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FLYING LEGENDS - A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE GREAT PISTON COMBAT AIRCRAFT OF WWII
Written by Tony Holmes. Illustrated by John M. Dibbs.
Stock no. 1323630
Published by The Plane Picture Co. Publishing. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Blue cloth. Colour photographs throughout by Dibbs. ISBN: 0952958805. Dustwrapper is browned to spine.

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HOW THINGS FLY
No author listed.
Stock no. 2140846
Published by Child's Play (International) Ltd.. 1st 1988. Almost very good condition.

A pop-up science book. Introduces the younger children to the world of powered flight. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0859532887. Tab to 'pitch' on controls page missing. Foxing to pages. Pop-ups appear very good.

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HOW THINGS FLY
No author listed.
Stock no. 2140842
Published by Child's Play (International) Ltd.. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

A pop-up science book. Introduces the younger children to the world of powered flight. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0859532887. A few grubby margin marks. Pop-ups and moving pieces are very good.

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BRITISH AIRWAYS AN AIRLINE AND ITS AIRCRAFT VOLUME 1: 1919-1939 THE IMPERIAL YEARS
Written by R.E.G. Davies.
Stock no. 2140197
Published by Paladwr Press. 1st USA 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Maps to endpapers. Colour illustrations & b/w photos. ISBN: 1888962240.

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'PI' IN THE SKY
Written by W.F.J. Harvey.
Stock no. 1823972
Published by Colin Huston. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition.

A history of No 22 Squadron Royal Flying Corps & R.A.F. in the Great War of 1914-1918. Large format. White pictorial paper boards. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0950186805. Spine browned, corners rubbed, boards grubby. Corner clipped from lower front endpaper. Endpapers marked else contents clean.

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AIRFIELDS AND AIRMEN: SOMME (BATTLEGROUND EUROPE)
Written by Mike O'Connor.
Stock no. 1823959
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

The Battleground series is designed for both the battlefield visitor and the reader at home. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 085052864X. A nice, clean copy.

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AIRFIELDS AND AIRMEN: CAMBRAI (BATTLEGROUND EUROPE)
Written by Mike O'Connor.
Stock no. 1823958
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

The Battleground series is designed for both the battlefield visitor and the reader at home. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850529581. A nice, clean copy.

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AIRFIELDS AND AIRMEN: ARRAS (BATTLEGROUND EUROPE)
Written by Mike O'Connor.
Stock no. 1823957
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

The Battleground series is designed for both the battlefield visitor and the reader at home. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1844151255. A nice, clean copy.

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AN AIR FIGHTER'S SCRAP-BOOK
Written by Ira Jones.
Stock no. 1823954
Published by Nicholson & Watson. 1st 1938. Good condition.

The imperishable story of the part played by British airmen in the skies over France and Flanders. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine and printed author's name in red to front. B/w plates. Boards spotted, unevenly faded, and marked. Corners lightly worn. Spine slightly cocked. Name & address in ink (neat) to front endpaper. Some minor foxspots and marks to cotnents. Plate facing page 192 detached. Some hinges pulled but binding tight.

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WINGS OF WAR: AN AIRMAN'S DIARY OF THE LAST YEAR OF WORLD WAR ONE
Written by Rudolf Stark.
Stock no. 1823953
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

A classic aviation memoir of the First World War - as seen from the German viewpoint, and therefore presenting a totally different and little-appreciated story. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Spine browned and marked, shelf-worn at top and tail. Corners of boards lightly worn. Spine is cocked. Text block browned. Prize plate to front pastedown. A few foxspots and margin marks present.

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NO PARACHUTE: A FIGHTER PILOT IN WORLD WAR I
Written by Arthur Gould Lee.
Stock no. 1823951
Published by Jarrolds. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

The letters in this volume were written in France in 1917 when the author was a pilot in No 46 Fighter Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. Dark mauve cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0090865901. Spine a little faded, board edges lightly rubbed. Text block browned.

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WINGS OF HONOR: AMERICAN AIRMEN IN WORLD WAR I
Written by James J. Sloan.
Stock no. 1823944
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compilation of all United States pilots, observers, gunners and mechanics who flew against the enemy in the war of 1914-1918. Large format. Grey cloth boards, pale blue titles. Marbled endpapers. B/w photos. ISBN: 0887405770. Some light pencil annotation against lists of names. Text block browned. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at vertical edges.

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