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8vo., First Edition, with photographs and insignia in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly browned dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and photographs in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Fourth Impression, with photographs and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue boards, blue cloth back blocked and lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Single sheet, 8vo., a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Tedder' in the writer's usual manner, the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore, founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club, and demonstrates the airman's keen and continuing interest in the sport. Tedder was President of Surrey County Cricket Club from 1953 to 1958. The letter regretfully declines Moore's invitation to attend the Buccaneer's annual dinner (held at Lords): 'I've already got a date I can't budge!'. Marshal of the RAF Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890-1967) was one of Britain's most distinguished air commanders. Educated at Whitgift School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, he transferred from the Dorsetshire Regiment to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916, serving in France from 1915- to 1917 and in Egypt from 1918 to 1919. He was then commissioned in to the (new) Royal Air Force where was appointed Director of Training from 1934 to 1936, after which he became Commander RAF Far Eastern Forces. During WWII he was head of RAF Middle East Command, controlling Allied air operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa, including the evacuation of Crete and the defeat of Rommel; his air power was a vital component of Montgomery's victory at El Alamein. Having been promoted to Air Marshal, Tedder then took part in the early planning for D-Day, and was subsequently appointed Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Forces Europe (the most senior such British position) immediately beneath General Eisenhower, on whose behalf he signed at the German Surrender in 1945. In 1947 he delivered the Lees Knowles lecture, afterwards published as 'Air Power in War'. Following his retirement he served as Chancellor of Cambridge University and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC. Founded in 1930, The Buccaneers is one of the oldest and most famous 'wandering' clubs in English cricket (a 'wandering' club has no fixed home ground but plays consistently as an 'away' team relying on the hospitality of the 'home' clubs against which it competes). The Club's history has been written twice, by Clifford Bax in 1956 and more recently by Howard Spencer. ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY TEDDER ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
13 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated titles, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt backs, a very good extended set in the dustwrapper. Bright extra-extended set of the most comprehensive survey of the UK's WWII military airfields ever published and an invaluable tool for historians and scholars alike. The ten volumes of the original series, together with the three complementary works, form a milestone in WWII aviation history. The extended set comprises:Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 1, [1979] [East Anglia]Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 2, [1981] [Lincolnshire and East Midlands]Smith (D.J). Action Stations 3, [1981] [Wales and the North West]Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 4, [1982] [Yorkshire]Ashworth (C). Action Stations 5, [1982] [South-West] Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 6, [1983] [Cotswolds and Central Midlands]Smith (D.J). Action Stations 7, [1983] [Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland]Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 8, [1984] [Greater London]Ashworth (C. Action Stations 9, [1985] [Central South and South-East]Quarrie (B). Action Stations 10, [1987] [Supplement and Index]Fairbairn (A). Action Stations Overseas, [1991]Cooksley (P.G). Aviation Enthusiasts' Guide to London & the South-East, [1982]Smith (D.J). Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945, [1989]EXTENDED SETS OF FIRST EDITIONS ARE SELDOM AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
12 vols., 8vo., Mixed Editions, with illustrated titles, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt backs, a near fine extended set in dustwrapper. Splendid extended set of the most comprehensive survey of the UK's WWII military airfields ever published and an invaluable tool for historians and scholars alike. The ten volumes of the original series, together with the two complementary works, form a milestone in WWII aviation history. The extended set comprises (first impressions unless otherwise stated):Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 1, [third impression, 1980] [East Anglia]; Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 2, [1981] [Lincolnshire and East Midlands]; Smith (D.J). Action Stations 3, [1981] [Wales and the North West]; Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 4, [1982] [Yorkshire]; Ashworth (C). Action Stations 5, [fourth impression, 1982] [South-West]; Bowyer (M.J.F). Action Stations 6, [1983] [Cotswolds and Central Midlands]; Smith (D.J). Action Stations 7, [1983] [Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland]; Halpenny (B.B). Action Stations 8, [second impression, 1984] [Greater London]; Ashworth (C. Action Stations 9, [second impression, 1985] [Central South and South-East]; Quarrie (B). Action Stations 10, [1987] [Supplement and Index]; Fairbairn (A). Action Stations Overseas, [1991]; Smith (D.J). Britain's Military Airfields 1939-1945, [1989]. EXTENDED SETS IN DUSTWRAPPERS ARE SELDOM AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
8vo., Fourth Impression, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. First published in 1981.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, backstrip letterd in silver, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.377.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Comprehensive account, from the beginnings in WWI to the specialist SD squadrons of WWII.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured maps; original blue cloth gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. Publication AP 3231. Restricted official history. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
In buono stato
6 numbers in one vol., 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations, cartoons and advertisements throughout; publisher's branded board binder, grey cloth back lettered in black, ALL ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, boards mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION..
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. UNCOMMON. Enser, p.194.
np. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Author's photograph on title page. Large 4to. Original cloth spine over pictorial paper boards. Binding worn, soiled with slight loss. Hardbound. AIR BOX 1
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and fine coloured illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Airwar 1.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and fine coloured illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Airwar 10.
8vo., First Edition, with 39 plates on 16 and front and rear endpaper maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The first full account of Operation JERICHO, the low-level Mosquito raid on Amiens prison in February 1944 which claimed the life of Group Captain Pickard. Fishman approaches his subject with customary meticulousness, incorporating hundreds of participant and eye-witness statements, and intelligence co-operation from four countries. Enser, p.10.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue tweed cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Second Impression, with a portrait frontispiece and 14 plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled with small label scar on front panel and small nick at backstrip. Second impression before publication. Scarce, especially in the dustwrapper. Enser, p. 157 (recording the first edition).