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Collins, London, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/good. Illustrator: Photographic. 351pp., frontispiece, black and white plates, Appendices, bibliography, index. A biography based on Weir's private papers. Weir was one of the founders of the R.A.F.. The spine is cocked, minor foxing on front and rear end papers, and on the top edge of the book, the dust wrapper has chipping, especially at the head of the spine and the foldover corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Aviation; Military History -- World War II; Military History -- World War I; Inventory No: 0204128. .
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ARCHITECT OF AIR POWER. The Life of the First Viscount Weir of Eastwood 1877-1959
by Reader, W. J
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Active Service: With Australia in the Middle East
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Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Ivor Hele, Harold B. Herbert and Others. XII, 130pp., last blank, foreword by General Blamey, General commanding the Australian Imperial Force in the Middle East, editorial note, list of illustrations. Illustrated endpapers by maps, both different, front end paper showing the North coast of Africa, rear end paper: showing the eastern side of the Mediterranean. Illustrated frontispiece by Ivor Hele. Within the text there are 12 coloured illustrations either done by Ivor Hele ar Harold B. Herbert, black and white photographs, and black and white illustrations, and maps, all illustrations were done by serving members of The Armed Forces. Bone coloured front board with dark brown illustration of Australian soldier, with dark brown writing on the front panel and spine. Bumping and creasing to the corner edges of the book and to the head and to the heel of the spine. Grubby…
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Active Service; With Australia in the Middle East
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Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Ivor Hele, Harold B. Herbert and Others. 800 g; XII, 130pp., last blank, foreword by General Blamey, General commanding the Australian Imperial Force in the Middle East, editorial note, list of illustrations. Illustrated endpapers by maps, both different, front end paper showing the North coast of Africa, rear end paper: showing the eastern side of the Mediterranean. Illustrated frontispiece by Ivor Hele. Within the text there are 12 coloured illustrations either done by Ivor Hele ar Harold B. Herbert, black and white photographs, and black and white illustrations, and maps, all illustrations were done by serving members of The Armed Forces. Bone coloured front board with dark brown illustration of Australian soldier, with dark brown writing on the front panel and spine. Traces of foxing to the top edge of the text block, otherwise free of damage. The Australian Imperial…
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Adversity in Success; Extracts from Air Vice Marshal Hewitt's Diaries 1939-1948
by Hewitt, Air Vice Marshal J. E
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Langate Publishing, Melbourne, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. XIII, 330pp., preface by author, abbreviations, appendix and on the rear paste down is a pocket and in that pocket is a errata sheet, index and map of Australia and its environs. Within the text there are contemporary black and white photographs. Tan coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Very minor scuffing to the book corners and to the extreme edges of the head and heel of spine. Marks to the cloth on the front panel on the lower half of the cover. Browning to the paper edges and on the bottom paper edge there is a stain which does not impinge upon the internal pages. Some handling marks internally. The errata script is missing from the pocket on the rear pace down. Extracts from the author's diary covering the years 1939 -- 48 and the war waged in the Pacific region. This book is one of a limited edition of 3000, being signed and numbered, this book No. 209.…
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Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-1943: Australia in the War of 1939-1945
by Herington, John
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Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 1.25 kg; XVIII, 734pp., last three blank, preface by author, list of illustrations, two appendices and index. Within the text there are 3 double-page & 3 full-page coloured maps, 9 full-page black and white maps, 20 text maps, 1 text graph & 2 text diagrams and 52 plates. This volume describes the part played by increasing numbers of Australians in the first four years of the air war in Europe and the Middle East. -- since of the Australians were so widely dispersed -- almost every RAF squadron contain some -- the author has outlined the story of the air war as a whole, assessing its achievements and examining the commanders' policies in the light of German and Italian as well as British documents. -- front fold over blurb. Blue coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Slight browning of the edges of the pages, offset tanning of front and rear free end pages,.…
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Arch of Fire; A Child in Nazi Germany
by Streufert, Siegfried
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Aina Kai Books, Pennsylvania, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 410 g.; X, 212 pages, Preface by Author, A Note to the Reader. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt illustration and titles to the front panel and gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing to the book corners. Illustrated dustwrappers, same illustration as the underlying board, with white background and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. A hint of rubbing to the dustwrapper edges. In this book of 70 stories, the author recounts his childhood growing up under the regime of the Nazi political system. First English Translation. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Military History -- World War II; Social History; History -- German; ISBN: 0964431807. ISBN/EAN: 9780964431805. Inventory No: 0109981. . 9780964431805
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Bandits Above
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Horwitz Publications, Melbourne, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Ordinary/No Dust Jacket. 130 pages. Illustrated front cover, showing 2 fighter planes and the German U-boat, against a white background with black, yellow and blue writing on the front panel and black and blue on the spine. The book is rubbed, faded and the white of the background has become yellowed and dull. Rubbing and creasing to all corners of the book and to the head and to the heel of the spine. There is a crease running the spine length and the lower lefthand corner of the front panel, the spine gutter, has a very small split. The covers of the book all show show handling marks. Browning and foxing to the paper edges and to the endpapers. Internal pages showed tanning and the occasional foxing spot. A pulp fiction novel set during World War II about Australian Fighter Pilots and a German U-boat. Part of the Horwitz Publications Series -- this being number 19. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 12mo…
