Flights of Fancy
Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Fourteen short stories of aviation.
Adventure
Deadly Patrol
New York: David McKay Company, (1956). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original light blue buckram on boards, lettered in black on the spine. There is some very minor fading along the edges of the boards. The complete dust jacket is designed by H. Lawrence Hoffman. There is one small chip to the base of the spine and.....
The Kidnapped King
London: Blackie & Sons, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. Cover art shows a boy looking up from his position in the forest, at a low-flying plane. Black and white frontis. Some very minor edge-wear, a shallow closed tear with a little crease.
Too Deep the Sea
London: Staples Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Scarce. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine. Cover art by William Randell. A very clean, bright and solid copy.
Band Of Eagles
London: Headline, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. World War II aviation action.
Blue Man Falling
London: Headline, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. An aviation novel of the Battle of Britain during World War II.
A Time for Heroes
London: Headline, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. An epic novel of one family and their involvement and experiences in both World Wars.
The Long Trick
London: William Kimber, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Re-issue of the 1917 Cassell First Edition. Classic World War I British Navy novel. Price-clipped, else fine. Cover art by P. Ensleigh Castle.
The Guns of Evening
London: Macmillan, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Lovely wrap-around cover art by Paul Wright. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine. World War I naval action.
The Neptune Landing
London: Macmillan, (1979). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. In a lovely example of the wrap-around cover art by Paul Wright. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine. The third novel in Bassett's naval trilogy, featuring Lobby Ludd and his experiences during the D-Day landings. A lovely copy in all.....
The Pierhead Jump
London: Macmillan, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Very nice wrap-around cover art by Paul Wright. Price-clipped, else fine. World War II naval action off the coast of North Africa.
The Tinfish Run
New York: Harper and Row, 1977. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A clean and solid example of this fine World War II naval adventure novel. Very nice wrap-around cover art by Paul Wright. Very minor edge-wear, else fine.
The Stories Of Flying Officer 'X'
London: Jonathan Cape, (1952). First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original green cloth with lettering and decoration in red. In a complete and very attractive dust jacket. The Evenword Edition. A collection of war stories centering on the air battle known as The Battle Of Britain. Contains 18 stories.
The White Road Westwards
London: Nicholas Kaye, (1961). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy of this charming volume with beautiful illustrations by D. J. Watkins-Pitchford. Some minor foxing to the underside of the jacket and to the rear panel and flaps. Color frontispiece.
Lieutenant Fury
London: Century, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. A tale from the age of fighting sail. From a limited edition of 100 copies, this one being number 32.
The Night Ranger
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. A fine copy in all respects.
The Emperor's Coloured Coat
London: Secker & Warburg, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. The author's second title in this series. Precedes the US first by three years. Wrap-around cover art by Geoff Hunt. Some minor browning along the edges just visible.
The Emperor's Coloured Coat
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. A clean, bright and pleasing copy of this nautical adventure novel. The jacket shows some minor edge-wear only.
A Good War
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. From a special limited edition of 100 copies this one being number 78 with a stamp of a Hurricane stamped on the title page along with the embossed limitation device. With wrap-around promotional band.....
The Thin Grey Line
London: Hamish Hamilton, (1983). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Exciting action novel of the British Royal Navy.
The Fourth Engineer
London: Oxford University Press, (1934). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Bound in original gray cloth, lettered and stamped in black. The full color frontispiece and the remaining 6 full page illustrations as well as the dust jacket art all by Rowland Hilder. With a prize plate to the front free endpaper, dated 1938. The book is extremely.....
The Captain's Wife
London: William Kimber, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. A Captain Davy story. Very nice wrap-around cover art by Stephen Seymour.
The Great Aeroplane
London: Blackie And Son, 1916. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green illustrated cloth. The Aeroplane is seen flying over a city, with domed mosques below. Spine shows fierce warrior with a sword. Six colored illustrations. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Previous owner inscription on the half-title.
Boy In Blue
1937. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and attractive copy of this novel of the American Civil War. Very scarce in the UK edition. Lovely cover art by James Arnold. Illustrated map endpapers. Minor edge-wear to the price-clipped dust jacket.
Proud Waters
London: Jarrolds, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. The jacket is price-clipped. Previous owner signature on ffep. Closed tear to bottom edge of front panel. World War II Mine Sweeping novel. Very nice cover art by Hofton.