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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

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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

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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. This work pursues the answers to those questions, and unfolds like a detective story that relates the investigation and assembly of evidence from a wide variety of sources, including personal communications from the pilots and their families, period newspapers, and other contemporaneous wartime publications. A pioneering book that demonstrates the untapped potential that photographic artifacts from World War I still offer. Over 600 black and white photographs, including original images behind the postcards that have never been viewed by the modern public. As new. (15667) $69.95

14. BRUCE, J.M. The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing). London: Putnam, (1982), octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xxvi), 642pp. First Edition. This definitive book covers in great detail the aircraft which took part in the Military Trials held in August, 1912, and every type of aircraft used by or designed for the RFC. Design, development and service histories are detailed with a comprehensive record of their military serials and the units with which they served. With an Appendix listing aircraft manufacturers. Indexes include alphabetical listings of aircraft, aero-engines, and people who designed, flew, and serviced the planes. With numerous photographic illustrations. A fine, clean copy. (17307) $75.00

15. BUCKLER, Julius. MALAULA! The Battle Cry of Jasta 17. London: Grub Street, (2007), octavo, brown boards in pictorial dust jacket. 190pp. First English language edition. Edited by Norman Franks and translated by Adam M. Wait. First published in Germany in 1939, this book is a collection of memories by Buckler, a fighter ace who ended World War I with 36 victories over British and French aircraft. Norman Franks has placed these stories in context and added accurate and authenticated details of what Buckler achieved. The pilot's words remain largely unchanged and the translation by Adam Wait gives valuable insight into what it was like to fly over the Western Front from the other side of the line. With illustrations, an Index of Personalitites, and the original introduction by Peter Supf. New. (16918) $39.95

16. BURGE, C. Gordon. The Annals of 100 Squadron. Being a Record of the War activities of the Pioneer Night Bombing Squadron in France during the period March 1917 to November 11th 1918, including its operations against German Towns whilst serving in the Independent Force of the R.A.F. London: Bivouac Books Limited, 1975), quarto, blue cloth. (12), 211pp. Facsimile Reprint, Limited to 500 numbered copies. Foreword by Sir Hugh Trenchard. Excellent squadron history with a resume of all operations reports from April 5, 1917 to November 11, 1918. In October, 1917, the squadron was moved to the vicinity of Nancy to begin the bombing campaign of Germany. FE2b's and BE2c's were the equipment until the arrival of Handley-Page bombers on August 13, 1918. Includes experiences of prisoners of war, honors and award,s roll of honor, list of officers and other ranks, and conclusion. With photographic illustrations. Fine copy. (17368) $65.00

17. CAMPBELL, Capt. George F. A Soldier of the Sky. Chicago: Davis Printing Works, (1918), octavo, blue cloth stamped in white on front cover and spine, with small, mounted photo of Campbell on front cover. (234)pp. First Edition. Campbell was wounded while fighting with the Highland Light Infantry in 1914. Unfit for land combat, he joined the RFC on 1 September 1915 and attended Central Flying School at Upavon. Although the publisher states that every word in this book is true, we have been unable to trace anyone in the RFC or RAF with the name George Frederick Campbell. Anyone out there know anything more? Illustrated with photographs. With a 4 page glossary of military terminology. White stamping on front cover and spine heavily chipped. Wear to extremities. (22316) $30.00

18. CAMPBELL, Capt. George F. A Soldier of the Sky. Chicago: Davis Printing Works, (1918), octavo, blue cloth stamped in white on front cover and spine, with small, mounted photo of Campbell on front cover. (234)pp. First Edition. Campbell was wounded while fighting with the Highland Light Infantry in 1914. Unfit for land combat, he joined the RFC on 1 September 1915 and attended Central Flying School at Upavon. Although the publisher states that every word in this book is true, we have been unable to trace anyone in the RFC or RAF with the name George Frederick Campbell. Anyone out there know anything more? Illustrated with photographs. With a 4 page glossary at end. Inscribed on the front endpaper, "Sincerely from the author Capt G Fred Campbell R.F.C." White stamping nearly gone fron spine, somewhat worn on front cover, mounted photo in fine condition. (21724) $95.00

19. CARPENTER, Alfred F. The Blocking of Zeebrugge. With an Introduction by Admiral Earl Beatty and Appreciations by Marshal Foch, Rear-Admiral Sims and Count Visart (Burgomaster of Bruges). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922, octavo, blue cloth with red stamping on front cover and spine. (xxiv), 276pp., illustrations unpaginated. First American Edition. Illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and maps. Fold-out map of the Port of Zeebrugge. A fine, clean copy. (15115) $65.00

20. CARTER, Russell Gordon. The 101st Field Artillery. A.E.F. 1917-1919. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940, octavo, red buckram in dust jacket. (xvi); 306pp. First Edition. Illustrated in black and white photographs, color maps within text, and map of the Western Front in 1917-19 on endpapers. Includes Roster and fold-out photograph of the 101st in April 21, 1919. Inscribed on the front endpaper: "To that soldier of great military merit, Kenneth A. Ryder, from his old C.O. in World War I. Richard H. Miller. Colonel, Mass. Nat. Guard (Retired)). Also inscribed on the half title: "Kenneth A. Ryder Memer 6 Med. Dept. 101 F.A. 1917- 1919 See page 301". Jacket not price clipped. A very fine, clean copy. (18736) $150.00

21. CHAMBE, Rene. Au Temps des Carabines. Paris: Flammarion, (1955), octavo, pictorial wrappers, in original pictorial dust jacket. 230pp. First Edition. Text in French. "L'aventure vecue." A story of French aviation at the beginning of World War I. Photographic illustrations. Very slight wear to extremities, one small closed tear to jacket, otherwise a near fine copy of this attractive book. Great dust jacket illustration. (22278) $55.00

Memorial Edition 22. CHAMBERLAIN, Cyrus Foss. Letters of Cyrus Foss Chamberlain. A Member of the Lafayette Flying Corps. Minneapolis: Privately Printed, 1918, octavo, grey-blue boards with buff boards spine and black leather spine label. (118)pp. First Edition. Chamberlain attended Princeton University and graduated in the class of 1910. In May of 1917 he sailed for France and upon arrival enlisted 3 June 1917 in the Lafayette Flying Corps. He trained at Avord, Pau, and [Groupe des Divisions d'Entrainement] G.D.E. from 6 June - 8 December 1917. He was posted to SPA 85 from 12 December 1917 to 9 January 1918 and transferred to SPA 98. he was killed in action near Le Ferte-Milon 13 June 1918. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre, with Palm. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Chamberlain and 7 plates. Very slight wear to top and bottom of spine. Very tiny stain to bottom of spine. Neat name on front endpaper. An unusually fine copy. (19434) $1,100.00

23. CLIFFORD, George Reid. My Experiences As an Aviator in the World War. Boston: Richard G. Badger, (1928), octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt. 276pp. First Edition. Clifford rose from the ranks to the position of Captain in the Independent Royal Air Force. One Illustration. This book appears to be a hoax. A near fine copy. (21703) $175.00

24. COULTHARD-CLARK, Chris. McNamara VC. A Hero's Dilemma. (Fairbairn): (Air Power Studies Centre), (1997), quarto, wrappers. (iv), 128pp. First Edition. McNamara was the first and only Australian airman awarded the Victoria Cross during WWI. He went on to serve senior commands with both the RAAF and the Royal Air Force during WWII. This book about his career is a classic illustration of the dilemma of an ordinary man accorded the status of a national hero and the difficulties he faced as a result of the expectations placed on him. Illustrated. As new. (14003) $30.00

25. COWTON, Albert E. With the First in the Field. Norwich, England: Mrs. A.E. Cowton, (1963), octavo, blue cloth with gilt decoration on front cover. (xvi), 496pp. First Edition. Foreword by Strang Graham. The story of Albert Cowton from his early experiences with the Royal Marine Light Infantry and the Royal Naval Air Service through his years in India with the 27 (Bomber) Squadron flying D.H.9a aircraft equipped with a 400 horse-power Liberty engine. This book describes in detail his life and the everyday life led by members of the squadron during this period in the history of India. Illustrated with 32 black and white photographs, maps (8 fold-out), and diagrams. Four chapters cover his service during World War One. One very tiny nick to cloth at top of spine (at back of book), otherwise a very fine, clean copy. (22860) $75.00

26. (CROWE, Pat). CROWE, James Richard. Pat Crowe, Aviator. Skylark Views and Letters from France, Including the Story of "Jacqueline." New York: Nicholas L. Brown, 1919, octavo, blue cloth, stamped in maroon. (224)pp. First Edition. Edited by W. B. Chase. Chapter headings include: At St. Maixent, Deux Sevres (December-April), From San Ma'x' to Tours, Indre-et-Loire (May, 1918), In the Air (June-July), At Issoudun (August-September), and En Famille (1917-1918). Parts of this book are fiction. Small, round water stain on front cover, shelf wear, name on endpaper, back inner hinge cracked. (15406) $125.00

27. DODDS, Ronald. The Brave Young Wings. (Ontario: Canada's Wings, Inc., 1980), octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (308)pp. First Edition. Thousands of young Canadians served in the RNAS, RFC, and, later, the RAF during World War I. Along with the stories of famous "aces" such as Bishop, Barker, and Collishaw are the men who flew bombers, the Zeppelin, U-boat hunters, observation aircraft pilots, and their observers. The appendices include: Canadian fatalities in the British flying services; Honors and awards; Canadian aerial victories; and Ranks and abbreviations. Numerous photographic illustrations. Nearly as new. (16376) $45.00

28. DRAPER, Christopher. The Mad Major. (Letchworth: Air Review Ltd., 1962), quarto, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 231pp. First Edition in American Issue, dust jacket, priced in U.S. dollars. Illustrated with photographs. Draper had a distinguished career in World War One and was decorated in March, 1918. He is known as "The Mad Major" for his daring flight under Tower Bridge in 1931 and his spectacular exploit in 1953 when he flew under 15 bridges between Waterloo and Kew. Light spotting to top edge, otherwise a very fine copy. (18641) $40.00

