292 résultats
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.32.
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., with plates; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps, diagram in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Between August 1943 and March 1944 the RAF dropped over 30,000 tons of bombs on Berlin. More than 10,000 aircraft sorties resulted in the loss of 600 bombers and their crews. As always with this author, a detailed and well-researched account with much new information from participating crews and ground staff, and from German civilians who lived through it
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account including aircraft losses, command structure, Bomber Command groups and comprehensive register of missing aircraft and aircrew with fates where known.
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
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.33.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Cooper investigates the context of the controversial raid, asking whether the city was a legitimate target and was the attack justified?
210 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A personal and colorful account of the author's experience, and that of his crew, while serving with Bomber Command's 415 Squadron." - from Foreword. Prior owner's name and purchase details atop front free endpaper. Light wear to book. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
8vo., with photographs and maps in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1995.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.26.
26 pages. Wonderful songs from both world wars including: It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary; Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit-Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile; Keep the Home Fires Burning (Till the Boys Come Home); The Marines' Hymn; Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland; Wonder When My Baby's Coming Home; Nursie! Nursie!; The Bombardier Song. Above-average but not excessive wear. Openings along coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this wartime memento. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece and very numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Written to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the RAF Foundationers' Trust at Christ's Hospital, this deceptively detailed and profusely illustrated account shows how Wallis's schooldays influenced his subsequent life. It covers many aspects of his career including airship, aircraft and armaments design, and his central role in the foundation of the Trust in 1951.
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
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss at rear panel.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous monochrome photographs; original pictorial boards, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Features: The inside story of Gar Wood's Sea Speeder (Tunnel Boat / Catamaran); New heavy duty army workhorse combat trucks; How to shoot a 5-ton skyrocket; Refinery takes a truck trek across subarctic - relocating the abandoned Whitehorse refinery to Edmonton; I fly the world's fastest bomber - B47 Stratojet; The de Havilland Beaver; Helicopter Top Tilts to Cure Shakes; Machine Finds facts for you - an early search engine; 'Seater Meter' samples shapes and tastes; How Your Knives and Forks are made; Instructions to build a remote-control bulldozer; Monorail streamliner for the young railroader; Tracking down the (furnace) fuel you waste; hide a radio in a skillet; full-page ad for the 1950 Harley-Davidson Hydra-Glide; and more. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Binding sound. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
58 pages. Features: President Truman imposes censorship by executive order; Photo of launch of B-61 Matador robot bomber (missile); Nice full-page colour ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes featuring lady with Jack-O-Lantern and Navy man; Results of NATO meeting in Ottawa; Cab Driver Jose Carballal; Ailing King George VI; Hamburg is Rebuilding; The New Boom in Oil; Full-page two-color ad for Eaton 2-speed truck axles; New TV Tube from a hobby shop; Sumo - Japan's sacred sport - booms U.S. box office take; Nice full-age color ad for Ray-O-Vac batteries; Drop in Chesapeake oyster production; Why the Air Force needs veterinarians; Mayor Dorothy Lee of Portland, Oregon says no to gambling; Education about syphilis in painless, pinball fashion; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.176
Sm. folio, First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt entirely legible) else a very good, clean copy. The RAF's path finders and target-markers over Germany during WWII. Enser, p.172.
A selection of broadcasts made by R.A.F. airmen between March 1942 and May 1943. 112 pages. Wear to cover edges and some marks on covers. Vertical crease down front cover and following few pages.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 57 plates on 24 and several full-page facsimiles in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Surprisingly detached, meticulously researched account of the first thousand bomber raid - effectively the prototype of Harris's controversial 'saturation bombing' strategy. Moving and graphically illustrated. Already elusive in this condition. Enser, p.55.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.33.
