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Jackson, Robert. 101 GREAT WARSHIPS: LEGENDARY WARSHIPS FROM WWI TO THE PRESENT.
Amber, London, 2008.
112 pp, small 4to (10 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 9781905704729 B&w and colour photographs, profiles. "In World War I, the battleship still ruled the seas, but the launch of HMS Furious, the first aircraft carrier, and the activities of the German U-boat fleet showed how sea warfare would change. From early vessels such as the Dreadnought and Invincible, through World War II legends like the Bismarck and Formidable to modern-day leviathans including the Nimitz and Ohio classes, (this book) covers the key naval vessels of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Containing developmental history, full specifications giving details of the vessel's dimensions, weight, range, speed, armament, crew and country of origin and a photograph and profile artwork, (it) showcases the great naval vessels of the last 100 years." Previous owner's place, date and signature along with liquid paper over small notation on half-title page; book very slightly cocked. Dust jacket has one tiny chip, some minor edge wrinkling, faint two-word hand writing impression on front panel, minor rubbing. Very Good+/Very Good
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35.00 USD
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Jackson, Robert. AT WAR WITH THE BOLSHEVIKS.
Tandem, London, (1974).
304 pp, mass market paperback. B&w photos, maps. "In March 1918, when the infant Soviet Government signed a separate peace treaty with Germany, the stage was set for the Allied War of Intervention against the Bolshevik regime. Men, many of whom h ad survived the bloody massacres of the Western Front, found themselves pitched into a dirty, cruel conflict they did not understand. This is the story of British, Japanese, American and French troops in Siberia, sweeping the Bolsheviks from the a p proaches to Vladivostock in a series of savage actions; of the Royal Scots and the 339th U.S. Infantry, fighting for their lives in the snow-clad forests of North Russia against a tenacious enemy; of No. 47 Squadron R.A.F., locked in bitter com b at w ith the embryo Red Air Force over the steppes of South Russia; of the Green Howards, the Royal Fusiliers, the Hampshire and Middlesex Regiments, the French Chasseurs and others, fighting step by step along the Dvina and Vaga Rivers and the s tr ate gic railways of North Russia; of the little Royal Navy coastal motor boats that shattered the Red Fleet in Kronstadt. It is a story of great heroism, but also of mutiny and murder as White Russian troops turned on the Allies and defected to th e Re ds i n ever-increasing numbers." Interior - light browning to pages, previous owners label on inside of front cover, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, a few small scuffs, a few small soft cre ases, a fe w faint creases on spine, slight fading to spine color, small area of light sticker residue on front cover. Good
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10.00 USD
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Jackson, Robert. Dust jacket art by Brian Sweet. DESERT COMMANDO.
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1986, first edition.
175 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0297788213 "It is the autumn of 1942. At El Alamein, General Montgomery's Eighth Army is preparing for the big push that will drive Rommel's Afrika Korps back through the Libyan Desert. But a vital initial task has to be undertaken: the destruction of Rommel's communications and supply dumps far behind the enemy lines. The mission is entrusted to two elite forces, the Long Range Desert Group and the Special Air Service. The exp l o i t s of the SAS, less than two years old, have already become legendary. Lieutenant Callum Douglas, fresh from the desert battles as a tank commander with the 20th Hussars, counts himself fortunate to be selected to join this tough band of fi gh te rs - a nd soon proves himself in action. Beaten in Libya, the Germans plan to make a formidable last stand in Tunisia, and Douglas finds that the work of the SAS is only just beginning. By boat, the SAS commandos infiltrate into enemy terri tor y t o s tri ke hard at the headquarters of Germany's own elite, the Brandenburg Division. With only a handful of men, Douglas cannot afford to lose the advantage of surprise, but the route to Tunis is hampered by betrayal, and the ingenuity and cou rage of the hig hly-trained men is tested even beyond their expectations...." Faint cigarette odor, light browning on pages - moderate on edges of text block, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spne. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling, light brow ning at edge s. Very Good/Very Good
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50.00 USD
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Jackson, Robert. HAWKER HUNTER: THE OPERATIONAL RECORD.
Airlife, Shrewsbury, 1989.
