Johns, Capt. W. E. (ed.). The Air V.C.'s. John Hamilton London (1935), 1935.

Price: US$178.00 + shipping

Description: (1st edition) orig. cloth Very Good small octavo 181 + (30)pp., b/w plates, Includes a 30 page, undated publisher's catalogue that lists Air V.C.'s on pp.2. Probably a first edition. Blue boards are faded & worn. Unfortunately incomplete (with 12 of 13 b/w plates) A very good reading copy of a scarce title

Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Johns, Capt. W. E. (ed.). The Air V.C.'s. John Hamilton London (1935), 1935.

Price: US$199.00 + shipping

Description: orig. cloth Very Good small octavo 181 + (38)pp., b/w plates, Includes a 38 page, undated publisher's catalogue that lists Air V.C.'s on pp.8 & 34 as No.2 in The Airman's Bookshelf series. Possibly a first edition but more likely second as catalogue has greater number of pages than usually quoted for first. Blue boards are very worn & split along spine, weak rear hinge & two ownership signatures to front end papers. A usable, complete (with 13 b/w plates) reading copy of a scarce edition

Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Johns, Capt. W. E.. The Air V.C.'s. John Hamilton, Ltd., London, 1935.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 181 pages, 38 page list of publications dated 1935. No date, but most likely 1935. Illustrated. Book is protected in mylar. Cloth binding has some light spotting. Interior has no former owner's names. Very light foxing on a few pages. A solid, tight copy of World War One British flying aces. A scarce copy.

Seller: ARABESQUE BOOKS, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

Johns, Capt. W. E.. The Air V. C. 's. John Hamilton [1935], London, 1935.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Previous owner's signature. Spine faded and browned. Some marginalia (including a neat list on the blank page 30 of 4 V.C.s not mentioned in the list on the preceding pages). One leaf of the advertisements has been torn out and is missing (pages 3-4) . ; 181 pages + 13 plates + 30 pages undated advertisements. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 117mm. In the publisher's advertisements, three titles in "The Ace Series" are marked as new editions - "The Black Peril"; "War in The Air"; and "The Raid". It would be fairly safe to say then that this issue of "The Air V.C.'s", or at least its advertisements, must predate the issue with the Autumn 1935 List of Publications, which lists "The Black Peril" and "War in the Air" as "Previously Published" rather than as "New Titles". ; 12mo

Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand