Forewarned Forearmed History Royal Observer by Winslow T E (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Very Good Copy in red cloth on boards in Good unclipped D/J. Light chipping around jacket edges. Spine lightly sunned. Light foxing to jacket cover. Previous owners inscription on FFE. Some pencil margin notes by previous owner. Clean text with b/w plates and fold-out maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1948. Red cloth lettered in silver, VG. Pages a little age-browned, but clean & tight. No inscriptions. Illustrated & with fold-out maps. Lists of all honours & awards, and also those mentioned in despatches. 290 pages. A worthy record of selfless service.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. nice copy.

1st Edition. Hardback. Good, no d/w. Corners bumped and worn, spine cocked and bumped, boards marked, pages yellowed. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts (PLEASE NOTE: International Economy shipping is by sea and may take up to 90 days to arrive).

8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 28 plates on 16, 2 full-page maps and charts and 2 large folding maps, title very lightly browned, front free endpaper clipped at outer corner; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Red cover that is bumped to spine ends and has some edge marking. 3 former members of the Observer Corps have signed on the FEP. Pages are clean and bright, contains black & white illustrations and fold out pages. There are Appendices at the rear.Seller Ref: M927. Signed by 3 Veterans.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Actual photo of book. Please ignore the following text relating to stock photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Library at RPAF Mauripur. There is damage to where the spine joins with the book inside front and back.

8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 28 plates on 16, 2 full-page maps and charts and 2 large folding maps; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly browned dustwrapper.

1948. William Hodge & Company. Hardback. Book - Good. DJ - Fair. Ex-lib.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Various (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Winslow's history of the Royal Observer Corps in WWII, with the original unclipped dust wrapper, plates, and fold-out maps, highlighting the vital role of civilian volunteers in Britain"s air defence. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.First edition.Illustrated with 20 monochrome plates, including a frontispiece, with two fold-out maps. Collated, complete.This volume details the work of Britain"s civilian volunteers who manned observation posts and aircraft reporting systems, crucial to air defence during WWII. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Front and rear hinge slightly strained with binding materials slightly exposed, but holding firm. Dust wrapper, smart. unclipped. slight rubbing to extremities, resulting in the odd small chip, closed tear, and crease to extremities, with slight loss to tail of spine. Slight offsetting to inside wrap. The odd spot to wrap with minor soiling. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge. Near Fine. book.

Condition: fair, fair. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 290, illus., maps (some fold-out), footnotes, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ worn, torn, soiled, and chipped, front board weak. Foreword by Sir Archibald Sinclair.