Search Results: the rcaf overseas the fifth year by colin gibson

Oxford, 1945-01-01. Hardcover. Good. .

Toronto: Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1945. Hardcover. 404 pages. Blue cloth with gilt printing to the spine. The covers are just slightly scuffed and soiled with rubbed spine ends. Previous owner signed. Otherwise, bright and complete. About Very Good. .

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1945. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Fair Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (18)404pp. Indexed. Roll of Honour. Full-page photos. Dj has a 2" chip along top edge front panel.

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp. xi 2 537. Heavy book additional postage will apply. top and tail of spine worn

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1945. 404 pages in very good condition. VOLUME 2 ONLY. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white plates throughout. Previous owner's bookplate on the fpdep. Page edges are lightly smudged and darkened. Bound in blue cloth with silver titles on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges. Blue dustjacket in good condition with light blue titles. Faded on the spine. Heavily worn and darkened around the edges with chips and tears. 1ST EDITION. VG+/G. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good.

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1944-1949. Hardcover. Good +. 3 vols.: xv, 376; xviii, 404; xi, 537 p. 24 cm. Over 600 b&w illustrations of aircraft and servicemen. Blue cloth hardcovers in mylar-covered dustjackets. Ink signatures or inscriptions on front free endpapers of first 2 vols. Spine ends softened with small tears. A little fading or discolouration to spine cloth, esp. vol. 3. A comprehensive look at the RCAF's activities during the Second World War. The volumes covers events such as the Battle of Britain, the air offensive over northern France, fighter operations after Dieppe, convoy patrols and interceptions, the Battle of the Atlantic, preparations for invasion, the Italian Campaign, etc. The Fifth Year and The Sixth Year were printed in smaller numbers, making them scarcer, so that a complete set is hard to acquire.

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Second volume only. 404pp. Illustrated from black and white photographic plates. Pages lightly age-toned, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, spine slightly cocked a bit, a very good copy in a good only edgeworn dustwrapper with tears and tape repair being W.G.M. Hume's copy with his name inked on the front fly and his disagreeable notation on page 135 in which Hume exclaims "I NEVER DID!!" in respect to the incident occurring on May 3rd, 1944 when his Spitfire Mk.IX MK179 of No.403 Sqn RCAF was hit by flak and he baled out 12 miles off Le Treport. He drifted about an hour in a dinghy until he was rescued by an Air Sea Rescue Walrus. This is the second volume in the story of the Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons during World War II. An interesting association copy.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Oxford University Press, 1944-1949. First Edition, First Printings. Hardcover. pp. xv, 376; xviii, 404; xi, 537. 8vo's., measuring 6.25" x 9.25". Uniformly bound in publisher's original navy-blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering and ornamentation over maroon spine labels. Black-and-white photographic frontispieces, accompanied with dozens of black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, aerial photographs, charts, tables, illustrations, etc. Light rubbing, and edgewear to the cloth extremities, slight bump to head and tail of spines. Contents remain entirely without blemish with clean, and unmarked pages, and firm sound bindings. Overall, very good. Vol. I & II lacking their dustjackets, Vol. III accompanied with its original shelfworn dustjacket showing chips and short closed tears along the edges of the panels (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good. Scarce to be offered in commerce as a complete three-volume set.