Halkett, Gavin E. (Signed)MareMagnum
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Signed, without inscription, by author upon title page. 91 pages. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photos. A history of the Nanaimo Power and Sail Squadron. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration by C. Gibberd of a Hurricane attacking a German bomber about to attack a British merchant ship; Bombing crews meet their intelligence officer upon their return from Germany; Blenheim attack on Havre; Photos from Libya; Illustrated text of a broadcast by Mackenzie King of Canada entitled "Two Great Brotherhoods"; Vincent Massey greets first Royal Canadian Air Force squadron to reach England; Photos of children saved from boats attacked by U-Boats; Incredible full-page aerial photo of the Philidelphia Navy Yard which is full of dozens of veteran warships; Map of navla and air bases leased to American by Britain; A Dornier bomber burns on the beach in the southeast; Photo of a German dive-bomber brought down almost intact in Southern England; Balloons ablaze in coast battle; Wrecked German planes and the damage they caused; centerfold illustration by N. Clarke shows a Sunderland and its very successful attack on enemy planes, supply ships and fuel dumps at Tromso, Norway; two excellent photos of German POWs in Canada; A British flying boat is rescued by a British destroyer; Guardians of our island fortresses; Great photo of the loading of a 9.2" gun; Photos of the King and Queen; Photo-Illustrated Article on The First Year at Sea - an official summary of activities issued by the Ministry of Information; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of the Arab legion in Transjordania; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Clear photo of a barrage balloon over an R.A.F. patrol vessel; Inside front cover is an illustration of a youthful John F. Kennedy in connection with his book "Why England Slept"; Formation of American Stinson 105 light planes over Montreal; Canadian coastal gun crew at work; Canadian soldiers and sailors train together off Newfoundland; Savage glare of night bombardment of Cherbourg; Meeting the Enemy's Challenge - article by Ernest Bevin; Photos of Italians in the desert war; Photos of the Royal family in war, including a lovely full-page photo of Princess Elizabeth making her first radio broadcast to the children of England, with sister Margaret by her side; Graphic evidence of punishing R.A.F. raids on enemy ports at Le Havre and Antwerp plus Berlin; Great photos of the Royal Engineers bridgebuilding; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the H.M.S. Ajax winning new glory in Mediterranean battle as she destroyed multiple Italian vessels; Photo of sacrilege at St. Paul's cathedral - bomb damage through the roof; Many photos of London destruction, including the destroyed 100,000 volumes of University College Library; Photos of British children seeking safety in North America, including photo with the Mayor of Boston, Maurice J. Tobin, and his son; The German Air Offensive - text of broadcast by Sir Philip Joubert; photo of a sound locator crew of a searchlight unit in the London area; Diagram of the 'simple and efficient' Hawker Hurricane; 4 nice photos on page 60 present the R.A.F.'s American squadron with Leader W.E.G. Taylor and others; A Commentary on the war this week; Photo of Hitler with Mussolini and Ciano as they plot in their bullet-proof train on October 5th; Photo of Hitler with four of his air chiefs; Photo of bomb damage in Hamburg. Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Photo taken aboard the Abel P. Upshur as she leaves port; RAF to the aid of gallant Greece; Super full-page aerial photo of RAF bombing attack in progress on the Albanian port of Valona, being used by Italy; Illustrated text of statement in the House of Commons on the progress of the war by Winston Churchill; Wonderful full-page photo of a massive British factory containing many bombers under construction; photo of desert listening post in action; Map showing the progress of British operations in the western desert; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the Albanian port of Valona under bombardment by the British navy; Photos of terrible London bomb damage to the House of Commons and Middle Temple Library; Photos on Hitler's 'invasion coast' (France); Illustration of fallen German pilots in rubber boat climbing aboard a Nazi raft prepositioned for them off the coast of France; Great before and after photos of repaired bomb damage to the London and North Eastern Railway; Illustrated text of the last speech of the late Lord Lothian, British Ambassador the the U.S., who passed away on 12 December; Dramatic photo of a British battle squadron firing on the French Fleet to keep it from enemy hands - the Bretagne is shown ablaze; Gallabat taken from Italians; Commentary on the war this week; British Army studies invasion tactics - photos of British troops in boats practising to cross unbridged rivers; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Nice full-page photo of Harry Hopkins leaving the foreign office with Anthony Eden; With the fleet Italians - naval photos from the Mediterranean; King Haakon of Norway inspects Norwegian sailors now serving with the British fleet; Winston Churchill inspects members of the American motorised squadron of the Home Guard with Brigadier-General Wade H. Hayes; Illustrated article entitled "The Royal Navy in 1940" - through a year of disasters, calamities and perils to glorious achievements - with photos of the Thunderbolt, H.M.S. Rodney, and H.M.S. Terror; Illustration of a British M.T.B. in action off the Belgian coast; Photos of the trail of the Italian desert retreat; Map showing Catania - Germany's new air base in Sicily; Dramatic centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black shows the H.M.S. Illustrious beating off a German attack; Photos of terrible bomb damage in London, Portsmouth and Liverpool; Photos of Abyssinian soldiers being inspected by Haile Selassie in the Sudan; "Civil Defense in Action' - illustrated text of broadcast by Lord Dudley, Regional Commissioner for the Midlands - includes photo and caption presenting Evelyn Marmar who, at age 16, won the O.B.E. for her devotion to duty as a switchboard operator during a daylight raid on Southampton; Gruesome photo of searchers looking for survivors in the ruins of a London working-men's hostel; Illustration by S. Drigin depicts the R.A.F. bombing a Sicillian air base; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of the Greeks - our allies in Albania - including photo of King George II review his troops on horseback; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Newfoundland's part in the fight - photos of Lord Cranborne with the troops; Photo of the King and Queen presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Flying-Officer D.S.G. Honor; Illustrated article entitled "The Royal Air Force in 1940" - splendid work of the fighter and bomber commands and the anti-aircraft batteries; Photo of champion hurdler and Squadron Leader D.O. Finlay in front of his Spitfire; Photo of a Whitley bomber being prepared for another mission; A map documents 16 months of R.A.F. war on enemy production; With the Greeks' victorious army; Winston Churchill's northern tour - including a photo of him addressing a battleship crew on the deck of the ship; Aerial photo of Wilhelmshaven taken during an R.A.F. bombing mission; Centerfold illustration by S. Drigin depicts the British tanker Cardita defending itself against a u-boat; British before Bardia - photos; Photo of carloads of Italian prisoners; Photos of several downed Italian planes; Photo of hundreds of weapons captured from the Italians at Bardia; Burma Squadron in battle - photo of the pilots of the 257, the famous Hurricane Fighter Squadron; Nice photo of 257 Squadron Leader Stanford Tuck in his cockpit; Photo-illustrated article entitled "Science in Uniform - Brilliant work of the Royal Engineers in Modern War"; Photos of mobile railway workshop; Separate photos of four downed German airmen; Commentary on the war this week; Stranglehold on enemy shipping - various Fleet Air Arm photos; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Aerial photo of an intense RAF boming attack on the Italian stronghold of Keren in Eritrea; Photos aboard Britain's newest battleship, the H.M.S. King George V, including a photo of her 14" guns firing on the quarter-deck turret; Photos of the war in Albania; Photo-illustrated text of statement in Parliament by Sir Archibald Sinclair; Photo of Whitley bombers under construction in northern England; S. Drigin illustration of Beaufort torpedoes sinking a German destroyer; Super action photos of a Messerschmitt 110 attack on a naval convoy; Photos of bomb damage in London including Buckingham Palace and the Roman Catholic cathedral of St. David in Cardiff; Photos of mangled German aircraft on the ground in England; Full-page detailed map of Industrial objectives bombed in the Hamburg area; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black depicts the British taking over Berbera, capital of British Somaliland; Photo of a complete Czechoslovak bomber squadron walking toward their planes along a row of bombs they will be dropping; Photo of Czechoslovak Wellington taking off and another one flying under moonlight; Abyssinia prepares to expel the oppressor - photos; Their majesties inspect Polish troops; Photo-illustrated text of a broadcast by Ernest Bevin entitled "Mobilisation of Man-Power"; Photo of Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Governor of Cyrenaica, inspecting men of the captured Tripolitanian Camel Corps; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of how the British Army trains to meet invasion; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. Modest moisture exposure to top edge of most pages and back cover has resulted in light staining and minor undulations. A sound copy. Book
100 pages. Features: Valley of the Missing Men - Major 'Monty' Hardcastle saves the remnants of a Squadron from the greatest Sky-Trap of the War; Silent Wings - Blind in the Darkness above the Scottish HIghlands, a Sailplane Pilot Gambled with his Life to Save a Nation's Secrets; The Case Against Death - Peter Mohune - and his dramatic exposure of a ruthless Plot; True Story - the Continuation of a stirring year-by-year account of the achievements of Britain's Air Services during the Great War; The Fall of Peter - Peter Brown may have been the unluckiest Pilot in R.F.C history; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
96 pages. Features: Pacific Peril - British Forces search for two missing Naval Sloops; The Spy Hunters - Vital information reaches the enemy under the very noses of an R.F.C. Scout Squadron; Triplane Trickery - A Spinning Bristol might be a Trap for Tripehounds; Lone Eagle - Transport pilots have their moments; True Story - The Personal Narrative of a Young American who Fought and Flew in Spanish Skies against the latest German and Italian Warplaines in General Franco's Service; True Stories - Flying Tricks and Fighting Tactics of Britain's War-time Aircraft; No. 72 Squadron, R.F.C. - A Gallant Scout Squadron makes R.A.F. history under Mesopotamian skies; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
96 pages. Features: The Flaming Fighters - The Pilots of a Pup Squadron fall victim to a strange Hoodoo; The Mammoth and the Midge - Flt. Lt. Kinly goes to 'P.A.Q.', no ordinary restricted area; By Order of the Khan - Mischief in the Frontier Territory of Abdullah, The Khan; Hornets of the Skies - The story of the single-seater fighter from its birth in the early days of the Great War to its Near-Perfection in the Six-Miles-A Minute Projectiles of Today; Red Wings - A Red Ruse to trap the White Russians of Denikin's Army was betrayed to the Sharp Eyes of an English Airman; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
96 pages. Long Complete War-Air Adventure - Raiders of the Night - Up from a Darkened 'Drome on the Western Front Rose the Strangest Convoy that ever Sailed the Night Skies of Flanders, a German Bomber and a British Fighter, Bound Together on a Desperate Mission of Death; Ace of the Black Cross - The Authentic Story of the War-time Adventures of Germany's Greatest Living Air Ace, Victor in 62 Aerial Combats and Former Member of the Richtofen Circus; The Zeppelin Fighters - The Epic Story of the men who Freed Britain's Skies from the Terror That Flew By Night; Thriller - The Airship Alibi; Dramatic Story - Chivalry prevails in the Mad Lust of Battle; Dramatic Story - A Great Story of War-Time Adventure in a Pup Squadron on the Western Front; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
96 pages. Features: Thriller - The Frog that Fell out of the Sky; Modern Adventure - Four R.A.F. Planes disappeared before Flying Officer Vickers unmasked the treachery that was to set the frontier aflame with Revolt; The Sky Clown - a joke costs a brave man his courage and makes a fighter of a fool; Call Me Jennie - Major Sharpness made Tigers out of Rabbits - but his first Creation won a most Untigerish name; True Story - The Epic Story of Famous R.F.C Unit - No. 56 Squadron; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
96 pages. Features: Traitor's Tune - A strange clue links a lonely graveyard behind the enemy lines with the mysterious disappearance of Britain's Greatest Air Fighters; Flight of a President - Two men made foolproof plans for a life and death flight - but each planned a different result; True Story - Naval One - The Amazing Exploits of No. 1 (Naval) Squadron, R.N.A.S. which made air history on 3 fronts; Footlight Ace - The 'Balloon Busters' had no stranger member than Basil Harlow, Actor-Airman; The Last Throw - Deep in the Trackless bush of the Canadian North, a Reckless Air Fighter prepared his bold attempt to Sever a life-line of the Allies; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Oriana in Sydney; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Naval Review; Hong Kong Squadron - part 2; Anchor Line to India - Neil Cown recalls a round voyage from the UK to India which he made in the cargo liner "Egidia" in 1959; Oriana - last of the Orient liners - part 2; Barging Around Bristol Channel - the discovery of some old log books led to some interesting research into the activities of the barge 'The Shoots' and the tug 'BPII' in the early post-war trade of the port of Bristol; European Ferry Commentary; Cruise Ship Updates; Ship Sales; Full-page photo of the Werder Bremen; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
157 pages including index plus 8 black and white plates. Documents the First visit, February to April 1861 and the Second Visit, April to July 1870. Illustrations include: Victoria, Vancouver Island, 1861; The Royal Engineer's Camp Near New Westminster in 1861; Yale in the 1860's; Oregon City in 1858; San Francisco in 1866; The American Camp on San Juan Island c. 1870; The Flying Squadron in Esquimalt Harbour, 1870; Sitka, Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Remnants of two price stickers at bottom of front cover. Crease to back cover. Solid copy. Book
Signed by author/subject upon first blank leaf. 197 pages. WWII RCAF pilot Al Trotter recounts his dramatic wartime experiences in the air and as a POW. Many pages of reproductions of archival black and white photos. Gift greetings atop first blank leaf, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Strange cover photo of British troops at spray gas drill - crouching under their protective clothing; Full-page photo of Churchill at the radio microphone - First Lord of the Admiralty; Two pages of photos illustrating the British Ministry of Information - how the censors do their work and the issuing of news to the press; Nice two-page photo of British tanks practising in a smoke screen; Two-page illustration of a German air attack on a British squadron in the North Sea on September 27th; One page graph illustrating the ebb and flow of income tax rates1800 through 1939; Photos illustrate the transformation in England wrought by the war - urban and rural scenes; Poland crushed by two invaders - twelve photos; Dramatic photo of two British vessels at work - black smoke streaming from one of them; Photos of Poland and her destroyers; The Turkish mission in London; Nice full-page photo of a camouflaged long-range British gun with "Balloon Tyres"; Photos of people and events in the news, including a Dutch air liner attacked by Germany; 10 photos of various styles of gas mask container; German and Russian Maneouvres - article by Cyril Falls; 10 photos from behind the French lines; Interesting full-page photographic guide to the rations of the British field force; Five great photos of British troops en route to the front; Various photos of self-defence at home; and more. Small name written atop front of outer cover. First two pages loose but present. Two pages probably missing from back. Book
125873A vintage gelatin silver photograph approximately 157 × 203 mm albeit missing a large blank piece from the bottom right-hand corner with a lengthy caption in ink on the verso along with the identities of many of those present. Minor creases a few marks and the loss to the corner notwithstanding a very interesting image in presentable condition. The caption mentions '2 Wireless Limbers 2 cable waggons & 3 G.S. Limbers as water carts'; the 10 motorcycles and two early motor vehicles are taken as read. Part of the date January is present: the signal squadrons were present in Mesopotamia from 1916 to 1918. unknown
1936038524London: William Hodge & Company Limited 1936 F-/VG. 8vo. original light blue cloth a trifle toned prev. owner's details to FFE else clean & bright throughout in dustwrapper priced 5/- a little rubbed & nicked neat tape repairs on reverse sizeable chip to tail edge rear panel a little toned else quite presentable; pp. xvi 210 last blank with illustrations. A very good copy. Neate C86: Account of the 1933 Houston-Mount Everest aerial survey expedition and flight over the summit. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/VG. William Hodge & Company, Limited hardcover
1933030828London: The Bodley Head 1933 8vo. original blindstamped blue cloth rubbed & sunned with a few marks to boards extremities a little nicked prev. owner's name to upper pastedown; lacks dustwrapper; pp. xx last blank 280 last blank with 62 illustrations maps & diagrams & 3-D glasses in rear pocket. Heavy item 1.3 kg additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. Neate F17: This first flight over the summit of Everest and film record was a considerable achievement and a most dangerous undertaking. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket. The Bodley Head hardcover
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; strongly bound in full navy cloth, backstrip with gilt label, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a near fine copy.
2005Q-184415159XPen and Sword Aviation 2005-07-25. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Pen and Sword Aviation hardcover
Folio, First Edition, text in German, with 2 coloured plates (of unit emblems) and very numerous photographs in the text; laminated boards, a fine copy.
8vo., First Edition with illustrations; original wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Fred Whitfield served as rear gunner with IX Squadron Lancasters based at Bardney in Lincolnshire. His record of over 30 'ops' includes raids on the Tirpitz and the Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. Extremely scarce due to limited print run
MA06D-02135United States Navy Fighter Squadron 51; Printers: The Daito Art Printing Co. Collectible - Good. n.p.: United States Navy Fighter Squadron 51; Printers: The Daito Art Printing Co. 1954. 4to hardcover. 105pp. Illustrations portraits. Good book. Foxed. US Navy Fighter Squadron 51st Cruises Yearbooks Inquire if you need further information. United States Navy Fighter Squadron 51; Printers: The Daito Art Printing Co. hardcover
