(Habbaniya): 40 Staging Post, 1945, First Edition. octavo, mimeographed, hand-colored heavy paper wrappers, tied with cord. (4)pp. 40 Staging Post, Menu includes "Tigris Salmon". Drawing on front wrapper of a naked woman hold a muff or pom pom. RAF Habbaniya was constructed on the west bank of the Euphrates and..... More
(Poplar Bluff: China-Burma-India Hump Pilots, Association, Inc., 1980, 1983), First Edition, Each volume limited to 3,200 copies. large octavo, black boards with silver logo on front cover. 596pp.; 628pp. China-Burma-India Hump Pilots, Association, Inc., Two volumes. With full color photographs of CBI patches. A history and roster. Numerous photographs. A...... More
no place: no date, c. 1974, 3 x 5 inch file card, no date, Clear and clean signature on index card. Doolittle contributed to the progress of aviation. He was a very successful racing pilot and on April 18, 1942 he led the B-25 bombing raid on Tokyo, Japan. One..... More
no place: no date, c. 1974, 3 x 5 inch file card, no date, Clear and clean signature on index card. Doolittle contributed to the progress of aviation. He was a very successful racing pilot and on April 18, 1942 he led the B-25 bombing raid on Tokyo, Japan. One..... More
no place: no date, 1974, 2 5/8 x 2 inch clip from corner of envelope, no date, Clear and clean signature on the corner portion of an envelop. Dated in another hand, "April 16, 1974." Doolittle contributed to the progress of aviation. He was a very successful racing pilot and..... More
(Stuttgart, Germany: Stahle & Friedel, 1945?), First Edition. quarto, original dark blue cloth with Battalion insignia embossed in gilt and red on front cover. (180)pp. Stahle & Friedel, A very fine history of this unit which fought in the European Theatre of World War II. Extensively illustrated with photographs, color..... More
(San Francisco): Butterfields, 2000, First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (276)pp. Butterfields, A very fine copy of this important aviation auction. An informative reference item, extensively illustrated in color. Prices realized list laid in. More
No place: No publisher, (1944), First Edition. quarto, original dark blue cloth embossed with Bombardier Wing and title in silver. (52)pp. No publisher, Includes photographs, names, rank and many addresses of the members of this Class at Childress Army Air Field. This copy has the signature of 23 members of..... More
c. June, 1917, 3 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches, Fine, unused image. More
Postally unused. A very fine, sharp copy. Enclosed in a rigid plastic sleeve. This is one of 4,000 to 5,000 German and Japanese military postcards (circa 1895 to 1945) that we will be putting on Ebay. We have just acquired an additional collection of over 1,000 Sanke, Liersch and NPG..... More
Includes a silve embossed design. Postally unused. With commemorative hand-stamp for the Naval Review of 1912 tied to a Japanese postage stamp on front. A very fine, sharp copy. Enclosed in a rigid plastic sleeve. This is one of 4,000 to 5,000 German and Japanese military postcards (circa 1895 to..... More
Toledo: Plaskon Company, 1941, First Edition. folio, printed heavy paper wrappers. Plaskon Company, Attractive advertising display for Plaskon Resin Glue. "Out in front on the Avro Anson...that's another place where Plaskon Resin Glue now is proving its strength..!". Full page ad from the October, 1941 issue of Fortune magazine. This..... More
(Dandenong, Victoria, Australia: Kookaburra Technical Publications, no date (1969), First Edition. quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. (24)pp. Kookaburra Technical Publications, Series 1, No 3 in the Kookaburra Technical Aircraft Books series. A series of full-page photograph with captions. Fine copy. More
(Oxford): Air Research, (1988), First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 48pp. Air Research, A fine history of this important unit. Well illustrated with photographs. A fine copy. More
(Hersham): Ian Allen, (2007), First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 160pp. Ian Allen, Profusely illustrated in full color. Arguably of all the branches of the German armed forces in World War Two, only the Kriegsmarine had the ability to bring Britain to defeat once the immediate threat of invasion..... More
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, (1969), First Edition. octavo, dark blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 566pp. Funk and Wagnalls, Extensively illustrated with photographs and three-view drawings. With fine coverage of Vickers' World War One aircraft. A near fine copy, very slight scuffs to jacket. Jacket not price clipped..... More
(Eighth Air Force Memorial Museum Foundation, 1997), First Edition. large octavo, blue printed wrappers with plastic comb spine. (xvi), 635pp. (Eighth Air Force Memorial Museum Foundation, A record of the personnel and aircraft of the Eighth Air Force. Each entry is composed of the following elements: aircraft serial number, date..... More
(Milan): Giorgio Apostolo Editore, (1991), First Edition. large quarto, pictorial boards. (144)pp. Giorgio Apostolo Editore, An extensive history with numerous photographs in black and white and full color. A very fine, clean copy. Aeronautica Macchi founded in Northern Italian City of Varese in 1913 has been a leader in development..... More
London: William Kimber, (1976), First Edition. octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. William Kimber, With a Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Fell, KCB, DSO, DSC. Illustrated with photographs. A very fine, clean copy, jacket not price clipped. More
(Los Angeles: S. E. Maxwell, 1992), Eighth printing. octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. (xvi), 274 pp. S. E. Maxwell, A novel. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author. Light shelf wear, still an attractive copy. More
London: Grub Street, (1997), First Edition. octavo, red boards in dust jacket. viii, 188 pp. Grub Street, Evan Dall "Rosie" Mackie, DSO, DFC & Bar was a New Zealand fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. With 21.5 aerial victories, he was the highest scoring flying ace..... More
Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Publishing Company, (1944), First Edition. octavo, maroon cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (6), 234pp. Military Service Publishing Company, The fundamentals of bombing in theory and practice. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Although not necessary, the jacket has two small pieces of paper tape to the verso..... More
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Militaria, 1999, First Edition. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 38, (xiv) pp. Wydawnictwo Militaria, Text in Polish. Extensively illustrated in balck and white and with color plates at back. Short break to paper at base of spine, else very fine. More
Redding, CA: North Valley Diver Publications, (1991), First Edition. oblong quarto, pictorial boards. xiv, 232pp. North Valley Diver Publications, Extensively illustrated with photographs (many in full color), line drawing, side views and maps. Corners very slightly pumped, otherwise a very fine, clean copy, pretty much as new. More
(Redding, CA): North Valley Diver Publications, (1992), Third Printing. quarto, pictorial boards. (xiv), 208pp. North Valley Diver Publications, Extensively illustrated with photographs (many in full color), line drawing, side views and maps. Corners slightly pumped, otherwise a very fine, clean copy. More