29. DREW, George A. Canada's Fighting Airmen. Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, 1930, octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (317)pp., illustrations unpaginated. First Edition. Biographies of Bishop, Collishaw, Barker, MacLaren, McLeod, Rogers, Claxton, McCall, Quigley, Carter, and McKeever with a chapter on aviation in Canada during World War I. Illustrated with drawings and photographic reproductions. Jacket chipped and worn at extremities. Inscription on front endpaper. (16976) $75.00

30. DUIVEN, Rick and Dan-San Abbott. Schlachtflieger! Germany and the Origins of Air/Ground Support. 1916-1918. Atglen, PA: Schiffer , (2006), quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. 400pp. First Edition. Presents, in words and pictures, the history of the Schutzstaffeln from their formation as escort aircraft, to their being renamed Schlachtstaffeln and their role as infantry support aircraft. Participating in all the major German offenses on the Western Front in 1918, and manned mainly by enlisted pilots and gunners, these units became the first true close air support squadrons. Also presented is a detailed description of the aircraft used by these units, including their poser plants and armaments. A high point is a detailed color section illustrating the schemes of typical Schutzstaffel/Schlachtstaffel aircraft, which concentrates on both individual as well as squadron markings. This also includes the camouglage schemes used by the various aircraft manufacturers. An added bonus is a near complete compilation of the crew members, airfields, Schlachtgruppe formations, and combat logs of these thirty-eight units. With over 200 black and white photographs, color aircraft profiles, and maps. New. (16187) $79.95

31. (ELLINGTON FIELD). Original sheet of stationery (approx. 6 x 9 inches), headed "H Aero Squadron / [illustration of US aviator wing] / U.S.A. / Air Service / Ellington Field, Texas / ...191..." Paper is watermarked: "Voucher Bond". Very slight wear to top edge, otherwise fine. (21001) $30.00

32. (FOKKER). LEAMAN, Paul. Fokker Dr.I Triplane. A World War One Legend. No Place: Classic Publications, (2003), large quarto, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. First Edition. A detailed study of one of the greatest warplanes in aeronautical history, made famous by Manfred von Richthofen and other leading German aces. This profusely illustrated book includes a brief outline of the history of the Fokker company, the development of the Triplane, its initial employment and its subsequent use over the front line. There is also an analysis of unit and individual markings. A leading reference work on the subject. Includes 250 b&w photos, b&w drawings and illustrations, maps, and 30 color aircraft artworks by noted aviation illustrator Harry Dempsey. As new. (24089) $125.00

33. FRANKS, Norman and Greg VanWyngarden. German Aces of World War I: The Pictorial Record. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (2004), oblong quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. First Edition. The air aces of Imperial Germany's Luftstreitkr? fte are an ever-popular subject among aviation historians, enthusiasts, war gamers, and aircraft modelers. The images of famous airmen such as Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, and Werner Voss are well known and frequently published, but the same cannot be said for all of the over 300 German airmen who achieved five or more aerial victories in the Great War. Their stories have often been published, but never have as many photographs of the aces been assembled within the pages of one volume. Of necessity these photos vary widely in style, format and quality, yet they serve to reveal a good deal of information about the pilots and the multitude of different uniforms and decorations they wore. Students of World War I aircraft will also find useful illustrations of the various machines in which these pilots attained their fame. Over 330 photographs of the aces are provided. The aces are listed in score order, starting with the Red Baron himself with eighty victories, and proceeding down the list to the last alphabetically ordered airman with five claims, Martin Zander. Each photograph is accompanied by a brief service history and victory total of the ace. As new. (18421) $59.95

34. GENET, Edmond. War Letters of Edmond Genet. The First American Aviator Killed Flying the Stars and Stripes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918, octavo, blue cloth. (xxvi), 330pp. First Edition. Edited, with an introduction by Grace Ellery Channing. Prefatory note by John Jay Chapman. With a frontispiece portrait and photographic plates. Edmond Genet was born in Ossining, New York. He joined the Foreign Legion (Infantry) in February, 1915 and joined French Aviation on May 24, 1916. He attended aviation schools from June 5, 1916, to January 18, 1917, at Buc, Pau, Cazeaux, G.D.E. He was brevetted on September 3, 1916, and went to the Front with the Escadrille Lafayette on January 19 where he was killed in the line of duty on April 16, 1917 while flying in Escadrille N. 124 on patrol between St. Quentin and LaFere. Genet was awarded the Croix de Guerre, with two palms. From the library and with the bookplate of Alvin J. Kropff. Stamping on spine slightly dull, one corner mildly bumped. A near fine, clean copy. (21903) $210.00

35. GENTILLI, Roberto, Antonio Iozzi, and Paolo Varriale. Italian Aces of World War I and their Aircraft. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (2003), quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. (496)pp. First Edition. For the first time, a detailed history of a little known aspect of the Great War in the air: the forty-two Italian aces. From legendary personalities such as Francesco Baracca and Scaroni to completely forgotten aces, each biography details their personalities, and their combat careers during and after the war. Charts report all their victories, with careful cross-referencing to Austrian and German losses. An introduction puts the air war on the Italian front in perspective, showing the development and actions of the Italian air force including many orders of battle, and brief histories of all fighter squadrons. Over 500 previously unpublished photographs from private sources, as well as twenty-four pages of color profiles of Nieuports, Spads, Hanriots and Macchis provide a stunning visual complement for the historian and modeler. As new.## (18403) $69.95

36. GRAHAME-WHITE, Claude and Harry Harper. Aircraft in the Great War. A Record and Study. Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Co., 1915, octavo, green cloth. (348)pp. First American Edition. This volume is divided into seven parts: The men and the machines; aerial strategy: the move and counter-move; the gauntlet of death; the "eyes" of an army: what they see; bomb-dropping from the air; directing artillery by aeroplane; and aerial fighting. Faint mark on front cover, else a fine, clean copy. (14951) $75.00

37. GRAHAME-WHITE, Claude and Harry Harper. Aircraft in the Great War. A Record and Study. Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Co., 1915, octavo, green cloth. (348)pp. First American Edition. This volume is divided into seven parts: The men and the machines; aerial strategy: the move and counter-move; the gauntlet of death; the "eyes" of an army: what they see; bomb-dropping from the air; directing artillery by aeroplane; and aerial fighting. Slight foxing to text block with foxing and dust soiling to top edge, otherwsie a near fine copy. (17423) $40.00

38. GRAVES, Sandham. The Lost Diary. Victoria, B.C.: Printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1941, octavo, green decorated cloth. 131pp. First Edition. Graves served in Canadian Signal Corps until his transfer to the RFC in 1917. He was a fighter pilot on the western front and then Italy, Egypt, and Palestine. Very small spot of wear to cloth at bottom of spine and one corner. A solid, clean copy. (21681) $65.00 39. GROSZ, Peter M. and Egon Kruger. Pfalz. First Detailed Story of the Company and Its Famous Planes. (Cover title). West Roxbury, MA: World War I Aero Publishers, (1964), octavo, wrappers. 24pp. First Edition. Volume 1, No. 1 in the World War I Aero Publishers aviation series."This small paper cover pamphlet is a short history of the Pfalz aircraft company which produced a great number of fighter planes used in the German Air Service. Tables list the types of aircraft produced with dimensions and the types used in combat with dates. There are several drawings which are reproductions of factory manual drawings of Pfalz models D III, D VII, D VIII, D XII, D XIV, and Dr. I. The rest of the publication consists of photographs with comments." Noffsinger 1235. A very fine copy. (11897) $12.50

40. GUTTMAN, Jon. Sopwith Camel vs Fokker Dr I. Western Front 1917-18. (Oxford: Osprey, 2008), quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. 80pp. First Edition. Amid the continuous struggle for aerial superiority during World War I, two aircraft types were at the forefront. Both rotary engined fighters, the Sopwith Camel and the Fokker Dr I triplane were relatively slow for their time, but were regarded as the most manoeuvrable machines produced during the conflict, and the classic pair for a tight, evenly matched dogfight at close quarters. In this book Jon Guttman examines the fascinating story of the design and development of these deadly foes. First-hand accounts and innovative cockpit-view artwork give a thrilling insight into the pilots' experiences during the world's first aerial duels and helps explain their successes and failures. As new. (18019) $17.95

41. (GUYNEMER, Georges). BORDEAUX, Henry. Guynemer, Knight of the Air. New Haven: Yale University, 1918, octavo, gray-green pictorial boards stamped in gilt on front cover and spine, in pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Second American Printing of the first edition in English. Translated from the French by Louise Morgan Sill. With an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. With frontispiece portrait of Guynemer by Rudolph Ruzicka. Illustrated. Biography of the French ace who vanished on a flight on September 11, 1917. Wear and scuffing to extremities, jacket quite worn and chipped and with several clear tape mends. (22332) $75.00

42. [HALLAM, Theodore Douglas]. P.I.X. The Spider Web. The Romance of a Flying-Boat War Flight. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1919, octavo, blue pictorial cloth. (290)pp. First 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. With photographic illustrations and a chart. With a number of pencilled marginal annotations written by someone familiar with the men involved. Gilt stamping on spine dull, white stamping on front cover somewhat chipped. Foxing to edges of text block and to the prelimiinary pages. Front inner hinge weak. (15678) $250.00

43. HERRIS, Jack. SPAD Two-Seat Fighters of World War I. Flying Machine Press, 2005, large octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. 196pp. First Edition. Société Anonyme pour Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) was one of the most important aircraft manufacturers during World War I, but until now the focus of published materials about it has been on its two most famous single-seat designs, the SPAD 7 and SPAD 13. This new book takes a look at SPAD's less well known two-seat designs, including the SPAD SA series, the widely used SPAD 11 and SPAD 16, and the excellent SPAD 20, which arrived just before the war ended. SPAD Two-Seat Fighters of World War I has the most extensive coverage - history, evolution, combat use, photos, color profiles, and scale drawings - of these aircraft ever published. It includes scale drawings of five aircraft types in both 1/48 and 1/72 standard modeler’s scales, 12 color pages showing 38 aircraft, 400-plus extraordinary photos. New. (14361) $49.95

