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OPERATION BIG BEN THE ANTI-V2 SPITFIRE MISSIONS 1944-45
Written by Craig Cabell; Graham A. Thomas.
Stock no. 1610617
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Operation Big Ben was one of the best kept secrets of the Second World War, in which clipped winged Spitfires were used to dive-bomb V2 rocket sites. ISBN: 1862273618.

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SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE
Written by Edward T. Maloney.
Stock no. 1610460
Published by Aero Publishers. 1966. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Aero Series 10. B/w photos, colour illustrations. ISBN: 0816805369. Scuffing to covers; residue of price sticker to top corner of front cover. Name in ink to verso of front cover.

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UNITED STATES NAVY AIRCRAFT SINCE 1911
Written by Gordon Swanborough; Peter M. Bowers.
Stock no. 1317352
Published by Putnam. 1st 1968. Fine condition.

Chapters on the designation systems used by the U.S. Navy, the colours and markings used on Naval aircraft and a specially-devised designation index providing an immediate cross reference to every designated Naval aircraft. Aircraft used by the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Marines are also fully covered. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 518 pages including index. ISBN: 0370000994. Minimal rubbing to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

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MERCHANT AIRMEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1610401
Published by HMSO. 1946. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. The Air Ministry account of British Civil Aviation 1939-1944. B/w photos. Covers scuffed, a little creasing and damage to spine.

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THE BRITISH FIGHTER SINCE 1912 SIXTY YEARS OF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by Peter Lewis.
Stock no. 1610387
Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd.. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0370100492. Small sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is faded at spine, edge rubbed, and browned to rear panel.

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THE FEW SUMMER 1940, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Written by Philip Kaplan; Richard Collier.
Stock no. 1610282
Published by Greenwich Editions. 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed illustrated boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0862880831. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Rear panel of wrapper has some creasing.

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DOOLITTLE'S TOKYO RAIDERS
Written by Carroll V. Glines.
Stock no. 1610257
Published by D. Van Nostrand. 1964. Almost very good condition.

Who with their '20-cent' bombsights and a billion dollars worth of courage, took off on a spectacular secret mission that changed the course of World War II in the Pacific. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 447 pages includes index. Minor bumping and scuffing to corners and spine. Inscription to front pastedown. Front joint cracked.

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AIRCRAFT FOR THE FEW THE RAF'S FIGHTER AND BOMBERS OF 1940
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer.
Stock no. 1610246
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. 256 Pages. ISBN: 1852600403. Spine bumped. Small red sticker to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge rubbed and faded at spine.

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BRITISH FLIGHT TESTING: MARTLESHAM HEATH 1920-1939
Written by T. Mason; T. Heffernan.
Stock no. 2124599
Published by Putnam. 1ST 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tracing the development of landplane testing during the whole period between the two World Wars. B/w photos. 256 Pages. Large format. ISBN: 0851778577. A little page edge browning. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN NEW PERSPECTIVES
Written by John Ray.
Stock no. 1610224
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Behind the scenes of the great air war. B/w photos. ISBN: 1860199372. Spine bumped.

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FIGHTER BOYS
Written by Patrick Bishop.
Stock no. 1610222
Published by Harper Collins. c. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Saving Britain 1940. What it was to be a fighter pilot, in war, peace and love. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. xiii and 434 pages including index. ISBN: 0002571692. Reprint. Spine bumped. Light page browning.

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FIGHTER COMMAND 1939-1945
Written by David Oliver.
Stock no. 1610215
Published by Ted Smart. c. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From the Battle of Britain to the Fall of Berlin. Eyewitness testimony and a lifetime's study of the Second World War in the air. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 0007629087.

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