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Military History - WW2 (41 items)

  • BIG BEN THE FLAT TOP. THE STORY OF THE U.S.S. FRANKLIN Atlanta, GA Albert Love Enterprises no date (ca. 1946)
    565.00
    Condition for this hardcover book is good with some soiling and smudging to the covers, some wear to the covers, wear to corners and spine ends, slightly cocked along the spine, some wear along the spine, a bit of smudging to page ends.
    Unpaginated (approx. 100+ pages), with numerous photos.    Pictorial cloth hardcover, size is 8 3/4" x 12".
    "USS Franklin (CV/CVA/CVS-13, AVT-8), nicknamed 'Big Ben,' was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy, and the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in January 1944, she served in several campaigns in the Pacific War, earning four battle stars. In March 1945, while launching strikes against the Japanese mainland, she was badly damaged when a single Japanese dive bomber struck her with two bombs. The attack resulted in the loss of 807 of her crew and Franklin became the most heavily-damaged United States aircraft carrier to survive the war. The complement of Franklin suffered 924 killed in action during the war, the worst for any surviving U.S. warship and second only to that of USS Arizona." [Wikipedia]

    The history of “the ship that wouldn’t die”.

    Laid in are 2 postcards post-dated August 1943 from a sailor then located at the US Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois.
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  • THE SPEARHEAD. OCCUPATION EDITION VOLUME III. 5TH MARINE DIVISION (Los Angeles) 5th Marine Division 1946
    100.00
    Condition for this magazine is very good+ with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends.
    48 pages profusely illustrated.    Magazine size is 9" x 12"
    The 3rd, and final, edition of this journal promoting the U.S. Marine's 5th Division. This issue is of the occupation of Japan and the troops returning home. Scarce.
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  • ARMY SHOW, THE
    CANADA'S ALL SOLDIER STAGE SHOW
    Proceeds to the "Army Show Fund" for the Welfare of Troops
    Original Program     (Canada) Department of National Defence (ca.
    185.00
    Condition for this program is about very good with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, back cover bottom left corner has a bit of dampstaining, darkening to back cover along edges. A very nice copy actually.
    12 pages with photos and articles.    Program size is 10" x 14"
    Original program for Canada's version of the USO, among the performers are Sgt Frank Shuster and Sgt. Johnny Wayne. The shows were broadcast on CBC Radio Sunday nights at 9pm. A great programme with photos and short articles (CWACS, Rehearsal story, This Is Your Army). Scarce.
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  • AFTER TWO YEARS A PICTORIAL REPORT
    A SPECIAL NEWSWEEK FEATURE     (New York) Newsweek 1943
    35.00
    Condition is very good+ with slight edge wear, some wear to corners, slight wear to spine ends, slight scuffing to back cover.
    12 pages with photos.    Wrappers, size is 8 1/4" x 10 3/4".
    "How America's might has grown since Pearl Harbor."

    A special reprint from the December 6th, 1943 issue of Newsweek on the state of armament and rebuilding of the U.S. forces two years after Pearl Harbor.
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  • I'LL NEVER FORGET... CANADIAN AVIATION IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR No place Canadian Aviation Historical Society 1979
    25.00
    Softcover book is in about very good condition with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, some wear along spine.
    90 pages with numerous photos.    Softcover book size is 8 1/2" x 11".
    "A selection of articles from the Journals of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society."
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  • 300 P.O.W. CAMP WILTON PARK BEACONSFIELD 1947
    (Original German POW British Camp Pass)     (England) 1947
    325.00
    Condition is very good with a bit of wear to the cloth covers, a bit of smudging to the paper interior.Cloth covered, thick card stock. Size is 3 ¼” x 2 ½” closed, open 3 ¼” x 5 1/2”.
    An original pass issued to a German prisoner of war to have leave of 300 Camp and proceed to Windsor, "He must return to camp by 22.00 hrs and give back his pass to the Interpreter Office." The pass is dated 24 August 1947. The pass is stamped "German P.O.W. Camp No 300" and signed. Written in ink on the pass is, "This pass is not valid without signature or a accompanying slip".

    According to the Buckinghamshire's Heritage Portal Camp 300 is, "... described by the International Red Cross as a 'Special Camp' (Camp nos. 20 and 300). The camp consisted of tented accomodation (B2).

    "Set up in 1942 to hold prisoners likely to have information of high intelligence value, such as German and Italian officers, pilots and u-boat commanders. Among the occupants was Gerd von Rundstedt, the last Commander-in-Chief of German forces in the West (B1). Exact location unknown. 1951 RAF AP shows an area of camp-like parchmarks to the east of the MoD buildings in the former walled gardens. NGR to area of parchmarks (B3).