154 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 185310048X Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "(A) history of the Hawker Hunter, one of the most elegant - and effective - jet fighters of its era. The author, working closel y with the Air Historical Branch of the Ministry of Defence, has drawn extensively on the Operational Records of the RAF Hunter squadrons to paint a vivid picture of the Hunter in action. We see the Hunter from its service debut in the RAF Fight e r Command to action in the Far East and Middle East: the confrontation with Indonesia in the early 1960s, when British forces were sent to help protect newly-formed Malaysia from hostile Indonesian incursions; and the operations against dissident Y em e n-backed tribesmen in Radfan, an area just north of Aden, then a British Protectorate. Most of the material is hitherto unpublished, and key questions about the Hunter are answered: for example, how did it fare in simulated combat against t he RAF 's V-Bombers, the Vulcan and Victor, and against much more advanced missile-armed fighters such as the Lightning. Also covered, in a detailed day-by-day account of the Indo-Pakistan wars of 1965 and 1971, are Indian Air Force Hunter operati ons aga ins t Pakistan's F-86, MiG-19 and Mirage jets, and the author provides in-depth coverage of Hunter operations with every other air force to use the type - Oman, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Switzerland and may others. The book brings the story of th e Hu nter righ t up to date in 1989, for the Hawker fighter's graceful shape still operates in many foreign skies." Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light rubbing, areas of very light edge wrinkling. Veryu Good+/Very Good
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20.00 USD
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Jackson, Robert. HURRICANE SQUADRON.
Walker, New York, 1984, first US edition. (Originally published: A. Barker, London, 1978).
144 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0802708145 "To Sergeant George Yeoman, cruising high above France in his Hurricane fighter, about to join his first operational squadron, the prospect of battle seems distant and unreal. Eac h side has been gingerly reconnoitering the other for weeks in what has become known as the 'phony war'. But Yeoman is flying into a fire storm. At that moment, the deadly formations of the Luftwaffe are winging toward the allied airfields. T h e B litzkrieg has begun. You are in the cockpit as Yeoman wheels and dives over the green fields of France. The dual machine guns and the hammering cannon of the Messerschmitt 109 can chew apart the canvas-covered Hurricanes, and Hitler's pil ot s ha v e four years experience from the Spanish civil war. At first the British aviators are locked into textbooks echelons that the enemy easily picks apart. As the British Expeditionary Force fights its way to Dunkirk, the men of the RAF figh ter c omm an d work at the limits of their endurance, finding the performance envelope of their planes and scrambling for tactics to meet the German threat. This is the vivid story of an air force at war; of courageous young pilots flying against the odd s; a nd of man's rise to maturity in the brutal world of air combat, when sudden death at an early age is the order of the day, and the price of freedom." Slight browning to edges of text block, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dus t ja cket has ver y l ight edge wrinkling and browning, minor rubbing. Very Good/Very Good
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Jackson, Robert. Dust jacket art by David McAllister. PARTISAN!
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1987, first edition.
170 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 029779096X "The war in North Africa is over, and the Allies are poised to strike at the soft underbelly of Europe - Sicily and Italy. Like other officers of the Special Air Service - the eli te fighting force that made its mark in the desert battles of 1942 - Lieutenant Callum Douglas, veteran of the Tunisian campaign, expects to take part in the invasion of southern Europe. Instead, he and his team of commandos find themselves lo c k e d in a bloody, brutal war amid the rivers and mountains of Yugoslavia, where 120,000 Axis troops are fighting vainly to stamp out a growing faction of dedicated patriots - the Partisans. To his dismay, Douglas learns that the British have be en p ar ac h uting supplies to the Cetniks - a group of so-called freedom fighters, who are, in fact, in league with the Germans. They are in direct conflict with the Partisans and their shadowy, almost mystical leader, a man called Tito. Douglas 's ori gin al or ders are to fight his way through and make contact with Tito. He is helped in his task by Mila, a bloodthirsty Partisan girl. But Douglas has a secret he dare not share with her. Tito is being supported by the Russians - and if h e p rove s to be an ti-British, Douglas has orders to kill him...." Three tiny foxing marks on title page, light browning to pages and edges of text block, faint cigarette odor. Dust jacket has minor edge browning. Very Good/Very Good+
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Jackson, Robert. SQUADRON-SCRAMBLE: YEOMAN IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. (SQUADRON - SCRAMBLE)
Arthur Barker, London, 1978, first edition.