44. HILLIARD, Jack B. Capronis, Farmans, and SIAs. U.S. Army Aviation Training and Combat in Italy with Fiorello LaGuardia 1917-1918. [Vicchio Firenze, Italy]: LoGisma editore, (2006), quarto, pictorial wrappers. (616)pp. First Edition. Published in collaboration with Museo Aeronautico "Gianni Caprone." This book is about one of the first American cadet detachments sent to Foggia, Italy for flight training and combat against the Central Powers in World War I. These fresh graduates from the best of our nation's universities tell us about a mostly unknown part of the war's history in their diaries and letters presented in a chronological format beginning in September, 1917. Numerous black and white photographs of the pilots and their airplanes. One of the few books published on this little known part of the war, this book fills a valuable gap in the literature of World War I aviation. New. (17189) $65.00

45. HOLLEY, I.B., Jr. Ideas and Weapons. Exploitation of the Aerial Weapon by the United States During World War I; A Study in the Relationship of Technological Advance, Military Doctrine, and the Development of Weapons. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953, octavo, red cloth in printed dust jacket. (xvi), 222pp. First Edition. Volume 57 in the Yale Historical Publications; Miscellany. The author suggests in this study that the United States may make a disastrous error in dealing with some revolutionary weapon of the future unless administrative processes are set up to convert the findings of science and technology systematically into weapons and to formulate doctrines for their maximum use. Book in fine condition, spine of jacket shows a bit of water staining. (16616) $65.00

46. 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. Illustrated with photographs, tables, and three maps, including one fold-out map of the Meuse-Argonne. One of the most comprehesive histories of the US Air Service in World War I. Laid in is a one page, Autograph Letter signed by James Nelson, to nine victory ace Capt. Thomas G. Cassady. Letter is dated 21 May 1968. Regarding Hostile Skies Hudson writes: "...I hope the 'Old War Birds' of World War I will be pleased...thank you for the help you gave me in the research." With original envelope. Very slight wear to jacket, otherwise a fine copy. Jacket not price clipped. (22794) $85.00

47. [HUTCHEON, L.F.]. War Flying, by a pilot, the letters of "Theta" to his home people written in training and in war. London: John Murray, 1917, octavo, pictorial wrappers. (124)pp. First Edition. A cheery and light-hearted record of a pilot's experiences with an unidentified French observation squadron on the western front whose "work", as described by him "is pleasant." Names, dates, and places have been concealed and extraneous matters have been omitted. Though the author's experiences may have been "pleasant," they were not to be taken as typical of those of all pilots at the front. Illustrated with drawings. Name in ink on front wrapper, spine quite worn but printing still legible. (15760) $75.00

48. IMMELMANN, Franz. Immelmann, 'The Eagle of Lille.'. London: John Hamilton Ltd., [1935], octavo, first edition sheets bound in Aviation Club blue board binding and dust jacket. (xiv), 15-223pp. First Edition in English. 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. Fore-edges of pages foxed, otherwise a very fine copy. Jacket with a one inch closed tear. (15287) $45.00

49. JEFFORD, C. G. Observers and Navigators and other non-pilot aircrew in the RFC, RNAS and RAF. London: Grub Street, (2014), quarto, red boards in pictorial dust jacket. (x), (402)pp. Revised and Expanded Edition. Extensively illustrated. This title first appeared in 2001 to universal acclaim, quickly went out of print and has remained so since. The author, meantime, has continued his research and the result is this updated edition, over half as long as the first, with stacks of new photographs. Absolutely essential reference for all those interested in military aviation. As new. (23837) $85.00

50. JOHNS, W. E. Fighting Planes and Aces. London: John Hamilton, [1933], octavo, blue cloth with decorative stamping on front cover. (96)pp. First Edition. Frontispiece photograph of Captain Rene Fonck, French Ace. Chapters on the ace system, famous squadrons, fighting planes, German circuses, German aces, American and allied aces, and other aces with the allies. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Slight foxing, shelf wear to extremities. (15280) $175.00

51. JOHNS, W. E. (editor). Thrilling Flights. London: John Hamilton Ltd., [1935], octavo, blue cloth. (256)pp. First Edition. Twenty airmen's experiences of flying dealing mostly with World War I. Includes stories by: William Courtenay, L.A. Strange, C.D. Barnard, W.E. Johns, T.E.W. Browne, "Brevet," B.J.W. Brady, Charles G. Barker, A.G.D. Alderson, W.J. Tremellen, Joachim Breithaupt, Pauline Gower, R.W. Frazier, V.D. Grant, T. Rose, R.W. Mackenzie, J.M. Hargreaves, A.C.S. Irwin, A.J. Insall, and S.J. Wise. (32)pp. ads at back. Several small spots of foxing, spine faded at very top edge of cloth. (15705) $175.00

52. KAHNERT, M.E. Jagdstaffel 356. Berlin: Union Deutsche Verlagsgefellfschaft, no date [circa 1935], octavo, oatmeal cloth stamped in red in pictorial dust jacket. (100) pp. Sixth Printing. Although the author gave the Jagdstaffel a fictitious number and changed the names of the pilots composing it, the book provides an accurate impression of a German fighter pilot's activities and thoughts on the Western Front in 1918. Photographic illustrations. Shelf wear and light soiling to jacket. Book fine and clean. (22274) $125.00

53. KERR, Mark. Land, Sea, and Air. Reminiscences of Mark Kerr. London: Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., 1927, octavo, red cloth. (xii), 406pp. First Edition. Kerr began his naval career as a midshipman in 1879, then as a Lieutenant in the British Navy, becoming the naval attache to Italy, Austria, Turkey, and Greece in 1903. He was later made Commander of the Adriatic Squadron (naval) and recalled to England in 1917 to assist in the formation of the RAF. Kerr was CO of the South-Western Air Force Area in 1918, an area that extended from South Wales to Cherbourg and from Farnborough to the Scilly Islands. The majority of the book tells of his years in the navy and only 19 pages specifically describe Kerr's important role in aviation matters. Photographic illustrations. With a note in Kerr's hand laid in: "24.6.29 My dear Marian Here is the book. I am sorry it isn't new. Yours. Mark Kerr". Inner hinges cracked. Spine faded, shelf wear. (16088) $250.00

54. KINGSFORD-Smith, C.E. and C.T.P. Ulm. The Flight of the Southern Cross. New York: National Travel Club, 1929, octavo, cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. The story, by the participants, of the greatest flight in the history of aviation. Dust jacket with over all dust soiling and a few tape repairs along edge. (12682) $125.00

Inscribed and with a Letter

55. KINNEY, Curtis with Dale M. Titler. I Flew a Camel. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1972), octavo, gray cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 122pp. First Edition. With drawings by Don Wootton. Illustrated with photographs. Kinney joined the RFC in 1917. He trained in Canada, Texas and England and in March of 1918 he was posted to 3 Squadron at the Front. He was wounded on 16 August 1918 while flying a Sopwith Camel and remained in the hospital until near the end of the war. The book contaons a roster on 3 Squadron, 1914-18. Inscribed and signed by Kinney on the front endpaper: "To - Sincerely yours, Curtis Kinney / Kenyon 1910 / MIT 1911 / Royal Air Force France 1918-1919 / Sopwith Camel pilot/ Mount Vernon, Ohio December 1975". Laid in is a 1 1/2 page autographed letter, signed by Kinney to the recipient of this book. The letter is on Kinney's embossed "World War 1 Overseas Flyers" stationery. He speaks of his health, wife and recent travels. A very fine copy. (24918) $175.00

56. KNIGHT, Capt. G. F. A Knight of the Air. London: Heinemann, 1919, octavo, dark brown boards. (8), (176)pp. First Edition. The story of this airman's capture and escape from German captivity. With blindstamp "PRESENTATION COPY" on title page. Upper corner of front endpaper clipped.Near fine copy. (22281) $110.00

57. KNIGHT, Clayton, et. al. Pilots' Luck. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, (1929), quarto, blue cloth with color pictorial labels on cover and spine, in pictorial dust jacket. (72)pp. First Edition. Foreword by Elliott White Springs and Introduction by Floyd Gibbons. A wonderful collection of drawings by Knight of war-flying experiences with text of each as excerpts from stories by Elliott White Springs, Capt. A. Roy Brown, Floyd Gibbons, and Norman S. Hall. Knight was a pilot in No. 206 Squadron RAF and was shot down on October 5, 1918, wounded and captured. Numerous illustrations in color and black and white. Fragile dust jacket heavily chipped with spine lacking. Front panel with Knight drawing is mainly intact. Tiny bit of wear to cloth at bottom of spine, offsetting to pages 14-15 due to paper which had been set in, else book fine. (14945) $50.00

58. KOHL, Hermann. Bremsklotze Weg! Das Lebensbuch eines deutschen Fliegers. Hamburg: Deutsches Leben und Sieben Stabe-Verlag, (1932), octavo, grey cloth. 228pp. 21.-30. Thousand. Illustrated with photographs. The story of the life, capture and escape of a German airman. Signed by Kohl on the half title and dated "29.11.33". A near fine, clean copy. (21954) $20.00

59. (LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE). GENET, Edmond. An American for Lafayette. The Diaries of E.C.C. Genet, Lafayette Escadrille. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, (1981), octavo, white and red cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xxviii), 224pp. First Edition. Edited by Walt Brown, Jr. Introduction by Dale L. Walker. Genet served with the French Air Service and the Lafayette Escadrille in 1915-1917, and was the first American to die in combat after the United States entered the war. In his diary he writes spontaneously about his training, his friends, his fears, and his dogfights while frequently mentioning aces like Ted Parsons, "Mac" McConnell, and Raoul Lufbery. Illustrations from photographs. With a bibliography and index. A very fine, clean copy. (15791) $40.00

