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JACOB J.
L'album de la 350 Esc. 12 Nov. 1941 -12 Nov. 1986. BELGIAN SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE 45 années de chasse.
Imprimerie Force Aérienne Belge, 1986. In-4, 100pp., nombr. photos, illustrations du Capitaine F-R. CONVENT, br.
Bookseller reference : AERO509
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Jacobs, Squadron Leader V. K.
The Woodpecker Story - As told by Members of No. 136 Fighter Squadron Royal Air Force 'The Woodpeckers'.
Edinburgh: The Pentland Press 1994. 1st edition. hard cover with dust jacket. VG/VG. Very good book in very good dust jacket with light shelf wear owner label on inside front cover gift inscription on front endpaper./Very Good. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings maps. 24 cm. The Pentland Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 56035 ISBN : 1858212359 9781858212357
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Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Elie de BEAUMONT (1732-1786)
Mémoire pour le Sieur Damade Belair ci-devant Négociant à Bordeaux contre les sieurs Chevalier de Queyssat,Froidefond et Filhol de Queyssat,Chef d'escadron au Régiment de Chartres et Capitaines réformés au Régiment Provincial de Marmande
Paris.Cellot.1778.In-8 br.148 p.Bon état.Annotations sans gène sur la page de titre.Sans reliure.Simplement protégé par un Papier léger.
Bookseller reference : 47114
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JOHNS W.E.
Biggles of the Camel Squadron. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., neat signature on front paste-down; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at edges.
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Johnstone, E. G. Great Britain. Royal Air Force. 208th Squadron
Naval Eight: a history of No.8 Squadron R.N.A.S. afterwards No.208 Squadron R.A.F. from its formation in 1916 until the Armistice in 1918 / edited by E.G. Johnstone; introduction by Sir Geoffrey Bromet
London: The Signal Press 1931. 1st edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Elevated motif to front board. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 207 p. front. plates; : ill. ; 22 cm. Notes: Preface by E.G.Johnstone foreword by Sir C.L.Lambe. Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. No. 208 Squadron. World War 1914-1918. Regimental histories. Great Britain. World War. Other names: Johnstone E. G. Genre: History. Illustrated. London: The Signal Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 310149
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JONES Flt. Lt. Brett A.
A History of Marine Attack Squadron 223. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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JONES I. 'Taffy'
Tiger Squadron. The Story of 74 Squadron RAF in Two World Wars.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 20 plates, neat inscription on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, backstrip moderately faded (but all lettering entirely legible), a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter age-soiled and faded with minor loss at extremities. Detailed account of one of the RAF's greatest fighter squadrons, which served with distinction at both Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain. Appendices include WWI aces, and fighter pilots with more than twelve confirmed victories (to June 1941). Enser, p.377.
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Jones, Ira, Squadron Leader
An Air Fighter's Scrapbook
London Nicholson and Watson 1938. 1st Edition. 332 pages. Near fine grey cloth covers in a very good and scarce pictorial dust jacket. Wrapper has minor loss to bottom head of spine and repaired. Contents fine. Black and white ills. Some foxing to the page edges. Scarce London, Nicholson and Watson, 1938 hardcover
Bookseller reference : WE 04474
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JONES, Squadron Leader Ira
An Air Fighter's Scrap-Book
London: Nicholson & Watson 1938. Octavo grey cloth 332 pp. frontispiece 13 plates. Boards slightly flecked along edges and at extremities dust jacket quite rubbed with significant loss edges a little tanned a near-fine copy. Ira "Taffy" Jones was a well-known air fighter during the First World War having scored about 40 victories flying SE5 scouts in France with 74 Squadron. Highly regarded in flying circles Jones recorded stories drawn from his own experiences during the war and wrote of the many personalities he had met or known by association both during the war and in the post-war flying years. Ex-Libris Sidney A. Walter with bookplate. Nicholson & Watson unknown
Bookseller reference : 2540
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JOSLEN, Lieut-Col. H. F
ORDERS OF BATTLE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945: UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIAL FORMATIONS AND UNITS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945; prepared for the Historical Section of the Cabinet Office by Lieut-Colonel H. F. Joslen, Rtd. (late D.C.L.I.). - BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS; Volume I / Volume II, 2 Volumes complete.
London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1964 (1960). xii, 404 pages; incl. 3 multiple folded tabels / x, pages 405-628. - Publisher's gilt-titled darkred cloth-bindings with gilt emblems at frontpanels; 4to.(ca. 33 x 20 x 5 cm; ca. 3,1 kg.).
Bookseller reference : 1605a1127a4zbvk
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Kennedy, Squadron Leader I F
Black Crosses off My Wingtip
General Store Pub House. Very Good with no dust jacket; Softcover; No marks or writing clean . tight binding; glossy picture cover no crease or bent corners; seems . unread; NOT ex-library;. 1994. Fourth Printing. Softcover. 0919431828 . WW II fighter pilot in Europe and Malta; appendix; . General Store Pub House paperback
Bookseller reference : 7773 ISBN : 0919431828 9780919431829
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Key West Sail and Power Squadron
Cooking in Paradise
Key West Sail and Power Squadron. Used - Good. Good condition. Key West Florida Cookbook A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. Key West Sail and Power Squadron unknown
Bookseller reference : M04OS-01687
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Kingsford Smith Charles E. Squadron leader & Ulm Charles T. P. Flight Lieut
Our Conquest of the Pacific: The narrative of the 7400-mile flight from San Francisco to Brisbane in Three Ocean Hops
National Geographic Magazine. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. magazine. "full-rigged ship 'Fusetola" off Honolulu" very good condition SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE ARTICLE; very good condition SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE ARTICLE; NOVI005875; pages 6x9-1/2; 31 pages; baby-faced reindeer on the front the embroidered fun-to-touch images are perfect for setting the Christmas mood. The square "pages" would also make excellent quilt blocks. 6 pgs . National Geographic Magazine unknown
Bookseller reference : 80198
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Koppel, H.; Frost, M.O.; Philby, H. St. J.B.; Cuthbertson, R.M.; Franck, H.A.; Walmsley, L.; Thomason, H.; Noble, W.; White, T.W.; Et al
The Wide World Magazine - The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XLIV - No. 264, April (Apr.) 1920 - Across Arabia in Disguise / Dominic Pietro
Pages 449-536, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: The Mystery of Dominic Pietro - how an innocent man was saved from the gallows; The Trials of A Naturalist's Wife - part 4; A Woman's Ordeal - Mrs. C.T. Sturgis was a prisoner of Mexican bandits; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - Part 2 of the great photo-illustrated story of the author's travels among the Wahhabi Arabs; Hunting the Addo Elephants - they were marked for extinction at the hand of famous hunter Major Pretorius - article with many photos; On Foot Through South America - Part 5 - Adventures in Peru, with great photos, including carrying a piano up a mountain!; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season - terrible flooding makes travel very difficult; Photo of 30,000 coconuts being sprouted in Tobago; In Old Madrid - two Americans are left behind in Madrid with an elephant and soon the animal is matched up for battle with a fine Spanish bull!; Photo of London "Dog Market"; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron - Part 2; Photo of the only inhabited "Cloghaun" in Ireland; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 4 - The Adventures and Daring Escape of Airman Capt. T.W. White; A Land of Gods - photo-illustrated article about the people and places of the Kulu Valley of India; The Hunting of Lot Shumway - the pursuit and ultimate capture of this Northern Arizona badman; How Nixon Made Good - a western railroad tale; Photo of Harry Rich of Kansas City - the Human Gun Carriage!; Photo of large tree growing up through millstone at Sheldon's Mill at South Dover, New York. Somewhat above-average wear with openings along backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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La revue Napoléon
La revue Napoléon - revue trimestrielle / english languageContents : January, February, march 1801Chronological table - The historical context - Interior minister Chaptal - Madame Récamier ( 177 - 1849 ) The Lunéville peace conference and treaty - Jefferson's election - england after the treaty of Lunéville and the fall of Pitt's cabinet - Bonaparte and Spain : The treaty of Aranjuez and the war of the oranges - The assassination of Paul I - The league of Neutrals and the battle of Copenhagen - The renaissance of sumptuary arts under the Consulate - Ganteaume's squadron - Painting under the Consulate - Uniforms in 1801 - The first Consul's dinners in 1801
1 vol in-4 broché - N° 5 february 2001 - Wonderfull images in and out text
Bookseller reference : 45824
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LADD James D.
