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Switzerland: Interconair, 1977 Features: NATO Today Supplement; JMSDF (Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force) - long article with multiple photos; Future Trends in Fighter Aircraft - CCV and ECM gain prominence; Is the Super Cargo on the Way In? - by Claudius Dornier Jr.; Pocket Rama - Light Forces Today; Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Granada Hills, CA, USA: Sentry Books Inc., 1974 Features: F6F - King of the Carrier Fighters - exclusive color photos; Interview with Gordon Israel; David McCampbell - Aviation Pioneer; No. 1 Navy Ace; Consolidated's Confusing PB-2A. Art: Grumman F6F Hellcats of VF-20 and VF-16; Grumman F6F-5 Cutaway; The Marianas' Turkey Shoot; Essex Class Carrier Flight Deck; Consolidated PB-2A. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: The Times, 1917 Front cover illustration of Quinn's Post, Anzac. This issue devoted to "New Zealand and the War". Topics: Military training before the war; origin of the expeditionary force; the training system explained; campes and permanent bases; the importance of dentists; Canvas Camp; the man-power problem; the Maoris; the Military Service Act of 1916; The Capture of Samoa; Departure of the Expeditionary Force; Arrival in Egypt; Zeithoun Camp; Fighting on the Canal; Gallipoli; The Work of the New Zealanders; The Evacuation; Return to Egypt; The New Zealanders in France; Battle of the Somme; Messines; The Battleship New Zealand; New Zealand charity; Discharged Soldiers. Abundantly illustrated with excellent black and white photos. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Please note: this issue should be read in conjunction with Part 4 - The Armies of the Dominions; Part 5 - The Rally of the Empire; Part 20 - The Response of the Dominions; Part 69 - The Spirit of Anzac.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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USA: Challenge, 1981 Features: Contemporary happenings in the military aerospace world; HMS Invincible; Re-Engined 135 - Re-engining of the existing KC-135 tanker fleet may mean operation into the next century; HiMAT - this flying test bed is used to develop combat aircraft of the future; New York's Finest - visiting with the Voodoos of the 107th Fighter Interceptor Group; MiG Killer - an interview with a Marine fighter pilot; Greeks over Britain - the first ever visit by Royal Hellenic A-7s to Britain; Corsair II Markings; Lone Eagles - Hungarian Ju 88s battle the Russians during WWII; Turbo Trojan - flying the North American YAT-28E Turbo Trojan; Lightning Deployment - Royal Air Force Lightnings deploy for combat practice; Farnborough military report; Flugtag at Ramstein; Vought's Rugged Corsair II - part II of a markings feature on the Corsair II; "The Face of God" - the life and times of North Vietnam's leading ace; School for Aces - leadership program for NATO pilots; Sea Harrier goes operational; New tanker for the Navy - Modified Convair 8E80; Jaguars meet the Eagles - how California's 144th Fighter Interceptor Wing won top honours at the 1980 William Tell meet; RAF's new helicopter - the Chinook; Lizard fighting Falcon - experimental paint scheme for the F-16; Bear Intercept! - how the USAF Phantoms intercept and track Soviet Bears that prowl the North Atlantic shipping lanes; Canadair's Tutor - the rugged Canadian training aircraft shows no signs of slowing down; Salute to the Skyraider; Navy accepts first operational Hornet; These two pilots have recorded over 1,000 flying hours each in the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird; Falcons of Georgia - History of Reserve Squadron VA-205; Igloo White - how we listened to the Ho Chi Minh Trail in stereo; Angel of another color - a new paint scheme for the Blue Angels aircraft; Fighting Falcon for Export - re-engined F-16 planned for sale to smaller countries; Marines fighting helicopters - how the USMC developed the helicopter into a fighting machine for aerial envelopment; Stratojet - looking back at the USAF's Boeing B-47 bomber; Scratch five MiGs - the story behind the only enemy aircraft ever destroyed by the Boeing B-52; Mirages over Spain - an exclusive look at a rarely illustrated fighter operated by the Spanish Air Force; Down by not out - last flight or new future for the B-1?; An old-fashioned dogfight - aerial combat during the early days of the Vietnam war were not unlike some of the free-wheeling fights of WWII; A time for change - the changing look in USN aircraft camouflage; New Sea Harrier Squadron - Fleet Arm Air takes on another Sea Harrier unit; The Aggressors - these specially tasked units are some of the most unique in the USAF; Tigershark - Detailed portrait of Northrop's new fighter; Mirage IIIE in Spanish Service; Strike Command - can the RAF's Strike Command stop Soviet air strikes in Britain and Europe?; Fists of the Fleet - a close look at the markings of USN Phantoms and Tomcats; Blowtorch built for two - the life and times of the two TF-86 training Sabres. Privately bound in blue hard cover.