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MESSERSCHMITT BF 109 VERSIONS B-E (CLASSIC AIRCRAFT No.2)
Written by Roy Cross; Gerald Scarborough; Hans J. Ebert.
Stock no. 1829186
Published by Patrick Stephens. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

Their history and how to model them. An invaluable book for Second World War aircraft enthusiasts and plastic construction kit modellrs that describes the early development and service history of the Messerschmitt Bf109, versions B to E, in Spain and during the Battle of Britain, provides extensive information on technical details, camouflage and markings, and explains how to add even more detail to the Airfix 1:24 scale kit or convert this into earlier Jumo-engined, versions. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. 112 pages. ISBN: 0850591066. Boards a little grubby, printed price to rear board is crossed out with black ink. Page browning throughout, else clean.

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LIVING WITH THE WIRE: CIVILIAN INTERNMENT IN THE ISLE OF MAN DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS
Written by Yvonne M. Cresswell.
Stock no. 1829116
Published by Manx National Heritage. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

How 25,000 men women and children coped with their internment behind barbed wire on the Isle of Man during the two World Wars. Staple-bound booklet. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 72 pages. ISBN: 0901106356. A lovely copy.

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THE ALEUTIAN WARRIORS PART 1
Written by John Haile Cloe.
Stock no. 1828977
Published by Air Force Association; Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. 1991. Very good condition.

A history of the 11th Air Force & Fleet Air Wing 4. The Aleutian Campaign occured during the early years of the second world war. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos. viii and 344 pages including index. ISBN: 0929521358. Second printing. Front cover lightly bowed. Slight lean to spine. Spine is lightly faded. Contents clean.

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BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Jerry Scutts.
Stock no. 1328578
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1861266669. Spine very slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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HAWKER TYPHOON, TEMPEST AND SEA FURY (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Kev Darling.
Stock no. 1328577
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The full story of these important aircraft. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations plus a few colour. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861266200. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and sunned to spine.

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THE HAWKER HURRICANE
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 1328572
Published by Crecy Publishing Limited. 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. An illustrated history. ISBN: 0947554866. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Wrapper spine is slightly faded.

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6 GROUP BOMBER COMMAND: AN OPERATIONAL RECORD
Written by Chris. Ward.
Stock no. 1828802
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. IX and 260 pages. ISBN: 9781848841550. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE ARMED ROVERS: BEAUFORTS & BEAUFIGHTERS OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN
Written by Roy Conyers Nesbit.
Stock no. 1828793
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st thus 2012. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

By far the most dangerous of the RAF activities during the Second World War were daylight attacks on enemy shipping... Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848848955. Spine cocked with definite lean. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and is lightly rubbed to lower front edge.

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RAAF CAMOUFLAGE & MARKINGS 1939-45 VOL 1
Written by Geoffrey Pentland. Illustrated by Geoffrey Pentland.
Stock no. 1828790
Published by Kookaburra Technical Publications. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Visual presentation of dozens of aircraft in a variety of conditions raising from the slick new machine in factory finish to the mud-stained often bullet-ridden combat veteran. Large format. Light blue cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. 144 pages. ISBN: 0858800365. Light rubbing to lower board edges. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. A few pencil erasure marks to front endpaper. Text block lightly browned. Contents otherwise clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed/scratched.

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BELL P-39 AIRACOBRA (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Robert F. Dorr; Jerry C. Scutts.
Stock no. 1828775
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Crowood Aviation Series. The story of Bell's Cobras, from their design and introduction, through their use in the Far East and Russia, to their eventual retirement. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 159 pages. ISBN: 1861263481. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, slightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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STRIVE TO EXCEL THE STORY OF 17 (FIGHTER) SQUADRON AT WAR (1939-1945)
Written by Keith Hiscock.
Stock no. 1828758
1st thus 1990. Very good condition.

Large format. Spiral bound cardwraps, with clear laminate to front and rear. This edition expanded and illustrated by Keith Hiscock. B/w photos. 64 pages. Light browning to cardwraps. Plastic spiral binding is broken in a couple of places but binding it tight. Clear laminate covers a little grubby. Contents clean. Slight musty odour present.

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THE EMPIRE SHIPS
Written by W.H. Mitchell; L.A. Sawyer.
Stock no. 1828739
Published by Lloyd's Of London Press Ltd.. 2nd 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. A Record of British-built and acquired Merchant Ships during the Second World War. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. viii and 502 pages including index. ISBN: 1850442754. A nice, clean copy. Red dustwrapper is lightly creased & lightly scuffed.

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