Gibson Wing Commander Guy (13 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New. pp. 256.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st in this Edition. Introduction by Chris Bowyer. Part of the dustjacket is marked down one edge. First publication of the annotated and fully illustrated edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st. 1st ed. 302p. Blue cloth. Some paper toned. Bookplate. Cocked. Side of spine rubbed. Good Copy. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.

Cloth. Condition: Good. 3rd impression, 1946. PO inscription. Frontispiece loose. No DJ. A good reading copy. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. 3rd impression, 1946. PO inscription. Frontispiece loose. No DJ. A good reading copy. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Four Square-Horwitz Australian Paperback Edition / First Print. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 225pp. Not library copy, no inscriptions, creasing to spine. (75/2).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 15th Impression. Hardback. Enemy Coast Ahead. With an Introduction by Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Sir Arthur Harris. Previous owners name to inside cover. Shelf wear and a couple of small tears to edge of D/J. Contents: Introduction. Foreword and Dedication. Flight Out. Peace and War. Learn By Mistakes. The Fun Begins. Balloon Cables and Bottles. Maximum Effort. Sustained Effort. Battle of the Barges. Interlude. 29 Fighter Squadron. Dusk Readiness. Find the Hun. The Heavy Brigade. Turning of the Tide. The Shape of Things. Squadron X. By Trial and Error. Some Were Unlucky. 302 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket. A wartime memoir by the commander of RAF No. 617 Squadron, recounting his role in the 1943 Dambusters raid and other operations during the Second World War. Book very good; jacket badly chipped and worn at edges with some loss, tape repairs to reverse. Book.

8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece and photographic front endpapers; attractively bound in full navy blue crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propeller motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, marker ribbon, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Gibson's own account of his exploits in Bomber Command and a WWII RAF classic, culminating in his account of the 'Dambusters' raid. It contains a ROH of the pilots and crews who flew with him in 83 Squadron, 106 Squadron and the immortal 617 Squadron. The frontispiece reproduces the well-known studio portrait of Gibson by Gordon Anthony; the front endpapers carry the famous 'before and after' aerial photographs of the Mohne dam. Enser, p.65; Mulholland & Jordan, G20.

DVD only | Please note - no book. SIGNED to the front cover 'Best Wishes | Vic Strike'. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.