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BLACK SWAN: A HISTORY OF 103 SQUADRON
Written by Sid Finn.
Stock no. 1829848
Published by Newton. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards, white title to spine. 348 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1872308007. SIGNED by the author (with best wishes) to front endpaper. Boards are lightly scuffed. Previous owner's embossed stamp to title page else contents clean.

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HURRICANES OVER SINGAPORE
Written by Brian Cull; Paul Sortehaug.
Stock no. 1829839
Published by Grub Street. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

RAF, RNZAF and NEI fighters in action against the Japanese over the Island and the Netherlands East Indies, 1942. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 272 pages including index. ISBN: 1904010806. A lovely copy, looks unread!

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TO SEE THE DAWN BREAKING: 76 SQUADRON OPERATIONS
Written by W.R. Chorley.
Stock no. 1829836
Published by W.R. Chorley. 1st 1981. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Summer 1943. Against a setting sun a 76 Squadron bomber crew walk out to their waiting Halifax. Another operation will soon be started, another dawn awaits their safe return... Dark blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 272 pages including index. ISBN: 0950746703. Dustwrapper spine is faded else a lovely copy.

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THE SQUADRONS OF THE FLEET AIR ARM
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Theo Ballance.
Stock no. 1829826
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 2nd 1994. Nearly fine condition.

2nd Revised Edition. The book represents the culmination of 40 years research into the histories of the Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm. B/w photos. 544 pages. The book makes possible the identification of the location, role, aircraft, and commander of all Fleet Air Arm Squadrons on any given date. It also includes coverage of Australian, Canadian and Dutch Naval Air Squadrons numbered in the same series as the Fleet Air Arm. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 480 pages. ISBN: 0851302238. Covers very lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE SEAFIRE
Written by David Brown.
Stock no. 1829822
Published by Ian Allan. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A profile of the 'Spitfire which went to sea'. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 0071103432. Boards clean. Light crinkling to prelims else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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RAF GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT SINCE 1918
Written by F.J. Adkin.
Stock no. 1829820
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the development of the many types of vehicles, machines, rigs and other types of device that have been developed and used by the Royal Air Force to maintain its varied fleet of aircraft. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 191 pages including index. ISBN: 1853105627. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. Else a lovely copy!

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249 AT WAR
Written by Brian Cull.
Stock no. 1829817
Published by Grub Street. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The authorised history of the RAF's top-scoring fighter squadron of WWII. Navy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xii and 292 pages including index. ISBN: 1898697493. A lovely copy!

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WINGS OVER SUEZ
Written by Brian Cull; David Nicolle; Shlomo Aloni.
Stock no. 1829807
Published by Grub Street. 1st thus 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Amended paperback edition. The First Authoritative Account of Air Operations During the Sinai and Suez Wars of 1956. With Nicolle and Aloni. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xvi and 385 pages including index. ISBN: 1904943551. Light crease to top edge of rear cover, light scuffing to rear cover. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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U.S. NAVAL AIR SUPERIORITY DEVELOPMENT OF SHIPBORNE JET FIGHTERS 1943-1962
Written by Tommy H. Thomason.
Stock no. 1329555
Published by Speciality Press. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 275 pages. ISBN: 9781580071109. A super copy, appears unread.

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DE HAVILLAND TWIN-BOOM FIGHTERS: VAMPIRE, VENOM AND SEA VIXEN (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1329553
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Crowood Aviation Series. A chronicle of the development and service. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861266812. A super copy, looks unread.

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BEAUFIGHTERS OVER BURMA
Written by David J. Innes.
Stock no. 1829800
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

No. 27 Squadron, RAF, 1942-45. A vivid account of the operations and the Beaufighter at war and also of the aircrews' and groundcrews' lives on the squadron and the many hardships and improvised solutions to problems operational and 'domestic'. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 0713715995. Very pale browning to endpapers else a super copy. Rear panel of dustwrapper very lightly scuffed.

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WINGS OF FAME VOLUME 6
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829791
Published by Aerospace. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Journal of Classic Combat Aircraft. Large format. Beige spine with gold title, red illustrated boards. Contents include: Mirage and Dagger in the Falklands; Saab J 21; Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress; Air Commandos in Vietnam; No. 617 Squadron; Northrop F-89 variants; Welkin and Type 432. ISBN: 1874023948. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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