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Battle Hymn
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Peter Davies, London, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XII, 13-264 pages, last page blank, list of illustrations. At the beginning of the text there is a double page map showing the journeys of the author. The text is illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photography between page 128 and 129. Dark purple coloured cloth boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. There is self embossed illustration of a plane on the front book panel. Bumping to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Flecking to the lower edge of the front dustwrapper panel, along the front spine gutter edge, lower edge of the backstrip and to the top right-hand corner of the backstrip. Rubbing to the book panels and browning and foxing to the text block edge. Light browning to the internal text. Photographic dustwrapper with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the rear dustwrapper panel. Rubbing and…
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Battle for Victory
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Blitz Editions, Leicester, England, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Maps. (10) 3-80 pages. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs throughout the text, maps, and the occasional illustration. Colour photographic laminated boards with yellow and red titles to the front panel and yellow and white titles to the backstrip. A little rubbing to the book edges and book panels. Colour photographic dustwrapper, same illustrations as the underlying board, with yellow and red titles to the front panel and yellow and white titles to the backstrip. Some rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and dustwrapper panels. A look at the ordinary soldier and numerous backup services from the civilian population in the battles of World War II. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military &…
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Battle for the Fiords. NATO's Forward Maritime Strategy in Action
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Ian Allan Ltd, London, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 128 pages, text illustrated with 154 black and white photographs, and 13 explanatory maps, tables, indexed. Original illustrated dustwrapper. The book has no faults are worth describing. Foreword by H.M. White, Vice-Admiral, Commander Anti-Submarine Wartime Striking Force. Describes the reality of forward operations as excised during September 1988 in Exercise 'Teamwork'. and the strategy, and lessons gained by NATO forces. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Maritime; Military History -- World War II; History -- Germany; Inventory No: 0207519. .
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the Battle of the Atlantic
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Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 208pp., bibliography, teacher credits, acknowledgements and index. Black coloured endpapers. Text is illustrated with copious black and white photographs, maps, cartoons and coloured and black and white illustrations. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; Europe; Military History -- World War II; Europe; WW II; Aviation. ISBN: 0809424967. ISBN/EAN: 9780809424962. Inventory No: 0283236. . 9780809424962
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Battleground South Pacific
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A.H. & A. W. Reed, Sydney, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Bruce Adams -- Photographer. VI, 7-224 pages, last page blank, foreword by Sir Arthur Lee, KBE, MC, National President, Returned Services League of Australia, introduction by author and acknowledgements. Map Illustrated endpapers, showing North West Pacific region. The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white photographs taken by Bruce Adams, throughout the text. Green coloured cloth covered boards with red titles to the backstrip. A little rubbing to the book corners. Light age toning of the internal text. Colour photographic dustwrapper with black and red titles to the front panel and white and black titles to the backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. Black-and-white photograph of author and photographer to the rear fold over panel. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. A…
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Burma Railway Artist; The Wall Drawings of Jack Chalker
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Viking, Ringwood, Victoria, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Jack Chalker. IV, 136 pages, last page blank, foreword by Sir Edward ( 'Weary' ] Dunlop and index. The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white drawings and sketches made by the author while a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II along the Burma-Siam Railway. Green coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing along the backstrip edges and book corners. Illustrated dustwrapper with ochre coloured titles to the front dustwrapper panel and ochre and black titles to the backstrip. Sepia toned photograph of the author to the rear dustwrapper panel. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper corners. After the fall of Singapore in 1942 the author became a prisoner of war of the Japanese. He spent that time in Singapore and in the Thailand-Burma railway camps. " during this time, in furtive secrecy, he made diary notes, sketches and paintings…
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Burma Surgeon
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Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd, Sydney, 1945. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Good. 250 grammes; 192 pages, last 2 blank, list of illustrations. Map illustrated endpapers, showing Burma and her neighbours. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Olive coloured snake skin textured boards with black writing on the spine and front panel. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the top book corners. Fading of the spine and to 0.25 " either side of the spine. Shelfwear to both the top and bottom edges and discolouration to those edges as well. Fading of the book covers. Browning and foxing to the top paper edge and browning to the other edges. Browning to the internal pages and to the end pages as well. Gift inscription to the top edge of the free front endpaper. The results of insect activity can be seen to the top left-hand corner of the front paste down. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing jungle foliage, white and black writing on the front panel and black…
