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Eagles Victorious World War II Vol. 6 SAAF in Italy and the Mediterranean By: H.J. Martin & N. Orpen A first edition hardcover published by Purnell in 1977 Blue cover boards with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, light agecolour to pages, dustjacket is mostly complete spine bottom has 5cms missing from bottom Postage within South Africa R50.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation abe #

 5 FIRST EDITION BOOKS  THE AIR BATTLE OF MALTA - 1ST EDITION 1944 - 96 PAGES GOOD CONDITION THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET - 1ST EDITION 1944 - 96 PAGES LOOSE COVER OTHERWISE GOOD CONDITION. HIS MAJESTY'S SUBMARINES - 1ST EDITION 1945 - 65 PAGES GOOD CONDITION BRITAINS CONQUEST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN - 1ST EDITION - 82 PAGES WEAR TO COVER AND SPINE. THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - 1ST EDITION 1941 - 32 PAGES GOOD CONDITION POST TO SOUTH AFRICA ONLY - POSTNET R99.00  

    WWII SPECIAL SERVICE BATTALION TITLE BADGE The Special Service Battalion (SSB) is a South African military unit formed on 1 May 1933 under the patronage of Oswald Pirow, Minister of Defence. The object was to give training to youths, between the ages of 17 and 23, who, in the wake of the 1929 depression, could find no suitable employment on leaving school.   History Lt Col George E Brink was given the responsibility for establishing the battalion at Roberts Heights and was the first commanding officer. The SSB was established to save the youth from physical and moral degeneration caused by massive unemployment due to the Great Depression. The SSB was to teach the young men military discipline, fitness and various trades to enable them to be employed by the Department of Labour and Welfare. The SSB men received a salary of a shilling a day causing the SSB soon to be known as the "Bob a Day Battalion".  In 1934 detachments were also established for 100 trainees at Durban and 150 at Cape Town. Training included elementary military subjects and physical training. After a year of the young men usually found employment in government departments or with civilian employers. By 1936 the output of the SSB totalled about 2000 youths a year. In 1937 the South African Railways established at Roberts Heights a special school to prepare boys for the railways. In 1937 3788 youths passed through the ranks of the SSB. A total of 882 of them joined the Permanent Force.  With the expansion of the South African Air Force in 1937 the SSB provided 248 air apprentices for special training but, with the improvement in the economic situation, the waiting list to join the battalion had dwindled to almost nil.  With the outbreak of war in September 1939, members of the SSB were posted to units requiring immediate reinforcement to get on to a wartime basis. An example of this being the Coastal Artillery. In February 1940 a number of troops were transferred to the 1st and 2nd Field Force Battalions. These served with distinction in East Africa, Abyssinia and the Middle East as part of 1st South African Division.  SADF era 1 SSB Commemorative Letter In August 1941 all members of the SSB below the age of 18 were transferred to the Youth Training Brigade. The remainder formed an infantry battalion, which was converted to an armoured car commando in 1942.  In February 1943 the SSB, under Lt Col EG ('Papa') Brits, became part of the 11th SA Armoured Brigade. In March 1943 the Field Force Battalion was disbanded and other ranks and some of the officers were transferred to the SSB, thus providing a nucleus of battle-tested veterans.  The unit sailed for the Middle East with the 6th SA Armoured Division in April 1943. In 1944 the division crossed the Mediterranean Sea to take part in the Italian campaign. The regiment played a prominent part in numerous actions during the campaign.  In 1946, SSB was resuscitated as a Permanent Force unit and reorganised on a two-battalion basis with the 1st Battalion as an armoured unit and the 2nd Battalion infantry. The former became a training regiment in 1953 and the latter was renamed the 1 South African Infantry Battalion (1SAI) in 1951.   CONDITION:  Very Good. Lugs in tact. UNCLEANED. Sold as seen in the images. Images form part of the description.

SOFT COVER -  COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS - 95 PAGES

Hard cover with dust cover, 286 pages. Very good condition. Parcel over 1kg. Christopher Columbus has become the archetypal figure of the sailor, the adventure and the explorer. Columbus learned his seamanship as a young man in the Mediterranean and then in the service of Portugal. In Columbus' day no one believed the earth was flat. Opposition to his idea of finding the east by sailing west was based on differing ideas of the size of the world. Amazingly, MARCO POLO'S TRAVELS and THE BIBLE were two of Columbus' important navigational references! To the end of his days Columbus insisted that he was in the Indies, even when it became clear to his contemporaries that they were in fact in an area of the world unknown to Europeans. All that aside, and granted the irony, Columbus was nevertheless the foremost sailor and pilot the world has ever known.

