Twite, Mike, Ed. (Ken Ellis, Ray Rimell, Donald Hannah, Peter Moran, Peter Smith, Peter March, Bruce Robertson, Keith Wilson, George Bailey, Bob Ogden. Listings

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	1 Twite, Mike, ed. (Ken Ellis, Ray Rimell, Donald Hannah, Peter Moran, Peter Smith, Peter March, Bruce Robertson, Keith Wilson, George Bailey, Bob Ogden. FLYPAST. NO. 13. AUGUST 1982. (FLY PAST.) Key, Stamford, Lincs., 1982.  68 pp, 11 11/16" H, soft cover (magazine format - stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, 4 pages color. Contents: Preservation Project (Mystere IV); Death of a Zeppelin (shooting down of Airship SLII by Lt. William Leefe Ro binson); Air Show '82; Warplanes in Civvies (Handley Page 0/400 series); Aviation Archaeology (crashes in Peak District); Straight Down (Blackburn Skua); Preservation News; Flight Royal (Royal Navy Historic Flight); For the Record (Avro 504K) ; K Z R a lly (Stauning, Denmark); Museums of the World (Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California). Interior - minor browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear to covers, light wear on sp in e , li ght browning to edges of textblock. VG+  Price: 10.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Twite, Mike, ed. (Peter Norris, Bruce Robertson, Peter Moran, K M Molson, J B Cynk, Ken Ellis, Jeff Ethell.) FLYPAST. NO. 25. AUGUST 1983. (FLY PAST.) Key, Stamford, Lincs., 1983.  60 pp, 11 11/16" H, soft cover (magazine format, stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, 4 pages color. Contents: Preservation News; Fotopost (Java and Malaya, 1946); Flight of the Vampire (Vampire T.II); Airfield Archaeolog y (Heston airfield, near London); For the Record (Short Bomber in WWI); The Last Flight of LK171 (last sad flight of a supply-drop Halifax - Norway); Aviation Archaeology; Air Show '83; Museums of the World (Canadian National Aviation Museum, O t t a w a ); The British Warplane in Polish skies (British aircraft in service with Polish Air Force after 1918); Preservation Project; North American's First Fighters (NA BC-1 and A-27). Interior - minor browning to pages, otherwise clean and t i gh t wi th n o previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear to covers, light wear on spine, very light rubbing on rear cover, very small light stain at bottom of front cover, light browning to edges of textblock. VG  Price: 10.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3 Twite, Mike, ed. (Peter Smith, J B Dunnet, Ken Ellis, R Wallace Clarke, Bruce Robertson, Mike Gradidge, Bob Ogden, Peter Moran.) FLYPAST. NO. 28. NOVEMBER 1983. (FLY PAST.) Key, Stamford, Lincs., 1983.  68 pp, 11 11/16" H, soft cover (magazine format, stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, maps, drawings, 4 pages color. Contents: Dive Bombers (Fairey Barracuda); The Lost Squadron (Blenheim raid); FotoPost (North West Front ier during WWI); Bookshelf; Preservation Project (Miles Master); Weapons of the RAF (Hispano-Suiza 20mm cannon); Gate Guardians (English Electric Lightning); Preservation News; For the Record (Iraq-Najd border air operations, 1927-28); Addict i v e O s h kosh (EAA Oshkosh show); Shangri-La Lives! (P-51B Mustang); Air Show '83; Moth Major Rebuild (DH Moth Major); Aviation Archaeology (wrecks). Interior - minor browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks . E xt e ri or - minor edge wear to covers, light wear on spine, very light rubbing and small edge tear on rear cover, light browning to edges of textblock. VG  Price: 10.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	4 Robertson, Peter. RELENTLESS VERITY: CANADIAN MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHERS SINCE 1885. IRREDUCTIBLE VERITE: LES PHOTOGRAPHES MILITAIRES CANADIENS DEPUIS 1885. Public Archives of Canada Series/University of Toronto Press, (Toronto, 1973).  233 pp, oblong large 8vo (9 3/4" H), soft cover. ISBN 0802062725 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Bilingual text (English/French). "Photographers have followed Canada's armed forces into action ever since Captain James Peters took a c amera on his way to Manitoba to help put down the Riel Rebellion in 1885. Their achievements are impressive considering the often adverse conditions under which they operated...The many aspects of war, the conflict and suffering are shown in 15 8 d r amatic, full-page pictures...Peter Robertson has prepared an introduction on the history of Canadian military photography, and also biographies of the thirteen photographers whose pictures, spanning the years from 1885 to 1970, appear in thi s v ol um e." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light rubbing, faint scuff line on front cover, tiny tear/crease at bottom edge of front cover - archivally taped. Very Good  Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	5 Robertson, Bruce. Line drawings and charts by Peter G. Cooksley. THE RAF: A PICTORIAL HISTORY. Robert Hale, London, (1978).  256 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in b&w with photos, drawings, maps. "The Royal Air Force...is here reviewed pictorially in photographs, sketches, charts, diagrams and tables with supporting text and c aptions. In this comprehensive and critical survey of the Force in peace and war, some of its basic problems, hitherto rarely touched upon, are highlighted. Born in war, the Force had to prove itself worthy of permanent status in peace. It s o r i g i ns and organisations are traced and the squadron, the basic unit, is examined down to tradesman and transport. The training organisation of 1918 is shown conditioning the post-war location of stations. Subsequent changes in operation st r en gt h ar e tabled for period throughout the book..." Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown, erased pencil mark and number in ink on free front endpaper, previous owners embossed blind stamp on page 10, bump at top corners of boards. Dus t jac ket i s p ri ce clipped, has very light edge wrinkling, creases at top of flap-folds. VG-/VG-  Price: 18.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	6 Boyden, Peter B. Foreword by Ian G. Robertson. TOMMY ATKINS' LETTERS: THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ARMY POSTAL SERVICE FROM 1795. National Army Museum, London, 1990, first edition.  48 pp, 4to (11 5/8" H), soft cover. ISBN 0901721182 Profusely illustrated with b&w and color photographs. Contents: Foreword; Beginning to 1840; The Crimean War, 1854-1856; India, 1838-1914; Africa, 1878-1898; The Boer War, 1899-1902; The First W orld War, 1914-1918; The Second World War, 1939-1945; From 1945 to 1990; Sources and Bibliography. Interior - faint cigarette odor, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear. VG+  Price: 17.50 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	7 Lawson, Joanna & Seffinga, Jeff, eds. (Becky Alexander, Belle Robertson Avery, Joy Blair, Brian Burch, Guy Chambers, Robert Cooperman, Jean Eng, Betty Sanders Garner, Daniel Green, Rhoda Hassmann, Peter Miller, Bill Moore, Bernadette Rule, et al.) TOWER POETRY. VOLUME 50, NO. 1. SUMMER 2001. 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Tower Poetry Society Press, Hamilton, Ontario, 2001.  78 pp, 8 3/8" H, soft cover. A collection of poems, largely from Canadian poets, but with inclusions from New Zealand, USA, Scotland, England, Ireland and the Netherlands. Interior - crease down first page near gutter, otherwise clean and tight wi th no other ownership marks. Exterior - clean. Very Good+  Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart