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World War I Titles - pg. 14


WAR IN THE AIR - VOL. I,
Raleigh, Walter, Clarendon Press, 1922, vg, this volume covers the development of aerial flight in Great Britain prior to WW One the formation of the Royal Flying Corps in 1912, and its early operations in France in 1914. Also chronicled is the formation of the Navy's Royal Naval Air Service and its operations in 1914, incl the Naval armoured car squadrons in France, 489 pgs.
$75.00

WAR IN THE AIR - VOL. 2,

Jones, H.A., Hamish Hamilton, 1968, vg/vg (only volume with dj), this volume covers in great detail the aerial operations during the Dardanelles campaign 1915-16; the Western Front from the winter of 1914-15 to the end of the Somme battles in Nov. 1916, and the Naval Aerial operations in Home Waters and the Flanders coast down to the end of 1916, 508 pgs.
$50.00

WAR IN THE AIR - VOL. IV,
Jones, H.A., Clarendon Press, 1934, vg (some moist damage to last 2 pages & back cover), this volume covers the period 1917 and early 1918. It chronicles the operations of the RNAS with the Fleet, 1917 to March 1918 , including airships, bombers, fighter operations, , anti-U-Boat warfare, naval operations from Dunkirk. It then covers the Royal Flying Corps in France from June 1917 to March 1918, 483 pgs.
$75.00

WAR IN THE AIR - VOL. V,

Jones, H.A., Battery Press, 1998, fine (reprint), this volume covers air raids on Great Britain for 1917-18 ; Air Operations in Egypt, Darfur & Palestine 1914-17 ; Air Operations in Mesopotamia 1914-18 ; Air Operations in Macedonia 1916 to March 1918 ; Air Operations in the Mediterranean & Near East Waters 1916 to March 1918, and Training developments at home and overseas, 537 pgs.
$35.00

WAR IN THE AIR - VOL. VI,
Jones, H.A., Battery Press, 1998, fine (reprint), this volume covers the creation of the RAF in 1918, technical developments & supply problems, creation & operations of the Independent Bombing Force, air operations during 1918 in Palestine, Italy, Macedonia, Persia, India and South Russia, as well as on the Western Front. Also operations of the RNAS in the Mediterranean and Home Waters for 1918, 583 pgs.
$35.00
WAR IN THE AIR - COMPLETE 9 VOLUME SET (7 TEXT + 2 MAP VOLUMES),
Raleigh & Jones, Oxford University Press, published 1922 (Vol I) through 1937 (Appendices) the history of the Royal Air Force in WW I was began by Walter Raleigh who passed away after completing the first volume. The series was completed by H.A. Jones over the next 15 years.
Vol. I (vg condition)
deals with the beginnings of the navigation of the air, the invention, gradual improvements, aerial forces of the British Empire, achievements in 1914.

Vol. II (ex-RAF Staff College Library)
Dardanelles Campaign, Western Front to Battle of Loos, Battle of Somme 1916, RNAS.

Vol. III (former owner's name on front end paper)
Flying Operations in German East & Southwest Africa, air raids on Great Britain 1914-1916, supply, recruitment & training 1914-1916, Western Front, Battle of Arras, 1917.

Vol. IV (vg condition)
Aircraft with the Fleet 1917-1918, U-boat Warfare, Naval Air Operations from Dunkirk, Battle of Messines, Battle of Ypres, German Offensive, First Battles of Somme, Battles of Lys.

Vol. V (ex-RAF Staff College Library)
Raids on Great Britain, Air Operations in Egypt, Darfur & Palestine, Fall of Jerusalem, Campaign in Mesopotamia, Air Operations in Macedonia, Naval Air Operations in Mediterranean & Near-Eastern Waters.

Vol. VI (ex RAF Library at Oxbridge & Kenley)
Creation of RAF, Suppy, Manpower, Independent Bombing Force, Operations in Palestine, Mesopotamia, Persia & India, Italian Front, Mediterranean in 1918, Naval Air Development & Operations, 1918.

