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SAAB AIRCRAFT SINCE 1937
Written by Hans G. Andersson.
Stock no. 1828807
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books.
1st thus
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
In tracing the ancestry of Saab, this new edition covers the entire history of the Swedish aircraft industry from its modest beginnings before the First World War to the highly innovative and competitive company of today. This edition is fully revised and expanded with additional sections detailing the development of the JAS 39 Gripen programme, the evolution of the Saab 340 series as well as the introduction of the Saab 2000 regional airliner. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Large format. B/w photos. 199 pages including index. ISBN: 0851778860. Minor knock to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, ligthly faded,1" closed tear (no loss) to lower front edge of spine.
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II: HISTORY AND INSIGNIA
Written by Maurer Maurer.
Stock no. 1828805
Published by Zenger Publishing Co. Inc..
1980.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The United States Air Force Combat Groups in World War II. For each organisation there is information about insignia, lineage, operations, assignments, aircraft, components, stations, commanders, campaigns and decorations.Blue cloth boards, silvertitle to spine and vignettes to front. 506 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0892010924. Reprint. Light mottling to boards. Spine is concave (reading wear). Text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, lightly faded to spine, browned and scuffed. A good reading copy.
2 GROUP R.A.F. A COMPLETE HISTORY, 1936-1945
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer.
Stock no. 1828804
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st
1974.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
No. 2 Group was formed in Bomber Command to support the Army. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 532 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571094910. Lower front corner of board lightly knocked. Damp staining to rear board, top of spine and light staining to top front board. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Hinges pulled but binding tight. White pictorial dustwrapper is damp stained to rear panel on inside, with a little visible to right side.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AIR FORCE
- RAF
THE BOMBER COMMAND WAR DIARIES: AN OPERATIONAL REFERENCE BOOK 1939-1945
Written by Martin Middlebrook; Chris Everitt.
Stock no. 1828803
Published by Viking.
1985.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win a war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous scale that historians are only now piecing together the finer details of the individual raids. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 804 pages includes index. ISBN: 0670801372. Reprint in same year as first publication. Light vertical crease to spine (reading wear). Else boards clean. Text block lightly browned and a little grubby, a few foxspots. Contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper with red titlesis ligthly browned, lightly faded to spine, lightly edge-rubbed.
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.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
- AIR FORCE
GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT SINCE 1929
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1828801
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books.
1st
1989.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The development and service histories of all Grumman's aircraft from the earliest FF and SF biplanes up to the F-14 Tomcat and the experimental X-29 with its forward swept wing. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. viii and 584 pages. ISBN: 0851778356. Remains of old bookseller's address label to lower edge of front pastedown with some surface paper loss (hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper). Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has some creasing to laminate and is a little scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- WORLD WAR II
- MILITARY
- NAVY
- COMPANY HISTORY
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT SINCE 1920: VOLUME I
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1828800
Published by Putnam.
1st thus
1988.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Edition, revised, updated and expanded. Originally published in one volume in 1979. This first volume covers the history of Douglas and its associate companies, and details all of its aircraft up to the 1967 merger with McDonnell. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 617 pages. ISBN: 0851778275. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Endpapers lightly imprinted with printers ink from dustwrapper flaps. Else contetns clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has some creasing of the laminate, corners lightly rubbed.
LOCKHEED HUDSON IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Andrew Hendrie.
Stock no. 1828799
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd.
1st
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1840370939. Light rubbing to base of spine. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed to rear panel.
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.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
- RAF
- AIR FORCE
COLDITZ: THE GERMAN STORY
Written by Reinhold Eggers.
Stock no. 1828792
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
2011.
Very good condition.
An account of Colditz, the most famous of the German prisoner of war camps, as seen from the German side. The author was on the staff there for the greater part of the war, latterly in charge of security. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 190 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844155361. Reprint. Cover edges lightly rubbed with light bubbling of laminate. Text block grubby. Rear cover scuffed. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- NAZIS
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.
NORTH AMERICAN F-86 SABRE (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Duncan Curtis.
Stock no. 1828781
Published by The Crowood Press.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Crowood Aviation Series. The full story of the North American F-86 Sabre its design and development, covering both the F-86 and its close relative, the US Navy's FJ Fury. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861263589. A lovely copy. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scratched and a little scuffed, slightly faded to spine.