AICHI D3A1/2 VAL (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Peter C. Smith.
Stock no. 1329444
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The Aichi D3A1/2 Val was designed to specification 11-Shi in 1936 as a replacement for the Aichi D21A2 biplane. Chief designer Tokuhishiro Gomei designed an aeroplane that was easy to produce and rugged. Powered by a Nakajima Hikari 1, a 730hp nine-cylinder radial, the prototype flew in January 1938. It featured a fixed undercarriage, whose drag penalty was offset by its simplicity and lighter weight, and in other respects it was clearly influenced by the Heinkel He 70. Production versions were powered by a Nakajima Kinsei 43 of l,000hp and were capable of carrying a 250kg bomb beneath the centre fuselage and a 60kg bomb under each wing. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1861262787. A super copy, looks unread.

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BRITISH DESTROYERS & FRIGATES: THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND AFTER
Written by Norman Friedman. Illustrated by A.D. Baker.
Stock no. 1829700
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive design history of modern British surface escorts. Includes Commonwealth navies, particularly Australian and Canadian. Large format. Dark blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 9781861761378. Rear panel of dustwrapper lightly scuffed else a lovely copy!

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BRITAIN'S FLEET AIR ARM IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Ron Mackay.
Stock no. 1829699
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Schiffer Military History Book. After a promising beginning as the Royal Naval Air Service in World War I, the Fleet Air Arm, also known as 'The Air Branch of the Royal Navy', became a military 'football' passed around betwen its parent service and the Royal Air Force under whose operational control it fell from 1918-1937. At the outbreak of WWII, the Force was poorly equipped and dangerously short of qualified personnel and suffered accordingly. By 1943, with the provision of superior carrier aircraft designs and a similar whole sale expansion in Fleet and Escort carriers, as well as the personnel with which to operate the warships and aircraft, the Fllet Air Arm was an all-round, efficient Force. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Marbled endpapers. B/w photos. 311 pages including index. ISBN: 0764321315. Minor splash of binding glue to lower edge of text block, previous bookseller's price label to rear panel of dustwrapper (small and unobtrusive) else a lovely copy!

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DOUGLAS HAVOC AND BOSTON: THE DB-7 / A-20 SERIES (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Scott Thompson.
Stock no. 1829697
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The history of the type from the mid-1930s efforts of Jack Northrop and Ed Heinemann that produced the Northrop Model 7B, through the redesign that created the Douglas DB-7, and on to the wartime mass production of the A-20. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 176 pages. ISBN: 1861266707. A lovely copy!

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"LET TYRANTS TREMBLE": THE WAR DIARY OF 199 (BOMBER SUPPORT) SQUADRON NOVEMBER 1942 - JULY 1945
Written by John Reid.
Stock no. 1829696
Published by Stenlake Publishing. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 224 pages. ISBN: 9781840336047. A lovely copy!

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTILLERY TACTICS AND EQUIPMENT: MAP VOLUME
Written by Brig. A.L. Pemberton.
Stock no. 1329435
Published by The Naval & Military Press Ltd.. 1st thus 2022. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile edition (originally published in 1950 as a limited edition of 1000 copies). Pictorial boards. 22 maps with legends. ISBN: 9781474537162. some very slight scuffing to covers else a fine copy.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTILLERY TACTICS AND EQUIPMENT: MAP VOLUME
Written by Brig. A.L. Pemberton.
Stock no. 1329434
Published by The Naval & Military Press Ltd.. 1st thus 2022. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile edition (originally published in 1950 as a limited edition of 1000 copies). Pictorial boards. 22 maps with legends. ISBN: 9781474537162. Front joint pulled, binding still very tight (seems unread).

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CARRIER OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
Written by J.D. Brown; David Hobbs.
Stock no. 1829695
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The culmination of a life's work by one of the great historians of naval aviation, containing material from two volumes, first published in 1968 and 1974, merged with the draft for a third which the author prepared but never published before his death. Edited by David Hobbs. Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848320420. A lovely copy!

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BRITISH DESTROYERS: FROM EARLIEST DAYS TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Norman Friedman. Illustrated by A.D. Baker.
Stock no. 1829694
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A detailed study of the early days of British Destroyers, combining technical history with an appreciation of the changing role of destroyers and the tactics of their deployment. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and ship plans. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848320499. A lovely copy!

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AVRO MANCHESTER: THE LEGEND BEHIND THE LANCASTER
Written by Robert Kirby.
Stock no. 1329431
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A huge depth of analysis and detail within the book. The heroism and determination of Manchester crews. Includes a large amount of material previously unknown. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1857800281. A super copy, looks unread.

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THE TURRET FIGHTERS: DEFIANT AND ROC (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Alec Brew.
Stock no. 1829689
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of the Boulton Paul Defiant and the Blackburn Roc. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & diagrams. 157 pages plus index. ISBN: 1861264976. A very nice copy!

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FAIREY SWORDFISH 1934-45 (ALL MARKS) (OWNER'S WORKSHOP MANUAL)
Written by Jim Humberstone.
Stock no. 1829688
Published by Haynes Publishing. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition.

An insight into the history, development, production and role of the Second World War biplane torpedo bomber. Large format. Green glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. 156 pages including index. ISBN: 9780857333629. Feels unread!

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