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Amalgamated Press, 1918 Cover photo of "Fighting Britons showing Cossacks how to use machine-guns". Feature: The Collapse of Russia (conclusion), with many great photos. Centerfold features amazine photos of British women performing heavy industrial labour in support of the war effort. Cover detached but present. Rusty around staples. Average wear. . Stapled. Fair. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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London: The Illustrated London News, 1917 Features: Giant relief map of Messines Ridge; Photo of General Sir Henry Wilson; Photo of Signor Caproni - Italian Aeroplane inventor; On the western front in Flanders - a railway laid by the Canadian Royal Engineers; Super two-page photo of a Baghdad street crowd watching British gunners hauling a heavy gun; General Allenby's advance towards Jerusalem; Romances of the Regiments - the 10th and the 37th; The "Friedrich der Grosse" brings U.S. troops across the sea; Two-page photo of a British Battery under attack near Passchendaele; Bad weather road traps on the Flanders front; using x-rays on the Western front; Devastation on the Flanders front; Admiral Mayo visits Sir David Beatty; Picking the brain of a captured Zeppelin; Women operating tractors; With General Allenby's Army in Palestine; Average wear. Staples almost disintegrated. . Stapled. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: The London Scottish Regiment, 1910 Includes photo of Captain George Mackenzie's Tent at Wimbledon, 1871 with 8 people identified. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. . First Edition. Stapled. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ottawa: Air Force, 1996 60 pages. Features: CBC Recreates Avro Arrow Dream; A Peaceful Aerodrome in WWII; On Wings of Fire - The Pathfinder Force (PFF) of 8 Group Bomber Command; New Lease on Life - Updated T-33; Fingal 1943 - a Christmas Tale; The Key Man on D-Day - Jack Ladly; Pierre le Canadien - The Airman who Died for France; Backyard Clunk - CF-101 flight simulator; Canadian Top Guns - Tyndall AFB. Covers depict a wonderful painting of an Avro Arrow swooping over Niagara Falls. Moderate wear. Address label upon back cover. Solid copy. . Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Ottawa: Government of Canada, 1972 Features: A century of service for the Governor General's Foot Guards; Canadians at AFCENT - with NATO's Allied Forces Central Europe HQ in the Netherlands; Trades Training at CFB Borden; Profile of a Military Musician - Sgt. Pat Stapleton and his tuba; HMCS Iroquois; CPO Bob Hewens of Naval Reserve's HMCS Carleton retires. White Ensign Four Stackers - DD252, HMCS Niagara, USS MacKenzie/HMCS Annapolis. Quality copy. . Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Amalgamated, 1917 Cover portrait of Lieut.-General Sir Francis Lloyd, who has commanded the London District since 1913. Features: The Socialisation of Great Britain (conclusion); The Life of Germany During the Year 1916 - with many interesting photos. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name upon front cover. A sound copy.. Stapled. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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London: The London Scottish Regiment, 1907 Features: Photo portrait and write-up re: The Late J.G.S. Anderson, the late Captain of "E" and "G" companies; Our Regimental Plate - No. IX - the "Lumsden" Cup - photo of the cup and article by 3304; Notes by the C.O.; Annual Inspection - with photo of Cols. Balfour, His Grace The Duke of Argyll, and Montgomerie, all in top hats at the saluting base; Shooting Results; Notes on Writing Orders, Tactical Problems, and the War Game (a); and more. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. . First Edition. Stapled. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: McMullen & Yee , 1995 94 pages. Features: Evan's Gunsmithing Tactical AR-15; Home Security Basics; Delta/SEAL training camp; Homes of the future; Carbon Monoxide dangers. Moderate wear. Solid copy. . Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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U.K.: Fine Scroll Limited, 1979 Features: Dornier's versatile Skyservant; A one-eleven for the 'eighties; In Soviet service - the Yak-36. Light wear. Nice copy. . Stapled. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Ottawa: Air Force Productions Limited, 1992 43 pages. Features include: Norad Tracks Scuds; Strange Encounter - Vic Johnson; Cocky Trainees; The Other Enemy; Aerial Buffoonery; Spouses on Patrol; Bomb Site Revisited; Reunion in Italy; Flight into History - Buffalo No. 464; Lucky - the North Star was the workhorse of the RCAF; 417 Colors Laid Up; Convention '91; Burma Bombers; Helicopter for the Future - NOTAR system; Operation Preserve; Nighthawks stand down. Features include: Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Address label upon back cover. Nice copy.. Stapled. