harris marshal raf sir arthur (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. FREE OF WRITING IN SECURE BINDING. A FEW BENT PAGE CORNERS. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 349pp. Not library copy, name/date in ink to ffep. (46/7).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy paper covers, gilt lettering to the spine, powder blue end papers. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 347 pp. ISBN 0907675336. Monochrome illustrations and maps throughout. Tanning of the paper to the page margins. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small crinkle of the paper to the top of the spine, not price clipped, £12.95. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy paper covers, gilt lettering to the spine, powder blue end papers. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 347 pp. ISBN 0907675336. Monochrome illustrations and maps throughout. Tanning of the paper to the page margins. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with slight sun fading to the spine. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris (1892-1984) was Commander in Chief Bomber Command from 1942 (when he replaced Richard Peirse) to 1945. Based on his experiences in London during the Blitz, Harris developed a belief in intensive incendiary bombing as a means not merely of destroying cities but of undermining civilian morale. His new concept of 'area bombing' was put into practice with the first 'thousand-bomber' raid on Cologne in May 1942. Like most large-scale innovations this was a major gamble, but its undoubted success (colossal damage inflicted for the loss of forty aircraft) paved the way for Britain's bombing strategy for the rest of the war. Eventually this policy (which remains controversial to this day) brought him into direct conflict with both Portal and Churchill, but Harris pursued it doggedly until the surrender. Arguably the greatest RAF commander of WWII, Harris was an outstanding and inspiring leader, achieving almost iconic status among staff and crews alike. After the war he refused a peerage but accepted a baronetcy in 1953. Enser, p.65.