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THE ADVENTURES OF KIT CARSON - Classics Illustrated #112.

Strato, Oadby, Leicester, ND, paperback, unpaginated [48pp], coloured ills. throughout (appears to bear the signature mark of Rudolph Palais), stapled coloured pictorial paper wrappers, magazine comic strip format about 10 x 7 inches, in the Classics Illustrated series, No. 112 (HRN 125), cover price 1/3, text in English, printed in Republic of Ireland, rubbed at extrems. esp. at spine, rusting to staples, some rust staining to pages which are tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 42221

Catalogue: Children's and Illustrated

Keywords: children's juvenile classics illustrated adventures kit carson rudy palais comic strip

[HAGEN, LOUIS],

ARNHEM LIFT - Diary of a Glider Pilot.

Pilot Press, London, 1945, 6th imp., 96pp, maps in text, grey cloth lettered in green at spine and upper board, this edition published anonymously, a personal account of the 1st Airborne Division's fight for Arnhem bridge in September 1944, as seen and recorded over nine days by a young glider pilot who was one of the lucky ones to escape over the Rhine, cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 42493

Catalogue: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations

Keywords: ww2 army airborne paras arnhem

[SAUNDERS, HILARY (AKA FRANCIS BEEDING)],

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - August-October 1940.

HMSO, London, 1941, 1st edn., paperback original, 32pp, stapled blue wrappers lettered and decorated in dark blue, 8 x 5 inches, also published in an illustrated edition this plain text version is the true first and provides the official Air Ministry account of the air battle over Britain from 8th August to 31st October 1940, with descriptions of the aircraft of both sides, the operational control of the defending squadrons, the phases of the German offensive and descriptions of some individual combat incidents, a little rubbed at extrems., creasing and light soiling to wrappers, good,

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Book number: 42344

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf luftwaffe fighter bomber battle bob hmso history dowding

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A BIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - Classics Illustrated #40.

Strato, Oadby, Leicester, ND, paperback, unpaginated [48pp], coloured ills. throughout (unattributed), stapled coloured pictorial paper wrappers, magazine comic strip format about 10 x 7 inches, in the Classics Illustrated series, No. 40 (HRN 126), double stapled (text block stapled and then wrappers stapled to block), cover price 1/3, text in English, printed in Denmark, "sl. roll to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing and soiling to wrappers, pages tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 42190

Catalogue: Children's and Illustrated

Keywords: children's juvenile classics illustrated biography benjamin franklin comic strip

[SAUNDERS, HILARY (AKA FRANCIS BEEDING)],

BOMBER COMMAND CONTINUES.

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 56pp, 8pp photo ills., maps inside wrappers, stapled col'd lettered wrappers, 8 x 5", the Air Ministry account of the offensive against Germany July 1941 to June 1942, after the first well illustrated publication 'Bomber Command' this is in a smaller format with only a few but better quality illustrations bringing up to date the account of the bombing offensive and covers accounts of a Wellington flying back from Bremen, building the bombers, attacks on Brest, German ports and the first 1000 bomber raid on Cologne, ills include Stirling, Halifax, Boston and aerial photos of bombing, rubbed at extrems., light staining and small area surface loss upper wrapper, binding reinforced, staples replaced, good,

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Book number: 24333

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf bomber strategy tactics hmso bremen cologne brest stirling halifax boston

[SAUNDERS, HILARY (AKA FRANCIS BEEDING)],

BOMBER COMMAND CONTINUES.

HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback original, 56pp, 8pp photo ills., maps inside wrappers, stapled coloured lettered wrappers, 8 x 5", the Air Ministry account of the offensive against Germany July 1941 to June 1942, after the first well illustrated publication 'Bomber Command' this is in a smaller format with only a few but better quality illustrations bringing up to date the account of the bombing offensive and covers accounts of a Wellington flying back from Bremen, building the bombers, attacks on Brest, German ports and the first 1000 bomber raid on Cologne, ills include Stirling, Halifax, Boston and aerial photos of bombing, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, good plus,

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Book number: 38051

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf bomber strategy tactics hmso bremen cologne brest stirling halifax boston

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CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS No. 20 - Douglas A-20 Havoc U.S.A.A.F. 1940-1945.

Ducimus Books, London, ND, paperback, 20pp in wrappers paginated 170-191, line drawings, coloured and half tone ills. in text, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx)., pictorial wrappers, detailing the camouflage variations and marking of the Douglas A-20 Havoc in use by the U.S.A.A.F. between 1940 and 1945, with many in text comtemporary half tone photpgraphs and two pages of coloured illustrations, slight loss of overall crispness, faint creasing upper cnr., very good,

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Book number: 43676

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 usaaf camouflage douglas a-20 havoc boston

[SAUNDERS, HILARY (AKA FRANCIS BEEDING)],

COASTAL COMMAND.

HMSO, London, 1942 [1943], 1st edn., paperback, 143pp, numerous half tone photo ills., printed by (Greycaines) Taylor Garnett Evans and Co., Watford, pictorial wrappers, the Air Ministry account of of the part played by Coastal Command in the Arctic, Atlantic and North seas 1939-1942, work which included aerial reconnaissance of enemy coastlines and shipping, attacks with aerial depth charges on submarines and bombs and torpedoes on surface vessels, convoy protection patrols together with search and rescue capabilities, under operational control which includes both RAF and Naval officers, ills. include Sunderland, Hudson, Liberator, Beaufort, Anson, Whitley, Catalina, aerial photos of Boulogne, Dieppe, Cherbourg, St. Nazaire, Brest (and Hipper), etc, rubbed at extrems., spine wrinkled and flaking a little but unusually square, light creasing at cnrs., good plus,

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Book number: 11562

Catalogue: WW2 - Air Force

Keywords: war ww2 aviation raf coastal command hmso battle atlantic arctic convoy sunderland hudson liberator beaufort anson whitley catalina hipper a/s

[RITCHIE, CAPT. LEWIS, RN (BARTIMEUS)],

EAST OF MALTA WEST OF SUEZ.

HMSO, London, 1943, paperback, 63pp, many half tone photos, drawings and maps, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", the admiralty account of the naval war in the Eastern Mediterranean from September 1939 to March 1941, covering Taranto, Matapan and a number of smaller engagements, the support to Malta and Greece, and the offensive against the Italians in the Western Desert, ills. include HMS Illustrious, Malaya, Ramillies, Eagle, a little rubbed at extrems., light diag. creasing, short edge tear and pencil name upper edge upper wrapper, staples replaced, neat ink name/date top cnr. of title, some archival tape repairs to binding, good plus,

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Book number: 24304

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy mediterranean campaign oran malta greece suez hmso taranto matapan illustrious malaya ramillies eagle

[RITCHIE, CAPT. LEWIS, RN (BARTIMEUS)],

EAST OF MALTA WEST OF SUEZ.

HMSO, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 63pp, many half tone photos, drawings and maps, stapled photo pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", the admiralty account of the naval war in the Eastern Mediterranean from September 1939 to March 1941, covering Taranto, Matapan and a number of smaller engagements, the support to Malta and Greece, and the offensive against the Italians in the Western Desert, ills. include HMS Illustrious, Malaya, Ramillies, Eagle, rubbed at extrems. with flaking at spine, light creasing to wrappers, staples rusted with adjacent staining, good,

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Book number: 38041

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy hmso mediterranean campaign oran malta greece suez hmso taranto matapan illustrious malaya ramillies eagle

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EDMUND DULAC'S FAIRY-BOOK - FAIRY TALES.

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND, [xiv] prelims., 174pp, [iv] blank, decorated title page, guarded and mounted coloured frontis and 15 other mounted and guarded coloured plates all by Edmund Dulac and as called for, decorated endpapers, large format (about 9.5 x 7 inches), maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, gilt vignette decoration upper board, upper edge gilt, fifteen fairy stories from around the world, originally published in 1916 with 15 plates this is a later edition with an additional plate probably from the 1920's, a little shaken, cloth a little rubbed and marked, repaired nick at head of spine and repaired split at lower joint, edges tanned and foxed, foxing and tanning to endpapers and end blanks, final endpapers cracked, light foxing to contents pages and occasional marginal fox mark in text, no dustwrapper, fair,