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FLEET AIR ARM AIRCRAFT 1939-1945
Written by Ray Sturtivant; Mick Burrow.
Stock no. 1825955
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851302327. Boards lightly scuffed, spine faded from dark blue to light blue (not obvious as fading). Text block browned, contents clean.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT XA100 TO XZ999
Written by James J. Halley.
Stock no. 1825947
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851303110. Text block browned. Covers clean. Small brown mark to vertical margin of page 118 else contents clean.

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TSR2: BRITAIN'S LOST COLD WAR STRIKE AIRCRAFT
Written by Tim McLelland.
Stock no. 1825941
Published by Crecy Publishing Limited. 2nd 2017. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised and Expanded second edition. Includes significant new material in the form of extracts from previously classified documentation including detailed systems illustrations and descriptions. Large format. Illustrated glazed boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9781910809136. Tiny imperfection to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a lovely example.

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MILES AIRCRAFT: THE WARTIME YEARS 1939-1945 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Peter Amos.
Stock no. 1825900
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd / Miles Aircraft Ltd, Reading, South Marston & Doncaster, and Miles Aircraft (Northern Ireland) Ltd. Continuing the story with the trials and tribulations of Miles Aircraft during the war. Contains a fully comprehensive history of each individual aircraft built during the period. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Includes The Appendices in cardwraps. ISBN: 9780851304304. DVD is MISSING. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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RETRIBUTION AND RECOVERY: GERMAN AIRCRAFT AND AVIATION 1919 TO 1922
Written by Lennart Andersson; Ray Sanger.
Stock no. 1825899
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd.. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Focussing specifically on the effect that the Armistice terms and the provisions of the Peace Treaty had on the German aviation industry, this book details how many of the wartime military aircraft and post war civil designs found their way to other parts of the world. Large format. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780851304670. Glue to joints is visible through pastedowns (binding process). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor score marks to rear panel.

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THE KING'S THUNDERBOLTS: NO 44 (RHODESIA) SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE
Written by Alan White.
Stock no. 1825891
Published by Tucann. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

An Operational Record and Roll of Honour 1917-1982. From defending London against air attack in the First World War to bombing Stanley Airfield in the Falklands War, this book tells the stories of No 44 Squadron aircrew and ground crew who took parth in 20th Century aerial warfare. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781873257852. Some minor crinkling to contents. Rear cover lightly scuffed.

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MILITARY, NAVAL AND CIVIL AIRSHIPS SINCE 1783
Written by Daniel George Ridley-Kitts.
Stock no. 1825889
Published by The History Press. 1st 2012. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The History and Development of the Dirigible Airship in Peace and War. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9780752464718. Light scuffing to verso of dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

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ARCHITECT OF WINGS
Written by Harald Penrose.
Stock no. 1825880
Published by Airlife. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A biography of Roy Chadwick - designer of the Lancaster Bomber. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 246 pages. ISBN: 0906393558. Pictorial dustwrapper has faded from blue to green at spine, base of spine is rubbed and worn.

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MARY AND RICHARD: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE AND WAR
Written by Michael Burn.
Stock no. 1825876
Published by Arbor House; William Morrow. 1st USA 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Mary Booker and Richard Hillary. The story of one man's late wife's love for another man. Red cltoh spine with gilt title, grey paper boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 155710042X. Foxing to text block and minor foxing to prelims. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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DEFENDING THE REICH: THE HISTORY OF JAGDGESCHWADER 1 "OESAU"
Written by Eric Mombeek.
Stock no. 1825856
Published by Jac Publications. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Red glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. 332 pages. ISBN: 0951573713. Top edge of text block slightly browned. Minor mark to lower front edge of boards. Contents clean. A few minor grubby marks to rear panel of dustwrapper.

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GHOST BOMBERS: THE MOONLIGHT WAR OF NSG 9
Written by Nick Beale. Illustrated by Tom Tullis.
Stock no. 1825853
Published by Classic Publications. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Luftwaffe Night Attack Operations from Anzio to the Alps. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 1903223156. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE ARNOLD SCHEME: BRITISH PILOTS, THE AMERICAN SOUTH AND THE ALLIES' DARING PLAN
Written by Gilbert S. Guinn.
Stock no. 1825827
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st UK 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The story of four thousand young Allied airmen, thousands of miles from home, who had but a short time to become trained combat pilots. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781862274464. A lovely copy.

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