  Oxford University Press. Paperback. Book Condition: Very good, light grubbiness to corners of text block., Armaments and the Coming of War: Europe 1904-1915, David Stevenson, The global impact of the First World War dominated the history of the first half of the twentieth century. This major reassessment of the origins of the war, based on extensive original research in several countries, is the first full analysis of the politics of armaments in pre-1914 Europe. David Stevenson directs attention away from the Anglo-German naval race towards the competition on land between the continental armies. He analyses the defence policies of the Powers, and the interaction between the growth of military preparedness and the diplomatic crises in the Mediterranean and the Balkans that culminated in the events of July-August 1914. The thought-provoking conclusions about the relationship between armaments and international conflict offer a fresh conceptual framework for the study of the origins of the First World War. 463 pp.

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Subtitle: A Practical Guide To The Coastal Winds of Atlantic Europe and the Mediterranean Author: Alan Watts Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good. Some wear to cover edges. Binding: Softcover Pages: 126 Dimensions: 23.9 x 15.6 x 0.9 cm +++ by Alan Watts +++ Seabreezes are the lifeblood of cruising and racing sailors - but they are a fickle resource and it's vital to be able to predict and read the situations when they will blow strongly, change direction (annoyingly) or vanish altogether. This is a highly practical handbook from Alan Watts, the renowned meteorology author, on a subject only lightly touched upon in other books. Here he helps seafarers of all types (dinghy sailors, yacht racers, big boat cruisers, etc) to capitalize on when the seabreeze will occur and from what direction. He explains the relevance of: time of day, sea/land temperature, local topography (bays, cliffs, headlands, etc), pressure systems and their effect on the arrival and duration of seabreezes. Illustrated with photographs, wind charts and checklists, this is the book that will help sailors to use the wind efficiently, whether to cruise or race successfully.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Author: David Jefferson Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good. Back cover has crease across top corner. Binding: Softcover Pages: 310 Dimensions: 21 x 14.8 x 2 cm +++ by David Jefferson +++ A bestseller for many years and now in its 12th edition, Through the French Canals is the essential planning guide for anyone wanting to cruise through the stunning scenery of the French waterways, or take their boat from the English Channel through to the Mediterranean via the inland route. Over 50 routes are described and illustrated: suitable boats for the canals, dimensions of locks and operating times, bridge heights, canal depths, fuelling points, waterway signals, shopping and stores and weather information.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

This is the thoroughly researched account of the life and times of a South African WW2 pilot, the author's father, Ted. It is highly personal, drawing on family history and changing lifestyles as the central figure fights his way through a series of experiences, flying coastal strike missions in the Mediterranean and North Africa, then in the Far East against the Japanese.  The story gets off to an engrossing operational start before tracking back to the personal family story to provide a context. Images of a lost world haunt pages that relate to an era in which a decisive individual could challenge the system and get results.  As the story of Coastal Command is often overlooked, the exploits recorded here serve as an overdue reminder of the unit and the part it played in the Allied effort.  Ted's wartime exploits include the first mid-air skyjacking in history; the daring solitary attack on the Italian fleet after he had lost the rest of his strike team; narrowly surviving being burned in a horrific air crash in the Ceylon jungle; many emergency crash-landings; and finally as commander of 27 Squadron carrying out dangerous rescue operations behind enemy lines for members of the Indian Resistance Movement operating in the Burmese jungle. These exploits, written largely in the voice of Ted Strever, and extensively illustrated with photographs, come vividly to life. Hardback, 228 pages. Published August 2014    

1956 first edition hardcover with dust jacket in good condition. 224 pages. R50 postage in SA.  Hilarious account of the author's career during World WarII in the RNVR (The Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve) Part I - Extraordinary Seaman (1941). Part II - In and Out of Flat Bottoms (1942). Part III - Mediterranean Cruise Section (1942-1943). Part IV -The Lieutenant-Commander Hates the Sea (1944-1946)