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20162-1903269369Worth Publishing 2016. Paperback. New. 576 pages. 7.20x4.60x2.10 inches. Worth Publishing paperback
417814Collins. Hardcover. Fair. THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris 1892-1984 was Commander in Chief Bomber Command from 1942 to 1945. Based on his experiences in London during the Blitz Harris developed a belief in intensive incendiary bombing as a means not merely of destroying cities but of undermining civilian morale. His new concept of 'area bombing' was put into practice with the first 'thousand-bomber' raid on Cologne in May 1942.This is a first edition published by Collins in 1947. It has evident signs of wear and tear and shelf life but is otherwise in fair condition for it's age. Collins hardcover
8vo., First Edition, neat personal address stamp on front free endpaper; green library cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly dust-soiled. Slee's first book, a vividly written novel concerning a Polish bomber pilot in the RAF during WWII. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
96 pages. Features: Blood Money - A Swedish Mercinary in R.F.C. Uniform and the most merciless killer on the Western Front; Murder in the Mess - A modern R.A.F. Bomber Squadron is the setting of Murder in an Officer's Mess; Smoking Prohibited - Misadventure in the Fleet Air Arm; True Story - Continuing the Personal Narrative of a Young Airman who fought in Spanish War Skies; A Spot of Snooping - A Bristol Fighter and its mission where success meant a German Gaol and failure the annihilation of fifty thousand men; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
Signed by author upon title page. 132 pages. Bibliography. Many black and white diagrams and reproductions of photos and maps. "This book is part of the story of the Eighth Air Force, the Second Air Division, the 446th Bomb Group, and the 706th Squadron through the words of Captain Paul E. Armentrout. In his story, readers will find a microcosm of the air war over Europe (in WWII)" - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
Pages 235-266. Features: Cover photos of British in Malaya dealing with terrorists; American 10-engined B36 bomber crashes off Ireland; Photos of Korean war prisoners being exchanged/released, including Dwight Coxe, W. Liggett, W.A. Buxton and R. Brand; Strikes create havoc in France, stranding British travellers; Dublin horse show and other royal photos; Glider illustrations; Photos of the Queen and her children on their way to Balmoral; Photos of gliding championships at Great Hucklow; Ant-Watching (article); Photos of Sabena's new helicopter service; Three photos of massive sharks caught near Brisbane and at Durban; Centrefold photos of the Duke of Edinburgh racing "Coweslip" and "Bluebottle"; Article (with photos) on Korean Armistice; Page of illustrations of the Seals of the Queens of England, from Mary I to Elizabeth II; Article and photos regarding newly-found Assyrian royal palace of 2750 years ago at Nimrud - The Royal Palace of Adad-Nirari III; More news photos and art illustrations; Photos of the Traber Troupe of acrobats at work mid-air; Chicago's biggest Cinerama Screen. Above-average wear. Openings along coverfold. Centerfold barely holding by one staple. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Magazine
Limited Edition 2 Volume Set. xii, 496, iii, 657 pages. Index. Footnotes. Lists of Crews for Squadron 99, Squadron 355, and Squadron 356. "The histories of 'Liberator' Squadrons of the R.A.F. in Lord Mountbatten's South East Asia Command in the Second World War. These American aircraft came into service in 231 Group, the RAF Heavy Bomber component of Allied Strategic Air Force, and in 222 Group, Indian Ocean Air Force." - back cover of Vol I. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Bindings tight. A quality copy of this very informative set. Book
