Tillman, Barrett:Mig Master: the Story of the F-8 Crusader
- hardcover 2002, ISBN: 9781853101670
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Companion volume to 'TO HELL AND BACK',ISBN 1902304365.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colo… More...
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Companion volume to 'TO HELL AND BACK',ISBN 1902304365.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork,by Mike Steele-Morgan,illustrated dw/dj,with white+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Internal bottom edges of dw/dj with slight red ink bleeding water(?) staining - boards minimally affected though.Partial,light water-staining to bottom+vertical edgesto front pastedown and ffe,and similar - to rear pastedown,but whole vertical edge of rear free endpaper.Inevitable,but light superficial scoring/ indentations to both panels of dw/dj,but without affecting the bds beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-192pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters,32pp contemporary b/w photographs+ illustrations in 1 block,between pp96/7,a glossary,a bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and contents list/table. On a dark desperate night in June 1943 a stricken Halifax bomber limped low over Holland and crashed in a small meadow of cows.The aircraft was wrecked,but its crew,amazingly,stepped out unhurt.This is just one of twenty new and true stories of bravery,survival and luck,good and bad, contained in this book compiled and written by Mel Rolfe,following the success of his first book for Grub Street,'To Hell and Back',previously published in 1998. Another tells of a young rear gunner who swapped positions with his pal in the mid-upper turret, becuse of a faulty face mask and microphone.The rear gunner lived,but his friend was killed. . . Yet another of a bomber crew who baled out leaving a skipper to what seemed like certain death.The aircraft ploughed on through the tops of trees and managed to land safely with the pilot alive.There are many more bizarre coincidences and incidents in this action-packed collection of stories from a variety of aircrew in a selection of planes - Halifax,Lancaster,Wellington,Liberator,Stirling and Whitley. All the stories are illustrated with never-before-published photographs,and Mel Rolfe,a journalist by profession,has written them in such a way as to take the reader back to those wartimre years of duty and courage. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.GRUB STREET,1999., 4.5, UK slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 97 98 99 5 - 1 descending.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black and blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Tiniest of closed tear at front,top corner of dw/dj with an internal,clear sellotape repair.Both panels of dw/dj with superficial scoring or indents - without any penetration or affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blkocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers - merest and the faintest hint of foxing to front pastedown.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-189pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters spanning from Friday 11 August through to Sunday August 20; plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages,and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. William John Burley (b. 1st August,1914 d. 15th November,2002) was a British crime writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Charles Wycliffe,which became the basis of the popular television series Wycliffe,shown from 1994 to 1998.Burley was born in Falmouth, Cornwall. He began with books about an amateur detective before deciding to concentrate on the investigations of a professional policeman - Wycliffe - who had made his bow in 'Three-Toed Pussy' (1968) moved on to centre stage in 'To Kill a Cat' (1970). A fracas in a hotel Gents results in a man's death.Mainly on the evidence of a local antiquarian bookseller,Simon Meagor,George Barker is convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison.On his release he kills himself. Barker's daughter,Morwenna - the redhead - holds the bookseller responsible for her father's death and the subsequent breakup of her family.She conceives an obsessive hatred for him,but unexpectedly turns up at his shop one day looking for employment. Revenge or a form of therapy? Before Simon Meagor has a chance to find out, Morwenna disappears and Detective Superintendent Wycliffe becomes involved in a case which deeply disturbs his own pece of mind. Here is a brand new case - the twenty-first - for the Cornish detective, who has become Britain's favourite TV cop following the four series starring Jack Shepherd. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1997., 4, UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.[Annuals were published for the year's (e,g, 1978) Christmas market and dated with the forthcoming year date,i.e. published 1978 and given Annual date of 1979.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£1.10) to ffe.Pictorial colour artwork by O'Neill,illustrated laminated boards; with negligible shelf-wear and no bumping,no splits or tears and no nicks present. Head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and some scoring to front board.Top+fore-edges toned/aged but contents bright,tight and clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread, apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,1st edn,4-127pp includes colour pictorial artwork illustrated front pastedown and free endpaper, b/w artwork illustrated rear free endpaper and rear pastedown,b/w+ colour comic strips,b/w photographs,stories+articles,and a crossword (undone and not attempted).First story/strip: "The Biggest Game of All!",last story/strip: "Guinea Pig". The 2nd Annual in the ongoing series,the first being published a year earlier and fairly uncommon in as good a grade as this is. In the early 1970's,with the traditional British boys comics dying on their feet,Pat Mills and John Wagner were part of a renaissance that began in I.P.C's girl's titles, 'Tammy' and 'Sandie'.'Ella on Easy Street' and 'Back Stab Ballerina' ushered in a new realism in comics,the "soap opera element," as Pat Mills called it.Out of that was to come the new, realistic war comic Battle Picture Weekly,created by both Mills and Wagner,and launched in 1975.Also,in 1976, I.P.C. Magazines launched a wild-child on the news-stands called Action.The winning formula was to take themes that were popular in films and television as a meter for kid's tastes and turn them into colourful,kinetic comic strips. 'Action',originally seen as anti-authoritarian,vicious and dangerous,but it was lifeblood to its audience: against all odds,the circulation began to rise as word spread about the comic with attitude.Once the shape of 'Action' had been moulded and an editor appointed,Pat Mills was invited to create another new title,and was given unprecedented licence and freedom by I.P.C.'s management.The idea for a science fiction comic came from Kelvin Gosnell,fresh out of the company's Competitions department but destined to be 2000A.D's first editor. Gosnell had read an article about SF movies being made in Hollywood. Films such as Rollerball and Logan's Run mixed futuristic adventure with violence in the style of Pat Mill's new vision for comics,and with Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind on the horizon,a science fiction comic was a potential winner.The idea evolved into the seminal 2000AD,a distillation of film and television hits and potential hits, processed by Pat Mills and further distorted with a futuristic twist.If 'Action' was the punk of I.P.C.'s comics,2000AD was Death Race 2000, filled with gutsy,bloody stories that struck a nerve.See also rja1954-rja1963 inclusive. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** UK buyers note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item(s) offered P/p included or free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book/item! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always., LONDON.IPC Magazines Ltd.,1978., 5, Airlife Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Second Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 1853101672 . Illustrated with black & white photographs. Fine hardback with a fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks. "Brings to life the legendary aircraft that scored the highest kill ratio of any U. S. Fighter aircraft in the Vietnam War. The book is filled with authentic recreations of Crusader-MiG fights and vivid descriptions of the people and events that are part of the F-8 story. As the Navy's first supersonic aircraft, the Crusader holds an honored spot in carrier flying. Tillman recalls the years of frustration and experimentation spent in refining the aircraft and its gunnery system, and then takes the reader through key actions in Vietnam where seasoned pilots handled their rambunctious steeds with scarcely a glance in the cockpit." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall ., Airlife Publishing, 1990, 5<
