bowyer christopher (7 Ergebnisse)

Blue hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 290mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). 144pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A nice tight copy, without any marks to text; although ex-library copy; looks new. No dust jacket (as issued?).

Zustand: Used - Good. Good paperback. 1st edition. Internally near VG, but cover curling. CT = Cheltenham Town FC.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 290mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). 144pp. Signed by Chaz Bowyer on fep, Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Small tears and creases on jacket.

Zustand: very good condition. The Desert Air Force, and its illustrious forebears, are now one of the Royal Air Force's legends. A multi-national blending of air and ground crews, the DAF created a form of co-operative land-air warfare which ultimately was adopted by the Allied fighting services in every other theatre of war in 1940-45, and proved to be the key to eventual victory. The path to that inter-service integration of efforts was long and bloody; but with rare skill, stoic patience, outstanding courage, and no small sacrifice, the DAF won its laurels in superb fashion. Along that stony, weary pathway the individual members of the DAF also created a bond of comradeship with each other that withstood the harsh testing of deprivation and hazard, and living and working conditions which might have daunted lesser men. - The true heart of the DAF lay in its total dedication to 'the Job' - naught else assumed higher priority. Such mundane matters as parades, proper uniform, correct channels, and the many other inevitable facets of a peacetime-raised RAF bureaucracy were relegated to a level of mere incidental importance. It was an attitude reflected in the words of one of the RAF's most famous commanders, Arthur 'Maori' Coningham, who opined: 'Strip 'em of all non-essentials, give 'em plenty of work, and they'll be a happy lot'. Despite outward appearances - and the men of the DAF were ever easy to recognise in their highly individual interpretations of service uniform - the men of the DAF were well disciplined. Not, it is true, in the mould of barrack-square fetishism, or the Uxbridge-mentality blind obedience to the printed regulation of T. E. Shaw's experience; but the willing, unenforced discipline of men bonded in a common cause, sharing equally in a common peril. 128 p. many photos Hardcover with dust jacket, large format.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, Royal Air Force gilt insignia to the front board. 4to. 11½'' x 8½''. Contains 144 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with one small nick to the top front gutter. + No. 593 of 776 'The Battle of The Ruhr 5 March - 24 July 1943' flown cover SIGNED by the author to the front 'Christopher Foxley-Norris'. Post Office stamp marked 5th March 1993, three further flown stamp marks to the rear (i) Royal Air Force | Bruggen (ii) Royal Air Force | Brize Norton (iii) British Airways Concorde | Heathrow. Certification by Group Captain W. S. O. Randle and signed by him. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).