Flights Fancies by Grimwood (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Conly R.N.Z.A.F (Jacket) Oriwa T Haddon (Cartoons) (illustrator). 1st Edition. The book is very close to fine with only a handful of foxing spots to the page edges of note. Feels unread. The jacket has a round scar from the removal of a sticker, shallow chipping to the head of the spine. Some edge wear and short closed tears. A collection of seventeen short stories and as many cartoons on or about the R.N.Z.A.F.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. O T Haddon (illustrator). 1st Edition. A mixture of fact and near-fiction provide differing aspects in dealnig with wartime experiences and incidents in the18 stories in this book, published during WWII and compiled by the author over two of the years he served in the RNZAF. They reflect the experiences of aircrew and ground staff, dealing with all aspects of service in those dangerous days in a mix of fact and humour. The stories recall, also, the sacrifice they made in wartime. The author was a Flight Lieutenant at the time of publication and the excellent illustrations are a compliment to the artist, Leading Aicraftsman Oriwa T Haddon. The blue covers, with bright front and backstriip titles are unmarked, the front free end paper has an ink gift inscription at top edge, former owner name, with a small brown mark on the opening pages. Otherwise text block excellent.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Oriwa T Haddon (illustrator). RNZAF stories.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. private library liquidation. Blue cloth hard stamped gold lettering. Book has some shelf wear, fading and pages are yelling/darkening. no dj page 2 gift inscription.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Some rubbing and marks to boards. Some rubbing to cloth at ends of spine. Previous owner's name.; 180 pages. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 187 x 117mm. "The stories in this book were written over a period of two years whilst the author was engaged in service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The tales cover various aspects of Servive life as it affects ground staffs and aircrews. Some are pure fiction; others are not entirely divorced from fact; whilst the Old Timer series is written around the actual experiences in the Great War of an officer serving again the present war." - from the Foreword, page 7. Illustrated by Oriwa T. Haddon. [Reference: Bagnall G914: "Royal New Zealand Air Force wartime sketches."].