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World War I Titles - pg. 14
WAR IN THE AIR - COMPLETE 9 VOLUME SET (7 TEXT + 2 MAP VOLUMES),
Raleigh & Jones, Oxford at Claredon Press, 1937, all in fine condition, ex-U.S. Naval Air Station Library editions, tightly bound,
no dust jackets, usual library markings. A very nice set of this valuable reference material.
| Vol. I
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
Dardanelles Campaign, Western Front to Battle of Loos, Battle of Somme 1916, RNAS.
Vol. III
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
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
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
Creation of RAF, Suppy, Mannpower, Independent Bombing Force, Operations in Palestine, Mesopotamia, Persia & India, Italian Front, Mediterranean in 1918, Naval Air Development & Operations, 1918.
Vol. VII & VIIIMap Cases
Appendices
describing in detail the war effort of the British air weapons.
| $1350.00 |
| 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. 3,
Jones, H.A., Battery Press, 1998, fine (reprint),
this volume covers operations in German East Africa and German South-West Africa, 1916-17 including the hunt for the German cruiser KONIGSBERG. Then operations in the Air Defence of Great Britain against German Zeppelin raids 1914-16. Then Chronicles the changes & expansion in administration, recruitment, supply and training 1914-16. Finally air operations on the Western Front from winter 1916 to May 1917, 443 pgs.
$35.00
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 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 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 |
| WARRIORS WITH WINGS, Jablonski, Edward, Bobbs-Merrill,
1966, vg/vg, see photo, Lafayette Escadrille, photos, 207 pgs.
| $30.00 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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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 PEACE, Bishop, William, Viking Press, 1944, vg/vg (chipped,
aviation and its future as seen through the eyes of Canada's leading figher pilot ace in World War I,
Bishop wrote Winged Peace during the darkest years of World War II, 175 pgs.
| $8.95 |
| 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 SOMME 1916-1918, Lewis, Gwilym Wing Commander, Bridge Books, 1994, new with dj 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, 208 pgs.
| $36.95 |
| 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 (inked name), author flew w/MF-44, photos, 226 pgs.
| $25.00 |
| WORLD WAR I AVIATION, Noffsinger, James, Scarecrow Press, 1997, as new (issued w/o dj),
revised edition of "World War I Aviation Books in English: An Annotated Bibliography",
this work contains annotated listings of books in French, German and Italian as well as a
greatly expanded section of books in English covering the period from 1914 to 1994. 607 pgs.
| $98.00 |
| WORLD WAR I DAY BY DAY ,
Westwell, Ian, MBI, 2004, new, soft cover, see photo, detailed chronological history of WWI
from the opening shots at Sarajevo in June 1914 to the armistice in November 1918, all of the
major war theaters are covered, as is the fighting in the air & at sea, dated entries
discuss espionage, home fronts, politics & technology, many photographs, 192 pgs.
| $9.95 |
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.
unsigned copy in fine condition with a dust jacket - $32.50.
| $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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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