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194132 pages. Features: Cover photos of downed Italian fighter in the Western Desert, one of hundreds; Nice photo of Haile Selassie taking salute of Abyssinian troops; Illustrations of the Sicilian Straits - the vital channel in the Mediterranean War; Photos and illustrations of H.M.S. 'Illustrious' and 'Southampton', saviours of the convoy; Illustration of Luftwaffe attacking British aircraft-carrier; Six photos aboard a Sunderland flying boad - the eyes of the Fleet; Five photos of an R.A.F. Squadron co-operating with the Coastal Command; Three photos of British aircraft carrier being replenished with bombs; Two-pages of illustrations show the tactics and technique used by Stuka dive-bombers which attack Mediterranean convoys; Article on the Situation in the Balkans; Two aerial photos of bomb damage after R.A.F. attack on Wilhelmshaven; Six photos of downed enemy aircraft in Libya; Six photos of victors and vanquished in Bardia area; Two-page illustration of scene inside tank turret of the type used in Libya; Twenty photos document the capture by the Greeks of Argyrokastro; Photos of personalities of the week include A.G. MacDonell, A.A. Uthwatt, Margaret Lloyd George, Viscount Wakefield, Churchill in Glasgow with the Lord Provost of Glasgow and Harry Hopkins, Wendell Willkie, Ross Preston, James Bonar, and Captain J.G. Stuart; One-page photo of iron foundry work being performed aboard H.M.S. 'Forth'; Six boastful photos of Kassala before it was recaptured by the British; Four excellent photos of the H.M.S. 'Thunderbolt' (and part of her crew) which torpedoed an escorted Italian U-Boat; Photo of mass burial at Portsmouth; Photo of Roy Widdicombe and Robert Tapscoot who sailed 3000 miles to safety in 71 days; Photo of Bofors anti-aircraft guns being packed in Canada for the motherland; One-page illustration of Rear-Admiral considering order to Flag Lietutenant; Two-page illustration inside British mine-layer at work; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this important wartime issue. Book
194328 pages. Features: Front cover photo of London's great "Wings for Victory" Week - 100,000 people in Trafalgar Square; 12 related photos on the following two pages; Wonderful full-page photo of flying fortresses - prominent in the sensational Bismarck Sea battle; The Battle of the Bismarck Sea - article by Cyril Falls; Axis Forces Take a Pounding in the Retreat from Kasserine - Six photos; Indians gathered around a downed Japanese plane; Sketch of Germany's latest air transport - the Me. 323 six-engined "Powered Glider"; Large separate photos of submarine chasers the H.M.S. "Abelia" and the H.M.S. "Rother"; Hour-by-Hour the Bombs Rain Down on Emeny Targets in Europe - seven aerial photos; London Air Raid Shelter Tragedy - three photos of the shelter where 178 people died; Funeral of the Late Captain E.A. Fitzroy; The New Speaker of the House of Commons and his wife, Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown; Before and after photos of factory of the Societe des Produits Chimiques, at Tessenderloo, in Belgium - apparently when the factory was bombed there were 1,200 caualties and 4,000 left homeless; Squadron Leader H.R.K. Wells; Photos of new German anti-personnel bomb; Footbal cup final in Tripoli; Centerfold illustrations of doctors and dentists at work in the desert Army's Front Lines; Photos of London's "Wings for Victory" truimphal march through the city; Subhas Chandra speaking in Berlin; Captain S.H.A. Haggard; Alvar Liddell joins the R.A.F.; Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem; Photos of some of the international pilots of the Air Transport Auxilliary; Photos from two recent war films, the Russian "One Day of War" and the British "Desert Victory"; Fascinating photos of a training school for submarine crews; Glimpses of Nazi Germany - article by Charles E. Byles; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
