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1991ref. 129469Perth: John Burridge 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. Perth John Burridge 1991 facsimile edition/ 1916 1917 and 1919. Large octavo 37; 54; and 200 pages with numerous illustrations. Synthetic cloth; top edge slightly marked; an excellent copy. The three original parts are here bound as one in this facsimile reprint limited to a mere 200 copies. Our catalogue notes for the first edition are not out of place here: 'These three volumes reproduce the brigade's typescript journals with important additional material especially photographic illustrations not included in the original typescripts. The first volume is a photolithographic reprint of the four typescript journals published at sea in June and July 1916 while en route to England on SS "Argyllshire" with the 9th Field Artillery Brigade and 9th Field Ambulance. The second and third volumes similarly reproduce the brigade's original journals the final one with additional material as noted above as well as more than 50 illustrations from personal snapshots of the brigade's operations on the Western Front. See Trigellis-Smith 307 to 309 giving '1980/90' as the date in 307 and not noting that the facsimile edition contains all three volumes in one. John Burridge hardcover
1916ref. 126353London: Wilson and Co. Printers for the Brigade Volume 2 1916. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London Wilson and Co. Printers for the Brigade Volume 2 December 1916 and Sydney Government Printer 1920 the Preface is dated 1 February 1920. Large octavo two volumes 52 and 200 pages each volume with numerous illustrations plus in Volume II text on the inside rear cover and in Volume III 3 folding colour maps and a large folding colour plate. Overlapping gilt-pictorial wrappers respectively dark green and slate-grey with Volume II cord-bound; wrappers of Volume II a little chipped; wrappers of Volume III torn along the front joint later repaired with clear tape with the overlapping edges chipped with some loss; small stain to the top margin of the first 10 leaves; both volumes have minor signs of age and use; overall in very good condition. The cover sub-titles are 'Camp Life in England' Volume II and 'Active Service Issue' Volume III. These volumes reproduce the brigade's typescript journals with important additional material especially photographic illustrations not included in the original typescripts. Volume III has the additional material as noted above as well as more than 50 illustrations from personal snapshots of the brigade's operations on the Western Front. Both volumes have the ownership details of 18403 Driver E.M. Wilson 7th FAB AIF on the title pages. The first volume not present here is a photolithographic reprint of the four typescript journals published at sea in June and July 1916 while en route to England on SS 'Argyllshire' with the 9th Field Artillery Brigade and 9th Field Ambulance. Dornbusch 291; not in Fielding and O'Neill; Trigellis-Smith 307-309. 2 items. Wilson and Co. [Printers, for the Brigade] (Volume 2) paperback
19928vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account including aircraft losses, command structure, Bomber Command groups and comprehensive register of missing aircraft and aircrew with fates where known.
1967ref. 240099Published by Profile Publications, 1967. Broschiert
19888vo., First Edition, with plates, maps, diagram in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Between August 1943 and March 1944 the RAF dropped over 30,000 tons of bombs on Berlin. More than 10,000 aircraft sorties resulted in the loss of 600 bombers and their crews. As always with this author, a detailed and well-researched account with much new information from participating crews and ground staff, and from German civilians who lived through it
1965ref. 240093Published by Profile Publications, 1965. Broschiert
1966ref. 240113Published by Profile Publications, 1966. Broschiert
1966ref. 240094Published by Profile Publications, 1966. Broschiert
19918vo., with plates; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1998Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Well-illustrated account of organisation, personnel, aircraft, airfields, equipment, armament, navigation and tactics. Includes portraits of notable airmen, war diary and exhaustive squadron listings.
19838vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.32.
1987ref. 224815London, Guild Publ., 1987.
19738vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.301.
1967ref. 240132Published by Profile Publications, 1967. Broschiert
196730 pages. Features: Spotless Pigs, and Radios for the Hens - the change in Canadian farming is staggering, and so is the investment - Robert and Harold Lawrie sell only superior pigs, Aubrey Livingston operates an automated dairy farm; Reginald Hartman sells 14,000 rabbits a year, Feathercrest Farms partners include Jack Ungerman, Samuel Mandel, William Garfat, and Leonard Rosenberg; The Night George Drew Smashed a Reporter in the Face - and other exotic, fantastic and entirely ridiculous true adventures from an upcoming book by, yes folks, Old Rawhide himself, Max Ferguson; Fantastic 2 page colour ad for 3 Chrysler Models for 1968 - the Fury, Monaco and New Yorker; Here is a peak that soars two miles above the Yukon - Mount Saskatchewan - and here are the four intrepid mountaineers who tamed it (well, almost) - Gertrude Smith, Wendy Teichmann, Andrea Rankin, Helen Butling; Thou Shalt Not... - Bylaw Abiding Etobicoke, by Tom Alderman; "You Get Stompted on a lot in 19 Years" - Winnipeg Blue Bomber Quarterback Ken Ploen; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
1966ref. 240125Published by Profile Publications, 1966. Broschiert
1965ref. 240088Published by Profile Publications, 1965. Broschiert
1965ref. 240089Published by Profile Publications, 1965. Broschiert
1965ref. 240095Published by Profile Publications, 1965. Broschiert
1965ref. 240087Published by Profile Publications, 1965. Broschiert
19518vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and third compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propeller motif, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and Operation CHASTISE, arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. This book formed the basis of Michael Anderson's classic feature film (1954) of the same name starring Michael Redgrave, Richard Todd and Nigel Stock. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121
19518vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12, rear free endpaper very lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, small fade mark at extreme head of backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (just affecting title) at head of backstrip, frayed at tail of backstrip and mildly browned at rear panel. Published in the same year as the first impression. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as the official march of the Royal Air Force. Increasingly difficult to find in this condition. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (recording the first edition).
19518vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, two small erasures on front paste-down, top and fore-edge lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities, chipped with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip, and with long closed tear across rear panel. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Increasingly difficult to find in this condition. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (recording the first edition).
19558vo., Twelfth Impression, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1951. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (all recording the first edition).
19528vo., Fifth Impression, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities. SIGNED IN PENCIL ON TITLE BY DAM BUSTERS VETERANS JOHNNY JOHNSON (T-Tommy) AND LES MUNRO (W-Willie), AND ADDITIONALLY BY MARY STOPES-ROE (daughter of Barnes-Wallis). A photograph with printed signature of Richard Todd (Wing Commander Guy Gibson in Michael Anderson's well-known film) is mounted on front free endpaper. Published a year after the first edition. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (recording the first edition).
