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Log 1. - Gilt- ruled blue cloth. Log 2 - Half- cloth and imprinted boards ( Royal Air Force Pilot's Flying Log Book ). Square 4to - Thick 8vo. These two logs in holograph detail Woolveridge's career from his initial training at Heliopolis until his posting to 99 Squadron. In 1933, he was deemed unfit for service by a medical board and invalidated from the RAF. At the outbreak of war in 1939, he was recalled for duty with Fighter Command where he came to serve as Wing Commander in charge of RAF Stations Croydon and Shoreham and later with HQ Unit 84 Group of the Tactical Air Forces, Europe. He was demobilized at war's end in 1945. This grouping lends fabulous insight into the early training and career of a British fighter pilot engaged in service both at home as well as postings to the Middle and Far East. Many notations of various aircraft types as well as day and night mission training, etc. A wonderful glimpse providing considrable detail into the evolution of combat pilot.  Usual… Read More

Caldwell. The Caxton Printers Ltd. 1939. Bound in high art deco stylized cloth covered boards with gilt top hat motif to front cover. Gilt titles. 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with monochrome art deco plates. Ink signature to ffep, else A Very Fine,pristine crisp copy.

New York. McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1964. Bound in gilt titled cloth over boards. 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated with colour and monochrome paintings by Munch. A Very Fine copy in a Very Good dustwrapper.

Indianapolis. Bobbs-Merrill company. 1918. Cloth with pictorial paper paste-down. 12mo. First Edition - First Printing. Illustrated by Frank Crerie. Bruccoli A 7.1. B. No poem pg. 6. Usual edge wear, light soiling to paste-down, else Very Good.

New York. The Viking Press. 1970. Bound in brown cloth over boards with blind-embossed titles to cover and gilt titles to spine.Pictorial endsheets. Tall Folio.(10"x13") The First Edition. Illustrated throughout my monochrome by photographs. Book is a Very Fine, immaculate copy. Very Good original gold Dustwrapper is unclipped and presents usual various rubbing, marginal chipping with several small pieces lacking at headpiece.

New York. Thomas Seltzer. 1921. Bound in paper covered boards titled in blue ink. 8vo. First Edition. Preceedes British edition (1923). Head and tail pieces lightly chipped, light stain to spine, boards very moderately rubbed. A Very Good copy.

New York. Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1937. Bound in pictorial gilt decorated cloth. Small 4to. First Edition. Illustrated with full page monochrome photographs and drawings. One of the most renowned books concerning this twentieth century icon. A Very Fine copy.

New York. Viking Press. 1982. Bound in titled cloth covered boards. Folio. Illustrated throughout with colour and monochrome, drawings, paintings and photographs. A Very Fine crisp copy in a mildly chipped, Near Fine dustwrapper.

London. Andrew Melrose. n.d. (circa 1905). Bound in elaborate pictorial gilt decorated cloth depicting Britannia to front cover and admiral Nelson to spine. Thick 8vo. Illustrated with fifteen full page plates after engravings. Mild rubbing to extremities, tape repair to front inner hinge, contents slightly shaken. A Very Good copy.

Ravelston. Private Libraries association. 1973. Bound in gilt titled cloth. Small 4to. 1 of 350 copies with frontispiece bookplate tipped-in. Profusely illustrated with 41 monochrome plates. Included with this volume is a small collection of bookplates designed for the Crerar library. A Very Fine copy in Very Good original publishers slipcase.

Pinner. Private Libraries Association and The Bookplate Society. 1976. Bound in gilt titled cloth. 8vo. Edition limited to 2200 copies of which 700 are for sale. Illustrated throughout with facsimiles. A Very Fine copy.

New York. G.P Putnam and Sons. n.d.(Circa 1885). Bound in titled cloth covered boards with pictorial cover plate. Oblong 12mo. Profusely illustrated with monochrome plates and drawings en texte. Mild soiling

Secaucus. Castle Books. 1966. Bound in titled 3/4 cloth and paper covered boards. Thick 4to. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustwrapper.

New York. Pantheon Books/Bollingen Series 15. 1958-1960. Bound in gilt titled red cloth. Small Folio. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, drawings, charts, etc. The first three volumes of this renowned study. Volume 1: The ancient Literary Sources. Volume 2: The Inscriptions on Stone. Volume 3: The Inscriptions on Ceramics and Minor Objects. All three volumes are Very Fine and Pristine in somehwat soiled Very Good dustwrappers.

Chicago and London. The Open Court Publishing Co. 1920. Bound in gilt titled cloth. t.e.g. Thin 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated with diagrams, theorems, etc. Headpiece the slightest bit bumped. A Fine crsip copy.

Oxford. Phaidon 1983. Square 4to. 1st Edition. Profusely illustrated with colour plates , many fold-outs. Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.

London. Adam and Charles Black. 1895. Pictorial green cloth. 8vo. 1st Edition. Head and tailpieces mildly chipped. A Very Good copy.

Los Angeles. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 1989. Bound in pictorial wrappers. Tall 4to. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with colour and monochrome plates throughout. A Very Good copy.

Menlo Park. Pacific Coast Publishers. 1969. Oblong 4to. First Edition. Illustrated by monochrome photographs. A Fine Copy in a chipped, Very Good dustwrapper.