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Granada Hills, CA, USA: Sentry Books Inc., 1979 Features: In enemy hands - Allied Aircraft Captured by the Germans; The Most Spectacular Carrier Crashes Ever Filmed!; Is the F-111 the Most Versatile Warplane of Its Day?; Part II of the B-1 Replacement story. Art: General Dynamics F-111A refueling; General Dynamics RF-111A & TACT F-111; General Dymanics FB-111A. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Switzerland: Interconair, 1978 Features: SSR.N4 MARK3 starts test program; Type 209 for Iran; Soviet SSNs in the Baltic; The Mil Mi-24 - Exclusive; Genoa 7 May 1978 - the Italian naval industry is on show - long article; Single-engined touring aircraft; Warships of Today - Pocket Rama with dozens of colour illustrations; Additional illustrated stories. Former price on front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: The Times, 1917 Cover portrait of M. Venizelos. Abundant black and white photographs. Contents: History of Modern Greece; The Crown and the Protecting Powers; The Balkan Wars and the Alliance with Serbia; Policy of M. Venizelos; King Constantine's Opposition; Politics and Diplomacy in 1915; The Refusal to apply the treaty with Serbia; Pro-German Manoeuvres; Surrender of Fort Rupel; Crisis of June 1916; Entente Negotiations with Constantine's ministers; The National Defence Movement; M. Venizelo's Salonika government; The entente still hesitates; Allied troops attacked; the 'Battle of Athens'. Unmarked. Above-average-wear externally. Textblock sound. It is recommended that this issue be read in conjunction with the following issues: Part 21 - The 1st Austrian Invasion of Serbia; Part 28 - The Intervention of Turkey; Part 36 - The 2nd and 3rd Austrian Invasion of Serbia; Part 88 - The Tragedy of Serbia; Part 144 - The Salonika Expedition, Oct 1915-Nov. 1916. . First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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UK: Rolls House, 1969 Features: Bristol Sycamore; No. 809 Squadron History; History of the R.A.A.F. - I; Birmingham Airport; Chilton Monoplane; Maritime Mainstay - Shackleton; Towards cheaper flying; H.M.S. 'Fearless'; History of the R.A.A.F. - II; Topdressing in New Zealand; Aboard the U.S.S. Forrestal; Thoughts on the Tu-144; History of the R.A.A.F. - III; Instant Invisibility; Spot the Gaps in our Air Cover - when the carriers have gone; The Air League is 60; Concorde's Structure; Golden Age of Flying; Commonwealth Air Forces; History of the R.A.A.F. - 4; German Fighter Production; DC-9s in Service; R.A.F. Tengah; History of the R.A.A.F. - 5; History at Yeovilton; France's Aircraft Industry; Sud Spin-off; Central Flying School; History of the R.A.A.F. - 6; Rollason's Luton Beta; British European Airways (BEA) History; No. 230 Squadron History; Civilian Coupe; Paris Photo Report; Britten-Norman BN-3 Nymph; History of the R.A.A.F. - 7; Air Power Needs Afloat; 'Emily' - Japanese flying boat; Paris Photo Report - 2; British European Airways; SAR Competition; History of the R.A.A.F. - 8; Battle of Britain film; 'Emil' Evaluation; Sywell Display; Italian Raids on Britain; Battle of Britain Displays; History of the R.A.A.F. - 9; Competition Sailplanes - 1; BEA fleet list; Aviation in Costa Rica; No. 27 Squadron History; Leeds-Bradford Airport; Sywell Display; History of the R.A.A.F. - 10; Competition Sailplanes - 2; Learning to Test; Vickers Virginia; History of the R.A.A.F. - 11; Competition Sailplanes - 3; Bristol Britannia; Reforger and Crested Cap; Newbury Eon; History of the R.A.A.F. - 12; Near East Air Force; and much more. Index laid in. Tight and clean with gilt lettering to front board and backstrip. A quality copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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USA: Newsweek, 1945 Contents: Oldsmobile Hydra-Matic drive color ad inside front cover. GM Electro-Motive Division color ad; V-E Day eases some controls but nation has no ready chart covering next few months; Great War Bond ad in color; Fisher Body color ad; the U-249 'sails against England' under British escort (photo and story); The Wehrmacht Plot - could keep General Staff alive as nucleus of next German Army; Photos of victory celebrations in Europe; Fat, Satisfied, Vulgar - photo and story of Goering's surrender; Kesselring - soft soap; Quaking Quisling; Photo of the firing squad execution of Mussolini's friend Lt. Gen. Achille Starace; Our Jap Enemy - he is fanatical and capable of long resistance; Delegates face some pitfalls despite wide area of agreement in writing world charter; V-E Day rioters smash the business district of