Air chief marshall (24 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: VG+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair Plus Jacket/taper Repairs. First Edition (NAP). Frontis photograph of an early rocket balsting off. Other illustrations also. Rocket history seen from an Allied point of view. Interesting and scarce historical information.

HC. 190pp The first part of this book is historical and sets out to trace the development of rockets and rocket propulsion to the point where the threat to Britain's security from Hitler's V1 and V2 weapons was brought to nothing by the counter-measures of the Allies. The second part is written to analyze the effects, political and military, that long-range rockets carrying atomic or nuclear warheads can have on the policies of those nations that can produce and use them. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Photo actual book .in very good condition except for price on dust jacket missing.accept pay pal.

hardback. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, paper age-toned else a very good tightly bound copy in a price clipped and lightly rubbed dust wrapper, the text is clean and free of marking, portrait frontis, 258pp.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. A clean, tidy copy in a similar dust jacket, first edition.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. A clean, tidy copy in a similar dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Previous owners name on front end page. Aircraft WWII.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Good condition, paper cover with staple binding (rusted), otherwise clean and bright, illustrated , covers and 40 pages (though pagination 203 to240) [QP].

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Thus. This copy is in as new, unmarked condition bound in blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and bright gilt arms of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Produced in conjunction with and on behalf of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, gloriously illustrated throughout with rare black and white photographs, many from private collections, some published here for the first time. An informed record of the performance of the Royal Air Force in the two World Wars with contributions from many who served, including Pierre Clostermann, Roland Beamont, Hugh Verity, Leonard Cheshire and many others. Ref T 1. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 071464692X pgs:284. 1995, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. Type: Ex-Library Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Beacon Paperback Edition / First Print. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 189pp. B/w photographs. Not library copy, no creasing to spine, no inscriptions. (34/2).

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Boards are worn and marked.Old tape residue marks.Previous ownership inscription.Foxing.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Signed and inscribed on the title page to "David", with inscription, by David Rosier. Signed compliments slip with brief message also to "David" loosely inserted. Autobiography of Air Chief Marshall Frederick Rosier (1915 - 1998), edited and complied by his son, David. Illustrated by maps and photographs. No faults for either book or dust jacket, an "as new" copy. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. (xii) 274 pp including index. Blue cloth boards with gilt publisher's colophon to front panel and faded titles to spine. 'The Story behind the Royal Air Force'. Fully illustrated from photographs in b+w. A clean tight and unmarked copy signed by the author on a bookplate attached to the half title.…

Hardback. Condición: good. dw vgc. First with DW, tanned/foxed esp edges , DW protected, it's an older book but the DW looks so modern and new, shame about the foxed edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. 128pp. HARDCOVER Internally VG. No inscriptions. Strong binding. D/w is present, but is currently somewhat emaciated with loss. D/w will be painstakingly piece-mealed back together and improved where possible. It will then be supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. **The d/w is well-worth saving, as this title rarely has one. Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. London: Rider & Co., 1945. First edition. Good. A few staining spots to cover and a slight lean in the spine, corners mildly bumped, interior crisp and clean, two name and address stamps to prelims and an inked signature to ffep.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Dam Buster - First Pan Paperback Edition / Fourth Print, 1954 (first published same year); Escape - Or Die: Authentic Stories of the R.A.F. Escaping Society - First Pan Paperback Edition / Second Print, 1954 (first published same year); Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader - First Fontana Paperback Edition / First Print, 1957. 3 Paperback Set, no dustjackets as issued. 251pp, 189pp, 382pp. B/w photographs to 'The Dam Busters' and 'Reach for the Sky'. Not library copies, no inscriptions, creasing to spines, some page tanning. (76/3).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Outstanding and now very rare collection of Bomber Aircrew signatures produced in photo album style with fact sheet and original autograph of 26 Bomber aircrew. Limited to 2000 sets. Signaturies include 5 VC recipients (Bill Reid, Leonard Cheshire, Leonard Trent, Roderick Learoyd & Norman Jackson ) and 6 from the famous 617 squadron. Heavy item, standard airmail will included tracked service to most destinations.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. No dj. First Edition. Sound decent booklet, no date, believed 1960 with yellow background and photo of Dowding superimposed. Minor darkening of covers and tanning to paper, corners have minor dog ears. 48pp. Size: 12mo.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ex library hardback, no DJ; usual stamps/markings. 1st edition published in 1962 by H.M.S.O. London. Original boards are a little worn/faded with some fraying to spine & binding open in a few places otherwise a good, clean copy. Extensively illustrated throughout. Heavy book will ship overseas for extra postage. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-1D*.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good-. First Edition Thus. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages; [1956] Almoriss Press, London. Paperback original 1st edition thus. Soundly bound with sewn binding and light brown card stock covers lettered in dark brown. Covers just lightly shelf worn and with an old short tape mend at the crown of the spine. Light shelf bump bottom front corner. A very scarce and curious spiritualist tract expanding on Charters' earlier 1951 booklet, "The Origin, Life and Evolution of the Fairies," documenting her direct communication with fairies and devas in her garden. Includes a foreword by Dowding, notable for his post-war writings on psychic survival. This original edition rarely seen in the market and held by only two institutions in Worldcat records. VG-.…