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19452110502150410975Kobunsha 1945. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Kobunsha paperback
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Enser, p.64.
194762421Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1947. Reprint. Wraps. Good. Includes: illustrations diagrams maps. Various paginations approximately 150 pages. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some wear and soiling. Stamp on front cover blacked over. Spine torn at bottom. This edition has been reproduced by a photolithographic offset process from the first edition of the report. The objective of the Utilities Division was to examine the actual damage done by the bombing of Germany's electric generating plants and transmission networks to study the effect of the resultant curtailment in supply of electric energy upon Germany's war industry and to reach conclusions concerning the desirability of electric utility systems as targets for strategic bombing. The United States Strategic Bombing Survey USSBS was a written report created by a board of experts assembled to produce an impartial assessment of the effects of the Anglo-American strategic bombing of Nazi Germany during the European theater of World War II. After publishing the report in 1945 the Survey members then turned their attention to the war efforts against Imperial Japan during the Pacific War including a separate section on the recent use of the atomic bomb in attacks on two Japanese cities. In total the reports contained 208 volumes for Europe and another 108 for the Pacific comprising thousands of pages. The reports' conclusions were generally favorable about the contributions of Allied strategic bombing towards victory. The survey said of Allied airpower that it "was decisive in the war in Western Europe. Hindsight inevitably suggests that it might have been employed differently or better in some respects. Nevertheless it was decisive. In the air its victory was complete. At sea its contribution combined with naval power brought an end to the enemy's greatest naval threat-the U-boat; on land it helped turn the tide overwhelmingly in favor of Allied ground forces". A majority of the Survey's members were civilians in positions of influence on the various committees of the survey. Only one position of some influence was given to a prominent military officer USAAF General Orvil A. Anderson who had been in the Air War Plans Division and that only in an advisory capacity. Anderson was the only one on the survey board who knew about procedures of strategic bombing as Jimmy Doolittle's former deputy commander of operations. While the Board was not associated with any branch of the military it was established by General Hap Arnold chief of the USAF along with Carl Spaatz commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe. U. S. Government Printing Office paperback
8vo., First Edition; cloth, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Scarce in this condition. Enser, p.343
0331558254.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19912080302106808944Chinzei Academy 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 159P Size: B5 Chinzei Academy paperback
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
Pages 111-136 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: S.E. Saunders ad; Palladium commercial vehicle photo ad; Reform in the French Air Service; Sopwith ad; Large aerial photo of the air raid on Karlsruhe on January 14th, 1918; The first fruits of reprisals; Photo of British planes lined up on the British Western Front - a scouting squadron; Avro ad; Great photo of explosion after bomb dropped from 1,500 feet; The United Eastern Tractor Biplane - article with photos and diagrams; The Roll of Honour; Airscrew Analysis (conclusion); The 260 H.P. Mercedes Aero Engine; Photo of a Gotha strafer on the British Western Front in France; Westland Aircraft ad; Photo of British planes lined up in Italy - the squadron that has accounted for many Hun planes; Aerial view of Mannheim during raid 24 December 1917; The "X" Aircraft Raids; International Aircraft Standards; British Air Services - announcements and appointments; Aircraft work at the Front; Personals; Russell screw driving attachment (photo with text); Flight Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked. Front cover loose but present. A worthy vintage issue. Magazine
Pages 137-162 plus many additional pages of wonderful vintage ads. Contents: Whitehead Aircraft ad; Curtiss Aircraft ad; Intensive Aircraft Production; The Control of the Metal Trade; Aerial Activity in the West; Sopwith ad; Full-page illustration by Black of the stranded "Goeben" being bombed in the Dardanelles; Savage Hun Sentence on British Officers; The Attitude of the A.S.E.; German Dreams of Conquest; "Clouds and Rain Hindered the Work of Our Airmen"; The Italian S.V.A. Fighting Scout - article with photos and drawings; Air Fighting in Janaury; The Roll of Honour; "X" Aircraft Raids; The Raid on Paris; A Post-War Aeroplane - design by F. W. Halliwell; Photo of a British night bombing plane in France; Details of British Air Raids; Armchair Reflections by "The Dreamer"; The British Air Services - announcements and appointments; Aircraft work at the front; Personals; International Aircraft Standards; Army Club cigaratte ad on back cover; Flight Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound vintage issue. Magazine
1947001692Civilian Defense Division 1947. Book. Very Good - Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Small 4to. 248 pp. Large Pristine fold-out map at back foreword acknowledgments PART I. SUMMARY: Early Start; Mission; Execution of Mission; Deelopment of Program; Activities Before Raid; Activities During and After Raid; Conduct of the Public; Protection of Factories and Public Utilities; Other Civilian Defense Functions; Comment. PART II. COMPLETE FINAL REPORT: I. Introductory Statement; II. Establishment and Development of Japanese Air-Raid-Protection Program; III. Special Civilian Defense Agencies; IV. Organization and Operation of Japanese Civilian Defense; V. Protection of Factories Utilities Installations and Buildings Devoted to Public Use; VI. Passive Defense Installations and Precautions; VII. Evacuation and Welfare; VIII. Training; IX. Exhibits; X. Glossary; XI. Source Material; Map of Administrative Divisions of Greater Tokyo Area Inside Back Cover. Dates of Survey: 1 October 1945 - 1December 1945. First Edition February 1947. "The US Strategic Bombing Survey was established by The Secretary of War on November 1944.Its mission was to conduct an impartial and expert study of the effects of our aerial attack on Germany to be used in connection with air attacks on Japan and to extablish a basis for evaluating the importance and potentialities of air power as an instrument of military strategy for planning the future development of the United States armed forces and determining future economic policies with respect to the national defense." Lighlty soiled rear wrapper near spine with slightly faded edges of same else Pristine Interior. Clean tight and strong binding with no underlining highlighting or marginalia. Blue card wrappers. Civilian Defense Division Paperback
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, illustrations and diagrams throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
19471412574Washington: United States Strategic Bombing Survey. Civilian Defense Division 1947. Saddle-stitched. Octavo vi 113 pages. In Good condition. Ex-library with library stamps on cover and title page. Spine is staple binding. Cover is blue paper black print; light edge wear light toning. Text block has spotting to edges. Illustrated: b&w photographs charts. <br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Section. 1412574. FP New Rockville Stock. United States Strategic Bombing Survey. Civilian Defense Division unknown
19802090202120410367Hiroshima Eiga Techosha 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Hiroshima Eiga Techosha paperback
0282330526.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0331271222.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1333265794.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0331606984.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
195030495Paris Les Éditions Ozanne 1950 GRAND In-8 carré préface du général Weygand , Avant-propos de S. Em le cardinal Liénart , nombreuse photos comprises dans la pagination , 320 pp, bien complet du suplément photographique sur le torpillage de "la Bourrasque ". quelques rousseurs
192620044Paris, , L Clercx, 1932 ; in-8, broché ; 22 pp., couverture vert clair.
19852080202104501755Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs paperback
194911521949 broché (paperback) grand in-octavo carré, dos et couverture imprimés (spine and front cover printed) - marque de plis au coin de queue de la couverture, tranches non rognées (edges no smooth), illustrations photographiques hors-texte sur papier glacé (full page engraving on glazed paper), 240 pages, 1949 à Alençon Imprimerie Alençonnaise - Maison Poulet-Malassis,
2080202106700805Chuokoronsha N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Chuokoronsha paperback
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.
