Major Bishop, Winged Warfare, first edition, 1918
Bishop (Major [W.A.]) Winged Warfare. - Image 2
Bishop (Major [W.A.]) Winged Warfare. - Image 3
Major Bishop, Winged Warfare, first edition, 1918

Bishop (Major [W.A.]) Winged Warfare.

£75

Hunting the Huns in the Air
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1918.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth.

A vivid account of the early days of aerial combat, describing Bishop’s Nieuport Scout and his battles against the Baron von Richthofen’s squadron. Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED (1894-1956) was a Canadian flying ace officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the First World War.

In stock

SKU: 88182 Category: Tags: ,

Some foxing; cloth very good.

Frontispiece portrait.

Related products

Sydney Horler, The House in Greek Street, first edition

Detective Fiction

Horler (Sydney) The House in Greek Street.

£195


First edition.
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935.

A collection of four criminous short stories listed in Hubin, the eponymous first of which concerns the battle between Sir Harker Bellamy, the famous secret service chief known as ‘The Mole’ and The Priest’ a daring and resourceful foreign spy and plotter.Rare in such a well preserved jacket.

Valentine Williams, A Club-Foot Omnibus, first edition, 1936

Detective Fiction

Williams (Valentine) A Club-Foot Omnibus

£125



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1936.

First Omnibus edition. 8vo. Original oatmeal cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

An attractive edition comprising four stories, 'The Man with the Clubfoot', 'The Return of Club Foot', 'The Crouching Beast' and 'The Gold Comfit Box'.

Josephine Bell, Easy Prey, first edition, 1959

Detective Fiction

Bell (Josephine) Easy Prey

£75



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1959.

First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 12s.6d.

A couple discover that their child-sitter served a prison sentence for child murder, something they cannot square with the individual in question, sparking their own investigation and the unravelling of some strange secrets.

H Rider Haggard, Allan's Wife, Sevenpenny edn

Modern Literature

Haggard (H. Rider) Allan’s Wife.

£250



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1914

Hodder & Stoughton Sevenpenny library, first edition thus. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.

First published in U.K. in 1889, this is the first edition where getting a jacketed example is feasible.

A long 'short' story featuring Allan Quatermain in which following his father's death, Allan fights with Zulus aides by Hans, rescues and marrow who becomes the mother of his son Harry, and eventually loses her because of the jealousy of the Baboon woman.

R Austin Freeman, When Rogues Fall Out, first edition, 1934

Detective Fiction

Freeman (R. Austin) When Rogues Fall Out

£95



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1934.

First edition, second impression. 8vo. Original blind-tooled red cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 2/6.

An attractive early impression of this 'Yellow Jacket' Dr Thorndyke tale, bringing the good doctor's famous forensic mind to bear once more.