| 1. | Wise, S.F.; Douglas, W.A.B.; Greenhous, Brereton; Harris, Stephen J.; Johnston, William C.; and Rawling, William G.P. THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. 3 VOLUME SET. VOLUME I. CANADIAN AIRMEN AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR. VOLUME II. THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL AIR FORCE. VOLUME III. THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR 1939-1945.
University of Toronto Press, (Toronto, 1980, 1986, 1994).
771 pp, 797 pp, 1096 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H), hard covers in dust jackets. Map endpapers, many b&w photos (some aerial), maps, charts, graphs, tables, fold-out colour maps. Contents: Volume I. Introduction; Canadian Training and Air Policy; The Admiralty and the Air; Strategic Airpower; Airpower in the Land Battle; Conclusion; Appendices. Volume II. Between the Wars; The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan; The Air Defence of Canada, 1939-45; The North Atlantic Lifeline; Appendices. Volume III. Air Policy; The Fighter War; The Maritime Air War; The Bomber War; Air Transport; Appendices. VOL I: very light edge wear to boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor rubbing to fore-edge of textblock. Dust jacket has very light edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light rubbing, creases at top of spine with tape, one small closed tear -taped, minor browning to flap edges. VOL II: very light edge wear to boards, small area of light tape residue at top/bottom edges of free endpapers, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling, very light edge wear, light waviness on front panel, small closed "V" tear on rear flap-fold (taped). VOL III: minor edge wear to boards, very light wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket has minor rubbing, very light wrinkling at top of spine. VG/VG-; VG/VG-; VG+/VG+
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