SBS. The Invisible Raiders. The History of the Special Boat Squadron from World War Two to the Present. With a Foreword by Lieutenant-Colonel P G Davis. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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Larkins, William T.; Morehouse, Harold E.; Sloan, James J.; Rust, Kenn C.; Shamburger, Page; Blue, Allan G.; Buffington, H. Glenn
American Aviation Historical [A.A.H.S.] Society Journal, Fall [3rd Quarter] 1964, Volume 9, Number 3 - Forest Fire Attack System / Glen Curtiss / First Women's Air Derby
Features: Forest Fire Air Attack System - The California-developed system of massive air drops of chemical fire retardants, popularly identified by the newspapers as "borate bombing" is now in its eighth year of operation; Flight From the Water - Glen Curtiss and his pioneering work in the development of flying from the water (float planes); The 12th Aero Squadron Observation (A.R. 2 & Salmsons) - Part I; The 313th Bombardment Wing; All American Aviation - Dr. Lytle S. Adams and his Tri-State Aviation; Ringmasters - A History of the 491st Bombardment Group (H) (Part II); Grumman Guardians - Developed from the XTB3F-1 (a torpedo bomber with the composite power sources of a reciprocating and jet engine which first flew on 1 December 1945); The First Women's Air Derby - Fascinating coverage of this 1929 race won by Louise Thaden, including group photo of some of the competitors which includes Amelia Earhart, who finished third; Bibliography; and more. Exceptionally well illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-234. Cover illustration of Consolidated PBY-5A Water Scooper unloading over a forest fire. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
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Laurence Irving 1897 1988 Hollywood set designer artist and RAF Squadron Leader grandson of the actor Sir Henry Irving 'Edwa
Laurence Irving Hollywood set designer. Two Typed Letters Signed 'Laurence' and 'Laurence Irving' to 'Teddy' set designer 'Edward Carrick'i.e. Edward Craig regarding the film industry and his membership of the Society of Art Directors.
Both on his letterhead 11 Apple Tree Yard. 23 August and 24 November 1949. Both items in good condition lightly-aged. ONE: 2pp. 4to. Having returned from 'a rather long painting expedition to France' he finds that 'circumstances have arisen in regard to the administration of the Society' the Society of British Film Art Directors and Designers of which Craig was a leading light and in the light of these circumstances Irving feels compelled to resign. 'It is . unlikely that I shall design any more films. Life is short and there is so much to be done that even if anybody wished me to I should hesitate to commit myself to the months not only of work but of preoccupation which a film production involves. Quite apart from this I feel that the principles of film design which however wrongly I have always advocated are being abandoned naturally in the face of economic pressure and the general registration of film making. I am old fashioned enough to believe that the situation into which films have fallen is very largely due to the insistance sic of those who have misguidedly and not very successfully tried to make it into an industry rather than a medium of expression for groups of artists of enterprise and imagination.' Two more paragraphs follow before the letter ends. TWO: 1p. 4to. Following the last letter Irving has been offered honorary membership of the Society and writes: 'I do not feel that I deserve such consideration for you and several others have striven hard to maintain the prestige of Art Directors in the gruelling factory conditions of commercial studios through good and bad times. However as you well know to an artist the only commendation or criticism which really touches him is that of his fellow craftsmen .'. He offers his assistance to the Society before ending: 'I heard from Flower that your meeting in London was a success and that you are going to get out drawings and plans for the proposed Elizabethan theatre. I am very glad to hear this and I know you will find the Stratford people charming to deal with.' Both on his letterhead, 11 Apple Tree Yard. 23 August and 24 November 1949. unknown
Bookseller reference : 17960
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Leader, Raf Squadron
Fighter Pilot A Personal Record of the Campaign in France September 8Th 1939 to June 13Th 1940
C. Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. 122pp illustrated bound in blue cloth with VG- dustwrapper in protective cover; Octavo . C. Scribner's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 85762
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LEAROYD, VC Roderick Alastair Brook
A.L.s from Roderick Learoyd VC. A.L.s from RODERICK LEAROYD VC
Single sheet, measuring 8.25 x 6.0 ins (approx. 21.0 x 15.0 cms), on printed stationery from Learoyd's home in Rustington, and dated 7 September 1995; near fine state. THE LETTER IS WRITTEN, DATED AND SIGNED ENTIRELY IN LEAROYD'S HAND, AND IS SOLD WITH A POOR QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT. Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd was gazetted for the Victoria Cross on 20 August 1940. The citation reads: 'On 12 August 1940 Flight Lieutenant Learoyd was one of the pilots briefed to bomb the Dortmund-Ems Canal in Germany. Of the four other aircraft which had already made the attack on that night, two were destroyed and two were badly hit. Flight Lieutenant Learoyd took his plane into the target at only 150 feet, in the full glare of the searchlights and flak barrage all around him. The aircraft was very badly damaged but the bombs were duly dropped and he managed to get his crippled plane back to England where he flew round until first light, finally landing without causing injury to his crew or further damage to his aircraft'. Flight Lieutenant (later Wing Commander) Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd (1913-1996) was serving with 49 Squadron, Bomber Command.
