Firkins Peter (110 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, cloth, dustwrapper, [xi], 448-[460]pp., ills. VG/VG: clean cloth, solid hinges, unmarked text; clean and presentable dustwrapper with very mild wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 269 pages, illustrated. Maps. Slight foxing fly leaf. Previous owner's name on title page. Dust jacket slight chipped. Plastic wrapper.

(Subject: History & Development of Warfare - General) The author outlines the strategic background to each campaign and its principal battles, portrays the Australian Commanders of each period and the men who followed them. (Published: 1972) (Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd) (ISBN: 0709129971) (Pagination: 510pp, photos) (Condition: Good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Near Fine. New York San Francisco St. Louis: McGraw-Hill, (1972). Large 8vo. [16],448,[11]pp, Index. Green boards. Very good plus (few light stains to low edge of text block - not on pages), in near fine dj. 8 Color Plates, numerous Photographs in b&w. Kirkins outlines the strategic background to each campaign and the principal battles, portrays the commanders and the men involved in each period. ISBN 0070210659; Illustrated; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 448 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Some marginal toning. Owner's name on front end page, else unmarked. 448 pages, illustrations, 25 cm.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Profusely illustrated with 8 color plates, 27 maps, and 77 black and white photographs throughout. xviii, 448 pages. Thick 8vo, green boards, d.w. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1971]. Fine with a near fine dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of First edition. Book is in very good condition, crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is generally fresh and bright. Historic photos and maps throughout. 8vo. 460pp Including Index. In protective mylar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. slight wear cover edges, some library marks, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear, library sticker spine. Due to weight extra may apply to any quoted international postage Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library. …

Large 8vo, 211pp. A good hardback copy in like dust jacket. Previous owner's details.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 242 pages. Illustrated, minor shelf wear to bottom edge, lightly foxing front edge.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 279 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Actually, condition is fair to good. Australia's military feats from 1863 to 1968 (Maoris, yes Maoris! to Viet Nam). Waikato? That's NZ, surely? But there you are. Previous owner's name on inside cover. Plates. 510 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £10.35.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New Updated Edition. viii, 279pp, illustrated with b/w plates, maps, six appendices, bibliography, index, illustrated end-papers. Blue cloth boards in dust-jacket. This book was 'the first history of the Australian Navy published describing the growth of Australian sea power from the time of the Royal Naval squadrons baed on Sydney, the development of the colonial navies, and finally the establishment of the RAN in 1911'. The book covers all the major actions in which units of the RAN have been involved, including the coast-watchers in the south-west Pacific campaign of WWII. Size: 8vo.…

8vo, 279pp. A very good hardback copy with some yellowing to pages. In a very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Updated Edition. Cloth, viii,279pp, maps, tables, b/w pls, vg in dj. Size: 8vo.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 242 pages. Australia's eleven greatest Air heroes of two world wars. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Light foxing to top-edge.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. private library liquidation.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book condition is very good. Hard cover. Dust jacket very gook. Text body is clean and unmarked throughout the book. Spine intact. Book block is clean and unmarked all sides of the book. Book boards clean front and round circle stain on the back, still a good copy. Book weight is 0.526. Extra charges due to weight exceed 500grams. The Golden Eagles: Air Heroes of Two World Wars is a 1980 military aviation book written by Australian author Peter Firkins. The book provides a detailed biography of eleven of Australia's greatest air force aces across the First and Second World Wars. Originally published by St. George Books in Perth, this historical text functions as a comprehensive mosaic tracking the evolution of Australian combat flight. It chronicles the progression from the rudimentary, isolated tactics of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) in WWI to the advanced technical operations executed by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in WWII.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. some library marks, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: very slight edge wear. Due to weight extra may apply to any quoted international postage Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. A very good copy in the original green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Lacks dustwrapper. No ownership inscription and not foxed. 448 pages + index. Many illustrations (including 8 colour plates) and maps.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Minor reading wear. Light crease on spine. Page edges are starting to tan. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. xv, 510 pp. Slip case is in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first impression 1980 near fine hardback, page edges lightly browned, in a very good dust wrapper, closed tear, edges slightly creased at the bottom of rear cover, corners and edges lightly rubbed. Protected by clear removable archival covering. No inscription. 242 pages. Bibliography. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. …

Hardback. 1979. First edition. A fine, unmarked copy in a near fine, lightly edge rubbed d/w.

hardcover. St George Books, 1980. First edition. A near fine copy only marked by a previous owners name to the top of the front free endpaper and light flecking to the board edges. The d/w is fine.

1st Ed. Foreword by Vice Admiral Sir John Collins. VIII, 269 PP with 19 maps, plus 32 pages with 59 b/w photos. Eps: Naval Review. Hard cover. Ex library copy with stamps of the University of Tasmania Library. Very good reading copy. 23.5 x 15.5.

8vo. xiv + 212pp. B/w illustrations. Original wrappers, previous owner's name, a very good copy. . First edition.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; bound in yellow cloth covered boards; with a Very Good dust jacket. Some toning, rubbing and edge wear to jacket. Slight toning to page edges. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 4to. 10"h x 7 1/4"w.

1st Ed. Foreword by Vice Admiral Sir John Collins. VIII, 269 PP with 19 maps, plus 32 pages with 59 b/w photos. Eps: Naval Review. Hard cover, dj (repaired tear). Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression 1995 fine hardback in laminated boards. No inscription. 151 pages. 3 Appendices. Illustrations.