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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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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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R.F.C. H.Q. 1914-1918
Written by Maurice Baring.
Stock no. 1823935
Published by G. Bell & Sons. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine and border to front board. Spine lightly browned, edges lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Spine slightly cocked, hinges slightly pulled. Binding tight.

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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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CAPTAIN BALL V.C.
Written by Walter A. Briscoe; H. Russell Stannard.
Stock no. 1823925
Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited. 3rd 1943. Good condition.

The career of Flight-Commander Ball of the Royal Flying Corps. Red cloth with dark titles. B/w plates. Spine heavily faded, front board marked. Name in ink to front endpaper. Front hinge pulled but binding tight. Text block browned. Occasional foxing to contents.

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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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