With ellison norman (5 risultati)

Condizione: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (of original). SB. xii+275pp,29 photos,Published Price £11.50 This unusual and interesting memoir, as its foreword by the official historian of the Australian Flying Corps makes clear, aims to present 'the human side' of one theatre of the Great War in the air: that of the 'last crusade' to free Palestine from Ottoman Turkish rule. The author, L.W. Sutherland, was an officer in No. 1 Squadron of the AFC, piloting a succession of aircraft - SE5s, RE8s, DH6's, Nieuport Scouts and Bristol Fighters - through the desert skies. Sutherland's down to earth memoir certainly succeeds in conveying the rough, tough Aussie humour with which he and his comrades confronted the hardships around them. But he never lets the reader forget that war is always a grim business, as the title of one of his last chapters on the final Tukish rout -'Nine Miles of Dead' cogently conveys. Among other curiosities the book also contains one interesting and admiring chapter on T.E. Lawrence and his controversial contribution to the campaign. For Sutherland at least, who often acted as a courier and air chauffeur to Lawrence's irregulars, TEL remains an unstained hero. The book is illustrated with some fine photos of planes, pilots and Arab fighters. Book.…

Condizione: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (of original). HB. xii+275pp,29 photos, This unusual and interesting memoir, as its foreword by the official historian of the Australian Flying Corps makes clear, aims to present 'the human side' of one theatre of the Great War in the air: that of the 'last crusade' to free Palestine from Ottoman Turkish rule. The author, L.W. Sutherland, was an officer in No. 1 Squadron of the AFC, piloting a succession of aircraft - SE5s, RE8s, DH6's, Nieuport Scouts and Bristol Fighters - through the desert skies. Sutherland's down to earth memoir certainly succeeds in conveying the rough, tough Aussie humour with which he and his comrades confronted the hardships around them. But he never lets the reader forget that war is always a grim business, as the title of one of his last chapters on the final Tukish rout -'Nine Miles of Dead' cogently conveys. Among other curiosities the book also contains one interesting and admiring chapter on T.E. Lawrence and his controversial contribution to the campaign. For Sutherland at least, who often acted as a courier and air chauffeur to Lawrence's irregulars, TEL remains an unstained hero. The book is illustrated with some fine photos of planes, pilots and Arab fighters. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 276 pages (complete). Sutherland was a member of the Australian Flying Corps. In these anecdotal, jocular but also gritty memoirs he chronicles the Corps contribution to the campaign to free Palestine of the Ottoman Turks during the First World War. This copy has been much worn from storage and handling. The cover is resolute. It has storage stains and marks. The edges have shelving wear. The spine is supple and healthy. Inside, the frontispage is absent. There are freckles of foxing throughout. The pages are clear, bold, confident, firm, very sure, amiable and utterly engaging. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. First edition. 276pp. Pages moderately foxed, lacking the rear fly, owner's name marked out on front pastedown, spine sunned, good only lacking the dustwrapper. The Australian 67 Squadron in Palestine during WWI.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. 2nd Edition. Jacket has heavy wear, several tears, moderate general losses plus a 50% loss to the rear. Foxing and general tanning to edges of the page-block. Foxing to preliminaries and rear endpapers plus some occasional light foxing elsewhere. Binding tight. This edition has a few line drawings but no plates. 309pp Size: 130mm x 185mm. Book.…