army air history corps de farrar hockley general sir anthony (7 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.

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.

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.

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.