Librería: EmJay Books, Bradford., Reino Unido Calificación del vendedor: 4 de 5 estrellas
Vendedor de AbeBooks desde 5 de octubre de 2009
iii, 343pp. Republican pilot out of Madrid, Albacete and Manises, post Spain, recruited a spy by the 2nd Burea of France, arrested by the Nazis, released under a prisoner exchange programme.Regarded as one of the best accounts of a republican flier. Clean and tight, neat previous owner label to fep, very slight curvature. 750g. N° de ref. del artículo 010712
Título: Cardboard Crucifix.
Editorial: William Blackwood & Sons Limited., London.
Año de publicación: 1938
Encuadernación: Hardcover
Condición: Good
Condición de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket
Edición: 1st Edition
Librería: John Hopkinson - Bookseller, Cremona, AB, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition previous owner's small inside signature starting to fade Orange cover. Nº de ref. del artículo: 5958
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Librería: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Octavo, orange cloth (hardcover), [x], 343 pp. Poor, with heavy damage to spine, bookplate; binding still tight, interior clean and sound, good quality paper. Aviation, Spanish Civil War, Spain, Military History, European History. islic. Nº de ref. del artículo: 61704bd
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, Reino Unido
1st ed. Foxing on pages & fore-edge; binding tight; spine faded & a little stained. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket). Nº de ref. del artículo: BOOKS169720I
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Reino Unido
Second impression hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, royal blue title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 343 pp. Spine sun faded, corners bumped, else in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir). Nº de ref. del artículo: 111419
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: High Street Books, New Mills, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: UsedGood. No dust jacket, spine faded, boards marked and worn, some foxing. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday. Nº de ref. del artículo: O1-CO7G-F4GZ
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Librería: Paul Orssich HISPANIC STUDIES, LONDON, Reino Unido
8vo. Tela editorial naranja; título en azul en lomo y plano superior; cortes superiores tintados. Restos de las sobrecubiertas originales montadas en las guardas.Una hoja blanca; portadilla; portada; Contents, 1 h; 343 pp.PRIMERA EMISION, poco común. Experiencias de un piloto republicano en las bases de Madrid, Albacete y Manises. En principio Oloff de Wet ofreció sus servicios a los nacionalistas; rechazado, se unió a la República y en esta época fue reclutado como espía por el Deuxième Bureau de Francia. Arrestado por los Nazis fue condenado a muerte, pena a la que escapó por canje de prisioneros. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1207030
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, Reino Unido
Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). First edition (first printing). Hardback. Physically 8" x 5¼" (0.9 kg); 343pp; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #176452|| Condition: Good. Heavily faded at the spine, less so to the boards which are a little dull. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Pages lightly age-tanned. Nº de ref. del artículo: 176452
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Hyraxia Books. ABA, ILAB, Hutton Cranswick, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. London, Blackwood, 1938. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. An account of the Spanish civil war. Inscribed by the author to the front endpaper to an 'Edward Le Guerre', additionally signed without inscription by Elizabeth De Wet on the half title. A Spine faded and rubbed, a little dusty to the top edge. No jacket. [10889, Hyraxia Books]. Signed by Author(s). Nº de ref. del artículo: 10889
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, Estados Unidos de America
8vo. [4], 343, [1] pp. Orange cloth, purple lettering front cover & spine (minor dustsoiling, minor darkening to head & foot of spine, slight bumping to couple corners), w/ d.j. cover art of monoplane soaring into the sky above smoking ruins at the lower fore-edge (minor creasing, slight chipping to corners, minor chipping head & foot of spine, w/ old minor tape repairs to verso), still VG/G copy. First edition, second printing, of Oloff de Wet's memoir as a British volunteer pilot during the Spanish Civil War, and considered one of the most descriptive and best accounts by a republican flier during the War. Oloff de Wet (1912-1975) was an RAF trained pilot who grounded out from an accident, worked as journalist and pilot in the Second Italo-Ethipian War (Second Italo-Abyssiann War), and after fighting in the Spanish Civil War, would later become a spy in Prague before World War II. He and his wife were captured and tortured by the Gestapo, and his experiences would later be published as The Valley of the Shadow, Death Row. After his release in April, 1945 from a Nazi prison, he returned to London where as a portrait sculpture, he executed busts of Ezra Pound, Edmund Blunden, John Cowper Powys, Dylan Thomas, Robert Graves, and others. Scarce in original dustjacket. Nº de ref. del artículo: 56826
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Librería: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Reino Unido
Second impression hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, royal blue title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 343 printed pages of text. Spine ends a little soft, foxing to the closed page edges, ink message dated 1939 to the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in scarce Very Good condition art work dust wrapper with tiny chips to the spine tips and corners, crease lines to the edges, 8/6 to the spine. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir). Nº de ref. del artículo: 76301
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles