They Fought For the Sky

A story of the aircraft and the men who flew them in the First World War 1914-1918. In 1913 aircraft were little more than toys but by 1918 they were potent war machines and the men who flew them international heroes. 298 pages with 51 black and white photographs. Book in good+ condition with a small amount of ?insect damage… Read more about this item

Rinehart & Company, 1959. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good-/Good-. Solid binding, some stains and fading on boards, Jacket torn and repaired with tape, now covered in brodart book cover

London: Cassell & Company Ltd, 1958. First British Edition. Hardcover. 298p. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The head of the spine is lightly worn; otherwise, the text is clean and the binding is tight. The jacket is chipped at the head of the spine and more lightly so at… Read more about this item

Toronto: Clarke Irwin and Company, 1957. Book. Illus. by John T. McCoy;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xiv) 304 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on blue boards; lettered in white and red on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Wear at the corners of the dustjacket with some nicks, chips and short tears around the… Read more about this item

Paperback. Acceptable.

The story of aviation during World War I. Condition of book is very Good with no markings, tears or other blemishes. The DJ is good but it is badly wrinkled. WE DO NOT SHIP BOOKS OUT OF THE USA.

New York, New York: Bantam Books, 1958. Reprint Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. Mass Market. Illustrations. G/none, used pb, 242pp. Perfect bound, color illustrated stiff paper wraps with green, blue and black colored text on upper and white text on spine; slight edge wear; chips; scuffed; 1/2" tear at tail of spine. Interior pages clean, unmarked; age-toned.… Read more about this item

Pan Books 1960. Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

New York: Rinehart & Co.. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1957. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 304 pp. .

New York: Bantam Pathfinder, 1963. Uncreased spine. Foxing to the inside of the cover.. Paperback. Very Good-.

Pan Books, 1960. Pan Giant, X61, 1st printing,. 1960. Soft cover. paperback, illustrated, pages browning, text clean and sound, light creasing on spine, cover edges slightly rubbed, Good condition .

Pan 1960. paperback (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Pan Macmillan. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1958. First edition. Very Good +/very good +. In 1914 the men were a handful of amateurs with no idea of the war potential of their feeble bird-cages of wire, wood and canvas. Despised and distrusted by the armies of both sides, the value of the aeroplane had to be proved even as… Read more about this item

Ballantine Books, 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. light creasing to cover

Cassell & Co 1958. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

NY: Rinehart, 1957. 8vo, pp. 304. Illustrated with photographs. Author's presentation on flyleaf. Small tear at top of spine, o/w VG.

Cassell and Co., Melbourne, 1958. 298 pp including index, b&w photographic plates, top of d/j edges chipped, edges lightly foxed, else very good copy in like, illustrated d/j.

London: Cassell, 1958. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket xx + 298pp., b/w plates, bibliog., index, Story of Air Fighting in the First War. Brilliant account. Nice copy in black boards in a rather chipped dust jacket

London: Pan Books, 1977. 3rd printing.. Very Good. small octavo. stiff wrappers 285pp., b/w plates, bibliog., index, Story of Air Fighting in the First War. Brilliant account.