A new book in my library.
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ThunderChief76
Airman 1st Class
IHRA has some scratch and dents available for sale, picked up Ken's Men II for $50. Had some minor scratches on the back cover.
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Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
You don't have Revenge of the Red Raiders.
ThunderChief76
Airman 1st Class
True, I have all the volumes they are currently selling. That one is expensive on the secondary market.
I thought I may have bought a retread on the subject in a language I don't read, but sometimes you get lucky (not often, but sometimes). Many photos I have not seen before, even having Strangers in a Strange Land and a few others.
Donivanp
Major
Got a couple in German. Danka (I think)
stukapilot
Airman
having pulled thru a really hard period of time, i eventually receive the first book since the effin' lockdown of shanghai 
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Well, I did not really buy myself anything for my birthday a few months back, other than a trip to see my brother. But I went hog wild and ordered a bunch of books a couple of weeks back. from hamiltonbook.com.
The P-51B Mustang book was $37.95
Nighthawks and Black Widows was $21.95
AR234 was $4.95
13th Fighter Command was $18.95
Macs Air Force was $7.95
Mustangs Over Korea was $11.95
Last Fighter Pilot was $4.95
Hamiltonbook has flat rate $4 shipping.
The P-51B Mustang book was $37.95
Nighthawks and Black Widows was $21.95
AR234 was $4.95
13th Fighter Command was $18.95
Macs Air Force was $7.95
Mustangs Over Korea was $11.95
Last Fighter Pilot was $4.95
Hamiltonbook has flat rate $4 shipping.
Donivanp
Major
Wohooo! Nice library list 
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Cool Stuff.
Mustanglimey
Airman
- 57
- Jun 28, 2020
At last found a decent 2nd edition copy for £13
1/2 way through, great read.
Even more info found out about Hofer's dog Duke
And a photo of Beeson holding Mr Tettley's Tenants
Expensive purchase that but feel lucky to have it.
1/2 way through, great read.
Even more info found out about Hofer's dog Duke
And a photo of Beeson holding Mr Tettley's Tenants
Expensive purchase that but feel lucky to have it.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Here are a couple more fom my book buying frenzy. I had planned to buy the Hell's Island book from Hamiltonbook but they were sold out, so I found it on ebay. The Cobra book was recommended by another member here and I found it on ebay as well.
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
- 1,799
- Feb 27, 2020
This one came today. Nice way to celebrate a new job.
buffnut453
Captain
Ok...this is a bit of a tale. However, I'd been looking for "'Pi' in the Sky" by W.F.J. Harvey for some time. It's a history of 22 Sqn during the First World War written by a pilot who flew Bristol F2b Fighters with 22 Sqn. However, prices were beyond my reach, typically around $250 before postage. I did find a "version" for $67 but it was a bound photocopy of the original...definitely not something I'm interested in buying, and absolutely not for $67!
A friend pointed me to an original copy that was much more reasonably priced...just $70 but postage was exorbitant. "No problem" methinks, "We're heading back to Blighty for a family holiday, so I'll just get it delivered to my Mum's house and we can pick it up after we arrive in-country." (my dear old Mum had been visiting us in the States and we were flying back en masse with her). The same source also had a cheap copy of Norman Franks' "Dogfight" about the tactics of WW1 fighter aces...so I put that in the shopping cart, too.
With both books duly ordered, and feeling rather smug with myself, we arrived at my Mum's to be confronted with a note from the Royal Mail to the effect that "Nobody was home when we delivered these 2 parcels so we put them in a safe place...the green bin used for garden waste." A look in the bin revealed it was entirely empty because, apparently, the bin men had been round the day before.
I had a terrible sinking feeling that my two books were now being composted among my Mum's neighbours' grass cuttings and privet hedge trimmings. Unfortunately, by the time we got ourselves sorted, it was too late to drive to the "local" Royal Mail facility. However, I was all geared up to go in all-guns-blazing the next day to ask why on earth the postman thought it was a good idea to put parcels into a bin that would be emptied?
The following morning, my Mum's neighbour came round to welcome her home...and to deliver two parcels that she'd retrieved from the bin because she saw the postman put them in there and she was worried that they might get mixed up with garden waste.
Gleefully (my wife would say giddily) I opened the parcels and, sure enough, there were my two books. The Norman Franks book really is interesting, providing details of formations and the tactics employed throughout the First World War. The book was in excellent condition for the relatively small price I paid.
The Harvey book was larger than I'd expected, being A4 sized albeit a rather slim volume. It was in very good overall condition with some slight damage to the spine.
Thrilled, I opened the book to look at the contents...and what should I find on the first page?
Yep...the book was signed by the author. There was no mention of any inscription in the blurb associated with the book. If unsigned copies are being peddled for $250, I can't imagine what a signed copy might be worth.
