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208 pages. Topics: S.S. Sicamous restoration; Kelowna's Lawyers; Jack McGuire of Salmon Arm; Knob Hill; Nick Jones of Oliver; Captain Dun-Waters' Hunt; Commando Bay Reunion. Usual library markings. Average wear. Sound working copy. Book
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.
1917287142Bestetti E Tumminelli 1917 Green/Gilt Card Covers.3 Large Foldout Extensions of Photographs Of Mountains With Numbers To Identify extending to seven feet in length. A Topographic map. History in Italian. Altipiani Di Lavarone E Luserna Da Cima Campomolon. Very Rare Worldcat Finds 1 Copy At University Di Padova. Excellent Photography Of Italian Alps. Double Elephant - over 25 - 50" tall. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Bestetti E Tumminelli paperback
1917ZB543304Roma: Officina tipografica del Min. Guerra 1917. 124 pp. softcover spine professionally rebacked with tape minor library markings else good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Roma: Officina tipografica del Min. Guerra paperback
1989LFA-126722713Revues d'environ 70 pages, format 210 x 300 mm, illustrées, brochées couverture couleurs, Histoire & Collections, bon état
1946986011946 Numéro 10 - Juillet 1946 - Rédaction de la Revue d'Information : Cabinet du Général Commandant Supérieur des T.O.A. - revue illustrée - broché - 64 pages
19791108541979 Editions Société de Production Littéraire - 1979 - In-4, cartonnage bordeaux avec titre doré au dos sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs - 379 p. - Nombreuses reproductions photographiques en N&B in et hors-texte
19881066421988 Jacques Grancher, éditeur - 1988 - In-8, broché - 284 p. - Un cahier de reproductions photographiques en N&B en milieu d'ouvrage
208 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "Tells, in vivid yet modest terms, the story of the wartime exploits of No. 4 Commando, seen from the viewpoint of the particular troop in which the author served as a section officer from 1942 until it dispanded after the war." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Unmarked. Complete dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The first published account of 10 Commando, comprising men from Germany and the occupied nations, which fought fiercely in Norway and across NW Europe. Uncommon in this condition. Enser, p.56
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, and maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Scandalously overdue account of WWII's RN Commandos, often unjustly overshadowed by their Army counterparts. Often first on the beaches, they fought from Madagascar to Dieppe, in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, at Normandy and right through to the collapse of the Third Reich. Enser, p.36; Low 0887.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The Anglo-French 4 Commando was one of the longest serving units of British special forces. This excellent history covers, among other actions, Lofoten, Dieppe, D-Day and Flushing
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
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
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; original photographic wrappers, a near fine copy. Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publication No. 35.
144p. Illustrated. Small 8vo. Original printed wraps. Nice copy. WWIIA/1
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
Mm 140x200 Brossura editoriale di pagine 400. Aggiunti: un'appendice delle leggi e dei decreti più importanti e un indice dei nomi contenuti nel volume. Opera in buone condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
606406not signed on a 3/4 length shot of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ray Dawn Chong in a scene from the 1985 film "Commando". Photograph is on single weight stock; 10" x 8"; very good minor signs of handling. 1985. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
in-8°, 319 pages, -, bibliogr., broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [MI-26]
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red boards, black cloth back lettered in silver, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