141 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0213166852 "It was the fateful summer of 1940, and for the battle-weary pilots of Number 505 Squadron there had been little respite after the hectic air fighting over France. France, and the nightmare of Dunkirk, had turned George Yeoman into a veteran - an ace with several victories to his credit. Now he found himself fighting once more as the Luftwaffe hurled its might across the English Channel and the RAF's Spitfires and Hurr i c a n e s carved out the greatest air victory of all time over the harvest fields of southern England. But Yeoman had to face a different kind of battle too, a battle with his inner self, as he saw his friends go to their deaths one by one in the c au ld ro n of that summer sky of 1940." Faint cigarette odor, very light browning to edges of text block, slight fading to top/bottom edges of boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wear at top/bottom of spin e a nd fla p-f ol ds, 1" closed tear archivally taped. Very Good/Very Good
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150.00 USD
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Jackson, Robert. STRIKE FROM THE SEA: A SURVEY OF BRITISH NAVAL AIR OPERATIONS, 1909-69.
Arthur Barker, London, 1970.
234 pp, 8vo 8 3/4" H, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs. "On 19 July 1918, six Sopwith Camels took off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier 'Furious' off the Schleswig coast. Their mission - to bomb the German Zeppelin sheds at T ondern. It was the first time in history that a force of aircraft had been launched against an enemy objective from an aircraft carrier: the first ever strike from the sea. In the half century that has elapsed since that historic day, the Royal N a vy's airmen have carved out a reputation of courage and skill that is second to none. This is their story - a story of men and courage, of crews, aircraft and ships often hurled into battle against hopeless odds. The author has covered every maj or operation involving the Fleet Air Arm and its predecessor, the RNAS, including Korea, Suez, Malaya and forgotten 'backyard wars' such as the British naval operations against the Bolsheviks in the Baltic in 1919, when the Navy's airmen bombed the Re d Fleet in Kronstadt. The Second World War is covered in detail, from the hunt for the 'Graf Spee' to the final assault on Japan and Kamikaze attacks on the carriers of the British Pacific Fleet." Water mark on top corner of text block with so me s mall areas of dye migration into top corner of a few pages, minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, has very light edge wear/wrinkling, light browning on spine, two small edge tears with old tape. Good+/Good+
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15.00 USD
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Middlebrook, Martin; Price, Alfred; Cox, Sebastian; Overy, Richard; Jackson, Robert; Bishop, Edward; Cheshire, Lord; Mahaddie, T.G.; White, S.N.; Probert, H.; Harris, Rosemary; Haworth, G.; Munday, Eric, et al. THE MEANS OF VICTORY: A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF BOMBER COMMAND AND THEIR LEADER, SIR ARTHUR HARRIS.
Charterhouse, London, 1992.
144 pp, 11 9/16" H, soft cover. B&w photographs, advertisements. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; The Commander-In-Chief; Family Memoir; The Years Between; The Hard Road of Experience; The Airfields; The Aircraft of Bomber Command; The Squadrons ; Training of Aircrew; Keep Them Flying; The WAAF in Bomber Command; For Every Lanc in the Air...; The Pathfinder Force; The Pattern of a Raid; The German Night Fighter Force; Fooling the Enemy; The Assault on Germany; The Wider Roles; A Very S u c c e s sful Partnership; The Achievement; The Cost; A Reflection; The Successors. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor rubbing. Near Fine
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Jackson, Robert. THE WORLD'S GREAT BATTLESHIPS: FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE PRESENT.
Brown, London, 2000.
144 pp, 4to (11 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1897884605 Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photograph, reproductions, profiles, cutaways. "Beginning with the age of sail and the Battle of Trafalgar, the book describes the development of the first primitive ironclads with traversing turrets, the battles of the American Civil War, and the heyday of the battleship in the decades before the outbreak of World War I. (It) shows how new technologies helped shape naval tactics and the advances in ship design during the nineteenth century, culminating in two new classes of ship, the dreadnought and the battlecruiser, that saw much action at the Battle of Jutland and the other naval encounters of World War I, and which are also discussed in depth here. By World War II the battleship, threatened by the submarine and difficult to protect from either underwater or aerial attack, had been usurped by the aircraft carrier from its position as prime naval weapon - as was dramatically demonstrated at Pearl Harbor. They remained potent threats, however, and (this book) covers the notable battles of the war, including the exploits of the Graf Spee, Bismarck and Tirpitz in the Atlantic and North Sea, and the Yamato in the Pacific. Finally the gradual postwar decommissioning of the last true battleships is described, along with the last swansongs of the American 'Iowa' class in the Vietnam and Gulf Wars before their final retirement." Previous owner's place, date and sigature on free front endpaper; very small bump at bottom corner of boards, small bump at bottom edge of front board. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light rubbing - mainly on rear panel, small indent mark on rear panel. Very Good/Very Good
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20.00 USD
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