READER W.J.MareMagnum
282 résultats
19688vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue tweed cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19928vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
1992Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and drawings throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With many trade advertisements. Contents includes history of RAF Lyneham, history of the aircraft, technical specifications (with cutaway drawings), squadron histories and accounts of Marshalls of Cambridge and Lockheed. Scarce.
19934to., First Edition, with pictorial title-spread and very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Splendid assembly of photographs covering the Dams, Tallboy, Tirpitz, and Grand Slam in WWII, and continuing the story of the RAF's most respected squadron up to the first Gulf War.
19518vo., First Edition, with coloured maps; original blue cloth gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. Publication AP 3231. Restricted official history. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
19973 vols., 8vo., with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean set. The set comprises Vol. 1: Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1939-1941 (1997); Vol. 2: Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1942-1943 (1998); Vol. 3: Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1944-1945 (incorporating Air Defence Great Britain and 2nd TAF) (2000). The standard reference. COMPLETE SETS ARE NOW VERY SCARCE.
19554to., First Edition, with title in red and black, contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, blue top, a bright, clean copy in mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. O'Brien A173.
198010 numbers in 1 vol., 8vo., First Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, passe-partout backstrip, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
19494to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured plates, 108 monochrome photographs on 48, 12 full-page plates of drawings by Topolski and numerous illustrations, diagrams and tail-pieces in the text; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, boards and backstrip very lightly rubbed and age-marked else a very good, clean copy. Classic account prepared by the Polish Air Force association in London as the official English language history of Polish flyers in WW 2. The text is based on combat reports, squadron diaries and official records, with personal narratives by many former aircrew and (all-important) ground staff. It is the definitive account of the ten fighter squadrons (302, 303, 306, 307, 308, 309, 315, 316, 317, 318) and four bomber squadrons (300, 301, 304, 305) that flew with the RAF to such notable effect. VERY SCARCE
19948vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates;mblue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19908vo., First Edition thus; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition.
19758vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed with minor loss at edges. Standard reference first published in 1967. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19678vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, dark top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed with minor loss at edges. Standard reference first published in 1965.
19428vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'propeller' motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Arguably the finest account of the Battle of Britain by a British fighter pilot. Hillary flew Spitfires out of Hornchurch with 603 Squadron and claimed five victories before being badly burned over the North Sea. An early member of the Guinea Pig Club, he was treated by McIndoe and returned to duty, but was killed shortly after in a training accident. The work was many times reprinted, but early issues are scarce. The US title is 'Falling Through Space'. Enser, p.157
19428vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, backstrip letterd in silver, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.377.
19568vo., First Edition, with plates; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled with propeller motif in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Enser, p.57.
19488vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and advertisements throughout, neat contemporary signature on upper cover; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. Records the visit of HM the King, Queen and HRH Princess Margaret. THE UPPER WRAPPER BEARS THE SIGNATURE 'W.E. DUNN, W/Cdr': THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE WALTER 'Wally' DUNN, Chief Signals Officer, No. 5 Group, and radio operator on the night of the Dam Busters raid. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
20078vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published as 'In Action with the Enemy' in 1986.
19958vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper taped to paste-downs. Published in the same year as the Canadian [First] edition.
19998vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19798vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19558vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19678vo., First Edition, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly browned dustwrapper.
19898vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19964to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Includes operations diary and list of personnel
