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20008vo., First Edition, with plates, illustrations and diagrams throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
20038vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1947ref. 001692Civilian Defense Division 1947. Book. Very Good - Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Small 4to. 248 pp. Large Pristine fold-out map at back foreword acknowledgments PART I. SUMMARY: Early Start; Mission; Execution of Mission; Deelopment of Program; Activities Before Raid; Activities During and After Raid; Conduct of the Public; Protection of Factories and Public Utilities; Other Civilian Defense Functions; Comment. PART II. COMPLETE FINAL REPORT: I. Introductory Statement; II. Establishment and Development of Japanese Air-Raid-Protection Program; III. Special Civilian Defense Agencies; IV. Organization and Operation of Japanese Civilian Defense; V. Protection of Factories Utilities Installations and Buildings Devoted to Public Use; VI. Passive Defense Installations and Precautions; VII. Evacuation and Welfare; VIII. Training; IX. Exhibits; X. Glossary; XI. Source Material; Map of Administrative Divisions of Greater Tokyo Area Inside Back Cover. Dates of Survey: 1 October 1945 - 1December 1945. First Edition February 1947. "The US Strategic Bombing Survey was established by The Secretary of War on November 1944.Its mission was to conduct an impartial and expert study of the effects of our aerial attack on Germany to be used in connection with air attacks on Japan and to extablish a basis for evaluating the importance and potentialities of air power as an instrument of military strategy for planning the future development of the United States armed forces and determining future economic policies with respect to the national defense." Lighlty soiled rear wrapper near spine with slightly faded edges of same else Pristine Interior. Clean tight and strong binding with no underlining highlighting or marginalia. Blue card wrappers. Civilian Defense Division Paperback
1918Pages 137-162 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Whitehead Aircraft ad; Curtiss Aircraft ad; Intensive Aircraft Production; The Control of the Metal Trade; Aerial Activity in the West; Sopwith ad; Full-page illustration by Black of the stranded "Goeben" being bombed in the Dardanelles; Savage Hun Sentence on British Officers; The Attitude of the A.S.E.; German Dreams of Conquest; "Clouds and Rain Hindered the Work of Our Airmen"; The Italian S.V.A. Fighting Scout - article with photos and drawings; Air Fighting in Janaury; The Roll of Honour; "X" Aircraft Raids; The Raid on Paris; A Post-War Aeroplane - design by F. W. Halliwell; Photo of a British night bombing plane in France; Details of British Air Raids; Armchair Reflections by "The Dreamer"; The British Air Services - announcements and appointments; Aircraft work at the front; Personals; International Aircraft Standards; Army Club cigaratte ad on back cover; Flight Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage issue. Magazine
1918Pages 111-136 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: S.E. Saunders ad; Palladium commercial vehicle photo ad; Reform in the French Air Service; Sopwith ad; Large aerial photo of the air raid on Karlsruhe on January 14th, 1918; The first fruits of reprisals; Photo of British planes lined up on the British Western Front - a scouting squadron; Avro ad; Great photo of explosion after bomb dropped from 1,500 feet; The United Eastern Tractor Biplane - article with photos and diagrams; The Roll of Honour; Airscrew Analysis (conclusion); The 260 H.P. Mercedes Aero Engine; Photo of a Gotha strafer on the British Western Front in France; Westland Aircraft ad; Photo of British planes lined up in Italy - the squadron that has accounted for many Hun planes; Aerial view of Mannheim during raid 24 December 1917; The "X" Aircraft Raids; International Aircraft Standards; British Air Services - announcements and appointments; Aircraft work at the Front; Personals; Russell screw driving attachment (photo with text); Flight Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked. Front cover loose but present. A worthy vintage issue. Magazine
1982531 pages including index and black and white illustrations. A fascinating book about wartime politics, military strategies, and the birth pains of an independent U.S. Air Force - which was forged in fire over Brest, Schweinfurt, and Berlin. Sequel to author's A Few Great Captains - which traced the history of the U.S. Army Air Corps from its beginning to the onset of the German Blitzkrieg - picks up the story where Captains left off and continues through the strategic bombing of the Third Reich from 1942 to the end of the war in Europe. The story of a handful of air commanders who risked all for what they believed, at the conference table and in the cockpit. Prior owner's bookplate upon front endpaper else unmarked. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Small tears and moderate edgewear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
1991ref. 2080302106808944Chinzei Academy 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 159P Size: B5 Chinzei Academy paperback
ref. 0331558254.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19448vo., First Edition; cloth, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Scarce in this condition. Enser, p.343
19728vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Enser, p.64.
