March 1942 (49 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1708601120. 2/22/2024 11:25:20 AM.

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Condition: New. 2022 reprint (of original pub 1943). 135pp., with plates (some in colour) of badges of rank, formation patches &c.Published Price £12.99 Operation Torch: was the Anglo-American invasion of French Morocco and Algeria during the North African Campaign of WW2. It began on November 8 and concluded on November 16, 1942. It resulted from an uneasy compromise between the Western Allies, and was intended to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union by threatening Axis forces in the region and by enabling an invasion of Southern Europe in 1943.Commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the operation was designed as a pincer movement with American landings at Moroccoâs Atlantic coast and Anglo-American landings on Algeriaâs Mediterranean coast. The primary objective was to secure bridgeheads for opening a second front to the rear of German and Italian forces battling the British in Libya and Egypt. On the night of November 8, after undetected crossings from the United States and the United Kingdom, an Anglo-American fleet consisting of 350 warships and 500 transports carrying some 107,000 troops assembled off the coast of French North Africa. The following morning, the Allied assault commenced as three task forces sought to seize key ports and airports at Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers before advancing eastwards into Tunisia. The invasion forces had to overcome French opposition in territories controlled by the Vichy Regime under Marshall Philippe Pà tain. His government had some 125,000 soldiers stationed in Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria, as well as powerful coastal artillery, numerous tanks, aircraft, and warships. Optimistic British intelligence suggested that the French would offer minimal resistance. This would prove wrong.On November 7, Vichy forces thwarted an attempted coup dâetat by pro-Allied General Antoine Bà thouart against the French command in Morocco. Stiff French resistance then caused significant losses at several of the Moroccan assault points before the Western Task Force achieved its landing objectives. On November 10, the Allied troops readied to assault Casablanca. After a brief naval engagement, the French surrendered the city before an all-out attack was launched. At Oran, the Center Task Force also encountered stubborn French resistance before Oranâs surrender on November 9. The Eastern Task Force was aided by a successful coup by the French resistance in Algiers, which neutralized the French XIX Corps before the Allied landings there. Allied troops quickly pushed inland, and General Juin surrendered the city in the early evening of November 9. Urged by General Mark Clark, Eisenhower's deputy, Admiral Jean Francois Darlan, Vichy High Commissioner for North Africa, and General Juin also ordered French forces to cease armed resistance in Oran and Morocco on November 10â"11.

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Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by W. T. Ballard, G. T. Fleming-Roberts, Wallace Brooker and others. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 96-100]. Closed tears and creases to front cover, separation at upper left front cover, a good copy. (26141).

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Air stories. Mild edge wear, several closed tears along bottom edge, a very good copy. (21076).

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Condition: Very Good. Original flat backed illustrated souvenir theatre brochure programme. 11½'' x 8¼''. Contains 40 pages with photographs throughout. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. MUSIC [Classical].

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Mark Harper, Alan Hathaway, Jack Storm and others. Text paper age darkened, light edge wear, two ink marks to front cover, loss to spine ends, a very good copy. (16099).

5½'' x 3½''. Divided back. Comic colour post card. Member of the P.B.F.A. POSTCARDS.

Condition: Fine. René Bull illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards, gilt title lettering to the dark blue cloth spine, illustrated end sheets. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Rubáiyát over 96 pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 10 full-page and 19 vignettes by René Bull, many line drawings and borders. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0517072327 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered white back and front. 4to. 12'' x 9''. Contains 78 plates including 4 mounted colour on thick card stock. Rubbing to the boards, and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [British].

Softcover. Condition: VG. Tan stapled wraps. (52) pp. Catalogue lists 350 works. No photos.

Condition: Good. First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 544 pp. Light spotting to the text block edges. Good condition book in torn and repaired dust wrapper, not price clipped, 8s 6d. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. AMERICA [Literature].

Condition: Near Fine. First edition in publisher's original illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. Square 8½'' x 8¼''. Contains 48 printed pages with monochrome works throughout. In very near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0900874759 ART [Spanish].

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Feature story is a Louis L'Amour Ponga Jim Mayo story "South of Suez." Mild wear to edges, small closed tear to lower front cover, a nearly fine copy. (19210).

Condition: VG, soiling to covers. Stapled bluish wraps. (appx.48 pp.) 16 bw plates. Lists 365 works.

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Octavo, single issue, cover by J. Allen St. John, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Feature story "War on Venus" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, part of ESCAPE ON VENUS. [Reference: Heins p. 151. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103]. Small rub spot to upper right edge, two creases to lower right front corner, a bright fine copy. (19703).

Condition: Very Good. First edition with these illustrations hard back binding in publisher's original venetian red buckram covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt theatre drapes and Japanese fan to the front cover, top edge gilt, grey and white silhouette matador illustrated end sheets. 4to. 11'' x 9''. Mérimée is best known for this novella Carmen, which became the basis of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen. Contains [ix], 203 printed pages of text with with 16 intricate full-page colour plates with lettered paper guards, and 74 large monochrome illustrations throughout. Spine dulled, off-setting to the verso end papers and in Very Good clean and sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. 4to. Published by Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services, Region X, San Antonio, Texas. 1942. 50 pgs. Issued in stapled papered wraps. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present (declassification stamp present to the front wrapper). Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Fort Cavazos is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. The post is named after Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, a native Texan and the US Army's first Hispanic four-star general. Formerly named Fort Hood for Confederate General John Bell Hood, the post is located halfway between Austin and Waco, about 60 mi (97 km) from each, within the U. S. State of Texas. The post is the headquarters of III Armored Corps and First Army Division West and is home to the 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Cavalry Regiment, among others. Its origin was the need for wide-open space to test and train with World War II tank destroyers. The War Department announced the location in January 1942, and the initial completion was set for that August. As originally constructed, Fort Cavazos had an area of 158,706 acres (64,226 ha) , with billeting for 6,007 officers and 82,610 enlisted personnel. The main cantonment of Fort Cavazos had a total population of 53,416 as of the 2010 U. S. Census. Fort Cavazos was the most populous U. S. Military installation in the world. The main business area is in Bell County, with the training countryside area of the post in Coryell County. In April 2014, the base's website listed 45,414 assigned soldiers and 8,900 civilian employees covering an area of 214,000 acres (87,000 ha). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Robert Reeves, John K. Butler, Norbert Davis and others. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 168-170]. Text paper tanned but supple, spine a bit darkened, a fine copy. (27936).

Condition: Very Good. First trade edition thus René Bull illustrated hard back binding in publisher's original nutmeg cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, richly decorated in gilt and blue to the front cover, top edge dyed brown. 4to. 11½'' x 9¼''. Title high-lighted in gilt. Rubáiyát over unnumbered pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 10 full-page mounted colour plates and 19 mounted vignettes by René Bull, many line drawings and borders. Just a little foxing to the end sheets, one tiny nick to the top of the spine and in Very Good square and tight condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.