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Very detailed account of the situation prior to and the assault on German held Europe in World War II and of the final collapse of Hitler's Germany. With a nice frontispiece picture of the brylcreamed author holding a pipe. Also numerous maps. Appendices and Index. Dust jacket has small loss at top of spine, corners and edges.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text, and a folding plan; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Detailed and valuable account of the minesweeping component of Operation NEPTUNE by the founder of the Algerines Association. The narrative structure includes much eye-witness and other vernacular material not available elsewhere. An excellent contribution to a still largely forgotten (and largely thankless) aspect of the RN's operations in WWII. VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition thus, with 12 photographs and 12 maps; printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Photocopy facsimiles of the original edition of 1956. Covers the three major airborne operations in NW Europe during World War II: NEPTUNE (D-Day), MARKET GARDEN (Arnhem) and VARSITY (Rhine Crossing). Well illustrated and with much statistical detail of troops and transports.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE. Wartime service on a typically hard-worked B-Class destroyer. Includes West African convoys, Scharnhorst, Normandy, and Arctic convoys.
16 pages. Features: Why I Believe - Wernher von Braun talks about science and God; A Funny Thing Happened in North Conway, New Hampshire - for 45 hours the town decided to live without time - includes photos of Ray Walker, Mrs. Peter Pinkham, Carol Gaudette and Mrs. Lawrence Sherman; Nine-Year-Old Timmy Walsh recovers from terrible burns suffered in Neptune, New Jersey; Dutch Treat - Charlie Rice writes of his time in Amsterdam, with photo of woman police officer "Greet" Berenschot; Gourmet Bachelor - Chicago's Ed Johnson swaps his summer special recipes; 3/4 page ad for the LBJ Barbecue (BBQ) Cook Book features nice photo of Walter Jetton, caterer to the LBJ ranch; Zipcode USA - Teen Q&A includes photo of Bobby Vinton being mobbed by fans; Nice Mother Goose cartoons by Oldden. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Book has been re-bound by the library into very strong hardback boards that show very little wear, interior/text is mostly clean with underlining on two pages only, a 1/2" closed tear on another page, otherwise clean and neat. 119 pages, lots of maps, many full-page b&w photos, index. Volume I in the series.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, maps and diagrams in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps, four leaves poorly opened at upper margin, page-edges very lightly browned as usual; cloth, gilt back, a very good, firm copy in price-clipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY TUTE, COSTELLO AND HUGHES ON A BOOKPLATE AFFIXED TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO. Excellent overall survey by three acclaimed naval and military historians. Published to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the landings, the strong and deceptively detailed text is supported by a wealth of well-chosen and captioned photographs. It was the first major publication to utilise recently declassified official records, and also includes numerous eye-witness accounts. Material signed by Costello in particular is very scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, boards lightly age-faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. The story of the Gooseberries or blockships used in the Mulberry Harbours during D-Day, told by the naval OIC. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.384; Law 0587.
112 pages. Features: The Uranus/Neptune Infusion for Spiritual Magnification; It's Time to Claim Your Magnificence; Human Predatory Impulses Have Been Activated; Dancing with My Dad - a guide to lucid dreaming; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations, maps in the text and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth, black cloth back lettered in red and white, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
8vo., Third Impression, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. 'Third Impression before Publication'. Includes a good bibliography. The dustwrapper is unusual in that the publisher's blurb occupies the whole of the inner surface. Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. VERY SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.292.
8vo., First Edition, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Includes a good bibliography. Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.292.
8vo., First Edition, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps, fore-edges lightly browned as often; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrapper lightly chafed at head and tail of backstrip. Includes a good bibliography. The dustwrapper is unusual in that the publisher's blurb occupies the whole of the inner surface. Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. INCREASINGLY ELUSIVE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.292.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with many hundreds of photographs and facsimiles throughout, and pictorial endpapers; blue faux-morocco, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. The definitive pictorial retrospective, based on the 'then and now' photographic matches for which this publisher is renowned.
2 vols., roy. 8vo., with many thousands of photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout, and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole set housed in publisher's black cloth slip-case. The definitive pictorial retrospective, based on the 'before and after' photographic technique for which this publisher is renowned. A superb set. Not recorded by Enser.
102 pages. Features: New Horizons in British Aviation - article with great photos; Holiday on Floats; Let's Learn to Fly - part 7; "We Can't Fly Without Airports" Series - Chippewa Airport; Report from Ottawa; The Boeing Stratofreighter; New RAF Elementary Trainer - Percival Prentice; 11,000 mile flight of the Truculent Turtle - U.S. Navy Lockheed Neptune; Weatherman Rules Atlantic Flight; Flying Luscombe's Silvaire; Waco's Silver Jubilee Model Aristocraft; and more. Many pages of great ads including a great full-page ad for Fairey featuring a photo of the H.M.C.S. Warrior, the first carrier in the Royal Canadian Navy. Small faint ink stamp to front cover and ad on first page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Contents: Infant mortality in the U.S.; The moons of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto; The fundamental physical limits of computation; The evolution of Darwinism; The chemosensory recognition of genetic individuality; Minoan palaces; Fossil water under the Sinai-Negev peninsula; Milkweeds and their visitors. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. This work remains the most comprehensive single-volume guide to the various types of landing craft, support ships and amphibians developed for seaborne landings. Enser, p.11; Law 1092
8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.163; Law 0557.
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear. An insider's account of the planning of D-Day and beyond. Enser, p.202.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.291.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Second Impression, with 23 plates (one double-page); blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. Early contemporary account of the reality of the D-Day Landings. Published in the same month as the first edition. Enser, p.31; Law, 0553.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.63.