Vol. III (ex-RAF Staff College Library)Map Case

Vol. V (vg condition)Map Case

Appendices (some discoloration on front cover)
describing in detail the war effort of the British air weapons.


$1250.00
WAR BIRD, Davis, Burke, University of North Carolina, 1991, new, see photo, bio of Elliott White Springs, after gaining his wings he was posted to Europe where, after Pershing decreed that pilots were to be ranked as sergeants, he resigned his commission & joined the RFC, he first served in 85 Squadron, under Bishop, before being transferred to the US Army where he flew with 148th Squadron & ended the war as America's fifth ranking ace with 16 victories, after his return to the USA he spent a period barnstorming, photos, 267 pgs. $25.00
WAR BIRD ACE , Ballard, Jack Stokes, Texas A & M, 2007, new, see photo, Capt. Field Kindley flew a Camel with 148th Aero Squadron. He achieved 12 aerial victories which tied him with Elliott White Springs. Kindley was killed on a flying accident, 1920, at Kelly Field, photos, drawings, 208 pgs. $29.95
WAR BIRDS, Springs, Elliot, George H. Doran Co., 1926, vg (1 page has a tape repair, no dust jacket), diary of an unknown aviator, illustrated by Clayton Knight, 277 pgs. $35.00
WAR IN AN OPEN COCKPIT, Callender, Capt. Andrew, WW I Aero Press, 1978, vg soft cover, #363 of 500 published, see photo, inscribed by editor to Adm. Shugate, wartime letters of Capt. Alvin Callenter, an American pilot flying SE.5a with 32 Squadron, photos & maps, 108 pgs. $60.00
WAR LETTERS OF EDMOND GENET, Channing, Grace Ellery (editor), Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918, vg, see photo, first American aviator killed flying the stars and stripes, photos, 330 pgs. $200.00
WARNEFORD, V.C., Gibson, Mary, Friends of the Fleet Air Arm Museum, 1979, f/f, see photo, first Naval Airman to be awarded the V.C., early pilot Rex Warneford famed for shooting down the Germans' LZ37 Zeppelin, his subsequent escape from enemy hands, photos, 128 pgs. $25.00
WARPLANES & AIR BATTLE OF WORLD WAR I, Beekman House, 1973, vg (inked inscription)/vg, color illustrations, 160 pgs. $8.50
WAR PLANES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR - FIGHTERS - 5 VOLUME SET, Bruce, J.M., Doubleday, 1970, fine condition, all with dust jackets, see photo, photos & 3-views. $85.00
WARRIORS WITH WINGS, Jablonski, Edward, Bobbs-Merrill, 1966, vg/vg, see photo, Lafayette Escadrille, photos, 207 pgs. $30.00
WAR WINGS - FILMS OF THE FIRST AIR WAR, Stewart, Phillip, PMS Press, 2008, new, soft cover, see photo, A Guide to the World War I Aviation Documentary Motion Pictures held at the U.S. National Archives. Detailed scene-by scene descriptions of over 2,550 scenes, 218 pgs. $24.95
WAY OF THE EAGLE, Biddle, Charles, Maj., Battery Press, 1990, as new (issued w/o dj), battle memoirs of author, an American ace who flew with the French Air Service, Lafayette Escadrille & the U.S. Air Service, photos, 297 pgs. $34.95
WE FLEW WITH ONE WING, McCollough, John, Dorrance & Co., 1977, vg/vg, see photo, author's experiences growing up Pennsylvania, then his hitch with the 168th Aero Squadron during WWI, photos, 50 pgs. $50.00
WERNER VOSS, Hylands, Dennis, Windsock Aces & Aeroplanes Special, vg (yellowing), see photo, many photos, color plates, 28 pgs. $25.00
WHO DOWNED THE ACES OF WW I?, Franks, Norman, Grub St., 1996, new,see photo, aces of both sides lost in air action over France, 1916-1918, photos, 218 pgs. $34.95
WHO KILLED THE RED BARON?, Carisella & Ryan, Purnell Book Service, 1974, f (some writing under dj flap)/f, see photo, answer to the controversy covering the death of the top flying ace Baron von Richtofen, photos & illustrations, 288 pgs. $35.00
WILD BLUE YONDER, Clark, Don, Superior Publishing, 1972, vg /vg , see photo, 300 "Warbirds" who dashed up to Canada in the mid-summer of 1917 to win their wings under the tutelage of the Royal Flying Corps, Canada. photos, 172 pgs. $30.00
WIND IN THE WIRES, Grinnell-Milne, Duncan Captin, Doubleday, 1968, vg/vg, Air Combat Series, see photo, Flew SE-5 with 56 Sqdn, 6 victories, photos, 3-views, 360 pgs. $26.00
WINDSOCK DATAFILES
WINDSOCK MINI DATAFILES
WINDSOCK SPECIALS
WINGED MARS (Vol. 1: German Air Weapon 1870-1914) & THE AIR WEAPON 1914-1916 (Vol. II), Cuneo, John, Military Service Publishing, 1942 & 1947, very good with dust jackets,see photo of Vol. 1, carefully researched & prepared study of the development and practical impact of the German air weapon, provides background information on the pre-war origins of German Military Aeronautics and it continues in the second volume with Great Britain's early military aeronautices, French development & in a final chapter on the air weapon in Europe at the start of the war, appendices, notes, bibliograpy & index, drawings tables & maps, 840 pgs. (total count)see photo of Vol. II
$225.00 (for the set)
WINGED VICTOR, Atkins, Gordon, Springwater Books, 2004, new, soft cover, see photo, signed by author, Biography of Victor Yeates, Camel pilot w/46 Sqdn., who wrote the book, "Winged Victory", photos, 228 pgs. $35.95
WINGED VICTORY, Yeats, V.M., Grub Street, 2007, new, soft cover, see photo, one of the great WW I novels, an autobiography, war history & fiction, 456 pgs. $18.95
WINGED WARFARE, Bishop, William, Hodder & Stoughton, 1918, vg , illustrated autobiography, photos, 280 pgs. $20.00
WINGED WARFARE; WINGED PEACE, Bishop, William, McGraw-Hill, 1990, f (soft cover), boxed set of both titles) illustrated autobiography, photos, 463 pgs total $15.00
WINGS , Saunders, John Monk, Grosset & Dunlap, 1927, vg (spine fade), WW I fiction, this is the photoplay edition with scenes from the Paramount film starring Clara Bow & Charles Rogers, 249 pgs. $12.50
WINGS IN THE NIGHT, Fitch, Willis, Battery Press, 1989, new, reprint of 1938 book, autobiography of a US pilot who flew with the 14 Gruppo Aeroplani, Squadriglia 10, Caproni 42 from June to September 1918, photos, 302 pgs. $29.95
WINGS OF HONOR, Sloan, James, Schiffer, 1994, new, see photo, compilation of all U.S. pilots, observers, gunners & mechanics who flew against the enemy, covered are Americans who flew with the French and British air services, U.S. Navy aviators, 103rd Pursuit Squadron, 1st Balloon Group, 1st Pursuit Group, 1st Corps Observation Group, American bomber units, 2nd Pursuit Squadron, 3rd Pursuit Group, and all other units in which Americans flew, over 350 photos, 460 pgs. $45.00
WINGS OF THE MORNING, Edensor, Dennis, Diamond D Publishing, 2006, new, soft cover, see photo, signed by author, Capt. James Belgrave and his observers claimed 6 victories flying Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutters with 45 Sqdn. Later flew SE5a's with 60 Sqdn and had 11 more victories, photos, 131 pgs. $24.95
WINGS OF WAR, Knappen, Theodore, Putnam's, 1920, vg(ex-lib, re-bound), important US contributions to aeronautics during WW I, photos, 289 pgs. $30.00
