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1.
(12th AERO SQUADRON). VAUGHAN, David K. Flying
for the Air Service. The Hughes Brothers in
World
War
I.
Bowling Green
: Bowling Green State University Press, (1998), octavo, pictorial heavy paper
wrappers. vi, 222pp. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and
diagrams. Describes two brothers from
Boston
, George and Gerald Hughs, as they progress from apprentice pilots to flight
instructors and combat pilots. As new. (22549) $25.00
6.
BISHOP, Col. William A. and Maj. Rothesay Stuart-Wortly. The
Flying Squad. Garden City: Doubleday, 1929, octavo, dark red cloth stamped
in black on front cover and spine, in dust jacket. 260pp. Second Printing.
Illustrated by C. Heurlin. Edges of text block a bit dusty, jacket worn and
chipped and with a few clear tape mends to back of jacket. (22334) $35.00
7.
BISHOP, Col. William A. and Maj. Rothesay Stuart-Wortley. The
Flying Squad. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, (1927), octavo, blue cloth
stamped in black on front cover and spine. Second Printing. Illustrated by C.
Heurlin. Light shelf wear, dusty with a few tiny stains to text block. (22519)
$15.00
8.
(CHAPLAINS). JORGENSEN, Chaplain Daniel B. The
Service of Chaplains to Army Air Units 1917 - 1946. (
Washington
?): Office, Chief of Air Force Chaplains, (1959?), quarto, dark blue cloth
stamped in silver on front cover and spine. (xiv), 344. First Edition.
Illustrated with photographs. This must be the definitive history of the
subject. A fine copy. (22545) $20.00
10.
Cross & Cockade Commemorative
Dinner and Film - Benefit - 1968. Wheeling, Illinois: November 8, 1968,
6" x 4 1/2" (4)pp. Card folded once to make the (4)pp. with the blank
back signed by Rodney D. Williams, 17th USAS; Robert Niemann [Flieger Abteilung
250]; August Quoos where he notes "1913-1919 in German and Turkish Air
Force," and Walter Stahl. Very fine. (22507) $75.00
11.
DAVIES, Richard Bell, Vice Admiral. Sailor
in the Air. The Memoirs of the World's First Carrier Pilot.
London
: Peter Davies, (1967), octavo, brown boards in dust jacket. x, (246)pp. First
Edition. Richard Bell Davies was one of the most important characters in the
history of naval aviation. Despite a traditional naval education – he was
among the last cadets to be trained under sail – he was quick to grasp the
potential of aircraft, and backed his vision by privately learning to fly. This
allowed him to join the Naval Air Wing in 1913 and he enjoyed a very active, but
hair-raising career during the Great War, including winning the VC for a daring
rescue of a fellow pilot while under heavy fire. Because of his unique breadth
of experience he was transferred to experimental work, where he played a major
part in crucial developments like arrestor gear, deck barriers and the
‘island’ superstructure that define the modern aircraft carrier. As the
first man to regularly land and take off from such ships, he did much to prove
the value of shipboard aviation. After the war, in an Admiralty post, he
continued to promote the flying interests of the Navy, and the book provides a
firsthand chronicle of the struggles with the Air Ministry over policy and
control. Although he retired in 1941, he accepted a lower rank to command one of
the newly invented escort carriers, so his service ended as it had begun, at the
cutting edge of naval aviation. This wonderfully active, and hugely significant
career is related with a charm, modesty and humor which make the book
enthralling and memorable. Vice Admiral Richard Bell Davies, VC, CB, DSO, AFC
was one of the greatest pioneers of naval flying, being closely involved in the
development of many of the devices and techniques that made it possible to
operate aircraft from ships. He also played an active part in the Great War, for
which he received a VC. A near fine copy, jacket a bit faded at spine. Jacket
not price clipped. (22522) $45.00
12.
DOUGLAS, Sholto. Combat and Command. The Story of an Airman in Two World Wars.
New York
: Simon and Schuster, (1966), large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 806pp. First
American Edition. Illustrated with photographs. This book combines the two
volumes of
Douglas
's experiences in both World Wars. An important and highly readable memoir. A
near fine copy. (22530) $40.00
13.