194132 pages. Features: Cover photo of Wellington bomber of a Czech squadron setting out on a night raid over Germany; Photo of Admiral Sir Percy Lockwood Harmer Noble; One-page photo of group of R.A.F. cadets parading in flying kit for the first time; Two pages of photos of training of cadets training as R.A.F. pilots and observers; Six photos of Keren, the key to Eritrea, where Italians are strongly resisting; Attractive colour illustration of British aircraft painted in camouflage; Page of colour illustrations of German military aircraft painted in their sombre camouflage colours; Photos of devastation by German bombs in Clydeside, Cardiff and London; Six photos of Buckingham Palace - bombed again; Five photos of Britain's "Invasion Barges - new landing craft at the Lofotens; Article entitled 'The Battle of the Atlantic'; Six photos illustrate the war in Africa - Berbera recaptured / revolt in Abyssinia; Six photos of A.T.S. Specialists - Gunnery school observation tasks; Centrefold illustration of the women of Britain's fighting services - anti-aircraft A.T.S. training at the school of Anti-Aircraft Defense; Photos of femail representatives in Parliament include Beatrice Rathbone, Thelma Keir, Eleanor Rathbone, Florence Horsbrugh, G.D. Hardie, J.L. Adamson, Megan Lloyd George, H.B. Tate, Edith Summerskill, Viscountess Astor, Viscountess Davidson, Irene M.B. Ward, and Ellen C. Wilkinson; Photos of the "King George V" at sea; Illustrations of many weapons, including their prices; Photo of Bulgaria signing away her independence - M. Filoff; Photo of Jews required to wear arm bands in Poland; Photo of one-hundred Poles, hands tied behind their heads, being marched to their execution as revenge for the death of a German soldier; Photos of the Poles being shot, being forced to dig their own graves, and performing a 'death dance' before being shot; photo of Jewish women and old men forced to repair road damage; Photos of personalities of the week include Sir Walford Davies, A.St. G. Lyster, W.G.S. Dobbie, Tom Mann, Anthony J. Biddle, Constance Smedley, F.G. Beaumont-Nesbitt, Hugh A. Drum, Dr. C.R.M.F. Cruttwell, Col. G. Contoleon, M. Nicolas Titulesco, John G. Winant and family, Sir Arthur Salter, Robert H. Brand, and Averell Harriman; Colour Guiness ad shows fighter pilot targeting a bottle; Colour Dunlop ad illustrates how to recognize rank in the Royal Navy; and more. Staples disintegrated. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
194132 pages. Features: Cover photo of Corvette and coastal aircraft protecting merchantmen; Two-page illustration of the Battle of the Atlantic - destroyer escorting large convoy through German counter-blockade; Photo of Anthony Eden with General Sir John Dill and M. Sarajoglu of Turkey; One-page photo of smiling mother and children bombed out of their London home; Photos of pitiful blitz victims on Clydeside, in the Port of Bristol, and in London; One-page comprehensive map of the campaign in East Africa - cleaning up the remnants of Mussolini's East African Empire; Article entitled "The Greek Victory in Albania"; Series of photos beneath caption "Yugoslavia Betrayed By Her Politicians - The Principals Concerned" - includes photo of Hitler with Prince Paul (in 1939), M. Tsvetkovitch, M. Matchek, Cincar-Markovitch and Ribbentrop; Fascist Bombing Fury - Salonika's 6th Century Cathedral Damaged - six photos; Torpedoed in the Atlantic - a personal narrative and a tribute, by Katina Paxinou; Jarabub - where the garrison of 2000 surrendered on March 21 - six photos; Centrefold illustration of Liberator bomber (with inset photo of the plane); Two pages of photos show how U-Boats are built; Photos of night fighter squadron preparing for a 'party'; Photos of the Eagle Squadron setting off on a patrol; Photos of American-donated clothing being distributed at the dockland settlement, London; Photos of personalities of the week include Teneral Petit, Major G.P. Bulman, W.S. Farren, Air Commodore P. Huskinson, the King and Queen being welcomed by Lady Astor, Anthony J. Drexel Biddle and King Haakon, Colonel R.A. Bagnold, Dr. R.W. Macan, Professor Noel Hall, Sir Cyril Newall and Lady Newall; Aerial photos of R.A.F. bomb damage at Dunkirk and Le Havre; Two photos of Ernest Hemingway - in Spain during the civil war with officers of the Republican Army and with Republican soldiers during the battle of Teruel; and more. Staples removed. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
193928 pages. Features: Strange cover photo of British troops at spray gas drill - crouching under their protective clothing; Full-page photo of Churchill at the radio microphone - First Lord of the Admiralty; Two pages of photos illustrating the British Ministry of Information - how the censors do their work and the issuing of news to the press; Nice two-page photo of British tanks practising in a smoke screen; Two-page illustration of a German air attack on a British squadron in the North Sea on September 27th; One page graph illustrating the ebb and flow of income tax rates1800 through 1939; Photos illustrate the transformation in England wrought by the war - urban and rural scenes; Poland crushed by two invaders - twelve photos; Dramatic photo of two British vessels at work - black smoke streaming from one of them; Photos of Poland and her destroyers; The Turkish mission in London; Nice full-page photo of a camouflaged long-range British gun with "Balloon Tyres"; Photos of people and events in the news, including a Dutch air liner attacked by Germany; 10 photos of various styles of gas mask container; German and Russian Maneouvres - article by Cyril Falls; 10 photos from behind the French lines; Interesting full-page photographic guide to the rations of the British field force; Five great photos of British troops en route to the front; Various photos of self-defence at home; and more. Small name written atop front of outer cover. First two pages loose but present. Two pages probably missing from back. Book
