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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.
DUXFORD TO KARACHI: AN RAF ARMOURER'S WAR
Written by Fred Roberts.
Stock no. 1831122
Published by Victory Books.
1st
2006.
Almost very good condition.
The author, an RAF armourer, who served on a famous Spitfire squadron at Duxford throughout the Battle of Britain in 1940, and later in India. This memoir is a window on the wartime years, seen through the eyes of an ordinary young man who found himself in extraordinary circumstances and did his 'bit'. Pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w photos. 202 pages. ISBN: 0955043182. Slight lean to spine, covers lightly worn at corners. Previous price-label to rear cover. Front joint starting to pull away (glue drying out). Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- RAF
- BIOGRAPHY
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.
TO BURMA SKIES AND BEYOND
Written by Reginald Jordan.
Stock no. 1831051
Published by Janus Publishing Co..
1st
1995.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
An Airman's Story (Group Captain Reg (Lucky) Jordan DFC AFC). A stimulating and immensely absorbing story of an RAF officer's forty years in aviation. B/w photos. With a foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Aiken. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. vi and 302 pages. ISBN: 1857561384. SIGNED by the author with a gift annotation in ink to title page. Also includes a letter from the author. Boards and contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.
LANCASTER: THE FORGING OF A VERY BRITISH LEGEND
Written by John Nichol.
Stock no. 1831050
Published by Simon & Schuster Uk Ltd.
1st
2020.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book tells the story of the Lancaster bomber used by bomber command in WW2. Brought into service late 1941, it superseded the Manchester bomber which had not lived up to expectations. The Lancaster bomber went on to be the dominant aircraft used by bomber command. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. xiii and 448 pages. ISBN: 9781471180460. SIGNED by the author to front endpaper (no dedication). Boards clean. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and worn at corners, light visible circular mark where a label was.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- RAF
- WORLD WAR II
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by David Berryman.
Stock no. 1830909
Published by Countryside Books.
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A thoroughly researched and action-packed book describing the history of each airfield, highlights of some of the operations carried out from them, and putting them into overall context of a country and nation at war. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 9781853069499. Reprint. A nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- WORLD WAR II
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- AIR FORCE
- RAF
BIGGIN ON THE BUMP
Written by Bob Ogley.
Stock no. 1830490
Published by Froglets Publications.
2000.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The story of the most famous fighter station in the world. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour photos & illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 1872337058. Reprint. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Light scuffing and creasing to covers. Contents clean.
IT STARTED WITH A MAP: THE STORY OF THE BOGNOR REGIS ADVANCED LANDING GROUND 1943-1944
Written by Sylvia Endacott.
Stock no. 1330243
Published by S. Endacott.
1st
2005.
Very good condition.
The story of a forgotten World War II Advanced Landing Ground in Bognor Regis, long since returned to agriculture. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1933570997. Uneven fading to spine edges and rear cover. Base of spine bumped with closed tear. Otherwise contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- WORLD WAR II
- SUSSEX
- RAF
THE SHORT SUNDERLAND
Written by Chaz Bowyer.
Stock no. 1329960
Published by Aston Publications.
1st
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The complete story of one of the most famous of flying boats. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0946627347. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly creased at spine ends.
GENTLEMEN IN BLUE
Written by Hans Onderwater.
Stock no. 1830047
Published by Leo Cooper.
1st
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The history of No. 600 (City of London) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force and No. 600 (City of London) Squadron Association 1925-1995. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 474 pages. ISBN: 0850525756. A lovely copy in a clean dustwrapper.
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS F-4K AND F-4M PHANTOM II
Written by Michael Burns.
Stock no. 1329903
Published by Osprey Air Combat; Osprey Publications Ltd.
1st
1984.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The first book devoted to the anglicized versions of the American McDonell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Light blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850455642. Spine slightly bumped, small dent to top edge of front cover. A couple of foxspots to verso of wrapper which is also lightly edge rubbed.
AVRO SHACKLETON (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1329898
Published by The Crowood Press.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Crowood Aviation Series. Looking at the entire history of the Shackleton and its service with the RAF and the South African Air Force. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour plates and b/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861264496. A super copy.