir by John Jay Chapman. Illustrated with..... More
Athens: University of Georgia Press, (1981), First Edition. octavo, silver boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv), 249pp. University of Georgia Press, The Vivid Air recreates the story of the famed Lafayette Escadrille, the American volunteer unit which fought with the French during World War I. Also, it is the first..... More
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, (1981), First Edition. octavo, white and red cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xxviii), 224pp. University Press of Virginia, Edited by Walt Brown, Jr. Introduction by Dale L. Walker. Genet served with the French Air Service and the Lafayette Escadrille in 1915-1917, and was the first..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. (xxvi), 330pp. Charles Scribner's Sons, Edited, with an introduction by Grace Ellery Channing. Prefatory note by John Jay Chapman. With a frontispiece portrait and photographic plates. Edmond Genet was born in Ossining, New Yok. He joined the Foreign Legion..... More
Missoula, MT: The Doughboy Historical Society, 1991, Second Printing. quarto, pictorial wrappers. (vi), 271pp. The Doughboy Historical Society, Fifty-two personalities connected with the Lafayette Escadrille are presented in chapter form. The 38 American pilots who made up the Squadron are covered in detail. With a useful bibliography and index. Illustrated..... More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (2000), First Edition. quarto, cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (510)pp. Schiffer, Includes detailed biographies of the 269 volunteer American airmen and gunners of France's Service Aeronautique who flew in sixty-six pursuit and twenty-seven bomber/observation squadrons over the Western Front-also included are the thirty-eight pilots of the Escadrille..... More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (2000), First Edition. quarto, cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (510)pp. Schiffer, Includes detailed biographies of the 269 volunteer American airmen and gunners of France's Service Aeronautique who flew in sixty-six pursuit and twenty-seven bomber/observation squadrons over the Western Front-also included are the thirty-eight pilots of the Escadrille..... 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
London: John Hamilton Limited, (1934), "Popular Edition" (with John Hamilton dust jacket). octavo, pale blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 384pp. John Hamilton Limited, Frontispiece and other photographs. Hall's entertaining but fanciful story of his life in and out of the Lafayette Escadrille. Large chip at top of spine which..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1929), First Edition. octavo, brown cloth with gilt decoration on front cover. (viii), 353pp. Henry Holt and Company, Frontispiece and other photographs. Hall's entertaining but fanciful story of his life in and out of the Lafayette Escadrille. Spine very slightly faded, otherwise a fine..... More
New York: Arcade Publishing, (1996), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. (xviii), 254 pp. Arcade Publishing, From the dust jacket, "The tale of the American volunteer ambulance drivers of the First World War is one of gallantry amid gore, stirring example of wartime courage has been recounted only in..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., (1966), First Edition. octavo, red and blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 207pp. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., The story of the Lafayette Escadrille for the general reader. Illustrations from photographs. A fine, clean copy, jacket not price clipped. 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
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
(London): Corgi Books, (1975), First Paperback Edition. duodecimo, pictorial wrappers. 256 pp. Corgi Books, 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 the DFC..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919, First Edition, Limited to 1,000 copies. large octavo, publisher's gray cloth, blue crest with silver titles and trim on front cover. (xviii), 472pp.; (xii), 480pp. Houghton Mifflin, Two volumes. Vol. I contents: Introduction by A. Lawrence Lowell; The Faces of the Aviators by Joseph Edgar Chamberlin;..... More
New York: Random House, (1964), First Edition. octavo, red cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (viii), (341)pp. Random House, An excellent account of the formation and activities of the first American pilots to fight in World War I. From ambitious air raids and dog fights to hijinks in Paris, this book..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922, Reprint. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 231pp. Charles Scribner's Sons, Contents include chapters on: The Foreign Legion; With Famous British Regiments; The American Red Cross in Servia; American Ambulances in France; Relief Work in Belgium and in Northern France; and American Volunteer..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 231pp. Charles Scribner's Sons, Contents include chapters on: The Foreign Legion; With Famous British Regiments; The American Red Cross in Servia; American Ambulances in France; Relief Work in Belgium and in Northern France; and American..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919, Second Printing. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 231pp. Charles Scribner's Sons, Contents include chapters on: The Foreign Legion; With Famous British Regiments; The American Red Cross in Servia; American Ambulances in France; Relief Work in Belgium and in Northern France; and American..... More