160 pages. Features: Why build the atom-powered bomber?; My memories of Pius XII; What's wrong with boxing?; Patriotic young Americans; The Edacious Spider; The dubious origin of the fourteenth amendment; Americana; Subversion by the Communist underground remains the strongest weapon against U.S.A.; This we face; Jimmy Hoffa's plan for conquest; The Job Walter Reuther wants; Clear it with COPE - is a labor government in 1960 invevitable?; Racketeer & Communist dominated unions; The Republican debacle in California; The ways of big daddy - the Southern textile industry; Wit's End; Spotlight on performance; You can't kill an umpire; African agriculture; How to be a successful hypochondriac; Bible prophecy V; He solved the mystery of the eel - Johannes Schmidt; and more. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
92 pages. Features: Color-photo ad for red IBM typewriter inside front cover; 2/3-page ad for The Calgary Inn; Major coverage of Quebec politics; Bill Carpenter - Once and Future Hero; Ronald Reagan wins California's Republican gubernatorial primary; James H. Meredith shot near Hernando MS by Aubrey James Norvell - article with graphic photo; Bobby Kennedy (RFK) in South Africa; Cult leader Benjamin Purnell of Benton Harbor, MI; Topeka Tornado; Fall of the XB-70 Valkyrie bomber; Time essay on LSD; Major Vietnam war coverage; Polish struggle between the Catholic church and the Communist government; Strike and violence in Dacca, Pakistan; Arthritis and Rheumatism; Knee paintings; John Mecom and the Houston Chronicle; Nice one-page color-photo Canadian Pacific Airlines ad features lovely Asian ladies; Jeanne Davis and public decency; Photo of Walkout at Amherst; Volvo car ad; Gemini 9 returns to the Atlantic with Stafford and Cernan; Photo of American runner Jim Ryun; America's two warring pro-football leagues negotiate - with photo of Pete Rozelle; Passing of test pilot Joseph A. Walker, Norman Baillie-Stewart, Natacha Rambova, Blanche Wolf Knopf, Frederic A. Gimbel, Jean Arp and lawyer-rancher Wellington Rankinand; O'Keefe Beer ad features illustration of furnituremaker Andre Gariepy; A&P heir Huntington Hartford; Ruhr coalminers strike; Interesting one-page color ad for Walker's Crystal Gin features mounted moose head; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Page 47-48 missing (unclear what they contained). Minor evidence of moisture exposure. A worthy vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Peugeot 204 ad; A talk with Prime Minister Trudeau; Recovering oil from the sunken tanker Arrow in Chedabucto Bay; St. Mary's Church in Red Deer, Alberta - unusual architecture by Douglas Cardinal; U.S. Postal Service Strike; Home life of letter carrier Peter Stafford of New York; The Enduring Mail Mess; Miasma of My Lai - with photo of General Koster; S.S. "Columbia Eagle"; Death of bomber Diana Oughton; Danger and Opportunity in Indochina - major war coverage; Israel-P.L.O. conflict - article with photo of smiling Arafat in Jordanian cave office and six pages of excellent colour photos of the opposing military forces; Willi Stoph - from bricklayer to organization man; Rampaging plague of mice in Australia; Reproduction of controversial British poster depicting a pregnant man; Ronald Reagan deals with student protests; Last days of the "California Zephyr" train - article with photo; Photo-illustrated article on Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (CSN&Y); The Berlin Syndrome; Banned ad for "The Boys in the Band"; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Dick Laidman - from Bush to Boardroom; E & B flies the R44; Liberator VY241 - Chris Weicht recalls a tragedy in the lonely peaks of the BC Coast Range; Painting Klee Wyck - mural on Helijet's S-76 by Tony Coon; B-36B Bomber #2075 is ditched in B.C. in 1950 - The very first accident with nuclear weapons, as listed in the DOD summaries of accidents involving US nuclear weapons 1950-1980 - *little known B.C. history*; First Flight at 81!. Sound copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: Innsbruck Winter Olympics; A Critical State in Cyprus; Australian Destroyer and Aircraft Carrier collide; The Origins of Pottery in Anatolian Chatal Huyuk Part II - Wooden Vessels; The first woman cosmonaut - Valentina Nikolayev-Tereshkova; New British Railways Container System; Britain's new low-flying bomber attack force: The Victor II equipped with blue steel; No. 6 Squadrom, R.A.F. - the first to achieve 50 years unbroken service; Magazine
