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United Kingdom: Classic Publications, 2002. Foxing to title pages. 224 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
The ALT-98 Carvair: A Comprehensive History of the Aircraft and All 21 Airframes by William Patrick Dean - 2008-08
by William Patrick Dean
The ALT-98 Carvair: A Comprehensive History of the Aircraft and All 21 Airframes
by William Patrick Dean
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The ALT-98 Carvair - autograph by author -still crisp copy, no dust jacket small amounts of minutiae on glossy covers, couple small dings, small flaw foot of spine, Corners are good... crisp White paper about 12 point type sprinkled with black and white photographs throughout also includes the glued in Corrections booklet saddle stapled in the rear of the book that is cross indexed--excellent shape see pictures.. The ATL-98 Carvair - truly unusual aircraft. Converted from 19 C-54 World War II transport planes & two DC-4 airliners into a small fleet of air ferries by Aviation Traders of Southend, England, the Carvair allowed commercial air passengers to accompany their personal cars, loaded with luggage, onboard the aircraft.... Planes were dispersed throughout the world, operating for 75 airlines - transporting cars, royalty, rock groups, refugees, whales, rockets, military vehicles, gold, and even nuclear material... After 65 years, two Carvairs are still in service, it's hard to imagine any fleet of aircraft more woven into world politics, operating in more remote areas, - transporting more diverse cargo...This work provides a comprehensive history of the ATL-98 Carvair, beginning with an overview of corporate histories / profiles of key players in the Carvair's development, including William Patterson, Donald Douglas, Freddie Laker. Chapters illustrating - evolution of the car-ferry as a viable aircraft, history of Aviation Traders, engineering details incorporated into the Carvair's production, major Carvair operators. ...Text features - chapters on each of the fleet's 21 planes, providing individual histories,anecdotes for each aircraft. Appendices provide general DC-4 fleet data, dated histories of each aircraft, lists of DC-4 / ATL-98 owners & operators, cross-referenced lists of registration-serial numbers, lists of official /unofficial aircraft names..... The ALT-98 Carvair: A Comprehensive History of the Aircraft and All 21 Airframes - William Patrick Dean, Published by McFarland (2008)- ISBN 0786436700- 9780786436705 Good no dust Jacket, Hardcover...Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into--Media Mail USPS-you get the copy pictured - carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit. 7 Days Coast to Coast, faster if closer..ALT 98 CARVAIR 6305 HC BMK18 A
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- Keywords small amounts of minutiae on glossy covers, couple small dings, small flaw foot of spine, Corners are good... crisp White paper about 12 point type sprinkled with black and white photographs throughout also includes the glued in Corrections booklet saddle
Helicopters of the Third Reich
by Steve Coates with Jean-Christophe Carbonel
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Hitler's 12 Apostles (Twelve)
by Dutch, Oswald
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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Robert M. McBride & Company, 1940. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dustjacket : very good / fair. Book: spine tips and corners of binding are very slightly pushed in; binding is clean and bright; straight; hinges strong; ownership inscription inside front; pages very nice. First Edition stated on copyright page. Jacket is chipped and torn; a tape repair on back; a little soiled; in new mylar protector. .
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Terug uit de hel van Buchenwald / Return from the hell of Buchenwald: K R van Staal Gevangene (prisoner) no. 22046 Concentratiekamp Buchenwald mei 1945
by K R van Staal
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Wageningen, Netherlands
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Terug Uit De De Hel Van Buchenwald / Return from The Hell Of Buchenwald. K R van Staal Gevangene 22046 Concentratiekamp Buchenwald mei 1945. First Edition, First Print.Author: K R van Staal. Publisher: "Nieuwe Wieken", Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 1945. Pp 48. The pages are a bit tanned after 76 years.Booklet in the Dutch language with a report of the prisoner K R van Staal during his time in the Concentration Camp Buchenwald during the Second World War. Included the description of the last days and the liberation of the camp by the U.S Army at 10 april 1945.Inventorynumber: KRS.01.01.102.(1)Also available : BUCHENWALD, Lieu de Martyre et de Souvenir. CRA.01.01.103.(1)The Diary of Anne Frank. [First Edition, Second Print]. The Diary of Anne Frank. [First Edition, Second Print]+dustjacket.The Diary of Anne Frank. [First Edition, First Print]. The Diary of Anne Frank. [First Edition, Third Print].SHIPPING WITH TRACKING NUMBER WORLDWIDE.
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Uniforms & Insignia of the Grossdeutschland Division: Volume 1
by Scott Pritchett
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- 9780764333422 / 0764333429
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Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom
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USA: Schiffer Publishing , 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2010 1st edition. Firmly bound and very carefully read. Both book & jacket are in excellent clean condition, Almost like new, condition. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Illustrated in colour & b/w. Very heavy book (approx 3kg) & not suitable for overseas shipping..
