Nicoll John (251 results)

paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stiff lavender illus. wraps. 168 pp., 127 illus. Modest shelf/handling wear, covers a bit thumbed, with rubbed joints. Binding square and firm, with stress crease. Size: 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: new.

Paperback. Condition: New. New softcover in matte printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. (7.3 x 0.8 x 9.5 inches) 168 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. (7.3 x 0.8 x 9.5 inches). Photographs of the Royal Navy destroyers and the requisitioned merchant and civilian vessels and of the sturdy lifeboats of the RNLI. The 'miracle' of Dunkirk is one of the most inspiring stories of all time. The British Expeditionary Force had been all but surrounded, and, with the French armies collapsing on all sides, it appeared that Britain was about to suffer the heaviest defeat in its history. When Winston Churchill's War Cabinet finally accepted that the Battle of France had been lost, preparations were made to try and rescue as many soldiers as possible from one of the few ports left open to the British Expeditionary Force - Dunkirk. So rushed and chaotic was the retreat to the Channel coast, with thousands of guns, vehicles and tanks being abandoned, there was little time for soldiers to consider taking photographs of the shocking scenes of death and destruction which surrounded them. Yet images do exist of the ships and boats of all descriptions which braved the bombs and guns of the German Air Force to rescue Britain's only field army from the clutches of Hitler's panzer divisions. One man in particular, Sub-Lieutenant John Rutherford Crosby, a member of the crew of the minesweeper, and converted Clyde paddle steamer, HMS Oriole, left a legacy of dramatic images. These include the never-to-be-forgotten scenes of long lines of tired and anxious troops stretching into the sea and of bombs exploding on the packed beaches - all with his own personal little camera. Other images in this book paint a vivid and memorable picture, as no words ever could, of the greatest evacuation of troops under fire.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. Brand New.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 4to, 175 pp.

First Edition. Owner's bookplate on front end paper, otherwise a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. [S&S] We provide PROTECTIVE packaging. Photos of our books are always available upon request. SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS ON ABE SINCE 1997 AND IN OUR STORE IN THE BERKSHIRES FROM 1987 TO 2015.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (vii) 196 pp. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Chaney Legacy by Robert Bloch; Soft Monkey by Harlan Ellison; Death on the Nile by Connie Willis; Menage a Trois by F. Paul Wilson; Peacemaker by Charles Grant; Night They Missed the Horror Show by Joe R. Lansdale; The Yard by William F. Nolan; In the Trees by Steve Rasnic Tem; Dead Air by Gregory Nicoll; The Third Dead Body by Nina Kiriki Hoffman; The Troll by Ray Bradbury; and Brazo De Dios by Elizabeth Massie. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. . 175 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. Black cloth-effect paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. Gift inscription on front flyleaf, otherwise as issued. Color illus. dust jacket as issued, now in archival mylar. 175 pp., illus. w/ 27 color, 100 b&w plates. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condition: New. Paperback. 216 pages with 180 black and white illustrations. Published Price £14.99 After the astonishing Japanese successes of 1941 and early 1942, the Allies began to fight back. After victories at Guadalcanal, Coral Sea, Midway and other islands in the Pacific, by 1944, the Japanese had been pushed back onto the defensive. Yet there was no sign of an end to the war, as the Japanese mainland was beyond the reach of land-based heavy bombers. So, in the spring of 1944, the focus of attention turned to the Mariana Islands â" Guam, Saipan and Tinian â" which were close enough to Tokyo to place the Japanese capital within the operational range of the new Boeing B-29 Superfortress.The attack upon Saipan, the most heavily-defended of the Marianas, took the Japanese by surprise, but over the course of more than three weeks, the 29,000 Japanese defenders defied the might of 71,000 US Marines and infantry, supported by fifteen battleships and eleven cruisers. The storming of the beaches and the mountainous interior cost the US troops dearly, in what was the most-costly battle to date in the Pacific War.Eventually, after three weeks of savage fighting, which saw the Japanese who refused to surrender being burned to death in their caves, the enemy commander, Lieutenant General Saito, was left with just 3,000 able-bodied men and he ordered them to deliver a final suicide banzai charge. With the wounded limping behind, along with numbers of civilians, the Japanese overran two US battalions, before the 4,500 men were wiped out. It was the largest banzai attack of the Pacific War.As well as placing the Americans within striking distance of Tokyo, the capture of Saipan also opened the way for General MacArthur to mount his invasion of the Philippines and resulted in the resignation of the Japanese Prime Minister Tojo. One Japanese admiral admitted that âOur war was lost with the loss of Saipanâ. This is a highly illustrated story of what US General Holland Smith called âthe decisive battle of the Pacific offensiveâ. It was, he added, the offensive that âopened the way to the Japanese home islandsâ.

