Jane's Aviation Review
London: Jane's, c1987. Sixth Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 168, illus., pencil erasure residue on front endpaper, part of DJ cut off and taped inside front board. More
London: Jane's, c1987. Sixth Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 168, illus., pencil erasure residue on front endpaper, part of DJ cut off and taped inside front board. More
Greenwich, CT: Bison Book Corp. c1982-1983. 29 cm, 320, illus., somewhat shaken, boards somewhat soiled and worn, some weakness to front board. More
New York: Macmillan, 1976. 1st Collier Bk Edition. Second Printing. 12 x 19 cm, 262, wraps, illus., bookplate, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1966. First American Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. [16], 692, [26] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Bibliography. Index. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, GCB (11 July 1890 – 3 June 1967) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. He was a squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and served in the Royal Air Force during the inter-war years. During the Second World War Tedder directed air operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa, including Operation Crusader in North Africa. Later Tedder took command of Mediterranean Air Command and was closely involved in the planning of the Allied invasion of Sicily and then the Allied invasion of Italy. When the invasion of France came to be planned, Tedder was appointed Deputy Supreme Commander at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. After the war he served as Chief of the Air Staff, doubled the size of RAF Fighter Command and implemented arrangements for the 1948 Berlin Airlift. More
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979. 350, bibliography, index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ somewhat soiled & some edge wear: small chips missing. More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1985. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm, xix, [1], 828 pages. Maps. Illustrations. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index. DJ shows some soiling and edge wear. John Alfred Terraine (15 January 1921 – 28 December 2003) was an English military historian, and a TV screenwriter. He is best known as the lead screenwriter for the landmark 1960s BBC-TV documentary The Great War, about the First World War, and for his defense of British General Douglas Haig against charges that he was "The Butcher of the Somme". Terraine had 16 books published, most of them dealing with aspects of the great European wars of the 20th century, and numerous articles and book reviews. His first major study of the First World War, Mons: The Retreat to Victory was published in 1960. The Right of the Line: The Royal Air Force in the European War 1939-45 (1985) won the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year award. More
Carmel, NY: Guideposts, c1987. 254, illus., rear DJ scuffed, DJ edges worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, [1965]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 352, tables, footnotes, bibliography, index, stamp on flyleaf, DJ soiled, stained, worn, and torn: small chips missing. More
San Jose, CA: R. James Bender Publishing, c1983. First Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 360, illus., appendices, some wear to DJ edges. More
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH: The Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc., Pre-1987. Wraps. 162 pages. Illustrations. Color covers. Corner bumped. Format is 8.5 inches by 11 inches. On page 162, there is a date of 1982 related to a memorial . Inside the back cover the narrative discusses an estimated completion date for a second permanent museum building at October 1987. Therefore this publication appears to have been published between 1982 and October 1987. The U.S. Air Force Museum is the oldest and largest military aviation museum in the world. It began in 1923 at McCook Field near downtown Dayton as a collection of U.S. and foreign WWI aircraft. In 1927 the artifacts were moved to Wright Field. In 1932 the collection was renamed the Army Aeronautical Museum. It was not until 1954 that the public was permitted access to the collection. In 1956 it officially became the Air Force Museum. More
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH: The Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc., circa 1971. Wraps. 92 pages plus covers. Illustrations. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Past page was partially separated and has been reglued. One page 1 reference is made to the museum moving into its 'new home' in 1971. The U.S. Air Force Museum is the oldest and largest military aviation museum in the world. It began in 1923 at McCook Field near downtown Dayton as a collection of U.S. and foreign WWI aircraft. In 1927 the artifacts were moved to Wright Field. In 1932 the collection was renamed the Army Aeronautical Museum. It was not until 1954 that the public was permitted access to the collection. In 1956 it officially became the Air Force Museum. More
n.p. n.p., 1954. Quarto, 126, profusely illus., tables, appendices, covers soiled, edges of boards and spine worn, ink name & address ins fr flylf. More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. Fourth Revised Edition. 611, illus., index, DJ somewhat soiled and edges worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. Fourth Revised Edition. 611, illus., index, DJ soiled and edges worn: foxing, small tears, small pieces missing, sm rough spot fr DJ, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
Place_Pub: Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition. 368, illus., appendix, bibliography, index, DJ soiled & stained, large tear at rear DJ, small tears/chips to DJ. More
Oklahoma City, OK: Times-Journal Publishing Co., 1945. 239, illus., appendix, index, some wear to board and spine edges, small tears at spine. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1961. First Printing. Hardcover. 170 pages. figures, charts, chapter references, index, DJ faded and edges worn, some foxing to rear DJ. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1965. First Edition. 188, illus., endpaper maps, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled: small tears, small pieces missing. More
San Francisco, CA: Aviation Press, 1930. Revised Edition. Quarto, 128, wraps, illus., maps, figures, tables, pgs somewhat darkened, covers soiled & stained: small tears, pencil notes on front cov. More
Annapolis, MD: Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co., 1980. Book Club Edition. 224, illus., appendices, glossary, sources, notes, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat scuffed and some edge wear A design and construction history of the Chance Vought F-8 Crusader, including information on F-8 armaments, Vietnam operations (including a chapter devoted to MiG battles), extensive appendices that furnish details of F-8 deployments, pilots, and engineering. Illustrated with over 70 photos. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1990. Second Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 218, illus. More
Annapolis, MD: Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co., c1980. First Edition. 24 cm, 224, illus., appendices, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, raised stamp on title page, some wear to DJ edges. More
New York: Bonanza Books, [1970]. 331, illus., maps, index, some wear to book, some soiling to covers and edges, label on flyleaf. More
San Clemente, CA: The Aviation Speakers Bureau, 2000. Hardcover. 438 pages. Illus., index, slight wear to DJ edges. Issue 19 of News & Stuff, December 2000 laid in. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1966. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. 354 pages. Illustrations. Glossary. Format is 6.5 inches by 9.5 inches. DJ has some wear, tears, soiling and chips. Toliver joined the US ARMY AIR CORPS as a Flying Cadet in October 1937 and received his wings as a pilot in October 1938. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on October 6, 1938. In March 1941 he went to Montreal, Canada and joined the Canadian Pacific Railroad Air Service as a contract pilot flying Lockheed HUDSONS and Consolidated B-24s from Montreal to Gander, New Foundland and on across the Atlantic Ocean to Prestwick and Ayr. Scotland. THE CPRRAS later became known as British Ministry of Aircraft Production, and later as Atlantic Ferry Command and finally was known as RAFFerry Command. In March 1942 he returned to the USAAF on active duty. Here he had the opportunity to fly nearly 200 different types of aircraft. In 1951 Toliver began writing about the American Fighter Aces and his first book was published in 1965. More