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How to Fly: The conquest of the Air
by Richard Ferris
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Salina, Kansas, United States
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1910 , Thomas Nelson and sons, book is in good condition. Binding a bit loose but in tact and 100% readable. Olive green cloth boards with printed picture on front of first flying machine. 478 pages, tons of illustrations, normal ware to covers from shelving some pencil markings on back of front cover and on first and second cover pages.
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Les Chasseurs Japonais De La Deuxieme Guerre Mondiale - Collection Docavia Volume 7: "The Japanese Hunters Of The Second World War"
by Bernard Millot
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Aurora, Colorado, United States
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Les Chasseurs Japonais De La Deuxieme Guerre Mondiale, Collection Docavia Volume 7 - Millot (1977 Hardcover w/DJ)Collection Docavia Volume 7, editions LARIVIERE (Paris) copyright 1977; written in French. Protective mylar cover has swirl-marks. Dust jacket is yellowing on the spine and has a square tanning/yellowing impression on the rear of the cover. Black hardcover shows minor shelf-wear. No writing or markings and several foldouts included throughout the volume. Overall, it is in Very Good Plus (VG+) condition.
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Generaloberst Halder. Kriegstagebuch. Band 1: Vom Polenfeldzug Bis Zum Ende Der Westoffensive (14. 8. 1939 - 30. 6. 1940)
by Hans-Adolf Jacobsen
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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
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NZ$249.92
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Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, 1962, 391 pages, 7" x 9.75", Near Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket. Text in German. Volume 1 only
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Pantheon 1945
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Athens, Greece
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Greek American Bouquet of America. Constas Licourie Editor and Publisher, San Francisco California. 27,5x21 cm. --- Cloth-bound (publisher's binding), blindstamped cover. Some edgewear and light wear on hinges. Text in english and greek. Richly illustrated. Pages bright and clean.
--- The volume contains a variety of articles, History (of Greece, America, Greece's role in World War II), information about local businesses, travel within the USA, and advertisements, all directed toward the Greek-American community. Articles include: Our Debt to Greece An address from Claude Pepper, Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Line and Column in Greek Tactics (during World War II), The Tragic Chorus in Greek Plays, History of Fresno Historical Sketch of Sheridan, Wyoming A Sketch of Colorado's History, Greek War Orphans' Charity Benefit, Seattle, Washington Missoula, Montana, etc.Richly illustrated with black and white photos of persons and places, some evidently veterans in WWII.
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Aerial Transport
by Thomas, G. Holt
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Athens, Greece
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First edition. xviii+259 pp.+65 B&W illustrations and 4 folding maps in two colours h.t. 25,2x19,5 cm. Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1920.--- Blindstamped cloth gilt (publishers bindint). Occasional foxing, light edgewear.
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The Rocket Book
by Newell, Peter
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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NZ$342.40NZ$205.44Save NZ$80.00!
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By Peter Newell, author of "The Hole Book". The Rocket Book, Harper & Brothers Stated October, 1912 First Printing. USED. GOOD+ CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET INCLUDED. 7 1/8 X 8 7/8. Seller's Note: Sadly, (no one is sadder than me) the Front paper paste-down label has been removed from cover. Minor corner-bumps. No titling on spine if printed there originally. Pages are all present, in nice shape, and affixed to binding. HOLE-DRILLED straight through the book. RARE IN THIS FIRST PRINTING.
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Hasen
by Bercovitch, Reuben
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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NZ$46.22
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New York: Knopf, 1978. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Jacket woodcut from Rockwell Kent Legacies, cover design by Lidia Ferrera.. This First Edition title translates to "Hare", a story of two young boys surviving in the wild near a concentration camp, and the day everything changes. "As simply and beguilingly told as a fairy tale, this is a novel whose terror belongs to reality-a novel that evokes with extraordinary power the essence, the beauty, of loyalty and commitment tested to the utmost." (from DJ). 5½ x 8". Original black boards over cloth, silver letters to spine, black top edge. Bottom spine slightly bumped, DJ has tiny chips at top & bottom spine and light wear to back, else a near fine dustjacket over a near fine book with Kent's striking woodcut on cover.
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THE ASIATICS
by Prokosch, Frederic
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., 1945. 348 pages, Armed Service edition #764, published in July 1945. During World War II more than seventy American publishers cooperated with the Council on Books in Wartime to distribute books free of charge to American servicemen. The flat oblong paperback books were designed to be easily carried into battle in soldiers' pockets. From September 1943 through June 1947, there were 1,322 titles published in Armed Services Editions. The book offered here is in very good condition: clean and tight, with minor edgewear.. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong 32mo - over 4" - 5" Tall. Book.