FEGAN, Thomas. The 'Baby Killers'. German Air Raids on
Britain
in the
First World
War. (
Barnsley
): Leo Cooper, (2002), octavo, maroon paper covered boards in pictorial dust
jacket.. 192pp. First Edition. Well illustrated. The First World War airship and
airplane raids by
Germany
on
Britain
constituted the first strategic bombing campaign in history. It was a novel and
unwelcome means of waging war that provoked panic and resentment, and dispelled
Britain
's island sense of security. The raiders, demonized as 'baby killers' for
causing indiscriminate civilian casualties, may not have crushed British morale,
but they disrupted war production and succeeded in diverting personnel, arms and
airplanes from where they were needed most at the Front. Most important, the
raids changed the face of warfare for ever by bringing the whole nation into the
front line. The book features previously unpublished photographs and is divided
into a history of the raids as they occurred, and a gazetteer with detailed
information about many of the placed that were bombed. Attention is drawn to the
physical scars made by the raids that may still be seen today, and to the
memorials erected to the victims. As new. (18067) $32.95
14.
FREDETTE, Maj. Raymond H. The
First
Battle
of
Britain
1917-1918 & the Birth of the Royal Air Force.
London
: Cassell, (1966), octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), 289pp. First
Edition. With an Afterword by
Marshall
of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor. Illustrated with photographs and maps.
Still one of the best histories of the first Battle of Britain. Very slight
shelf wear, one tiny bump to jacket, otherwise a very fine copy. (22525) $40.00
15.
FREDETTE, Maj. Raymond H. The
First
Battle
of
Britain
1917-1918 & the Birth of the Royal Air Force.
New York
: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1966), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xxiv),
289pp. First American Edition. With a Foreword by Hanson W. Baldwin. With an
Afterword by
Marshall
of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor. Illustrated with photographs and maps.
Still one of the best histories of the first Battle of Britain. Very slight
shelf wear, one tiny bump to jacket, otherwise a very fine copy. (22529) $35.00
16.
(GERMAN AIR SERVICE). RASCH, F. and W. Hormel. Taschenbuch
der Luftflotten mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Kriegs-Luftflotten. 2.
Jahrgang 1915: Kriegsausgabe.
Munich
: J. F. Lehmann's Verlag, (1915), octavo, original tan cloth with design of
printed German naval ensign (in red black and white), mounted on front cover.
(254) + 6pp. ads. First Edition. Second volume of this important series. A very
thorough and comprehensive work of all the known aircraft, balloons and motors
of all nations. Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings. Very fine
copy and rarely found so nice. (22558) $175.00
19.
(GUYNEMER). ROY, Jules. Guynemer.
L'ange de la mort. (
Paris
): Albin Michel, (1986), octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. (354)pp. First
Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Quite an extensive biography of Guynemer.
Near fine copy. (22542) $22.50
20.
[HALLAM, Theodore Douglas] P.I.X.
The Spider Web. The Romance of a Flying-Boat War Flight.
Annapolis
: Nautical & Aviation Publishing, (1979), octavo, green boards in pictorial
dust jacket. (8), 278pp. Reprint edition. The story of the Felixstowe Air
Station from March, 1917, to the end of the war. Hallam, a Canadian, learned how
to fly at the Curtiss school in Hammondsport, NY in 1914, was a private in a
machine gun battery in the first Canadian contingent, became a sub-lieutenant in
the RNVR serving with an armoured car detachment to the RNAS, sailed for
Dardanelles, and in 1915 returned to the Hendon Air Station as acting Flight
Lieutenant. He was posted to Felixstowe and became Commanding Officer of the War
Flight in 1917. Includes photographic illustrations and a chart. Fine copy.
(22414) $20.00
21.
HUDSON
, James J. Hostile Skies. A Combat
History of the American Air Service in
World
War
I.
(
Syracuse
): Syracuse University Press, (1968), octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust
jacket. (xvi), 338pp. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by author on gummed
label affixed to title page. Illustrated with photographs, tables, and three
maps, including one fold-out map of the Meuse-Argonne. One of the most
comprehensive histories of the US Air Service in World War I. Book very fine
condition, slight water staining to jacket. Jacket not price clipped. (22534)
$25.00
23.
IMMELMANN, Franz. Immelmann, 'The
Eagle of
Lille.
'. (
London
): Greenhill, (1984), octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. 223pp. First
Greenhill Printing. Translated from the German by Claud W. Sykes. Frontispiece
photograph of Immelmann. Biography of Immelmann one of
Germany
's greatest war heroes written by his brother. Much of the material is quoted
from letters. With 25 photographic illustrations. Very fine copy. (22532) $22.95
24.
IMMELMANN, Franz. Immelmann, 'The
Eagle of
Lille.
'. (
Novato
): Presidio Press, (1990), octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. 223pp. First
American Printing of the Greenhill Edition. Translated from the German by Claud
W. Sykes. Frontispiece photograph of Immelmann. Biography of Immelmann one of
Germany
's greatest war heroes written by his brother. Much of the material is quoted
from letters. With 25 photographic illustrations. Very fine copy. (22533) $22.95
25.
IMRIE, Alex. Pictorial History of the German Army Air Service 1914-18.
London
: Ian Allen, (1971), octavo, red boards in pictorial dust jacket. 176pp. First
Edition. An in-depth account of the first German air arm: the history of German
military aeronautics from 1884-1914, with its dramatic increase in interest in
aviation and its consequent expansion of the airship fleet; the mobilization of
1914, completed as planned in five days; the reorganization of the Luftwaffe as
a result of the Kogenluft; and the ultimate demise of the first Luftwaffe,
officially terminated on May 8, 1920. With 240 photographs combined with text
that trace the growth of the German Army Air Service from its beginnings to its
demise with the Treaty of Versailles. A fine, clean copy. Jacket not price
clipped. (22540) $40.00
26.
JACKSON, Robert. Air War
Flanders
- 1918. (
Shrewsbury
): Airlife, (1998), quarto, blue boards in dust jacket. 160pp. First Edition.
Profusely illustrated. A history of the development of air fighting in all its
aspects between April and November 1918. A fine copy, jacket not price clipped.
(22539) $30.00
27.
JACKSON, Robert. Fighter Pilots of
World
War
I.
London
: Arthur Barker, (1977), First Edition, white boards in dust jacket. (viii),
152pp. First Edition. Biographies of a number of World War One aces. One small,
closed tear to jacket, otherwise a very fine copy. (22541) $20.00
28.
JONES, George. From Private to Air Marshal. The Autobiography of Air Marshal Sir George
Jones. (
Victoria
,
Australia
): Greenhouse Publications, (1988), octavo, red boards in pictorial dust jacket.
(x), 155pp. First Edition. Jones tells of his early days with the infant
Australian Flying Corps, flying Sopwith Camels into combat in WWI, through his
involvement with the training of RAAF recruits and the Empire Training Scheme,
to his appointment as Chief of Air Staff. Illustrated. Fine copy. Tiny remainder
spot on top edge of text block, otherwise a fine copy. Jacket not clipped.
(22544) $20.00
29.
JONES, H. A. Sir Walter Raleigh and the Air History. A Personal Recollection.
London
: Edward Arnold, 1922, octavo, blue boards with printed paper label on front
cover. 48pp. First Edition. Frontispiece portrait of
Raleigh
. The "Official History" of "The War in the Air" was begun
under Sir Walter Raleigh and finished, after
Raleigh
's death, by H. A. Jones. Boards lightly worn and faded at extremities. With the
tiny bookstamp of aviation book collector, H. Hugh Wynne. (22513) $75.00
30.
JONES, Neville. The Origins of Strategic Bombing. A Study of the Development of British
Air Strategic Thought and Practice up to 1918.
London
: William Kimber, (1973), octavo, blue boards in dust jacket. 240pp. First
Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Light wear to jacket. (22543) $25.00
31.
KENNETT, Lee. The First Air War 1914 - 1918.
New York
: The Free Press, (1991), octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. xii, (276)pp.
First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Near fine copy, jacket not clipped.
(22550) $25.00
32.
KIERNAN, R. H. The First War in the Air. (
London
): Peter Davies, 1934, octavo, lemon yellow cloth in dust jacket. (292)pp. First
Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Extreme edges of cloth scuffed, jacket
has shelf wear to corners, but still a very nice copy. (22547) $35.00
33.
KILDUFF, Peter.
Germany
's First Air Force 1914-1918. (
Osceola
,
WI
): Motorbooks International, (1991), quarto, grey boards in dust jacket. 160pp.
First American Edition. Extensively illustrated with photographs. Fine copy.
(21038) $30.00
34.
KILDUFF, Peter. Over the Battlefields. Amazing Air Action of World War One. (
London
): Arms and Armour, (1996), octavo, boards in dust jacket. 192pp. First Edition.
Illustrated with photographs. A fine copy. (22556) $29.95
35.
KREIS, John F. Air Warfare and Air Base Defense 1914 - 1973.
Washington
: Office of Air Force History, 1988, large octavo, blue buckram in dust jacket.
(xx), (408)pp. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. An exhaustive study.
Fine copy, jacket not clipped. (22546) $25.00
36.
LAFFIN, John. Swifter Than Eagles. The Biography of Marshal of the Royal Air Force,
Sir John Maitland Salmond.
Edinburgh
: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, (1964), octavo, blue boards in pictorial
dust jacket. (xii), 278pp. First Edition. Salmond was in command of No. 3
Squadron of the RFC in 1914 and at the time of the Armistice was a Major General
in command of all of the RAF forces on the Western Front. An important biography
of a major figure involved with the development of the RFC/RAF. Illustrated with
photographs, maps, and portrait drawings. Very nice, clean copy. Jacket price
clipped. (15613) $40.00
37.
LAWSON, Eric and Jane. The First
Air Campaign. August 1914 - November 1918. (Conshohocken): Combined Books,
(1996), octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. (256)pp. First Edition.
Illustrated with photographs. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block,
otherwise a very fine copy. (22555) $30.00
38.
LEE, Arthur Gould. The Flying
Cathedral. The Story of Samuel Franklin Cody.
London
: Metheun, (1965), octavo, boards in dust jacket. 272pp. First Edition.
Illustrated with photographs. Slight wear to jacket which is price clipped. Book
very fine condition. (22551) $20.00
39.
LEE, Arthur Gould. Open Cockpit. A
Pilot of the Royal Flying Corps.
London
: Grub Street, (2012), octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (vi),
218pp. Reprint of the edition of 1969. Illustrated with photographs. Thanks to a
broken leg during flight school, Arthur Stanley Gould Lee gained valuable
additional time flying trainers before he was posted to
France
during World War I. In November 1917 during low level bombing and strafing
attacks, he was shot down three times by ground fire. He spent eight months at
the front and accumulated 222 hours of flight time in Sopwith Pups and Camels
during a staggering 118 patrols; being engaged in combat 56 times. He lived to
retire from the RAF as an air vice-marshal in 1946. Author of three books, this
is by far his best. Lee puts you in the cockpit in a riveting account of life as
a fighter pilot at the front. At turns humorous and dramatic, this thoughtful,
enlightening, true account is a classic to be ranked with Winged Victory by W.
V. Yeates, also published by Grub Street.
(22415) $24.95
40.
LEWIS, Bruce. A Few of the First. The True Stories of the Men who Flew in and before
The First World War.
London
: Leo Cooper, (1997), octavo, black boards in dust jacket. (x), 246pp. First
Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Very fine copy, jacket not price clipped.
(22552) $35.00
41.
(LUKE, Frank). COOMBS, Charles I. Frank
Luke Balloon Buster.
New York
: Harper & Row, (1967), octavo, pictorial cloth boards. First Edition. Part
of "The American Adventure Series" for young readers. Illustrated by
Raymon Naylor. Maps by Paul Hezelrigg. A fine copy. (22520) $25.00
42.
MCCUDDEN, James Byford. Flying
Fury.
London
: The Aviation Book Club, (1939), octavo, black cloth in pictorial dust jacket.
(xviii), 270pp. Fifth Printing. Introduction by C. G. Grey. The experiences of
McCudden, one of the greatest of English aces, with the Royal Flying Corps in
France
, as mechanic, observer, and pilot. Illustrated by Leonard Bridgman. Neat name
on half title, a nice, clean copy. (22412) $25.00
43.
MCCUDDEN, James Thomas Byford. Five
Years in the Royal Flying Corps. Garden City: Doubleday, 1968, octavo, grey
cloth in dust jacket. (28), 356pp. First American Edition. Edited and with an
introduction to this new edition by Stanley Ulanoff. The memoirs of McCudden's
service in the RFC from 1913 to 1918. He is credited with
57 victories and was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1918. He was killed
when engine failure caused his plane to crash. Illustrated. Very slight wear to
jacket which is not price clipped. A very fine, clean copy. (22510) $40.00
44.
MCCUDDEN, James Thomas Byford. Five
Years in the Royal Flying Corps. (
Bath
: Cedric Chivers), No date, octavo, red cloth in pink dust jacket. (xvi), 349pp.
Reprint. The memoirs of McCudden's service in the RFC from 1913 to 1918. He is
credited with 57 victories and was
awarded the Victoria Cross in 1918. He was killed when engine failure caused his
plane to crash. Illustrated. A very fine copy. (22411) $30.00
45.
(MITCHELL, William A.). NURLEY, Alfred F. Billy
Mitchell. Crusader for Air Power.
Bloomington
:
Indiana
University Press, (1975), octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (xii), 190pp.
New Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Wrappers very slightly scuffed.
(22537) $10.00
46.
(NAVAL AVIATION). LAYMON, R. D. Naval
Aviation in the First World War. Its Impact and Influence. (
London
): Caxton Editions, (2002), octavo, pictorial boards in dust jacket. 224pp.
Reprint. Illustrated with photographs. A complete overeview of naval aviation in
the First World War. Fine copy. (22554) $40.00
47.
POLLARD, W. Three items. Two later copy prints 5.5" x 3.5" circa 1960
inscribed on the back by W. Pollard, each photo showing the deck of the "H
M S 'Ark Royal' No. 1 at Gallipoli 1915." and stamped below the
inscriptions, "W. Pollard, O.P.S. / 286a Broadway / Phone Bexleyheath
1095". Included is an issue of "The Flypaper: Being a Journal
Expressing the Fleeting Fancing of Flying Men" December 1918., 30 pages.
Signed on the front wrapper, Lieut W Pollard RAF / 68 Wing H. Q. Seaton Carew /
c/o
Durham
/ Drawings on Page 8 + / see pages 11 & 12 / for article by / W Pollard /
on return from
Dardanelles
/ 1917" Pollard was a New Zealander who was a participant at Gallipoli.
(22509) $275.00
48.
REVELL, Alex. Fighter Aces! The Constable Maxwell Brothers Fighter Pilots in Two World
Wars. (
Barnsley
): Pen & Sword, (2010), octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket.
