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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 book has un...
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BOMBER BARONS.

By: Bowyer, Chaz.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Leo Cooper: 2001

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 27030

ISBN: 085052802X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

222 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H). B&w photographs. "By the end of the Second World War, a grim total of 55,000 air crew of Bomber Command has lost their lives. This figure comprised no less than seventy per cent of RAF fatalities. Yet, unlike their more glamorous fighter pilot colleagues, very few bomber pilots or crewmen were familiar household names to the general public. However, within the ranks of the RAF itself, some individuals stood out gaining high reputations for their courage and leadership, a respect achieved regardless of the decorations they had won or the number of sorties flo...
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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+

THE NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN, FROM THE DECLARATION OF WAR BY FRANCE IN 1793 TO THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE IV. 6 VOLUME SET.

By: James, William.

Price: $450.00 USD

Publisher: London, Richard Bentley: 1859

Edition: New Edition with Additions and Notes.

Seller ID: 30377

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Good

6 volume set - 7 1/8" H, half leather (leather spines with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering/banding, leather corners), marbled paper covered boards, red speckled textblock edges. 6 b&w frontispiece portraits, 40 diagrams, 28 folding tables. After introductory information, the volumes follow a year-by-year format from the First French Revolutionary War (1792) to the Battle of Navarin (1827). Under most yearly sections there is a discussion of the British and French Fleets, Light Squadrons and Single Ships, and Colonial Expeditions. Other fleets are introduced when applicable: Spanish, Dutch, Fra...
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THE DEVIL HIMSELF: THE MUTINY OF 1800.

By: Pope, Dudley.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Alison Press/Secker & Warburg: 1987

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 8818

ISBN: 0436377519

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

186 pp, 9 1/4" H. Maps. "The corvette 'La Vaillante' was built in Bayonne in 1796, four years after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1798, she was captured by Captain Sir Edward Pellew, renamed the 'Danae' and given a new young captain, Lord Proby. In March 1800, there was consternation in London when The Times reported the French recapture of the 'Danae' following a mutiny among her crew. Dudley Pope has pieced together the story of the mutiny from British documents and the French naval archives at Brest, where the file is labelled 'Le Diable Lui-meme' - The Devil Himself...
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THE DEVIL HIMSELF: THE MUTINY OF 1800.

By: Pope, Dudley.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Alison Press/Secker & Warburg: 1987

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29572

ISBN: 0436377519

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

BETWEEN FRANCE AND NEW FRANCE: LIFE ABOARD THE TALL SAILING SHIPS.

By: Proulx, Gilles.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn Press: 1984

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28143

ISBN: 0919670814

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

173 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H). B&w and color illustrations - photographs, maps, drawings, plans. "(A)n absorbing look at life aboard the sailing vessels which plied the North Atlantic during the French colonial era in North America. Focusing on the first half of the eighteenth century and the Seven Years' War period, this book analyses four major aspects of the crossing: maritime traffic and the outfit of vessels; the Atlantic course and navigation; the people and their occupations; and life aboard the ship. Together they present a fascinating view of sea life. Gilles Proulx has used offici...
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TRAFALGAR: COUNTDOWN TO BATTLE 1803-1805.

By: Schom, Alan.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: London, Penguin: 1992

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 24311

ISBN: 01401111646

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

421 pp, 7 3/4" H. B&w illustrations. "In this panoramic account of events from the creation of Napoleon's menacing flotilla to Nelson's majestic funeral Schom tells the complete story for the first time. He describes in compelling detail - and usually in the words of contemporaries - Napoleon's coronation, Prime Minister Pitt's robust response to the threat of invasion, the breakneck build-up to battle and the crucial role of Admiral Cornwallis, the 'unobtrusive hero' who ought to rank with Nelson as a national saviour. Trafalgar was a moment of almost unparalleled glory for Britain; this sup...
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VCs OF THE AIR.

By: Turner, John Frayn. Dust jacket illustration by Lynn Williams.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Wrens Park, n.p., 1993.:

Seller ID: 20892

160 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0905778693 B&w photographs. "There were thirty-two VCs of the air during the Second World War, yet how many of their names are known today? We have all heard of the exploits of Guy Gibson a nd Leonard Cheshire, but every one of the VCs of the air is associated with deeds equally daring and courageous. In these pages you will read of the forgotten VCs like Kenneth Campbell, who torpedoed the 'Gneisnau' in the harbour of Brest f r o m a h e ight of 50 feet, racing between the flak ships at mast height. William Reid, whose citations ...
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THE NELSON ENCYCLOPEDIA.

By: White, Colin.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole: 2002

Edition: First American Edition

Seller ID: 27509

ISBN: 0811700135

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

288 pp, small 4to (10 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour with reproductions, photographs, maps/battle plans. "(S)ets out to answer any questions about Nelson likely to be raised, either by casual reference or in a more detailed study of the navy, the wars, or the social history of the period. Entries cover people, ships, places and events associated with the man, and extend to contemporary issues like changing interpretations of his actions and motivation. Arranged alphabetically and fully cross-referenced, every subject is accorded enough length for proper discussion, and ea...
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THE NELSON ENCYCLOPEDIA.

By: White, Colin.

Price: $22.00 USD

Publisher: Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole: 2002

Edition: First American Edition

Seller ID: 29767

ISBN: 0811700135

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

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