60. 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

61. LAMBERT, Bill. Combat Report. London: William Kimber, (1973), octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. First Edition. Lambert enlisted in Canada for the RFC in 1917, was sent to England before joining No. 24 Squadron in France in 1918. He compiled a record of nearly 20 confirmed victories and was awarded the DFC. Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and maps. Appendices list Lambert's summary of air - combats, aircraft flown in combat, and the No. 24 Squadron roster. Label signed by Lambert affixed to title page. Very fine copy. (15284) $200.00

62. LANCHESTER, F.W. Aircraft in Warfare. The Dawn of the Fourth Arm. London: Constable and Company Limited, 1916, octavo, red cloth. (xx), (223)pp. First Edition. A serious study of the possibilities aircraft in offense and defense. Illustrated with 14 black and white photographs. Numerous charts and graphs in text. Spine faded, gilt title stamping dull. A solid copy. (17167) $110.00

63. LAW, Hugo B. (editor). The Second Army Air Service Book. [Toul, France: Headquarters, Air Service, Second Army, 1919], quarto, green and black cloth stamped in silver and red. unpaginated. First Edition. The United States Second Army Air Service consisted of 19 aero squadrons (three of them French), 3 park squadrons, 5 photo squadrons, and 6 balloon companies (two of them French). Planes from these squadrons made 1,324 sorties (mostly from observation planes) and shot down 10 German planes and 1 balloon according to official figures. Brief histories of 36 units are included in the book. Illustrated with photographs, drawings, cartoons, and diagrams. A fine, clean copy of a book which consistently turns up in very poor condition. (22035) $250.00

64. (LIDDELL, Captain John Aidan). DAYBELL, Peter. With a Smile and a Wave. The life of Captain John Aidan Liddell VC, MC, 3rd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Royal Flying Corps. (South Yorkshire, England): Pen & Sword, (2005), octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (304)pp. First Edition. The author has written a biography of Liddell from a variety of source materials, family papers and photographs and Liddell's own letters and diaries, exposing the character of his subject in his own words. Appendices include Letters to the Liddell Family 1915, Notes on Persons Mentioned in the Text, and Aidan Liddell's Medal. With a Select Bibliography, References, and an Index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. New. (16121) $39.99 65. LITTEN, Frederic Nelson. Rhodes of the 94th. New York: Sears Publishing Company, (1933), octavo, orange cloth stamped in grey on front cover and spine, in pictorial dust jacket. 306pp. First Edition. Illustrated by Clayton Knight. Jacket not price clipped. Jacket scuffed and with wear to extremities and with chips affecting part of the title and imprint on the spine. (17915) $45.00

66. LIVINGSTON, Guy. Hot Air in Cold Blood. [London]: Sellwyn & Blount, Ltd., 1933, octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), 17-288pp., illustrations unpaginated. Livingston was the Director of Air Organization, War Office and Deputy Master General of Personnel, Air Ministry during World War I. In 1918 he assisted in the organization of the U.S. military air service. Illustrated with photographs. Light shelf-wear and fading to cloth. Jacket has a one by two inch chip to front and several stains from tape repairs. (15195) $150.00

67. LONG, Jack T.C. Three's Company. A History of No.3 (Fighter) Squadron RAF. (South Yorkshre, England): Pen & Sword, (2005), octavo, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (224)pp. First Edition. A highly-illustrated history of No.3 Squadron's operations throughout its history. It was the first RFC squadron to be equipped with fixed-wing aircraft. Photographs of 50 types of airplanes with text that includes first-hand accounts from the Squadron's archives. With bibliography and index. As new. (16131) $50.00

68. LOWELL, A. Lawrence. New England Aviators 1914-1918. Their Portraits and Their Records. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (1997), quarto, charcoal cloth in pictorial dust jackets. 472; 480pp. Reissue. This two volume set originally appeared in 1919 in limited quantities. Vol. I contents: Introduction by A. Lawrence Lowell; The Faces of the Aviators by Joseph Edgar Chamberlin; First Pursuit Group; First Day Bombardment Group; Twentieth Aero Squadron, First Day Bombardment Group; A Bit of Unintentional "Acrobatics"; The Last Raid; Ninety-Sixth Aero Squadron, First Day Bombardment; and Eleventh Aero Squadron. Vol. II contents: Soldiers of the Wooden Cross; The Second Pursuit Group; The Third Pursuit Group; Detachment of Fifteen Aviators; Winged Forces of the U.S. Navy; Lighter-Than-Air Construction in the United Statres; and David Putnam. With black and white photographic portraits. Included are biographies of the Lafayette Flying Corps flyers from New England: Frank Baylies, Stephen Bigelow, Oliver Chadwick, Arthur Cunningham, Frasier Curtis, Charles Dolan, Sherburne Eaton, Dinsmore Ely, James Norman Hall, Charles Dabney Horton, edward David Judd, Ralph Lee Loomis, William Fitch Loomis, Walter Lovell, Raoul Lufbery, William Henry Meeker, Edwin C. Parsons, Frederick Prince Jr., Norman Prince, Walter Rheno, Frank Elmo Starrett, Russell Stearns, William Wellman, and Harold Willis. New England Aviators is a superb, detailed reference for World War I and aviation historians, as well as uniform and insignia collectors. With over 450 black and white photographs. New, jackets not clipped. (15957) $99.90

69. LUDERSDORFF, Hans. Die Kunst des Kriegsflugs. Berlin: Georg Muller, 1916, octavo, original pictorial tan boards. (viii), (216)pp. First Edition. Extensively illustrated. A history of aviation in the Great War up to 1916. Small monogram stamped on title and half title pages, slight shelf wear, otherwise a very nice copy. (22381) $85.00

70. [MACLEISH, Mrs. Andrew] editor. Kenneth. A Collection of Letters written by Lieut. Kenneth MacLeish, U.S.N.R.F.C. Dating from His Enlistment and During His Services in the Aviation Corps of the United States Navy. Chicago: Privately Printed, 1919, octavo, dark blue cloth with gilt decoration on front cover. (139)pp. First Edition. Inscribed by Mrs. MacLeish. Frontispiece portrait of MacLeish before sailing for France. A rare volume that contains a poem by his brother, Archibald MacLeish. Illustrated with photographs. MacLeish trained with the First Yale Unit in the US and later served at several Naval installations in England and France. He flew with 213 Squadron flying a Camel and was shot down and killed on 14 October 1918. Light shelf wear to corners of binding, but still a fine, clean copy. (15283) $650.00

71. (MANNOCK, Maj. Edward "Mick"). OUGHTON, Frederick and Vernon Smyth. Ace With One Eye. The Life and Combats of Major Edward Mannock VC, DSO (2 bars), MC (1 bar), Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. London: Frederick Muller Limited, (1963), octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. 308pp. A biography of Mannock who served in Squadron Nos. 40, 74, and 85. He was a complex man, a master of air strategy and the innovator of aggressive formation flying who rebelled against authority and regimentation. Illustrated with photographs. Mannock's VC award credited him with 59 victories. Jacket not price clipped. A fine, clean copy. (19130) $55.00

73. MCCONNELL, James R. Flying for France. With the American Escadrille at Verdun. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1918), octavo, blue pictorial cloth. (xiv), 176pp. Later edition. McConnell transferred from the Ambulance Corps in October, 1915 to become an original member of the Lafayette Escadrille, and in March, 1917, was killed in combat near Jussy over the Somme battlefield. Chapters on Verdun, From Verdun to the Somme, Personal letters from Sergeant McConnell, and How France trains pilot aviators.This edition contains copies of letters written by Walter Lovell, E.A. Marshall, Edmond C.C. Genet, J.R. McConnell, and Charles Chouteau Johnson. Illustrated from photographs through the kindness of Mr. Paul Rockwell. Shelfwear, wear to top and bottom of spine, a bit of fading to cloth. (15789) $35.00 74. Methods of Obtaining and Transmitting Information by Balloon Service, Issued by Division of Military Aeronautics, U.S. Army. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, August, 1918, octavo, paper backed cloth wrappers. 12pp. First Edition. Information from French and American sources to Army Balloon School, American Expeditionary Forces. A very fine copy. (15148) $65.00

75. MILLER, Thomas G., Jr. History of the First Day Bombardment Group. (Cover title). West Roxbury, MA: World War I Aero Publishers, [1966], octavo, printed heavy paper wrappers. 24pp. First Edition. Volume 1, No. 2 in the World War I Aero Publishers aviation series. "A concise and well-written history of the unit which was comprised of the 11th; 20th; 96th; and 166th US Aero Squadrons. It was formed on 10 September 1918 and was in almost constant action until the Armistice. This Group was equipped with Breguet 14 B2's and D.H.4's. For the short period of its existence, this Group lost 27 aircraft and 62 pilots and observers and had 48 confirmed victories." Noffsinger 1936. Illustrated with photographs, line drawings, maps and with a casualty list. A very fine copy. (11888) $12.50

76. MOLTER, Bennett A. Knights of the Air. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1918, octavo, red cloth with gilt decorative cover. (248)pp. First Edition. Molter, pilote-aviateur, Escadrille N-102, Armee Francaise, writes more of a general commentary than one of his personal experiences during World War I. Some particular incidents are related and there are good brief descriptions of the war duties of the aviator. Photographic illustrations in black and white. (15386) $275.00

77. MORRIS, Joseph. The German Air Raids on Great Britain 1914-1918. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., No date [1925], large octavo, maroon cloth. (308)pp. First Edition. A major analysis of the raids on Great Britain by German airships and aeroplanes. Morris presents for the first time an account of how it was started, how it grew, and how it was countered. The book is in two parts: The Airships, including raids on London and Scotland, etc.; and The Aeroplanes, with chapters on daylight and moonlight raids, and the giant offensive. With 6 fold-out maps, track charts of courses the raiders took over England, and numerous black and white illustrations. Lacking blank front free endpaper. A clean, solid copy. (14958) $165.00

