Webster Sir Charles (97 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 36 pp. English text, 30 pp. Hebrew. The first Chaim Weizmann Memorial Lecture, delivered by Webster, Professor Emeritus at London School of Economics. Hard cover, Very Good. DUST JACKET light wear. Book.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good-. Octavo in edgeworn dust jacket, 40, 32 pp. Text is in English with a Hebrew translations from the opposite end. Foreword by Meyer W. Weisgal.

Offprint contemporary with appearance in the Proceedings, pp.359-372, a sewn pamphlet in 10x6.5 inch plain printed grey wraps. Has a fullpage photoportrait of Sumner on coated inserted stock, presswork is on nice alkaline paper. A tiny holograph inscription at upper cover corner is signed C[?]W, most likely memoirist Webster. Item mildly edgeworn with a lower corner-tip crease, thread is quite sound, a good copy: handleable, clean and unmarked except for the presumed autograph. Benedict Sumner was a well-liked historian of great gifts. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 12mo. Lt blue wrapps., sl. soiling to edges. Name on front cover. 101pp. incl. 6 tables.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green Cloth. Pages Clean, Binding Tight. Volume III, Part 5.

Reprint. First published 1919. Ex school library - labels, etc. Text clean; blue cloth badly faded on spine, with wear at head & foot & worn gilt title Used - Good. Ex lib hardback (no dust jacket).

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Condition: New. 2006 N&M Press reprint SB. Published Price £28 No aspect of the Second World War has become more controversial in recent years than Britain's Strategic Air Offensive against Germany. Argument has raged over both the morality of mass bombing of heavily populated cities; over its effectiveness in seriously impairing Germany's war effort and over the horrendous casualty rates caused - both to civilians on the ground, and to the aircrew of RAF Bomber Command who lost some 52,000 men - a higher attrition rate than any other branch of the armed services. In assessing the campaign the official British history of the offensive, of which this is the fourth and final volume, is indispensible. This book contains the background documents - some highly secret - on which the previous narratives of the campaign are based. There are chapters on radar - that war-winning British invention - on navigational aids; on bombs and bombsights and on post-war British and US surveys into the effectiveness of their devastating attacks. There are minutes, memoranda, operational orders and reports from the key figures involved in directing the air war: Sir Arthur 'B omber' Harris himself; Sir John Dill, Sir Charles Portal and from the father of the RAF, Lord Trenchard. There are also important papers from the 'other side of the hill ' - the Germans, including police reports on the firestorm which swept away the port of Hamburg; and personal reports from Armaments MInister Albert Speer to Hitler on the results of the RAF blitz on German oil and fuel production in June 1944. The book also contains fascinating facts and figures on losses to aircrew, tonnage of bombs dropped, the RAF"s order of battle and estimates of damage done and civilian casualties. Altogether this essential book gives the hard facts on which any conclusions about Britain's air offensive must ultimately be based. Book.…

Condition: New. 2006 N&M Press reprint SB. Published Price £28 This, the third in the four volumes of the British Official History of the Second World War dealing with Bomber Command's air offensive against Germany, covers the final year of the offensive: from April1944 to May 1945. It is a story of growing allied strength and technical effectiveness. In July 1944, more than 5,000 RAF and USAF bombers were raining down bombs on Germany from their bases in Britain and Italy. In March 1944, the peak month, the RAF alone dropped more than 67,000 tons of bombs, and the Allies between them more than 130,000 tons. Yet all this was achieved against a background of continued controversy among the Allied air chiefs over the purpose of the bombing . The old squabbles over whether precision or general area bombing should be the main aim re-opened now that the allies had the capacity to do either, both at night and in daylight.In addition the allied offensive was, from early 1944 onwards, increasingly subjected to the needs of 'Operation Overlord' - the invasion of German-occupied Europe. As well as pounding the industrial heart of Germany to achive air superiority; disruption of German production and a slump in German civilian morale; the RAF and USAF were expected to prepare for, and subsequently support, the invasion. Despite this diversion, as Bomber Command switched to devastating the French railway system, relentless attacks on Germany went on - particulalry on oil production. But the head of Bomber Command, Sir Arthur Harris, continued to insist on the primacy of area bombing of German cities, in the teeth of growing doubts among Sir Charles Portal's Air Staff, and in October 1944, write the authors, 'the strategic air offensive was resumed with unprecedented violence'. But the unresolved differences between Portal, Harris, and Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, who favoured attacking enemy communications above all, remained, say the authors 'a tragic deadlock'.Probably the darkest shadow hanging over the final months of the air offensive, however, was the massive raid on Dresden in Februrary 1944. In this attack, made by the RAF by night and the USAF by day, many thousands of civilians died and the city centre was totally razed. Dresden was, and remains, hugely controversial, and was even criticised by Churchill, although, as the authors point out: 'it was he himself who contributed much of the incentive to carry it out'. Despite such clashes and controversies however, as the authors insist, the actual operations were 'an undoubted triumph' and the war in Europe ended with Harris's aim achieved: a devastated Germany with her industrial productivity destroyed and the centres of her cities in ruins. With 14 maps and 29 photographs. Book.…