Halifax; Emil Rieve in reverse; Photo of a Northrop XP-56; Amazing photo of Army Capt. Desmond E. Carrig dangling from power lines after his car hit a telegraph pole; An improving reporter in wartime radio must interpret coming peace; Horse racing ban lifted; Douglas aircraft color ad; Interesting color ad for McCall's, extolling the virtues of rationing paper; Interesting story and photos of large military hydroponics farming operation on Ascension Island; Laister-Kauffmann aircraft ad. Average wear. Address label at top of front cover. Unmarked. Covers attached by one staple else a sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Amalgamated, 1917 Illustration Features: Surrending Germans pass through the French lines; The Battle of the Nieuport Dunes - Matchless story of the Northamptons and the King's Royal Rifles (article by Max Pemberton); Canadian Pioneers at work and at Liesure (5 photos); Men of many climes who fight for France; Italians in the Alps and in the air; These Three historic years - article by Lovat Fraser; Aerial activity of four warring nations; Immortal Heroism of K.R.R.C. & Northamptons; Incidents in the Battle of the Nieuport Dunes; British Women's Mission of Mercy in France; How the Hun encourages neutral powers; 'Pipsqueaks' that served to alarm all London - 5 photos of air raid sound rockets; When Paris was in Peril - article by Hamilton Fyfe; Fire and Fury Flaming upon the foe in France. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. . Stapled. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: The London Scottish Regiment, 1910 Photo of "Our Regimental Team in the Great Inter-Regimental Shooting Match reported in last month's Gazette - this team holds the World's Record (1957) for a nominated Regimental Team of twenty men". Photo of Breast PLate for the Officers' New Sword Belt. Obituary and photo for Major Wm. Nicol Polson. Staples disintegrated. Hand-written address and franked postage stamp upon back cover. Fore-edge moisture exposure to last half of contents. Back cover chipped, torn and stained.. First Edition. Stapled. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ottawa: Air Force, 1996 60 pages. Features include: Gentleman Warrior - "Hap" Kennedy; CFB Cold Lake - A Base Brat Returns; The Beurling I knew - George 'Buzz' Beurling; Salute to my Dream Team - 438 Sqn; Return to Tholthorpe; Model Avro Arrows launched over Lake Ontario atop Nike Missles; The Hadrian Remembered; High Seas Rescue - Sea King crew plucks 30 sailors from sinking Mid-Atlantic vessel 2 Dec 1995; A Letter Home - F/O Bruce Foskett; Exercise Frozen Tusker, NWT; Average wear. Solid copy.. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Ottawa: Government of Canada, 1971 Features: Warships North - On Canada's roof a second year running; Arctic Fuel Cache - 450 Squadron's helicopters are harbingers; Surveillance of Soviet Force - watching Russians emerging as an ocean power; Summer of the Hard Look - Rembrance Day look at the Legion; Expanding roles and more servicewomen; Nursing in Europe; The Queen's Own Rifles - display at the Canadian Regimental Museum in Toronto at Casa Loma; Forces Band Inspiring; Air Show - Snow Birds and more; Whirlybird at Iroquois; This is a cycle - HMCS Yukon returns from 10 weeks in Japanese and Hawaiian waters; Cairns and Maxville - Pipe major's stirring school excursion; back cover features photo of Anne Murray in T-10 canopy harness at the PNE. Sound copy. . Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Amalgamated, 1917 Features: The Potsdam Conspiracy - Chapters from the Inner History of the War - 1, by Lovat Fraser; Photos of the varied work of General Currie's (Canadian) gallant troops; French Pontoniers - the master bridge builders; Working amid the waters on the Flanders front - chain ferry/dam building; Vanguard of a vast American host for France; Waves of attack from trench and breastwork; The Third Battle of Ypres - article by Max Pemberton on the dawn of a titanic conflict in the Flemish markets; In Battle or Barter Ever Cheerful Canadians; French Infantry advance in battle formation - firing-line and supports take a German trench; When Paris was Saved - how Bordeaux celebrated the Victory of the Marne; U-boat Pirates Captured by Belgian Cavalry; How the Gotha's Gun Tunnel Cures the "Blind Spot"; Huns glorify their air-murderers and macines; Gog and Magog on Rations - article by Harold Ashton; Impressions of the Inferno in Artois and Lens; Warm welcome waiting at journey's end; The Empire's Roll of Honour. Staples disintegrated. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. . Stapled. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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London: The London Scottish Regiment, 1907 Features: Photo and write-up for Capt. Ronald Malcolm; Company Notes; The Diary of Private Grumbles in Camp - kept at Worthing Camp, August 1907; Notes by the Commanding Officer; Shooting - Sergeants' Wapenshaw; Gleanings; List of Long Service Medallists; and more. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. . First Edition. Stapled. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: McMullen & Yee, 1994 78 pages. Features: Storing Medicines; Renewable Energy Fair; S&W's new Sigma Series SW40F Pistol; Diabetes Mellitus - are you at risk?; Pinyon Pine Nuts - Desert survial food; Body Armour - what's new/effective; Tom Brown's Tracker Survival School; Locksmithing Skills. Moderate wear. Solid copy. . Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Amalgamated, 1919 Includes final portion of the chapter entitled "The Founding of the League of Nations", with photos. Wonderful centerfold photos of returning soldiers. Chapter CCCVII - The Demobilisation of the British Army, with many photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Fair. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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U.K.: Fine Scroll Limited, 1983 Features: Lockheed's stretched Starlifter; The Pacific Air Force of Sri Lanka; Avionics - Reflections on Radar. Moderate wear. Sound copy. . Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Ottawa: Air Force Productions Limited, 1990 44 pages. Features include: Ballooning; EH-101 Canada's New Shipborne Aircraft; Cessna - Living Memorial to BCATP; Airforce Cupid - Overseas Romance; Air Cadets; Defence Minister Explains Budget Cuts; Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Solid copy.. Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: The Times, 1919 Great black and white photos. Topics include: Fall of Monaster (Nov. 1916), followed by a period of Quiescence on Salonika Front; General Milne's Winter Problems; Offensive in Doiran Sector of April, 1917; Koritza; Allied Success in Albania; The Greek Impasse; Jonnart's Mission and the Coup D'Etat of Athens, June, 1917; Triumph of Venizelos and the Policy of Greek Reintegration and Mobilization in Allied Interest; Internal Situation in Bulgaria; Zenith and Anticlimax of Pro-German Solidarity; Sofia and the Press; Serious Misgivings and Diplomatic Disgusts unite to effect the fall of the Radoslavoff Ministry; Balance of Parties and Leaders; Summary of the Situation, 1917-18; Prospects of Summer Campaign 1918; Topographical Survey of British Front and Communications; Rearrangement of Front; Steady Influx of Hellenic Reinforcements; Combined Advance of September; The Great Days of September 14-28; Bulgarian Envoys at Salonika; Armistice of Sunday, September 29, 1918; Summary of Terms; Percussion Throughout the World; Omens not to be Disguised; Bulgaria as a Belligerent; Vanished Dream of Bulgar Hegemony in South-Eastern Europe. Average wear. Staples rusty. Covers almost loose from staples. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked.. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Switzerland: Interconair, 1978 Features: Airlines Today; F-15 Anatomy; The Israeli Lion - An outline of what will be the I.A.I. Arye (article with colour illustrations); The Phantom II Legend; Rotterdam Naval Technology Expo; The Pacific Ocean Today; Western Pacific Air Forces; 18 Navies to One Ocean; Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Granada Hills, CA, USA: Sentry Books Inc., 1973 Features: Could the Curtiss P-40 have been the best fighter of WW II? - an exclusive interview with designer Don Berlin; Voight's first Corsair; General Motors' multi-million dollar mistake - the P-75 Eagle; 56th Fighter Group - First Jets across the Atlantic. Art: P-40B Cutaway. 1 inch tear to top of front cover.. Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: The Times, 1917 Abundantly illustrated with contemporary black and white photographs. Contents: Switzerland's position among the nations; the army; mobilization and its effects; declarations of neutrality; frontier incidents; German-Swiss and French-Swiss opinion; Herr Spitteler's Speech; Gradual change in public opinion; Swiss dislike of militarism; Methods of the General Staff; The Arrest of 'Times' correspondents; The Affair of the Two Colonels; British Ministers in Switzerland; Federal Council and President Wilson; Swiss Protest against intensified blockade; M. Ritter's action in Washington; The Hoffmann-Grimm Affair; Colonel Stegemann; The economic situation; Establishment of the S.S.S.; The 'Fiduciary Bureau; Coal and Cotton; Swiss-German Agreement; Smuggling - The Financial Situation; Various Loans - Swiss good works; Refugees; Rapatries; Evacues; The Missing; Visits to Prison Camps; Medical aid to belligerents; Grands Blesses; Internes; Protests by the Federal Council and International Committee of the Red Cross Against German Inhumanity. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. It is recommended that this issue be read in conjuction with: Issue 89 - Sea Power and Neutrality.