Brooke Claxton (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, March 23 (weekend sale item)* 76 pp., Paperback, minor library markings, else text clean and binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Photo reproductions. (illustrator). Binding tight, no markings, DJ are complete with edge wear, tearing. "Wings" DJ is worn and taped on inside. Binding tight, no markings, edge wear, tearing on DJ's."Wings" is taped inside DJ at top of spine. W2 1.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. 3 vols.: xv, 376; xviii, 404; xi, 537 p. 24 cm. Over 600 b&w illustrations of aircraft and servicemen. Blue cloth hardcovers in mylar-covered dustjackets. Ink signatures or inscriptions on front free endpapers of first 2 vols. Spine ends softened with small tears. A little fading or discolouration to spine cloth, esp. vol. 3. A comprehensive look at the RCAF's activities during the Second World War. The volumes covers events such as the Battle of Britain, the air offensive over northern France, fighter operations after Dieppe, convoy patrols and interceptions, the Battle of the Atlantic, preparations for invasion, the Italian Campaign, etc. The Fifth Year and The Sixth Year were printed in smaller numbers, making them scarcer, so that a complete set is hard to acquire.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth, lettering and decoration in gilt on spine; dust jacket; 8vo; illustrated in b/w throughout. Spine tips and corners bumped, resulting in slight wrinkle to bottom corner of first few leaves. Dust jacket sunned along spine; scuffed along the edges; lightly chipped at spine tips and corners; not price-clipped, in mylar. An excellent working copy, internally clean and unmarked.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Quarto. xi, 537pp. Original blue cloth with slight rubbing to extremities, otherwise near very good indeed. No jacket. Owner details to endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth, lettering and decoration in gilt on spine; dust jacket; 8vo; illustrated in b/w throughout. All volumes in VG or better condition, with bumped spine tips and corners, in about VG dust jackets, with sunned spines, some light creasing and chipping along the edges. An excellent working set, with clean and unmarked text blocks, and jackets displaying nicely in mylar.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printings. pp. xv, 376; xviii, 404; xi, 537. 8vo's., measuring 6.25" x 9.25". Uniformly bound in publisher's original navy-blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering and ornamentation over maroon spine labels. Black-and-white photographic frontispieces, accompanied with dozens of black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, aerial photographs, charts, tables, illustrations, etc. Light rubbing, and edgewear to the cloth extremities, slight bump to head and tail of spines. Contents remain entirely without blemish with clean, and unmarked pages, and firm sound bindings. Overall, very good. Vol. I & II lacking their dustjackets, Vol. III accompanied with its original shelfworn dustjacket showing chips and short closed tears along the edges of the panels (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good. Scarce to be offered in commerce as a complete three-volume set.

Loose Broadside Certificate. Condition: Near Fine. A Ships' Companies appreciation certificate, likely issued in 1946 by Brooke Claxton, who was then Minister of National Defence, having his printed and embellished signature at bottom. The certificate measures 19 x 13.75 inch wide, is printed in black, and is additionally hand embellished in red, blue and green. It was issued to recognize the support given during the war by the Kokanee Chapter (Nelson, BC) of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, to the wartime crews serving on the HMCS Kootenay and HMCS Kokanee. The certificate is toned w. a tiny stain at lower left corner, else a fine copy of this Kootenay piece. "The Kokanee Chapter of the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) was established in 1915 in Nelson, B.C. During World War I, the women's group carried out a variety of services for soldiers overseas and for servicemen on leave." Memory B.C.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A self published work on the topic. Coil binding which is missing a couple of the rings, plastic sheet covering the front and rear covers. Frontispiece illustration. Written by a previous minister of national health and welfare and minister of national defense.

Condition: Good. 30 cm. 35 b&w photos in burgundy leather binder with gold lettering. Marks on covers. Includes an article containing a speech by Canadian Defence Minister Brooke Claxton on the Cold War, NATO, etc., an itinerary of three days of events in Ottawa and Camp Petawawa, and photos of various meetings and demonstrations May 11-14, 1954.

Binder. Condition: Very good +. 30 cm. 35 b&w photos in burgundy leather binder with gold lettering. Soiled rear. Includes an article containing a speech by Canadian Defence Minister Brooke Claxton on the Cold War, NATO, etc., an itinerary of three days of events in Ottawa and Camp Petawawa, and photos of various meetings and demonstrations May 11-14, 1954.