Condition: New. 2006 N&M Press reprint SB.Published Price £28 The theme of this first of four volumes of the official British history of the Second World War devoted to the RAF's strategic bomber offensive against Germany is in its sub-title 'Preparation'. Beginning with the lessons learned from air bombing in its infancy during the Great War, the authors divide their book into three parts: strategy; operations; appreciations and results. No aspect of Britain's role in the war, as the authors acknowledge in their preface, has been and remains more controversial than the air war against German cities. These books, the product of ten years' research, are an essential repository of facts, based on official documents - then still secret - in the archives of the Cabinet Office, the Air Ministry and Bomber Command. Other papers on which this account is based include the official despatches of the Chief of Bomber Command, Sir Arthur Harris, the writings and interrogations of Germany's armaments minister, Albert Speer, and papers from the Air Historical Branch. In addition to written sources, the authors consulted many of the air chiefs, scientists and other officials who directed and led the offensive. - including those of the USAF.From an initial reluctance to bomb German forests because they were private property, Britain's bombing offensive, one of the few weapons available to it in the dark early days of the war, escalated after the battles of France and Britain and the opening of the Luftwaffe's Blitz on Britain, from precision targets to mass area bombing of cities. This book takes the story up to the opening of 1943 with the first thousand bomber raids, the creation of the Pathfinder Force, and the beginning of daylight bombing. The narrative is accompanied by diagrams, six maps and 20 photos of the leading figures behind the offensive, the aircraft involved, and 'before and after' pictures of the raids and their results. This calm, dispassionate book is essential reading for all who are interested in a subject which remains burningly relevant in the 21st century. Book.…

Condition: New. 2006 N&M Press reprint SB. Published Price £28 1943 was the watershed year for Bomber Command's ever-escalating strategic air offensive against Germany. As the authors of this second in the four-volume official history of the bomber offensive point out, in the first three months of that year the average number of bombers available to the RAF for operations against Germany almost doubled from 500 to 974, including nearly 600 of the new, fast and heavy Lancaster bombers. At the same time, British aircrew were augmented by the Dominions - chiefly Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders. By January 1945, 46 percent of Bomber Command's pilots came from the Dominions - over half of them Canadians. 1943 was also the year when the USAF joined the offensive, and, although their unescorted daylight raids on selected targets suffered a fearful casualty toll from German fighters, they set the pattern for future combined Anglo-American operagtions against Germany. The authors also examine the splits that opened up between the three men directing the offensive - Sir Charles Portal, the Chief of Air Staff; Sir Arthur Harris, head of Bomber Command; and General Eaker, the head of the Eighth US Air Force. The Americans advocated strict selection of targets, while Harris backed all-out area attacks on such targets as Hamburg, the Ruhr and Berlin. For most of 1943, the authors argue, allied co-operation was replaced by competiton between the two schools of thought. Portal's Air Staff eventually backed the Americans, directing Bomber Command to hit targets producing German planes and aircraft parts. One result was the RAF's raid on the Schweinfurt ball bearings centre in February 1944. Another precision target examined here was 617 Squadron's famous Dambusters raid. As effective long-range allied fighters came into service to protect the US day bombers, the Combined Allied bomber offensive really began in early 1944.However, hopes that bombing alone would be enough to cripple the German war effort proved, the authors admit, ' completely abortive'. In fact German armamants production actually 'increased by leaps and bounds' under the skilful direction of armaments minister Albert Speer. As a result, the book concludes with an attempt by the authors to gauge the effects of Harris' area bombing offensive. Well Illustrated with 15 maps and 35 photographs of aircrew, aircraft, bomb damage etc. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good paperback. Minor edgewear to the cover; the front lower leading corner and pages within, are a little creased. The spine is a little sunned and worn. Traces of foxing on the page block. The binding is sound and all text is clear. CM. Used.

Second Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned, sun-toned, and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii, 189 pages 23 cm. Notes; "First published by the Foreign Office 1919; reissued 1934." Subjects; Congress of Vienna (1814-1815). Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Diplomatic history. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; fading and shelf wear to exterior; fading to pages; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding. Dust jacket shows light soil ing, edge tears, and chipping.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. The foreign policy of Palmerston, 1830-1841 :Britain, the liberal movement, and the Eastern question /Charles K Webster, Sir 1951 English Book Book 2 v. (xi, 914 p.) : port. ; 23 cm.London : G. Bell, Ex-library with few modest library markings; pocket in rear removed leaving scuffs; overall clean, bright and sound.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 589 pages (complete). Boards worn, scarring, cocked, marked. Mild tanning, previous ownership inscriptions, a bit foxing, minor markings. However, it is still in good condition, tightly bound and intact. Reprint. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Reprint. As new . This is the CONFIDENTIAL VERSION with references to secret sources and was distributed originally only to government officials who had security clearance for the material . This volume in the History Of The Second World War , United Kingdom Military Series was published originally by Her Majesty's Stationery Office and is reprinted with the cooperation of The Imperial War Museum . Excellent maps and illustrations .…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Reprint. As new . This is the CONFIDENTIAL VERSION of the publication with references to secret sources and was distributed originally only to government officials who had security clearance for the material . This volume in the History Of The Second World War , United Kingdom Military Series was published originally by Her Majesty's Stationery Office and is reprinted with the cooperation of The Imperial War Museum . Excellent maps and illustrations .…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. Volume 1 only. An ex-library rebind into blue hardcover boards with the usual amount of stamps. No dust jacket. Some rubbing to the book edges. The internal contents show a typical amount of tanning and dust but also remain unfaded and well-bound for their age.…

Second Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned, sun-toned, and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii, 189 pages 23 cm. Notes; "First published by the Foreign Office 1919; reissued 1934." Subjects; Congress of Vienna (1814-1815). Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Diplomatic history. 1 Kg. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. DJ is darkened to spine and edges. Contains black & white illustrations and maps, some fold out.Seller Ref: M19654.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

1st Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 320 pages. Subjects: League of Nations. International cooperation. World War, 1914-1918 Peace. 1 Kg.

Condition: New. 2006. Reprinted Ed. Paperback. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 176 x 38. Weight in Grams: 908. . . . . .