general sir anthony farrar hockley (12 résultats)

Book Description: Alan Sutton, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1994. Hard Cloth Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No Marks or inscriptions.

The County Studio (illustrateur). (Subject: World War II - General) Mechanics of War Series. Covering the tactics employed by the Land and Air arms during the Second World War in Europe. This volume includes British and German tactics, the Dunkirk evacuation, Post-Mortem, the Red Army, and the American expansion. (Published: 1976) (Publisher: Almark Publications) (ISBN: 0855242558) (Pagination: 72pp, colour plates, b/w photos, diagrams) (Condition: Good with faded spine) UL-XXXXXX.

Etat : Fine. 10.5 x 7.75 inches, 268pp, publisher's boards, title gilt on spine, illustrated end papers, dust wrapper, both fine, Note: This is the author's inscribed presentation copy to Tom Power (see title page) and includes two further inscriptions to Tom Power on pages 201 and 230 by Colonel F M Wawn and Sergeant [later Major] A Markham.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. 268pp. 950g. The history of The Army Air Corps. from military ballooning in the Sudan in the 19th century to the helicopter assignments of today. Fully illus: with b/w photo,s and maps. FINE in like d/w.

Paperback. Etat : Fair. The County Studio (illustrateur). A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Condition Notes: Just a hint of fading to the spine of the dust wrapper.; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 10" x 7¾" (1.3 kg); pp (ix) 268; Index; Preface by HRH the Prince of Wales; Includes: List of Squadrons in Service: Air Observation Post to Army Air Corps; Black & white photographs (within the text); Maps; Frontispiece; Photographic lining papers; Appendices (2); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #194611 ||.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. The Army in the Air tells the fascinating story of those spirited and skilled individuals who lie behind the distinguished history of the Army Air Corps, from the early military balloonists of the Victorian age to the efficient fighting force of today - and tomorrow. There is light shelf-wear to the D/W corners. A good, clean and tight copy. PLEASE NOTE; International economy shipping is by sea and may take upto 90 days to arrive.

FIRST EDITION, ARCHIVAL REPAIRS TO JACKET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xii + 160pp, VG- (moderate bruising & soiling/discolouration to board edges & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout with some minor markings to margins in ink) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss & archival tape repairs to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, sm ink inscription to front flap).

1st edn., ix, 268pp inc. 9pp maps, numerous half tone photo ills. in text, large format 10 x 7.5 inches approx., black cloth lettered and insignia in gilt at spine, pictorial endpapers, pictorial montage dustwrapper, a history of aviation within the British army since the early days of the Balloon Section of the Royal Engineers in 1880, the Air Battalion and Royal Flying Corps of WW1, the Air Observation units of WW2 which spotted for the artillery to the current Army Air Corps, signed by author on title page, bumped at tail of spine and lower edge lower board, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, spine sl. sunned, good plus in a near fine dustwrapper,

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. The Army in the Air: The History of the Army Air Corps; by General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley; with a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales; Alan Sutton Publishing Limited Army Air Corps, Far Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1994. The book is signed by the author and his calling card (Director Army Aviation Stockbridge) is stapled onto the half-title. On the facing page is the bookplate of John Boileau, Canadian military historian and retired Canadian Army officer. General Sir Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, MC (1924 2006), nicknamed Farrar the Para, was a British Army officer and a military historian who fought in a number of British conflicts. An early parachutist, he was a participant in the development of the Army Air Corps during the Second World War. He held a number of senior commands, ending his career as Commander-in-Chief of NATO's Allied Forces Northern Europe. Throughout his four decades of army life, he spoke plainly, and both before and after his retirement in 1982 wrote on the conflicts he had experienced and the Second World War. From the blurb From military ballooning in the Sudan in the nineteenth century to helicopter assignments in the Gulf in the late twentieth, Army aviation has been at the forefront of Britain's military operations. Here, for the first time, the remarkable story of the Army Air Corps is compellingly told by General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, one of the foremost military historians writing today. This well-illustrated book, 268 pages, is in fine condition in a fine dust jacket that is now enclosed in a protective mylar wrap. The book on the subject. Signed by Author(s).

1st Ed. Large 8vo. [x] + 268pp. Port. frontis., numerous ills. from photos., 9 maps. Illus. e.ps., good in lightly rubbed and very sl. chipped d/w. Author's Presentation Copy, inscribed to title page - 'Best wishes, Anthony Farrar-Hockley General.' US$37.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, water-marked silk end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xii] 403 printed pages of text with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine and across the op of the rear cover, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'For John Badock (Royal Signals), a comrade-in-arms - From Tony Farrar-Hockley'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0246640596 MILITARY (Armed Warfare).