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| ABOVE FLANDERS' FIELDS, Pieters, Walter, Grub St.,
1998, new, see photo,complete records of all 78 Belgian
fighter pilots and their units, photos, 160 pgs. |
$29.95 |
| ABOVE THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY, Springs, Elliott White, Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928,
vg (erased name on fly page, no dust jacket, collection of short stories based on author's experience as pilot in World War I,
fictionalized, 275 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| ABOVE THE LINES , Franks, Bailey & Guest, Grub Street,
1993, new, see photo,complete record of German air aces w/detailed logs of
the their victories, photos, 259 pgs. | $54.95 (out of print) |
| ABOVE THE FRENCH LINES, Walcott, Benjament, Princeton University Press, 1918, vg (spine fade, some yellowing discoloration on cover), see photo,
letters of Stuart Walcott, American Aviator July 4, 1917 to December 8, 1917, enlisted June 1917 in French aviation, trained at Avord,
was assigned to Escadrille Spad 84, KIA on Dec. 12, 1917 after gaining one victory, 93 pgs.
| $95.00 |
| ABOVE THE TRENCHES, Shores, Franks & Guest, Grub Street,
1996, new, see photo, complete record of British & Commonwealth aces w/detailed
logs of their victories, photos, 397 pgs. | $59.95 |
| ABOVE THE TRENCHES, SUPPLEMENT Shores, Franks & Guest, Grub Street,
1996, new, additonal information to accompany the first book, 62 pgs.
| $16.95 |
| ABOVE THE WAR FRONTS, Franks, Guest & Alegi, Grub
Street, 1997, new, see photo, Italian, Belgian, Austro-Hungarian, Russian
& UK 2 seater aces, photos, 218 pgs. | $49.95 |
| ACES FALLING, Hart, Peter, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007, new, see photo, war above the trenches, 1918,
based on the author's unprecedented access to rare manuscripts and firsthand accounts held in Britain's Imperial War Museum - reveals the terrible scope of combat,
photos, 386 pgs.
| $34.95 |
| ACES HIGH, Clark, Alan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973, vg/vg,
see photo, illustrated chronicle of aerial warfare during five
turbulent years, study of the tatics & strategies of the combat 'Aces' that led to
Allied victory, photos, 192 pgs.
| $22.50 |
| ACE WITH ONE EYE, Oughton & Smyth, Frederick Muller Limited, 1963, vg/vg
see photo, story of 'Mick' Mannock, VC, who officially shot down 73 enemy planes &
unoffically nearly a hundred, he was blind in one eye, 307 pgs. Soft cover reprint available (Fortunes of War), 184 pgs. $16.95
| $40.00 |
| ACES, THE, Oughton, Frederick, G. P. Putnam, 1960, vg/vg, see photo, story of 'Mick' Mannock, VC, who officially shot down 73 enemy planes &
exploits of the aces of all countries, extensive appendices covering aircraft specs., zeppelin raids, casualties, Aces & scores
photos, 384 pgs. | $35.00 |
| ACES AND AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I, Campbell, Christopher, Blandford Press, 1981, f/f, see photo,
photos & color plates, 144 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| ACES AND AIRMEN OF WORLD WAR I, Wood, Alan, Brassey, 2002, new, see photo,
biographical sketches of aces from all the major nations, photos, 176 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| ACES AND KINGS, Sutherland, L.W., John Hamilton, 1935, vg (minor foxing, cover wear),
reminiscences by Flight Lieutenant Sutherland who served with No. 1 Squadron of the Australian Flying
Corps, which operated in a Royal Flying Corps wing, photos, 276 pgs. Nautical & Military Press reprint (soft cover)
$19.95 available | $60.00 |
| ADVENTURE'S A WENCH, Marsh, Howard, Grosset & Dunlap, 1934, vg ,
biography of Charles Veil, English version is titled "Ninety-Nine Lives",
with Escadrille Spad 150 from Dec. 1917 to the Armistice, 340 pgs.
| $27.50 |
| AIR ACES OF THE 1914-1918 WAR, Robertson, Bruce, ed.,
Harleyford, 1959, vg/vg , see photo,brief AF histories
of the 8 major belligerents, bios. of major aces & ace lists,
many photos, 212 pgs. | $60.00 |
| AIR ACES OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE , O'Connor,
Martin, Champlin Fighter Museum Press,1986, f/f (stamped name), see photo, biographies of each of
the 49 aces w/ photos & color illus. of their planes, 337 pgs. | $74.95 |
| AIRCO, Davis, Mick, Crowood, 2001, new, see photo,
aircraft manufacturing company, covers Farmans, blimps,
flying boats, D.H. 1 thru 11, serial list, photos, 192 pgs.
