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Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., (1964). First Edition. Octavo, blue boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xii, 278 pp. Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket. From dust jacket: The four squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps that went to France in August 1914 were commanded by Army majors who had learned to pilot aeroplanes. One of them was John Maitland Salmond. Three years later his energy, courage and exceptional ability had raised him to the rank of Major General and made him, at thirty-six, the youngest-ever member of the Army Council. In January 1918 he returned to France to command the Royal Air Force on the Western Front. With squadrons totalling two thousand machines he conducted the great closing air battles of the War. Then came the years when the R.A.F. had to fight for its own life against those who wanted to whittle it away. In a frontier-war in Iraq, Salmond demonstrated brilliantly that the Air Force could conduct ‘control and police’ duties at a fraction of the cost…
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Edinburgh / London: William Blackwood & Sons LTD, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Text block good and sturdy with some slight staining. Dust jacket stained and yellowed in parts. Wear to the dust jacket spine. Closed tear on back dust jacket cover. Gilt lettering to hardcover spine..
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Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1964. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xii, 278 p. illus., maps, ports. 23 cm. Notes: Bibliographical references included in ""Author's and publisher's acknowledgements"" (p. 259-262). Subjects: Salmond, John Maitland Sir 1881-. Biography. Genre: Illustrated.
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