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Published by Stoddart, 2000
ISBN 10: 0773732403ISBN 13: 9780773732407
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by THE REPRINT SOCIETY LONDON, 1958
Seller: Bishops Green Books, Newbury, BERKS, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bright red cloth, hardback book, with gilt title in black block box, with gilt edging and deoration, sitting nicely on the top part of the spine. Dust jacket included. The book is in good condition, normal wear and marks apply consistent with use and age. Foreward by Group Catain Douglas Bader with a fascimile copy of his signature. 320 pages all intact, all pages, text and illustrations are in good, sound, clean, readable order. A must read book and perfect for all those interested in good harmonius team spirit, bonding and courage of those fighter pilots that served our wonderful country.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. 320 pages. Condition of the book is Very Good; bookseller's stamp on ffep [NERJA Book Centre - Grenada] exterior excellnt, text and illustrations are very clean. Dust jacket is Very Good; light wear at edges. RGR.
Published by Stoddart, 2000
ISBN 10: 0773732403ISBN 13: 9780773732407
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: New.
Published by The Reprint Society London, 1958
Seller: A Book for all Reasons, PBFA & ibooknet, Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
club edn., 320pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., red cloth with black title label lettered and bordered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, geometric design dustwrapper, the story of an RAF fighter pilot, from a raw Volunteer Reserve sergeant pilot in 1939, his first operational posting was with 616 South Yorks. Squadron which became part of the Tangmere Wing led by Douglas Bader, in 1942 he commanded 610 County of Chester Squadron and 1943 promoted Wing Cdr. to lead the Canadian Spitfire Wing on over 140 sorties over North West Europe. In March 1944 he took command of 144 Canadian Spitfire Wing and in 1945 was promoted Group Captain in command of 125 Spitfire wing until the end of WW2, edges and endpapers tanned, creasing to fiianl pastedown, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss at tips and several edge nicks, spine sunned and light overall soiling, very good in a good dustwrapper,
Published by The Reprint Society London, 1958
Seller: A Book for all Reasons, PBFA & ibooknet, Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
club edn., 320pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., red cloth with black leather title label at spine lettered in gilt, upper edge coloured, geometric design dustwrapper, the story of an RAF fighter pilot, from a raw Volunteer Reserve sergeant pilot in 1939, his first operational posting was with 616 South Yorks. Squadron which became part of the Tangmere Wing led by Douglas Bader, in 1942 he commanded 610 County of Chester Squadron and 1943 promoted Wing Cdr. to lead the Canadian Spitfire Wing on over 140 sorties over North West Europe. In March 1944 he took command of 144 Canadian Spitfire Wing and in 1945 was promoted Group Captain in command of 125 Spitfire wing until the end of WW2, small mark to cloth and light bump lower tip upper board, small paper fault fore-edge one leaf (p195/6), dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., short closed tear upper edge upper panel, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,
Published by Chatto and WindusLondon, 1956
Seller: A Book for all Reasons, PBFA & ibooknet, Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
2nd impr., 320pp, half tone frontis portrait, 17pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the story of an RAF fighter pilot, from a raw Volunteer Reserve sergeant pilot in 1939, his first operational posting was with 616 South Yorks. Squadron which became part of the Tangmere Wing led by Douglas Bader, in 1942 he commanded 610 County of Chester Squadron and 1943 promoted Wing Cdr. to lead the Canadian Spitfire Wing on over 140 sorties over North West Europe. In March 1944 he took command of 144 Canadian Spitfire Wing and in 1945 was promoted Group Captain in command of 125 Spitfire wing until the end of WW2, lightly rubbed at tips and boards a little marked, edges tanned, ink date/name front free endpaper, small sharksfin lower edge pp 33/34, dustwrapper: rubbed with slight loss to extrems. and numerous light creases, light overall soiling, repairs to reverse, good plus in a good dustwrapper,
Published by Ballantine Books, New York, 1957
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Yellow Cloth. Condition: Fine Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. The Publisher's Personal Copy, Never Sold Or Circulated, Direct From The Publisher's Library, And With A Card Certifying That. First American Edition. Book Clean, Unworn, Undamaged, Unmarked, Very Faint Foxing On Endpapers. Dj With Very Faded Spine, Price Clipped, Clean, No Tears Or Chips. Color On Spine Very Faded Although White Lettering Still Clear.
Publication Date: 1958
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Signed
Illustrations. Reprint. 8vo., cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Zürich, Albert Müller Verlag. Translated by Hubert Zuel from the English edition 'Wing Leader', the German title meaning 'Comradeship of the Skies', an interesting change from the distinct unfriendliness of Johnson's wartime actions as the Allies top scoring fighter ace. The change must reflect the fact that many former wartime RAF pilots became friends of their former foes, evidenced by the inscription here and the similar inscription in another item in this catalogue from Adolf Galland to Laddie Lucas, both of whom not many years before were doing their best to kill each other. A presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper 'L.A. Jarkets, Horrido! Johnnie. 17th. November 1958'. 'Horrido' is a word from the hunting tradition in Germany, adopted by pilots of the Luftwaffe, rather like the English 'Tally-Ho!', although there seems to be a debate about whether it came to be a victory cry at a kill, or a shout of 'I have seen my prey, I am going in for the kill'. The use of it in several items in this catalogue between former enemies seems rather more amiable, perhaps it became a form of recognition of the mutual respect afforded by the former adversaries to their new friends. In 1944 the Luftwaffe published a small illustrated guide called ?Horrido? for neophyte pilots, teaching them fighting skills, such as how to gauge distance before firing, and so on. To keep the pilots attention, most of the illustrations feature, as well as aeroplanes, semi-naked young maidens. Top edge of the boards faded, dust jacket rubbed, nicked and torn at the head and tail of the spine with some small loss.