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AIRCRAFT FOR THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer.
Stock no. 1814732
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 'Griffon' Spitfire, The Albermarle Bomber, The Shetland Flying-Boat. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0571115152.

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NO FLIGHT FROM THE CAGE
Written by Calton Younger.
Stock no. 2123224
Published by Fighting High Ltd. 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Compelling Memoir of a Bomber Command Prisoner of War during the Second World War. B/w illustrations and photos. Revised, extended and updated edition. ISBN: 9780957116351. SIGNED by author to title page. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with small nick to top of spine.

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BUCCANEER: THE STORY OF THE LAST ALL-BRITISH STRIKE AIRCRAFT
Written by Tim Laming.
Stock no. 1813248
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The full story of the development of this important all-British design, its naval and air force careers and its export success with the south African Air Force. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour plates. ISBN: 1852604786.

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THE LION HAS WINGS
Written by John Ware.
Stock no. 1812965
Published by Collins. 1st 1940. Very good condition.

The Epic of the famous Korda film. White Circle Film Edition. Collins Novel Volume 504. Blue pictorial cardwraps. Small format. 188 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Spine creased from reading. Pages browned.

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BEST FOOT FORWARD
Written by Colin Hoppy Hodgkinson.
Stock no. 1812942
Published by Odhams Press Limited. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography. Colin Hodgkinson was one of only two men who succeeded in returning to operational flying after losing both legs in flying accidents. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A few scattered foxspots, mainly to text block. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, slightly faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE YEARBOOK 1979-1982
Written by William Green; et al.
Stock no. 2122733
Published by Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Enterprises. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. 4 volumes in one! B/w and colour illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0903234475. Fading to top and tail of spine, which is also bumped. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

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FIGHTER BOYS
Written by Patrick Bishop.
Stock no. 1608903
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 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. Spine bumped. Pages lightly browned. Wrapper edge creased.

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RAF HELICOPTERS THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS
Written by John Dowling.
Stock no. 1607901
Published by HMSO. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. 489 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0117727253. Spine bumped.

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THE TIGER MOTH STORY
Written by Alan Bramson; Neville Birch.
Stock no. 1811791
Published by Air Review Ltd.. 3rd 1970. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third edition, up-dated and enlarged, contains 12 extra pages of text, 12 extra pages of photographs and a LOG listing the Registration Nos., owners, date of manufacture- works and/or service number(s)-where known, of over 250 Tiger Moths with current C or A's in September 1970. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 268 pages. ISBN: 0902853007. Dustwrapper spine faded to pink.

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ROYAL NAVY INSTRUCTIONAL AIRFRAMES
Written by R.C. Sturtivant; et al.
Stock no. 2120077
Published by British Aviation Research Group. 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. No. 3 in the Super-Monograph series. ISBN: 0906339022. Spine and some cover edges are faded.

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FROM HULL, HELL AND HALIFAX: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF No.4 GROUP 1937-1948
Written by Chris Blanchett.
Stock no. 1811580
Published by Midland Counties Publications. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of an incredible effort by the Yorkshire-based No.4 Group of RAF Bomber Command, over an eleven-year period that encompassed the Second World War. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0904597814. Vertical crease to front pastedown caused in binding process. Dustwrapper corners lightly rubbed.

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THE TIGER MOTH STORY
Written by Alan Bramson; Neville Birch.
Stock no. 1809342
Published by Air Review Ltd.. 3rd 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third edition, up-dated and enlarged, contains 12 extra pages of text, 12 extra pages of photographs and a LOG listing the Registration Nos., owners, date of manufacture- works and/or service number(s)-where known, of over 250 Tiger Moths with current C or A's in September 1970. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 268 pages. ISBN: 0902853007. Dustwrapper edge-rubbed and scuffed.

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