1945ref. 2110502150410975Kobunsha 1945. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Kobunsha paperback
1978ref. 2110502150312628A meeting to present the record of the atomic bombing to children in the world 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 A meeting to present the record of the atomic bombing to children in the world paperback
1980ref. 2092902137703984To children to the world! A record of the atomic bombing 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. To children, to the world! A record of the atomic bombing paperback
ref. PE10Oblong Folio album ca. 265x34 cm or 10 ½ x 13 ¼ in. 40 black stock leaves 17 blank. With 121 mounted in corners original gelatin silver photos of various sizes nine photos are colour-printed from ca. 125x175 cm 5x7 in to ca. 6x9 cm 2 ½ x 3 ½ in. Over thirty photos with captions in English in negative sometimes with additional Japanese captions; over twenty photos with period ink captions on the mounts. With eleven loosely inserted gelatin silver photos nine are ca. 75x105 cm 3 x 4 ½ in with captions in negative; two smaller photos are ca. 55x8 cm 2 ¼ x 3 in. With a loosely inserted blue cloth "Air Police " armband ca. 10x45 cm 4 x 17 ½ in. Period brown faux leather album; front cover with a large gilt- and colour-stamped pictorial vignette depicting a horse-driven carriage at a brick-laid mansion. Binding rubbed on extremities covers with cracks at hinges several leaves detached from the stub and loosely inserted overall a very good album with strong interesting photos. An interesting historically significant album compiled by an American military man during his service in the Eighth U.S. Army Headquarters in Yokohama during the first years of the Occupation of Japan September 2 1945 – April 28 1952 at the end of WW2. Over fifty photos portray the album's compiler and his fellow servicemen posing on the grounds of their military camp in Yokohama inside their quarters out on Japanese streets in a military Jeep with the sign "Eighth Army Messenger " with pistol guns in boxing attire partying with their American girlfriends &c. Several handwritten captions identify the people and locations: "my buddy Stenton trying to imitate a monkey” "my buddies Stenton & Dyer at camp” "here I am beside a Jap car in Yokohama Japan” "some of my buddies from left: May West Kenny & … at camp” "me & my buddy May at camp” "my buddy Stenton & myself notice the messenger log in his left arm” "my buddies Saltino & May looking at the same girl I took the picture” "my buddy May & myself in Jokohama Japan; I have a camera now it cost me 2000 yen & 350 yen for case it's a beauty too. " A colour-printed photo at the rear of the album portrays the compiler posing at a Christmas tree. There are also several lively amateur portraits of Japanese people - girls in Western clothes and passers-by on the street "an old Jap lady who always play at the same spot in Yokohama” "some Jap girl we took a picture of nice hun” "a picture of some Japs walking along a market street in Yokohama Japan ". A portrait of a Japanese girl in a Western dress bears her pencil inscription in English and Japanese on the verso "Izuku Minowa ". Other snapshot photos show a street procession a sign of "Shinto Marriage Ceremonies Iseyama Shrine " street workers fixing a burst water pipe Japanese children &c. Over a dozen studio photos of Yokohama several with handwritten captions on verso show "U.S. Army houses " handwritten caption "this is how our huts look like " the "Octagon Theatre " handwritten caption "this is our movies' house in Yokohama about 2 blocks away from camp " "American Red Cross Yokohama Club " manuscript caption "place where I spend most of my leisure time " U.S. 8th Army Headquarters manuscript caption "this place is where I work at 8th army headquarters 4th floor Signal Center " "Yokohama city seen from Nogeyama Park” "Yokohama airport” "Sakuragicho station " handwritten caption "a station near camp " harbour and port piers with U.S. naval ships visible sign of "U.S. Army Transport Wisteria " railway station manuscript caption "this is the main station in Yokohama " Isezakicho district British consulate &c. There are also several studio photos of Tokyo including three views of the ruins after American air raids images of Ginza Street with the Wako store National Diet Building Meiji Memorial Picture Building Imperial Hotel second building 