pen sword books barnsley yorkshire england (22 résultats)

Etat : Very good. 8vo size paperback, 9 x 6.25 inches, 222pp, 48 colour and b/w photo illustrations, front cover and first few leaves worn on top right corner, text very clean, overall in very good condition.

Etat : Fine (see description). large 8vo size, 9.5 x 6.5 inches, 176pp, publisher's boards title gilt on spine, colour illustrated dustwrapper, photo illustrations throughout, fine/as new.

Etat : Fine (see description). 8vo size, 176pp, 16 pages of photo illustrations, publisher's boards with title gilt on spine, illustrated dustwrapper (price not clipped), fine / as new (probably unread).

Etat : Fine (see description). large paperback, 9 x 6 inches, 262pp, 9 maps, 16 pages of contemporary photo illustrations, colour illustrated card covers, no reading creases, slight shelf wear but overall fine.

8vo size, 176pp, publisher's boards with title gilt on spine, colour illustrated dustwrapper (not price clipped), 31 photo illustrations, as new / fine, probably unread Fine / as new (probably unread).

Etat : Near fine (see description). large format paperback 9.5 x 7.5 inches,144pp, illustrated card covers, profusely illustrated throughout with contemporary photo illustrations, lower corner of front cover slightly rubbed otherwise overall the book is near fine.

large 8vo size, 25 x 18 cms, 272pp, publisher's boards with title silver on spine, colour illustrated dustwrapper (not price clipped), colour and b/w illustrations throughout, book and dw are fine / as new, probably unread Fine / as new (probably unread).

Etat : Nearly as new. 8vo size, 9.25 x 6.25 inches, illustrated card covers, xv,368pp, 30 photo illustrations, fine, nearly as new.

Etat : Fine / as new. 8vo size, 24 x 18 cms, 208pp, numerous illustrations mostly from contemporary photographs, publisher's boards with title gilt on spine, colour illustrated dustwrapper (not price clipped), very clean, as new / fine.

Etat : As new. 8vo, 235pp, publisher's boards, with title gilt on spine, colour illustrated dust wrapper, 332pp of photo illustrations, as new, probably unread.

Etat : Fine (see description). large paperback format, 9.25 x 6.25 inches, xiv,306pp, numerous photo illustrations, no reading creases, fine/almost as new (probably unread).

Soft cover. Etat : As New. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographic plates. (illustrateur). Reprint. Tightly bound, clean with no writing inside. Reprint of first 2008 edition.

8vo size, ix,180pp, publisher's boards with title on spine, colour illustrated attractive line drawings throughout, book and dw are fine / as new, probably unread Fine / as new (probably unread).

8vo size, xiv,290pp, publisher's boards with title gilt on spine, colour illustrated dustwrapper (not price clipped), 10 maps, 16 pp of photo illustrations,contents very clean, binding very firm, overall fine / as new, probably unread Fine / as new (probably unread).

Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : New. Reveals the remarkable story of a mid-war seaborne raid on an Isle of Wight radar station. The second printing of the 2016 first edition.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. xxiv, 224 pages, xcvi pages of plates : illustrations, maps. This is a very pleasing copy of Dodson's book. Publisher's paper-covered boards sturdy and fresh, corners sharp; contents as new. The dust jacket shows slight edgewear. 900 grams.

