A w cockerill (37 risultati)

Condizione: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Condizione: good. Missing dust cover, otherwise book is in good condition with some wear from normal use.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Illus. , jacket now in a clear protector; 224 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First. First Edition, near fine in very good dust jacket, faux leather boards with gold lettering, no writing or marks save some old prices in pencil. Unclipped dust jacket has a one inch closed tear down upper back panel, else near fine. Slavin, Bill (illustratore).…

Condizione: Fine/Near fine. 1st Canadian. 8vo. 224pp. Bit of rubbing to DJ.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. VERY GOOD hardcover in VERY GOOD dust jacket, no marks in text; a clean, gently used copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 224pp. Faint foxing to exterior page edges, dust jacket in protective mylar.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Like New. Like New. A tight copy; interior bright and clean. Memoir of Jack Nissen, the developer of the guiding radar system used by the RAF during World War II. Nissen originally used the system to detect enemy planes, but later realised that it could be better used to guide planes as well. Nissen was parachuted behind enemy lines to steal German radar equipment and along with a single bodyguard was the only survivor of the group.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Illustrated with historic photos 8vo. 224 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bookplate. Dust jacket is protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subjects: Child soldiers Great Britain History. Boys as soldiers Great Britain History. Commonwealth countries History, Military. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. minor cover wear and soil, corners lightly bumped, 1/4" tear at top of front corner, inscribed "To Mary Carter for her delightful company and witty conversation on long bus trips! With the compliments of Albert Cockerill, June 2002" on title page, rest of interior tight and clean, 53 pages, stories and poems about Emma Lovejoy, her neighbors and neighborhood, bw illustrations Size: 7.25 x 9.25. Signed by Author. …

Cloth, Gilt Titles. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Story of the part 'radar' played in the Second World War told through the personal experiences of the author. Dedicated inscription signed by the author to the half-title page - 'To Cam / With Best Wishes / Jack Nissen / May 1989'. 224pp, photo illustrated. Bright, fresh copy, about 'as new'. Weight, 530g. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well packed. USA postage is usually $8.00 - $9.00 unless extra heavy/large. Media Mail void for magazines in USA. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be a maximum of US$15.50 for weights , including more than one book - up to 5kg total fitting the Flat Rate Box- boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Less will always be charged if rates indicate. NOW available - lower Trans-Canada rates for many major markets, and, new, considerably lower rates for many Overseas destinations. Dedicated Author's Inscription.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition. Octavo. 236 pp. Very good or better in like jacket. Black cloth. FFEP signed and inscribed to previous owner by the author. Additionally, there is a gift inscription underneath the signature. Bright and clean throughout and free of any marking or annotations. Attractive, unclipped jacket is showing just minor edgewear, and a very minute small tear at the upper front corner. Jacket is now protected in an archival grade Bordart wrap. A tight and attractive copy. Inscribed by Author(s).…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subjects: Child soldiers Great Britain History. Boys as soldiers Great Britain History. Commonwealth countries History, Military. Genre: History. Language: English. 1 Kg. …

