humphries harry (11 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. ORIGINAL JOURNAL; published symposium volume on medical physics; softcover; in very good condition. Journal.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. 3rd printing ; large, stiff paper wrappers ; OCLC: 95011 ; ISBN: 0525056858; 9780525056850 LCCN: 79-95485 ; In 48 Full-color Photographs of veiled mountains, lush woodlands, rushing highland streams, and fields of dazzling wildflowers, Eliot Porter captures the extraordinary beauty of the Smoky Mountains and the surrounding wilderness. Edward Abbey's text, filled with the sensitive insights and idiosyncratic perspective that characterize all his works, explores the human history of Appalachia, describing the native Cherokees and the mountaineers who followed them. In a moving epilogue, Harry Caudill discusses the lives of the mountain people today. ; color photographs of the Great Smoky Mountains ; cover sunned, else G. Book.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers New Book octavo xii + 129pp., b/w pls., text ills., roll of Honour, Author was Adjutant 617 Squadron 1943-1945.

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 4th edition. 278 pages. 10.70x8.30x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. In March 1943 the 617 Squadron was formed at RAF Scampton, Lin- colnshire, as a heavy bomber unit speci?cally for the operations planned against the Ruhr dams. Wing Com- mander Guy Gibson was chosen to lead the Squadron and was given free- dom to pick his own crews. Qn the evening of 16th May 1943, the famous dam raids took place and though the operation was an out- standing success, there was a heavy price to pay. Of the nineteen Lancasters that took off, eight planes and ?fty-five men did not return. Guy Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cross and thirty-three other airmen were decorated. From January 1944 until the end of the war the 617 operated as a special duties squadron from RAF Woodhall Spa, ?rst under Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire and later with Wing Commanders Tait and Fauquier Many stories have been written about the Dam Busters and the 617 Squadron but this is the only account written by one who was there throughout those turbulent days. Dust jacket in removable mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Signed by Harry Humphries 617 squadron on title page, paperback covers in good condition and internally appears clean and good. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition. "On the evening of 16th May 1943, the famous dam raids took place and though the operation was an outstanding success, there was a heavy price to pay. Of the nineteen Lancasters that took off, eight planes and fifty-five men did not return. Guy Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cros and thirty-three other airmen were decorated.Many stories have been written about the Dam Busters and the 617 Squadron but this is the only account written by one who was there throughout those turbulent days." 23.5cms x 18cms x 1.5cms. Pp.xiv/129, black & white photo frontispiece + further photos and illustrations, signed by the auhor to title page, owner's name(?) (of a member of 617 Squadron,Tirpitz Raid,RAF Lossiemouth, 12 November 1944), . Red boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED and dated by Harry Humphries adjutant for the 617 Squadron (dam busters). Book is in fine condition with a near fine dust jacket. 129pp with b/w photographs. Signed by Author(s).

Signed by the Author + by Ray Grayston and Tony Iveson, all veterans of the Dambuster Raid. Photographs and related article laid in. Octavo, red boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xii + 129 pp. Fine (As New) in a Fine (As New), mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: In March 1943 the 617 Squadron was formed at RAF Scampton, Llincolnshire, as a heavy bomber unit specifically for the operations planned against the Ruhr dams. Wing Commander Guy Gibson was chosen to lead the Squadron and was given freedom to pick his own crews. On the evening of 16th May 1943, the famous dam raids took place and though the operation was an outstanding success, there was a heavy price to pay. Of the nineteen Lancasters that took off, eight planes and fifty-five men did not return. Guy Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cross and thirty-three other airmen were decorated. From January 1944 until the end of the war the 617 operated as a special duties squadron from RAF Woodhall Spa, first under Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire and later with Wing Commanders Tait and Fauquier. Many stories have been written about the Dam Busters and the 617 Squadron but this is the only account written by one who was there throughout those turbulent days. Aviation, World War II, WWII, Second World War, Military History. zxsli.

Condición: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. Quarto. 9½'' x 7''. Contains (xii)-ii, 129 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. + No. 47 of 50 'Dam Busters at War | 617 Squadron' flown cover SIGNED by the author 'Harry Humphries' to the front cover. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).

[Chippenham, Anthony Rowe for] The Erskine Press, 2003. Small 4to. Original boards with illustrated dust-wrappers; pp. xii, [2], 129, illustrated after photographes; a very good copy.First edition of these memoirs of the founder adjudant of 617 Squadron from 1943 to 1945.