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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USA: Challenge, 1974 Features: We shall never surrender - a look at the vintage planes flown by the RAF and FAA; The RAF's first jet fighter - a close look at the Gloster Meteor - in service for nearly thirty years!; De Havilland's Vampire - was England's first single engine jet fighter; Sea Hawk - the FAA's first modern jet fighter; The Hunter - Hawker's Classic Jet Fighter; The Delta Javelin; Blackburn's Battling Buccaneer; Two for the Sea - the venom and the vixen, protectors of the fleet; Twin-Engine Lightning - one of the first interceptors ever built; Phantom - the F-4K and F-4M help modernize the FAA and RAF; Harrier - the world's only operational VTOL aircraft; the early machines flown by the American military; the idea of a small easily stored fighter fascinated early designers; the Fledglings - the early Boeing fighters led the way to more modern warplanes; The elegant Curtiss Hawks - Curtiss kept its Hawk series of fighters in action for 20 years; Boeing's Battling Biplanes - a close look at the famous F4B/P-12 series of bi-winged fighters; XF7B-1 - Boeing's Model 273 boasted many new features; The fighters of Berliner Joyce - a company that is now almost unknown produced a number of reliable fighters; Grumman's Flying Barrels - Grumman's early biplanes firmly established their lead with naval fighters; P-26 Peashooter, first of the modern fighters; Some little-known fighters; Rumblings of Mars - surviving examples of the P-35, P-36, and P-64 are rare; P-38 Lightning; The Cobras - the unusual Bell P-39 and P-63 are virtually extinct types; Warbird Color Portfolio, Part One; P-40 Hawks; P-47 Thunderbolt; P-51 Mustang; Wildcat; Corsair; Warbird Color Portfolio, Part Two; Hellcat; Tigercat; Bearcat; Joe McConnell - Top Korea Ace; Thunderjet over Korea; The Last Thunderstreak; Lost at Sea - dramatic naval aircraft accident photos on the high seas; Skyraider - the best all-around airplane of the bloody Korean War; Korean Invaders; Leatherneck Corsairs over Korea - a pictorial essay; 'Mayday, I've been hit!" - a young naval pilot's experiences during the Korean War; Sea Fury MiG Tangler - the Hawker Sea Fury distinguished itself vs. the MiG; Flying the F-82 in Combat; Project Firefly - the Gooney Bird; The Mustang's Last Stand - the (P)F-51 Mustang reached the twilight of its combat career above Korea; The Sabre Saga; The Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star's Short-Lived Glory - it was no match for the MiG-15 over Korea; Flying the F-82 in Combat; and more. Moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy.. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: The Illustrated London News, 1917 Features: photo of Annamite workers; photo of a New Zealand signaller on a just-captured German dug-out; Two-page photo of the men who charged the guns at Masnieres - Heroes of a Canadian 'Balaclava' Exploit - a single squadron of the Fort Garry Horse; The Italian Army's stand to keep the enemy from Venice; On the Italian Northern Defence Line; The Buffs; On the British Western Front in France; New Zealanders detraining after an attack on the Western Front (2 pages); 2 page photo of a group of U.S. soldiers on their way to a training camp; Hermes with a Tab; Withe the Canadians on the Western Front and in Paris; Torpedo-boat of the air; 3 photos of the typhoon disaster in Japan; The Charges of Treason against M. Caillaux; Photos of the British Army in Italy. Staples disintegrated. Above-average wear. . Stapled. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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USA: Newsweek, 1944 Contents: interesting Borg-Warner ad features color military illustration promoting their desalination equipment; Full-page ad for movie 'To Have and Have Not' starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall; Interesting ad with several photos of the Great Northern Railway; Norfolk and Western Railway color ad; Friction over policy for Europe disturbs relations of big three - idealism of U.S. clashes with realism of British and quiet toughness of Reds; Red Thrust on Hungarian front may be master key to victory - Vienna, aim of campaign, is strategically a greater prize than even capital of Reich; Inside V-2 - official British diagram of a German V-2 shows the workings of the rocket and its relative size as compared with a man; The Ormoc Trap; Disaster in China - struggling to save lifelines to the Occident; Kaywoodie Briar pipe - beautiful color ad; Photo of a Fifteenth Air Force Liberator aflame over a heavy flak barrage; Men over 26 to fill the ranks as casualty lists grow longer - 26 to 37's must work or fight in bitter war months ahead; Interesting ad for the Comptometer displays a Googol! - of interest to modern-day Google fans!; White Truck color ad - attractive; France sated with bloodletting - moderates move to halt purge - Germans threaten reprisals against French captives in Reich if executions are continued; Photo of Canadian General Crerar with Cpl. E. O'Connor of Toronto; De Gaulle with Molotov; Industry puts reconversion aside to answer hurry call for arms; The Japs failed purge of the Philippine educational system; Great Lakes Steel color ad featuring futuristic auto body styles. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. Center page loose but present.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Granada Hills, CA, USA: Sentry Books Inc., 1980 Features: B-52s - from stratofortress to flying laboratory; Deathride to Stuttgart - "62 of our aircraft are missing!"; Exclusive: the Goodyear Midgets PT I of a new postwar air race series. Art: Boeing B-52G; Boeing B-52E. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Amalgamated, 1917 Portrait of General the Hon. Sir Julian Byng on front cover. Features: Britain's Special Constabulary (conslusion); South America and the Great War, with photos. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. . Stapled. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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London: The London Scottish Regiment, 1907 Features: Photo portrait of "A" Company - winning team in Inter-Company Football; Company Notes; Assault-At-Arms; Sketches at the Annual Assault-at-Arms, 1907; Notes by the C.O.; School of Arms Notes; Ten to Eight - short sketch of the histories of Companies C and I which have been absorbed; Company Dinners; and more. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. . First Edition. Stapled. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ottawa: Air Force, 1997 60 pages. Features include: The Mysterious Flight of KN 563; To Burma & Beyond; After Armageddon - Rhine Valley Devastation; Night Approach to Lyneham; Frank, Pat and Me - by Jim Kirk; The Golden Air Tatt99 - A Gathering of Eagles - USAF 50 Years; Johannes Steinhoff's Request; Jerry Billing, Cliff Robertson and a Spitfire. Moderate wear. Solid copy. . Stapled. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Ottawa: Government of Canada, 1969 Features: Cadets climb mountains (7 pages); 405 Squadron takes anti-submarine trophy; Militia take to the field at Camp Dube; Interesting collections and hobbies at La Macaza; How are you with the Press?; Annual Art Competition; They shall never forget - Shelburn and the other escape organizations set up throughout Western Europe; A North Atlantic Christmas - MWO J.L. Wilson. Sound copy.. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Amalgamated, 1917 Features: Why did Von Kluck Swerve? - article by Lovat Fraser; Canadians care for their equine wounded; Heroic moments in the shell-stricken West; Vignettes from the Allies' advancing lines; Forward withe the French Troops in Flanders; Masks and faces between Aisne and Oise; Keeping their Pecker up - Queer yarns the Germans believe; Photos in sunny by-paths of war's clouded highway; Western Science in an Eastern Environment - British construction in Palestine; Bridging the Yser and well away beyond Ypres; A Pit in a Beetroot field - some grim experiences of a stretcher-bearer (article by Hamilton Fyfe); Turkish activity in Syria's ancient capital; Dames of the New Order of the British Empire; Alsace celebrates the day of her deliverance; Nets to enmesh the werewolves of the sea (6 photos); Germany preparing for the War after the War; Who's who in the Great War; Peaceful contrasts with the waste of war; The Northhamptons - one-page regimental article with photo. Staples disintegrated. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. . Stapled. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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London: The London Scottish Regiment, 1909 Features: Photo of Mrs. Romilly (and her dog) who is to honour the London Scottish by presenting the Battalion Prizes on December 9th; Company Notes; Shooting results; Scots Abroad - a rifle club in the Falkland Islands; Notes by the Commanding Officer; Editorial; Hallowe'en; Archibald Forbes, War Correspondent; "A" Company March; Roll of Non-Commissioned Officers and Men; "The Bonnet"; and more. Average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. . First Edition. Stapled. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Amalgamated, 1919 Cover portrait of Grenadier Guards approaching the Hohenzollern Bridge at Cologne. Chapter CCXCII - The March to the Rhine. Many interesting black and white photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Reading Copy. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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London: Amalgamated, 1915 Dozens of great black and white photos. Features: Cover portrait of General Sir Bruce M. Hamilton, K.C.B., Commanding the Sixth Army; Conclusion of Chapter LVII; Chapter LVIII - Complete and graphic description of 'The Storming of Neuve Chapelle and the Battle for the Ridge'; Chapter LIX - Organising the Defence of the Realm - a retrospect; Portrait of General Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle. Staples disintegrated. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine. more information

