Livry Level (12 results)

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. 2ème Édition. 256+XXIV pages sur papier bouffant de luxe, douze illustrations en hors-texte sur papier couché. Avant-propos du colonel Livry-Level. Livre.

Octavo, blue boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 191 pp. Fine with bookplate; in a Very Good dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges and slightly darkened spine. From dust jacket: Here are exciting stories of co-operation between the R.A.F. and the French Resistance Movement during the years of the occupation. And here, in full, is the story of the memorable raid on Amiens prison in Frebrary, 1944, led by Group Captain Charles Pickard, D.S.O., D.F.C. His attacking force of Mosquitoes and Mustangs flew in low to the attack on the prison, where hundreds of political prisoners were awaiting death or deportation. With masterly precision the R.A.F. dropped their bombs, demolishing the walls of the prison. By the time Gestapo reinforcements had arrived on the scene, dozens of Resistance prisoners had been able to make their escape. Aviation, Military History, European History. nslic.…

Cartonage éditeur. Condition: Très bon. Très bon état In-12 253 pp. Reliure éditeur plein skyvertex. Décor doré. Illustrations hors texte sur papier couché. Imprimé sur papier bouffant de luxe.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Name of the previous owner written on the front free end paper page. Publication of 191 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, chipped pieces and minor marks within the jacket. The boards are in good condition. There are light marks on the block of the book. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Condition: Fine. 1972. 256 pages. Fine.

Condition: Fine. 1972. 256 pages. Fine.

Condition: Fine. 1972. 256 pages. Fine.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The 1944 Amiens prison raid. P Search trans. pp191, illus. Binding solid, spine sunned, boards stained.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. The year was 1944. A number of the French Resistance members were being held in Amiens prison, and as their colleagues were shot, morale fell dramatically. So two men, Pepe and Ponchardier, devised a plan and with R.A.F. assistance, morale was improved. These 171 pages plus Appendices, tell the tale. Text complemented by approx. 17 b/w illustrations and photographs. Learn more about : Vire Estuary, Operation Renovate, Chobiere, Maquis, Alibi Network and Gendarme Lenglet. Cond : Boards are light blue with gilt lettering - spine only. End-papers are white. D.J. is white with gold, purple and brown artwork. (Advert for KKK book on back.) D.J. illustration is of a breached wall and eleven fleeing figures. D.J. has been price-clipped. P/O name and R.C.A.F. affiliation on front pastedown. Some photos (only) have a curious `damp-crinkle ' - publisher's flaw (??). Binding tight, not sun-faded. Light soiling throughout. No tears, no creases. No marks in text block. Excellent WWII reference !! Quote (p. 149) : " ._._. with only a few yards to spare, and flew over the road from Dieppe to Treport, indistinguishable now in the thick snow. With our Mustangs clinging close, we followed the valley down one side, and back up the other, crossing the Somme valley. Amiens lay to our right. " Size: Octavo.…

Arco Publishers Ltd London 1955. First edition. Blue cloth, photographs, appendices, 192pp. Previous owner's inscription, light foxing, pages edges browned o/w good. Jacket- tears along edges, grubby. Australian Tax on Low Value Imported Goods (LVIG) exempt.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 192pp., b/w plates, appends., Stories of co-operation between the RAF & the French Resistance movement. a powerful account of the attack on Amiens prison in 1944 by RAF mosquitoes which freed large numbers of Resistance fighters awaiting execution.