No place, no publisher or printer: [1919], First Edition. oblong octavo, green printed wrappers. (16)pp., stapled. A brief history of the squadron and the roster as of January 24, 1919. Signed on inner back wrapper by Rolfe P. Kennard, a member of the Squadron. Slight general wear and scuffs from..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917, First Edition. large octavo, blue boards and cloth with printed paper labels on front cover and spine. (xii), 74, (vi)pp., top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Houghton Mifflin Company, Frontispiece portrait of Norman Prince and 12 pages of plates. With Memoir by George F. Babbitt. Prince..... 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 labels on front cover and spine. (216)pp. The Macmillan Company, Frontispiece photograph of Chapman and his mother. Chapman enlisted in the French Foreign Legion in August, 1914, transferred to aviation a year later, trained..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917, First Edition. octavo, blue boards and cloth with printed paper labels on front cover and spine. (216)pp. The Macmillan Company, Frontispiece photograph of Chapman and his mother. Chapman enlisted in the French Foreign Legion in August, 1914, transferred to aviation a year later, trained..... 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
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 York. 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
(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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930, First Edition. small octavo, blue cloth in printed dust jacket. (62)pp. Houghton Mifflin, Hall's account of becoming a prisoner during WWI, his escape from Germany and flight to the frontier with a battered copy of "The Canterbury Tales" as his constant companion. Jacket lightly dust soiled..... 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
Privately Printed, 1917, First Edition, Limited to 150 copies. octavo, three-quarter brown cloth and grey boards with printed spine label. (viii), (258)pp. Privately Printed, Printed on paper watermarked "NETTUNIA". Meeker was born in New York City and enlisted in French Aviation 3 June, 1917. Meeker was a member of the..... 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: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1918, First English language edition. octavo, lavender cloth stamped in white. (xxxii), 267pp., illustrations unpaginated. Moffat, Yard & Company, Translated by Clifton Harby Levy. Account of the greatest French ace from the French point of view. With transcripts from Guynemer's own Notebook of Flight..... More
San Francisco: J. D. Huff and Company, (1993), First Edition, wrappers issue. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 296pp. J. D. Huff and Company, The letters are from the Hoover Institution collection relating to Alan H. Nichols who, after serving as an ambulance driver, on 1 July 1917 he enlisted in France's Service..... More
Indianapolis: E. C. Seale & Company, (1963), Reissue. octavo, tan boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), 335pp. E. C. Seale & Company, Originally published under the title "The Great Adventure." An historically accurate and factual adventure written by Parsons who flew for France during WWI as a member of the..... More
Indianapolis: E. C. Seale & Company, (1963), Reissue. octavo, brown cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 335pp. E. C. Seale & Company, Originally published under the title "The Great Adventure." An historically accurate and factual adventure written by Parsons who flew for France during WWI as a member of the Layfayette..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1918), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. (20), 339pp. Harper & Brothers Publishers, Frontispiece: Photograph of Roberts. Illustrated with photographs, including an appendix (glossary). Roberts was assigned to No. 4 Squadron and participated in the Battle of..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1918), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. (20), 339pp. Harper & Brothers Publishers, Frontispiece: Photograph of Roberts. Illustrated with photographs, including an appendix (glossary). Roberts was assigned to No. 4 Squadron and participated in the Battle of..... More
Garden City: Printed at The Country Life Press, 1925, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. (xxx), 202pp. Printed at The Country Life Press, Kiffin Rockwell joined the Foreign Legion in France in 1914 and transferred to aviation in 1915 taking training at Avord and Pau. He joined the Escadrille Lafayette at..... More
Philadelphia: Casemate, (2016), First Edition. large octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xxii), 194pp. Casemate, Extensively illustrated with photographs in black and white and in color. The Lafayette Escadrille was an all-volunteer squadron of Americans who flew for France during World War I. One hundred years later, it is..... More
New York: Modern Literary Editions, (1962), First Paperback Edition. duodecimo, pictorial wrappers. 319pp. Modern Literary Editions, The story of the Americans who formed the Lafayette Escadrille to fly with the French in World War I. Fine. More