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We specialise in buying and selling second-hand/ out-of-print aviation books, with topics ranging from the dawn of flight to the present day.

We do not have a shop but operate through world-wide mail order and by exhibiting at a number of the premier UK airshows, bookfairs, aerojumbles and enthusiasts conventions.

BEWARE OF THE DOG AT WAR (Second Edition) An Operational Diary of 49 Squadron Spanning 49 years of Service 1916 - 1965 (Second Edition)

NEW, NEW, NEW!

NOW AVAILABLE

John Ward. JoTe Publications 2009. This is a revised edition with 100 new pages and additional photographs. Hardback with dust jacket.


£35

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TED THE LAD A Schoolboy Who Went To War

Personally signed by Ted Cachart, Wop/Ag, 49 Squadron. Normal price £17.50

***SPECIAL OFFER***
A limited number available with pencil sketch and slip-case (worth £12.50). Click on image for picture.


£25

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TED THE LAD A Schoolboy Who Went To War

Special Numbered, Limited Edition of 49 copies, with book plate signed by Ted Cachart and four other living members of Ted’s crew, together with facsimiles of signatures of two deceased crew taken from 1945 interrogation reports. This edition is bound in burgundy cloth and comes complete with black slip-case. Click on image to see signatures.


£75

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TED THE LAD A Schoolboy Who Went To War

Also available, a number of copies signed by 14 Bomber Command Aircrew. Click on image for details.


£30

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DID YOU SURVIVE THE WAR? An 'Ordinary' Fighter Pilot's Story

CW 'Jerry' Jarrold. with Ken Delve. Raydon Wings, 2006, First. Hardback with dust jacket. 118pp, Ill.Jerry Jarrold flew Hurricanes, Spitfires and Typhoons from North Africa, into Southern Italy and over Normandy on D-Day. Signed by Jerry Jarrold.


£14.99

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HANDLE WITH CARE, A Book of Prison Camp Sketches Drawn and Written in Prison Camps in Germany

ANDERSON/WESTMACOTT JoTe Publications, 2005. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Reprint. 110pp. As the title suggests, this book contains sketches drawn by 'Andy' Anderson and Dave Westmacott whilst prisoners in Germany in the Second World War. The sketches were carried from camp to camp and were almost lost at the end of the war. The original book was published in 1946 and sold mainly to RAF ex-POWs who had registered and interest whilst still in captivity. This excellent reprint is produced by JoTe Publications and is signed by 15 ex-POWs

£45


HERE WE ARE TOGETHER The Notebook of an American Soldier in Britain

ARBIB, Robert S

Book Description: The Right Book Club, 1947. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. 211 pages. Book club edition. Blue cloth boards. Slight edgwear. Binding tight and internally very clean. Jacket has small loss on edges but looks very tidy in protective sleeve. Uncommon in jacket.

£25

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THE ANSON FILE

STURTIVANT, Ray

Air-Britain, 1988. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book Condition: Fine. First Edition. 351pp, Ill.

£30

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THE OXFORD, CONSUL & ENVOY FILE

HAMLIN, John

Air-Britain, 2001. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 288pp, Ill.

£50

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A FIGHTER IN MY SIGHTS

NEIL, T F J&KH Publishing, 2001. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book Condition: Fine. First Edition. 216pp, Ill.

£20


ABOVE ALL UNSEEN, The Royal Air Force's Photographic Reconnaissance Units 1939-1945

LEAF, Edward PSL, 1997. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 192pp, Ill.

£17.50

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ADVENTUROUS EMPIRES, The Story of the Short Empire Flying-Boats

SIMS, Phillip

Airlife, 2000. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 256pp, Ill.

£70

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THE MESSERSCHMITT Me 262 COMBAT DIARY

FOREMAN/HARVEY
Air Research, 1995. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Revised Edition. 405pp, Ill.signed on end paper facing title page by Herbert Attner and Kominorde Welter.

£50

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THE CURTISS HS FLYING BOAT

K M Molson and A J Shortt. Naval Institute Press. 1995, First. Fine, card covers. 147pp, ill.

£15

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DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT SINCE 1909

JACKSON A J
Putnam, 1987. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 3rd Edition, Revised. 544pp, Ill. A fine copy in fine, unclipped jacket.

£30

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LUFTWAFFE kuvasto/pictorial The German Air Force in Finland and Northern Norway 1941-1944

VALTONEN, Hannu

Keski-suomen, 1998. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book Condition: Fine. First Edition. 208pp, ill. Finnish and English text.

£25

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WINGS OF THE DAWNING, The Battle for the Indian Ocean 1939-1945

BANKS, Arthur
Images Publishing, 1996. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 416pp, Ill.

£12

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185 THE MALTA SQUADRON

ROGERS Anthony (Editor)
Spellmount, 2005. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 292pp, ill Signed on title page by Keith Lawrence, another and the author.

£25

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ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AIRCRAFT SINCE 1913

TAPPER, Oliver
Putnam, 1988. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd, Revised. 392pp, Ill. A fine copy in fine unclipped jacket.

£30

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ENGLISH ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT AND THEIR PREDECESSORS

RANSOM/FAIRCLOUGH
Putnam, 1987. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 374pp, Ill. A fine copy in fine unclipped jacket.

£35

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MONOGRAM CLOSE - UP 15 Japanese Cockpit Interiors Part 2

MIKESH, Robert

Monogram Publications, 1977. Card Covers. Book Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 32pp, ill.

£50

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249 AT WAR, The Authorised History of the RAF's Top - Scoring Fighter Squadron of WWII

CULL, Brian

Grub Street, 1997. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 292pp, Ill.

£18

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FROM FURY TO PHANTOM, An RAF Pilot's Story 1936 - 1970

HAINE, Richard
Pen & Sword, 2005. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 234pp, Ill. Signed on title page by Richard Haine OBE DFC.

£25

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MEN OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, 60th Anniversary Edition

WYNN, Kenneth
CCB, 1999. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Edition. 584pp, Ill. Completely revised and updated edition of two volume original.

£70

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FOCKE-WULF Ta 152 The Story of the Luftwaffe's Late-War, High-Altitude Fighter

HARMANN, Dietmar
Schiffer, 1999. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 144pp, ill.

£22

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BRISTOL AIRCRAFT SINCE 1910

BARNES C H

Putnam, 1970. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 415pp, Ill.

£15

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