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WORLD AIRCRAFT: COMMERCIAL, 1935-1960.

By: Angelucci, Enzo and Matricardi, Paolo.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Chicago, Rand McNally: 1979

Seller ID: 16187

ISBN: 528882066

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

317 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with drawings, profiles, insignia, reproductions of posters. Contents: United States; Great Britain; USSR; France; Italy; Germany; Sweden; Japan; Holland; Canada; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Romania; Spain; Argentina; Australia; Switzerland; People's Republic of China; Major Commercial Aircraft; Civil Aviation Registration Letters - 1960; Insignia of the Major Airlines in 1960; Principal Airports of the World - 1960; Engines. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - book lightly cocked, very l...
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THE EMPIRE IS MARCHING: A STUDY OF THE MILITARY EFFORT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 1800-1945.

By: Barclay, Glen St. J.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 1976

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25467

ISBN: 0297771256

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

276 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w plates. "(A) study of the military strength of Britain and her Empire during the Boer War, First World War and Second World War. Dr Barclay evaluates the contributions of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, and the changing roles played by the colonies during times of crisis. He explains British attitudes to colonial troops - Australian indiscipline and New Zealand thoroughness - and the lack of diplomacy on the part of British military leaders when dealing with their colonial counterparts. After the South Africa War the British government sh...
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THE UNIFORMS & HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH REGIMENTS: BRITAIN - CANADA - AUSTRALIA - NEW ZEALAND - SOUTH AFRICA. 1625 TO THE PRESENT DAY.

By: Barnes, R. Money, Major. In collaboration with C. Kennedy Allen & Lieut. Thomas B. Beatty, Jnr. Foreword by Gen Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Seeley Service: 1969

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 23433

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

351 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H) - red cloth with black title block/gold lettering on spine. Colour plates and b&w drawings. Contents: Introduction; 1625-89. The Lowland Regiments. Killiecrankie. Dunkeld; 1690-1745. Marlborough's Battles. The Union. The '15 and the '45. The Black Watch. Fontenoy; 1755-83. North America. Highland Regiments. Canadian Militia. Minden. American Independence; 1778-99. Highland Regiments. Fencibles. Yeomanry. India. Napoleonic Wars; 1800-14. American War; 1815. Waterloo; 1815-56. Small Wars. India. S. Africa. Canadian Militia. The Crimea; 1857-81. Indian Muti...
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BEHIND THE GLORY.

By: Barris, Ted.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan Canada: 1992

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30133

ISBN: 0771591764

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

358 pp, 9 1/4" H. Map endpapers, "When war broke out in September 1939, the Allied air forces had few combat aircraft and even fewer military pilots ready to fight. It was clear that air superiority would determine the outcome of the war, so in December 1939, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada created the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Most of the air crew training took place in Canada. The success of the plan depended on its instructors. At the beginning of the war bush pilots, barnstormers, commercial pilots, crop-dusters, amateur aviators, and First World War vete...
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BEHIND THE GLORY.

By: Barris, Ted.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Thomas Allen: 1992

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 22835

ISBN: 0887622127

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

358 pp, 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, map endpapers. "When war broke out in September 1939, the Allied air forces had few combat aircraft and even fewer military pilots ready to fight. It was clear that air superiority would determine the outcome of the war, so in December 1939, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada created the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Most of the aircrew training took place in Canada - ." Minor bump at bottom of front hinge, tiny light stain on fore-edge of text block. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear.
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ALONE IN THE SKY.

By: Batten, Jean. Drawings by L.R. Williams. Foreword by J.M. Ramsden. Dust jacket art by Lynn Williams.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Shrewsbury, Airlife.: 1979

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25863

ISBN: 0906393019

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good +

190 pp, 8vo (8 13/16" H). B&w photographs, drawings. "Jean Batten is one of the great names in aviation history. She was born in New Zealand in 1909, a few weeks after Louis Bleriot flew the English Channel, and qualified for a flying licence at the London Aero Club in 1930. (This book) tells the story of (her) early life and of all her famous flights. The vivid descriptions of these flights, made nearly 50 years ago, highlight the hardships and dangers faced by the early aviators. Quite alone she flew immense distances in record times and in the most basic of aeroplanes. Not on...
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THE BICKERSTETH DIARIES 1914-1918.