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Lidstone, Squadron Leader RA. R. A.
Bloody Bayonets: The Complete Guide to Bayonet Fighting
The Naval & Military Press 2008. Softcover. Good. Paperback illusrated with b/w drawings 8vo. The Naval & Military Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 332363-VE34
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Lidstone, Squadron Leader RA. R. A.
Bloody Bayonets: The Complete Guide to Bayonet Fighting
Uckfield : Naval & Military Press Limited 2008. Softcover. Good. Paperback illustrated with b/w drawings small 8vo. Uckfield : Naval & Military Press Limited paperback
Bookseller reference : 322668-XB8 ISBN : 1847348181 9781847348180
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LOUCKY Frantisek
Mnozi Nedoleteli. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, text in Czech, with numerous photographs, portraits and maps throughout, and coloured endpapers depicting Czech RAF squadron badges; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in green and black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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LST Squadron Four JM. Wolfe Commander J. M.
Landing Ship Tank Squadron Four Amphibious Force United States Atlantic Fleet
Atlanta.: Albert Love Enterprises. Circa 1952. Black leatherette. Very good gift inscription to ffep no dust jacket as issued. 27x19.5 cm. Uncommon. weight: 1.4 lb. Numerous photo illustrations. Albert Love Enterprises. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 299414
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LST Squadron Four, JM. Wolfe, Commander J. M.
LST Squadron Four/Landing Ship Tank Squardon Four Amphibious Force United States Atlantic Fleet
Albert Love 1945 1945. 1st ed. About 150p. photos. Short histories of each ship. Rosters. Padded Blue cloth with gilt LST. Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Albert Love, 1945 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5-1431
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MacDonald, Capt G.D. (Grant Douglas); Strocel, Capt Terry
442 Squadron History
145 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos plus sixteen pages of glossy colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Oblong 10.5" x 8.5". "Documents over forty-five years of flying operations on the occasion of Reunion '87." Blind stamp upon half-title page, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear to gilt-decorated blue cloth-covered boards. Binding sound. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this important history. Book
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Mahon, Mike: Editor-In-Chief
Nighthawk! A History of 409 (Night Fighter) Squadron 1941-1977
94 pages. Documents the history of this Canadian squadron, accompanied by many black and white reproductions of archival photos. Illustrated endpapers. Includes Honour Roll, List of Aircrew on CF-100 "Canuck" Aircraft, and List of Aircrew on CF-101 "Voodoo" Aircraft. Book clean, bright, tight and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade cover. A quality copy. Cooke (2) p.224. Bonus: Laid in is an envelope dated 1977 bearing the 409 Squadron letterhead and a printed statement that this envelope and its content, a brief informative history of the Squadron, were flown on Hawk One CF-101B 101012 with the Squadron's Standard from Ottawa to Comox, as attested to by Pilot L. Col. G.H. Herbert, CO 409 and Nav. Maj. R.M. Hellberg who have each signed this statement, which is numbered 183 of 1700. Cooke [3rd Edn] p.355. Book
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MAITLAND Squadron Leader Andrew
Through the Bombsight. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
William Kimber 1986. 8vo. First Edition with photographs in the text; red cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.32. William Kimber, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 48293
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Martin, E.S.; Bass, John F.; Hale, Edward Everett; Benson, E.F.; Whitney, Caspar; Chambers, Robert W.; Johnson, Robert Underwood
Harper's Weekly (Magazine) - A Journal of Civilization, Saturday, June 24, 1899 - The Philippine Revolt
