SEARBY Air Commodore JohnMareMagnum
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8vo., with plates; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.26.
Sound book with clean pages and clear content. Name previous owner on FEP.
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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.
Book shows light wear to covers, a little water stain on lower corner of last few pages, age-toned paper. 325 pages with b&w photos at back, small b&w illustrations in text. Section of b&w photos at back.
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.
8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 12.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Scarce in this condition. Enser, p.343
MONTREUIL-BELLAY, Ed. CMD - 1998 - Coll. "1939-1945" - In-4 - Broché - Couverture illustrée - Très nombreuses illustrations NB dans le texte et HT - 122 pages - Bon exemplaire
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Enser, p.64.
Aux Portes du Large 1947, In-8 broché, 236 pages. Photos et plan dépliant. Rousseurs en couverture, sinon bon état
8vo., First Edition, with plates, illustrations and diagrams throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
Roy. 4to., First UK Edition, with fine coloured drawings showing variants and liveries, and very numerous monochrome photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of the standard reference. Enser, p.452.
FAUSTO FIORENTINO 1967 XXIII-429 PP. E 4 TAVOLE FUORI TESTO. FATTI SALVI I SEGNI DEL TEMPO, VOLUME PERFETTO.
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and numerous fine photographs throughout; cloth (blue/black respectively), gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper.
448 pages. Index. Author interviewed survivors and their rescuers after the bombing of the U.S. Marine Amphibious Unit's (MAU's) compound in Beirut, Lebanon on October 23, 1983. "Describes their escalating involvement in the largely unreported battles foughtin and around the shattered city of Beirut... Presents in detail the terroist attack on unit headquarters." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archilval-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this sombre work. Book
66 pages. Features: Barbara Amiel on the passing of Lena Horne; Paul Wells says "Those Crazy Christians are taking over Ottawa; UFC fighter George St.-Pierre visits Parliament Hill; Shelagh Grant on why Canada may soon lose her sovereignty in the Arctic; Captain Robert Semrau - he allegedly shot a wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanistan - was it mercy or murder?; Andrew McIntosh receives a brown envelope; Newly elected British Prime Minister David Cameron; BP's Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill; Attempted bombing of Times Square; Cable companies make bold gamble on a new era of convergence; Youtube "Sells Out" - videos are being banned; Elena Kagan; Taking the scare out of Obamacare; Deregulated Eye Care in B.C.; Bob Geldof and Bono visit the Globe and Mail; Vacation from Hell in Peru - floods and landslides; Gustav Mahler is now box-office gold; Greeks protest austerity cuts; Devon Ronald Butler Clifford, 1979-2010; and more. Average wear. Address label clipped from front cover - in the process, a small piece was lost from table of contents and subsequent page received a two-inch opening.. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
Contents: Color Smirnoff ad features Frankenstein; The Vietnam War - with air photo of Thai Nguyen Steel Complex before bombing; Picture of Jimmy Hoffa entering Lewisburg Penitentiary with coat over his handcuffs; Arlen Specter; Haight-Ashbury; The Mind of China - Time Essay; Photo of Svetlana & "Papochka" (Joseph) Stalin circa 1940; Mountain Climbing; Fran Tarkenton; Color photo ad for the Chevrolet Camaro; Photo of Canadian CF-104 downed by a goose; Air Force SV-5D; The Redgrave Sisters - feature article with photos; and much more. Unmarked. Above-average wear. One page loose but present. Book
531 pages including index and black and white illustrations. A fascinating book about wartime politics, military strategies, and the birth pains of an independent U.S. Air Force - which was forged in fire over Brest, Schweinfurt, and Berlin. Sequel to author's A Few Great Captains - which traced the history of the U.S. Army Air Corps from its beginning to the onset of the German Blitzkrieg - picks up the story where Captains left off and continues through the strategic bombing of the Third Reich from 1942 to the end of the war in Europe. The story of a handful of air commanders who risked all for what they believed, at the conference table and in the cockpit. Prior owner's bookplate upon front endpaper else unmarked. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Small tears and moderate edgewear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
Features: Combat fighter tactics - Europe 1944; The Luftwaffe's Comet Rocket Fighter; Dauntless - WWII's Unsung Ship Killer; The first photo-recon Twin Mustang. Art: Me 163 Comet Development; SBD-2s Bombing Five (Yorktown); Douglas SBD-6 Dauntless Book
Features: Test Flying the F7F Tigercat - WW II's most powerful fighter; Blackburn Skua - Dive Bombing with the Fleet Air Arm; Doug Davis and the Travel Air Mystery Ships; B-18 the bomber nobody wanted. Art: Grumman XF7F-1 and F7F-3; Blackburn Skua cutaway Book