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Ottawa: Air Force Productions Limited, 1991 44 pages. Features include: Chopper Gunship Diplomacy; Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Sam; Balloons in the Royal Air Force; The Persian Excursion; The Luck of Santa Maria; Top Nav? - G/C Hugh Hay; Not Lost Merely Confused - C-5; Gunner Ace Remembered - Sgt Peter Engbrecht; Mother of all airfields - Hinaidi Airfield; Secret Army, Take Two; WDs, Japs and Perfidious Albion; Airman of the Quarter is a Woman - Cpl Pat Lockhart; I Have Control... Sir - by P.S. Lennie; Feeding Hungry Kurds; Requiem for a Heavyweight - CH-147. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Address label upon back cover. Nice copy. . Stapled. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Switzerland: Interconair, 1977 Features: Light Aviation Today; Egyptian Helicopters; EMERLEC-30 - shells ready for use; Helicostat (project); How the Frigates Age - they are evolving to assume ever more unorthodox forms (long article); The Battle of the North Atlantic - an irreversible re-orientation for commercial air traffic; The LUPO Class - illustrated article with great colour fold-out; Electronic Warfare (part II); Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: The Times, 1917 Front cover illustration of the red flag at the gate of the Tsar's Palace. Abundantly illustrated in black and white with excellent contemporary photos. Contents: Chapter CXCVI - The Adbication of the Tsar... Russia in 1916, The Stuermer Premiership, Growth of Discontent, M. Protopopoff as Minister of the Interior, Meaning and history of the autocracy, character of the Tsar, why the revolution failed in 1905-7, The Empress Alexandra, Forces behind the throne, Rasputin, His Murder, Economic Chaos in Russia, Responsibility of M. Protopopoff, The Revolution, March 1917, Police Provocation, Diary of Events in Petrograd, Provisional Government under Prince Lvoff, The Duma, Recognition of the new government by the Allies. Very important history. Average wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. . First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. more information

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London: Amalgamated Press, 1918 Photos with the following captions: Lines that all lead to the Hindenburg Line; Wreckage and Waste from Ypres to Cambrai; Freed by British Bravery from the Terrible Turk; 'Tanks' Advance into action & Tow Back a Prize; On the Edge of Great Events among the Alps; Rare and Ready Courage to the Rescue of a Comrade; 'Graft' and Bribery in Russia (story); Clearing the Crescent off the Permanent Way; Weather Difficulties defied by daring and work; Unmasking Spies in London (story); 'Ghost' that Fails to Frighten our Flying Men; Happiness in Hospital in Barge and Burrow; Art's Spirit Shining Amid the Murk of War; The Terriers of the Pack - some of the remarkable doings of the "M.L." Craft (story); Last Moments of the Torpedoed Transport Medie; From London's Roads to Flanders' Muddy Fields; The Royal Highlanders of Canada (story). Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. . Stapled. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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USA: Newsweek, 1944 Contents: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft - interesting 2-page ad; McDonnell Aircraft Corporation - color ad; Gathered 'somewhere in London,' chiefs map course of invasion; photo of Japanese and Nazi officers watching German maneuvers ; Sir Oliver Leese - New Eighth Commander; Preparing to soften up the Marshall Islands; Poland's stormy history repeats in boundary dispute with Russia - Soviet's proposal for return to Curzon Line and her attack on Willkie tax Allied amity; Danish Martyr - Rev. Kaj Munk spoke his mind, then paid the dread Nazi price; Photo of Hitler with Bulgarian leaders; Camel cigarettes - great color ad!; Behind Pravda's attack on Willkie; Kodak film - military color ad; Firestone - color centerfold; Freya Stark - British Agent; Allies have secret weapon too - mysterious Jay-Pee Superplane - article with cutaway drawing; Grumman Trinity - Navy's ace combat plane makers build a colossus from $17,000 start; Surprise U.S. suit against 'cartels' baffles both British and Americans; Photo and story about Howie Morenz Jr.; Schlitz Beer - color ad; Great War Bonds ad featuring General MacArthur. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.. First Edition. Stapled. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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