Books - "history"
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Combat Codes: A Full Explanation and Listing of British, Commonwealth and Allied Air Force Unit Codes Since 1938
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 271pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to base of covers, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Aviation 2008
KEYWORDS: military history aviation British Commonwealth allied air force unit codes
Early Aviation at Farnborough: The History of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Volume II: The First Aeroplanes
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 375pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to front board, minor foxing & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, minor soiling/discolouration to rear eps/terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to base of spine, light creasing & scuffing to edges, sl chafing, light tanning to flaps) in slipcase, VG (moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1974
KEYWORDS: first editions aviation history aeroplanes royal aircraft establishment Farnborough
United States Army and Air Force Fighters 1916-1961
Quarto, beige buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (minor foxing & discolouration to spine, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, minro wrinkling to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate fading & cracking/tearing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to covers & flaps)
PUBLISHER: Harleyford Publications 1961
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warfare aircraft planes fighter US American army air force design engineering
The P-40 Kittyhawk in Service
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 66pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning & eps) in d/w, VG+ (prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light chafing, light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing to flaps, sl scuffing to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Kookaburra Technical Publications 1974
KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes aircraft p-40 kittyhawk Australia Australian ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 air force
Junkers Ju 388: Development, Testing, and Production of the Last Junkers High-Altitude Aircraft
FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, patterned/printed eps, illus title page, 408pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl fading to base of boards) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: first editions military history aviation fighter planes Junkers Ju 388 design engineering luftwaffe German Germany
Planes of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces (2 Vols)
2 VOLS, FIRST EDITIONS, quarto, blue & red heavy boards, white lettering to spines, illus front eps, vol 1- 172pp, vol 2- 172pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & fading to edges/extrems, minor fading to spine of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (minor fading to spines, sl creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning & foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Kookaburra Technical Publications 1985
KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes pilots luftwaffe nazi Germany German first editions
OnSong: Stories Behind New Zealand's Pop Classics
Imperial octavo, illus orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, illus title page, 208pp, illus/phtoos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Penguin 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand pop music history songs musicians bands singers
Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe
Imperial octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 432pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, minor foxing to page edges & eps, minro foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate foxing to edges, moderate fading to spine & rear cover, minor foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Aero Publishers 1977
KEYWORDS: military history aviation German nazi Germany luftwaffe fighter planes pilots
With Great Foresight: The Story of Christchurch International Airport
Oblong imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 223pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor fading to spine & front board, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Christchurch International Airport 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand civil aviation history Christchurch International Airport
Germany's Panzers in World War II, from Pz.Kpfw.I to Tiger II
Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, grey/white lettering to spine, illus eps, 216pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & edges/extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 nazi Germany German armoured vehicles tanks panzer panzers
Search Find and Kill: Coastal Command's U-boat Successes
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims, occasional sl soiling to pages) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading to spine & rear cover, label residue to rear, general minor tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Aston Publications 1990
KEYWORDS: first editions signed Norman L R Franks military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 RAF Royal Air Force Coast Command coastal u-boats aviation maritime
Messerschmitt Me 410
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 120pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Stratus 2006
KEYWORDS: military history aviation German nazi Germany luftwaffe fighter planes aircraft Messerschmitt Me 410 design engineering
Almost into Wind: One Man's Firsthand Look at the Operation of the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy in World War II
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, v + (5) + 486pp, illus, errata slip loosely enclosed to pg87, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Guild Bindery Press 1993
KEYWORDS: signed first editions military history autobiography memoir Derek Senogles Rooke ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 fleet air arm Royal Navy aviation maritime warfare
Power in Tudor England
Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 183pp, VG (moderate fading to spine, sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Press 1997
KEYWORDS: England English history tudor times power government monarchy medieval
Caesar of the Skies: The Life Story of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, dark blue lettering to spine, x + 202pp + illus to rear, VG- (spine cocked, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1937
KEYWORDS: first editions military history biography biographies memoir Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
Blitzkrieg, in Their Own Words: First-Hand Accounts from German Soldiers 1939-1940
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading, minor creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2005
KEYWORDS: first editions military history nazi Germany Germans blitzkrieg soldiers ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
German Instrument Panels (2 Vols)
2 VOLS, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spines, 38pp each, lg folding illus of instrument panel to rear of vol 2, VG+ (light fading to spines, sl scuffing to extrems)
PUBLISHER: STRATUS 2014-15
KEYWORDS: military aviaiton history luftwaffe Nazi Germany German aircraft fighter planes instrument panels equipment technology engineering
Japanese Navy Aircraft Colours & Markings in the Pacific War ... and Before
SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, quarto, comb ringbound illus light card wrappers, vii + 131pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to cover edges, light soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ian K Baker 1991
KEYWORDS: signed Ian K Baker military history aviation Japan Japanese aircraft Pacific war
Pursue & Destroy
Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 175pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, minor cracking & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sentry Books 1978
KEYWORDS: military history aviation Leonard Kit Carson autobiography memoir fighter pilots
Pilots of Fighter Command
SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, ex-library, imperial octavo, beige buckram boards, grey lettering to blue buckram spine, 64pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing & soiling sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1942
KEYWORDS: military history pilots portraits British RAF Royal Air Force fighter command first editions