The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War II, Volume I
London: Orbis, 1972. 31 cm, 140, v.1 only of the 25-vol. set, illus. (some color), maps (some color). Foreword by Brig. Gen. James L. Collings. More
London: Orbis, 1972. 31 cm, 140, v.1 only of the 25-vol. set, illus. (some color), maps (some color). Foreword by Brig. Gen. James L. Collings. More
New York: Mayflower Books, 1979. Book Club Edition. 358, maps, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat scuffed and edges worn: small tears, small creases. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. First Printing stated. Hardcover. ii, [2], 316, {2] pages. Includes Acknowledgments, and Introduction. DJ has some sticker residue at the back. Topics covered include The Age of the Flying Machine Had Come (The Wrights tell Their Story); Some Aeronautical Experiments (Technical Articles by the Wrights); The Greatest of the Precursors (The Wrights Assess Their Contemporaries); and It is Never Safe to Prophesy (The Wrights on the Future of Aviation). Also includes an Appendix (Witnesses to the Birth of Flight). Also includes Bibliography, Photography Credits, and Index. The authors bring together for the first time nearly seventy of Wilbur and Orville Wright's published writings into a single, annotated reference. Spanning the decades from the brothers' turn-of-the-century experiments with gliders until Orville's death in 1948, the articles describe the design of their aircraft, early test flights, and camp life at Kitty Hawk. As the airplane evolved, the brothers frequently commented on such subjects as the future of commercial aviation and air travel, sport flying, air safety, and military aviation. Because Wilber's sudden death in 1912 ended any hope that the Wrights would produce a book of their own, the articles collected in this volume are their only published words. The pieces illuminate how they chose to document their achievement and to shape their legacy. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1969. Fourth Printing. 21 cm, 159, wraps, illus., plans, bookplate, some wear and soiling to covers. Introduction by Anthony Farrar-Hockley. More
New York: Crescent Books, 1973. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 31 cm, 128, illus. (some in color), maps, index, DJ worn at edges, library stamp on flyleaf (only library marking). More
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989. New Edition, with new material. Hardcover. 224 pages. Includes Footnotes. Introduction, Epilogue, and After the War by Henry Brown. Also includes Part 1: North-West Europe; Part II: The Mediterranean; Part III: Normandy; and Part IV: Burma. Also includes 12 black and white photographs between pages 65 and 65, as well as 6 black and white maps. Brigadier Peter Young, DSO, MC & Two Bars (28 July 1915 – 13 September 1988) was a British Army officer who, during the Second World War, served with distinction with the British Commandos. Subsequently, he went on to command a regiment of the Arab Legion before leaving the Army to become a lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In later life he founded The Sealed Knot, and became a well-known military historian and author. Young volunteered to join the Commandos and on being accepted joined 3 Commando in time to take part in the second commando operation of the war–Operation Ambassador–in July 1940.[2] Promoted to lieutenant in August 1940,[5] Young was to serve in the commandos for the rest of the war. Following Operation Ambassador and the subsequent operations, Operation Claymore and Operation Archery, Young was awarded the Military Cross (MC). Young became Head of Military History at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst between 1959 and 1969 before he retired to concentrate on a writing career. His first two books, both autobiographies, Bedouin Command and Storm from the Sea had been published while he was still in the army. More
Chicago, IL: Rand McNally, c1981. Hardcover. 31 cm, 256, illus. (some in color). Foreword by General Omar N. Bradley. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1966. First edition. First printing [stated]. Wraps. [16], 447, [1] p. 23 cm. Illustrations, Endpaper Maps, Maps. Portraits. Bibliography. Index. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1966. First edition. First printing [stated]. Wraps. [16], 447, [1] p. 23 cm. Illustrations, Endpaper Maps, Maps. Portraits. Bibliography. Index. More
New York: World Almanac Publications (Newspaper Enterprise Association, Inc.), 1981. Presumed first printing thus. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.25 inches. 514 pages. Illustrations. Cover worn and creased. Corners of some pages creased. Spine faded. Introductions, Chronology. Weapons and Equipment (Land Warfare, Sea Warfare, Air Warfare), Biographies, Casualties (a summing up), and Index. The principal part of this almanac is a chronology of the major events leading up to World War II, a detailed day-by-day analysis and commentary about what took place on every front; the final sections of the chronology covers the immediate postwar years up until the start of the Korean War in 1950. More
New York: Crescent Books, 1974. Third Printing. 128, illus., DJ worn, soiled, and edge tears, minor page soiling. More