(256)pp. Reprint of the original edition of 1978. With a foreword by Air Chief
Marshall Sir Hugh Saunders. When Gerald Constable Maxwell was flying as a
fighter pilot in World War I, his brother Michael was born. Both went on to have
distinguished flying careers in World War II. This is the story of both men and
how their paths crossed during the second conflict. Gerald served with
distinction with 56 Squadron, one of the crack fighter units of WWI in
France
. Upon his return to
England
he became Chief Flying Instructor of No. 1 Fighter and
Gunnery
School
at Turnberry. In World War II he served as Station Commander at RAF Ford, a
night Fighter station near Arundel, one of the most efficient and happy stations
in 11 Group. Michael followed in his brother’s footsteps and joined 56
Squadron in April 1940 to fly the Hawker Hurricane. During May the squadron was
moved to
France
to assist the fast retreating British and French forces as the Germans rapidly
advanced. On 27 May, he was shot down whilst attacking ten Heinkel 111s on their
way to bomb
Dunkirk
. Fortunately his first contacts upon landing by parachute were French and he
managed to find his way to
Ostend
where he boarded a trawler and crossed the Channel back to Deal. 56 Squadron
had by now returned to their English base at North Weald from where they were
flying patrols over the French coast and escorting RAF bombers raiding the
German positions. On 8 June, whilst trying to reach returning Blenheims over Le
Treport, the Hurricanes were bounced by Bf 109s and again Michael was hit,
wounding him in the leg and foot, fortunately he eventually managed a crash
landing back at North Weald. During the height of the Battle of Britain Michael
was again forced to make a crash landing near
Herne
Bay
which he was lucky to survive as his Hurricane had disintegrated around him. In
the autumn of 1941 Michael was posted to 604 Nightfighter Squadron, led by the
legendary ‘Cat’s Eyes’ Cunningham flying Beaufighters and eventually
Mosquitos. He was eventually to Command the squadron whose tally of enemy
aircraft shot down when he left it had reached 100. This remarkable story
includes firsthand combat accounts from both Michael and Gerald and the author
has had access to the Constable Maxwell’s family records. Illustrated with
photographs. As new. (22413) $39.95
49.
RICHTHOFEN, Manfred von. The Red
Baron. Garden City: Doubleday, 1969, octavo, grey cloth in dust jacket.
(xx), (244)pp. First Edition of this translation. The autobiography of Manfred
von Richthofen. Translated by Peter Kilduff. Illustrated with photographs and
diagrams. Part of the air combat classics series edited by Stanley H. Ulanoff.
Fine copy, jacket nor price clipped. (21039) $35.00
50.
(RICHTHOFEN, Manfred von). KILDUFF, Peter. The
Illustrated Red Baron. The Life and Times of Manfred von Richthofen. (
London
): Cassell & Co., (2000), quarto, pictorial card wrappers. 160 pp. Second
edition. Over two hundred photographs, many previously unpublished, illuminate
the public and private lives of Baron von Richthofen and present an extensive
insight into the dramatic world of early combat aviation. Very fine copy.
(12671) $25.00
51.
(RICHTHOFEN, Manfred von). KILDUFF, Peter. The
Illustrated Red Baron. The Life and Times of Manfred von Richthofen. (
London
): Cassell & Co., (2000), quarto, pictorial card wrappers. 160 pp. Second
edition. Over two hundred photographs, many previously unpublished, illuminate
the public and private lives of Baron von Richthofen and present an extensive
insight into the dramatic world of early combat aviation. Very small chip from
corner of back wrapper, otherwise a very fine copy. (22557) $17.50
52.
(RICHTHOFEN, Manfred von). KILDUFF, Peter. The
Red Baron Combat Wing. Jagdgeschwader Richthofen in
Battle
. (
London
): Arms and Armour , (1997), octavo, dark blue boards in dust jacket. 288pp.
First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Traces the development of German
fighter aviation from the successes of its first great air combatants Oswald
Boelcke and Max Immelmann to the unparalleled career of von Richthofen and the
airfighting organization he built - Jagdgeschwader I. Fine copy. (21034) $35.00
53.
(RICKENBACKER, Capt. Edward). JEFFERS, H. Paul. Ace
of Aces. The Life of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker.
New York
: Ballentine, (2003), octavo, boards in dust jacket. (viii), (344)pp. First
Edition. An affectionate tribute to this gallant American. As new. Jacket not
price clipped. (22538) $24.95
54.
(RICKENBACKER, Eddie). LEWIS, W. David. Eddie
Rickenbacker. An American Hero in the Twentieth Century.
Baltimore
: The Johns Hopkins University Press, (2005), octavo, cloth and boards in
pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), 668pp. First Edition. The author with his
knowledge of aviation history has written a biography that provides a
fascinating view of Rickenbacker revealing both his achievements and
vulnerabilities. With photographic illustrations. Includes notes, an essay on
primary sources, and index. New. (16128) $35.00
55.
(RICKENBACKER, Eddie). LEWIS, W. David. Eddie
Rickenbacker. An American Hero in the Twentieth Century.
Baltimore
: The Johns Hopkins University Press, (2005), octavo, cloth and boards in
pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), 668pp. First Edition. The author with his
knowledge of aviation history has written a biography that provides a
fascinating view of Rickenbacker revealing both his achievements and
vulnerabilities. With photographic illustrations. Includes notes, an essay on
primary sources, and index Signed by Lewis on the title page. New. (22553)
$40.00
56.
ROWE, Josiah P., Jr. Letters from
A World War I Aviator.
Boston
: The Sinclaire Press, 1986, octavo, red cloth in red dust jacket. (xvi),
(168)pp. Second Printing. Collected and edited by Genevieve Bailey Rowe and
Diana Rowe Doran. An account of an American airman who trained at the Italian
Aviation School at Foggia and then saw active duty on the Western Front with the
famous First Pursuit Group. Rowe flew with the
US
147th Aero Squadron. Taken from Rowe's diary and letters that focus on his
day-to-day adventures from sailing across the
Atlantic
to combat patrols in the last months of the war. Illustrated with photographs.
Very fine copy. (15780) $35.00
57.
(SHORT SEAPLANES). Four fine
silverprint photographs of World War I Short Seaplanes. Two with the Short
Bros. Seaplane Works,
Rochester
, stamp on the verso dated 23 Oct 1931. The images are size 11.5" x
7.25", 11.75" x 8.75", 9" x 11.5", 11.5 x 7.5".
(22506) $85.00
58.
SPRINGS, Elliott White. Contact. A
Romance of the Air.
New York
: Elliott Springs and Company, (1930), large octavo, light blue cloth with
deckle edges, in slipcase. (x), 308pp. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies.
With "Preface of This Edition Only" signed by Springs. A novel of a
young American aviator in WWI who becomes engaged just before he leaves for
France
to join his unit. On his return he feels unworthy of his fiancée because of
his war experiences, both good and bad. A compelling novel and a remarkable book
on war flying. Aside from slight fading to cloth, uncut, unopened, with the
original, printed order slip laid in. (22158) $275.00
59.
SPRINGS, Elliott White. Contact. A
Romance of the Air.
New York
: Grosset & Dunlap, (1930), octavo, orange cloth in pictorial dust jacket .
(x), 308pp. First Printing of this edition. A novel of a young American aviator
in WWI who becomes engaged just before he leaves for
France
to join his Squadron. On his return he feels unworthy of his fiancée because
of his war experiences, both good and bad. A most attractive, near fine copy in
a jacket which has a very tiny nick to the top corner. We have not seen one this
nice. (22512) $75.00
60.
SPRINGS, Elliott White. Nocturne
Militaire.
New York
: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927), octavo, black cloth in dust jacket. First
Printing of this Edition. Book in fine condition. Spine of jacket very slightly
faded, but still a very attractive copy. Jacket flaps not clipped. (22511)
$75.00
61.
THOMAS, Ritchie and Carl M. Becker (editors). An
American Pursuit Pilot in
France
. Roland W. Richardsons's Diaries and Letters 1917-1919. (
Shippensburg
,
PA
): White Mane Publishing Company, Inc., (1994), octavo, blue boards in pictorial
dust jacket. (xxviii), 198pp. First Edition.
Richardson
's personal view of the first American effort to create a flying force for
battle in WWI. He presents a complete picture of the recruitment, training,
staff work, and all the duties a would-be combat pilot had to face helping the
novice American Air Service establish itself in war-torn France. Appendices
include a Glossary, Richrdson's Record of Service, Airplanes flown by
Richardson, Aviation Terms, Officer of the 213th Squadron, and his notebook.
Illustrations include photographs and two maps. Fine copy. (17203) $20.00
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