Lion In The Sky: The Story of Seletar and the Royal Air Force in Singapore
Shorrick, N.
Published by Federal Publications Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, 1968
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1st edition, 1968. Signed by the author. A fascinating and authoritative account of the RAF in the Far East at Seletar, in the north-east of Singapore, before, during and after WW2. Signed 'Best wishes, Neville Shorrick, Singapore, 27th August 1968' on the f.e.p. Many b. & and w. photos. Printed and bound on white boards with gold, gilt lettering to spine and RAF logo to front cover. Age-related fading to boards and rubs/light fraying to top & bottom of spine, otherwise in Good condition. Clean, tidy and tightly bound. 8vo. No dust-jacket. Seller Inventory # 221037
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Title: Lion In The Sky: The Story of Seletar and ...
Publisher: Federal Publications Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
Publication Date: 1968
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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Lion in the Sky: The Story of Seletar and the Royal Air Force in Singapore
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Federal Publications Sdn Bhd., Singapore, 1968
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Hardcover
Seller: Westgate Bookshop, Sleaford, LINCS, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light general signs of use. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine and some discolouring to the white boards. Spotting to top edges. No d/w. Seller Inventory # 050036
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Lion In The Sky: The Story Of Seletar And The Royal Air Force In Singapore
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Federal Publications SDN, 1968
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Hardcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. 1968. No edition remarks. 171 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over white cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Bright and clean pages with light tanning throughout. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy sunning to spine. Light rubbing and marking all over. Seller Inventory # 1714032383IEV
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Lion in the Sky. The Story of Seletar and The Royal Air Force in Singapore. With a Foreword by Group Captain T. W. A. Hutton, O.B.E., D.F.C.
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Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom
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Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Federal Publications SDN. BHD., [1968]. 8vo. Original cream boards with illustrated dust-wrappers (not price-clipped); pp. [viii], 171, vi-xiii, [5], plates after photographs, very minor rubbing to edges of wrapper, otherwie very good. First edition 'For the first time the story of the Royal Air Force in the Far East is told. But Lion in the Sky, does more than this for it also tells of the people and the lives they led at Seletar from the earliest days right up until 1968. In this way the book is unusual in that it reads more lieka history-novel than a straight-forward history' (inside dust-wrapper). Seller Inventory # 2115700
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