I was hugely grateful to my Mum's neighbour for having the presence of mind to retrieve the parcels from the bin. Just getting the book was a huge relief given the foreboding news implied by the Royal Mail's "we put them in the bin" note. To say I'm thrilled to now own a signed copy of the book is a considerable understatement.
Wish I knew why good fortune smiled on me so many times throughout this purchase...but I'm a very happy man. I'm also extremely glad a signed copy of this book wasn't composted with the garden waste.
A friend pointed me to an original copy that was much more reasonably priced...just $70 but postage was exorbitant. "No problem" methinks, "We're heading back to Blighty for a family holiday, so I'll just get it delivered to my Mum's house and we can pick it up after we arrive in-country." (my dear old Mum had been visiting us in the States and we were flying back en masse with her). The same source also had a cheap copy of Norman Franks' "Dogfight" about the tactics of WW1 fighter aces...so I put that in the shopping cart, too.
With both books duly ordered, and feeling rather smug with myself, we arrived at my Mum's to be confronted with a note from the Royal Mail to the effect that "Nobody was home when we delivered these 2 parcels so we put them in a safe place...the green bin used for garden waste." A look in the bin revealed it was entirely empty because, apparently, the bin men had been round the day before.
I had a terrible sinking feeling that my two books were now being composted among my Mum's neighbours' grass cuttings and privet hedge trimmings. Unfortunately, by the time we got ourselves sorted, it was too late to drive to the "local" Royal Mail facility. However, I was all geared up to go in all-guns-blazing the next day to ask why on earth the postman thought it was a good idea to put parcels into a bin that would be emptied?
The following morning, my Mum's neighbour came round to welcome her home...and to deliver two parcels that she'd retrieved from the bin because she saw the postman put them in there and she was worried that they might get mixed up with garden waste.
Gleefully (my wife would say giddily) I opened the parcels and, sure enough, there were my two books. The Norman Franks book really is interesting, providing details of formations and the tactics employed throughout the First World War. The book was in excellent condition for the relatively small price I paid.
The Harvey book was larger than I'd expected, being A4 sized albeit a rather slim volume. It was in very good overall condition with some slight damage to the spine.
Thrilled, I opened the book to look at the contents...and what should I find on the first page?
Yep...the book was signed by the author. There was no mention of any inscription in the blurb associated with the book. If unsigned copies are being peddled for $250, I can't imagine what a signed copy might be worth.
I was hugely grateful to my Mum's neighbour for having the presence of mind to retrieve the parcels from the bin. Just getting the book was a huge relief given the foreboding news implied by the Royal Mail's "we put them in the bin" note. To say I'm thrilled to now own a signed copy of the book is a considerable understatement.
Wish I knew why good fortune smiled on me so many times throughout this purchase...but I'm a very happy man. I'm also extremely glad a signed copy of this book wasn't composted with the garden waste.
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MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Since you mention some WWI books, here is an old one that I strongly recommend. I think it's the best thing I know of on WWI aviation.
Arch Whitehouse was an American who flew as gunner with the RFC in WWI. Among his accomplishments was being shot down by the Red Baron, without realizing the significance of it at the time. Walking back from their crash site with his pilot the ground troops said, "The bloody baron got you!" They replied, "Who?" But after the war he looked it up, and sure enough his airplane was in there. And the Baron failed to mention that the gunner of his victim sent one of his fellow Albatross pilots down with an engine full of bullets.
After the war he went to work writing pump fiction. After he did a story about a British Handley Page bomber his editor called him in and asked him if such things existed; he had assumed there was nothing over there but Spads and Fokkers. Whitehouse explained how he knew and was put in charge of that whole genre.
The Years of The Sky Kings is available on ebay in various editions for $10 or less. I think I paid 15 cents for mine circa 1964.
Arch Whitehouse was an American who flew as gunner with the RFC in WWI. Among his accomplishments was being shot down by the Red Baron, without realizing the significance of it at the time. Walking back from their crash site with his pilot the ground troops said, "The bloody baron got you!" They replied, "Who?" But after the war he looked it up, and sure enough his airplane was in there. And the Baron failed to mention that the gunner of his victim sent one of his fellow Albatross pilots down with an engine full of bullets.
After the war he went to work writing pump fiction. After he did a story about a British Handley Page bomber his editor called him in and asked him if such things existed; he had assumed there was nothing over there but Spads and Fokkers. Whitehouse explained how he knew and was put in charge of that whole genre.
The Years of The Sky Kings is available on ebay in various editions for $10 or less. I think I paid 15 cents for mine circa 1964.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
I've already read both of these, around 25 years ago, but ordered them yesterday for rereading and then passing to my son.