    "Wilton Park was occupied in July 1942 as a top secret interrogation centre for prisoners of war. The White House was a three storey Palladian mansion that was turned into an officers' mess for staff and interrogators. A series of Nissen huts was built for staff of other ranks. Prisoners were housed in a compound of flat-roofed brick and concrete cells. The first high ranking prisoners began to arrive in the middle of 1943. These included Marshall Messe, Field-Marshalls von Rundstedt and Busch and Rudolph Hess. Wilton Park (Camp 300) was part of the Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (CSDIC) and this department was closed at the end of 1945 with most POWs being repatriated or moved to other camps (B4)."
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  • THE STORY OF THE PARATROOPERS OBJECTIVE, BURMA No place Published as a Public Service of Warner Bros. Pictures with the Cooperation of the U.S. Amry Parachute School, Fort Benning, Georgia no date (1944-45)
    75.00
    Brochure is in near fine condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
    16 pages (including covers) with illustrations and photos throughout.    Staple-bound brochure, size is 8" x 10 1/2".
    Scarce original brochure published by Warner Bros. Pictures to coincide with the release of their film "Objective, Burna".

    "This brochure on the motion picture, "Objective, Burma," has been prepared by Warner Bros. Pictures with the cooperation of the U.S. Army's Parachure School, Fort Benning, Georgia. The screen play presents a dramatic fictional story of a group of paratroopers supposedly dropped behind the enemy lines to destroy a Japanese radar station in the Burma jungles."

    With brief articles on "Goal of the Paratroopers" by Brig. Gen. Ridgely Gaither, commandant of the Parachute School; "Mission for Tonight Objective, Burma" by Captain Clyde Alexander; "Men of the Future" by Keith Ayling; and more.
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  • "THEIR FINEST HOUR"
    SPEECHES BROADCASTS AND MESSAGES OF RT. HON. WINSTON CHURCHILL
    SINCE HE BECAME PRIME MINISTER     Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon Winnipeg Free Press, Regina Leader-Post, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix no date (ca. 1941)
    60.00
    Softcover staple-bound book in very good+ condition with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, some light soiling along the spine.
    80 pages    Softcover staple-bound book, size is 6" x 9".
    A scarce Canadian publication from 1941 (the speeches listed are dated to November 1940).
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  • 50 YEARS AFTER. THE ARMY COURSE REUNION
    OCTOBER 22, 23, 24, 1993     Burlington, ON The Lakewinds (1993)
    35.00
    Condition for this soft cover book is near fine with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners, a bit of light staining on the back cover.
    112 pages with photos.    Softcover book, size is 8 1/4" x 10 1/2".
    "50 years ago, 225 young men voluntarily enlisted, in Toronto, in the #2 Canadian Army Course. This special Army unit was established to attract bright, grade 13 high school graduates with good academic standing, into a program which provided first year military engineering formal academic training at the University of Toronto, leading to commissions in the technical branches of the Army."
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  • THE CANADIAN PRISONERS OF WAR RELATIVES ASSOCIATION. NEWS SHEET NO. 13. DECEMBER 1942 Montreal Canadian Prisoners of War Relatives Assoc. 1942
    200.00
    With one page of illustrations. Condition is better than very good but not quite near fine with a small tear to the bottom of the front cover, a bit of tanning to the pages (newsprint).
    16 pages including covers.    Self-wrappers, staple-bound, size is 8 1/2” x 11”.
    "The Association... has for its object the formation of a central body whereby relatives and friends of Prisoners may receive, collect and exchange views, thus obtaining information which would not otherwise be available. In this way the Association is able to fulfill certain duties which are beyond the scope of the Red Cross and the Y.M.C.A."

    Sent primarily to family members of Canadian P.O.W.s during World War 2. This Christmas 1942 issue contains information on what can and cannot be sent to POWs, where to send, brief reports from various prison camps, and more. The back cover has various advertisers with information on sending their products to prisoners (Eaton’s, Sweet Cap cigarettes, Ogilvy’s and Henry Morgan).

    The page of illustrations contains three views of camp life, including one depicting a hockey game.