| $42.95 |
| AIRCRAFT ARCHIVE - AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR ONE - V0LUME 2
published by Argus Books, 1989, vg, card cover, see photo,detailed collection of scale aircraft drawings, 90+ pages
| $25.00 |
| AIRCRAFT OF THE 1914-1918 WAR, Thetford & Riding, Harleyford, 1954, vg (issued with a pictorial cover),
illustated profusely with photographs & folding drawings in 1/72nd scale,
includes appendix of experimental aircraft, 127 pgs.
| $50.00 |
| AIRFIELDS & AIRMEN OF THE CHANNEL COAST,
O'Connor, Mike, Pen & Quill,2005, new, soft cover, see photo, air actions that took place along the Belgian and North France
coastline during The Great War, in addition to the Royal Fighting Corps & RAF aspect this
volume covers the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) & Belgian Air Service (AMB) as well as the German Naval Air Service,
photos, 208 pgs. | $19.95 |
| AIR FIGHTER'S SCRAPBOOK, Jones, Ira, Greenhill, 1990, vg (soft cover),
Vintage Aviation Library reprint, autobiography of a pilot with No 40 Squadron, with which he scored 40 victories;
many chapters were originally printed in newspapers & magazines; other chapters on women in aviation,
RAF in Russia, rugby, the future of military aviation, photos, 338 pgs.
| $18.50 |
| AN AIRMAN'S WIFE,
McHardy, Aimee, Grub Street, 2005, new, first published in 1918, see photo,
Bill Bond went to serve as a fighter pilot on the Western Front, from where,
to the ever present sound of gun fire, hardly a day went by without him writing
to his sweetheart, they were letters of unconditional love which also described in
minute detail his service life & experiences, he was a Captain & an ace,
he tragically, he was taken from her one July day, she completed her book about their
extraordinary love affair as a kind of release to enable her to contain the pain of her
loss, 320 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| AIRMAN MARCHES, EARLY FLYING ADVENTURES 1914-1923 , Balfour, Harold, Greenhill, 1985, Vintage Aviation Library reprint, f, soft cover,
Balfour was commissioned Second Lieutent in Special Reserves, he learned to fly by taking private lessons, 1916, he joined No. 43 Squadron in France, after
a crash, he was posted to No. 43 Squadron as Flight Commander in Nov. 1917, he ended the war as a major, photos, 204 pgs.
| $17.50 |
| AIRMANS OUTINGS, AN , "Contact" (Alan Bott), Greenhill, 1986, vg/vgr,
Bott was an RFC observer with No.70 Squadron flying in Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutters on the
Western Front, first part of the book deals with British reconnaissance, the second part is entitled "letters from
the Somme", 323 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| AIRMAN'S WAR 1914-18, AN, Liddle, Peter, Blandford Press, 1987, f/f, see photo,
letters, diaries, log books, related papers & other archives this work reveals the personal observations of airmen during
WW I, many photos, 226 pgs.
| $29.95 |
| AIRMEN OF WORLD WAR 1, Bowyer, Chaz, Arms & Armour, 1975, vg/vg, see photo,
photograhic record of British & Empire air forces, covers Air Aces, Women, incudes songs & stastics, 128 pgs.
| $27.50 |
| AIR SERVICE, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, 1918, Toulmin, H. A., Battery Press, 2004, new,
history is an insider's look at the problems facing America's new aviation force in France in WWI,
the author was sent to France to investigate aerial bombardment problems on the Western Front
& was promoted to Chief of the Co-ordination Staff under Major General Patrick, Chief of Air Service,
from May 1918 to the end of the war he participated in the complete overhaul of the US Air Service,
photos, diagrams, supply lists, 388 pgs.
| $39.95 |
| AIRSHIPS VC, THE, Rimell, Raymond, Aston, 1989, f/f, see photo,
signed by author, Captain William Leefe Robinson of the Royal Flying Corps. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for
shooting down the first airship over London on the night of Feb. 3rd September 1916, photos, 128 pgs.
