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1966240113Published by Profile Publications, 1966. Broschiert
1966240094Published by Profile Publications, 1966. Broschiert
8vo., with plates; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Well-illustrated account of organisation, personnel, aircraft, airfields, equipment, armament, navigation and tactics. Includes portraits of notable airmen, war diary and exhaustive squadron listings.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.32.
1987224815London, Guild Publ., 1987.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.301.
1967240132Published by Profile Publications, 1967. Broschiert
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
1966240125Published by Profile Publications, 1966. Broschiert
1965240088Published by Profile Publications, 1965. Broschiert
1965240089Published by Profile Publications, 1965. Broschiert
1965240095Published by Profile Publications, 1965. Broschiert
1965240087Published by Profile Publications, 1965. Broschiert
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and third compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propeller motif, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and Operation CHASTISE, arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. This book formed the basis of Michael Anderson's classic feature film (1954) of the same name starring Michael Redgrave, Richard Todd and Nigel Stock. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121
8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12, rear free endpaper very lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, small fade mark at extreme head of backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (just affecting title) at head of backstrip, frayed at tail of backstrip and mildly browned at rear panel. Published in the same year as the first impression. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as the official march of the Royal Air Force. Increasingly difficult to find in this condition. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, two small erasures on front paste-down, top and fore-edge lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities, chipped with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip, and with long closed tear across rear panel. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Increasingly difficult to find in this condition. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (recording the first edition).
8vo., Twelfth Impression, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1951. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (all recording the first edition).
8vo., Fifth Impression, with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates on 12; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities. SIGNED IN PENCIL ON TITLE BY DAM BUSTERS VETERANS JOHNNY JOHNSON (T-Tommy) AND LES MUNRO (W-Willie), AND ADDITIONALLY BY MARY STOPES-ROE (daughter of Barnes-Wallis). A photograph with printed signature of Richard Todd (Wing Commander Guy Gibson in Michael Anderson's well-known film) is mounted on front free endpaper. Published a year after the first edition. The moving story of RAF Bomber Command's most famous squadron and arguably the most famous air exploit of WWII. The stirring 'Dam Busters March', written by Eric Coates as the theme to the movie, was almost immediately adopted as an official march of the Royal Air Force. Enser, p.64; Mulholland & Jordan B121 (recording the first edition).
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, maps and diagrams in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first photographic treatment from the German viewpoint.
214 pages including index, bibliography and black and white illustrations. Pays tribute to all those who served as flyers in the Royal Canadian Air Force (fighter, bomber, coastal, and transport commands). Tells the individual stories of the Canadian pilots, gunners, navigators and bomb aimers who flew in the greatest war the world has ever known." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The US edition was first published in 1976.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; sand cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1965240091Published by Profile Publications, 1965. Broschiert
1965240090Published by Profile Publications, 1965. Broschiert
