J a Chamier (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Includes several b/w illustrations. 199pp. Ex library with usual stamps and labels, end papers removed. Stamps to copyright page. Several small stamps are present on lower margin of various pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Firtst edition on blue cloth.

Octavo, blue cloth (hardcovejmr), gilt letters, 199 pp. Illustrated. Near-Fine, with former-owner bookplate. Aviation, Military History, British History, Royal Air Force. nslic.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Ex-Library Book. Has usual library markings Photograph available on request.

1943 publication with War Economy Standard binding and paper; B&W illustrations; tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine; a little wear to edges and corners - corners slightly bumped; small discolouration mark to base of front cover panel. Yellowing and faint foxing to page fore-edges and endpapers; otherwise, a good, tidy copy. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

1st edition. 1st edition, 1943, in blue cloth; war economy standard. Text clean; binding tight; cloth a little marked on front board, with wear at head & foot of spine Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 200pp. Frontis. Line drawings. Maps. Blue cloth gilt, The early history and experiences. Size: Roy.8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, Hardback, No D/J. Dark blue boards have a slightly bumped spine and corners, neat inscription, o/w v/g. The early history and experiences of the flying services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Good, clean and sound copy. Original blue cloth gilt, unfaded. Light wear to edges, corners bumped. Small ownership inscription. viii + 199 pages, maps, plates. Size approx. 10" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Aviation; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28279.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Roy Cross (illustrator). 1st. This study of the history of the RAF covers its concept, foundations and earliest days, as the Royal Flying Corps from 1912, and of the part it played in WWI, up to its re-establishement as the RAF with the merger of the RFC and the Royal Naval Air Service on April 1, 1918. Ironically, it was not until 1943 with World War II raging, that Air Commodore Chamier was able to publish this book, although the manuscript was completed early in 1939. It was written in his belief that there had been no informal history of the RAF and its origins produced, although there was a six volume official history of the British air operations in WWI. With the sub- title "The early history and experiences of the Flying Services" the author's study reveals the remarkable extent to which military aviation progressed during the 1914-18 conflict, it is comprehensive, objective and easy to follow with a chronological progression. In 17 chapters he covers all threatres in which British aircraft were involved, beginning with "The Days Before the War" and "The Baptism of War 1914". Naturally, the aerial war on the Western Front provides the bulk of the text while the "side -shows" further afield are certainly not ignored. Other aspects, such as the Zepplin offensive and later German bombing raids over Britain, training methods, the RNAS, and the eventual German surrender, receive the author's attention. Despite of the fact that the book was produced to "war economy standards" it is a quality production on high grade paper and enlivened with 22 full page classic drawings by Roy Cross depicting the major aircaft flown by the RFC and RAF during WWI, some also include aircraft used by the enemy, each illustration has a small panel with aircraft vital statistics, also there are nine maps of campaign areas. First edition of 1943 from Pitman, 199 pages, b/w aircraft drawings and maps. Blue hard covers with gilt front and spine titles are VG with small faded area top front board, lower front corner slightly bumped, small section (4cm by 3cm) cut from top edge FFEP, text block otherwise excellent, no inscriptions, few light foxing spots on RFEP.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1943 1st edition hard cover inside marks on cover/pages 1/2 spine missing.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. de Walton, John; Tresilian, S.; Caney, C.E.; Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Soper Geo.; Goss, G.W.; Thompson, Kenneth; Peddie, T.H.; Tresilian, S.; Gale, W.J. (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Guardians of the "Last Frontier" - Excellent photo-illustrated article on the three-hundred men who patrol America's 2,000-mile Mexican border; Brown's Tiger - A decidedly unusual hunt in India in which a herd of buffaloes played an important part; "Blood Will Tell" - What happened after James Vance Marshall saved the life of a young South American; Photo of Buddhist "Rice Boat" in Ceylon; Hunting Sea-Lions - Tony Rosato hunts these creatures near California's Coronado Islands - interesting photo-illustrated article; Law and Order in East Africa - Amusing stories about police work among whites and natives; The Lost Mine - A. Hyatt Verrill was in Panama to study the wild Indians but everyone assume he came in search of Tisingal, the mythical lost Spanish gold mine - with photos; The Interlopers - A cattle drover's story of a strange adventure in Australia's little-known interior; My Monkey - A lonely rubber planter buys a monkey as a pet; The Bear Lake Affair - How two RCMP officers dealt with 150 wild Indians near Fort St. James, British Columbia; More About Africa's "Mystery Beasts" - Patrick Bowen believes hitherto unknown animals and reptiles do actually exist; At Grips With the Desert - Part II of Donald R.G. Cameron's account of a trip across the Sahara in which his party became lost for ten days - with photos; "When No Man Pursueth" - The tragic story of what happened to a 14-year-old boy on his first trip away from home; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Backstrip entirely nibbled away so front cover loose but present and back cover barely holding. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue.