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194132 pages. Features: Cover portrait of the Queen; Portrait of General Jan Christian Smuts; One-page cutaway illustration of light Mark VIB tank in the field; Five photos of Athens which was occupied by the Nazis on april 27th; Full-page relief map entitled "Last Stages of a Glorious rearguard Action" looks southward from Thermopylae; Five dramatic photos show the death of a convoy raiding U-boat which, battered by depth charges, surfaces, surrenders, and sinks; Nice centrefold illustration of the recently commissioned H.M.S. "Prince of Wales", sister-ship of the H.M.S. "King George V"; Two pages of photos illustrate Britain's victorious war in Eritrea - Keren and Asmara; Photos of various booty captured at Agordat during the Eritrean campaign; Two photos of German panzer units in Africa - German tanks opposing our own in Libya; Photos of devastating bomb damage in England and funeral procession for A.F.S. members killed during a raid; Photos of personalities of the week include General Lord Gort, Dr. Wellington Koo, Sir Thomas Royden, Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Albert Blamey; Maurice Lambert, Rosalie Gassman, J.C. Dundas, and the Royals inspecting bomb damage in East London; Photo of General Smuts in Nairobi with Cunningham and Sir P. Van Ryneveld; Photo of the Belgian Premier and Madame Pierlot, two of whose sons perished in a train fire April 28th; Amazing photo of a 2,000lb bomb about to be loaded onto a Whitley heavy bomber; Seven photos show how German gunners are insturcted with the aid of scale models; and more. Staples removed. Unmarked with above-average external wear and soiling. Spine taped. A worthy reference copy of this wartime issue. Book
194132 pages. Features: Cover photo from deck of battleship "North Carolina" with guns firing; Two pages of photos from the Russian front include an armoured Russian train about to be blown up, a Soviet armoured car ablaze, German troops occupying the city of Dniepropetrovsk, a crippled panzer unit, terrified horses as shells explode nearby, large Soviet motorized gun, and bridge blown up by the Soviets on their retreat from Narva; photo of De Gaulle inspecting Free French troops in Surrey; Photo of Averill Harriman with Lord Beaverbrook, Mr. Eden and M. Maisky; Photo of rail crash wreckage in Cheshire where nine died; Photos of the Shah of Iran and the former Crown Prince of Iran, Shahpoor Mohammed Riza; Two pages of photos showing Russia's women at war - determined to take over men's jobs and hold key positions in U.S.S. R. workshops; Detailed illustrations explain the Acoustic Mine - a new terror of the under-sea war; Photo of HItler and Mussolini strolling through a devastated Russian village; Six photos of Russia's industrial might; Photos of Lieut.-Comdr. G.A. Thring and Squad.-Leader J.H. Thompson; Photo of Captain Margesson presenting award to Sandhurst cadet N.B. Erskine; Illustrated article explains the life of a sailor with a corvette on convoy escort duty; Centredold illustration of convoy at sea; Seven intimate photos of the Royal family at home; Wow! photos of thousands of tanks inspected by the King - the greatest concentration of armoured land forces that has ever been witnessed in Great Britain; Photos of the new Handley Page "Halifax" bomber; Photos of the latest cannon-firing "Spitfire"; Photos of scorched earth to infrastructure and coal in Spitzbergen before the residents are removed to Britain - including photo of Canadian officers Brigadier Potts of Saskatoon and Major Geoffrey Walsh of Oakville; Photos illustrated "Luftwaffe Life-Boats" - pneumatic craft carried as small packs; Two pages with nine *fascinating* photos of the primitive people of Tierra Del Fuego; and more. Staples removed. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy of this extraordinary WWII issue. Book
1991Limited Edition 2 Volume Set. xii, 496, iii, 657 pages. Index. Footnotes. Lists of Crews for Squadron 99, Squadron 355, and Squadron 356. "The histories of 'Liberator' Squadrons of the R.A.F. in Lord Mountbatten's South East Asia Command in the Second World War. These American aircraft came into service in 231 Group, the RAF Heavy Bomber component of Allied Strategic Air Force, and in 222 Group, Indian Ocean Air Force." - back cover of Vol I. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Bindings tight. A quality copy of this very informative set. Book
