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ABOVE THE BATTLE. by Drake, Vivian. Introduction by General C.G. Hoare - 1918
by Drake, Vivian. Introduction by General C.G. Hoare
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ABOVE THE BATTLE.
by Drake, Vivian. Introduction by General C.G. Hoare
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Toronto: Frederick D. Goodchild, 1918. 323 pp + ads, small 8vo (7 9/16" H) - maroon cloth with gold lettering and RFC insignia on spine and front board. The first Canadian edition (with Goodchild on the spine) was prepared from sheets of the American first edition (D. Appleton with '1' on last page of text and Appleton's ads at rear) with the Goodchild title page tipped-in. The author's personal reminiscences of his time in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Contents: First Experiences; Training; Overseas; France; Over the Lines; A Bomb Raid; Scrapping; Mainly About Two Seaters; A Night Stunt; Artillery Control; The Day's Work; Zep Straffing; The Somme; The Red Cross Machine. Tiny tear with crease at bottom of page 73/4, Xmas 1919 gift inscription in pencil on front free endpaper, light browning to fore-edge and bottom of textblock, darkening and a few small light stains to top of textblock, very light edgewear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, light rubbing on front board, very light soiling on boards, slight darkening to spine.. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket.
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- Keywords Aerial warfare, Combat, Pilots, Royal Flying Corps, Naval Air Service, Force, Officers, Western Front, First World War, Aircraft, Reconniassance, Training, Bombing, Artillery, Zeppelins, Somme, Red Cross, Personal reminiscences, Crashes, World War I, 20th
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Above the Battle: The Personal Recollections of an R. F. C. Scout Pilot During the First World War
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Above the Battle [microform]
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Above The Battle
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Above The Battle
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Above The Battle
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1918. First Printing. HB. Blindstamped brown cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, viii, 323 pp. + 3 pp. publisher's ads at rear. "Francis Vivian Drake was born in London around 1895. While a student there, he left the classrooms in 1914 to join the British cavalry. Soon afterward he transferred in 1915 to the Royal Flying Corps and later was sent to Canada to help form the Royal Canadian Air Force." This is an account of his experiences during World War I. Small numbers, in ink, top of ffep only mark in book, binding tight. Covers show edge wear, gilt lettering rubbed, edges of text block somewhat soiled. First American edition, with (1) last page of text. Book condition VG-.
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THE BATTLE OF EASTLEIGH
by Bolle, Frederick N
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Octavo (8 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches) New York: United States Naval Air Force, 1918. First Edition. oblong format, 144 pages illustrated with black and white halftone photographs, and a map, original gray cloth, hardcover, good condition (lower right corner of front cover slightly bumped, minor shelf wear to lower spine, not affecting contents which are clean and complete).This is a unit history, with many photos of the Eastleigh U. S. Navy repair base in England during World War I; its officers and men. There are many photos of early military aircraft, and an essay on "Liberty Twelves" and "DeHavilands."
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2
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EUROPEAN SPORTING CARTRIDGES, VOLUME TWO: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN SPORTING CENTERFIRE AMMUNITION FROM 1870 TO 1998Author: Dixon, W.B.Published by Armory Publications, Inc., 2000Seattle, Washington USA 98155
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Will Rogers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom (Salesman's Dummy)
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O'Brien, P.J. Will Rogers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom. With an appreciation by Lowell Thomas. Copyright 1935, P.J. O'Brien. Published by George A. Parker Company, Philadelphia. Illustrated. RARE SALESMAN'S DUMMY WITH SUBSCRIPTION BLANKS. Includes excerpts from 296 page complete book. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8. BIOGRAPHY OF WILL ROGERS. USED. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ AS ISSUED.
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Agatha Christie. The Clocks, A Hercule Poirot Mystery. 2013, Center Point Pub. Thorndike, Maine. LARGE PRINT EDITION. RARE/SCARCE THUS. ISBN 9781611737127. 5 7/8 X 8 ¾. 350 pages. EXLIB. VG/VG unclipped $34.95 DJ. Synopsis: "A hired stenographer lets herself into her client's home only to realize that the body of a dead man is sprawled across the living room floor. When recounting the scene to Detective Poirot, She distinctly remembers a cuckoo clock striking three but all the living room clocks showed 4:13. Poirot determines that, even more strangely, only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house."
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Freckles
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Gene Stratton-Porter Freckles. Copyright 1904, by Doubleday, Page & Company. Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York. G&D reprint edition. Decorations by E. Stetson Crawford. USED. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Green boards. 427 pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾.
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London: Privately Published (printed by Crowther & Goodman) Book. Fair. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. Small octavo. No date, but published in late 1935 or early 1936, since Wadham's contribution (ending at page 19) is dated 13th November, 1935, and Crossley's "Foreword to Part II" is dated December of the same year. Wadham writes, "These notes have been compiled, more or less in the form of a diary, with a view to placing on record the services of those who voluntarily came forward to serve their country in its hour of need." This copy from the library of 2nd Lt. I. (Irvine) B. Rouse of the battalion, who is listed thrice in the appendices, once in "Additional Nominal Roll of Officers who served with the I/4th Battalion The King's Own Royal Regt. (in order of joining)," once in a list of those wounded in action, and lastly in the list of those who received the Military Cross. Wadham has written his inscription ("A…
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A Record of the United Arts Rifles 1914-1919.
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London: Alexander Moring De La More Press, 1920, hardcover. Published 1920. Anecdotes and humor, "not an official history but a collection of articles and photographs" of this Volunteer Corps, the Great War. -- Includes photographs of the personnel, drawings, and a list of the fallen. 92 pages, 9x11 inches. -- Hardcover. Good used condition (binding little weak with one loose plate; cover worn at edges; owner name). -- Very nice item for the World War One collector.
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Soldiering On: Being the Memoirs of General Sir Hubert Gough
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London: Arthur Barker Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket rubbed at edges, . with a bookseller label on front jacket flap.. 1954. First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth. Endpaper map, black and white frontispiece photo, black and white photos, appendix, and index. WWI historical autobiography with an introduction by Sir Arthur Bryant. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 260 pages .
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Roster of Vermont Men and Women in the Military and Naval Service of the United States and Allies in the World War 1917-1919 (Three Volumes)
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Adjutant General. Very Good; Covers very lightly scuffed, volume numbers written on front . covers, else a clean, tight set.. 1998. Reprint. Softcover. Printed light blue wraps with black cloth spines. A reprint of this 1927 title. ; 1665 pages .
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Night. Charles Scribner's Sons Revised Edition. Copyright page states 1933, 1934 L-2.67 [Col]. UNDATED, Circa 1958. With $4.50 Unclipped original white black and gold Charles Scribner's unclipped dust jacket. ALSO page count is just 315 pages, shorter than the First Edition. Used. Very Good Condition/ Very Good- Black boards with gilt titling on spine. EXTREMELY RARE IN THIS DUST JACKET. Unable to find any other copies on the net whatsoever. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼.
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