Pilots of Fighter Command; Sixty-Four Portraits

Language: English

Published by George G Harrap & Company Ltd, London, 1943

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Seller: YattonBookShop PBFA, Yatton, United KingdomYattonBookShop PBFA

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January 1943 reprint of September 1942 edition. Rare, particularly with jacket. Previous owner signature 'Bill Cressy-Marcks, Ceylon 29/7/43' (Born 1922 Myanmar, died 29 Mar 1956. Flight Lieutenant, RAF Volunteer Reserve 356 Squadron). Bookseller stamp to FFEP. Ink annotations to List of Portraits indicating killed, prisoners of war, missing, or off flying due to injuries. Pencil annotations to portrait margins with rank, decorations, occasional 'shot down' and if 'bought it' or 'missing'. Fascinating historical document. Blue and beige cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Boards are marked and generally grubby. Corners are bumped. Top right corner of rear board is bent. Slight wear to board edges. Spine has mild bumping to top and bottom. Endpages are a little grubby. Front inner hinge is starting to crack. Rear inner hinge is starting to crack. Textblock is just starting to give. Textblock has one or two grubby marks but is generally clean. 96 pp. 64 b/w illustrations. Beige paper dust jacket with yellow lettering to front. DJ is rather tatty, with quite a bit of loss. Spine area is missing. Rather grubby. Not priceclipped. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 613g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 024788:1-G5) Size: 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" Tall Language: ENG 613 G.

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Bibliographic details

Title
Pilots of Fighter Command; Sixty-Four Portraits
Author
CUTHBERT ORDE, Captain; DOUGLAS, Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto; SLESSOR, Air Vice-Marshal J.C.
Publisher
George G Harrap & Company Ltd, London
Publication year
1943
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
Fair
Book Type
Book
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
CUTHBERT ORDE, Captain
Item weight
613 grams
Seller catalogs
Aviation, History, Military History

YattonBookShop PBFA

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Yatton Book Shop is a bookshop in the real world with an on-line presence. We are PBFA members and exhibit regularly at PBFA book fairs. We specialise in military history, aviation, naval and also have a good general stock. We are also a real book shop in the real world - our shop (open Saturday 10 - 12) is at 69a High Street, Yatton, BS49 4EQ, next to the Post Office

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Ambulavi Ltd t/a Yatton Books & Prints

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