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A HISTORY OF No.6 SQUADRON ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR I
Written by Mike Westrop.
Stock no. 1823940
Published by Schiffer Military History. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Schiffer Military History Book. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. Colour profiles of the squadron's Nieuport 17Bis scouts. ISBN: 076432425X. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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WIND IN THE WIRES
Written by Duncan Grinnell-Milne.
Stock no. 1823936
Published by The Aviation Book Club. Almost very good condition.

The author leaves the infantry regiment to which he belonged and is attached to the Royal Flying Corps. Red cloth boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w plates. Top edge red. Spine browned and frayed at top edge. Browning & foxing to text block. Foxing to contents, mainly margins.

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JAGDSTAFFEL 356
Written by M.E. Kahnert.
Stock no. 1823934
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Although the author has obviously given this Jagdstaffel a fictitious number and changed the names of the pilots composing it, the incidents related in this book have a genuine ring and will be recognised as facts by anyone who has had experience of flying on the western front. Orange cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. Corners bumped, top & tail of spine slightly discoloured. Text block and page browning. Some foxing to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with slight loss, rear panel is grubby.

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ABOVE AND BEYOND PALESTINE
Written by C.E. Hughes. Illustrated by C.E. Hughes.
Stock no. 1823923
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

An account of the work of the East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron 1916-1918. Green cloth boards, light green title label and gilt title to spine. B/w sketches. Ex-lib with usual markings. Boards lightly discoloured (minor). Text block grubby. Some minor damp to lower gutter edge of front endpapers and lower edge of text block. Some foxing present.

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HORNCHURCH SCRAMBLE THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THE RAF FIGHTER AIRFIELD, ITS PILOTS, GROUNDCREW AND STAFF
Written by Richard C. Smith.
Stock no. 2140053
Published by Grub Street. 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Volume One 1915 to the end of the Battle of Britain. B/w photos. ISBN: 1902304624. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased and faded to spine. Reprint.

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WINGS OVER THE SOMME 1916-1918
Written by G.H. Lewis.
Stock no. 2140052
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Gwilym Lewis was sent to the Somme in 1916 as a boy of eighteen only just out of school. During his service he wrote long letters to his family who preserved them. These letters have been edited by Chaz Bowyer and illustrated with b/w photos from private albums. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0718303245. Spine and a couple of cover edges are faded. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and tears; browned.

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THE RED BARON'S LAST FLIGHT: A MYSTERY INVESTIGATED
Written by Norman Franks; Alan Bennett.
Stock no. 2140046
Published by Grub Street. 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1898697752. Spine is a bit cocked. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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"THAT'S MY BLOODY PLANE": THE WORLD WAR I EXPERIENCE OF MAJOR CECIL MONTGOMERY-MOORE
Written by Peter Kilduff; John W. Baker.
Stock no. 2140043
Published by The Pequot Press. 1st USA 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark blue title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos. As told to Peter Kilduff. ISBN: 0871060574. Blue mark to front cover. Browning to page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some scuffing; chips and nicks.

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ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE 1912-1918
Written by Brad King.
Stock no. 1823904
Published by Hikoki Publications. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Tracing the development of the men and machines of the Royal Navy, from the first uncertain beginnings with airships until the service was unwillingly absorbed by the newly-formed Royal Air Force in April 1918. Large format. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Colour illustrations of camouflage and markings. ISBN: 0951989952. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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A CONTEMPTIBLE LITTLE FLYING CORPS
Written by Ian McInnes; J.V. Webb.
Stock no. 2139994
Published by The London Stamp Exchange. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A definitive roll of those Warrant Officers, N.C.O.'s and Airmen who served in the Royal Flying Corps prior to the outbreak of the first world war. B/w photos. ISBN: 0948130989. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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THE PERSONAL DIARY OF MAJOR EDWARD 'MICK' MANNOCK
Written by Mick Mannock; Frederick Oughton.
Stock no. 2139992
Published by Neville Spearman. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Introduced and annotated by Oughton. Major 'Mick' Mannock was a winner of a posthumous V.C. in 1918. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Facsimile pages of the diary and b/w plates. Some marks to outer page edges. Wrapper has some scuffing and small nicks.

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