Pages 612-634. Features: Cover illustration at Herreshoff's Yard, Bristol, Rhode Island, of the launching of "Columbia," built to defend "America's" Cup against "Shamrock"; Our Opportunities; This Busy World; Photos of Men of the Day - A.J. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad, W.W. Keen of the American Medical Association, and Henry O. Havemeyer; Photos and brief obituaries for "Waltz King" Johann Strauss and Richard Parks Bland; Photo of Captain H.E. Nichols, U.S.N. who commanded the U.S.S. "Monadnock"; Photos from the Philippines of - General Lawton at the Battle of Baliuag, General MacArthur on the Skirmish Line, Colonel Summers and staff leaving Baliuag with six battalions, General Lawton in his field HQ at Angat, Colonel Summers's troops on the march, Colonel Summers's command advancing to the Battle of Moasin; The Philippine Revolt - The Santa Cruz Expedition; An English Mother (poem); The Fifth Annual Lake Mohonk Arbitration Conference; Image of the French cruiser "SFAX" bringing Captain Dreyfuss home for retrial; Full page illustration "A Faro Game at El Paso"; A Curious Coincidence; A Queen's Charity; London; Two-page centerfold illustration of the North Atlantic Squadron in the Harbor of Cape Haitien, Island of Haiti "A Visit From the Natives"; Hawaiian America - lengthy article with Oahu, Hawaii, Maui and Kauai; Amateur Sport - baseball article with many photos of college players; The Conspirators (continued); Illustration "Forced Inspiration" by Peter Newell on back cover. Great vintage ads. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
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Mason, Squadron- Leader. Pablo
PabloÕs War
London: Bloomsbury 1992. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket ix 176pp. b/w pls. maps appendix Flying Tornadoes in the Gulf War. Author was in no doubt that he and his men were mercenaries for Oil interests in a dirty War Bloomsbury unknown
Bookseller reference : 59609
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McCAIRNS James Atterby
Lysander Pilot. Secret Operations with 161 Squadron. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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McDonald JD. Squadron Leader Editor. J. D.
The pitcher and the well.
<p>Original cloth clean corners sharp binding firm. Page edges dust-toned with some foxing. Tanned strip aligned with dust-jacket on each free end-paper. Text block clean a few spots of foxing mainly in prelims. Unclipped 16/- dust-jacket a little tanned mainly along lightly bruised and chipped edges a very small graze hole in back. Reportedly the manuscript was part of the <em>'effects of a deceased prisoner of war' </em>from dust-jacket that came to the attention of Flight Lieutenant J. McDonald. <em>'. one of the most extraordinary narratives of the war. Dictated to a fellow P.O.W. by a New Zealand navigator lying in a prison hospital bed and suffering from burns which eventually caused his death.' </em>It has been suggested that McDonald may have written the contents of the book himself.</p> Paul's Book Arcade. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 01AIR1460.
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McDonald J. D. Edited by Squadron Leader
THE PITCHER AND THE WELL
London: Oldbourne Book Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover in jacket. THE PITCHER AND THE WELL Edited By Squadron Leader J. D. McDonald from the papers of a New Zealand airman; Oldbourne London. 1962. First English Edition - Previously Published in 1961 in New Zealand By Paul's Book Arcade. 1961. This book is hard-bound in blue-cloth with white lettering on the spine. The binding is solid and tight; contents are bright and clean a nice manuscript of a WWII member of a Bomber Crew dictated while lying in German prison camp suffering from burns he soon dies from. . Oldbourne Book Co. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 73210
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McDonald J. D. Edited by Squadron Leader
THE PITCHER AND THE WELL
Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1963. First American Edition. Previous owner name and bookplate otherwise Very Good in Very Good DJ. . Other hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 54640
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McDonald, JD. (Squadron Leader) (Editor). J. D.
The pitcher and the well.
<p>Original cloth clean corners sharp binding firm. Page edges dust-toned with some foxing. Tanned strip aligned with dust-jacket on each free end-paper. Foxing particularly of page edges prelims and final pages. Unclipped 15/- dust-jacket a little tanned mainly along lightly bruised edges. Signed on title page by J.D. McDonald. Reportedly the manuscript was part of the <em>'effects of a deceased prisoner of war' </em>from dust-jacket that came to the attention of Flight Lieutenant J. McDonald. <em>'. one of the most extraordinary narratives of the war. Dictated to a fellow P.O.W. by a New Zealand navigator lying in a prison hospital bed and suffering from burns which eventually caused his death.' </em>Loosely enclosed is a newspaper clipplngwhich contains the suggestion that McDonald may have written the contents of the book himself. He never disclosed the name of the airman concerned.</p> Paul's Book Arcade. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 01AIR1461.
