Resultados de búsqueda: War & Militarism from Bruce McLeod

Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG/VG First Edition HCDJ, a very nice ex school library. Appears to have been handled sparingly (marked as being checked out twice only). Clean, square and tight, no corner bumps, nearly perfect DJ protected in mylar. 6.25" x 9.25", 329 pages, index, rare photos of Hitler, Goebbels and Wener Naumann. This account of Nazi war propaganda during World War II is based in part on captured German archival material and on interviews with some of the leading figures in Goebbels's propaganda corps.

Waterdown, Ontario, Canada: Potlatch Publications, 1999. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. FINE First Edition Trade Paperback. Crisp, clean, square & tight, no markings, no wear. Approx. 6" x 9", 155 pages, illustrated. Doris Carter's riveting memoirs of her service in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps from 1940 to 1945 in military hospitals in England, Algeria, Sicily, Italy, and Belgium.

NY: A.L. Burt Co., 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. VERY GOOD in decorated cloth HC, no DJ. A very nice copy, tightly bound, very light rubbing to corners and tips, a few minor marks, very bright front cover shows WWI biplane in combat. 7.5" x 5", 245 pages.

London, U.K.: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine/Very Good First Edition, 1st UK Printing Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. Ownership stamp on endpaper, slightly tanned text, otherwise as-new. Clipped DJ has one 1/2" tear, small mark at bottom of back panel. 5.5" by 8.75", 170 pages.

Near-Fine 1st printing trade softcover. A member of the famous RAF 617 Dambusters Squadron tells the true story of his daring escape from Occupied Europe during WWII. Only a hint of wear at corners of covers, otherwise brand new in all respects. Crisp, clean, square, tight, no spine creases. 6" x 9", 188 pages, maps, log book entries and photos, epilogue by George Waters. Laid-in is a photo-copy of a letter from Buckingham Palace dated 1999 in which the Private Secretary to HRH The Princess Royal thanks Waters for sending two copies of this book to the Royal Family. Bob Kellow was a member of the Royal Air Force No. 50 Squadron and No. 617 Squadron, better known as the 'Dambusters. ' He was on board the Lancaster Bomber that dropped the bomb that destroyed the Eder Dam in May, 1943. Forced to parachute out over Northern Holland later that year, Kellow spent 12 weeks eluding German forces. He escaped through Holland, Belgium, France and over the Pyrennes Mountains to Spain and Gibraltar, and finally… Leer más

FINE 1st printing trade paperback. A spectacular copy with nearly perfect covers and pristine interiors. Looks and feels unhandled and unread. 5.5" by 8.25", 160 pages. Battle Book No. 14 of Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II series.

Toronto: Ambassador Books, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. VERY GOOD+/no DJ, First Edition, 1st printing stated. Clean & unmarked, nearly perfect boards, very nice. 5.75 by 8.25", 266 pages plus 2-page epilogue. Rare book of Canadian war fiction.

London, U.K.: Arthur Barker Ltd., 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine/VG First Edition, 1st UK Printing Hardcover with Dust-Jacket. Ownership stamp on endpaper, otherwise as-new in all respects. Unclipped DJ has several short tears and one crease. 5.5" by 8.75", 141 pages.

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Office of Air Force History, 1986. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. VERY GOOD First Edition, USAF Warrior Studies. Nice wraps with only light wear, ownership markings on endpaper and foredges, infrequent high-lighting otherwise FINE text. 6.75" x 9.5", 300 pages, photographs, illustrations, fold-out maps, graphs.

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Press, 2001. Soft cover. New. BRAND NEW 7th Printing Trade Paperback. Clearly unread and unopened, this book is in pristine condition. 6.75" x 9.5", 220 pages, photographs, graphics, index. - A highly detailed book on the USAF campaign in Kuwait and Iraq during Desert Storm.

National Defence, Canada. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. VG+ First Edition softcover, early 1980's government publication, 8.5" x 11", blingual - 54 pages in English - 54 pages in French, many b&w photos. Each of the fighter aircraft flown by Canadian Forces is detailed, one to a page, with specifications and statistics. Includes aircraft of 1918-1919 (World War I), 1920-1945, 1940-1945 (World War II), Air Force and Navy planes 1946 to 1968, 1968 to early 1980's up to acquisition of CF-18's.

Near-Fine 1968 1st printing trade paperback. Covers are nearly perfect, some wear at base of spine. Interiors as-new, no markings. 5.5" by 8.25", 160 pages. Weapons Book No. 1 of Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II series.

Fine/Fine First Edition, 1st Printing. 6.25" x 9.25", 392 pages, index, illustrated. Crisp, clean, no markings, no bumps, no creases, unclipped DJ. 20 stories of Canadian wartime courage during WWII, 1939 and 1945. All branches of the military are included. The author was a fighter pilot with 401 squadron.