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Orlando King
by Colegate, Isabel
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- 9780370006529 / 0370006526
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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NZ$76.95
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London, The Bodley Head, 1968, hardcover, 204 pp, True First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Tightly bound and clean with no markings, spine a bit cocked, front endpaper corner-clipped, small spots to front board. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, rubs, light scratches, short edge tears carefully repaired on the interior side with archival quality tape, very faint stains to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The popular author's first book in the Orlando Trilogy followed by Orlando at the Brazen Threshold, and Agatha. A modern classic. ISBN 9780370006529
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Yank, The Army Weekly; World War II from the guys who brought you victory
by Steve Kluger
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Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Arms and Armour, 1991. Hardback. good/good, faded spine (red spine). with Dw, slightly faded on the spine, slightly foxed and tanned on the page edges otherwise very good
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2
by W. B. Dixon
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- 9789110456990 / 9110456996
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Woods Cross, Utah, United States
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EUROPEAN SPORTING CARTRIDGES, VOLUME TWO: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN SPORTING CENTERFIRE AMMUNITION FROM 1870 TO 1998Author: Dixon, W.B.Published by Armory Publications, Inc., 2000Seattle, Washington USA 98155
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Publishers Press / Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
First EditionOUT OF PRINT and SCARCE. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in AS NEW condition still sealed in the Original Publishers Shrink Wrap. An opportunity to own a beautiful copy of a RARE TITLE.226 pages. 9.25" x 12.25". Hardcover with a Dust Jacket. Volume Two covers all of the European Sporting Cartridges ( other than German and Austrian which are covered in Volume One ), including those from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium. There are also a number of patent drawings and descriptions of ammunition and magazine designs as well as photographs of a number of German-made double rifles and combination guns.
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Santa Barbara Photographs
by Bill Zeldis; Editor-Zeldis; Illustrator-Zeldis
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Littlerock, California, United States
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Santa Barbera: Zeldis Publishing, 7-04. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Large format hardback with dust jacket which is has minor wear, Signed by Photgrapher Bill Zeldis
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50 Years Later: Remains of the Battle of the Bulge
by Emonts-Pohl, Joseph; Schuren, Hermann-Josef
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Grenz-Echo Verlag. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.. 1994. Hardcover. 9054330414 . A photoessay on the tank memorials and other military remains of the Battle of the Bulge along the Luxembourg-Belgium border. Many color photos. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 160 pages .
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Die Befreiung 1813 - 1814 - 1815 : Urkunden - Berichte - Briefe mit geschichtlichen Verbindungen
by Klein, Tim
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Thessaloniki, Greece
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A 1st ed. good paperback, soiling & other signs of wear on covs. & spine as in image, with stamp fr. end p. & inside of cov. (image_2) "Alfred Rosenberg spende fur die Deutsche Wehrmacht 1939/1941 Gau Danzig" also FON pasted label. 520p. 19x13cm. 500gr. "Die Stempel mit dem Schriftzug: "Alfred-Rosenberg-Spende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht …". Eine kurze Untersuchung nach anderen Belegen und Formen über diesen Stempel ergab, dass solche Stempel auch mit anderen Gaubezeichnungen bekannt sind. Es handelte sich bei diesen Aktionen um deutschlandweite Buchsammlungen, die das Ziel verfolgten, den Soldaten an der Front Bücher zukommen zu lassen.Durchgeführt wurde die Aktion "Buchspende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht" vom Kriegs-Winterhilfswerk, dem ein Aufruf Rosenbergs voranging. Bis zum Jahr 1940 konnten so 8 ½ Millionen Bücher gesammelt werden. Bis zum Frühjahr 1941 konnten in zwei Sammelaktionen 15 ½ Millionen Bücher an die kämpfende Front verschickt werden . Im Oktober 1941 erfolgte… Read More
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BLOODY BURON NORMANDY - 08JULY 1944
by SNOWIE, Capt. J. ALLAN
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Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
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Erin, ON: The Boston Mills Press, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [1-8]9-120. FIRST EDITION. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth boards, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece photograph, photos, maps, glossary, nominal roll for D-Day. A history of the actions of the Highland Light Infantry of Canada near the village of Buron during the month following the D-Day landings. They faced the 12th SS (Hitler Youth) exchanging artillery barrages and fighting patrols. On the 8th July, 1944 the regiment executed a plan to capture the village which is described in this book. The unusual aspect of the fighting was the ferocity with which it was carried out on both sides. The text includes many full page photographs. The soldiers in most of the photos are identified by name and rank. The appendices include; a list of participants in the battle taken from The Highland Light Infantry of Canada with a determination of killed or wounded.…
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The Damned Engineers: How one battalion of Combat Engineers stalled Hitler's offensive in the Battle of the Bulge
by Giles, Janice Holt
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- 9780395077443 / 0395077443
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970, hardcover, xxi-409 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated, Very Good+ in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, previous owner's embossing to title page. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, small spine-end and corner nicks, wear to folds, short closed edge tears, some discreet tape repairs, in new Brodart sleeve. The definitive account of the participation of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion at the Battle of the Bulge compiled by the famous Kentucky author from accounts given by her husband, fellow author Henry Giles, and other members of the Battalion who took part. Illustrated with 22 pages of black-&-white plates and 11 maps. Mapped endpapers show the Kampfgruppe Peiper advance route. ISBN 9780395077443
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