Wing Commander Thompson (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good reference copy. Ex school library markings and removal of the dust jacket that had adhered to the boards. Some rubbing to the spine tips. Contents are nice and clean and bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy with a slightly tatty jacket. Contents are nice and clean and bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy with a slightly tatty jacket. Contents are nice and clean and bright.

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Third volume only in this series. Some light tape remnants to the boards. Pen name to fep. Some light foxing to the closed page edges. Clean text and tightly bound. The jacket has tape repairs and has chipping and closed tears. 5% loss.

THIS VOL ONLY super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi +483pp, fldg map, illus, (VG) discolouration to pages with light wear to covers, prev. ownership marks/labels, in d/w (scruffy) heavy wear to extermities with some loss.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. vol. 1 only. pp. xxiv, 408 Frontis. Plates (incl. portraits), maps (some folded coloured) Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War, 1939-45.

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind stamp insignia to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 483pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, heavy loss to top edge of rear cover).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45. Hardback; heavy foxing to edge of pages, otherwise good in foxed, torn and marked dustjacket. ; Illustrations & maps; +xxivpp. ; 408 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair Dj. January 1943- May 1945.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A symbol of the end of British Empire, and emergence of modern Singapore and Malaysia. Original cream card wraps blue printed with 48 Squadron's emblem 19x26cm. (8)pp with b/w photos, with (1)pp detailing amendments to proceedings laid in. Very good, creased, with marks to the wraps. Following the Japanese surrender, 48 Squadron moved to Changi on Singapore in 1946. From here it flew transport services to Rangoon and Hong Kong, performed air drops to remote jungle forts and outposts during the Malayan Emergency, supplied the Far East Land Forces, and participated in the suppression of the Brunei Revolt. RAF Changi's Station Commander was at this time Group Captain J.E.P. Thompson, and 48 Squadron's Commander Wing Commander J.M. Crowley. In 1967 Britain announced it would be withdrawing its forces from the region. 48 Squadron was out by October with the base handed over to Singapore. Most of the other British forces were out by 1971, with a token presence to 1976. This contains a history of 48 Squadron, the Order of Ceremony, biography of Reviewing Officer Air Marshal Sir Rochford Hughes, Air Commander of the Far East Air Forces (FEAF), decorations won during the two World Wars, aircraft flown from 1917 (Bristol fighters) to 1957-67 (Hastings), and notification of the Service for Handing over of the Squadron's standard. The apology laid in informs that Hughes is unable to attend, and has been replaced at short notice by Air Vice Marshal I.J. Spencer, identifying him as Air OIC Administration and Air Officer Commanding FEAF HQ Group, and giving his service record.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 1953 and 1956. 25.5 cm, 408 & 483 pp, folding maps, plates, presentation half-leather binding. Minute nicks at spine. VG copies of both the European Theatre Volumes. A heavy pair - overseas buyers please ask for a freight quote.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Quite heavy spots of foxing to margins of some leaves.; Volume Two only of three volumes. xvi, 483, [1] pages + frontispiece + plates + maps (6 folding). Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 244 x 151mm. Military history, World War Two. ; Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Some foxing. 40 x 35mm chip at tail of dust-jacket spine. Some tears and chips to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; Volume Two only of three volumes. xvi, 483, [1] pages + frontispiece + plates + maps (6 folding). Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 244 x 151mm. Military history, World War Two. ; Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force: Volume II: European Theatre January 1943- May 1945 by Wing Commander H. L. Thompson. Publisher: War History Branch Department of Internal Affairs, 1956. First printing of first edition. Very good hardback with jacket. Blue cloth boards are rubbed at edges . All maps complete. No inscriptions. Light foxing to end-papers and page edges. Jacket is rubbed and chipped with some marks. Small closed tears to edges, small at bottom of back cover.

3 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus/maps, VG (light fading/tanning to spines, light to moderate scuffing & rubbing to board edges & extrems, occasional patches of paper residue to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of vol 2).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Quite heavy foxing. Creasing to corners of some leaves. Dust-jacket with chips and tears. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; Volume Three only of three volumes. xv, [1], 409, [1] pages + frontispiece + plates + maps (4 folding). Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 245 x 151mm. Military history, World War Two. ; Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45.

Three-volume set, all first editions, interesting association inscription to volume 1, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 408pp, xvi + 483p, xv + 409pp (light scuffing and bruising to spine extrems and board corners, light soiling to boards and page edges) in d/w (moderate scuffing and tanning to covers and spines, moderate chipping to spine extrems and flap corners).

8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and numerous maps and plans (many folding); original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Condition: good. War History Branch (Wellington) 1956, first edition, 483 pp, photos, maps, good with sun to spine, rubbing to leather hardcover, no jacket as issued,

Condition: good. War History Branch (Wellington) 1953, first edition, 408 pp, photos, maps, good with sun to spine, rubbing to leather hardcover, bumped corners, no jacket as issued,