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WINGS OVER GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by John Rennison.
Stock no. 1831602
Published by Piccadilly Publishing. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An account of the air war over Gloucestershire during the second world war. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 188 pages. ISBN: 0951404709. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else a very nice copy.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BASIC AIRCRAFT: CIVIL
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1331386
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers Book No 38. Pale grey boards. Small format. Silhouettes by Punnett. ISBN: 0723200807. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned, light foxing to textblock. Contained in second state wrapper which is lightly foxed and slightly edge worn.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BASIC AIRCRAFT: MILITARY
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1331385
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Observers Book No 39. Cream boards. Small format. Silhouettes by Punnett. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Pencil name erased from front free-endpaper. Some light foxing/grubby marks to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with fading to front edge.

STEEPLE MORDEN STRAFERS 1943-45
Written by Ken Wells.
Stock no. 1331341
Published by East Anglia Books. 2nd 1996. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. A remarkable story of courage and dedicaton, with many individual combat reports, the stories of escape and evasion also show the courage of Resistance fighters who helped downed airmen. A fascinating social documentary on the impact of war on a handful of tiny rural viallages, their inhabitants and of a lifestyle which has now almost vanished. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. Fold out site plan of Steeple Morden at rear. ISBN: 1869987020. Minimal bumping to spine else a fine copy. Wrapper is sunned to spine and front spine edge.

DRESDEN: TUESDAY 13 FEBRUARY 1945
Written by Frederick Taylor.
Stock no. 1831411
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

At 9.51 p.m. on Tuesday 13 February 1945, Dresden's air-raid sirens sounded as they had done many times during the Second World War. But this time was different. By the next morning, more than 4,500 tons of high explosives and incendiary devices had been dropped on the unprotected city... This book is a serious reappraisal of an event that lives in the popular memory with Guernica and Hiroshima as a by-word for the horror of twentieth-century air warfare. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and maps and 518 pages including index. ISBN: 0747570787. Boards clean, text block grubby. Occasional foxspot to contents. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned to spine.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF AIRCRAFT
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1331257
Published by Frederick Warne. 24th 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer's Series No. 11. Describing 137 Aircraft with 245 illustrations. 24th edition. Small format. Blue boards. ISBN: 0723215413. Spine slightly bumped. Light vertical crease to centre of spine, Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and spine slightly faded.

HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX: FROM HELL TO VICTORY AND BEYOND
Written by K.A. Merrick.
Stock no. 1331124
Published by Classic; Ian Allan. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and definitive work on the Handley Page Halifax, cementing its place in aviation history as a uniquely successful and versatile aircraft which was also a great favourite with its crews. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 9781906537067. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and sunned to spine.

WINGS ACROSS THE BORDER: A HISTORY OF AVIATION IN NORTH WALES AND THE NORTHERN MARCHES VOL III
Written by Derrick Pratt; Mike Grant.
Stock no. 1831165
Published by Bridge Books. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

This third volumes of Wings Across the Border, complete in itself, covers the period 1940-1, a period of experimentation as the RAF and other armed services tried to tackle the problems of countering the Luftwaffe. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and maps. 256 pages. ISBN: 1844940101. Cover corners lightly rubbed, covers a little scuffed. Minor mark to top edge of text block. First section pulled. Contents clean.

SOPWITH CAMEL: KING OF COMBAT
Written by Chaz Bowyer.
Stock no. 1831131
Published by Glasney Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and b/w diagrams. 192 pages includes appendices 1-13, Index (Places & Names). ISBN: 095028257X. Light browning and shelf wear to horizontal edges. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Minor glue mark to lower edge of front endpaper. Light page edge browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, a little creased and a few minor marks, remains of label to lower edge of front flap.

THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HAWKER HUNTER: THE CREATION OF BRITAIN'S ICONIC JET FIGHTER
Written by Tony Buttler.
Stock no. 1831126
Published by The History Press. 1st 2014. Very good condition.

This booki is devoted specifically to the Hunter's design and development: how and why the aircraft came into being, the troubles it experienced on the way, its flight test programme and what it was like to pilot. Drawing on many original Air Staff and Ministry documents and also the Hawker aircraft day-to-day diaries, it tells the story of one-off modifications and trials projects, aerodynamic modifications and tests with various weapons, along with proposed developments, including supersonic versions. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos. 166 pages including index. ISBN: 9780752467467. Light creasing to covers, a few minor marks and light scuffing. Contents clean.

THE GRASSHOPPERS COME
Written by David Garnett. Illustrated by R.A. Garnett.
Stock no. 1831124
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1931. Almost very good condition.

An aviation tale. The experiences of two men and a woman trying to complete a record-breaking air trip, and all the incident that follows. Purple/black mottled covers. 6 wood-engravings. Top edge gilt. 101 pages. Second impression in the same year as the first impression. Spine browned, rear board faded at edges. Front board browned and a small mark. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Scattered foxing throughout.

VICTOR BOYS: TRUE STORIES FROM FORTY MEMORABLE YEARS OF THE LAST V BOMBER
Written by Tony Blackman; Garry O'Keefe.
Stock no. 1831101
Published by Grub Street. 2017. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Handley Page Victor was the third of the three V Bombers and the most long lasting, serving in the RAF until 1993, and still doing invaluable service in the first Iraq war. Victor Boys tells the story of all the great things that were achieved, recounted first hand by the operators themselves, aircrew and ground crew. Published to coincide with the Victor's 60th anniversary. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. 198 pages including index. ISBN: 9781908117458. Reprint. Minor mark to prelims else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.