Features: Nice colour Guinness ad inside front cover; Photos of enemy supply shipping under air attack, and aflame; The new "Covenanter" Tank; Super page of 14 illustrations of Russian aircraft, including a photo of the L-760 six-engined bomber; 2 pages of illustrations of the work of air crews; Photos of the Navy's latest aircraft-carriers - "Formidable" and "Victorious"; Photos of Marshal Vorshilov, Marshal Budenny, and Marshal Timoshenko; Illustrations of Nazi army and air force commanders on the Russian front; Personalities of the week include photos of Lord Gort's official call at Algeciras and Bruno Mussolini, the Duce's second son killed in an air crash; Elevin Interesting photos of action on the Russian front - including the pathetic image of dozens of Russian refugees in a ditch; Impressive centerfold illustration depicts the bravery of the first New Zealand V.C. of the war, awarded to Sergeant J.A. Ward who climbed onto his planes wing to extinguish a fire at 13,000 feet; Photos of British, Australian, and Indian forces defending Malaya against Japanese 'Chess-Moves" in the Pacific; Great photos of the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia/Java) in military and naval preparations; Photos of Boeing's "Flying Fortress" on the ground with R.A.F. members; Wonderful photos of Mrs. Washburn - the first woman to attain the summit of Mount Bertha, Alaska; Colour ad for North British Rubber inside back cover; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows grain being cut by a horse-drawn machine. Average wear. Faint ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
Features: Admiral Somerville says Mediterranean convoy must go through, with 12 great illustrations of the action; Canadian tank brigagde practices in their "Matildas"; Captain Fritz Weidermann expelled from U.S.; Photo of Churchill and a "Stirling" bomber; Photo of Camrahn Bay, recently given to the Japanese by the Vichy government; Great action photos from Russia and Finland; Photos of Nazis in Russia; Doughty Russian guerilla fighters harass Nazi communications - six photos, including hundreds of women diggin an anti-tank trench outside Moscow; German Offensive Tactics - article by Cyril Falls; The Russian War as seen through Russian Eyes - Twelve great photos; Two photos of the signing of the Syrian armistice; Italy attacks Malta with E-Boats - Three excellent photos; Centerfold illustration depicts London Home Guards at grips with the Canadian 'enemy' in a mock attack; Photo secrets of the new ME 109F fighter; Three super photos of the Short "Stirling" - Britain's mighty dreadnought of the air; Photos of personalities of the week - including General McArthur; The Atlantic Battle - Corvette Sinks U-Boat - Raider destroyed - photos; Vichy Surrenders Indo-China - Saigon occupied by Japan on July 17 - with six photos of Saigon; Large photo of a captured 42-foot Whale Shark before its escape; full-page ads for Schweppes and Haig whisky; Quarter-page ad for Vosper Motor Torpedo Boats; Colour Dewar's "White "Label" Scotch whisky ad features herring drifter in background. Average wear. Ink stamps to fore-edge of each page. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
Single sheet, measuring 8.25 x 6.0 ins (approx. 21.0 x 15.0 cms), on printed stationery from Learoyd's home in Rustington, and dated 7 September 1995; near fine state. THE LETTER IS WRITTEN, DATED AND SIGNED ENTIRELY IN LEAROYD'S HAND, AND IS SOLD WITH A POOR QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT. Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd was gazetted for the Victoria Cross on 20 August 1940. The citation reads: 'On 12 August 1940 Flight Lieutenant Learoyd was one of the pilots briefed to bomb the Dortmund-Ems Canal in Germany. Of the four other aircraft which had already made the attack on that night, two were destroyed and two were badly hit. Flight Lieutenant Learoyd took his plane into the target at only 150 feet, in the full glare of the searchlights and flak barrage all around him. The aircraft was very badly damaged but the bombs were duly dropped and he managed to get his crippled plane back to England where he flew round until first light, finally landing without causing injury to his crew or further damage to his aircraft'. Flight Lieutenant (later Wing Commander) Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd (1913-1996) was serving with 49 Squadron, Bomber Command.