78. MORSE, Edwin W. The Vanguard of American Volunteers in the Fighting Lines and in Humanitarian Service, August, 1914-April, 1917. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922, octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 231pp. Reprint. Contents include chapters on: The Foreign Legion; With Famous British Regiments; The American Red Cross in Servia; American Ambulances in France; Relief Work in Belgium and in Northern France; and American Volunteer Airmen (the air adventures of Chapman, Rockwell, Prince, McConnell, Genet, Lufbery, and Thaw) with an Index of Names. Illustrated with photographs. A small closed tear to jacket, else a very fine, clean copy. (15802) $45.00

79. MORSE, Edwin W. The Vanguard of American Volunteers in the Fighting Lines and in Humanitarian Service, August, 1914-April, 1917. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919, octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 231pp. Second Printing. Contents include chapters on: The Foreign Legion; With Famous British Regiments; The American Red Cross in Servia; American Ambulances in France; Relief Work in Belgium and in Northern France; and American Volunteer Airmen (the air adventures of Chapman, Rockwell, Prince, McConnell, Genet, Lufbery, and Thaw) with an Index of Names. Illustrated with photographs. Slight wear and dust soiling to jacket, book near fine. (22287) $65.00

80. MORTANE, Jacques. Les Ailes Glorieuses. Roland Garros, Rene Fonck, Charles Lindbergh, Paul Codos. Paris: Editions Baudiniere, (1936), octavo, rebound in contemporary 3/4 marbled boards and grey calf with spine stamped in gilt. (256)pp. First Edition. Text in French. With a chapter on each one of the famous pilots mentioned in title. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A most attractive volume. (15618) $65.00

81. MORTANE, Jacques. Guynemer. The Ace of Aces. New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1918, octavo, lavender cloth stamped in white. (xxxii), 267pp., illustrations unpaginated. First English language edition. Translated by Clifton Harby Levy. Account of the greatest French ace from the French point of view. With transcripts from Guynemer's own Notebook of Flight and photographic facsimiles of its pages. Spine slightly faded, name on endpaper. (21908) $135.00

Memorial Edition

82. MOSELEY, George Clark. Extracts from the Letters of George Clark Moseley, During the Period of the Great War. [Chicago]: Printed for Private Distribution, (1923), octavo, black cloth and blue boards with insignia of the Lafayette Flying Corps on front cover, in slipcase. 238pp. First Edition. Moseley was trained in France before being sent to Escadrille Spad 150 at the front in December, 1917. He was transferred to US Naval aviation in February, 1918, attended aviation school, and was again sent to the front at the US Naval Seaplane Station, Dunkirk from 15 March to 20 June 1918. He attended the US Army Bombing School at Clermone- Ferrand, was then attached to RFC Day Bombing Squadron No.218, after which he was again transferred to the French Squadron Escadrille de Saint-Pol from September to November, 1918. A nearly as-new copy in original glassine wrapper and slipcase. Slipcase very slightly worn. (15669) $350.00

83. MULHOLLAND, John & Alan Jordan (editors). Victoria Cross Bibliography. (London): Spink, (1999), quarto, maroon boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xviii); 217pp. First Edition. This volume consists of two parts: Part I contains a listing of all key VC titles each with a description and annotation and Part II lists non-fiction and fictional books written by VC recipients. The Index lists, in alphabetical order, every VC recipient and records the date of the London Gazette citation and also identifies the books in which the recipients are referred to significantly. (18953) $50.00

84. MUNDAY, Albert H. The Eyes of the Army and Navy. Practical Aviation. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1918), small octavo, green cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine in pictorial dust jacket. (xvi), (244)pp. New and Enlarged Edition. Eighteen chapters covering Construction; The Care and Maintenance of Aeroplanes; Aero Engines; Aeroplane and Airship Instruments, etc. With four photographic illustrations and numerous line drawings. Neat name on endpaper, a fine, bright copy. Jacket has some water stains but is still a handsome example of this attractive painting. Jacket not clipped. (22371) $125.00

85. (NAVAL AVIATION). BUCKLEY, Joseph D. Wings Over Cape Cod. The Chatham Naval Air Station 1917 - 1922. (Orleans, MA: Lower Cape Publishing, 2000), quarto, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. x, 190pp. First Edition. An extensive chronological narrative of the Chatham Naval Air Station covering its activities in World War I and in the immediate post-war period. Well illustrated.Neatly inscribed and signed by Buckley on the title page. A fine copy. (22231) $45.00

86. NICHOLS, Alan, edited by Nancy Nichols. Letters Home From the Lafayette Flying Corps. San Francisco: J. D. Huff and Company, (1993), octavo, pictorial wrappers. 296pp. First Edition, wrappers issue. The letters are from the Hoover Institution collection relating to Alan H. Nichols who, after serving as an ambulance driver, on 1 July 1917 he enlisted in France's Service Aeronautique. He attended the aviation schools at Avord, Tours, Pau, and the G.D.E. He received his brevet on the Caudron on 18 October 1917. He was assigned to Escadrille SPA 85 on 19 December 1917. A short time later he was credited with shooting down a German aircraft. He flew SPADs from December 1917 to 2 June 1918 when he was killed in combat. Illustrated with photographs. As new in original shrink wrap. (15909) $30.00

87. (NIEUPORT 28). HAMADY, Theodore. The Nieuport 28: America's First Fighter. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (2008), quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. (280)pp. First Edition. The first squadrons of American-trained fighter pilots to enter combat in April 1918 during World War I were equipped with the Nieuport 28. Douglas Campbell, Jimmy Meissner, and Eddie Rickenbacker, were among those who cut their teeth on the Nieuport 28 fighter and gained the experience, skills, and confidence necessary to survive and succeed in aerial combat. This book provides an exhaustive history of the Nieuport 28, from its design inception in 1917, through its combat service with the U.S. Air Service, and into the postwar era. Replete with pilot reports, maps, over 400 photographs, and specially commissioned technical drawings and color profiles this book is a fitting testament to the Nieuport 28. As new. (18395) $59.95

88. NORDHOFF, Charles and James Norman Hall. Falcons of France. A Tale of Youth and the Air. London: John Hamilton Ltd., no date, [1929], octavo, blue boards in printed dust jacket. (viii), 9-320pp. Reprint. A novel of war experiences very similar to those of the authors. Nordhoff was a member of the Lafayette Flying Corps as a pilot in Escadrille 99. Hall served as a volunteer in Lord Kitchener's "First Hundred Thousand" from 1914 to 1915. He was a member of the Escadrille Lafayette, Groupe de Combat 13 and later a Captain in the 103rd and the 94th Pursuit Squadrons of the A.E.F.. From May, 1918, to the Armistice he was a prisoner of war. With "Aviation Book Club" on spine of book and dust jacket. Light wear to jacket, a very nice, clean copy. (16625) $75.00

89. NOWARRA, Heinz . Die Entwicklung der Flugzeuge 1914-1918. Munchen: J. F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1959, octavo, flexible boards stamped in gilt. (144)pp. First Edition. With 145 photographs of each principal type of aircraft used in World War I by Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, Japan, Turkey, Russia, and the USA. Tables are in German and English. A fine copy. (22786) $25.00

90. O'CONNOR, Neal W. Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I and the men who earned them. Volume IV - The Aviation Awards of the Kingdom of Wurttemberg. Princeton, NJ: Foundation for Aviation World War I, (1995), octavo, heavy pictorial wrappers. (viii), (280)pp. First Edition. An explanation of how military honors played their part in motivating and rewarding the young men in the Imperial German air service in World War I. Beginning with a short history of the Kingdom of Wurttemberg, the various medals specific to Wurttemberg are then described by chapter followed by a list of recipients of each award. Numerous photographic illustrations. Tiny bump to bottom of spine, otherwise a fine, clean copy. (16299) $85.00

91. PAGE, Victor W. Modern Aircraft. Basic Principles, Operation, Application, Construction, Repair, Maintenance. A complete practical treatise outlining clearly the elements of aeronautical engineering with special reference to simplified explanations of the theory of flight, aerodynamics and basic principles underlying the action of balloons and airplanes of all types. A book for all students of aircraft. This book includes instructions for lining up and inspecting typical airplanes before flight and also gives easily understood rules for flying and aircraft power plant design, installation and care. New York: The Norman W. Henley Publishing Company, 1929, octavo, gray cloth, stamped in gilt. (xvi), 856, 24pp. Third Printing. A volume with considerable information on World War aircraft. Illustrations include numerous drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, and tables. A wealth of information. Very light wear to top and bottom of spine, a near fine copy. (16517) $65.00

92. PAINE, Ralph D. The First Yale Unit. A Story of Naval Aviation 1916-1919. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1925, octavo, blue cloth with gilt stamping of airplane on front cover. (xiv), (306)pp.; (x), 398pp. First Edition. Two volumes. Vol. I describes the formation of the "Aerial Coast Patrol No. 1" which became the First Yale Unit. Organizational activity is described as well as the formation of the Second Yale Unit and the Mission to Brazil to help in the establishment of a naval air unit in that country. Vol. II describes in some detail the war record of the Yale units. Some of the stations mentioned in the text are Moutchic, Le Croisic, Dunkirk, and Killingholme. Members of the unit were on coastal patrol duty with the Northern Bombing Group and with No. 213 Squadron RAF. Included among the pilots' stories are Lieut David S. Ingalls (the only US Naval ace), "Di" Gates who became a prisoner of war, Kenneth MacLeish, and Curtis Read. There is an account of an air combat by Capt. Frederick Christiansen, a respected German naval pilot. Numerous photographic illustrations in both volumes. (15674) $375.00

