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198272 pages. Features: Two-page color-photo ad for the Ford Series 10 tractor, "The World Tractor"; The Tuskegee Airmen Keep on Flying - the 99th Fighter Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bomber Group were the only all-black flying units organized by the US Air Force in WWII; Justice Rose Bird of the California Supreme Court; Reagan's War on Drugs - major article with photos, including George Bush Sr. leaning on bales of marijuana; Tax Bill politics in D.C.; A New Look at Child Labor; Jimmy Hoffa Legally Dead; Killenworth Mansion on Long Island - Soviet nest spying on local defense industries?; Bedford, IN - limestone capital of the world - Merle Edington and his Great Pyramid replica; Reagan's middle east peacemaker Philip Habib; Volkswagen Scirocco ad; Yassir Arafat - skilled in P.R.; Indira Gadhi's New Beginning; Vintage ad for Mattel Electronics' Intellivision "Starstrike" (Star Strike) video game; Peace shattered in Zimbabwe; Report from Tajikistan and the impact of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Color photo of tennis player Hu Na; Elvis Costello - No More Mr. Bad Guy; The University of San Francisco drops its basketball program - The High Price of Cheating; William P. Tavoulareas and his libel suit against the Washington Post; Beware of Child Molesters - one of 10 youngsters is sexually abused each year; Japan's High-Tech Challenge - the Asian powerhouse launches an all-out push into computers, robots and other 'knowledge intensive' industries; How Computers Change Lives; Building a Superbrain; Japan's New Risk Takers; Here Come the Robots; From Tennessee to Tokyo - Americans prepare for Nissan's new truck plant in Smyrna, TN; Electronic Gadgets of the Future; Controversial use of animals in scientific research; The Disappearing Drive-In Movie Theater; Lloyd DeGrane and a flock of pink flamingos; Passing of: Harold R. Foster, Harold T. Sakata, Dan Seymour, Tatyana Grosman, Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, Jucille Parker Markey; Olympus camera ad with inset photo of model (Cheryl Tiegs?); Filming of "That Championship Season" in Scranton, PA; Back cover Barclay cigarette ad features photo of James Bond-style man in white tux; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1944Contents: Cover illustration of a Long Tom (155 mm) gun firing in Italy; Oldsmobile/GM color ad inside front cover features insigne of the 339th fighter squadron Army Air Forces; GM Diesel Power color ad showing excavating equipment in action; First Act of Invasion Drama - attack on Nazi's Gustav Line - Allies strike hard in Italy following regrouping of Forces - Japs follow suit in China; Air cooperation with ground forces still a problem for invasion command; Sevastopol Rises - smashing 3-day assault brings proudest victory since Stalingrad; Interesting list of fines posted near the front line in Italy (place name deleted by censor); Report on Italy - Our First Continental Invasion - Seven Bloody Months of Fighting; Priest Orlemanski's mission to Moscow ends in suspension from Holy duties - his "treating" with Stalin brings disciplinary action amid Polish-Russian Quarrel; Dramatic photos of Herman Wallenda and a stunt gone wrong at Madison Square Garden - with no net below him!; De Soto Transportation ad - shows cars and planes; Poll-Tax Filibuster; Cold-blooded Ethyl ad shows a sneering airman painting another Jap kill onto his aircraft; PCA Airline ad; Bonds to Battleships - James V. Forrestal; Allies touch up last plans for rule of liberated Europe - but Russia does not yet see eye to eye with U.S. and Britain on Handling of Nazis and Poles; Firestone color centerfold ad; Drama in Stokholm - Allied agents Force SKF to decide on ball bearings vital to the Nazis; Photos of Doukhobors partially disrobed in a Vancouver, B.C. courtroom; El Salvador rebels flock back home as Menendez takes over Presidency; Montgomery-Ward employees celebrate their CIO union's election victory; Rocket to the moon - Willie Ley says it is possible; Budd Manufacturing color ad; Old Overholt whiskey color ad. Moderate wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
197794 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
19868vo., with numerous photographs and maps, and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
20068vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs, illustrations and maps throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
1943Foolscap, 6pp typescript, with 8pp supplementary material in typescript; wire-stitched, a very good, clean copy. Classified 'Most Secret', the operational order is dated 16 May 1943 and arranged under the following headings: General, Enemy Defences, Intention, Code Name, Date of Attack, Effort, Outline Plan, Detailed Plan, Method of Attack, Time of Attack, Routes, Diversions, Armament, Fuel, Navigation, Synchronisation of Watches, Secrecy, Reports, Special Devices, Nickels, Wireless Silence, MF/DF Section, Executive Order. Three technical Appendices covering routes, timings, signals procedures, and light and moon tables are not present with this copy. The order itself is accompanied by a further 8pp of photocopies comprising 1) 2pp of prose by Marshal of the RAF Arthur 'Bomber' Harris written for ex-Pathfinder Hamish Mahaddie and used by him during lecture tours in Australia and New Zealand; 2) a full-page copy of the well-known photographic portrait of Harris with his signature; 3) 5pp photocopy of the Service of Thanksgiving for Air Marshal Sir Harold Martin held at the RAF church St. Clement Danes on 4 January 1989, including the tribute written and delivered by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire.
1995réf. 280317PN. New. 1995. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
réf. 0666859396.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1996Copy #67 of 431. Produced from an original acrylic painting by Canadian artist Randy L. Whitcomb. Shows the Snowbirds flying down the Ottawa River behind the Canadian Parliament Buildings in the classic Swept Delta formation. This work was commissioned to commemorate the Snowbirds' 25th Anniversary. Signed by artist and all 25th Anniversary 1995-1996 Snowbird team members. Stock is 100lb cover acid free cotton rag (Quintessence) paper. There are two Limited Edition lithograph series from the original painting. "O.B. Philp's Dream" is the first series produced exclusively for the Snowbirds. Certificate of authenticity included plus bonus Snowbirds promotional poster. Please note: Certificate of Authenticity is for copy #60. Some wrinkling due to storage in tube. A wonderful Snowbirds momento. Book
1999réf. 1319605PN. New. 1999. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
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1998réf. 1306480PN. New. 1998. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
