9 résultats
1963335426glLondon: Neville Spearman 1963. Octavo navy blue boards hardcover 128 pp. Boards slightly warped; otherwise Near-Fine with neat former-owner bookplate; in a Very Good mylar protected dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges. From dust jacket: This is a true account of a series of colourful incidents in the life of a most modest and brave man. Although a great deal of the book is devoted to descriptions of episodes which took place in RAF Bomber Command it also includes such widely varying subjects as the description of an investiture at Buckingham Palace to the excitement of a long-distance reliability motor trial. The title has been chosen because it represents the motto of the famous No. 83 Pathfinder Squadron in which the author completed his extended tour of night bomber sorites in 1942 taking part in no less than sixty-six bombing raids over Occupied Europe. An unusual feature of Strike to Defend is the fact that the author describes scenes observed from the navigator’s table and from the perspex nose of the bomber. From these positions he was able to observe many dramatic incidents which took place both inside and outside the aircraft. Strike to Defend will appeal not only to those who served in the RAF but also to anyone who is interested in the technicalities of flying air navigation and motor sport. Neville Spearman, (1963). hardcover books
195671376bdAldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd. 1956. First Edition. Royal octavo blue cloth hardcover gilt letters map illus. endpapers xi 181 pp. Very Good with speckling to edges; in a Very Good mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: In his foreword Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor G.C.B. D.S.O. M.C. who himself as a subaltern in the Royal Flying Corps flew the first operational sortie from Hornchurch in 1915 against a Zeppelin says “The book is more than a record of the fighting tradition of a famous R.A.F. base. The Story of Hornchurch is really the story of the Air Defence of London. The names of many of the men who fought from Hornchurch are household words in the R.A.F. today such as Sailor Malan Paddy Finucane Douglas Bader Brian Kingcombe Piet Hugo and Harry Broadhurst. But the story also pays tribute to those of an earlier generation such as Tempest and Sowrey Murlis Green and Armstrong -- great men in their day and brilliant pilots all who laid the foundation of a tradition on which the Luftwaffe broke in 1940. This book traces the development of fighter tactics right from the early days of Zeppelins and Gothas through the peace-time exercises to the developments of Radar and the highly organized system of the last war. The International and Empire aspects of the pilots who flew from Hornchurch are particularly brought out. The very large number of illustrations include many which have not been published before. Gale & Polden Ltd., 1956. First Edition. hardcover books
197975298London:: Arms and Armour Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0853684529 . First edition. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper previous owner's blind-stamp on title page else very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket. . Arms and Armour Press, hardcover books
196173210London: Oldbourne Book Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover in jacket. THE PITCHER AND THE WELL Edited By Squadron Leader J. D. McDonald from the papers of a New Zealand airman; Oldbourne London. 1962. First English Edition - Previously Published in 1961 in New Zealand By Paul's Book Arcade. 1961. This book is hard-bound in blue-cloth with white lettering on the spine. The binding is solid and tight; contents are bright and clean a nice manuscript of a WWII member of a Bomber Crew dictated while lying in German prison camp suffering from burns he soon dies from. . Oldbourne Book Co. hardcover books
19673207qsN.l.: RAF Tengah 1967. Octavo softbound 68 pp. Photos maps. Near-Fine with bookplate. RAF Tengah, (1967). paperback books
19675554fdN.l.: RAF Tengah 1967. Octavo softbound 68 pp. Photos maps. Near-Fine with bookplate. RAF Tengah, (1967). paperback books
19773131qsLondon: William Kimber 1977. First Edition. Octavo green boards hardcover 224 pp. Photos portraits. Pilot and leader of No. 3 Naval Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Fine with bookplate in dust jacket. William Kimber, (1977). First Edition. hardcover books
1985292638Priory House London: The Order of St. John 1985. First Edition. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. The information contained in this pamphlet has been assembled primariloy for the benefit of the uniformed personnel of the St. John Ambulance Brigade".~~Printed wrappers; 48 pp. Illustrated with line drawings. Very Good binding. The Order of St. John unknown books
19305642fdLondon: Gale & Polden 1930. Volume II in the series. Royal octavo blue cloth lxiv 774 ii pp. Photos diagrams ads. Near-Fine with bookplate. Gale & Polden, 1930. Volume II in the series. hardcover books