| $35.00 |
| AIR VCs, THE, Cooksley, Peter, Sutton, 1996, new, see photo,
describes the actions that led the the awarding of all 19 air
VCs during WW I, photos, 204 pgs. | $33.95 |
| AIR WAR FLANDERS-1918, Jackson, Robert, Airlife, 1998,
new,see photo, examines the development of air fighting between April & November 1918,
assessing German & Allied air power in 1917 then moves on to cover the development of bombing operations on both sides,
new aircraft and the contribution of the US & French air forces
, many photos, 160 pgs. | $32.95 |
| ALBATROS B.II, Mrozowski, Piotr, Progres Model Centrum, new, soft cover, English text, see photo,
technical/historical background illustrated with b&w photos and a selection of detailed walk around full
color photographs highlighting technical details of Germany's most popular
W.W.I trainer & observation airplane, 176 full color inside & out color photos of
the only two existing examples of the Albatros B.II, one from Museum in Cracow, Poland
and another from Flygvapenmuseum in Linkoping, Sweden, 33 b&w photos, 5 pp 1/48th and 1/72nd scale
drawings and 4 full color profiles.see example First volume in new Series of all-picture books showing 'classic'
vintage biplanes of W.W. I, 56 pgs.
| $35.95 |
| ALBATROS D-II, Hofling, Rudolf, Schiffer, 2002, new, soft cover, see photo,
history, registration numbers, many photos, line drawings, color plates, 53 pgs.
| $19.95 |
| ALBATROS OEFFAG JAGDFLUGZEUGE DER K.U.K. LUFTFAHRTRUPPEN, DIE, Schiemer, Peter, W., Weishaupt, 1994, f/f, see photo,
German text, pictorial history of the Albatross fighter in Austrian service during the war, claims list, 264 pgs.
| $70.00 |
| ALBERT BALL, VC, Bowyer, Chaz, Bridge Books, 1994, new, see photo,
credited with 44 combat victories in a period of 15 months of active service,
photos, 197 pgs. | $32.50 |
| ALLIED AVIATION OF WORLD WAR I Cowin, Hugh, Osprey, 2000, new, soft cover,
see photo, Aviation Pioneer Series, many photographs with
captions, 96 pgs. | $16.95 |
| AMERICAN FOR THE LAFAYETTE, AN, Brown, Dale (editor), University Press of Virginia, 1981, f/f, see photo,
diaries of E.C.C. Genet, shot down in his Nieuport on 4/16/17, first American to die in combat, photos, 224 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| AMERICA'S FIRST AIR WAR, Treadwell, Terry, MBI, 2000, new, see photo,
reasons why the US entered the war, development of the US Air Service & Naval Air Service,
early uses of aircraft in a combat situation, detail specific battles & units of the war, highlight key personalities
& ordinary pilots, included are escape reports from pilots
photos, 176 pgs. | $39.95 |
| AMERICA'S FIRST EAGLES, Thayer, Lucien, Bender, 1983, f/f, see photo,
signed by George Vaughn, 23 aerial victories & Brigadier General Robert D. Knapp, observation squadron,
official history of the U.S. Air Service 1917-1918, photos & illustrations, 360 pgs.Unsigned copy in very good condition with dj avaiable for $35.00 | $95.00 |
| AN AMERICAN PURSUIT PILOT IN FRANCE 1917-1919, Thomas & Becker (editors), White Mane Publishing, 1994, vg/vg ,
see photo,
collection of letters & diaries from Roland W. Richardson, a pilot who flew in France with the 203rd Aero Squadron,
from training to deployment overseas & combat, he flew a variety of aircraft incl Spads, Caudrons, Nieuports, Sopwiths & Avro's,
photos, 198 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| ANNALS OF 100 SQUADRON, Burge, C. Gordon, Bivouac Books, 1975, vg,
limited edition of original Squadron history, record of the war activities of
the pioneer night bombing squadron in france from March 1917 - November 1918,
includes operations within the Independent Air Force of the RAF, a list of all
serving officers, NCOs and men, 211 pgs.
| $45.00 |
| ANZACS OVER ENGLAND, Goodland & Vaughan, Alan Sutton, 1993, new, soft cover, see photo,
Australian Flying Corps in Gloucestershire 1918-1919, photos & drawings, 141 pgs.
| $17.95 |
| ARRAS: AIRFIELDS & AIRMEN, O'Connor, Mike, Leo Cooper, 2004, new, soft cover, see photo,
new series on the WW I airfields & pilots, photos & maps, 192 pgs.