    Scarce.
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  • WHY CANADA MUST BORROW FOR VICTORY
    A STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF FINANACE     (Ottawa) (Canada Dept. of Finance) 1941
    50.00
    Condition for this staple-bound booklet is very good with small chip front cover bottom right corner, slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends.
    Unpaginated (44 pages) profusely illustrated.    Softcover staple-bound booklet, size is 4 1/4" x 6".
    Scarce booklet from Canada's Minister of Finance on the raising of money to support Canada's World War 2 effort. With a lot of photos and explanations on where the money is spent.
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  • BATTLE RECORD AND HISTORY OF THE U.S.S. COLUMBIA
    1942-1945     (Baltimore) Published by the Officers and Men Who Fought With Her... (1946)
    200.00
    Condition for this book is better than good but not quite very good, with some wear to the covers, some edge wear to the book, some wear to the spine ends, a bit of soiling to the pictorial onlay on the front cover.
    87 pages with photos.    Cloth with embossed titles and pictorial onlay, size is 8" x 10 1/2".
    The ship, the sixth US Navy ship to bear the name, was named for the city of Columbia, South Carolina. Columbia was commissioned in July 1942, and saw service in several campaigns in the Pacific. Like almost all her sister ships, she was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, and never saw active service again. Columbia was scrapped in the early 1960s. A memorial to the ship and crew who served on her exists in Columbia." [Wikipedia]
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  • Sample of Original Military Fabric from HAWKER HURRICANE MARK XII (Made in Canada WW2 Fighter) No place no publisher
    400.00
    No date display made (circa 1980s-1990s?).Condition of the display is near fine with slight bowing, slight wear to corners, some soiling smudges to the shrink-wrap.Fabric size is 6” x 6”, matted display mounted on thick board and sealed with plastic shrink-wrap.
    Caption underneath fabric reads:
    "RCAF serial number 5625. Constructed by Canadian Car and Foundry and fitted with a Packard-Merlin 29 engine on January 26, 1943. The aircraft served as a Canadian defense fighter until struck off RCAF records in 1945. The aircraft is currently under restoration and is owned by 'The Tiger Boys' Group in Guelph, Ontario, Canada."

    According to online records the plane that this swatch of fabric originated from was: “Operated by No. 1 Photo Reconnaissance Flight at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario in 1943. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945. Operated by No. 7 (P) Wing, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario in fall of 1945. Pending disposal from 5 July 1946, with No. 9 (T) Group at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. Had 417:40 total time when struck off. Sold to Mr. R. Reid of Reid's Flying Service of Guelph, Ontario. Delivered from Rockcliffe to Guelph on 19 October 1946. Civil flight approval requested, but not granted. Displayed outdoors at Guelph 1947 to 1956. Reported in scrap yard in Guelph after that. Remains sold to R. Walker of Regina, Saskatchewan in 1980. Parts used to restore Hurricane 5711. By 2000 was at Moore Aviation Restoration at Waterloo Regional Airport in Ontario, under restoration.” [Canadian Warplane Heritage Musesum's Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource website.]

    A scarce piece of Canadian military history.
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  • Sample of Original 1941 World War 2 Fabric from DeHAVILLAND 82c TIGER MOTH No place no publisher
    200.00
    No date display made (circa 1980s-1990s?). Condition of the display is near fine with slight indent to top right corner and bottom left corner, and some soiling to the back.Fabric size is 6” x 6 1/4”, matted display mounted on thick board and sealed with plastic shrink-wrap. Board size is 11” x 1
    Caption underneath fabric reads: "Manufacturer's serial number DHC-1073. Constructed on April 8, 1941 in a lot of 136 fitted with a 120 h.p. Menasco engine for the RCAF. It served as trainer S/N 4882, and was struck off RCAF records in 1945. The aircraft is fully restored to original flying condition and currently owned and operated by "The Tiger Boys" Group in Guelph, Ontario, Canada."

    According to online records this plane that this swatch of fabric originated from was: "With No. 1 Service Flying Training School at Camp Borden, Ontario. Had 447:15 airframe time when struck off. To civil register post war as CF-DGD, based at Guelph, Ontario. Wrecked during Hurricane Hazel in 1959, deregistered. Later registered as CF-TBS. Reported owned by M. Woods of Killarney, Manitoba from 2 January 1968, but not confirmed. Registration cancelled in 2000. Now one of the Tigerboys Tiger Moths at Guelph. Registered to T. Dietrich of Kitchener, Ontario et al. Owners since 12 January 2006, latest Certification of Registration issued on 3 April 2006. On display at CFB Trenton air show in July 2009. Sold to Bradley Hieronimus 2017. Current 2023." [Canadian Warplane Heritage Musesum's Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource website.]
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  • Original Sample of Military Fabric from Canada Based World War Two FLEET FINCH TRAINER No place no publisher
    150.00
    No date display made (circa 1980s-1990s?). Condition of the display is near fine with slight wear to corners, small tear to the shrink-wrap (1/4”) just above the display itself, and some soiling to the back.Fabric size is 6 1/2” x 6”, matted display mounted on thick board and sealed with plastic shrink-wrap. Board size is 11” x 1
    Caption underneath fabric reads: "Manufacturer's serial number 396, constructed on June 21, 1940. It served as RCAF trainer S/N 4488 in the 3rd Fighter Interception Squadron in Arnprior, Ontario, and was struck off RCAF records in 1945. The aircraft has been restored to original flying condition, and is owned and operated by "The Tiger Boys" Group in Guelph, Ontario, Canada."

