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BLUEPRINT FOR VICTORY: BRITAIN'S FIRST WORLD WAR BLITZKRIEG AIR FORCE
Written by Greg Baughen.
Stock no. 1829849
Published by Fonthill Media Limited. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A picture of how air power developed in Britain before and during the First World War. Detailing the fierce battles as rival factions fought for control. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 255 pages including index. ISBN: 9781781553923. A lovely copy, looks unread!

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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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THE DEVELOPMENT OF JET AND TURBINE AERO ENGINES
Written by Bill Gunston.
Stock no. 1829845
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 3rd 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

3rd Edition. The largest and heaviest transport aircraft, the highest flying reconnaissance aeroplanes and the fastest and most agile fighters are all powered by jet or gas-turbine engines.This updated edition examines all of the recent developments, such as Boeing's announcement to abandon plans for a stretched 747, to cut back on future development of the 767, and to develop a possible dynamic passenger aircraft called the Sonic Cruiser. How jet and gas-turbine engines work, the differences between jet, gas-turbine, rocket, ramjet, turboprop, and helicopter turboshaft engines. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams & photos. 253 pages including index. ISBN: 1852606096. A lovely copy, feels unread!

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WE ACT WITH ONE ACCORD: 35 PATHFINDER SQUADRON
Written by Alan Cooper.
Stock no. 1829844
Published by J&kh Publishing. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Cardwraps. B/w photos. 259 pages. ISBN: 1900511835. A lovely copy, feels unread!

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BRITISH ARTILLERY ON THE WESTERN FRONT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Written by Sanders Marble.
Stock no. 1829842
Published by Ashgate Publishing; Routledge. 1st thus 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Ashgate Studies in First World War History. Blue cardwraps. xvii and 285 pages including index. ISBN: 9781138270466. Printers smudge to fly-leaf. Else a lovely copy, looks unread!

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VALIANT QUARTET
Written by G.G. Connell.
Stock no. 1829841
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

His Majesty's Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: Curlew, Cairo, Calcutta and Coventry. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w maps. 303 pages including index. ISBN: 0718304268. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper.

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CAEN CONTROVERSY: THE BATTLE FOR SWORD BEACH 1944
Written by Andrew Stewart.
Stock no. 1829840
Published by Helion & Company. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The significant element of the wider D-Day operation and a narrative account of the operations conducted by 3 British Infantry Division. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos, colour maps. 164 pages including index. ISBN: 9781909982123. Small bump to lower front corner of boards. Else a lovely copy, looks unread!

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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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"GREEN BALLS": THE ADVENTURES OF A NIGHT BOMBER (VINTAGE AVIATION LIBRARY)
Written by Paul Bewsher.
Stock no. 1829835
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st thus 1986. Nearly fine condition.

Vintage Aviation Library 12. A lyrical, evocative descriptive account of an Observer flying Handley-Page's with the RNAS. Blue cardwraps. 287 pages. ISBN: 0947898328. A lovely copy, appears unread!

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SAILING SHIPS OF WAR 1400-1860
Written by Frank Howard.
Stock no. 1829830
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive survey of fighting ships and their technical development from 1400 to 1860, from the advent of the three-masted ship to the eclipse of naval sail. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations & colour photos. 254 pages plus bibliography. ISBN: 0851771386. Reprint. A lovely copy!

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WORLD WAR ONE BRITISH ARMY (BRASSEY'S HISTORY OF UNIFORMS)
Written by Stephen Bull. Illustrated by Christa Hook.
Stock no. 1829829
Published by Brassey's. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A thorough analysis of the uniforms, weapons and equipment employed by British forces between 1914 and 1918. Large format. Black cloth spine, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 1857532708. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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