Condition: New. Paperback. 216 pages with 150 black and white illustrations. Published Price £14.99 By early 1944, offensives undertaken by the United States armed forces had driven the Japanese from many of their conquests in the south and central Pacific. The next American move was to sever Tokyoâs communications with the remaining Japanese garrisons and interdict the supplies of raw materials essential to Japanâs war effort. Before this could be achieved it was considered essential to eliminate the land-based air forces in the Philippines which were regarded as too powerful to by-pass.The American plan was to land on the eastern Philippine island of Leyte and, once fully established there, to move against the island of Mindoro. At this point, US forces would then launch their main assault upon Luzon and the Philippine capital, Manila.On 20 October 1944, the US Sixth Army began landing on Leyteâs eastern coast, supported by the US Navyâs 3rd and 7th fleets, which were assisted by ships from the Royal Australian Navy. The Japanese were aware that the Americans were poised to attack the Philippines and planned to draw the American warships into one last great battle to try and stave off the otherwise inevitable defeat.Over the course of the following three days, the two naval forces engaged in four separate engagements. Involving more than 360 ships and 200,000 naval personnel, the battle was the greatest naval encounter of the Second World War and possibly the largest naval battle in history.The result was disastrous for the Japanese who lost three battleships, four aircraft carriers, ten cruisers and eleven destroyers, along with almost 300 aircraft â" the greatest loss of ships and crew the Japanese had ever experienced. In Battle of Leyte Gulf, the actions of the warships as well as the accompanying amphibious landings on Leyte by the US Sixth Army are vividly revealed through a dramatic collection of photographs depicting the ships, sailors, airmen and soldiers who made history.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1050grams, ISBN:0289703972.

Condition: New. Paperback. 216 pages with 200 black and white illustrations. Published Price £16.99 Singapore and Hong Kong had fallen to the forces of Imperial Japan, Thailand and Burma had been invaded and islands across the Pacific captured. But one place, one tiny island fortress garrisoned by a few thousand hungry and exhausted men, refused to be beaten. That island fortress was Corregidor which guarded the entrance to Manila Bay and controlled all sea-borne access to Manila Harbour. At a time when every news bulletin was one of Japanese success, Corregidor shone as the only beacon of hope in the darkness of defeat.The Japanese 14th Army of Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma, threw everything it had at Corregidor, officially named Fort Mills. But deep within the islandâs rocky heart, a tunnel had been excavated into Malinta Hill and there the US troops, marine, naval and army, endured the terrible onslaught. At their head was General Douglas MacArthur who became a national hero with his resolute determination never to surrender, until ordered to evacuate to Australia to avoid such a senior officer being captured by the enemy. Bur with his departure, the rest of the garrison knew that there was no possibility of relief. They would have to fight on until the bitter end, whatever form that might take.That end came in May 1942. The defenders were reduced to virtually starvation rations with many of them wounded. Consequently, when, on 5 May the Japanese mounted a powerful amphibious assault, the weakened garrison could defy the enemy no longer. Corregidor, the âGibraltar of the Eastâ, finally fell to the invaders.Those invaders were to become the invaded when MacArthur returned in January 1945. For three weeks, US aircraft, warships and artillery hammered the Japanese positions on Corregidor. Then, on 16 February, the Americans landed on the island. It took MacArthurâs men ten days to hunt down the last of the Japanese, after many had chosen to commit suicide rather than surrender, but Corregidor was at last back in Allied hands.

Condition: New. Softback 192 pages with 180 mono illustrationsPublished Price £19.99.

paperback. Condition: New. *Brand new* Ships from USA.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. NICE First Edition as pictured a very good condition softcover, clean, 167 pages . clean.

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Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Later Edition, but unstated date. Ex-library (church) copy with normal markings and attachments - no outer sticker. Text is clean; pages are no longer white and crisp due to age toning. Binding has hinge pulls to both covers - no missing or loose pages, but should be rated as a read only copy and handle with care. Copy used in reference library only. Stamped inscription to back of front cover and owner labels to fly page. Bible commentary. Rare / Scarce Room: rack 5 shelf 3. From 3rd Series Set. 450 pps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Religion & Theology; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561008607.

Condition: New.