    According to online records this plane that this swatch of fabric originated from was: "Used By No. 3 Flying Instructors School at Arnprior, Ontario. Had 247:00 airframe time when struck off. To civil register, as CF-GER. Based at Guelph airport in 2006, registered to T. Ditrich since 27 June 1994 (when it was imported), plus J. Pavanel since 12 November 2004. Part of the Tigerboys fleet, still there in 2007." [Canadian Warplane Heritage Musesum's Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource website.]
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  • DOMINION DAY MARDI GRAS. 2 CDN. INF. DIV. 1 JULY 1945 AT AIRFIED BAD ZWISCHENAHN (GERMANY) MIDWAY FUN GAMES ... CEREMONIAL MARCH PAST FLOATS REPRESENTING SERVICES DOMINION PROVINCES. (Original WW2 Canadian Poster) Oldenburg, GER Gerhard Stalling AG. (1945)
    600.00
    Condition for this poster is about good with some chips to the top corners and at the top centre, few small tears along the edges, fold marks with a few small holes at the cross points of some of the folds, some darkening at the top which is more evident on the back of the poster. Written in pencil on the poster is a small note, “To Heather, From Pop. 1 Jul 45”.Size is 17 ½” x 22 ½”, printed on one side only.
    From the Canadian Military Police Association website: "On July 1, 1945, No. 2 Division held a big Mardi Gras at Bad Zwischenahn featuring a real Canadian midway, a rodeo, races, picture shows, stage shows, a parade of floats, an exhibition of rocket-firing Typhoon fighter planes, one-man German submarines and German large-calibre guns, duo fireworks and swimming and boat races. A real first of July celebration!”

    Extremely scarce poster printed in Germany for the 2nd Canadian Infantry’s Dominion Day celebrations held at the Bad Zwischenahn Airfield in Germany just after the end of the war.
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  • Alexander, Raymond SPECIAL OPERATIONS. NO 101 SQUADRON Angelsey CMH Printers 1979
    50.00
    Signed limited edition, One of 1000.Condition of this softcover book in good+ with some edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, some soiling to covers. Former owner's name and date in pen on 2nd page. Probably through a printing error there are 2 limitation pages in the book, one is signed and dated by the author the other is not, they are numbered sequentially though (960 & 961). 177 pages with photos.Softcover book, size is 5 1/4" x 8".
    History of the Royal Air Force's 101 Squadron.
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  • Berolzheimer, Ruth (edited by) 500 FOOD-EXTENDER WARTIME RECIPES Chicago Consolidated Book Publishers c. 1942
    45.00
    Condition is very good+ with slight edge wear, some wear to bottom of the spine, slight wear to corners, some tanning to the pages.
    64 pages with photos throughout.    Pictorial staple-bound wrappers, size is 6" x 8 1/2".
    "Food alternatives, rationing hints, and econimical suggestions to help you serve your family nutritious, attractive, wartime meals."
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  • Bishop, Murray Winston and Arthur Adelbert Bishop BISHOP BROTHERS OF NEW MINAS IN WORLD WAR TWO, THE No place Self-published 2003
    30.00
    Signed by co-arthor, Arthur Bishop.Condition is fine with slight scuffing to covers.
    110 pages with photos and illustrations.    Hardcover with no dustjacket as issued, book size is 6" x 9".
    Divided into two parts, one part for each brother's experiences during WW2.
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  • Booth, H.H. BOOK OF MODERN WARPLANES Garden City, NY Garden City Publishing Co. c. 1942
    35.00
    Condition for this book is good+ with dustjacket in about very good condition. Jacket has edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends of jacket.
    27 pages with illustrations.    Book size is 9 1/2" x 12".
    "A collection of paintings of the world's latest fighting aircraft," drawn by H.H. Booth the squadron leader of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Scarce copy with the dustjacket.
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  • Caidin, Martin THE NIGHT HAMBURG DIED New York Ballantine Books c.1960
    10.00
    Paperback is in very good condition with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends.
    158 pages with photos.    Paperback
    "The full story of the bomber raids that turned Hamburg into an inferno of flame and left 70,000 dead in the ruins."
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  • Calin, Harold DIEPPE New York Tower Publications 1978
    12.50
    Paperback in very good+ condition with some edge wear, some wear to spine ends.
    192 pages with photos.    Paperback.
    "The true story of the bloodiest commando raid of World War 2." Canadian soldiers sacrificed for D-Day.
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  • Carter, Captain Joseph HISTORY OF THE 14th ARMORED DIVISION, The Atlanta, GA Albert Love Enterprises no date (ca. 1945-47)
    285.00
    Book is in very good condition with a bit of wear to covers, shelf wear to the spine ends, a bit of wear to the corners, a few pages have some underlining and notations in pen (not much).
    Unpaginated (approx. 280+ pages) with photos.    Pebbled embossed cloth hardcover, size is 9" x 12".
    An in-depth history of the World War 2 operations of the United States 14th Armoured Division, nicknamed the "Liberators".

