T H E C O L O P H O N B O O K S H O P Robert and Christine Liska P. O. B O X 1 0 5 2 E X E T E R N E W H A M P S H I R E 0 3 8 3 3 ( 6 0 3 ) 7 7 2 8 4 4 3 World War I Aviation All items listed have been carefully described and are in fine collector’s condition unless otherwise noted. All are sold on an approval basis and any purchase may be returned within two weeks for any reason. Member ABAA and ILAB. All items are offered subject to prior sale. Please add $4.00 shipping for the first book, $1.00 for each additional volume. New clients are requested to send remittance with order. All shipments outside the United States will be charged shipping at cost. We accept VISA, MASTERCARD and AMERICAN EXPRESS. (603) 772-8443; FAX (603) 772-3384; e-mail: [email protected] http://www.colophonbooks.com ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ 1. ADAMS, Briggs Kilburn. The American Spirit. The Letters of Briggs Kilburn Adams. Lieutenant of the Royal Flying Corps. Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, Inc., 1918, small octavo, patterned boards . 104pp. First Edition. With a Preface by Arthur Stanwood Pier. Several of these letters were printed in the Harvard Alumni Bulletin after his death. Adams' very descriptive letters to family while he was at Harvard and then in the many areas of service during World War I. He graduated from Harvard in 1917 after returning from France where he served with the American Ambulance Service. He enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps, trained in Canada, and was then sent to the School of Aerial Gunnery at Forth Worth, Texas. Sent to England in December, 1917 and then training in Scotland through February 1918. On March 1, 1918 he was attached to No. 18 Squadron, RFC and two weeks later was killed at the front. A photo of Adams as frontispiece. Boards slightly foxed and with shelf wear to extremities. Spine with light wear and a tint mend to back outer hinge. Internally a fine, clean copy. (22799) $150.00 2. (AUSTRALIA). FIRKINS, Peter. The Golden Eagles. Air heroes of two world wars. (Perth): St George Books, (1980), octavo, rust brown cloth in pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 242pp. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Biographies of eleven of Australia's greatest air aces, including R. A. Little, R. S. Dallas, A. H. Cobby, L. R. Clisby, Sir Hughie Edwards, K. W. Truscott, C. R. Caldwell, D. C. T. Bennett and D. J. Shannon. A very fine copy. (24904) $30.00 3. (BARACCA, Franceso). FOSCHINI, Antonino. Baracca. Roma: Editoriale Aeronautica, 1939, octavo, printed flexible boards in pictorial dust jacket. (461) pp. First Edition, Limited to 2,000 numbered copies. Text in Italian. Illustrated with photographs. A biography of the greatest Italian World War I ace. The binding is perfect bound and shows some looseness at one gathering. Spine cocked, soiling to front cover, shelf wear to dust jacket. (22243) $150.00 4. (BARKER, Wiliam). RALPH, Wayne. William Barker VC. The Life, Death & Legend of Canada's Most Decorated War Hero. (Ontario): John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd., (2007), quarto, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv), 290pp. Second edition. Barker was a brilliant and tireless observer and pilot in France and Italy becoming one of the great aces of WWI with 50 victories. He was awarded the Victoria Cross after downing 4 enemy aircraft while going in and out of consciousness before crashing his Sopwith Snipe near the front lines. He survived but was killed demonstrating a KR21 biplane in 1930. Although a fine biography in its own right, this new illustrated edition is well worth the price if only for the many fine photographs which have been added. (16883) $28.95 5. BARTLETT, Philippe. French Military Aeronautical Branch Badges up to 1918. Les Insignes de l'Aeronautique Militaire Francaise jusqu'en 1918. (Paris): Indo Editions, (2002), quarto, pictorial blue flexible boards. (384)pp. First Edition. With a preface by Pierre Clostermann. Extensively illustrated in black and white and in color. This book is an enormous and comprehensive guide to all the badges issued by the French Air Services to the end of the First World War and, as such, is a major tribute to the pioneers of French aviation. The first 220 pages give exhaustive history and information on each of the awards. Together with information on the badges, there is a detailed mini history of each of the squadrons. All the awards are then illustrated in full color in the last third of the book (18063) $75.00 6. BELLAH, James Warner. Gods of Yesterday. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1928, octavo, black boards with pictorial printed labels on front cover and spine. (272)pp. First Edition. Bellah held a commission in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. This novel about aviators in war is full of the suspense of life at the front. Pictorial endpapers on front and back covers. Shelf wear, cloth a bit scuffed and faded at extremities, light wear to spine label. (22816) $65.00 Inscribed 7. BELLAH, James Warner. Sketch Book of a Cadet from Gascony. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923, octavo, light blue cloth with large paper label on spine and front cover. 148pp. First Edition. Eleven fictional stories based on the lives of a young tribe of cadets from Gascony during World War I. Bellah's first published book. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "To Homer Edward Woodbridge under whose careful tutelage these seeds germinated John Warner Bellah". Light wear to top and bottom of spine. (16948) $150.00 8. (BISHOP, William A.). BISHOP, William Arthur. The Courage of the Early Morning. A Frank Biography of Billy Bishop. The Great ace of World War I. New York: David McKay, (1966), octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. (12), (212)pp. First American Edition. A detailed tribute to Billy Bishop, the Canadian air ace, by his son. Many exploits of Bishop's service in both World Wars I and II detailed. He achieved a record of 72 planes shot down in over 200 encounters, a controversial dawn raid on an aerodrome behind enemy lines when he single handedly destroyed three German planes, along with stories of comradeship and relaxation in wartime London. Includes numerous photographs, a combat report of the attack on Estourmel aerodrome, two maps, epilogue, list of victories, and an index. Near fine copy, jacket not price clipped. (22309) $35.00 9. BISHOP, William Arthur. The Courage of the Early Morning. A son's biography of a famous father. The Story of Billy Bishop. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, (1965), octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (223)pp. First Edition. A detailed tribute to Billy Bishop, the Canadian air ace, by his son. Many exploits of Bishop's service in both World Wars I and II detailed. He achieved a record of 72 planes shot down in over 200 encounters, a controversial dawn raid on an aerodrome behind enemy lines when he single-handedly destroyed three German planes, along with stories of comradeship and relaxation in wartime London. Includes numerous photographs, a combat report of the attack on Estourmel aerodrome, two maps, epilogue, list of victories, and an index. Inscribed on the front endpaper: "To Bob & Mary with love from Jackie (Bishop) Willis O'Connor". Boards faded and shelfworn, jacket worn at extremities and with a few clear tape mends. (16104) $75.00 10. (BLAKE, Wilfred Theodore). Plane Tales from the Skies. By "Wing Adjutant" London: Cassell, (1918), octavo, orange cloth stamped in black. x, (182)pp. Second Printing. Tweny-eight short stories of pilots and observers based on actual events. Front panel of the stunning full color dust jacket mounted to front free endpaper. Very slight wear to cloth, a very nice, clean copy. (22205) $40.00 Boelcke 11. (BOELCKE, Oswald). Two original war date photographs of what is possibly Oswald Boelcke's 22 victory. 4 3/4 x 2 7/8 inches, Two original war date photographs of a downed British plane, with dead pilot on ground. Annotation in German on the verso of the photos indicates that this is Boelcke's 25th victory, but this could his 22nd victory on 9 Sept 1916 which would be a DH2 number 7842 of 24 Squadron flown by Lt. N. P. Manfield, KIA, near Bapaume. Cards are typical German "Postkarte" but have been slightly trimmed. Both in fine condition. but show small marks from being removed from an album. (24901) $95.00 12. BOURGET, Charles L. Royal Aircraft Factory. S.E.5a. (Cover title). West Roxbury, MA: World War I Aero Publishers, (1966), octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. 24pp. First Edition. Volume 1, No. 6 in the World War I Aero aviation series. "This pamphlet, printed on high quality paper, is a carefully researched report on one of Great Britains' most successful fighter planes. Details of construction are emphasized with photographs and drawings taken from the factory blueprints." Noffsinger 280. A very fine copy. (11886) $12.50 13. BRONNENKANT, Lance J. The Imperial German Eagles in World War I. Their Postcards and Pictures. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (2006), quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. 464pp. First Edition. Volume Two of this monumental series. Sanke, Liersch and NPG postcards featuring German World War I aviators have been collected, traded, and reproduced in many publications over the years, but for the first time the author has focused on determining when, where, why, and by whom these pictures were taken, or when and why they were issued as postcards.