WINGS OVER THE DESERT, Seward, Desmond, Haynes, 2009, new, see photo, RFC pilot in Palestine 1916-1918, he survived being shot down, a trek across Turkish lines & 5 other major crashes, illustrations, photos & maps, 224 pgs. $34.95
WINGS OVER THE SOMME 1916-1918, Lewis, Gwilym Wing Commander, William Kimber, 1976, f/f see photo, wartime diary of a Welshman who, at eighteen, joined the RFC in 1915, he was first posted to No. 32 Squadron in France where he flew DH2 single-seaters & later became a Flight Commander for 40 Squadron equipped with SE5a fighters, he survived the war with 12 victories and a DFC, photos, 205 pgs. $45.00
WITH A SMILE AND A WAVE, Daybell, Peter, Pen & Sword, 2005, new , see photo, life of Captain Aidan Liddell, VC Mc, Capt. Liddell was awarded the VC for an RES flight with No. 7 Squadron, 31 July, 1915 after trasferring from the Argyll and Sutherlard Highlandess Battalion, photos, 300 pgs.. $39.95
WITH THE EARTH BENEATH, Kingsford, A.R., Aviation Book Club, 1936, vg (minor foxing)/vg, account was taken from the log book & personal papers of Cary Luke who served with No. 20 Squadron flying FE2b's in France, 211 pgs. $42.50
WITH THE FRENCH FLYING CORPS, Winslow, Carroll Dana, Scribners, 1917, vg , author flew w/MF-44, photos, 226 pgs. $26.00
WORLD AIRCRAFT ORIGINS - WORLD WAR I, Anbelucci & Matricardi, Rand McNally, 1975, vg (soft cover), see photo, covers over 280 flying machines and aeroplanes; from the extraordinary drawings & ideas of Leonardo da Vinci in the 15th century, to the mechanised fighters of the WW I. Each entry is illustrated in full color & there is a total of 200 technical drawings & 50 desgins of pre-1903 aeroplanes. 320 pgs. $10.00
WORLD WAR ONE SURVIVORS, Rimell, Ray, Aston Publication, 1990, f/f, see photo, signed by author, all surviving aeroplanes that survived WW I listed by type, museum, histories, over 250 photographs, 160 pgs. $50.00
WORLD WAR ONE IN THE AIR, Delve, Ken, Crowood, 1997, new, see photo, many photographs & appendices detailing aircraft data & air aces, over 500 photos, 192 pgs. $44.95
YANKEE ACE IN THE RAF, A, Morrow & Rogers (editors), Univ. of Kansas, 1996, new,see photo, Bogart Rogers, American, flew SE-5 w/32 Sqdn., 6 victories, photos, 264 pgs. $24.95
YANKEE PRISONER IN HUNLAND, A, Markle, Clifford, Yale University, 1920, vg, the author, attached to the 26th Division was captured April, 1918, imprisoned until the end of the war, photos, 52 pgs. $18.50
YPRES: AIRFIELDS & AIRMEN, O'Connor, Mike, Leo Cooper, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, new series on the WW I airfields & pilots, photos & maps, 192 pgs. $16.95
ZEPPELINS AGAINST LONDON, Poolman, Kenneth, John Day, 1961, vg/vg (some yellowing), see photo, record of London under attack in the years 1914-18, not from bombers or rockets, but from the lighter- than -air crafts of Germany. Based on Official British and German records. Illustrated, 246 pgs. $10.00
ZEPPELIN IN COMBAT, Robinson, Douglas R., Schiffer, 1994, new, see photo, German naval airship data, maps, listing of airships, historical data, personnel, operators,many photos, 410 pgs. $49.95
ZEPPELINS OF WORLD WAR I, Cross, Wilbur, Paragon House,1991, new, see photo, German Naval Airship Division's successes & ultimate failure, photos, 220 pgs. $18.95
ZEPPELIN OVER SUFFOLK, Mower, Mark, Pen & Sword, 2008, new, soft cover, see photo, final raid of the L48 over East Anglia in 1917, records the aftermath of this event, the crash site, sight-seers, airmen who survived, local folklore, photos, 148 pgs. $24.95

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