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A Chindit Story
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Souvenir Press, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 164pp., last blank, foreword by author. Black and white line map as frontispiece. Light green boards with gilt writing on spine. Shelf wear to both the top and bottom book edges and dust marks to the top paper edge and browning to the others. Gift inscription on ffep., endpapers are slightly brown as are internal pages. Illustrated dust wrapper, showing soldiers in green and a pair of hands holding a gun in the white, black background and white writing in front panel and spine. The dust wrapper is rubbed and faded to all surfaces, though back panel is particularly rubbed. Slight chipping to the dust wrapper corners and to the head of the spine. There is also a 1"tear to the top spine gutter edge. This book is a personal account, from a junior officers point of view, of the famous 700 mile march into Burma made by "Wingates' Chindits". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -…
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Code-name Marianne: An Autobiography
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Collins Harvill, London, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. includes facsimiles of letters from various French departments, and eight black-and-white photographs. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. "The author describes how, as a very young Czech refugee, longing for adventure and to strike a blow against the Nazis, she succeeded in gaining a post in French naval intelligence." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 223 pages,. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Biography; Military History -- World War II; ISBN: 0002621126. ISBN/EAN: 9780002621120. Inventory No: 0205484. . 9780002621120
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Corvette Command
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Cassell, Melbourne, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/Good. 104pp., forward by author and list of illustrations. Black and white photographic frontispiece "ready to give them a warm reception. The multiple .5-in. gun". There are black and white photographs illustrating the text. Bone coloured boards with black decoration and bone coloured writing on the front panel and black on the spine. The corners of the book are scuffed and there is staining to the bottom edges, the back panel has been damp at one stage and shows the result of same. The remains of water damage can be seen on the endpapers and between pages 72 and 73 the sewing of the book is visible. Photographic dustwrapper, showing "a gun grew in action" with white writing in front panel and spine. The edges of the dustwrapper are chipped and there is that split along the front fore edge measuring five ". The dustwrapper is rubbed and slightly faded. "...it simply records that Corvette…
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The Courage of Fear
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Jarrolds, London, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. X, 244pp., last two blank, forward by Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, author's note. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Black coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Shelf wear evident to the lower edges of the book and slight bumping to the head and to the heel of spine. Spine is slightly cocked and there was a mark on the front panel near the top right-hand corner. Foxing to the paper edges. Browning to the endpapers and there is also the remains of tape. Previous owners name on the ffep and the verso of the frontispiece. Plain text dustwrapper with black and red background with white writing on the front panel and spine. Creasing and rubbing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Faint foxing to the verso of the dustwrapper. The memoirs of one of Britain's most resourceful Secret Service agents during World War II. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"…
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A Day's March Nearer Home; The War History from Alamein to VE Day Based on the War Cabinet Papers of 1942 to 1945
by Parkinson, Roger
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Hart-Davis MacGibbon, St Albans, Hertsfordshire, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Maps. 800 g; XXXIV, 552 pages, indexed, with a bibliography, and illustrated with 6 maps which include 2 double page maps. Photographic illustrated dustjacket has lost colour on the spine section and is rubbed across the top edge. Slight dustiness of the top edge of the text block, otherwise a sound solidly bound book. This book, the 3rd and final volume of Roger Parkinson's history of the Second World War, takes the story from the North African desert through the invasion of Italy to the Normandy beaches and the final defeat of Adolf Hitler's armies in the ruins of Berlin. As with the 2 earlier volumes, at the centre of the book are the newly released War Cabinet papers. -- Front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight:…
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The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb: and the Architecture of the American Myth
by Alperovitz, Gar (with the assistance of Sanho Tree, Edward Rouse Winstead, Kathryn C. Morris, Williams, David J., Maley, Leo C. (III), Williamson, Thad and Grieder, Miranda )
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HarperCollins Publishers, London, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1.5 kg.; (And), X-XIV, (3), 4-847, (3) pages, preface and introduction by author, appendix, notes, selected bibliography, acknowledgements and index. Dull blue coloured endpapers. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping to the top book corners and mild rubbing to the book edges. Colour photographic dustwrapper with gray and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the book panels and a little bumping to the book edges. "The Nuclear Age dawned in August 1945 when the US Air Force brought its terrible packages of destruction to the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those bombs put the Earth ever afterwards on the brink of self-annihilation. But it had to happen: the comic bomb was dropped to save one million lives and end the war. It was the only military and political option. Or was it? What if the dropping of those first bombs was not so unavoidable as we have…
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