Blakeney charles (12 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Red boards with gold lettering. Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear, slightly sunned. A nice copy. ; 8 pages of b/w photos, 8 maps, a very short bibliography. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 209 pages; "Charles Whiting captures the terror and the exhilaration of the first parachute combat drop made by the Germans into Holland in May of 1940, and relates the entire dramatic story of Nazi Airborne tactics throughout World War II. We see Luftwaffe General Kurt Student fighting to use his airborne troops, not just as saboteurs but as the essential element in the new blitzkrieg, taking bridges, capturing airfields from the surprised enemy, sometimes with losses of fifty percent. "The power of the German paratroop corps was broken in 1941, yet they lived to pass on their traditions to the new 'paras' who were to follow. The Red Devils, Les Paras, The Screaming Eagles - all names which make the hearts of their friends beat more boldly and those of their enemies jump with fear, names synonymous with tough reckless men, quite different from the common run of soldiers. They do not march to war as do the infantry. Nor do they ride there like the tankers. Instead they drop from the air into the midst of the enemy's defenses, prepared to engage in individual combat as soon as their boots hit the ground. The paratroopers, whatever their nationality, have their own particular mystique, composed in equal parts of boldness, bravado, and an unbeatable professionalism. ". Illustrated by Blakeney, Edgar (Jacket) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Limited Edition. In fair condition; heavy soiling to boards and dulling to title plate on front board; cloth spine missing, but binding sound; points of moderate rubbing along edges, with hard rubbing at corners with board exposure; former owner's name in pencil top edge front free end paper; light to moderate toning end papers; light toning to clean interior; remnant of book seller label lower left corner back end paper. Numbered 46 of an edition of 250. 52 numbered pages. Gold cloth boards. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. Inv. PW009.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 172 pages. 9.01x6.01x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 172 pages. 9.01x6.01x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. hardback, large 8vo, 52pp, owner's gift inscription on endpapers, text clean and sound, gold cloth-covered boards, board edges bumped and rubbed, scuffed at spine ends, Good / no dustwrapper; wrapper faded and edges rubbed.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No jacket. Martin Hopkinson and Company, 1927, number 48 of 262 copies. Hardback, 8vo, viii,52pp. Slight foxing. Rebound in brown cloth with paper label pasted to endpaper, bookseller label, binding splitting at end. A fair copy. /0.3uk.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Hbk, viii, 52 pages. Previous owner's name on ffep o/w a clean unmarked copy in very good condition. Limited edition of 262 copies, this is no. 88. [English poetry 19th century] r366 / m14077.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. In English.

Condizione: New.

Perfect Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 181 pages. 7.95x5.20x0.47 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. 9th volume to be published in this successful series of re-vision / study aids, FRCR Part 1 is derived from thequestions used in the annual revision course held at TheRoyal London and St. Bartholomew s hospitals.|9th volume to be published in this successf.…