Chronicles the training and seasoning of a squadron of young R.A.F. pilots, including a brilliant, dominating American, in the twelve months leading up to the Battle of Britain
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'An outstanding novelist's brilliantly researched portrait of the war in the air and the men who fought it' Max Hastings. (Max Hastings)
'The dialogue is convincing, the story is emotionally moving and it contains some of the best descriptions of battle I've read' Time Out. (Time Out)
'Robinson is probably the best novelist ever to write about fighter combat: surprising, hyper-realistic and very, very dark' Spectator. (Spectator)
A brilliant tragi-comic and highly controversial novel about the RAF and the Battle of Britain, regarded as a classic of modern war literature.
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Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
1st UK edition. Ex public library. Rather shabby copy; heavy tape residue; front free end papercut & marked; page edges browned; jacket covered with library film. Not price clipped. Used - Acceptable. Fair ex-library hardback Used - Acceptable. Fair ex-library hardback. Seller Inventory # BOOKS334705I
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Condition: Used - Good. 1st UK edition, 1983. VG hardback in Fair dust jacket. Gift inscription on front free end paper dated Christmas 1983 from 'Dad' (Ray Hanna) to 'Mark (Hanna). Paged a little yellowed. Dust jacket price-clipped, & worn at edges, with shipping & short tears, & faded spine Used - Good. Seller Inventory # BOOKS333913I
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Seller: Rattlesnake Books, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light blue cloth in a colour pictorial dw; pp. 569. Signed and dedicated to 'Wendy' title page. Slight shelf wear. Please note as a relatively heavy item this volume may incur further international postage costs. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003484
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Seller: Alex Simpson, Carrying Place, ON, Canada
Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. First UK printing (no statement of later print). Tanning to paper, small tears/creasing to fore-edge of the first few pages, creasing from page handling, small corner creasing and light soil to outer edges. Boards have bump wear and a lean. DJ has edge/rub wear, tanning, tears and creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. 16.3 x 24.2 x 4.2cm, wt1Kg RAF Second World War novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 023496
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Condition: Good. First Edition. Seller Inventory # FORT856320