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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.
Ted The Lad
Personally signed by Ted Cachart, Wop/Ag, 49 Squadron.
Special Limited Edition of 49 copies, with book plate signed by Ted and four other living members of Ted’s crew, together with facsimiles of signatures of two deceased crew taken from 1945 interrogation reports, available at £75.
Available direct from DVAB at £17.50
New Aquisitions
By Francis K Mason. Published by McWhirter Twins, 1969. Fine in Fine jacket. Signed on title page by Battle of Britain pilots, Tom Neil and John Ellacombe.
£50
THE MUNSTER RAID Before and After
By Ian L Hawkins. Published by FNP Military, 1999. Fine in laminated pictorial bords. No jacket, as published. Signed by Ian Hawkins on front end paper.
£30
THE SQUADRONS OF THE FLEET AIR ARM
Ray Sturtivant and Theo Ballance. Air-Britain, 1994, Second revised and expanded edition. Very Good. 480pp, ill. Laminated pictorial boards, as published.
£75
Monogram Close-Up 15 JAPANESE COCKPIT INTERIORS Part 2
Robert C Mikesh, 1977, Monogram, First. 32 pages, illust. Very good with slightly edgeworn covers.
£50
ZEPPELIN! A Battle for Air Supremacy in World War I
By Raymond Rimell. Published by Conway, 1984, First Edition. Fine in Fine Jacket. 256pp, ill.
£25
ROYAL AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT HA100 - HZ999
James Halley, Air-Britain 1989, First. Fine condition, card covers. 128pp, ill.
£12
THE SEVEN SEAS Famous Airliners 3
Derek Harvey. Cassell, 1959. Very good with very good jacket. 115pp, ill. THE COMET, BRITANNIA AND VISCOUNT also available at £15 each, please enquire.
£20
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ROLLS-ROYCE AER ENGINES: EAGLE Series I-VIII, FALON Series I II & III
Published by Rolls-Royce December 1917. brown/burgundy cloth boards with black titling.116pp, ill. A little edgeworn and spine bumped.Binding tight and internally good with light soiling on a few pages.Inscribed byA J Robinson No. 249754, RNAS. Click on image for more pictures.
£85
SPITFIRE LEADER The Story of Wing Cdr Evan 'Rosie' Mackie, Top Scoring RNZAF Fighter Aces
Max Avery with Christopher Shores, Grub Street, 1997. 188pp, ill. Fine in Fine jacket. Signed on front end paper by Ian Maclaren 243 Sqdn. Harold Payne, 243 Sqdn (both mentioned in the book) and two others.
£35
MONOGRAM CLOSE - UP 11 VOLKSJAGER
Richard Smith & Eddie Creek, 1986, Monogram, First. 32 pages, illust. Very good.
£25
Thomas Hitchcock. Monogram 1979, first, very good. 32pp, ill.
£25
george Hopp. Monogram 1986, first, very good.32pp, ill.
£25
Kenneth E Wixey. Putnam, 1990, First. 240pp, ill. Fine in Fine jacket.
£30
BADER'S DUXFORD FIGHTERS The Big Wing Controversy
Dilip Sarkar. Ramrod Publications, 1997, first edition. 219pp, ill.Signed on title page by air and ground crew. Click on image for more details.
£50
EACH TENACIOUS A History of 99 Squadron
Squadron Leader Edgerley. Square One Publications 1993, first edition. 320pp, ill. Signed opposite title page by Sqdn. Ldr Egerley, who flew in Wellingtons and Liberators in WW2 as a wireless operator.
£35
A J Jackson. Putnam, 1990. Reprint with new material. 511pp, ill. Fine in Fine jacket.
£17
R E Gillman DFC DFM.John Murray 1976, First. 239pp, ill. Signed on half-title page, dedicated to Air Marshal Sir Edward Chilton. Click on image to see signature.
£35
RECOGNITION HANDBOOK OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT Part 2 Sections E to J AP1480A
Linen backed loose-leafed binder with internal laces. 1941
£35