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Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs, drawings and tables in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. WITH T.L.s FROM THE AUTHOR. In this copy a number of the illustrations have been replced by printed coloured stickers mounted as appropriate. A few sheets of unused stickers are loosely inserted. SCARCE.
8vo., with photographs and maps in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1995.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.189.
272 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "At times comical, at others tragic, Howard Hewer's stirring story will leave a lasting imprint on the memory of its readers." - from dust jacket. Light wear. Faint erasure atop front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. A quality copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. The author flew in Blenheims, Venturas and Mosquitoes. Enser, p.65; Falconer, p.57.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip.
108 pages. Features: Nice color Nash car ad inside front cover; Very nice color ad for Ford Trucks features Mr. Brice Woody, Manager of the Gillespie Ranch of Tishomingo, Oklahoma; National Dairy Products Corp. ad features young boy posing like The Massive Massimo, whose illustration appears on the wall behind him; Texaco ad for their Havoline motor oil features colour illustration of bowler; Photo of 6'-9" basketball player Harry Boykoff; Nice color ad for red Dodge convertible; Interesting stylized color art ad for the state of Idaho/Container Corp. of America; Boeing ad features photo of their B-50 and C-97; Joseph Curran states the case against Communism in the National Maritime Union (NMU); Photo of the Zarief quadruplets of Brooklyn, NY with their mother; Obituary of Henry Ford; After the Lilienthal Debate; Good Year color ad features the massive XB-36 bomber and is massive tires; Lejon Brandy color ad; Japan - signals of economic storm - with horrible photo of homeless mother and child asleep; Photo of Marines departing China by train - with air escort to guard railway; Korea - America's most immediately serious problem in the Far East; Egypt - good-bye to the British; Belgium - paradox in peace; Message from Stalin to Bevin; Nice color Lucky Strike ad features farmer holding tobacco leaf; Nice color-photo portrait of Golfer Craig Wood in Lord Calvert Whiskey ad; Photo of British Royal family standing beside 7'-3" Cornelius Mostert of the Transvaal; General de Gaulle is divided into two parts; CCF (NDP and Premier Thomas (Tommy) Douglas race to success in Saskatchewan (with photo); Photo of bomb damage in Havana; Brief obituaries of Franz Seldte, The Marquess of Salisbury and Bessie Beatty; Nice two-color one-page ad for International Harvester crawlers in oil field; Rare and fantastic one-page photo ad for The Four Wheel Drive Auto Company (FWD) featuring a FWD towing trailer with power shovel up seven percent grade; Photo of Mount Hekla volcano in Iceland; Dr. Otto Robert Frisch; America Fore Insurance ad features six graphic photos of damage against which they protect; Captain Bill Beecher of the County Fair radio program; Nice color Borden's ad features Elsie the Cow; Lawsuit over Superman - Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel and Harry Donenfeld/Detective Comics, Inc.; Baltimore cartoonist Quincy (Moco) Yardley, whose little beret-topped kibitzer brings a breakfast-table laugh to newspaper readers; Coal and the emergence of John L. Lewis; Leon Mandel of Mandel Bros. Department store offers workers a library and many other nice amenities; Our Fiscal Irresponsibility - article by economist Henry Hazlitt; Photos of major league baseball managers and their comments on their teams; The Color Question in Baseball - Satchel Paige and Josh Gibsons; Promotional one-page ad for Greater New Orleans; Nice color one-page ad for New York Central; Nice color-photo ad for McCall's Magazine; Knott Hotels ad features Sandusky, Ohio; Nice color Kinsey Gin ad features three Martini recipes; Impressive color-photo ad for Norfolk and Western Railway shows huge flaming rail wheel being fiited via heat expansion; Seagram's Gin color ad features photos of original early American flasks from the collection of George S. McKearin; Outlaw American Communism; and more. Above-average wear and soiling. Spine tapled. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Describes the day-to-day experiences of a RAF pilot during the Second World War. 165 pages. Blue cloth covers. Wear to extremities of covers
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, and very numerous photographs, illustrations and maps throughout, and endpaper maps; pictorial boards, black cloth back lettered in yellow and white, a fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case.
