RALEIGH Sir WalterMareMagnum
208 résultats
8vo., with maps in the text; series binding of blue buckram, gilt back, blue top, grey endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Much-needed facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1922. Enser, p.19 (recording the original edition).
8vo., with folding maps (a number coloured in outline); blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, grey endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1928. Enser, p.17 (recording the first edition).
8vo., with folding maps (a number coloured in outline); blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, grey endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrspper, the latter with closed tear on front panel. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1928. Enser, p.17 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition thus; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Revised Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of the night bombers of 205 Group RAF and their assaults on Rumanian oilfields.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 9 plates on 4; original photographic wrappers, a fine copy. SIGNED BY THE EDITORS ON TITLE. Includes an appendix on Typhoon variants.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and several maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, case slightly shaken else a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled and frayed at extremities. The standard biography.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The standard history.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, 17 plates on 14 and 4 folding maps; original blue cloth, badge blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. The sole dedicated history of the AOP squadrons in WWII, during which they served in North-West Europe, Italy, North Africa and Burma. Includes ROH, casualties, honours & awards and list of officers attending Air OP courses. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p. 23.
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1956. The sole dedicated history of the AOP squadrons in WWII, during which they served in North-West Europe, Italy, North Africa and Burma. Includes ROH, casualties, honours & awards and list of officers attending Air OP courses. Enser, p. 23 (recording the first edition).
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., text in Czech, with plates; pictorial boards, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 59 plates on 32; cloth, gilt back, a very bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear.
8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates and a full-page diagram in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, red top, backstrip lettering faded but entirely legible, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter wanting two-thirds of backstrip and frayed at edges. Scarce early account, and elusive in the dustwrapper. Enser, p.376.
8vo. First Edition with plates and maps neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. The author served in the Women's Royal Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF).
8vo., Third Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. The standard reference on the RAF squadrons that delivered and collected SOE and other agents. Bases included Tangmere and Tempsford; aircraft included Ansons, Hudsons and the immortal Lysander. Includes detailed summary of operations and much other statistical data. Verity's classic account was first published in 1978. A revised edition appeared in 1995, and this is further augmented (particularly in the detailed table of missions) here. SCARCE. Enser, p.206 (recording the first edition).
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. The standard reference on the RAF squadrons that delivered and collected SOE and other agents. Bases included Tangmere and Tempsford; aircraft included Ansons, Hudsons and the immortal Lysander. Includes detailed summary of operations and much other statistical data. Verity's classic account was first published in 1978. This revised edition, with extra notes by the author, is considerably updated (particularly in the detailed table of missions). Extremely scarce. Enser, p.206 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16 and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The original edition of this long-awaited standard reference on the special squadrons that delivered and collected SOE and other agents. Bases included Tangmere and Tempsford; aircraft included Ansons, Hudsons and the immortal Lysander. Includes detailed summary of operations and much other statistical data. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.206.
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16 and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. With personal armorial bookplate mounted on half-title. The original edition of this long-awaited standard reference on the special squadrons that delivered and collected SOE and other agents. Bases included Tangmere and Tempsford; aircraft included Ansons, Hudsons and the immortal Lysander. Includes detailed summary of operations and much other statistical data. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.206.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of RAF Westhampnett through the eyes of pilots based here during 1940 to 1946. Westhampnett began as an emergency landing ground growing to satellite status and ultimately an important wartime airfield in its own right.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The story of RAF Westhampnett through the eyes of pilots based here during 1940 to 1946. Westhampnett began as an emergency landing ground growing to satellite status and ultimately an important wartime airfield in its own right. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
