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World War Two - Aviation:

Drake, Francis Vivian . VERTICAL WARFARE
NY 1943 1st Doubleday. 8vo., 142pp., photo illustrations of bombing in World War II, hardcover. Good, white spots on front cover, no DJ. (a11779)
$20.00 (navy) . HANDBOOK OF AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS VOLUME II
1 September 1944 Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics. NAVAER 05-1-500A. Hardcover. 4to., line drawings, photo illustrations, illustrations of equipment, dials, etc., stiff cardboard cover with green cloth along binding edge. Good, side tabs worn and bent. Volume II only. (a18129)
$95.00 Slessor, Sir John . THE CENTRAL BLUE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR JOHN SLESSOR, MARSHALL OF THE RAF
NY 1957-lst Praeger. 709pp., photo illus., index. Owner signed. Backstrip faded, a few brown spots on spine, no DJ. (a18179)
$30.00 de Seversky, Major Alexander P. . VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER (signed)
NY 1942 2nd Simon and Schuster. 8vo., 354pp., hardcover. *Presentation copy (to Gould Jennings) signed by de Seversky (to Gould Jennings). Good, smallchip on top end of spine ; hinges not cracked in or out; text clean and binding secure, no DJ. (a46146)
$24.00 Donne, Michael and Cynthia Fowler . PER ARDUA AD ASTRA: SEVENTY YEARS OF THE RFC & RAF
London 1982. 4to., 191pp., photo illustrations, cloth. VG in Good DJ, worn along top edge of rear panel. (a49836)
$35.00 Joseph, Major Franklin H. . FAR EAST REPORT (signed)
Boston 1946 1st Christopher Publishing. Impressions of Far East. Hardcover. Small octavo, 96pp., frontis, photo illustrations, cloth. ***Inscribed and signed by Joseph under the frontis. Fine in Good DJ. (a57474)
$34.00 Taylor, John W. R. (editor) . JANE'S ALL THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT 1966-67
NY 1968 Macmillan. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 557pp., photo illustrations, original blue cloth. Library name and discard stamp, residue of label at heel of spine. Good plus, very slight rippling in text, no DJ. (a77153)
$49.00 (navy) . CLOUD BUSTER VOLUME II
Chapel Hill 1943, 1944. Bound volume of this weekly journal published by the U.S. Navy pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N C . Volume 2 begins September 18, 1943 and ends September 9, 1944. Each issue is 4 pages. Hardcover. 4to., monochrome illustrations, cloth. Owner signed inside front cover by William O. Shanahan. VG, cover faded. (a77801)
$150.00