    There are 14 chapters titled: "Activation", "Training, and the Flood", "Training, Reorganization and Maneuvers", "Training and P.O.M", "Aboard Ship, Marseille and the Alps", "Combat Command A - Gerwiller, Benfield and Barr", "Entry into Germany", "Task Force Hudelson", "Hatten - Rittershoffen", "Defense", "Breakthrough", "Pursuit. Lohr, Gemunden, Neustadt, Hammelburg", "The Battle of the Autobahn. The Death of a State", and "Victory".

    The book also contains a list of the unit's Award Winners, those Killed in Action, Died of Wounds, Missing in Action, and Wounded in Action, along with a full Roster of the unit.
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  • Cox, Andrew B. OUR SPIRIT UNBROKEN. MEMOIRS OF A PRISONER OF WAR Port Elgin, ON Brucedale Press 1999
    25.00
    Inscribed by author.Softcover book, in fine condition with slight wear to corners.
    125 pages with illustrations.    Softcover book, size is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".
    The author's experiences being shot down over Germany and a POW for almost five years. Details of escape tunnels and living in a prison camp.
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  • Dornberger, Walter V-2 New York Ballantine Books c. 1952
    15.00
    Paperback is in good+ condition with some edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, some tanning to pages.
    237 pages with photos.    Paperback
    "The inside story of Hitler's 'Secret Weapon' - that almost changed the course of history."
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  • Gardner, Charles FIRST BLOOD FOR THE R.A.F. Philadelphia David McKay Co. c. 1941
    50.00
    First editionHardcover book is in very good+ condition with dustjacket in good+ condition. Jacket has some edge wear, a few small tears along edges, price-clipped. Some offsetting to the front and rear endpapers.
    272 pages with photos.    Hardcover with dustjacket, book size is 6" x 8 3/4".
    "The full story of our Advanced Air Striking Force in France... containing the true facts of many incidents hitherto unpublished..."
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  • Grayson, John MARCH THROUGH MILITARY MEDICINE Toronto Lugus 1990
    30.00
    Signed by the authorCondition of this softcover book is fine.
    141 pages.    Softcover book size is 6" x 9".
    The author's experiences with the British Army during World War 2 and shortly thereafter. Signed by the author with a pencil sketch on a sheet of paper, laid in, done by the author of "Charlie the Watch Pig".
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  • Halliday, Hugh No. 242 SQUADRON THE CANADIAN YEARS Stittsville, ON Canada's Wings 1981
    25.00
    Condition for this hardcover book is near fine with jacket.
    177 pages with photos.    Hardcover book size is 6 1/4" x 9 1/4".
    "The story of the RAF's 'all-Canadian' Fighter Squadron."
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  • Hendrie, Andrew CANADIAN SQUADRONS IN COASTAL COMMAND St. Catharines, ON Vanwell Publishing Ltd. 1997
    25.00
    First edition.Hardcover book in fine condition with dustjacket.
    208 pages with photos.    Hardcover books, size is 7" x 10".
    "This comprehensive study covers every success achieved by Canadian squadrons listed in Coastal Command's records for World War II - including attacks on U-Boats and enemy controlled vessels."
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  • Hodgins, J. Herbert, David B. Crombie, Eric Crawford and R B. Huestis (Compiled and Edited by) WOMEN AT WAR. Montreal & Toronto The MacLean Publishing Co. 1943
    150.00
    Condition of this hardcover book is good+. The cover has a dark stain top right corner (see photo), slight fading along the bottom front and back covers, some wear to corners and spine ends. Interior clean.
    190 pages, profusely illustrated.    Hardcover without dustjacket as issued, size is 10 1/2" x 14".
    A fascinating collection of articles and various ads promoting the work performed by women during WW2 in Canada.
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