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, top lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, moderately age-soiled dustwrapper. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris (1892-1984) was Commander in Chief Bomber Command from 1942 (when he replaced Richard Peirse) 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. Like most large-scale innovations this was a major gamble, but its undoubted success (colossal damage inflicted for the loss of forty aircraft) paved the way for Britain's bombing strategy for the rest of the war. Eventually this policy (which remains controversial to this day) brought him into direct conflict with both Portal and Churchill, but Harris pursued it doggedly until the surrender. Arguably the greatest RAF commander of WWII, Harris was an outstanding and inspiring leader, achieving almost iconic status among staff and crews alike. After the war he refused a peerage but accepted a baronetcy in 1953. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.65.
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; elegantly bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propeller motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris (1892-1984) was Commander in Chief Bomber Command from 1942 (when he replaced Richard Peirse) 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. Like most large-scale innovations this was a major gamble, but its undoubted success (colossal damage inflicted for the loss of forty aircraft) paved the way for Britain's bombing strategy for the rest of the war. Eventually this policy (which remains controversial to this day) brought him into direct conflict with both Portal and Churchill, but Harris pursued it doggedly until the surrender. Arguably the greatest RAF commander of WWII, Harris was an outstanding and inspiring leader, achieving almost iconic status among staff and crews alike. After the war he refused a peerage but accepted a baronetcy in 1953. Enser, p.65.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and tables in the text; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Harris's official report published for the first time, with a German perspective by Horst Boog.
8vo., Second Impression, with photographs in the text and large folding map; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
24 pages. Features: Cover illustration of the charge of the six hundred Midland Yeomanry in Palestine; The Voice of a Prophet - article by C.M.; Photo of Sir Stanley Maude and Captain Musgrave on horseback in Bagdad; The Fight for Jerusalem - Nearing the End of Turkey's Four Hundred Year's Rule - one-page article by Lovat Fraser; Two photos of the troops which triumphed over the Turks at RamadieLarge photo of many British veterans of Flanders happy to be assembled for leave; Photo of Canadian hospital in France X-raying bullet in French soldier's arm; Photo of German POW receiving medical care; Three photos on one page show Canadians loading a 15-inch gun; Photo of Queen Marie of Rumania with her daughters inspecting Rumanian troops; Six photos from the Macedonian front; The Footprints of the Hun - in the devastated region re-won by British Arms for France (article); Photo of Lieut.-Colonel H. A. Gray Cheape and illustrations of the brilliant charge he led to capture enemy guns in Palestine; Illustrations of British soldiers drawing water from wells at Beersheba where Abraham drank; How the Spy Sinks His Identity - training the memory for a dangerous employ - article by Tighe Hopkins; Photos of the King on tour at several locations; Illustration of a German "Leuchtschirm" or light umbrella; Photo of Princes Wan and Piak of the Siamese Royal Family, who have enlisted in the Swiss Army; Growth & Grit of the U.S. Army - the way a peaceful nation is responding to the Great Call (article); Sketches of great soldiers leading in camp and council - General Sir Henry S. Rawlinson, General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby, General Sir W.R. Birdwood, and Lt.-General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson; Illustrations of innovative Allied air machines - an Italian Caproni triplane, a French 'Spad', and Caproni bomb-carrying biplanes; Photos of eighteen brave men and women placed on the Roll of Honour; The Royal Munster Fusiliers - one-page article with photo of officers. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip.
8vo., 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.
HB + DW - 189 pp. Near fine copy in not so good d.w., wear to extremities. [VA-2]
52 pages. Features: Cover photo onboard a new Douglas Sleeper shows mother, son and stewardess; Pratt & Whitney ad inside front cover; Reproduction of an amazing 1883 circust poster drawn by Emil Roe which shows Prof. Harriman's Steam Air Ship; The Turn of the Tide - a review of tremendous aviation progress in 1936; News and Views of the Month; Fantastic full-page photo ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features Antoinette Cellier and Richard Arlen who star in the film "The Great Barrier"; The Trans-Canada Airway - Progress Report - major article with photos and interesting graphic; Full-page ad for Richards-Wilcox with photo of their doors installed on the seaplane hangar at R.C.A.F. station Trenton; List of notable flights made during 1936; Monospar ad with photo; Early Aeronautical Research in Canada - Part III - the work of W.R. Turnbull - article with photos - airscrew research; Review of Air Mail Services; Fantastic photo Douglas ad shows comfortable passengers in flight; Great photo full-page ad for the Fairchild "Sekani"; Technical Achievements in Review; Great photo full-page ad for the Tiger Moth universal trainer; A.M. "Matt" Berry awarded McKee trophy for 1936 - brief article with photo; Vintage photo Learadio ad by Lear Developments, Inc. of New York; Stats on light aeroplane clubs from 1928 through 1936; Sensational Noorduyn Aircraft Limited four-page centrefold ad features photos of R.B.C. Noorduyn, D.M. Martin, Leigh Capreol, and "Pete" Vachon, as well as photos of the "Norseman" as a skiplane, seaplane, and landplane; Great half-page ad with map from Edmonton north to Cameron Bay for Mackenzie Air Service of Edmonton; Old Country Gossip; Photo of the Bristol Blenheim Bomber; Nice full-page photo ad for the Siddeley Cheetah; Commercial Air Services in Review; Canadian Vickers ad features photo of a Northrop Delta Mark I built for the R.C.A.F.; M.A.L.C. News; Photos and details of new Beechcraft Model 18; Photo of Amelia Earhart with W.C. Tinus of Bell Labs as he installs remote control for a plane's Western Electric radio equipment at Newark Airport shortly before her takeoff; Nice ad for Northern Electric Aircraft Radio; The Students' Forum; Condensed news from clubs; Nice Cub Aircraft ad; Nice Canadian Airways ad inside back cover; Imperial Oil Stanavo ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with 60 plates; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 205 Group provided the only mobile force of RAF heavy night bombers in the Mediterranean.
4to., with 4pp of colour plates (including many liveries) and numerous monochrome photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a good, clean copy. As always with this series, a detailed statistical account with many useful photographs.
8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece and photographic front endpapers; attractively bound in full navy blue crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propeller motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, marker ribbon, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Gibson's own account of his exploits in Bomber Command and a WWII RAF classic, culminating in his account of the 'Dambusters' raid. It contains a ROH of the pilots and crews who flew with him in 83 Squadron, 106 Squadron and the immortal 617 Squadron. The frontispiece reproduces the well-known studio portrait of Gibson by Gordon Anthony; the front endpapers carry the famous 'before and after' aerial photographs of the Mohne dam. Enser, p.65; Mulholland & Jordan, G20.
60 pages. Features: Cover photo of Justin Trudeau entitled "When I Run" looks forward to the day when Canadians would elect his curly locks and famous last name to lead their national government; Related article discusses the question of when, not if, Justin will run for political office; Iraq - longing for piece as UN inspectors search for WMD; Tellier, who turned around CN, takes on troubled Bombardier; Sikh Gang Wars in B.C.; Advertisers use internet "adver-games" to reach kids; Metis war vet William Woodward fights Ottawa for compensation; More single young women are having babies on their own; No author can match the influence of J.R. Tolkien; Winnipeg Director Guy Maddin is celebrated - just not in Canada; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Please note: Address label clipped from front cover, otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
5 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition [save one volume], with very numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text and photographic or pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt backs, backstrip of first volume missing (but binding entirely sound), small scar on title of fifth volume else a very good, clean working set. Splendid pictorial record spanning nearly a quarter of a century of publishing. The set comprises: The Lancaster at War (first edition, 1971); Lancaster at War 2 (1979; third impression, 1981); Lancaster at War 3 (first edition, 1984); Lancaster at War 4: Pathfinder Squadron (first edition, 1990); Lancaster at War 5: Fifty Years On (first edition, 1995). UNCOMMON AS A SET. Enser, p.31 (recording the first volume).
