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Mm 245x305 RARO - Volume rilegato in tela con sovraccoperta editoriale, 285 pagine profusamente illustrate in nero e a colori, con ulteriori 91 facsimile in appendice. Copia in perfetto stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Photographic print measuring 8 x 12 ins (approx. 20 x 30 cms) SIGNED ON OBVERSE BY CORRAN PURDON IN BLACK INK; A FINE COPY. The print is from the well-known original image of the famous lend-lease destroyer HMS CAMPBELTOWN wedged in the dry dock at St. Nazaire as part of Operation CHARIOT. Shortly after the picture was taken the timed charges aboard the vessel detonated, destroying the remains of the ship, causing significant enemy casualties and rendering the dock inoperable for the remainder of the war. Major General Corran Purdon had a military career worthy of a Hollywood film script. He volunteered for the Commandos and received the Military Cross for his part in raids on Norway and - perhaps the most daring raid of the war - on St Nazaire, where he was wounded and captured. After imprisonment at Spangenburg POW camp, he escaped and remained on the run for ten days before being recaptured and transferred to Oflag IVC at Colditz Castle, where his companions included Airey Neave and double amputee air ace Douglas Bader. He retired as General Officer Commanding Near East Land Forces in 1976 and subsequently served as deputy commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force between 1978 and 1981. With certificate of authenticity. VERY SCARCE.
161 pages. Bibliography. Index. "Lane, a born Ulsterman, a burgher of the South African Republic but still loyal to the British cause, a storekeeper in the hamlet of Hartbeesfontein in the Western Transvaal, faced dire penalties if he did not go to war with his commando. Refusing to bear arms against his mother country, he was placed in charge of the ammunition in the main laager of General Piet Cronje, Deputy Commandant General of the Republic. Not only was he opposed to Kruger and Krugerism but he was incensed at being commandeered. He criticizes much of what he sees and hears about Cronje. This viewpoint makes the work unique and unmatched by any other diarist in the camps of the Boers." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's ink stamp atop front free endpaper, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
12 pages. "The most terrifying secrets of self-defense ever known to man - gathered from confidential sources throughout the world - and published here for the first time!" - from front cover. Contents: Joseph Weider's Personalized Private Correspondence - "Save Your Life With These Secret Police and Commando Fighting Secrets!"; You Must Protect These Vital Targets from Knife Attacks; Six swift destructive defenses against knife attack; Defend yourself against knife attacks with these secrets from Commando and Secret Service Manuals; Secret Service Defense Tactics Against Deadly Pistol Attacks; Demolish the toughest gunman with these devastating Commando tactics; Beat off the Gun-Slinger and Switch-Blade Artist with the Brutal "Sudden Death" Techniques you learned this week. Boldly illustrated in black and red. Average wear. Multiple pen markings to six pages where prior owner studied this work intensely. A sound copy of this great vintage collectible. Book
68 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Quantico, with photos of Camp Barrett, Breckinridge Hall, Geiger Hall, Butler Stadioum and Lejeune Hall inside front cover; Archibald Henderson & the Fighting Indians; Troop Tests - How They Work; Two-page illustrated ad for the Vertol 107 helicopter; Our War Problems - An Amphibious Answer; Defense in the Summary Court; Commando Carrier - HMS Bulwark, Britain's first LPH is now on station in the Far East; Daniel Joseph Daly - Reluctant Hero; A Prayer for Marines; Martcom Report (part 1 of 2); Russian Attack Aviation - the Russians didn't invent close air support but they've been at it since WWII - with these results; Report from the Ready Forces - FMF LANT - Combat Readiness and Programs to Improve Readiness; Introduction to EOD; The Salty Skipper; OJR (On the Job Retirement) Blues; Competition Makes Marines; The Marine Reserve; Modern War Gaming - State of the Art; Transfers and Promotions; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
28 pages. Features: Wonderful colour ad inside front cover features a 1939 Daimler Straight Eight Touring Limousine; Title page photos of tanks returning to England from the failed Dieppe raid; The Commando Raid on Dieppe - aerial photos and a chart of the town; Twelve photos during and after the Dieppe raid; Four sketches of Dieppe action by artist Captain Bryan De Grineau; A Review of Many Events of the War - article by Cyril Falls; Photo portraits of new commanders for our armies in the Middle East - The Hon. Sir Harold Alexander, Major-General Herbert Lumsden and Lieut.-General B.L. Montgomery (Monty); Egypt's contribution to our way of life, by Sir John Squire; Excellent full-page photo portrait of the late Air Commodore H.R.H. The Duke of Kent with the Duchess; Interesting photos at home and abroad; Fifteen photos of personalities and events of the week; Centerfold illustration by Captain Bryan De Grineau depicts zero hour off Dieppe - the combined services launching their attack at the appointed time and place; Excellent two-page illustrations present structural details of the Focke-Wulf "F.W. 190" Fighter Plane; Photos of war activities on three fronts - Pacific, Mediterranean and Channel; Five photos of British 4.5 Heavy Guns in action on the El Alamein Battlefield; Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy - Six photos; The Prime minister visits the Eighth Army at El Alamein - 6 photos; Mr. Churchill visits Egypt and Moscow - six photos including shots of Churchill with Molotov and Stalin; Four large dramatic photos of Naval action in the Great Convoy Fight off Malta; Series of illustrations depict how the tanker "Ohio" delivered fuel to Malta; Great back cover colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" Scotch Whiskey shows a crate of whisky being wheeled past a smiling traffic officer. Somewhat above-average wear to covers. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
xv, 376 pages. Color map endpapers. Generously illustrated with black and white photos. Includes eleven maps, a fifty-five page roster of former members and their hometowns, and a twelve-page list of members who lost their lives in service. Documents the history of this elite American-Canadian WWII commando unit which was famously dramatized in the 1968 motion picture "The Devil's Brigade". Somewhat above-average wear to navy blue boards. Beige evidence of moisture exposure to bottom edge of entire textblock. Binding intact. Minimal markings. A sound copy of this important history. Enser p.440, Cooke (2) p.156, Dornbusch 505. Book
