Guns Of August

Hutchinson, Walter: Editor: Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 7, Number 2, August 14 - August 20, 1940, London Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 1940 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; 1. Ed.
Good

32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration by C. Gibberd of a wrecked Nazi plane; General de Gaulle's Free Frenchmen; Anti-Aircraft guns in day and night action; Photos of German fighter attacking British balloon; Illustrated text of speech by Winston Churchill entitled "Progress of the War"; Photos of some of the 152 german planes shot down on August 18th; Photos of German bomb damage in England; Series of centerfold illustrations show how the R.A.F. checks the number of enemy machines destroyed; Photo of the Italian submarine Galileo Galilei in the Gulf of Aden behind the trawler Moonstone which captured it; Excellent full-page photo of a devastating artillery bombardment upon Fort Maddalena, the Italian outpost in Eastern Libya; Great photo of the Officers of the York and Lancasters Regiment outside their mess in Egypt; Italian guns and tanks taken; The Occupation of Iceland; Illustrated article by Lord Milne entitled "The Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps"; Great photo of Nazi oil depot at Dolvik, Norway on fire after being attacked by Skua aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm; Photos of honoured men including R.B. Stannard, Lilian Phillips, H. Ervine-Andrews, H. Hicholls, A.S. Irwin, William Dickson, Daphne Pearson, J. Simpson; A Commentary on the war this week; full-page map illustrating the week's bombing raids by the R.A.F.; Illustration by S. Drigin of the bombing of a mercy ship in the Channel on August 14th; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. First Edition Stapled 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; First Edition

[SW: Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War, Series 7, Number 2, August 14 - August 20, 1940 Illustration by C. Gibberd of a wrecked Nazi plane; General de Gaulle's Free Frenchmen; Anti-Aircraft guns in day and night action; Photos of German fighter attacking British balloon; Illustrated text of speech by Winston Churchill entitled "Progress of the War"; Photos of some of the 152 german planes shot down on August 18th; Photos of German bomb damage in England; Series of centerfold illustrations show how the R.A.F. checks the number of enemy machines destroyed; Photo of the Italian submarine Galileo Galilei in the Gulf of Aden behind the trawler Moonstone which captured it; Excellent full-page photo of a devastating artillery bombardment upon Fort Maddalena, the Italian outpost in Eastern Libya; Great photo of the Officers of the York and Lancasters Regiment outside their mess in Egypt; Italian guns and tanks taken; The Occupation of Iceland; Illustrated article by Lord Milne entitled "The Auxilliary Military Pioneer Corps"; Great photo of Nazi oil depot at Dolvik, Norway on fire after being attacked by Skua aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm; Photos of honoured men including R.B. Stannard, Lilian Phillips, H. Ervine-Andrews, H. Hicholls, A.S. Irwin, William Dickson, Daphne Pearson, J. Simpson; A Commentary on the war this week; full-page map illustrating the week's bombing raids by the R.A.F.; Illustration by S. Drigin of the bombing of a mercy ship in the Channel on August 14thMilitary Magazine Back Issues]

Details

Blackburn, George G. Where the Hell are the Guns, A Soldier's Eye View of the Anxious Years, 1939-44 ---with The Guns of Normandy, A Soldier's Eye View, France 1944 ---with The Guns of Victory: A Soldier's Eye View, Belgium, Holland and Germany, 1944 - 1945 ---3 Volumes, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1st Edition, 1st Printing for WHERE and VICTORY, 2nd Printing for NORMANDY ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 0771015011
0771015011 Near Fine Robert J Stephenson cover Art

-----------3 volumes, hardcovers, all are Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjackets, NORMANDY has a faint musty smell to the pages and browning to the paper, gift inscription or ink name in each book, ---WHERE has 439 pages, b&w photos, chapters include: May 1939 to August 1940 --- Transforming Civilians into Soldiers; August 1940 to July 1942 --- The Metamorphosis of a regiment; June 1941 to June 1942 --- Producing Trainloads of Reinforcements; August 1942 to April 1943 --- The Failure of Dieppe Spurs More Intensive Training for Battle; April 1943 to January 1944 --- Morale Becomes the Big Problem; January 1944 to July 1944 --- Approaching the Final Showdown on the Continent; APPENDIX A: The Plunketts' Marching Song; B: How Ham Roberts Got His Guns Back to England; C: D'You Tell Me as you Didn't Know They Was There?; D: The 25 Pounder - a Super Weapon; E: Artillery Board; F: Losses at Sea; G: A Grim Cavalcade of Defeats; H: Dieppe Reprisals; I: The Genius of Cardinal-Point Ranging; J: The Destructive Power of the V-1 and the British-Canadian-American Proximity Fuse; K: Officers of the 4th Field Regiment RCA; --- INDEX, ---NORMANDY has 511 pages, b&w photos, contents include: OFF to WAR; Introduction to BATTLEFIELD CONDITIONS; Supporting Operations GOODWOOD and ATLANTIC; CANADIAN UNITS ensure AMERICAN Breakout Succeeds; 1st CDN Army Ordered to Break Through to Falaise; 2nd Division Outflanks Enemy Positions; Renewing Attack to Entrap the GERMAN Army; Being Welcomed as Liberators -APPENDIX A: One of four Allied Armies in Normandy; B: Record rates of Shell Consumption; C: A Comparison of Tanks and Their Performance ---VICTORY has ---506 pages, b&w photos, chapters include: September 6 - November 8 - Clearing the Channel Ports and the Battle for the Scheldt --- November 9 to February 15 - The Nijmegen Salient --- Feb. 8 to March 10 - The Thirty Day Battle for the Rhineland --- March 11 to May 15 - Crossing the Rhine to Sever Holland from Germany ---Appendiz A: Gun State for Operation Plunder ---B: 4th Field POWs Taken at Dieppe and Later Freed, --- INDEX, ---"For the Canadian Soldiers who lived through the momentous battle for Normandy in the summer of 1944, it was inconceivable that the conflict in Europe could continue for another eight long months. The war was won, they thought, and to win it they had been pushed to what seemed like the limits of endurance. But ahead lay not only an enemy with no thoughts of surrender, but also appalling battle conditions reminiscent of the legendary miseries of Passchendaele. This much-anticipated sequel to The Guns of Normany picks up where its critically acclaimed predecessor leaves off, and it continues in the same absorbing, startlingly vivid style. After the battle for Normandy, Blackburn's 4th Field Regiment, with the rest of 1st Canadian Army, is called upon to pursue the enemy through the flooded Low Country, clearing the Scheldt estuary - a task equal to that of D-Day - and opening the port of Antwerp to allow for the huge influx of supplies necessary to press on against the German forces, now fighting with mounting desperation and ferocity. After enduring the worst winter in local memory, and spending yet another Christmas far from home, in the spring of 1945 the Canadians are thrust into the crucial Battle of the Rhineland, which will eventually allow Allied forces to plunge into the heart of the Reich. When victory comes, it is with no sense of triumph over a vanquished foe, but with the profoundest relief that this most terrible conflict in history is finally over. Told with Blackburn's now trademark sense of drama and eye for detail, this story of the desperate struggle for Europe becomes as large as life."---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo First Edition Very Good+ price Clipped Hard Cover; First Edition

Details

Sotheby's: Sotheby's Auction Catalogue : Fishing Tackle, Modern Sporting Guns and Rifles, Scottish Silver, Bronzes, Objects of Vertu and Furniture, Collection of Scottish Books, Scottish and Sporting Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours. 29 and 30 August 1977, London Sotheby's 1977 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; 1. Ed.
Good

Sotheby's Auction Catalogue : Gleneagles Hotel: Fishing Tackle, Modern Sporting Guns and Rifles, Scottish Silver, Bronzes, Objects of Vertu and Furniture, Collection of Scottish Books, Scottish and Sporting Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours. Sotheby's Belgravia: Monday 29 August and Tuesday 30 August 1977. 473 lots with price estimates, illustrated throughout in b&w and colour. Loosely inserted list of prices realised. Book Good, covers stained with cup rings and creased, internally corner bends, generally tight and clean ----- SHIPPING WITHIN 24 Hours ------ First Edition No Jacket Soft Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; First Edition

[SW: Hobbies, Collecting, Auctions, Books, Paintings, Art, Silver, Bronzes, Fishing, Guns, furniture]

Details

[Widener, Joseph E].; [Belmont, Major August]: Absolute Dispersal Sale of the Famous Nursery Stud Without Reserve by order of Mr. Joseph E, Widener at the Farm Near Lexington Kentucky - Superb Collection of Bloodstock Headed by the Champion Sire Fair Play - Sixty-Nine Head Representing the Life Work of the Late Major August Belmont, W.F. Hall, Chicago, 1925 ISBN: No ISBN

Very Good Hardcover (Half Leather) Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Half red leather over red cloth bound over original burgundy wraps - some rubbing to red cloth, light wear at edges. Occasional pencil markings and notes, wear to edge of Nursery Stud page, some foxing to added endpapers. The dispersal sale of the 20th century's most important collection of horses - the work of August Belmont. 69 horses, many with photos, including notes, bloodlines and in most cases, pencilled in prices. The horses included both parents of Man O'War (who is pictured and described but not in the sale), Fair Play and Mahubah - both purchased by Widener (though the contemporary pencil notes have Fair Play going to Widener for100,000 and Mahubah purchased by Berryman, probably Charles Henry, an associate of Widener's).
Quite rare, especially in such good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sport, Fishing, Hunting, Guns. Inventory No: 037672.

[SW: Sport, Fishing, Hunting, Guns. NOISBN]

Details