Wet Oloff (37 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First paperback edition of Hugh Oloff de Wet's account of life as a secret service agent imprisoned by the Gestapo. Light toning to page edges, but otherwise all in VG internal order. No inscriptions. Light wear to card covers, though Cy Webb's engaging portrait of de Wet is clean and bright. Spine toned and creased and rear lightly marked. 12mo. 192pp.…

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: VG++, Wear, Abrasion, Foxing. Dust Jacket Condition: VG, PC, Wear, Chips, Tears. 1st Edition. Author's account of his experiences as a secret agent of France in Prague, and his imprisonment by the Gestapo. Illustrations by the Author. Expanded condition report/scan on request.…

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Spain, Spanish Civil War, History, Personal Narratives) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. fore corners and foot of spine worn, staining and sunning to back strip and boards, age discoloration to end papers, otherwise a clean, sound reading copy, firm binding, octavo, 340 pages, gray cloth, stated first edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Pbk, 37 p. Some fading and staining to covers o/w text clean unmarked and in good conditon. [Powys, John Cowper 1872-1963 Criticism and interpretation] r709 / m14907.

1st Edition. Hb in Dw vii,298pp frontisplate and illustrations to text A FINE/FINE Copy.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Acceptible. First edition hardback with unclipped jacket. In overall good condition - dj has 2 inch loss to spine tail and edges chipped/worn. Black boards a little marked. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and moving illustrations clean and clear throughout.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The boards have a few small stains to the front and rear panels with rubbing to the corners and a little fraying to the top right corner of the front panel. The lettering on the spine is a little faded. Slight spine lean. Browning to the page edges with one dark mark to the top edges. The pages are browned and the book has a slight musty smell but the pages are otherwise unmarked. No jacket. Illustrated by the author. First printing. De Wet, H. Oloff (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. first edition as stated. 6 x 9 in. Blue cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minor wear, covers clean but toned at edges and spine. Binding tight. Endpapers toned/mottled, previous owner's name dated 1938 on ffep. Text bright and unmarked. Mil. Stax.

8vo. xiv + 298pp. Some occasional slight foxing, minor ownership inscription to front pastedown, originl navy cloth, d/w. rubbed and torn with loss. US$12.

G (no dj, dark cloth with some tarnish marks. lean to spine. 1 inscription to ffep. early pages foxed , and to edges of textblocl. pages age-tanned.

Condition: Fair. 1938. Second Impression. 343 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to edges, spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Village Press Edition: Paperback, cream cover, line drawing portrait on front cover, black titles, 140 x 215 mm., 200g., 37 pp., illustrated frontis, VG copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 298 pp. Dj rubbed, chipped and torn - now Brodart-protected. Boards have a spine slant, edgewear, bumped corners. Hinges weak - no loose pages. Previous owner's information penned to ffep - interior is o/w unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. 1st Thus. Cy Webb (aka Heade) (cover) (illustrator).

Octavo, orange cloth (hardcover), [x], 343 pp. Poor, with heavy damage to spine, bookplate; binding still tight, interior clean and sound, good quality paper. Aviation, Spanish Civil War, Spain, Military History, European History. islic.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. 1st Edition. Hardback 1949. Clean & tight. Name written on the front end paper. Rear end paper has an inscription. No other inscriptions. Flat pages are foxed on the edges. Jacket has some edge wear & short tears with minor loss. Front flap is priced: 9/6. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref zdy. H. Oloff De Wet (illustrator). …

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A spy in France and Prague, capture, and four years as a Nazi prisoner of war. Good in later, cheap edition, dustwrapper illustrated by Mackay. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The Valley of the Shadow. By H. Oloff de Wet. Hard covers with dust jacket and both are in good condition. 1st Edition 1949.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original colour illustrated period art work card wrap covers. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. Just a little tanning to the page edges, without any ownership markings and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. WORLD WAR II (Second).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. first edition as stated. 6 x 9 in. Blue cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minor wear, covers clean but toned at edges. Binding tight. Endpapers toned/mottled. Text bright and unmarked. DJ is FAIR ; lower spine gone with open tears around it, overall very worn. Mil. Stax.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Cloth boards are scuffed and marked, notable border on front board from sunning, spine sunned with titles rubbed, corners bumped; binding is tight; preliminaries spotted, fore edges toned.; 5.5 x 1.5 x 8 inches; 343 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition previous owner's small inside signature starting to fade Orange cover.

First Edition. First Edition. octavo, grey cloth in dust jacket, deckle edge. 340pp. Doubleday, Doran, "This young Englishman's vivid and sensitive story of his experiences in Loyalist Spain. When sections of this book appeared in Blackwood's Magazine they created a sensation. Here was a warrior, a man of action, whose first written work marked him as a man with superb literary talent" (from the dust jacket). Small chips in dust jacket with a small piece missing at the foot of the jacket. Jacket price clipped. A very fine copy with tanning on endpapers. octavo, grey cloth in dust jacket, deckle edge.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. Memoir of the Spanish Civil War by a young English fighter pilot, emphasizing the author's "spiritual" response to war as well as incidents of dogfighting. Published in the UK as Cardboard Crucifix. De Wet turned to espionage just before World War Two, but was captured in Vienna and jailed by the Gestapo for six years, writing a second memoir on those experiences; after the war he became a successful artist. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; stated first [American] edition (first printing). Light wear to book; jacket shows some edgewear & chipping, short tears, small sticker-removal scar to front panel, minor rubbing; original $3.00 price stamped out & replaced with $2.75; endsheets tanned. Text clean, no names or marks; [4], 340 pages. Size: Octavo.…

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. No dust jacket, spine faded, boards marked and worn, some foxing. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

Condition: Very Good. Second impression hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, royal blue title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 343 pp. Spine sun faded, corners bumped, else in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).…

1st ed. Foxing on pages & fore-edge; binding tight; spine faded & a little stained. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

First Edition. First Edition. octavo, grey cloth in dust jacket. 340 pp. Doubleday, Doran, "This young Englishman's vivid and sensitive story of his experiences in Loyalist Spain is an honest record of what war does to a man, rather than a man's record of a war." From the Kirkus Review, "An English pilot tells of his experiences with the Loyalists in Spain, his years in that war-torn country, on the ground and in the air. Madrid -- San Janvier -- Albaoete -- Manises -- near death many times. It is more than daredevil flying. There is a brief romantic interlude, with a tragic ending. There is imprisonment and release. Surface adventure and spiritual and emotional reactions." 1/2" x 1/2" chip at top of front flap fold. Very minor scuffing to top and bottom of jacket spine. The flap is not price clipped but it does reflect a rubber-stamp that lowers the retail price from $3.00 to $2.75. Book very fine and clean. octavo, grey cloth in dust jacket.…

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Heavily faded at the spine, less so to the boards which are a little dull. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Pages lightly age-tanned; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Orange boards with blue titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 8" x 5¼" (0.9 kg); pp 343; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #176452 ||.…