93. PARSONS, Edwin C. I Flew with the Lafayette Escadrille. Indianapolis: E. C. Seale & Company, (1963), octavo, ochre boards in dust jacket. (xvi), 335pp. Reissue. Originally published under the title "The Great Adventure." An historically accurate and factual adventure written by Parsons who flew for France during WWI as a member of the Layfayette Escadrille, before the U.S. entered the war. This account includes chapters on Jimmy Bach, Raoul Lufery, Clyde Balsey, Kiffen Rockwell among others. Numerous illustrations of photographic reproductions from the Robert Soubiran collection. In third binding of ocher boards. Faint wrinkles to bottom of front panel of jacket. Near fine, clean copy. (15912) $45.00

94. PEARSON, Henry Greenleaf. A Business Man in Uniform. Raynal Cawthorne Bolling. New York: Duffield & Company, 1923, octavo, blue cloth and boards with gilt stamping and decoration on front cover and gilt stamping on spine in pictorial dust jacket. (xii), 251pp. First Edition. Foreword by Hon. David A. Reed. Bolling's mission in World War I was to coordinate the U.S. Air Service with the Allies for construction of airplanes and engines. He was the first American Colonel to be killed during the war. Illustrated with eleven photographs and one facsimile. With a chronology, list of citations, and nine appendices. Book is near fine, jacket has a stain one half inch across the top from an old tape mend. (15249) $150.00

95. PLUSCHOW, Gunther. Die Abenteuer des Fliegers von Tsingtau. Berlin: Ullstein, 1916, octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (248), (xiii)pp. ads. First Paperback Edition. Exciting adventures of this German Naval flyer who was stationed at Tsingtao, China at the beginning of the war and who flew missions against the Japanese and British invading forces. Illustrated with photographs. Wrappers worn at extremities, two inch tape reinforcement to inner front wrapper. Text block clean. (21020) $125.00

96. (PLUSCHOW, Gunther). RIPPON, Anton. Gunther Pluschow. Airman, Escaper, Explorer. The Remarkable Story of the Only German POW Ever to Escape from Britain. (Barnsley): Pen & Sword, (2009), octavo, black boards in dust jacket. xii, 194pp. First Edition. Gunther Plüschow of the German Imperial Navy holds a unique place in history - during the First World War he was the only German prisoner of war ever to escape from the British mainland and make it all the way back to the Fatherland. Yet, although his daring break for freedom in 1915 is astonishing in its own right, Plüschow was much more than simply an escaped POW. He was also a fearless aviator who flew against the British and Japanese in the Far East, and he was an explorer. After the war, he set sail for the southernmost tip of South America and became the first man to fly over Tierra del Fuego. Illustrated with photographs. He continued to explore what was then a largely unknown region of the world until his tragic death in 1931, when his parachute failed to open following a midair accident in Patagonia. In 'Gunther Plüschow: Airman, Escaper, Explorer,' Anton Rippon tells this extraordinary tale in vivid detail. It is a tale that would do justice to the best adventure fiction - except that every word of it is true. New.# (21019) $39.95

97. PRITCHARD, J. Laurence. The Book of the Aeroplane. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. Ltd., 1926, octavo, green cloth with pictorial design of airplane on front cover. (268)pp. Second Edition. With a "Preface to Second Edition". Chapters 1 and 2 deal respectively with eary history of the aeroplane and the work of the Wright brothers and the Wright machine. There are accounts of famous flights, early engines, and airplanes in World War I. Illustrations include 58 photographs and diagrams within the text. Fine, clean copy but with faint water stain to lower spine and lower left of front cover, barely noticable. (22784) $75.00

98. RAWLINGS, John D. R. Fighter Squadrons of the R.A.F. and Their Aircraft. [London]: Crecy Books, (1993), quarto, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (x); 11-590pp. Revised and Updated Edition. Contents include bases used by the 241 squadrons of the R.A.F., individual serial numbers quoted, insignia carried by their aircraft, appendices, and addenda. Hundreds of black and white photographs of aircraft and squadrons. An exhaustive study. Small bump (nick) to outer edge of front board at the top of the book, otherwise a fine copy. (18660) $65.00

99. REECE, Robert H. Night Bombing With the Bedouins By One of the Squadron. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919, octavo, dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. (109)pp. First Edition. Reece, an American, joined the RFC in 1916 and tells the story of No. 100 Squadron that flew night-bombing Handley-Page 0/400 aircraft over German lines, along with descriptions of several squadron personalities. With five photographic illustrations. Name and dated on front free endpaper, very tiny damp stain to upper corner of last twenty pages, spine faded. (17755) $95.00

100. REED, Otis Lowell and George Roland. Camel Drivers. The 17th Aero Squadron in World War I. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (1996), quarto, tan cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (160)pp. First Edition. The 17th Aero Squadron flew Sopwith Camels under British command along the Western Front during the summer of 1918. This definitive work on the 17th Aero Squadron in World War I is drawn from a wide range of official and personal sources, including original squadron records (found in an attic!), numerous interviews, letters written home, and half a dozen diaries - including one kept by a German pilot flying in opposition. Very fine copy.## (18401) $45.00

101. REVELL, Alex. British Single-Seater Fighter Squadrons on the Western Front in World War I. Atglen, PA: Schiffer , (2006), quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. 366pp. First Edition. With the stalemate of trench warfare it was imperative that the two-seater observation/reconnaissance airplanes of Germany be prevented in carrying out their activities and destroyed, in effect to deny the enemy his 'eyes.' These fast 'fighter' airplanes were used to carry out this task which led to each side attempting to protect their reconnaissance airplanes that began a new type of warfare - aerial combat. Over 530 black and white photographs. New. (15665) $69.95

102. (RICHTHOFEN, Manfred von). GIBBONS, Floyd. The Red Knight of Germany. Baron von Richthofen, Germany's Great War Airman. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., (1930), octavo, red cloth. (418)pp., illustrations unpaginated. First English Edition. Drawings by Clayton Knight. The first complete account of Richthofen's war flying record containing translated copies of letters, official correspondence, and an appendix listing Richthofen's victories. With eight drawings and photographic illustrations in black and white. Bend at corner of front cover, cloth lightly spotted. Top edge dusty. (14907) $25.00

103. ROBERTSON, Bruce. Sopwith - The Man and His Aircraft. Hertfordshire, England: Air Review Ltd., Autumn, 1970, quarto, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (2), 244pp. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with black and white photographs, detailed 1/72 scale 3-view line drawings of 29 Sopwith aircraft by W.F. Hepworth, Camel drawing details by Peter G. Cooksley, color painting on dust jacket and frontispiece by J.D. Carrick. With Data Tables and List of Surviving Aircraft. Jacket not price clipped, a very fine copy. (18758) $65.00

Memorial Edition

104. (ROECKEL, Capt. Rene). Le Capitaine Roeckel. In Memoriam. Privately printed, 1917, quarto, printed wrappers. 35 pp. First Edition. Sepia-toned collotype photographic portrait of Captain Roeckel as frontispiece, with tissue guard. Text in French. One illustration in text. Roeckel began his service with the cavalry and later transferred to avitation. He became commander of Maurice Farman l'Escadrille MS 7 and later Caudron C 49. A beautifully produced and printed memorial in very fine condition, uncut, unopened. A few dusty spots to front cover and with a tiny water (?) stain to upper wrapper. Rare. (22702) $250.00

105. ROGERS, Les. British Aviation Squadron Markings of World War I. RFC, RAF, RNAS. Atglen, PA: Schiffer , (2001), quarto, beige cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 296pp. First Edition. The markings are organizaed numerically by squadron number and include both textual and photographic examples for nearly all RFC, RAF, and RNAS squadrons. Color profiles offer a representative selection of units, aircraft, and color schemes. A highly informative book, and an essential reference for the subject. New. (16890) $69.95

106. ROSHER, Harold. With The Flying Squadron. Being the War Letters of the Late Harold Rosher to His Family. New Haven: The Macmillan Company, 1916, octavo, black cloth with gilt decoration on front cover. (156)pp. First American Edition. Introduction by Arnold Bennett. With 12 illustrations. Shelf wear. (15348) $75.00

107. 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

108. (ROYAL FLYING CORPS). Technical Notes, R.F.C. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916, small octavo, tan cloth. 42 pp. interleaved with blank leaves for notes, followed by 38 fold-out plates. The contents covers Photography, Wireless, Flight and Stability, Magneto, Engines (Gnome, Eardmore, Renault, Monosoupape, R.A.F., Le Rhone 80 H.P., Le Rhone 110 H.P., Curtiss 90 H.P., Curtiss 80 H.p., Clerget 100 H.P., Rolls-Royce Aero 250 H.P.). The 38 fold-out plates of diagrams and notes on machines cover the Maurice Farman Shorthorn, Maurice Farman Longhorn, B.E.2C, Avro, Bleriot, Bristol Scout (Type C), Vickers' Fighter, Sopwith 2-Seater, Vickers' Scout, F.E. 2B, De Havilland 1, R.E.7, De Havilland 2. Cloth slightly soiled, cover stamping scuffed. Contents clean with solid hinges. The blank leaves bound in for notes are clean and have not been marked. Two of the fold-out plates have a drop of blue ink along the bottom edge. (22769) $375.00 109. (ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE). Original Royal Naval Air Service aerial photograph. 6 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches, Original Royal Naval Air Service aerial photograph "...prepared solely for official purposes." Rubber stamp on verso filled in in an unknown hand in ink: "Date 24.4.17 / DH 3696 / Observer Lt Furness / Pilot Flt Lt Holdern". Unusual RNAS war-date item. One tiny nick from corner, otherwise very fine. (24900) $120.00

