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BLACKBURN AIRCRAFT SINCE 1909
Written by A.J. Jackson.
Stock no. 1828772
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st USA 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

American Edition. The absorbing story of a great Yorkshire enterprise, beginning in 1908 when young Robert Blackburn, inspired by the exploits of famous French aviators, designed his first aeroplane in Paris. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 571 pages including index. ISBN: 0870210246. Lower edges of boards lightly rubbed. Spine has a slight lean. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and a little creased at edges, light scuffing to rear panel.

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PARNALL AIRCRAFT SINCE 1914
Written by Kenneth E. Wixey.
Stock no. 1828771
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st USA 1990. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

USA Edition. The history and development, outlined in great detail, of the Parnall companies and their aircraft and their varied association with the Admiralty, Air Ministry and the British aviation industry. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 1557509301. Ex-lib. Top edge of text block has library stamp crossed out in black felt-tip pen. Rear endpaper removed. Remains of tape to top and bottom of front and rear board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, has a library label to bottom of spine and library bar-code label to rear panel, light creasing to edges.

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BOEING AIRCRAFT SINCE 1916
Written by Peter M. Bowers.
Stock no. 1828765
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st USA 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

US edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 668 pages including index. ISBN: 0870210378. Edges of boards lightly rubbed. Text block a little grubby, top edge has a small green stain. Hinge between page 608-609 pulled but binding is tight. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has some light creasing to laminate, is lightly scored and is faded to spine.

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JAPANESE AIRCRAFT 1910-1941
Written by Robert C. Mikesh; Shorzoe Abe.
Stock no. 2136564
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

American edition. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. This work covers nearly 400 types of Japanese aircraft. ISBN: 1557505632. A few knocks to cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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THE BOMB VESSEL GRANADO 1742 (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Peter Goodwin.
Stock no. 1320889
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Slightly oblong format. Anatomy of the Ship Series. Contains superbly executed line drawings - the conventional 3-view type of plan as well as explanatory perspective views with fully descriptive keys. ISBN: 0870211781. Light bumping to corners. Contents are excellent. Some fading to wrapper spine.

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THE CHIEFS OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
Written by Robert William Love.
Stock no. 2131459
Published by Naval Institute Press. Circa 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0870211153. SIGNED by Publisher, with a dedication to a previous owner on title page. Bumping to corners; small chip to cloth; small fray along bottom edge of front cover. Wrapper is edge-creased with 1" closed tear to top of spine.

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FIGHTING FOR MACARTHUR: THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS DESPERATE DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Written by John Gordon.
Stock no. 1814889
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Filled with original details about the early fighting in the Philippines during World War II. Black paper spine with silver title, light blue paper boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781612510576. Light scuffing to dustwrapper.

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VICTORY IN DEFEAT THE WAKE ISLAND DEFENDERS IN CAPTIVITY 1941-1945
Written by Gregory J.W. Urwin.
Stock no. 2123292
Published by Naval Institute Press. Circa 2010. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Brown spine, blue boards. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 9781591148999. 2nd impression.

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RELUCTANT ALLIES
Written by Hans-Joachim Krug; et al.
Stock no. 1607985
Published by Naval Institute Press. 2001. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

German-Japanese Naval Relations in World War II. ISBN: 1557504652.

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THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE, 1944
Written by Milan Vego.
Stock no. 2120335
Published by Naval Institute Press. Circa 2006. Fine condition.

Allied and Japanese Plans, Preparations, and Execution. Blue cloth with gilt titles. ISBN: 1557508852.

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CROMMELIN'S THUNDERBIRDS AIR GROUP 12 STRIKES THE HEART OF JAPAN
Written by Roy W. Bruce; Charles R. Leonard. Illustrated by Roy W. Bruce.
Stock no. 2118443
Published by Naval Institute Press. Circa 1994. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Black cloth spine, with silver title. Red boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1557505098.

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SHE'S JUST ANOTHER NAVY PILOT
Written by Loree Draude Hirschman; Dave Hirschman.
Stock no. 1603856
Published by Naval Institute Press. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An Aviator's Sea Journal. B/w photos. ISBN: 1557503354.

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