Fighter Command by A B Austin (13 results)

Cloth. Condition: G. Seventh Impression. Story of fighter command during the early years of WW2 - inc the Battle of Brirtain. Blue covers with gilt, 248pp with eight b/w plates, inc frontis of Dowding. Contemporary newspapers cuttings of spitfire pics and Dowding's funeral have been pasted in to prelims. Covers have modest shelfwear, and bumping to extrems - particularly head and foot of spine. Extensive foxing to prelims, but main text bloc is tight and clean except for previous owner's name on last page (also on ffep). Unclipped DJ has extensive wear, some losses, several tears (some repaired). Basically a sound copy. Ref:145125.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear, spotting to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Owner name to end paper. Tatty DJ with some edge wear, tears, a few repairs and toning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Spotting to end papers. Tatty DJ with some edge wear, tears, areas of loss and creasing.

Condition: Fair. 1941. Second Impression. 248 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout, heavy foxing in places. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Boards have notable edgewear with corner crushing and heavy foxing to boards. Heavy sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Paper edges browning. Very clean tight book but spine background faded.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1941 6th edition victor gollancz edition on blue marked cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated with black and white photographs (illustrator). 3rd Edition. The full story from the beginning of the war until the present spring, of the R.A.F. Command which saved Great Britain and gave Hitler his first defeat. Forward leaning, firmly bound, blue cloth boards with light foxing mostly on the end papers and closed page edges. Jacket had some marks and light handling wear on the edges and corners.

Fourth Impression, 8vo hardback with d/w, pp248. Age toning to pages and edges of boards, d/w rather darkened and edgeworn with loss to spine ends. Overall G/G.IF FURTHER DESCRIPTION NEEDED, PLEASE ENQUIRE (SHELF 200/BOX C) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Reprint. Light foxing on prelims & back end papers; edges of spine bumped & browned; dust jacket tatty at edges with small loss. Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Fifth Impression. Fifth impression October 1941 (first June 1941) Ownership details on f-fep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th Impression. Hardback. Fighter Command. Foxing to end inside covers. Message to previous owner to inside cover. Very slight wear to top and bottom edge of spine and corners of cloth. Slightly browned spine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Hidden Headquarters. The Brain Behind It. Raiders in the North. Blenheims Iver Borkum. May - Dunkirk Patrol. Escape of the Month Club. June - Struggle By Searchlight. July - 'Huns Ahead'. August - Invasion Month. Curtains of Steel. Red Sky in September. Pilot's Eye View. October - Messerschmitt Month. Three Men. November - Dive Bomber's Doom. Higher, Faster, Farther. Illustrated. 248 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.).

hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. hardback, 4th impression published in the same month as the first, blue cloth faded to spine, lightly foxing to spine and endpapers, upper hinge starting but stitching remains intact, one plate worked part loose, small address label of a previous owner to foot of front pastedown. Inscribed by the author to Sydney Barnes (cricketer), signed and dated under. The dust wrapper is worn with a cellotape repair to the reveres along the top edge, ring stain to front panel, b&w plates, 248pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Boards are blue cloth with gilt titles. Dust jacket has moderate edge wear and chipping. Covered in Brodart cover. End papers have light foxing. 6th Impression.