110. (RUSSIAN AIR SERVICE). DURKOTA, Alan Thomas Darcey and Victor Kulikov. Imperial Russian Air Service in World War One. Mountain View, CA: Flying Machines Press, (1995), large thich quarto, original dark red leatherette in pictorial dust jacket. 546pp. First Edition. The first comprehensive coverage of the Russian Air Service in World War I. With 615 rare photos, 40 scale drawings of aircraft, and a color section depicting 85 aircraft color schemes.This copy is inscribed and signed by Thomas Darcy on the title page: "To...Fellow historian and military enthusiast. Thanks for your help and inspiration. Thomas Darcy May 9, 1998". A very fine copy of this important book. Jacket not clipped. (15384) $150.00

111. [SCHULZE, Paul, Jr.]. Captain Walter H. Schulze, The Peace Messenger 1893-1919. In Memoriam. [Chicago: Rodgers & Co., 1925], octavo, blue cloth and black pebbled morocco, stamped in gilt on front cover. (115)pp. First Edition Privately Printed. Capt. Schultz had volunteered to deliver copies of The Amaroc News extra containing the announcement of the signing of peace to the outposts of the troops encamped in the towns farthest away from Coblenz. He had swooped low to drop the package destined for Montabaur when his engine went dead and his plane crashed to the ground and Schultz was killed. Outer hinges of spine cracked top and bottom of spine chipped. (15196) $375.00

112. SHERRIFF, R. C. and Vernon Bartlett. Journey's End. A Novel. London: Gollancz, 1930, octavo, black cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Top edge of text block dusty, foxing to endpapers. Jacket worn and slightly chipped at extremities, still a very nice copy. (20837) $65.00

113. Silhouettes of Aeroplanes. London: Printed by Harrison & Sons...Printers in Ordinary to His Majesty, 1915, octavo, tan printed wrappers, stapled. (24)pp. First Edition. Descriptions of markings and characteristics of Allied and German planes. One page printed in colors. Wrappers slightly dusty, staples a bit rusted as usual, but this is still a very nice, clean copy. (23143) $110.00

114. (SILHOUETTES). Silhouettes D'Avions. Allies et Ennemis. [Paris: Paul Dupont, Mai 1918], oblong octavo, pictorial wrappers. 62pp. French Language issue. Text in French. Descriptions of French, German, Italian, Belgium, English, and American airplanes with descriptions and drawings of each. Includes descriptions of their insignias, classifications, and stabilizers. In unusually clean and fine condition. "321st Infantry" pencilled on the edge of the front wrapper. (16070) $150.00

115. SLOAN, James J., Jr. Wings of Honor: American Airmen in World War I. Atglen, PA : Schiffer, (1994), quarto, dark grey cloth in dust jacket. 460pp. First Edition. Wings of Honor is a compilation of all United States pilots, observers, gunners and mechanics who flew against the enemy in World War I. Covered are Americans who flew with the French and British air services, U.S. Navy aviators, the 103rd Pursuit Squardron, the 1st Balloon Group, the 1st Pursuit Group, the 1st Corps Observation Group, American bomber units, the 2nd Pursuit Squardron, the 3rd Pursuit Group, and all other units in which Americans flew. James J. Sloan is a founding member of the American Aviation Historical Society, as well as a charter member of the Society of World War I Aero Historians. Very fine copy, jacket not price clipped.# (18416) $45.00

116. SPRINGS, Elliott White. The Rise and Fall of Carol Banks. Garden City : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1931, octavo, green cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (317)pp. First Edition. "The Don Juan of War Birds swaggers through war and peace with wings on his chest and a cocktail in his hand." As per usual, the green cloth is a bit faded. Light wear and fading to spine of jacket. (15199) $125.00

117. STACK, Lieut. Joe, et. al. Ellington 1918. [Houston: Ellington Field, 1918], quarto, brown cloth, stamped in silver. (322)pp. First Edition. History of the squadrons of Ellington Field with rosters. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Numerous advertisements for Houston businesses. Bound in flexible boards, the back cover being bent so the paper pastedown endpaper is affected but not apparent from the outside. Very slight scuffing at bottom of spine and at front outer hinge. (22261) $225.00

Memorial Edition

118. (STARR, Louis) By His Father. The War Story of Dillwyn Parrish Starr. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1917, octavo, maroon cloth. T.e.g. (148)pp. First Edition. A short memoir of Starr's two years of service taken from his letters and diary. A member of the American Ambulance Service in 1914, Starr was transferred to No. 25 Squadron RNAS Armored Motor Car Division serving on the Western Front in 1915. He later served with No. 10 Squadron RNAS in Gallipoli after which he was commissioned with the Coldstream Guards in 1916. He was killed in combat on September 15, 1916. With ink inscription signed by Dillwyn's Mother on the front endpaper: "To Mr. Hody who, too, has suffered from the War from Mary Starr 10 Oct. 1925." A very fine, bright, clean copy. (22782) $210.00

119. STURTIVANT, Ray and Gordon Page. The S. E. 5 File. (Kent, England): Air Britain, (1996), tall octavo, blue pictorial boards. 168pp. First Edition. The S.E.5 originated in the second half of 1916 to meet the requirement for a faster more manoeuvrable single-seat fighter. Details of service plus extensive table sof individual histories, victories and losses. With 263 photographs. Very fine copy. (15071) $175.00

120. [SYKES, Claud W.] "VIGILANT" . French War Birds. London: John Hamilton Limited, octavo, red cloth . (xviii), 9- 256pp. First Edition. Biographies of French aces during World War I such as Fonck, Guynemer, Nungesser, Navarre, de la Fregoliere, Brocard, and Garros along with facts of less famous airmen. With the book plate of aviation book collector Alvin I. Kropff. Photographic illustrations. Light shelf wear, cloth dusty. (16309) $175.00

121. TABER, Sydney Richmond (compiler). Arthur Richmond Taber. A memorial record compiled by his father. Privately Printed, 1920, octavo, dark blue cloth with gilt decoration and stamping. (211)pp. First Edition. Taber was a volunteer ambulance driver in France in 1915, returned to Princeton University and learned to fly at the Princeton Aviation School in 1917. He was sent to the RFC ground school at Oxford, flight school at Stamford, and then assigned to the 3rd Aviation Instruction Center at Tours, France. In July of 1918 be became a ferry pilot and in February of 1919, he was killed in a crash while testing an airplane. The book provides descriptions of training experiences common to many American airmen and explains "behind the front line" activities required to support combat units. Includes photographic illustrations. Leaf of Addenda lain in. With the bookplate of aviation book collector Alvin Kropff. Cloth worn at extremities, inner hinges mended, text block bumped. (16091) $95.00

122. TALBOT, Frederick A. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War. London: William Heinemann, (1915), octavo, maroon cloth stamped in black. (xii), 283pp. First Edition. Chapters include specific subjects such as bombing, armored aircraft, scouting, anti- aircraft, wireless in aviation, and naval aircraft. A well-written survey of aerial warfare at this early date in aviation. With photographs, diagrams, and an index. Spine stamping dull, name on front pastedown, inner hinge weak. (16066) $110.00

123. THEILHABER, Felix A. Judische Flieger im Kriege, ein Blatt der Erinnerung. Berlin: Verlag der Schild, 1924, large octavo, pictorial paper boards with green cloth spine. 52pp. revised and enlarged edition. With four illustrations. Brief accounts of Jewish flyers who flew with the German Air Force during World War One. Among the biographies are: Jacob Wolff, Wilhelm Frankl, and Fritz Beckhardt. Very slight shelfwear, a near fine, clean copy. Tiny, light blue stain on outer edge of front cover. (21700) $275.00

124. 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

125. TURNER, Charles C. Aircraft of To-day. A Popular Account of the Conquest of the Air. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1917, octavo, red cloth with gilt decoration on front cover. 316pp. First American Edition. Principles of mechanical flight, first years of flying, modern airship theory, first use of aircraft in war, first stages and later developments of World War I. With numerous diagrams, tables, charts, and photographs. With a 25 page appendix containing Records, Aeronautical Terms, French Technical Terms, Lift and "Drag" Table, Scale of Wind Force, Wind Statistics, Weight of Gases, Bird Flight Analysis, and a Bibliography. Light soiling to cloth. (16521) $50.00

126. TURNER, Maj. Charles C. The Struggle in the Air 1914-1918. London: Edward Arnold, 1919, large octavo, turquoise cloth stamped in black on front cover and spine. viii, 288pp. First Edition. Illustrated with photograps and paintings. From Noffsinger, World War I Aviation: In spite of the early date of this book, it is a fine summary of the various aspects of aerial warfare. Turner joined the RNAS in October 1914 and served in various capacities associated with aviation throughout the War." Inscribed in ink on the front free endpaper" "From Frank Ahearn to Major H. S. Kerby - Monte Carlo's fastest operator. 23-12-19". Kerby is mentioned in the text at page 159, "Flight-Lieutenant H. S. Kerby encountered eight Gothas on August 12, 1917, 30 miles out at sea, and attacked without result. Subsequently he saw a single Gotha in the water, and he threw his life-belt down to its crew. On the same day a Sopwith triplane attacked a Gotha five times between the North Foreland and the mouth of the Scheldt, firing 350 rounds and scoring many hits. He was then attacked by a formation of eight enemy scouts who fired small shot at him. On August 22, 1917, during a German Aeroplane raid, Flight-Commander Kerbey on a Sopwith fighting machine attacked ten Gothas off the North Foreland, selecting a machine on the right of the formation for his attention. He fired two drums of ammunition into this machine, which fell into the sea near Margate. Flight-Lieutenant Kerby drove another of the enemy down into the sea in the same region." Wear to cloth and text block, spine faded, foxing in text block, some pages roughly opened. (22820) $150.00 127. UDET, Ernst. Mein Fliegerleben. Berlin: Ullstein, (1937), octavo, blue cloth stamped with pictorial design in dark blue on cover and lettering in yellow, in pictorial dust jacket. (184)pp., followied by (8)pp. ads. Early printing. Well illustrated. An important autobiograpy of this influential flyer. Shelf wear and spotting to jacket, very slight foxing to first few leaves, still a near fine, bright copy. (18285) $35.00