Features/Photos: Centrefold - Four Flemish masterpieces in colour (centrefold loose but present); King Baudouin of the Belgians with his fiancee, Dona Fabiola De Mora Y Aragon; 20 years after the Battle of Britain; Three governments claim they rule the Congo Republic; B-47 jet bomber lands in Shannon, Eire after mid-air collision 300 miles away; devastation in the trail of hurricane Donna on the eastern seaboard of America; what the architect and engineer are doing to the face of London, Plymouth and Dorset; Royal School, Bath; Triaga, a nuclear reactor designed for teaching purposes; New airline pilot training college at Hamble; The Bluebird crash; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Book
32 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
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photos of the destruction wrought by Swansea's three-night blitz, including bad damage to another London hospital; Photo of downed German bomber in southwest England; Photo-illustrated text of a Canadian broadcast by Lord Beaverbrook entitled "The Pathway of the Atlantic; Photo of Sir John Dill during a visit to the Aldershot command; Photo inside a Canadian auto factory - Canadian mechanical transport played a notable part in the big drive in the Western Desert; Photos of the German Hamburg-Amerika freighter Idarwald after being set ablaze by her crew after attempting to run the British blockade off Cuba; Five photos of Winston Churchill inspecting British Home Guard personnel; Great photos of the War in Libya; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the port of Brest being bombed again; Polish sailors co-operating with the Royal Navy; Photo of a Pom Pom gun being reloaded by four sailors; Three photos of Australian Prime Minister R.G. Menzies - at Bengazi, in England, and at a southwest port; Photo-illustrated text of broadcast by Major-General R.J. Collins entitled "Progress in the Middle East"; Illustration by W. Grogman shows a British motor-torpedo boat shooting down a German bomber in the Channel; Inspection of a massive Irish coastal gun; Lord Gort is met in Ireland by Sir Henry R. Pownall; Commentary on the war this week; Four amazing photos of the castaways of Emira Island, where the Germans left 328 survivors of vessels they had sunk; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
19464249BBLondon. The Fleetway House ca. 1946. 4° Volume 1: 560 p. Vol 2: 528 p. largely illustrated Lwd. (light blue, decorative) book spine gold pressed Vol 1: upper book spine minim. lacerated
194163751941. Full-Leather. Very Good. WWII era Supervisor's shop book of "Rules and Regulations" 13 leaves Job Descriptions 5 leaves Safety Regulations 10 leaves several pages of employee names and section numbers and a few leaves of mimeographed regulations; 16" x 11" folding drawing of the B-17 fuselage with section numbers for rivets etc. The employee names show female workers on a separate page with their section numbers rivet assignments; hard evidence that this manual was used during World War II. Bound in a full limp leather six ring binder 5" x 7". Very good. <br/><br/> hardcover
194163751941. Full-Leather. Very Good. WWII era Supervisor's shop book of "Rules and Regulations" 13 leaves Job Descriptions 5 leaves Safety Regulations 10 leaves several pages of employee names and section numbers and a few leaves of mimeographed regulations; 16" x 11" folding drawing of the B-17 fuselage with section numbers for rivets etc. The employee names show female workers on a separate page with their section numbers rivet assignments; hard evidence that this manual was used during World War II. Bound in a full limp leather six ring binder 5" x 7". Very good. <br/><br/> hardcover books
98 pages. Features: Through the Sonic Barrier - flight faster than sound with simple tube jets now seems possible - great photos including the Northrop XB-35 Flying Wing Bomber; Report From Bikini - nuclear tests - with photos; Let's Learn to Fly, Part V; Flight in the Seabee; Report from Ottawa; Farm to Airport in Forty-five Days - The Barrie (Ontario) Flying Club; Provincial Portrait from the Air - making big scale Ontario Map will take three Ansons Five Years; What is IATA?; London Letter; Taylorcraft is Back; Maintenance Section; and more. Many pages of great ads. Small ink stamp to front cover and ad on first page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