Trade paperback. Etat : Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. The format is approximately 7.5 inches by 9.75 inches. vi, [2], 176 pages. Illustrations. References and Notes. This is one of the Images of Aviation series. The book is illustrated by an expert and includes details about the raid, such as the type of aircraft used, the number of pilots involved, and the impact on Japanese military forces. In addition to the Doolittle Raid, this book also covers another important topic related to military and world war II in Asia. This work contains a detailed narrative, informative illustrations, and high-quality format. John Grehan has written, edited or contributed to more than 300 books and magazine articles covering a wide span of military history from the Iron Age to the recent conflict in Afghanistan. He was employed as the Assistant Editor of Britain at War Magazine from its inception until 2014. John now devotes his time to writing and editing books. Alexander Nicoll has been involved in writing and publishing military history for thirty years. He began his career with local history, and has since written numerous books and magazine articles, predominantly on subjects relating to the two world wars. Grehan's and Nicoll's book goes a long way to bringing the story back to life by calling attention to the details of the raid., The authors of this volume have included hundreds of photos of the various stages of the raid . On 1 April 1942, less than four months after the world had been stunned by the attack upon Pearl Harbor, sixteen US aircraft took to the skies to exact retribution. Their objective was not merely to attack Japan, but to bomb its capital., A unique series of images that explores every aspect of the Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, which was undertaken on Saturday, 18 April 1942. On 1 April 1942, less than four months after the world had been stunned by the attack upon Pearl Harbor, sixteen US aircraft took to the skies to exact retribution. Their objective was not merely to attack Japan, but to bomb its capital. The people of Tokyo, who had been told that their city was 'invulnerable' from the air, would be bombed and strafed - and the shock waves from the raid would extend far beyond the explosions of the bombs. The raid had first been suggested in January 1942 as the US was still reeling from Japan's preemptive strike against the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. The Americans were determined to fight back and fight back as quickly as possible. The 17th Bomb Group (Medium) was chosen to provide the volunteers who would crew the sixteen specially modified North American B-25 bombers. As it was not possible to reach Tokyo from any US land bases, the bombers would have to fly from aircraft carriers, but it was impossible for such large aircraft to land on a carrier; the men had to volunteer for a one-way ticket. Led by Lieutenant Colonel 'Jimmy' Doolittle, the seventy-one officers and 130 enlisted men embarked on the USS Hornet which was shielded by a large naval task force. However, the ships were spotted by a Japanese ship. The decision was therefore made to take-off before word of the task force's approach reached Tokyo, even though the carrier was 170 miles further away from Japan than planned and in the knowledge that the B-25s would not have enough fuel to reach their intended landing places in China. The raid was successful, and the Japanese were savagely jolted out of their complacency. Fifteen of the aircraft crash-landed in, or their crews baled-out over, China; the sixteenth managed to reach the Soviet Union. Only three men were killed on the raid, with a further eight being taken prisoner by the Japanese, three of whom were executed and one died of disease. The full story of this remarkable operation, of the men and machines involved, is explored through this fascinating collection of images.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. "First publlished by Viking in 1988" and "Reprinted in this format in 2010" stated. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback in near fine plus, if not fine dust jacket (£25.00). Only trivial signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : Very good. Jon Wilkinson (Jacket Design) (illustrateur). Presumed First Edition, First printing. 192 pages. Illustrations. Gazetteer. Bibliography. Index. The author was a freelance researcher and historian. After studying at the University of Kent, King's College, London, Girton College, Cambridge, and the University of Surrey, he has worked in television and the 'heritage industry' and regularly contributed to historical and heritage journals. Pen & Sword promotional post card laid in. The First World War airship and airplane raids by Germany on Britain constituted the first strategic bombing campaign in history. It was a novel and unwelcome means of waging war that provoked panic and resentment, and dispelled Britain's island sense of security. The raiders, demonized as 'baby killers' for causing indiscriminate civilian casualties, may not have crushed British morale, but they disrupted war production and succeeded in diverting personnel, arms and airplanes from where they were needed most at the Front. Most important, the raids changed the face of warfare forever by bringing the whole nation into the front line. The book features previously unpublished photographs and is divided into a history of the raids as they occurred, and a gazetteer with detailed information about many of the placed that were bombed. Attention is drawn to the physical scars made by the raids that may still be seen today, and to the memorials erected to the victims.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. First Edition - first printing. Book is clean and tight. Dust Jacket in protective cover. Foreword by Professor Richard Holmes. 432 pages with index.

Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xiv, 182, [4] pages. Foreword by Linda Dewey. Appendices. Illustrations. Maps. Tabular Data. Bibliography. Index. Eric has conducted these tours both privately and as a guide for the 8th Air Force Association at their UK reunions. Eric spends his time researching his interests in all things Military. Eric is a specialist Air Force guide and leads on our US 8th Air Force Tour, as well as guiding on Military tours. across the battlefields of Northwest Europe. Born in the North of England, at an early age ERIC RATCLIFFE moved with his parents to Norfolk, where he still resides. His love of flying began in 1975, when, aged 28, he first tasted gliding. Eric continues flying both gliders and powered aircraft to this day. It was his involvement with the Norfolk Gliding Club, and their home airfield at the ex-USAAF base at Tibenham, which aroused his interest in the Second World War, vintage aircraft, and the aircrew who flew them. Retiring from his engineering business seven years ago, Eric found the time to research the Kassel mission, whilst still acting as a tour guide of wartime battlefields and air bases in UK, France, and Germany. On 1 August 1990, an airmen's memorial was unveiled at the crash site of the lead ship of the US bomber group in the Seulingswald near Ludwigsau-Friedlos to commemorate the fallen and as a gesture of reconciliation. On Wednesday, 27 September 1944, a force of 283 Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers from the USAAF's 2nd Combat Bombardment Wing, took off from their bases in Britain and headed out across the North Sea escorted by 198 P-51 Mustang fighters. The bombers' target was the industrial city of Kassel in northern Germany. Among the bombers assigned to the raid were the aircraft of the 445th Heavy Bombardment Group. Thirty-five of the 445th's Liberators, along with the 336 men who made up their crews, took off from their base near the village of Tibenham in Norfolk. Their specific target that day was the engineering works of Henschel & Sohn which built Tiger and Panther tanks. Kassel had been bombed by the Allied air forces in the past, most notably in October 1943 when more than 500 bombers had dropped 1,800 tons of bombs creating a firestorm that had ravaged the city. The raid on 27 September 1944, however, would have a far different result. Due to a navigational error, the lead Liberator of the 445th Heavy Bombardment Group turned due east instead of east-south-east and the following thirty-five bombers missed Kassel altogether, attacking an alternative target. But the worst was to come. The change of direction meant that the bombers lost their escorting Mustangs and on the return flight they were pounced on by 150 enemy fighters and massacred. Within just six minutes, the 445th experienced the greatest single-day losses suffered by any group from one airfield in the history of aviation warfare. Twenty-five of the Liberators were shot down inside Germany itself; three crashed en route to the coast (two in France and one in Belgium); two made forced landings at an emergency airfield in England; and the last came to grief within sight of home. Just four of the original thirty-five B-24s landed safely back at Tibenham. The human cost was equally high. In the course of just a few minutes, 117 airmen lost their lives, including eleven who were murdered after parachuting safely to the ground. A further 121 men were taken prisoner; only ninety-eight returned to duty. In this highly moving account of the Kassel raid, the author, who lives close to the Tibenham airfield, uncovers the painful details of those terrible moments in September 1944 through the stories of those who survived one of the Second World War's most disastrous operations in the USAAF's battle against the Luftwaffe. The group was first activated during World War II as the 445th Bombardment Group, a Consolidated B-24 Liberator unit stationed in England with VIII Bomber Command. The 445th was stationed at RAF Tibenham in late 1943. The group participated in the Allied campaign against the German aircraft industry during Big Week, from 20 to 25 February 1944 and earned a Distinguished Unit Citation on 24 February 1944 for attacking an aircraft assembly plant at Gotha, in Central Germany. Thirteen of the group's twenty-five attacking aircraft were lost along with 122 aircrew. This was the longest running, continuous air battle of World War II some two and a half hours of fighter attacks and flak en route and leaving the target area. The 445th also earned the French Croix de Guerre with Palm for its operations supporting the liberation of France. The 445th was actor Jimmy Stewart's original bombardment group. The 445th entered combat on 13 December 1943 by attacking U-boat installations at Kiel. Only fifteen crews were considered fit for this mission which was heavily defended area. It suffered its first combat loss on 20 December in an attack against Bremen.

Etat : Nearly as new. 8vo size, 138pp, finely illustrated, illustrated card covers, no reading crease, fine / almost as new.