128. VANWYNGARDEN, Greg. Jagdstaffel 2 'Boelcke'. (Oxford: Osprey, 2007), quarto, heavy printed paper wrappers. 128pp. First Edition. Osprey Aviation Elite Units No. 26. By August 1916, the German Air Service was fighting a losing struggle in the skies over the Battle of the Somme. In response, an entirely new type of fighting formation came into being -the Jagdstaffel, a unit designed solely as a fighting squadron. One of the most famous was Jasta 2, formed and led by Germany's premiere fighter ace Oswald Boelcke. Renamed Jasta 'Boelcke', the unit would carry its first commander's legacy to spectacular success in late 1918. This title examines the tactics, personalities and achievements of this ace squadron which finished the war with an immense 336 victories, second only to Richthofen's own unit in confirmed kills. As new. (18018) $22.95

129. (VICTORIA CROSS). ASHCROFT, Michael. Victoria Cross Heroes. (London): Headline Review, (2006), octavo, boards and cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv), 335pp. First Edition. Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. Illustrated with photographs. VICTORIA CROSS HEROES tells the stories of over 150 individuals whose bravery has earned them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prestigious medal for courage in action. The book is introduced by Michael Ashcroft, who owns over ten per cent of all VCs ever awarded. He explains the history of the medal and the story of his fascination with it. The main text of the book tells the stories of both those recipients whose medals are in his collection and those whose stories featured in the television series. Each chapter covers a different conflict, from the Crimean War to Iraq. Very fine copy. Jacket not price clipped. (24919) $20.00

130. (VOSS, Werner). MUSCIANO, Walter A. Lt. Werner Voss. Germany's Greatest Teenage Ace. New York: Hobby Helpers, 1962, quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers. 64pp. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs, facsimiles and drawings. Near fine. (22282) $45.00

131. WADE, W.L. The Aeroplane in the Great War. A Record of its Achievements. London: Virtue & Company, [1919], octavo, gray pictorial cloth. (x), 229pp. First Edition. A general study of the achievements of the airplane with topics that range from the beginning of WWI, the early work of the RNAS and RFC, early bombing raids, the Italian front, flying in the east and Africa, night flying, North Sea operations, Zeppelin strafing, to month-by-month summaries of the war in 1915, 1916, and 1917. Illustrated with drawings by Geoffrey Watson. Postscript by C. G. Grey. Signature of C.G. Grey on front end paper. The white stamping on the pictoral spine has chipped away, shelf wear. approximately one half inch at the top of the front and back inner endpapers shows damp stain as well as very top of the frontis (not affecting the image). (16917) $125.00

132. WALCOTT, Frederic C. War 1916. (New York ): Privately Printed (The Trow Press), 1916, large octavo, newly rebound in brown marbled boards and calf, t.e.g. 114pp. First Edition Limited to 100 numbered copies. Walcott was a US Senator from Connecticut. During World War One he served with the US Food Administration. This book is a personal record of his service and travels as a member of the War Relief Commission in Europe and Poland. Inscribed on the limitation page: "My dear Arthur - Please accept this copy of my notes as an expression of my esteem. Most Sincerely, F. C. Walcott January 1917." (20842) $95.00

133. WESTROP, Mike. A History of No.6 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service in World War I. Atglen, PA: Schiffer , (2006), quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. First Edition. The pilots' log books, and many previously unpublished photographs has enabled the author to produce the first in-depth look at the activities and accomplishments of this "forgotten" squadron that was the first British fighter squadron to deploy a production twin gun scout on the Western Front (beating the Royal Flying Corp's elite 56 Squadron by a couple of weeks) and the first squadron to take the notoriously unreliable Siddeley Puma powered D.H.9 into battle. The Royal Naval Air Service had a reputation for fielding the most colorful Allied machines in France and Belgium and the reputation was upheld by the Nieuport scouts of No.6 Squadron. With over 170 black and white photographs and superb profiles of the Nieuport 17Bis scouts by Mark Miller in color. Very fine copy. (15666) $69.95

134. WHALE, George. British Airships. Past, Present & Future. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1919, octavo, green cloth with maroon borders on front cover and deckle edge. (6)pp., 244pp. First Edition. A survey of British airships from their origin to the end of World War I. Among the types included are: army airships, naval airships (rigid and non-rigid), and airships built by private firms. One chapter describes the work of British airships during the War. Photographic illustrations. (16306) $225.00

135. WHITEHOUSE, Arch. Legion of the Lafayette. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962, octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xviii), 338pp. First Edition. The story of the Americans who formed the Lafayette Escadrille to fly with the French in World War I. Illustrated with 32 photographs. Inscribed by Whitehouse on the title page and signed by him on back dust jacket flap. Laid in is a typed postcard, signed and dated Oct 24, 1967, , from Whitehouse to a bookseller requesting two copies of "Bloody April" "...if you can get them at a reasonable price - otherwise forget it." Minor shelf wear to top and bottom of jacket spine, light foxing to top edge of text block, near fine. (15787) $150.00

136. (WILSON, Denys Corbett). MacCARRON, Donal. Letters from an Early Bird. The life and letters of aviation pioneer Denys Corbett Wilson 1882-1915. South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Aviation, (2006), octavo, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv), 176pp. First Edition. Foreword by Air Marshal Sir Frederick Sowrey. An early pioneer aviator, Wilson served in the South African War, made the first flight across the Irish Sea, then joined the military division of the newly formed RFC No. 3 Squadron in World War I. He was killed ten months later on May 15, 1915. His letters home to his mother during the war give an insight into the developing war and the early military use of aircraft in battle. Illustrated with photographs. New, at published price. (16463) $39.95

137. WOODWARD, Houston. A Year for France. War Letters of Houston Woodward. New Haven, Conn: The Yale Publishing Association, Inc., 1919, octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine and with a facsimile of the French aviation badge on the front cover stamped in gilt and silver. (vi), 196pp. First Edition. Printed on paper watermarked, "Old Stratford." Mounted frontispiece and with 14 plates, two of which are folding. Houston Woodward was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served in the American Ambulance in 1917 then enlisted in French Aviation 14 July 1917. He received his flight training from 24 July through 14 December 1917 at Avord, Juvisy, Pau, G.D.E., receiving his brevet on 30 September 1917. He was at the Front with Escadrille SPA. 94 from 16 December 1917 to 1 April 1918 when he was killed in combat south of Montdidier. He received the Croix de Guerre with Palm. Light foxing here and there to text block, cloth a bit dull wear to extremities and with slight wear, a very tiny chip and wear to top of spine. A scarce book. (23575) $195.00

138. WOOLLEY, Charles. First to the Front. The Aerial Adventures of 1st Lt. Waldo Heinrichs and the 95th Aero Squadron 1917-1918. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (1999), quarto, tan cloth in dust jacket. (248)pp. First Edition. The 95th Aero Squadron was the first American pursuit squadron to fly over the front in March 1918 and 1st Lt. Waldo Heinrichs was one of its original members. The history of the Squadron is told through the words of those who served, Heinrichs' richly written diary forms the nucleus of the story supported by contemporary letters, anecdotes, and combat reports from many of the other flyers. Entries from the official Squadron history as contained in the History of the American Air Services A.E.F. (the Gorrell History) round out the narrative. Over 280 photos, most unpublished from the personal albums of the participants, show planes, places and personnel which surrounded this happy band of warriors. As new.## (18442) $49.95

139. WOOLLEY, Charles. World War I German Aviators: The Sanke Cards. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, (2003), quarto, pictorial boards in pictorial dust jacket. 272pp. First Edition. For the first time in eighty-five years, the famous Sanke postcards of World War I Imperial German Aviators have been reproduced. Clear, large scale copies of all known and highly collectible Sanke personality photo postcards produced during World War I are now available, carefully replicated, and included all under one cover in this deluxe volume. Over 270 different cards of 132 individual aviators are included in this ground-breaking edition. Boelcke, Immelmann, the Richthofen brothers, Udet, and Gring are just a few of the famed aces and Pour le Mrite flyers photographed by Postkarten-Vertrieb Willi Sanke. Each postcard is given full page coverage, accompanied by a brief history of each man, together with his victories and highest attained award. A bibliography is included for the reader desiring to further research the lives of Germany's unusual, heralded, and greatest heroes of the First War. This book is a must for the student of uniforms as it depicts the amazing variety worn by the flyers of the Luftstreitkrfte 1914-1918, and also shows them wearing the multitude of awards and decorations presented to Germany's airborne heroes. Both private and museum collections have been combed to provide this book with the finest possible coverage ever compiled on the work of Willi Sanke and his talented photographers. This is an excellent companion volume to Schiffer's recently published Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany, Volume VII by the late Neal O'Connor. As new. (18419) $69.95

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140. (WWI U.S. AIR SERVICE RECRUITMENT POSTER). Poster: Going - Going - Gone! 30 3/4" x 42 3/4" Color lithograph printed in black and orange and with two photographic illustrations of aeroplanes. A recruitment poster requesting the services of skilled mechanics. Dry mounted on board. Water stain around edges. (16877) $175.00

141. (ZEPPELIN, Count Graf von). PARSEVAL, August von. Graf Zeppelin und die deutsche Luftfahrt. Berlin: Hermann Klemm A.-G., [1925], quarto, beige pictorial cloth with title in red on cover and spine. (vi), (148)pp. First Edition. Text in German. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Former owner's name rubber-stamped on front pastedown, title page and back pastedown. Faint water stain along bottom one inch mostly evident at bottom inch of back cover. Silverfish nibble affecting lower corner of front endpaper. (17043) $40.00

142. (ZEPPELINS). MARBEN, Rolf. Ritter der Luft. Zeppelinabenteuer im Weltkrieg. Berichte von Kriegsteilnehmern. Hamburg: Broschek, 1931, octavo, original blue cloth stamped in white on front cover and spine. (192)pp. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Zeppelin adventures during Wold War One. Lettering on spine a bit scuffed, otherwise a fine, clean copy. (23082) $50.00