30 pages. Features: Spotless Pigs, and Radios for the Hens - the change in Canadian farming is staggering, and so is the investment - Robert and Harold Lawrie sell only superior pigs, Aubrey Livingston operates an automated dairy farm; Reginald Hartman sells 14,000 rabbits a year, Feathercrest Farms partners include Jack Ungerman, Samuel Mandel, William Garfat, and Leonard Rosenberg; The Night George Drew Smashed a Reporter in the Face - and other exotic, fantastic and entirely ridiculous true adventures from an upcoming book by, yes folks, Old Rawhide himself, Max Ferguson; Fantastic 2 page colour ad for 3 Chrysler Models for 1968 - the Fury, Monaco and New Yorker; Here is a peak that soars two miles above the Yukon - Mount Saskatchewan - and here are the four intrepid mountaineers who tamed it (well, almost) - Gertrude Smith, Wendy Teichmann, Andrea Rankin, Helen Butling; Thou Shalt Not... - Bylaw Abiding Etobicoke, by Tom Alderman; "You Get Stompted on a lot in 19 Years" - Winnipeg Blue Bomber Quarterback Ken Ploen; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Pages 273 - 312. Features: Lovely colour ad for the De Havilland Comet used by British Overseas Airways Corporation shows plane in flight; Photos of avalanche terror in the Alps - engulfed villages; Great two-page photo of the start of the famous Tasman Ocean Yacht Race; Wow - two illustrated pages describe the Alberta tar sands "containing four times the rest of the world's known oil reserves"; Photos of personalities of the week, including Spain's first ambassador to Britain since 1946, Don Miguel Primo de Rivera, and his wife; Two pages of photos of the marriage of the Shah of Iran (Persia) to his new Empress, formerly Miss Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari; Photo-illustrated article on the Life of John Maynard Keynes; The Gold Coast's first steps in democracy - election photos; Two pages of photos of U.N. troops in winter war action in central Korea; Centerfold photo of incredible devastation caused by the Mount Lamington eruption; Mice demonstrate road safety in Glasgow!; Photo of huge B 36 Bomber; Restoration of St. George's Hall, King's Lynn - believed to be England's largest medieval guildhall; photos of new French and British weapons; Photos illustrated how bulky files of newspapers are transfered to tiny rolls of microfilm; Amazing photos of lying squirrels in flight; Swedish ballets; Nice colour ad for Imperial Leather toilet powder inside back cover; Nice colour ad for Jacob & Co's Cream Crackers on back cover; and more. Cover holding by one staple. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 485-528.. Features: Nice colour ad for the Walpamur Co Ltd. inside front cover; One-page Daimler car ad features the Regency Mk. II and Conquest Century; Nice one-page ad for the British Iron and Steel Federation features large illustrations of labourers; One-page ad for the Olivetti Summa 15 adding/listing machine; Nice one-page ad for Standard Cars; Great photos of the Wansdyke underground depository for records and valuables - offering full protection in this H-bomb age; The old U.S. lake steamer "Ticonderoga" makes her last voyage by land; Scenes from nationalist-held Quemoy Island - an armed camp only 5 miles from the Chinese mainland; Nuclear test tower in Nevada; Smoke from the biggest atomic explosion of 1955; Latest version of the B-52 bomber; Maiden flight of the French Super Mystere B-1; Lieut.-Colonel Robert R. Scott and the Thunderstreak jet fighter he flew from Los Angeles to New York in less than four hours; One-page photo portrait of Professor Sir Alexander Fleming; Latest discoveries at Sakkara - article with photos; Two pages of photos illustrate excavation of the Mastaba of the reign of Udimu, fifth Pharaoh of the first dynasty, at Sakkara; Photo of Choe En-Lai, The Panchen Lama, Mr. Mao Tse-Tung, the Dalai Lama and Mr. Liu Shao-Chi at a Peking banquet celebrating the Tibetan New Year; Centerfold photos shows how the Windsor chari may be assembled in ten seconds; Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery mountaineers from plane - his photos are presented; Photos of !3 personalities of the week include Mrs. Wintringham, Hashim Khan, Mr. J.A. Milne, King Tribhuvana and Mr. Imre Nagy; The C.P.R. ferry boat Princess of Vancouver has an electrically-driven bow propeller; Margot Fonteyn; Winston Churchill feeds chicken to zoo lion; Mr. Donald Campbell's turbo-jet hydroplane Blue Bird on Ullswater; Sir Robert Howe with the Prime Minister of the Sudan; Lovely colour ad for the Humber Hawk car inside back cover; Nice colour-ad for Double Diamond on back cover. and.more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine