Flying Buccaneers: The Illustrated Story of Kenney's Fifth Air Force
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977. Book Club Edition. 312, illus., appendix, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled, small tears and chips to DJ edges. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977. Book Club Edition. 312, illus., appendix, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled, small tears and chips to DJ edges. More
New York: Ballantine Books Inc., 1971. First Printing. 160, wraps, profusely illus., maps, bibliography, edges of covers & spine worn, covers scuffed and small stains. More
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1969. 162, illus., appendices, index, small stain inside rear board, DJ creased and worn along edges: several tears. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. First Edition. 588, illus., maps, sources, appendix, notes, index, DJ worn and somewhat soiled: edge tears/chips, front DJ flap price clipped. More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 1992. 230, illus., appendices, bibliography. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1962. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 211, [1] p. Includes: illustrations, index. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1918. 256, illus., appendix, fr bd weak, weakness to rear bd, bkplate ins fr bd, sm tears ins hinges, boards & spine quite worn & scuffed. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1918. 266, frontis illus., small tears & creases to pp. 259-262, spine faded & small tears. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1977. Book Club Edition. 260, illus., maps, footnotes, glossary, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled, tear in front DJ. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1977. Book Club Edition. 260, illus., maps, footnotes, glossary, bibliography, index, DJ soiled and small tears, small piece missing in front DJ. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1977. First? Edition. First? Printing. 260, illus., maps, footnotes, glossary, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled: small edge chips. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1958. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. 384, endpaper and frontis illus., weakness to boards, some wear to top and bottom edges of spine. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 – January 11, 1988) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. Boyington was initially a US Marine Corps aviator with the Pacific fleet before being recruited by the legendary "Flying Tigers" (1st American Volunteer Group) in the Republic of China Air Force in Burma at the end of 1941 and part of 1942, during the military conflict between China and Japan, and the beginning of the United States involvement in World War II. Boyington is best known for his exploits in the Vought F4U Corsair in VMF-214. During his squadron's first tour of combat duty, he shot down 25 by December 27, 1943. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1987. Sixteenth Printing. Pocket Paperback. pocket paperbk, 350, wraps, illus., map, text somewhat darkened, discoloration inside covers, some wear to cover edges The author was a U.S. Marine Corps officer, and a fighter ace during World War II in the Pacific Theater. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 – January 11, 1988) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. Boyington was initially a US Marine Corps aviator with the Pacific fleet before being recruited by the legendary "Flying Tigers" (1st American Volunteer Group) in the Republic of China Air Force in Burma at the end of 1941 and part of 1942, during the military conflict between China and Japan, and the beginning of the United States involvement in World War II. Boyington is best known for his exploits in the Vought F4U Corsair in VMF-214. During his squadron's first tour of combat duty, he shot down 25 by December 27, 1943. More
New York: Dell Publishing, 1959. First Dell Printing. Pocket Paperback. pocket paperbk, 384, wraps, text somewhat darkened, small ink doodle on p.384, covers worn and creased, binding cracked at p.177. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 – January 11, 1988) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. Boyington was initially a US Marine Corps aviator with the Pacific fleet before being recruited by the legendary "Flying Tigers" (1st American Volunteer Group) in the Republic of China Air Force in Burma at the end of 1941 and part of 1942, during the military conflict between China and Japan, and the beginning of the United States involvement in World War II. Boyington is best known for his exploits in the Vought F4U Corsair in VMF-214. During his squadron's first tour of combat duty, he shot down 25 by December 27, 1943. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1987. Later printing. Mass market paperback. [12], 350, [6] pages. Pocket Paperback. Map. Illustrations. This is one of the Bantam War Books series. Author's Note to the New edition. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some page soiling. Stamp inside front cover. Ink notation on first page. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 – January 11, 1988) was an American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. Boyington was initially a US Marine Corps aviator with the Pacific fleet before being recruited by the legendary "Flying Tigers" (1st American Volunteer Group) in the Republic of China Air Force in Burma at the end of 1941 and part of 1942, during the military conflict between China and Japan, and the beginning of the United States involvement in World War II. Boyington is best known for his exploits in the Vought F4U Corsair in VMF-214. During his squadron's first tour of combat duty, he shot down 25 by December 27, 1943. More
New York: Rawson Associates, c1982. First Edition. 26 cm, 248, illus., wear and small tears to DJ. This edition printed for contributing members of Smithsonian National Associates Program. More
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1986. Revised and Updated. Third printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 231, [1] pages. Illustrations (many in color). Index. Format is approximately 9.75 inches by 9.75 inches. Walter J. Boyne (born 1929) is a retired United States Air Force officer, Command Pilot, combat veteran, aviation historian, and author of more than 50 books and over 1,000 magazine articles. He is a former director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution and a former Chairman of the National Aeronautic Association. Boyne began his writing career in 1962 while still in the Air Force. Tired of the repetitive aviation articles of the time, he chose to write about lesser-known people and airplanes starting with an article on the Curtiss P-36. Boyne's article was accepted by a magazine in Britain which paid him $29 — a moment of special pride for the new author. The P-36 aircraft now resides in the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio. A very prolific writer, Boyne is the author of over fifty books and over one thousand magazine articles. More
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1986. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 231, [1] pages. Illustrations (many in color). Index. Signed by author on fep. Format is approximately 10 inches by 10 inches. Walter J. Boyne (born 1929) is a retired United States Air Force officer, Command Pilot, combat veteran, aviation historian, and author of more than 50 books and over 1,000 magazine articles. He is a former director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution and a former Chairman of the National Aeronautic Association. Boyne began his writing career in 1962 while still in the Air Force. Tired of the repetitive aviation articles of the time, he chose to write about lesser-known people and airplanes starting with an article on the Curtiss P-36. Boyne's article was accepted by a magazine in Britain which paid him $29 — a moment of special pride for the new author. The P-36 aircraft now resides in the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB near Dayton, Ohio. A very prolific writer, Boyne is the author of over fifty books and over one thousand magazine articles. More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1985. Hardcover. 176 pages. Signed by the author. More
New York: Crescent Books, 1991. Presumed First Edition thus. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Quarto, 128 pages. Profusely illustrated (color). DJ has slight wear and soiling. Roy Braybrook is a highly regarded aviation writer who has worked in the aeronautical business for over thirty years. Having worked for Hawker Siddley Aviation from 1958, he became a full-time aviation writer upon leaving British Aerospace in 1980. Roy Braybrook has authored many titles for Osprey, including Osprey Aerospace: Soviet Combat Aircraft: The Four Generations. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1946. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 450, endpaper maps, index, pages slightly darkened. More
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1952. Fourth Printing. 223, illus., stains on fore-edge, some foxing inside boards, some wear to edges of boards and spine. More
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1952. First Printing. 223, illus., some foxing inside boards & to edges, some wear to board/spine edges, boards scuffed. More
London: Collins, 1955. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. 384, illus., small stains inside rear hinge, foxing to fore-edge, board corners somewhat bent, spine lettering faded. The story of Douglas Bader is one of the most extraordinry personal sagas of World War II or indeed of any war. This is the true story of a world-famous fighter pilot, who lost both legs in an air crash. After his accident, Douglas Bader vowed to come back, to fly again. He did. The fighter tactics he evolved helped to win the Battle of Britain. Downed over France, trapped in his burning Spitfire, he escaped only because one of his artificial legs was sheared off. Twice captured, he twice escaped before being captured again for the duration. He shot down 22 enemy planes. Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 1916 – 23 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky. Brickhill had been approached by John Pudney with a proposal to write a book on the Stalag Luft 3 mass escape. This was eventually to be published as The Great Escape. Once in England Brickhill asked the RAF about the status of a proposed history of 617 squadron, offering his services. As the RAF had made no progress in finding an author, his offer was accepted. The Great Escape was published in 1950 and brought the incident to wide public attention. The history of 617 Squadron and in particular its involvement in Operation Chastise and the destruction of dams in the Ruhr valley was published in 1951 as The Dam Busters, which sold over one million copies. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1978. First Paperbk Edition. Mass market paperback. pocket paperbk, 338, wraps, illus., fold-out color frontis illus., text somewhat darkened, covers somewhat soiled and edges worn. The story of Douglas Bader is one of the most extraordinry personal sagas of World War II or indeed of any war. This is the true story of a world-famous fighter pilot, who lost both legs in an air crash. After his accident, Douglas Bader vowed to come back, to fly again. He did. The fighter tactics he evolved helped to win the Battle of Britain. Downed over France, trapped in his burning Spitfire, he escaped only because one of his artificial legs was sheared off. Twice captured, he twice escaped before being captured again for the duration. He shot down 22 enemy planes. Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 1916 – 23 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky. Brickhill had been approached by John Pudney with a proposal to write a book on the Stalag Luft 3 mass escape. This was eventually to be published as The Great Escape. Once in England Brickhill asked the RAF about the status of a proposed history of 617 squadron, offering his services. As the RAF had made no progress in finding an author, his offer was accepted. The Great Escape was published in 1950 and brought the incident to wide public attention. The history of 617 Squadron and in particular its involvement in Operation Chastise and the destruction of dams in the Ruhr valley was published in 1951 as The Dam Busters, which sold over one million copies. More