By: Bickersteth, John, editor. Introduction by John Terraine. Foreword by Donald Coggan.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Leo Cooper: 1996

Seller ID: 23146

ISBN: 0850525462

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

332 pp, large 8vo (9 3/16" H). B&w illustrations. "The Bickersteth War Diary was begun in August 1914 by Ella Monier-Williams Bickersteth, at the urgings of her son Burgon, with the idea of sharing the news of happenings in Europe with another son who was in Australia at the time. She was to continue it for four and a half years and then resumed her task during the Second World War. The resulting volumes, full of newspaper clippings and letters have been edited by her grandson to present a personal look at the life of a family that provided soldiers and chaplains to the British Arm...
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THE BICKERSTETH DIARIES 1914-1918.

By: Bickersteth, John, editor. Introduction by John Terraine. Foreword by Donald Coggan.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Leo Cooper: 1996

Seller ID: 29091

ISBN: 0850525462

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

CHOCO TO A.I.F.

By: Blackwell, John.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: General Store Publishing House, Burnstown, Ontario, 1994.:

Seller ID: 21049

171 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 0919431836 "In a rarely acknowledged theatre of war, an Australian recounts his antic WWII experiences. A young member of the militia at the outbreak of war, John Blackwell played an active role in the early d ays of radar, serving as an oficer with the Australian Army, both at home and in England. Through his eyes, and keen sense of the ridiculous, we see the rise of technology in modern warfare, and the frequently humorous fallibilities of the m e n e m p l oyed to use it." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Ex...
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A DEEP SENSE OF WRONG: THE TREASON, TRIALS, AND TRANSPORTATION TO NEW SOUTH WALES OF LOWER CANADIAN REBELS AFTER THE 1838 REBELLION.

By: Boissery, Beverley.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn: 1995

Seller ID: 24501

ISBN: 1550022423

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

367 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w maps, illustrations. "In 1839 fifty-eight men left Montreal for the penal colony of New South Wales. They were unimportant men outside their own parishes, ordinary people who had been caught up in the political whirlwind of the 1838 rebellion. Even though they were all civilians, they had been tried by court martial. Convicted of treason, their properties forfeited to the crown, they paid a heavy price for rebellion. And as convicts in Australia, they were considered the lowest of a bad lot. During their years there, however, they earned the respect o...
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FOR VALOUR: THE AIR VCs.

By: Bowyer, Chaz.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: London, Grub Street: 1992

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 9350

ISBN: 0948817577

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

548 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs. Of the 1,350 Victoria Crosses awarded since 1856, only 51 have been conferred on airmen. "Here, for the first time, are the complete and accurate biographies of each of those 51 men. Though primarily regarded as a British honour, of those 51 airmen, 16 were not British-born; coming from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Eire willingly to pledge their lives in Britain's cause during the two major world wars of this century. Resulting from several decades of private research on an international scale, and profusely illustrated, this boo...
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FOR VALOUR: THE AIR VCs.

By: Bowyer, Chaz.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Grub Street: 1992

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 29734

ISBN: 0948817577

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

ABORIGINAL MYTHS.

By: Bozic, Sreten. In conjunction with Alan Marshall.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Melbourne, Gold Star: 1972

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28016

ISBN: 0726001139

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

143 pp, 8 5/8" H. Profusely illustrated with colour photographs. "Alan Marshall is called 'Gurawilla' or 'Song maker' by the natives of Arnhem Land. He and Sreten Bozic have studied the few remaining nomadic aboriginal tribes in Australia and have come to love and admire their culture. This book is the result of their knowledge of, and respect for, a race which had and still has vastly different - and perhaps superior - ideals from those of the white invaders who commandeered their lives and land. For, until the advent of the white man, the Aboriginals lived in complete accord wit...
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PENAL PENINSULA: PORT ARTHUR AND ITS OUTSTATIONS, 1827-1898.

By: Brand, Ian.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: (Regal Publications, Launceston, Tasmania, n.d.:

Seller ID: 7840

234 pp, 8vo, soft cover. B&w photos, reproductions. "...the history of Port Arthur and its outstations on Forestier's and Tasman's Peninsulas. It draws its material entirely from documents and reports of the period 1827-1898, although the introduction utilises earlier papers. The story has been told chronologically in order that the reader might, more readily, appreciate the inter-relation of events. Extensive use has been made of extracts from documents and reports to ensure accuracy and the sources of these are listed in the references..." Interior - one dog-ear, otherwise clea...
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F/A-18 HORNET.