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A charming mixture of fantasy, fiction and fact about a girl named Emma through stories and verse. Burgundy, faux leather hardcover with gilt lettering on front and spine. 53 pages with whimsical illustrations. Bill Slavin (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. A vivid first-hand account of Britainâs secret struggle to master radar technology during the Second World War, this memoir offers an insiderâs view of the scientists, engineers, and strategists who helped turn the tide of the conflict. Blending technical insight with personal reflection, the author recounts the breakthroughs, setbacks, and intense pressures behind one of the warâs most decisive innovations. Fascinating, human, and historically important, itâs an essential read for anyone interested in wartime science, intelligence, and innovation.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 224 pp, index, b/w photos. Dj has light edgewear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Hardback; very good in faded and scratched dustjacket.; The secret race to develop radar, told in the words of one of the key participants - Jack Nissen. Illustrated; +xvipp.; 224 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. 223 pp. Index. Photos. Spine, corners bumped. Jacket has light edgewear, small tear at upper front corner. Nissen's first hand account of how he went to work, and enabled, the Allied lead in Radar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. xii, [2], 224 pages. Maps, Illustrations. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling and is taped to the boards. Some marginal pencil marks noted. Jack Nissen (1918-1997) was a technician who worked on radar developments and installations during World War II. Recounted in his memoir, Winning the Radar War, Jack Nissen was part of a secret reconnaissance assignment during the Dieppe Raid. The Canadian South Saskatchewan Regiment escorted Nissen in his quest to find out more about the German Freya radar installed at Pourville, near Dieppe. His job was to find out if Germany possessed precision radar technology. However, because of his valuable knowledge of the British radar, the South Saskatchewan Regiment was under orders to shoot and kill the radar specialist should the task be intercepted by the Germans and the raiding party be in danger of capture; under no circumstances could the British afford to let Nissen be taken alive. With numerous close calls during the raid, which was eventually successful, Nissen escaped capture and returned to England. His action in cutting the land lines and forcing the Freya operators to resort to radio transmissions, which the British radio listeners were able to monitor, confirmed that the German Freya radar was indeed a precision installation. Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. A radar system consists of a transmitter producing electromagnetic waves in the radio or microwaves domain, an emitting antenna, a receiving antenna (separate or the same as the previous one) to capture any returns from objects in the path of the emitted signal, a receiver and processor to determine properties of the object(s). Radar was secretly developed by several nations in the period before and during World War II. The term RADAR was coined in 1940 by the United States Navy as an acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging. The term radar has since entered English and other languages as a common noun, losing all capitalization. Full radar evolved as a pulsed system, and the first such elementary apparatus was demonstrated in December 1934 by the American Robert M. Page, working at the Naval Research Laboratory. The following year, the United States Army successfully tested a primitive surface-to-surface radar to aim coastal battery search lights at night. This was followed by a pulsed system demonstrated in May 1935 by Rudolf Kühnhold and the firm GEMA in Germany and then one in June 1935 by an Air Ministry team led by Robert A. Watson-Watt in Great Britain. Development of radar greatly expanded on 1 September 1936 when Watson-Watt became Superintendent of a new establishment under the British Air Ministry, Bawdsey Research Station located in Bawdsey Manor, near Felixstowe, Suffolk. Work there resulted in the design and installation of aircraft detection and tracking stations called "Chain Home" along the East and South coasts of England in time for the outbreak of World War II in 1939. This system provided the vital advance information that helped the Royal Air Force win the Battle of Britain. An earlier report about aircraft causing radio interference led to the Daventry Experiment of 26 February 1935, using a powerful BBC shortwave transmitter as the source and their GPO receiver set up in a field while a bomber flew around the site. When returns were clearly seen, funds were immediately provided for development of an operational system. Given all required funding and development support, the team had working radar systems in 1935 and began deployment. By 1936 the first five Chain Home (CH) systems were operational and by 1940 stretched across the entire UK including Northern Ireland. Even by standards of the era, CH was crude; instead of broadcasting and receiving from an aimed antenna, CH broadcast a signal floodlighting the.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOUND IN PERFECT BLACK CLOTH, WITH BRIGHT SILVER TITLES TO SPINE, THIS DATED 1989 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS VG IN VG JACKET (UNCLIPPED). XV1/224pp WITH INTRODUCTION, 15 CHAPTERS, 2 X MAPS, 12 WAR-TIME PHOTOS, AND INDEX.THE AUTHOR INVENTED A WAY TO USE RADAR TO DIRECT FIGHTERS ON TO GERMAN BOMBERS, RATHER THAN JUST DETECT THEM. THIS BROUGHT HIM REGONITION AND DANGER. HE JOINED A COMMANDO RAID TO DISCOVER HOW TO JAM GERMAN RADAR. THIS HELPED WITH D-DAY AND THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE. CONDITION OF BOOK IS VG/VG.…

Buckram. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 8vo. 236 pages. 18 good black and white photographic plates. This is a good account of boy soldiers through the centuries - fascinating content. In original black buckram gilt hard cover binding. Very Good+ in Near Very Good original attractive pictorial dust wrapper. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown boards with gold text on spine. Dust jacket shelf worn but good, price clipped. Pages tight, slightly foxed. Handsome copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Canadian Edition. 224 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with a section of black and white plates in the center of the book. Bound in blue hardcovers with silver titles on the spine. Blue illustrated dustjacket in near fine condition with red and black titles. 1ST CANADIAN EDITION. NPC. NF/NF. Book.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 1975. First edition. xi, 223pp., and a map on the front and rear endpapers. This is a biography of Sir Percy Joseph Sillitoe (1888-1962), a British police and intelligence officer. He was chief constable of several police forces, and changed the role of radios, civilian staff, and women police officers within the police. He was later Director General of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1946 to 1953. The book is bound in the original brown boards with gold titling on the spine. It is in very good condition with bumping to the spine ends and the contents are tight and clean with no inscription. The dustwrapper is very good with some shelf wear and bumping to the spine ends. The front flap has not been price clipped but the printed price has been crossed-out with red ink.…

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: N/A. xx, 21-238pp. Pictorial light card covers, French flaps. 8vo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Memoir of the 2WW radar war by an technical participant. He survived the Dieppe Raid. pp.xvi. 224. Illus. DW in archival sleeve.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. PERSONAL INSCRIPTION FROM A.W. COCKERILL on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; Between 1803 and 1892, over 11,000 children of the soldiers of the British Army's rank-and-file received the Army's charity. At the height of the Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Military Asylum was home to 1600 orphans and children in need: 1,000 boys and 600 girls. This book is a vigorous history of the RMA and Army's experiment in education and social welfare to the benefit of society at large. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Robert Hale, London 1989. xvi, 241 pp. Hardcover with d/w. Owner signature. Fine condition.