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McDonald, Squadron Leader J. D.
The Pitcher and the Well.
London: Oldbourne 1962. First British Edition. Octavo blue boards hardcover gilt letters 224 pp. Near Fine with bookplate; in a Very Good dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges and darkened spine. From dust jakcet: One of the most sensitive and moving narratives of World War II this book was dictated to a fellow P.O.W. in a German prison camp by a New Zealand bomb navigator lying in a hospital bed suffering from the burns which eventually killed him. In 1944 Squadron Leader McDonald received in New Zealand a large parcel labelled “Effects of deceased prisoner of war.†The parcel contained the manuscripts he edited. In peace-time the author was a failure in his career and in his private life. When war came he found fulfilment as a member of a bomber crew. He was a brilliant navigator resolute courageous cheerfully ruthless. In the intervals between bombing missions he found that he was attractive to women and his attitude to them is expressed with the sardonic rather heartless irony of a man who knew he was unlikely to live to become a husband. The author’s character was flawed yet he was a likeable person. His imagination was restless and even on bombing raids he felt that the women and children on the ground below the targets were as much his own as the war’s victims. He wrote vividly whether telling his own story or very occasionally describing the people he had met such as “the civvy carpenter arrayed in all the splendour of an R.A.F sergeant’s uniform blithely setting out to walk a hundred miles across the fortress Europe to the sea. Confident that the sea being British territory would bring forth his deliverance. He knew two words of German Guten Morgen pronounced in the way they do in Birmingham. Yet he made it. It took him a fortniight. Oldbourne, (1962). First British Edition. hardcover
Bookseller reference : vita5876
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McDONALD, ed. Squadron Leader JD. J. D.
The Pitcher and the Well. Edited by Squadron Leader J.D. McDonald. Second Impression NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Oldbourne 1963. 8vo. Second Impression; brown cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sensitive and moving narrative of service in Bomber Command dictated by a New Zealand airman dying of burns in a German POW camp. Published two years after the New Zealand edition. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser p.288 rcording the first edition. Oldbourne, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 35071
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McDonald, J. D. (Edited by Squadron Leader)
THE PITCHER AND THE WELL
London: Oldbourne Book Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover in jacket. THE PITCHER AND THE WELL Edited By Squadron Leader J. D. McDonald from the papers of a New Zealand airman; Oldbourne London. 1962. First English Edition - Previously Published in 1961 in New Zealand By Paul's Book Arcade. 1961. This book is hard-bound in blue-cloth with white lettering on the spine. The binding is solid and tight; contents are bright and clean a nice manuscript of a WWII member of a Bomber Crew dictated while lying in German prison camp suffering from burns he soon dies from. . Oldbourne Book Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 73210
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McDonald, J. D. (Edited by Squadron Leader)
THE PITCHER AND THE WELL
Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1963. First American Edition. Previous owner name and bookplate otherwise Very Good in Very Good DJ. . Other hardcover
Bookseller reference : 54640
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McDowell, Ernest R.; Scheppler, Robert H.; Anderson, Charles E.; Nye, Willis L.; Weeks, E.D. "Hud"; Hines, Calvin W.; Barton, Jim; Freidhoff, James W.; Thrue, Ernest L.; Bergman, Ed; Letzter, George J.
Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society [A.A.H.S.], Fall [3rd Quarter] 1965, Volume 10, Number 3 - The 325th Fighter Group
Features: Checkertails - History of the 325th Fighter Group Part I - August 1942-May 1944; The Martin Clippers; China and Hawaii Clippers; Philippine Clipper; Beachey's Little Looper; Curtiss Reims Racer - On August 28th, 1909, at Reims, France, Glenn Curtiss won the first aeroplane race held in the world; First Aero Squadron in Mexico; Winging to San Antonio - Bill Taylor and Jim Barton ferry a de Havilland DH-4 from California to Texas; The Many Faces of 22-1117; Navy and Marine DH-4 Aircraft; DH-4 And the Air Mail; First New Zealand Flight - Richard Pearse; Waldo Dean Waterman; Days of the Waco Ten; Old Sabres Never Die; Bibliography Section; and more. Exceptionally well-illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Pages 155-226. Cover features photo of a Republic P-47D-10-RE of the 325th Fighter Group. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this very informative vintage issue. Book
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McLeod, Carroll, Squadron Leader
Dat H'ampire H'air Train Plan
Toronto ON: Gaylord Printing 1963. Book. Illus. by Rickard H. - Flying Officer. Good. Hardcover. Third. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. This is a tight clean copy shsowing very little wear but has some sun fading. 87pp. A digital image can be made available. Gaylord Printing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : NRE2A56
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MCLEOD, Squadron Leader CARROLL
Dat H'ampire H'air Train Plan; The Story of Joe's Career in the R.C.A.F
MacMillan. octavo hardcover 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 MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 93387
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McLoughlin, Squadron Leader Jake (editor)
Royal Air Force 92: No. 4
Bracknell Berks: RAF Staff College 1992. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 69pp. A review of the RAF in action and at home in 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. RAF Staff College Paperback
Bookseller reference : 024041
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McQuiston, John H.
Tannoy Calling: A Story of Canadian Airmen Flying Against Nazi Germany
210 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A personal and colorful account of the author's experience, and that of his crew, while serving with Bomber Command's 415 Squadron." - from Foreword. Prior owner's name and purchase details atop front free endpaper. Light wear to book. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
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Medhurst, TR. (Squadron Leader) T. R.
No. 24 City of Adelaide Squadron Jubilee 1940 - 1990 Squadron History.
Adelaide Prospect Press 1990. Slim 8vo 32pp. Original white wrapper; some very slight wear towards corners and some slght creasing at spine. Publsihed to celebrate the 5oth anniversary of the RAAF's No. 24 Squadron with numerous b/w photographic illustrations and nominal registers. A very good to near-fine copy. First edition. Adelaide, Prospect Press, 1990. unknown
Bookseller reference : 37144
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Members of the 39th Fighter Squadron Association (39th Fighter Squadron)
Autobiographies
NP: 39th FighterSquadron Association 1999. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Signed. A Very Good copy of this tall-format photo-illustrated plastic-ring-bound paperback. Signed by members Nicholas J. Fallier and Roy Seher. <br/> <br/> 39th FighterSquadron Association paperback
Bookseller reference : 052601
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Members of the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron
Cooks to the Galley: a book of recipes suitable for preparing in the galley of a yacht presented by members of the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron in commemoration of their Centenary Year 1869-1969
Adelaide : The Griffin Press for Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron: 1969 First Edition. Pictorial wrappers that is paper covers pp. 70 235 x 152 mm. Vignettes by A.J. and nautical photographs including four different style galleys additional to pagination. A fascinating glimpse into an affluent middle-class leisure activity; the contributors named and often with the name of the craft include a high proportion of men unusual for a cook book. Significantly all recipes can be cooked on the small stove of a yacht except notably the Cakes Biscuits and Buns recipes which with perhaps the exception of Con. Scotts Beer Cake are contributed by women. The New Recipe pages at the end are unused and the book remains about fine. unknown
Bookseller reference : 251844
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Members Of The 11th Aero Squadron
History of the 11th Aero Squadron U. S. A. : a Detailed Account of the Activities of the Squadron from its Formation in 1917 to Demobilization in 1919
Wartime Members. Very Good. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 207 pages . Wartime Members hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24675
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Mercer AFC*, Squadron Leader Brian
BLACK ARROW BLUE DIAMONDS: Leading the Legendary RAF Flying Display Teams
Pen and Sword Aviation 2006-11-27. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Pen and Sword Aviation hardcover
Bookseller reference : Q-1844153924 ISBN : 1844153924 9781844153923
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Mercer AFC*, Squadron Leader Brian
Black Arrow Blue Diamond: Leading the Legendary RAF Flying Display Teams
Pen and Sword Aviation 2021-03-23. Paperback. Very Good. 0.7480 9.2126 6.1417. Pen and Sword Aviation paperback
Bookseller reference : mon0002864194 ISBN : 1526796813 9781526796813
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