By: Braybrook, Roy.

Price: $17.00 USD

Publisher: London, Osprey: 1991

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25250

ISBN: 1855321513

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

128 pp, 11 7/8" H. Profuesly illustrated with colour photographs. "The 'son' of the Northrop YF-17 Cobra, the Hornet grew both in weight and capability after being ordered by the Navy to replace the venerable Vought A-7 Corsair II. Now an integral part of the modern carrier air wing, the F/A-18 has dramatically increased the capabilities of fighter and attack squadrons already embarked aboard the Navy's 15-strong carrier fleet. Not all Hornets spotted in American skies are Navy property though, the 'flying leathernecks' of the US Marine Corps having received their first F/A-18s at virt...
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WORLD WAR II ALLIED WOMEN'S SERVICES. OSPREY MILITARY MEN-AT-ARMS SERIES 357.

By: Brayley, Martin. Illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro. Series editor, Martin Windrow.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: (Osprey, Oxford, 2001), Ist edition.:

Seller ID: 14097

48 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), soft cover. B&w photos, reproductions, 8 pages of uniform studies in full-color. Contents: Introduction; Great Britain; United States; Canada; Australia; South Africa; India; New Zealand; Burma; Soviet Union; Foreign Volunteers. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - clean and bright. Fine.
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THE PATRIOT GAME: NATIONAL DREAMS & POLITICAL REALITIES.

By: Brimelow, Peter.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter: 1986

Seller ID: 28519

ISBN: 1550130013

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

310 pp, 9 1/2" H. "(A)rgues that Canada ought to be a second Switzerland, with a living standard actually higher than that of the U.S. But in fact it is embroiled in a tangle of regional and linguistic quarrels, mainipulated by both the Liberals and their Mulroney Tory imitators, and an elite in Ottawa that truly represents neither Anglophones nor Francophones. 'The Patriot Games' offers an unconventional view of Canada that will shatter many myths. Brimelow endorses the argument of Goldwin Smith's 1891 classic 'Canada and the Canadian Question' that our country is 'rich by nature,...
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ROUND THE WORLD.

By: Butler, Frank Hedges.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: London, T. Fisher Unwin: 1924

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29738

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good-

269 pp + 2 pp publisher's advertising, 9" H. Red cloth with gilt lettering & decoration on spine and front board. Illustrated with numerous b&w photographs (collated). The author was the founder of the Royal Aero Club (1901) and the first Hon. Treasurer of the Royal Automobile Club (1897) and wrote two previous books - "Fifty Years of Travel by Land, Water and Air" and "Through Lapland with Skis and Reindeer". Chaper headings for "Round the World": The Voyage Out; From America to Hawaii; Pictures of the Pacific Islands; A Visit to Japan; Japanese Entertainment a...
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BRITISH AND AMERICAN TANKS OF WORLD WAR II: THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BRITISH, AMERICAN AND COMMONWEALTH TANKS, GUN MOTOR CARRIAGES AND SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES, 1939-1945.

By: Chamberlain, Peter and Ellis, Chris.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: New York, Arco: 1975

Edition: Second American Edition.

Seller ID: 22586

ISBN: 0668018674

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

222 pp, 4to (11 3/16" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings. "(T)he first comprehensive reference book devoted to the history and development of the tanks used by the Allied nations, with the exception of Russia, during the years 1939-1945. It not only gives a detailed history of each type, but also provides full pictorial coverage of the many variants, sometimes running into dozens, which were produced on each chassis. With a very few minor and insignificant exceptions every tank type produced in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand is full...
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THEY FOUND A CAVE. OXFORD CHILDREN'S LIBRARY NO. 5,

By: Chauncy, Nan.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1963

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 27966

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

195 pp, small 8vo (7 7/8" H). B&w illustrations by Margaret Horder, dust jacket design by William Stobbs. "The events related in the following pages take place in Tasmania, which is also the author's home; and the cave which is so vividly described actually exists. In the story a family of English children, with a Tasmanian friend, live in the cave for a few months. Their subsequent adventures are exciting, but they soon learn what it is to be hungry and cold, though they do their best to keep a 'no grumbling' rule. It is the practicality of their wild life, as well as its excitme...
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Keyword: Australia