1917Features: photo of Annamite workers; photo of a New Zealand signaller on a just-captured German dug-out; Two-page photo of the men who charged the guns at Masnieres - Heroes of a Canadian 'Balaclava' Exploit - a single squadron of the Fort Garry Horse; The Italian Army's stand to keep the enemy from Venice; On the Italian Northern Defence Line; The Buffs; On the British Western Front in France; New Zealanders detraining after an attack on the Western Front (2 pages); 2 page photo of a group of U.S. soldiers on their way to a training camp; Hermes with a Tab; Withe the Canadians on the Western Front and in Paris; Torpedo-boat of the air; 3 photos of the typhoon disaster in Japan; The Charges of Treason against M. Caillaux; Photos of the British Army in Italy. Staples disintegrated. Above-average wear. Book
19828vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Meticulously researched history of the famous raid, and a valuable complement to Brickhill's classic account. Includes a detailed record of every crew member and many previously unpublished photographs. Already scarce in this condition.
194068 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady with horse; One-page Parker Pen ad with military theme; Colour Marboleum ad inside front cover shows vintage kitchen; One-page Singer sewing machine ad includes three photos of their ornate furniture; Wonderful one-page ad for the RCA Victor Globe Trotter Model A-31 radio includes airman; The General's Big Bull (short story); Known to Nobody (short story); Secrets of the German (Nazi) Air-Armadas - fascinating photo-illustrated article; The Ghost of Captain Renny (short story); Where the War Dollar Goes; Canada'a Forgotten Back Door - Will the Nazis Bomb Canada through Hudson Bay?; Beyond the Circle (short story); Carry On - football article includes photo of Squadron Leader Dave Harding at the Malton Airport with new military recruits asking him questions about his days with the Ottawa Rough Riders; Movie news and photos; One-page photo ad for Fleischmann's Yeast features great photos of man cleaning massive locomotive and horse-drawn wagon being loaded with sheaves; Woodbury ad features photo of Annabella; Anothe Woodbury ad features photo of Miss Nancy Weir of Toronto; Small ad for the Chesley Chair Company of Chesley, Ontario; The Ten Bob Note (short story); Homes of Tomorrow - photos of interior design ideas; Saturday Night Bath - tips on how to have a good bath; Fantastic one-page colour-photo ad for Lux soap features three photos of Carole Lombard; Illustrated instruction how to knit soldier and sailor dolls; Win the War in Your Kitchen - cooking article; Nice one-page Magic Baking Powder ad entitled "As Sure as the Sun Rises"; World Sayings; Magnificent red and black Canadian Red Cross ad inside back cover shows nurse with arms outstretched over servicemen and refugees; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover shows lovely young lady holding six-pack; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
1936rif. 038524London: William Hodge & Company Limited 1936 F-/VG. 8vo. original light blue cloth a trifle toned prev. owner's details to FFE else clean & bright throughout in dustwrapper priced 5/- a little rubbed & nicked neat tape repairs on reverse sizeable chip to tail edge rear panel a little toned else quite presentable; pp. xvi 210 last blank with illustrations. A very good copy. Neate C86: Account of the 1933 Houston-Mount Everest aerial survey expedition and flight over the summit. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/VG. William Hodge & Company, Limited hardcover
1961rif. 73210London: Oldbourne Book Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover in jacket. THE PITCHER AND THE WELL Edited By Squadron Leader J. D. McDonald from the papers of a New Zealand airman; Oldbourne London. 1962. First English Edition - Previously Published in 1961 in New Zealand By Paul's Book Arcade. 1961. This book is hard-bound in blue-cloth with white lettering on the spine. The binding is solid and tight; contents are bright and clean a nice manuscript of a WWII member of a Bomber Crew dictated while lying in German prison camp suffering from burns he soon dies from. . Oldbourne Book Co. hardcover books
rif. 54640Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1963. First American Edition. Previous owner name and bookplate otherwise Very Good in Very Good DJ. . Other hardcover books
2008rif. P11971Loughborough Leicestershire: Alexander Maclehose 2008. Pp. xviii306last blank frontispiece text illustrations and maps appendices including rolls honours and awards bibliography subscriber listing index; demy 8vo; pictorial laminated boards; Australian Military History Publications Loftus NSW 2008. First published by The 2/6 Commando Squadron Association 1992. A unit history of the 2/6 Independent Company raised in May 1942 and trained at Wilson's Promontory at the Guerrilla Warfare school there. The unit was involved in four major campaigns between 1942 and 1945in PNG and later in Borneo from cover blurb. Alexander Maclehose unknown
1992rif. P12657Melbourne: N 1992. Pp. xviii306last blank frontispiece and 31 plates within the pagination text maps appendices Honour Roll KIA died of wounds etc Honours and Awards nominal and wounded rolls bibliography list of subscribers index; demy 8vo; purple cloth lettered in gilt & white bottom edges a little shelf worn; dust wrapper; 2/6 Commando Squadron Association Melbourne 1992. First edition. With a loosely inserted typed letter signed from Fred Ashford ex-2/6 Australian Commando Squadron acknowledging the purchase of the book. 2/6 Commando served in the New Guinea Campaign - Kokoda Buna the Markham-Ramu Valleys and Balikpapan Borneo. N unknown
1976Oblong 4to., Second Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; picctorial blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter neatly repaired with tape at edges. First published in 1976. The second edition is limited to 300 copies. RARE.
2023rif. __1399062182Air World 2023. Hardcover. New. 256 pages. 9.20x6.10x1.10 inches. Air World hardcover
19618vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 10 plates on 6, and 3 facsimiles and 2 maps (one double-page) in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Even by the rip-roaring standards of the time Admiral Dudley de Chair's career was packed with incident. His autobiography begins with his service as a midshipman with the Mediterranean Fleet, his imprisonment by Arabi Pasha (during which Queen Victoria led a national outcry), his uneasy relationship with Churchill and his final command of the renowned Tenth Cruiser Squadron in WWI.
2003rif. 2090502113716508Not Available 2003. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
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
1998Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous photographs in the text; olive cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, marbled endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19831st edition. Near fine pbk. ISBN 0722189117. 14322. eng
2006rif. 234734Staplehurst, Spellmount, 2006. 192 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen. Originalpappband mit Original-Schutzumschlag. 25 cm
1979rif. Q-0853684529Arms and Armour 1979. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Arms and Armour hardcover
rif. 0853684529.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19808vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF AIR MARSHAL SIR ERIC DUNN AND BEARS HIS BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Summary squadron histories with bases and aircraft types.
1917Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Front cover portrait of Rear-Admiral Reginal Tupper, C.B., Commander of the Blockade Squadron. Contents: Chapter CXCV - The Blockades, 1915-17, British and German Methods; The British Blockade of Germany, The German Submarine War on Enemies and Neutrals; German Crimes Against "The Fellowship of the Sea"; Scope and Limitations of the British Blockade; The Muckle Flugga Hussars; The Peel Committee's Report; Bringing Neutral Ships into Harbour; Discussions with the U.S.; German Evasions of the Blockade; Work of the British Censorship, A Study of German Crimes, The Rappahannock, the North Wales and Artist, The Alnwick Castle, The Kildale, The Caithness, Sufferings of Scandinavian Seamen, The Belgian Prince, German Motives and Methods, Universal Demand for Reparation by Germany. Covers heavily worn and detached as one but present. Textblock sound. Magazine
