Groves Brigadier General P R C (9 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. No dust jacket. Original cloth with bright gilt titling on the spine. Tesrs to the cloth. A good reading copy only. Ex Libris label on front paste down. Cloth hinges exposed at front pages gutter. xiii, 352 pages clean and tight. Foxing to page tips. Preface by Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton. A fascinating book where the author argues that Britain's Air Power was very lacking. Groves retired from active service in 1922 with the rank of brigadier general.[7] Based on his experiences on active service, Groves realised that Britain needed to radically rethink its approach to air strategy.[3] Shortly after his retirement from the forces, he proceeded to campaign "for the creation of an effective striking force and for a proper regard for the patent realities of civil aviation".[3] His opinions attracted the interest of Viscount Northcliffe and in 1922 a series of articles on "Our Future in the Air" were published in The Times.[3] He remained a forceful campaigner for an immediate expansion of the RAF to parity with the largest European force within striking distance. Brigadier-General Percy Robert Clifford Groves, CB, CMG, DSO (26 May 1878 12 August 1959) was a senior British air strategist who served in the British Army and the Royal Air Force (RAF).[1][2] He was a tireless campaigner for a radical rethink of Britain's approach to air strategy following the First World War, in particular for an immediate expansion of the RAF to parity with the largest European force within striking distance.[3] He is perhaps best known as being an advocate of the aerial ''knock out blow'': the possibility of ending a war in its early stages by launching a massive attack on the enemy's centres of gravity.[4] Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Second impression. Second impression 1934. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. A small piece of the top and bottom panel is missing and there are other tears and creases. Now protected in cellophane. This is due to the age of the book. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Presenting the arguments for strengthening Britain's defences, especially with respect to air forces, and applying reforms such as the establishment of a single Ministry of Defence. He is scathing about the way in which the Royal Flying Corps was managed and used during the First World War. The 'smoke screen' referred to is that of 'political sophistry and evasion', and 'sectional interest and incompetence' thrown up by those resisting the need for strengthening British defences. Condition: Heavily foxed to prelims (but otherwise clean), boards rubbed at edges, transparent cover applied to boards. No dust jacket. A sound reading copy only.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Critical review of British aero development, by former Dir. of Flying Ops. Much on WWI.

Octavo, black cloth with gilt spine lettering, xv, 352 pp. Some fraying at spine ends and corners, hinge split, otherwise a good copy. A study of post-War internal affairs.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Yellowing. Small creases and notch on top of back cover. Binding is tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Paperback copy with stapled spine, no dustjacket as issued. 79pp. B/w photographs. Not library copy, no inscriptions, repair t top edge of front cover. (49/4).

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO. First. 1936 Pamphlet + Letter signed by Editor. WWII . Preface by Brigadier-General P. R. C. Groves, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. This booklet contains extracts from the articles in which The Daily Mail urged on the British Government the necessity for energetic action in aerial rearming. U5A14.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Large 8vo. 80pp. Several photos and maps in text. Extracts from series of articles in the Daily Mail about the necessity for aerial rearming. Includes unaddressed but typed letter from the Editor of the Daily Mail dated '19th August 1938'. One page corner turnover and creased, slight browning around edges. Attractive tight unclipped copy. VG+.