1923-1968 Meiji Building Meiji Seimei Kan Marunochi and Hibiya districts "Finance Bldg. G.H.Q. and Dept. – Toranomon " Palace Heights residential area in Miyakezaka district Imperial Palace grounds &c. Other studio photos include three portraits of Japanese geishas one with a handwritten caption "this is how they dress in Japan only a few have American dresses " and a series of views of Mount Fuji the city of Kamakura and Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine. The collection also includes nine rare images of atomic bomb destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki which were forbidden for circulation in Japan and the United States during the American occupation of Japan. Five photos of destruction in Nagasaki reproduce the originals taken by YÅsuke Yamahata 1917-1966; four images of Hiroshima were probably taken after the ones by Eiichi Matsumoto 1915-2004. Overall a historically interesting collection of original amateur and studio photos illustrating the life of a U.S. military man serving in Yokohama during the American occupation of Japan. hardcover
ref. 0331699990.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. MA05F-00384U. S. Government Printing Office. Collectible - Good. Washington D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office 1947. Sm 4to. v67pp. Photos folded illustrations maps. Good book. strategic bombing Japan aircraft Inquire if you need further information. U. S. Government Printing Office unknown
194040 pages. 74 black and white photos and illustrations. Printed on glossy stock. Features: Full-page photo of British Vickers-Wellington bombers which sweep over Germany; Out with the Dover Patrol; In and above the Maginot Line; Article by Ernest Brown, Minister of Labour, on Employment in Wartime; Full-page photo portrait of General Sir Walter Kirke; With the Nazis on the western front; Victims of German bombing at sea - the Royal Crown and the Yewdale; Their Majesties' visits of inspection; Supreme war council in Paris; Meeting of the Balkan States Council; New Zealanders training for overseas; centerfold illustration by C.E. Turner depicts British destroyers hunting a U-boat and attacking with depth charges; Pictorial news from the British war front; Street scene photo from Warsaw shows Jews wearing yellow triangles on their backs as ordered by the Gestapo; Photo of Germans fleeing that part of Poland occupied by the Soviet Union to German occupied Poland; Article and photos on the Royal Army Medical Corps; Cutaway diagrams of a Torpedo - The most Destructive Naval Weapon of the War; Contraband control at Gibraltar; Photos from the Finnish-Russian front; A commentary on the war this week; British trawlers armed as mine-sweepers; Heavy guns atop Gibraltar; Summary of the chief daily events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194032 pages. Great photo of RAF pilot getting into his cockpit in the dark; Getting ready with their rifles and revolvers - preparing to defend the home front - 5 photos including a nice half-page photo of members and clerks of the London stock exchange learning how to fire Bren guns!; An RAF Sunderland spots 20 shipwrecked merchantmen 150 miles from shore; The Nazi Challenge - Text of broadcast by Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for War; The RAF keep up their bombing attacks; Photos of a British cruiser in port for a refit; Russia demand Rumanian territory - Bessarabia and Bukovina; Four great photos of daylight bombing run over Abbevillle; Series of centerfold illustrations entitled 'Countering the threat of Nazi Aerial Invasion'; Photos of Canadian coastal defences; Aerial photo of an RAF attack on an Italian aerodrome in East Africa which resulted in damage to several Caproni tri-motor planes; Photos of the British Empire in arms; 4 illustrations which demonstrate how enemy bombers choose the right nights for their missions; Illustrated article entitled 'Italy's War Machine'; Nice full-page photo of young sailors of a Canadian destroyer coming ashore at a British port; Speedboats serve as lifeboats for downed aircrews; A Commentary on the War for this week; Two photos of scuttled Italian vessels; On duty in the Egyptian desert; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194032 pages. Printed on glossy stock. 