London: The Gnome & Le Rhone Engine Co., 1917, First Edition. small octavo, printed wrappers. 240 pp. The Gnome & Le Rhone Engine Co., Instruction Book No. 2. Contents: Introduction, General Description, Timing of the Engine, Running the Engine, Dismantling of the Engine, Cleaning & Reassembling, Storage & Dispatch, Recent..... 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
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
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
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
(New York): Smithmark, (1995), Reprint. octavo, white boards in pictorial dust jacket. (viii), (341)pp. Smithmark, 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 presents a unique..... 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
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
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
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
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