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Paperback. Condición: Good. First Edition. 200 pages. Features: Early days of Kelowna Hospital; Right Reverend A.J. Doull - First Bishop of the Diocese of Kootenay; Fort Vancouver, USA; Kenny McLean; Hugh Charles Catt - Lumby's First Magistrate; Tom Clarke - Pioneer Surveyor of Railroads and Highways; Grindrod Schools 1900-1976; Falkland, B.C.; Alexander MacDonell - pioneer stage driver and rancher; Nurse Warburton; Brief history of Noca Dairy, 1925-1975; Life on a B.C. Fruit Farm; J.G. Harris; Proposed Manning Park Expansion; Mrs. T.P. Upton; Herbert Hollick Kenyon; H.C.S. Collett; First Osoyoos School 1917; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Chieftain goatskins, dyed the exact shade of RAF wool-barathea wartime uniform fabric. The front cover is gold-blocked with the title and incorporates specially woven RAF wings of 1940 type by Gieves and Hawkes, No. 1 Savile Row, London, with the King's crown, the marker ribbon of blue silk bearing the emblems of the Battle of Britain Fighter Association, 22-carat gold edging. 4to. 13¼'' x 10''. The print run is strictly limited to 401 copies, No. 1 being presented to HM The Queen. This copy being number 173. Each copy bears the handwritten signatures of the twenty-five selected Battle of Britain pilots: Wg Cdr P. P. C. Barthropp; Wg Cdr R. P. Beaumont; Sqn Ldr G. H. Bennions; Air Vice-Marshal H. A. C. Bird-Wilson; Air Cdre P. M. Brothers; Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling; Gp Capt W. D. David; Air Cdre A. C. Deere; Sqn Ldr B. H. Drobinski; Flt Lt J. H. Duart; Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris; Gp Capt T. P. Gleave; Wg Cdr N. P. W. Hancock; Sqn Ldr C. Haw; Cdr R. C. Hay; Gp Capt C. B. F. Kingcome; Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont; Air Cdre A. R. D. MacDonell; Sqn Ldr M. J. Mansfeld; W Cdr A. G. Page; Wg Cdr P. L. Parrott; Gp Capt D. F. B. Sheen; Wg Cdr F. M. Smith; Wg Cdr J. E. Storrar; Wg Cdr G. C. Unwin. Housed in matching buckram clamshell box with blue silk lining and gilt titling. Unopened book in new condition in Fine condition box. Pocket inside the box holds original sales receipt, The Times colour supplement advertisement, typed letter from the original purchaser to Air Vice Marshall Freddie Hurrell confirming his order and enclosed cheque, he also mentions that he would wish to collect the book himself from Hartnolls in Bodmin when the book was ready. SIGNED letter from Air Vice Marshall Freddie Hurrell to the recipient on Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund letter-headed paper with details of the book. Hartnoll Delivery Note. Advertisement prospectus giving in-depth details concerning the various elements of production with a photograph of the six protagonists: Michael Pierce, John Golley, Roy Asser, Bill Gunston, Brian Masterton, and Freddie Hurrell to the front cover viewing the finished product. Remains wrapped in Hartnoll's original brown paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1757 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 303 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 303 Volume 1757 Language: gae.