1990Signed and briefly inscribed by author upon title page. xii, 167 pages. Eleven pages of black and white reproductions of photos. "Author recounts his WWII experiences as a radio technician on a bomber base in England. One of 5,000 Canadians trained in the then highly-secret application of radar, he became attached to No. 428 "Ghost" Squadron which flew out of Middleton St. George under Group 6, a Canadian auxiliary to Bomber Command." - paraphrased from back cover. Binding intact. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
1995Signed and inscribed by author atop half-title page. [8], 142 pages. Black and white photographic plates, maps, and reproductions of documents. "An outstanding history of one factory during WWII. It was the one I worked in. I salute the author's painstaking research, his sense of humour and his enthusiastic reporting of ordinary people in an extraordinary place during a very dangerous and difficult time." - B. Hepton. Chapters include: Beginnings; Overture to War; Build Up; Conscription; Production Begins in Earnest; Flight Testing and the A.T.A.; The Advent of the Lancaster; Visits from the Luftwaffe - and Further Development at the Factory; "Lighter Moments"; Onto Victory; Peace; Legacy; plus five appendices and a bibliography. Unmarked with above-average but not excessive wear to glossy white covers. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this informative work. Book
191724 pages. Features: Cover illustration of the charge of the six hundred Midland Yeomanry in Palestine; The Voice of a Prophet - article by C.M.; Photo of Sir Stanley Maude and Captain Musgrave on horseback in Bagdad; The Fight for Jerusalem - Nearing the End of Turkey's Four Hundred Year's Rule - one-page article by Lovat Fraser; Two photos of the troops which triumphed over the Turks at RamadieLarge photo of many British veterans of Flanders happy to be assembled for leave; Photo of Canadian hospital in France X-raying bullet in French soldier's arm; Photo of German POW receiving medical care; Three photos on one page show Canadians loading a 15-inch gun; Photo of Queen Marie of Rumania with her daughters inspecting Rumanian troops; Six photos from the Macedonian front; The Footprints of the Hun - in the devastated region re-won by British Arms for France (article); Photo of Lieut.-Colonel H. A. Gray Cheape and illustrations of the brilliant charge he led to capture enemy guns in Palestine; Illustrations of British soldiers drawing water from wells at Beersheba where Abraham drank; How the Spy Sinks His Identity - training the memory for a dangerous employ - article by Tighe Hopkins; Photos of the King on tour at several locations; Illustration of a German "Leuchtschirm" or light umbrella; Photo of Princes Wan and Piak of the Siamese Royal Family, who have enlisted in the Swiss Army; Growth & Grit of the U.S. Army - the way a peaceful nation is responding to the Great Call (article); Sketches of great soldiers leading in camp and council - General Sir Henry S. Rawlinson, General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby, General Sir W.R. Birdwood, and Lt.-General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson; Illustrations of innovative Allied air machines - an Italian Caproni triplane, a French 'Spad', and Caproni bomb-carrying biplanes; Photos of eighteen brave men and women placed on the Roll of Honour; The Royal Munster Fusiliers - one-page article with photo of officers. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
1988A very small number of classified section listings highlighted in very pale yellow. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slighly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes the black magic books of Dennis Wheatley, Catherine Cookson, HG Wells fiction, World War 2 Bomber Command, Lord Byron and Louisa M Alcott.
1991No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and very minor bumping to rear corners. 45pp. This detailed account charts the history and development to date of the Northrop B-2 Stealth Bomber complete with over 55 photographs, full colour artworks, performance table and technical diagrams.
1990An unread copy. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 136pp. The author was with the RAF ground staff in North Africa during World War 2 and here he recounts his activities and adventures.
1984No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, trace of sunning near spine top and minor bumping to lower corners. 56pp. The story of Britain's delta-wing Vulcan Bomber, deployed for twenty-five years up to around the Falklands War in 1982, where it flew the world's longest bombing raids ever undertaken as well as performing as an inflight refluelling tanker.