52 black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Great full-page photo of a 3.7" anti-aircraft gun with crew; Two big liners go down - photos of the Arandora Star and the Champlain; Excellent series of three aerial photos showing the underwater path of a u-boat until it is bombed and sinks; 6 enemy planes brought down on July 3rd - two photos; Illustrated text of statement in Parliament about the French Fleet by Winston Churchill; Great photo of the largest submarine in the world - the French Surcouf in a a British port; Photo of France's aircraft-carrier Bearn; Illustration of the Richelieu being put out of service at Dakar; Interesting centerfold illustration shows the dozens of French vessels which Hitler lost; Daylight aerial bombing photos over Ypenburg Aerodrome, the rail marshalling yards at Hamm, and the port of Tobruk; Photos of first Italian prisoners of war; Wonderful full-page photo of Lieut. W.D.A. King, commander of the submarine Snapper atop his conning tower; The King inspects Australian and Anzac troops; Illustrated text of "Waiting for Zero Hour', as broadcast by G.R. Attlee; Photos of the Regimental badges of the British Army; Photos of Australians assembling American Lockheed Hudson bombers; A Commentary on the war this week; New Zealanders on guard in Egypt; Wonderful full-page photo of many huge naval gun barrels in a British shop; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194032 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration by C. Gibberd of a wrecked Nazi plane; General de Gaulle's Free Frenchmen; Anti-Aircraft guns in day and night action; Photos of German fighter attacking British balloon; Illustrated text of speech by Winston Churchill entitled "Progress of the War"; Photos of some of the 152 german planes shot down on August 18th; Photos of German bomb damage in England; Series of centerfold illustrations show how the R.A.F. checks the number of enemy machines destroyed; Photo of the Italian submarine Galileo Galilei in the Gulf of Aden behind the trawler Moonstone which captured it; Excellent full-page photo of a devastating artillery bombardment upon Fort Maddalena, the Italian outpost in Eastern Libya; Great photo of the Officers of the York and Lancasters Regiment outside their mess in Egypt; Italian guns and tanks taken; The Occupation of Iceland; Illustrated article by Lord Milne entitled "The Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps"; Great photo of Nazi oil depot at Dolvik, Norway on fire after being attacked by Skua aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm; Photos of honoured men including R.B. Stannard, Lilian Phillips, H. Ervine-Andrews, H. Hicholls, A.S. Irwin, William Dickson, Daphne Pearson, J. Simpson; A Commentary on the war this week; full-page map illustrating the week's bombing raids by the R.A.F.; Illustration by S. Drigin of the bombing of a mercy ship in the Channel on August 14th; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194032 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration by C. Gibberd of a Hurricane attacking a German bomber about to attack a British merchant ship; Bombing crews meet their intelligence officer upon their return from Germany; Blenheim attack on Havre; Photos from Libya; Illustrated text of a broadcast by Mackenzie King of Canada entitled "Two Great Brotherhoods"; Vincent Massey greets first Royal Canadian Air Force squadron to reach England; Photos of children saved from boats attacked by U-Boats; Incredible full-page aerial photo of the Philidelphia Navy Yard which is full of dozens of veteran warships; Map of navla and air bases leased to American by Britain; A Dornier bomber burns on the beach in the southeast; Photo of a German dive-bomber brought down almost intact in Southern England; Balloons ablaze in coast battle; Wrecked German planes and the damage they caused; centerfold illustration by N. Clarke shows a Sunderland and its very successful attack on enemy planes, supply ships and fuel dumps at Tromso, Norway; two excellent photos of German POWs in Canada; A British flying boat is rescued by a British destroyer; Guardians of our island fortresses; Great photo of the loading of a 9.2" gun; Photos of the King and Queen; Photo-Illustrated Article on The First Year at Sea - an official summary of activities issued by the Ministry of Information; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of the Arab legion in Transjordania; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194032 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration of loading a twin-barrelled 4.7 on a British destroyer; Super photo of the proofing of a huge naval gun; Photo of a British vessel with 15" guns blazing; The King and Queen visit the Ministry of Information; A General Review of the War - House of Commons statement by Winston Churchill; Excellent full-page photo of kitchen pots being placed into smelting furnace; Map of Chad territory; S. Drigin illustration of R.A.F. planes attacking German guns bombarding Dover from France; Excellent aerial photos above the FIAT works at Turin and the Krupp works at Essen; Great photo of bombing action by 5 Wellesley bombers on the Asmara aerodrome in northern Africa; S. Drigin centerfold illustration of R.A.F. bombers hitting secret war bases in the Black Forest; Dramatic photos of London war damage plus photos of the King and Winston Churchill inspecting damage; Downed German planes in England; Very dramatic full-page photo of London's inferno of fire behind London Bridge; Amazing photo of contrails left by British fighters attacking Nazi raiders over London, September 6th; Photo-illustrated Article - The First Year for the British Army; A commentary on the war this week; Photos of British Cavalry in Palestine; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194032 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: N. Clarke illustration of a Hudson attacking a Heinkel; Survivors of the Benares taken aboard; Photo of smiling British kids who survived 8 days adrift; The men who saved St. Paul's - defusing large unexploded German bombs; German guns to fight Germans; Text of a speech broadcasted by J. Maynard Keynes entitled "British Finances Today"; Photos of the destruction of night bombing in London; Photo of Londoners in underground stations after nightfall; Numerous photos of downed German aircraft in England; Photos of H.M. Submarine Sturgeon plus her Captain and crew - responsible for sinking a German transport which carried 3 to 4 thousand troops; centerfold illustration by S. Drigin shows German troop ship sinking after being torpedoed by H.M. Submarine Sturgeon; Photos of Dutch and Frenchmen supporting the British cause; South Africa shares its war effort; Aerial photos of Dunkirk as she appeared after the British Army left, and then after the R.A.F. left it - smashed; Photos of damage to Berlin and Calais; Illustrated article on the Balkan Melting Pot - Struggle for the control of strategic centres; full-page map of Rumania under the axe; Superb full-page photo portrait of W.A. (Billy) Bishop - Canada's Greatest Air Fighter; Photos of Rumania signing away her territory to Hungary; Captured Italian Savoia bomber; Commentary on the war this week; photos of Arabs who have rallied to the cause of freedom; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194032 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photo of bomb manufacture in South Africa; Photo of a bomber flight being briefed; Excellent photo of a stack of 500lb bombs being moved by a worker; Photos of air night fighters; Article on the heroic work of the A.R.P. - a civil organisation that has won universial admiration; Photo of Besa guns in production and in a training session; Photo-survey of the desert conflict; Italy in the Air War - photo of bombing over Greece and an Italian flyer being rescued from the sea; Italy joins in London air raids - photo of Italian prisoner being marched in London plus damage to the Tower of London and St. Clement Danes; Super photo of one of 13 Italian planes downed during their first raid on Britain; Dramatic centerfold illustration of the last moments of the heroic H.M.S. Jervis Bay, Captained by E.S.F. Fegen, which gave its life protecting an Atlantic convoy of 38 ships; On duty with the Royal Navy - photos; Wonderful full-page photos of a British destroyer at full power, smoke billowing; S. Drigin illustration of an Italian transport trapped by Greek snipers; Photo of Goering addressing a crowd of airmen; Photo of German "Stukas of the Sea" - speedboats of the German Navy; Text of speech broadcast by Captain Cyril Falls entitled Totalitarion War; Photos of our allies in training; Photo of Hitler shaking hands with Marshal Petain; Photo of Vichy cabinet session in session; A commentary on the war this week; Four military photos from Gibraltar; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
