William Chajkowsky (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. nice copy; larger-format.

Condition: Good. Picture Shown is For Illustration Purposes Only, Please See Below For Further DetailsCONDITION ? GOODSome wear/foxing/marks to jacket, light foxing to fore edges, pages in good condition, shipped from the UK.

quarto, blue boards. First Edition. First Edition. quarto, blue boards. (128)pp. The Boston Mills Press, Profusely illustrated with photographs. A pictorial history of Canadians who enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps during its 700 day stay in Canada. With an informative text. Near fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 108 pp., map, b/w photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated wraps show sticker mark on front panel.

First Edition. First Edition. quarto, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (128)pp. The Boston Mills Press, Profusely illustrated with photographs. A pictorial history of Canadians who enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps during its 700 day stay in Canada. With an informative text. Two ink underlines on copyright page, embossed stamp on half title, light wear to jacket. Jacket not clipped. quarto, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 110 Pages Illus. Book.

First Edition. First Edition. quarto, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket. (128)pp. The Boston Mills Press, Profusely illustrated with photographs. A pictorial history of Canadians who enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps during its 700 day stay in Canada. With an informative text. A very fine copy, jacket not clipped. quarto, blue boards in pictorial dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. At the height of the First World War, the Borden Military Camp opened at a location on a glacial moraine west of Barrie in 1916 to train units for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was named for Sir Frederick William Borden, former Minister of Militia.[4] In May 1916, the Barrie and Collingwood companies of the 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters), CEF (perpetuated today by The Grey and Simcoe Foresters), under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D.H. MacLaren, began construction of the camp. Camp Borden was selected in 1917 for a military aerodrome, becoming the first flying station of the Royal Flying Corps Canada.Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"), 106 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. "At a time when man was fighting man on the Continent of Europe, a fledgling group of fliers was forming in Canada under the guidance of officers of the Royal Flying Corps. This history follows the corps from its inception to its airfield at Camp Borden thence down to its training center in Texas and back again to its home at Beamsville." - dust jacket. "This is a book about the beginning of the Royal Canadian Air Force. It will deal with early military aviation in Canada before and during the First World War: the first aeroplane factory built in Canada; the first flying field located in Canada; also dealing with Canada's expanding army during the great war and the construction of a new army camp and how part of it would become Canada's first military aerodrome. There are no heroes in this book. It is a pictorial history of Canadians who enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps during its 700 day stay in Canada." - Introduction. 128 glossy pages generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of fascinating archival photos. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this informative and interesting history. Cooke (3rd Edition) p.307. ; 4to; 127 pages.

Card Covers. Condition: Good. 106 p. 23 cm. 50 b&w illustrations. Yellow card covers with black print. Label mark on front cover, former owner's label on first leaf, ink notation inside front cover. Minor wear and soiling.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 106, [2] pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents. "This is the story of the founding of this camp and what happened shortly after." - Introduction. Chapters include: The First Attempts; Success; Construction; Official Opening and Mutiny; The First Year; Second and Third Year; Aerodrome Development; Aircraft and Training; Return to Borden - 1918; End of War. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality signed copy of this important history. Cooke [3e] p.172 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed.

Condition: Good. The History of Camp Borden, 1916 - 1918: Land of Sand, Sin And Sorrow.