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OBSERVER, Insall, A. J., Kimber, 1970, vg/vg-, see photo, flew as an observer on the Western Front, meeting many of the leading aces of the day, became an acknowledged expert in aerial warfare, photos & maps, 208 pgs. $25.00
OBSERVERS AND NAVIGATORS, Jefford, C.G, Wing Commander, Airlife, 2001, new, see photo, traces the non-pilot aircrew, observers, aerial gunners/gunlayers & kite balloon observers who flew with the RFC, RNAS and RAF, photos, 274 pgs. $49.95
ONE MAN'S WAR, Hall & Niles, Henry Holt, 1929, vg (no dj, spine fade), story of the Lafayette Escadrille, material is from a diary that Hall kept during the war, photos, 353 pgs. $50.00
ONLY THE CLOUDS REMAIN, Walker, Dale, Alandle Press, 1980, vg, soft cover, see photo, Ted Parsons of the Lafayette Escadrille, later a career in Hollywood, photos, 72 pgs. $20.00
OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES (World War I)
OUTWITTING THE HUN, O'Brien, Pat Ltn., Harper & Brothers, 1918, vg (signs of cover wear, fraying at ends of spine, no dj),see photo, American pilot with RFC flew Sopwith Pup, shot down and captured, escapes from Germans, 284 pgs. $20.00
OVER THE BALKANS AND SOUTH RUSSIA, 1917-1919, Jones, H.A., Greenhill, 1987, new, soft cover, history of No. 47 Squadron, RAF, photos & maps, 176 pgs. $25.00
OVER THE BATTLEFRONTS, Kilduff, Peter, Arms & Armour, 1996, f/f, see photo, collection of accounts of WWI Air Combat. Inc. balloon crews in action, bombers across the Rhine, poet of the Air, yanks in the RAF & flying with the Lafayette, photos, 192 pgs. $18.50
OVER THE FRONT, Franks & Bailey, Grub Street, 1992, new, see photo, biographies of US and French aces w/detailed logs of their victories, photos, 230 pgs. $59.95 (out of print)
PAT CROWE, AVIATOR, Crowe, James Ltn., Nicholas Brown, 1919, vg (wear on corners), letters from France, he was was killed in a flying accident at Issoudun Sept, 1918, 220 pgs. $50.00
PENDULUM, Carpenter, Jack, Arsdalen, Bosch & Co., 1992, new, soft cover, see photo, signed by author, story of America's three aviation pioneers, Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright & Glenn Curtiss, how Alexander Graham Bell & Henry Ford helped Glenn Curtiss stop the Wright brothers from achieving their attempted monopoly of aviation, photos & illustrations, 409 pgs. $24.95
PFALZ AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I Herris, Jack, Flying Machine Press, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, many photos, scale drawings, color plates,see examples 180 pgs. $49.95
PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE GERMAN GERMAN ARMY AIR SERVICE, Imrie, Alex, Ian Allan, 1971, f/f, see photo, birth & death of the first Luftwaffe, 240 original photographs, + 72 pgs. of text $35.00
PILOTS LUCK, Knight, Clayton (author & artist), David McKay Co., vg (pictorial cover, 1 color plate missing) see photo, stories by Elliott White Springs, Roy Brown, Floyd Gibbins & Norman Hall, Knight was a pilot in No. 206 Squadron RAF and short down Oct 1918, wounded and captured, illustrated by Knight, 72 pgs. $35.00
PLEIN VOL, EN (IN FULL FIGHT) Nadaud, Marcel, Librairie Hachette, 1916, vg, soft cover (yellowing of pages), French text, memories of the air war, 207 pgs.$20.00
POET OF THE AIR, Wright, Jack Morris, Houghton Mifflin, 1918, vg (rebound), letters of First Lieutenant Jack Morris Wright of the American Aviation in France, April 1917-1918, Wright's letters were long and detailed, he describes his training in France, killed in Jan. 1918, 246 pgs. $45.00
POUR le MERITE AND GERMANY'S FIRST ACES, Angolia & Hackney, self-published, 1984, f/f, see photo, biographies of the German fighter aces awarded the Pour le Merit "Blue Max" for their skill in WWI, includes information on the medal's design, box, certificate, etc, many photos, 288 pgs. $55.00
PLANE TALES FROM THE SKIES, "Wing Adjutant", Cassell & Company, 1918, vg (no dj), tales & sketches of flying which are all founded on fact, are the actual experiences of pilots & observers, chiefly on the Western Front in WW1, 182 pgs. $15.00
PRICE OF HONOR, Rossano, Geoffrey (editor), Naval Institute, 1991, new, see photo, war letters of Kenneth MacLeish, a member of the First Yale Unit, a collection of over 200 letters to his fiancee cover his entire flying career, from early training in 1917 until his death in combat just three weeks before the war's end, photos, 242 pgs. $17.50
PROCTOR, ACE OF THE 84 SQUADRON, R.F.C./R.A.F., Whetton, Douglass, AJAY Press, 1978, vg (soft cover), see photo, Credited with 54 victories, flying the SE.5 w/84 Sqdn., photos, 43 pgs. $20.00
QUENTIN ROOSEVELT: A SKETCH WITH LETTERS, Roosevelt, Kermit (editor), Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921, vg, tribute to Theodore Roosevelt's son Quentin who was killed in WW I, based on his letters, photos, 282 pgs. $60.00

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