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| DIARY OF A NIGHT BOMBER PILOT IN WORLD WAR I ,
Semple, Clive, Spellmount, 2008, Based upon the remarkable diary of the author's father, Leslie Semple, and his unique photographs, this, is quite simply, the only book on this subject. Flying at 18, Semple's astonishing experience has been meticulously put into context, 200-plus photographs alone, not only from the diary but also from the Imperial War Museum, 320 pgs. $39.95 |
 | FIRST THROUGH THE CLOUDS, Merriam, F. Warren, B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1954, vg/vg (minor chipping, foxing a page edges only), autobiography of a "box kite" pioneer, Commander Warren Merriam, who first flew with the Bristol Flying School in 1912. He stayed on as an instructor & taught many of the great British pioneers to fly, then joined the RNAS in 1915 flying Sopwith Scouts on anti-submarine patrols, after WWI he built & flew a range of gliders, flew joy-rides in his Avro seaplane, many photos, 175 pgs. $45.00 |
 | MY FLYING SCRAPBOOK, Turner, C. C. Major, Sampson, Low Marston & Co., 1946, vg (dust jacket has a piece missing), author started on balloons in 1907, first professional journalist to learn to fly, he describes his 36 years of flying, photos, 111 pgs. $35.00 |
 | EN L'AIR, Hall, Bert Lt., New Library, 1918, fine copy (issued w/o dj), Author recounts his days with the Foreign Legion, fighter pilot with the Lafayette Escadrille and his days in Russia, Lieutenant Hall was awarded a total of seven decorations, including the Cross of St. George, photos, 153 pgs. $60.00 |
 | MY AIRMAN OVER THERE Bond, Aimee, Moffat, Yard & Co., 1918, vg (issued w/o dj), letters between Aimee Bond and her husband, Bill Bond, a fighter pilot w/40 Sqdn., killed in action, US edition of "An Airman's Wife", 288 pgs. $40.00 |
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