1984, ISBN: 9780199201372

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LONDON, CASSELL AND CO., LTD., 1920. A VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN BOARDS. SOME FOXING THROUGHOUT. SMALL PIECE ON THE FEP HAS BEEN CUT OUT. 57 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR., … Mehr…

LONDON, CASSELL AND CO., LTD., 1920. A VERY GOOD COPY IN GREEN BOARDS. SOME FOXING THROUGHOUT. SMALL PIECE ON THE FEP HAS BEEN CUT OUT. 57 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR., LONDON, CASSELL AND CO., LTD., 1920, 0, Victoria.: Government Printer.. 1922.. Black and white folding map showing Willis Island, black and white folding chart "North Queensland, Chart shewing position of Commonwealth Meteorological Station on South Islet of Willis Group, now called Willis Island established 1921", 14pp, wrappers, some even browning particularly lower wrapper and margins on the reverse of the folding map and chart. ., Government Printer., 1922., 0, Abroath: T. Buncle & Co. , 1945. 1st edition. Hard covers, no jacket. V.g./No jacket. The first flora of Uig, a parish on the island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Fold-out map, 63 pp., Abroath: T. Buncle & Co., 1945, 3, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. First edition. Stated First Edition. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good in good dust jacket. Price clipped.. xvi, 320 p. Glossary of Terms. Index. The author was a retired United States Air Force General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-1960. From Wikipedia: "Nathan Farragut Twining, KBE October 11, 1897-March 29, 1982) was a United States Air Force General, born in Monroe, Wisconsin. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1953 until 1957. As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1957 to 1960 he was the first member of the Air Force to serve in that role....Nathan Twining came from a military background; his forebears had served in the United States Army and Navy since the French and Indian War. His mother was Frances Staver Twining, author of Bird-Watching in the West. Twining moved with his family to Oswego, Oregon, serving in the Oregon National Guard from 1915 to 1917. In 1917, he received an appointment to West Point. Because the program was shortened so as to produce more officers for combat, he spent only two years at the academy and graduated just a few days too late for service in World War I. After graduating in 1918 and serving in the infantry for three years arriving in Europe in July 1919, he transferred to the Air Service. Over the next 15 years he flew fighter aircraft in Texas, Louisiana, and Hawaii, while also attending the Air Corps Tactical School and the Command and General Staff College. When war broke out in Europe he was assigned to the operations division on the Air Staff; then in 1942 he was sent to the South Pacific where he became chief of staff of the Allied air forces in that area. In January 1943, he was promoted to Major General and assumed command of the Thirteenth Air Force, and that same November he traveled across the world to take over the Fifteenth Air Force from Jimmy Doolittle. On 1 February 1943, the U.S. Navy rescued Brig. Gen. Twining, the 13th Air Force Commander, and 14 others near New Hebrides Islands. They ditched their plane on the way from Guadalcanal to Espiritu Santo and spent six days in life rafts. When Germany surrendered, Arnold sent Twining back to the Pacific to command the B-29s of the Twentieth Air Force in the last push against Japan, but he was there only a short time when the atomic strikes ended the war. On 20 October 1945, Twining led three B-29s in developing a new route from Guam to Washington via India and Germany. They completed the 13, 167-mile-trip in 59 hours, 30 minutes. He returned to the States where he was named commander of the Air Materiel Command, and in 1947 he took over Alaskan Air Command. After three years there he was set to retire as a Lieutenant General, but when Muir Fairchild, the vice chief of staff, died unexpectedly of a heart attack, Twining was elevated to full General and named his successor. In 1947, Twining was asked to study UFO reports; he recommended that a formal study of the phenomenon take place; Project Sign was the result. When Hoyt Vandenberg retired in mid-1953, Twining was selected as chief; during his tenure, massive retaliation based on airpower became the national strategy. In 1957, President Eisenhower appointed Twining Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Twining died on March 29, 1982 at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966, 2.5, New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858. a solid set vol. 1, 3 and 4 (missing volume 2); brown blindstamped boards; binding solid; internally pages white and bright; ---------- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED --------- FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE ------ ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR -----. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ Hardbacks. 5 x 7"., Derby & Jackson, 1858, 3, Oxford: Oxford Univ Pr, 1984. Genuine 1st . Original Cloth. Very Good/As New. An account of Canna, a beautiful Hebridean island. Small though it is, many of the major historical trends of the Hebrides have touched it, from St Columba through the Benedictine monasticism of Iona to the Lordship of the Isles. Following the Reformation the island was of considerable importance to the Irish Franciscan mission of the 1620s and also the Jacobite risings before being swept up in the tragedies of depopulation and clearance of the 19th century. Gifted to the National Trust in 1981, the island is undergoing something of a revival, with the creation of the St Edward Centre on Sanday, and the proposed developments of Canna House. Archaeological surveys and historical research has uncovered more evidence about the island. Hugh Cheape of the Royal Museum of Scotland, who has been intimately involved with the Canna project, has edited this volume. This edition contains new contributions which update and fill out the account of the island. 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1984, ISBN: 9780199201372

Oxford: Oxford Univ Pr, 1984. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. Genuine 1st. An account of Canna, a beautiful Hebridean island. Small though it is, many of the major historical trends of t… Mehr…

Oxford: Oxford Univ Pr, 1984. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. Genuine 1st. An account of Canna, a beautiful Hebridean island. Small though it is, many of the major historical trends of the Hebrides have touched it, from St Columba through the Benedictine monasticism of Iona to the Lordship of the Isles. Following the Reformation the island was of considerable importance to the Irish Franciscan mission of the 1620s and also the Jacobite risings before being swept up in the tragedies of depopulation and clearance of the 19th century. Gifted to the National Trust in 1981, the island is undergoing something of a revival, with the creation of the St Edward Centre on Sanday, and the proposed developments of Canna House. Archaeological surveys and historical research has uncovered more evidence about the island. Hugh Cheape of the Royal Museum of Scotland, who has been intimately involved with the Canna project, has edited this volume. This edition contains new contributions which update and fill out the account of the island. All of our books are in the shop, and are 'real' books. We try to post the same day as the order. Descriptions are conservative. Postage rates may be lower than ABE estimate, please use Ask Bookseller a Question to confirm availability and postage cost, use [Ask Bookseller a Question] option below to confirm availability and get accurate postage quote for this item (the amount quoted is for an 'average' hard-cover book of up to 1kg in weight)., Oxford Univ Pr, 1984, 4<

1986, ISBN: 9780199201372

Oxford University Press, 1986. Reprint with revisions. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Dark green hardback in very good condition: firm and square with bright gilt lettering. Com… Mehr…

Oxford University Press, 1986. Reprint with revisions. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Dark green hardback in very good condition: firm and square with bright gilt lettering. Complete with original dustjacket, neat and sharp, not showing any scuffs, tears or chips, just slightly sunned. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels.Thus a very nice copy., Oxford University Press, 1986, 3<

1986, ISBN: 0199201374

[EAN: 9780199201372], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 13.64], [PU: Oxford University Press], Jacket, Dark green hardback in very good condition: firm and square with bright gilt lette… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780199201372], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 13.64], [PU: Oxford University Press], Jacket, Dark green hardback in very good condition: firm and square with bright gilt lettering. Complete with original dustjacket, neat and sharp, not showing any scuffs, tears or chips, just slightly sunned. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels.Thus a very nice copy., Books<