Paras by Frank Hilton (58 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1750580672. 6/22/2025 8:24:32 AM.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Very Good/Good+. Color, B&W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. London, UK: British Broadcasting Corporation. Very Good/Good+. (1983). First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 248 pp., DJ price-clipped .

(Subject: Regimental & Unit Histories - General) How the Parachute Regiment selects its soldiers, from the initial assessment, the tests and trials in the field, through to parachute training and qualifying for the "wings". With accounts of early airborne operations such Eben Emael, Crete and Normandy (Published: 1983) (Publisher: Book Club Associates) (Pagination: 248pp, 29 col & 160 b/w photos, 8 maps) (Condition: Good in dw) UL-XXXXXX.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. D/W is un-clipped,minor shelf wear to edges, and slightly grubby top inner edge. Book in red cover with silver letting to spine edge. Well illustrated and packed with information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good + Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Good + dj. Reprint. Book has no writing or tears very firm and clean. Dust jacket torn and repaired on foredge fold.

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 248 pages. illustrated. Maps. Sun spine of dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dj. No writing or tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. British Broadcasting Corporation, London. A history of the parachute infantry in the British Army. Done in conjunction with a BBC series in the early 1980s, Hilton covers the history from WWII through the Falkland War. The Falkland action plays a large role in the end of the book. Filled with both black and white and color photos. Very good copy of the hard cover book in a good+ dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor edge wear. 248 pages.

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete Condizioni dell'interno: Ottime.

Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. Royal 8vo, pp. 248, colour plates, b/w photos, original cloth bds., good, in like d.j. Book accompanying the BBC television series following the fate of 41 recruits to the Parachute Regiment, British Army.

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete con difetti, segni d'uso Condizioni dell'interno: Buone.

Hardcover. Reprint. Illustrated in color and black & white. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 248 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1983 reprint. No ISBN supplied. BBC history of British parachute platoons. b/w & color photos. very good, no dj, silver-stamped red bds. Clean text. Tight 248 pgs. Book.

Pp. 248, numerous text illustrations throughout, further reading list, small roy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in silver, lower fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper; British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1983. Second printing. *First published 1983. An account of the training of one group of recruits in the Parachute Regiment.

hard. Condition: Near Fine. 1983 reprint. ISBN 0-563-20099-5. With maps. Modern military training b/w & color photos. near fine, no dj, silver-stamped red bds, oversized 248 pgs. Book.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. in dj. Parachute Regiments in British military. Training, lots of photos.; 248 pages.

1st edition dust jacket Very Good octavo 248pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, Follows a group of forty recruits to the Parachute Regiment through 22 weeks of training. Report at end details the fate of each of the recruits. Produced to accompany the BBC television series.

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Training Parachute Regiment recruits, by a former para. Companion volume to the BBC television series. A very good copy, spine head & tail slightly bumped, leaves slightly damp rumpled at top, in price-clipped dust jacket, chipped at spine head & tail and slightly dampstained at top (248 pages, profuse illustrations [some color], bibliography).