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THE HAWKER TYPHOON AND TEMPEST
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 1825898
Published by Aston Publications. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Foreword by Wing Commander R.P. Beamont. ISBN: 0946627193. Tiny nick in cloth to lower edge of boards. Text block browned, foxing to top edge. A little foxing to page margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, worn to top front corner, and lightly faded to spine.

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THE GREATEST SQUADRON OF THEM ALL (2 VOLUMES)
Written by David Ross; Bruce Blanche; Bill Simpson.
Stock no. 1825886
Published by Grub Street. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Definitive History of 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, RAUXAF. Volume One covers Formation to the end of 1940. Volume Two Covers 1941 to date. B/w photos. A lovely set.

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MOSQUITO THUNDER: No. 105 SQUADRON RAF AT WAR 1942-5
Written by Stuart R. Scott.
Stock no. 1825881
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

True account of the heroic exploits of this famous bomber squadron between 1942 and 1945. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 212 pages. B/w photos. Foreword by Air Marshall Sir Ivor Broom. ISBN: 0750918004. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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MARY AND RICHARD: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE AND WAR
Written by Michael Burn.
Stock no. 1825876
Published by Arbor House; William Morrow. 1st USA 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Mary Booker and Richard Hillary. The story of one man's late wife's love for another man. Red cltoh spine with gilt title, grey paper boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 155710042X. Foxing to text block and minor foxing to prelims. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BOMBING GERMANY: THE FINAL PHASE
Written by Tony Redding.
Stock no. 1825869
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2015. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The destruction of Pforzheim and the closing months of Bomber Command's War. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781473823549. Light scuffing to rear panel of dustwrapper.

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AUSCHWITZ AND THE ALLIES
Written by Martin Gilbert.
Stock no. 1825867
Published by Pimlico. 1st thus 2001. Nearly fine condition.

When Hitler announced the 'complete annihilation of the Jews in 1942, the Allies heard but, astonishingly, they did not listen. In 1944, Allied reconnaissance pilots repeatedly photographed Auschwitz, these were overlooked by the Allies and routinely filed in government archives and not examined until 1979. Churchill himself ordered feasibility studies for air strikes on Auschwitz, the RAF did nothing, eventually they passed the buck to the Americans, who also did nothing. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0712668063. A lovely copy.

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DEFENDING THE REICH: THE HISTORY OF JAGDGESCHWADER 1 "OESAU"
Written by Eric Mombeek.
Stock no. 1825856
Published by Jac Publications. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Red glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. 332 pages. ISBN: 0951573713. Top edge of text block slightly browned. Minor mark to lower front edge of boards. Contents clean. A few minor grubby marks to rear panel of dustwrapper.

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GHOST BOMBERS: THE MOONLIGHT WAR OF NSG 9
Written by Nick Beale. Illustrated by Tom Tullis.
Stock no. 1825853
Published by Classic Publications. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Luftwaffe Night Attack Operations from Anzio to the Alps. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 1903223156. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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AVRO LANCASTER: THE DEFINITIVE RECORD
Written by Harry Holmes.
Stock no. 1825846
Published by Airlife. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 1853107212. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper.

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AIR ARSENAL NORTH AMERICA: AIRCRAFT FOR THE ALLIES 1938-1945 PURCHASES AND LEND-LEASE
Written by Phil Butler; Dan Hagedorn.
Stock no. 1825843
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An illustrated survey of American and Canadian aircraft production for the Allies. Large format. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 1857801636. Lower corners of boards bumped else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly creased from bumping to lower corners.

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GERMAN AIRCRAFT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR (INCLUDING HELICOPTERS AND MISSILES)
Written by Antony L. Kay; J.R. Smith. Illustrated by E.J. Creek.
Stock no. 1825840
Published by Putnam. 1st thus 2002. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised Edition incorporating new information and illustrations. Tracing the development of the German aircraft industry from the restrictions imposed by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles through to the rebirth of German military aviation in 1935, when the Nazi government renounced its treaty obligations. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. 400 pages including index. ISBN: 0851779204. A lovely copy.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND LOSSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR VOLUME 2
Written by W.R. Chorley.
Stock no. 1825832
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition.

Aircraft and Crew Losses 1941. Cardwraps. ISBN: 0904597873. A few scuff marks to black covers, contents clean.

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