| $19.95 |
| AUSTRALIAN AIR ACE, Schaedel, Charles, Rigby, 1979, vg/vg, see photo,
"Jerry" Pentland is one of the best-known names in Australian aviation, and this book gives a vigorous and exciting
portrait of his flying career over more than 30 years, photos, 159 pgs.
| $37.50 |
| AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS IN THE WESTERN AND EASTERN THEATRES OF WAR, 1914-1918, Cutlack, F.M., Angus & Robertson, 1953, vg (spine fade, some yellowing),
Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918, covers first operations of the 'half flight' of the Australian Flying Corps in
Mesopotamia in 1915 & the 1916 Sinai, Egypt and Palestine operations up to the Australian offensive against the Turkish armies in 1918
& in France where they remained on operations until the war ended. maps & photos, 493 pgs.
| $85.00 |
| AUSTRALIAN HAWK OVER THE WESTERN FRONT
Hellwig, Adrian, Grub Street, 2006, new, see photo, biography of Major R. S. Dallas,
Australia’s leading air ace of all time and, with fifty victories, also one of the
highest-scoring Commonwealth aces, until this excellently researched volume, there has
never been a full biography of this exceptional pilot, whose fighting career spanned from 1916 to 1918,
photos, 221 pgs.
| $36.95 |
| AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMY AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR ONE, Grosz, Haddow, Schiemer, Flying Machine Press, 2002, new (issued w/o dj),
see photo, covers all manufacturers & their aircraft, foreign aircraft & helicopter development
12 appendices summarize important information on aircraft projects, armament, flying units, projected aircraft deliveries in 1919,
illustrated with 925 photographs & 100 three-view aircraft drawings, 544 pgs.
| $99.95 |
| AVIATIK D.I & D.II 2002, new, soft cover, Czech & English text, see photo,
drawings, 3-views, photos & color plates, example of color plates, 112 pgs.
| $32.95 |
| AVIATION AWARDS OF IMPERIAL GERMANY -VOL. 3, O'Connor, Neal, Flying Machine Press, 1993, fine, soft cover, see photo, awards
of Kingdom of Saxony, photos, color profiles, 279 pgs.
| $130.00 |
| AVIATION AWARDS OF IMPERIAL GERMANY -VOL. 4, O'Connor, Neal, Flying Machine Press, 1995, vg, soft cover, see photo, awards
of Kingdom of Wurttemberg, photos, color profiles, 278 pgs.
| $75.00 |
| AVIATION AWARDS OF IMPERIAL GERMANY IN WORLD WAR I AND THE MEN WHO EARNED THEM - VOLUME 7, O'Connor, Neal, Schiffer, 2002, new, hardback, see photo,
eight German states appear first in alphabetical order: thus we find the Duchy of Brunswick leading off the discussion; Grand Duchy of Hesse; Principality of Hohenzollern;
Principalities of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe; Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin & Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Principality of Waldeck;
& three Free Hanse Cities of Bremen, Hamburg and LŸbeck. Among the forty-three biographies included in this volume are: Oblt. Ernst Freiherr von Althaus,
Lt. Erwin Bšhme, Oblt. Maximilian von Cossel, Lt. Ludwig Fritz Dornheim, Lt. Emil Flšrke, Offz.-Stv. Ludwig Friedewald, Rittm. Hans-Achim von Grone,
Major Wilhelm Haehnelt, Lt. Franz von Kerssenbrock, Lt. GŸnther Ludeke, Lt. Friedrich Niederhšfer, Lt. Otto Parschau, Rittm. Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, Lt. Karl-Emil SchŠfer,
Lt. Carl-August von Schoenebeck, Lt. GŸnther Schroth, Lt. Otto-Martin Graf von Schwerin, Offz.-Stv. Gottlieb Vothknecht, Lt. Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichard,
& Oblt. Heinz-Hellmuth von WŸhlisch, 700 photos, 514 pgs.
| $69.95 |
| AVIATION IN CANADA 1917-1918 ,
Rous & Mann Limited, 1919, g (cover wear, foxing on fly pages), see photo, descriptions of the organization & various pilot training in Canada, photos, ports, charts, 318 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| AVIATOR'S FIELD BOOK, Boelcke, Oswald Capt., Battery Press, 1991, new (issued w/o dj),
written in 1916 before his death in a mid-air collison, this memoir recounts the life of one of Imperial Germany's most famous &
influential fighter leaders in WW I, achieving 40 victories, pioneered the development of fighter air tactics,
photos, 219 pgs.
| $29.95 |
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