orde captain cuthbert (3 resultados)

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original air force blue covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 191 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition art work dust wrapper, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0718305566 BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. CUTHBERT ORDE, Captain Ilustrador. January 1943 reprint of September 1942 edition. Rare, particularly with jacket. Previous owner signature 'Bill Cressy-Marcks, Ceylon 29/7/43' (Born 1922 Myanmar, died 29 Mar 1956. Flight Lieutenant, RAF Volunteer Reserve 356 Squadron). Bookseller stamp to FFEP. Ink annotations to List of Portraits indicating killed, prisoners of war, missing, or off flying due to injuries. Pencil annotations to portrait margins with rank, decorations, occasional 'shot down' and if 'bought it' or 'missing'. Fascinating historical document. Blue and beige cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Boards are marked and generally grubby. Corners are bumped. Top right corner of rear board is bent. Slight wear to board edges. Spine has mild bumping to top and bottom. Endpages are a little grubby. Front inner hinge is starting to crack. Rear inner hinge is starting to crack. Textblock is just starting to give. Textblock has one or two grubby marks but is generally clean. 96 pp. 64 b/w illustrations. Beige paper dust jacket with yellow lettering to front. DJ is rather tatty, with quite a bit of loss. Spine area is missing. Rather grubby. Not priceclipped. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 613g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 024788:1-G5) Size: 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" Tall Language: ENG 613 G. Book.

SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, ex-library, imperial octavo, beige buckram boards, grey lettering to blue buckram spine, 64pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing & soiling sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters).