Editore: Fighting High, Hitchin, 2010
ISBN 10: 0956269621 ISBN 13: 9780956269621
Da: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
1st edition. With B&W illustrations. Dust jacket not price-clipped. A nice copy in tight binding. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
Editore: Hitchin : Fighting High, 2011
ISBN 10: 095626963X ISBN 13: 9780956269638
Da: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xv, 160p., [16]p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23cm. Subjects: Green, Bernard (1887-1971). Airmen -- Great Britain -- Biography. 1 Kg.
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Editore: Fighting High Ltd, Hitchin, 2012
Da: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. (xvii) 222pp. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt titles and colophon to spine in unclipped dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Very lightly bumped. A lovely copy of this 50th Anniversary Edition.
Editore: Fighting High Ltd, Hitchin, 2012
Da: E.J Morten Booksellers BA, MANCHESTER, Regno Unito
Hb In Dw 212pp Illustrations A FINE/FINE Copy.
Editore: Hitchin: Fighting High, 2010
Da: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardback in Dust Wrapper. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 11" x 8¾" (1.3 kg); 127pp; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs, within the text; Colour photographs, within the text with some full page; Coloured maps; List of sources; ISBN: 978-0-9562-6961-4 || 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 #199035|| Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper.
Editore: Fighting High, Hitchin, 2012
ISBN 10: 0957116314 ISBN 13: 9780957116313
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. The number of aircrew of Bomber Command who lost their lives during the Second World War was 55,573, yet no campaign medal was awarded and their bravery and sacrifice went largely unrecognised. On 28 June 2012 this was corrected with the dedication and unveiling of the Bomber Command Memorial in The Green Park, London. The journey from the initial idea to the unveiling of the memorial was a long and complex one and 'The Bomber Command Memorial - We Will Remember Them' tells the story of the campaign; locating a site, obtaining permission, raising the funds, designing the memorial, and the opening ceremony. The book also tells the remarkable story of Bomber Command from the viewpoint of those who took part, and veterans reflect on the experiences they had and what the memorial means to them. AUTHOR: Robin Gibb, one of the most successful musicians of all time, gained international acclaim as a member of the Bee Gees and as a solo artist. As a former President of the Heritage Foundation, Robin was at the forefront of the campaign for the Bomber Command Memorial. Jim Dooley had a distinguished career in the music industry, with the pop group The Dooleys. Jim took up the mantle of championing the cause for the Bomber Command Memorial when the idea was first formed. Since then he has tirelessly set about securing funds as Director of Fund Raising. Gordon Rayner is Chief Reporter of The Daily Telegraph and has been a national newspaper reporter for 15 years. The Telegraph has been one of the major supporters of the Bomber Command Memorial campaign. b/w and colour illustrations 55,573 aircrew of Bomber Command lost their lives, yet their sacrifice went unrecognized. On 28 June 2012 this was corrected with the unveiling of the Bomber Command Memorial in London. 'The Bomber Command Memorial - We Will Remember Them' tells the story of the memorial campaign and the remarkable story of those who served with Bomber Command. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: Fighting High Ltd., Hitchin, 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0956269699 ISBN 13: 9780956269690
Da: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
1st edition, hardback, large 4to, 128pp, illustrated, clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / very Good dustwrapper . ISBN: 0956269699.
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Editore: Fighting High Publishing, Hitchin, 2013
ISBN 10: 0957116357 ISBN 13: 9780957116351
Da: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 2nd Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. Laid in is an obituary of the author taken from The Times. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Originally published in 1956, former Second World War prisoner-of-war Calton Younger's No Flight from the Cage received critical acclaim. One critic wrote, "the book goes below the surface of prison camp life and shows a remarkable insight into the minds of men forced to live under conditions of tension and strain". The former Royal Australian Air Force Bomber Command airman has now revised, expanded and updated his original work the story of a young man's journey to war, of being shot down in May 1942, of three years spent behind barbed wire, and of enduring forced marches as the Nazi state crumbled. The author also recounts his adventures on the run in France prior to capture and his return, in 1949, to search for the people who helped him. In sensitive, gripping, yet often humorous prose, Cal Younger describes the toils and deprivations of prison camp life. There are the extraordinary characters, notably the inspirational camp leader James "Dixie" Deans, who, as the war neared its end, and following a tragic attack by "friendly" Allied aircraft on a marching column, cycled through the fighting to British lines, and then returned to rejoin the march. There is the brutality Cal witnesses. At Stalag Luft VI, an escape campaign, ruthlessly carried out, ends with the suicide and execution of guards and prisoners. Then there is the amusing but dangerous brinksmanship of Hun-baiting. This revised edition incorporates previously unpublished photographs along with numerous illustrations and cartoons depicting camp life, as sketched by the author while a prisoner-of-war. No Flight from the Cage has become one of the classic prisoner-of-war memoirs. A book, as stated by General Sir John Hackett, that "deserves to be read and reread", and "an adventure in the exploration of the human spirit whose total effect is both sobering and uplifting". Ref LLL 4.
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Editore: Fighting High Ltd, Hitchin, 2010
ISBN 10: 0956269613 ISBN 13: 9780956269614
Da: Scorpio Books, IOBA, Bungay, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Nr Fine. First Edition. 127pp. Profusely illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Editore: Hitchin, Herts: Fighting High Ltd, 2016
Da: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (black and white); 24 cm. Subjects: Lancaster, John Oliver 1919. Great Britain Royal Air Force Officers; Biography. Test pilots Great Britain; Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Editore: Fighting High Hitchin 2010, 2010
Da: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Prima edizione
1st edition dust jacket New Book octavo x + 162pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., sources, index, From the Battle of Britain, to the Air Offensive against Germany, Bombing in North Africa and Accident Investigation in the Far East.
Editore: Hitchin, Herts: Fighting High Ltd, 2016
Da: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlanda
Prima edizione
1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (black and white); 24 cm. Subjects: Lancaster, John Oliver 1919. Great Britain Royal Air Force Officers; Biography. Test pilots Great Britain; Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Editore: Fighting High Ltd., Hitchin, Herts,, 2012
ISBN 10: 0957116322 ISBN 13: 9780957116320
Da: Berry Hill Book Shop, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. (2001-2013), First Editions, Near Fine/Near Fine djs, octavos, 2 volumes: 232 & 230pp., black boards hardcovers, bright gold lettering on backstrips, excellent unclipped (UK 19.95) dj, b&w photo ill's., owner's bookplate & inked name on front endpapers o/w texts unmarked, Soldier Lads - First World War series.
Editore: Fighting High Ltd, Hitchin, 2010
ISBN 10: 0956269613 ISBN 13: 9780956269614
Da: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
HardBack. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. A very good, near fine copy in blue cloth boards with a very good dust jacket. Lavishly illustrated with mostly colour images, maps, plans and drawings.comp. and ed. by Steve Darlow127 S., zahlr. Ill.
Editore: Hitchin: Fighting High, 2015
Da: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardback in Dust Wrapper. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 11" x 8¾" (1.3 kg); 127pp; Index; Includes: Black & white photographs; Colour photographs; ISBN: 978-0-9926-2079-0 || 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 #193864|| Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper.
Editore: Fighting High Ltd, Hitchin, Herts, 2013
Da: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Pp. 240, 15 plates (one double page), title page decoration, full page illustrations, indices; med. 8vo; dark blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, small piece chipped from foot of backstrip; Fighting High Ltd., Hitchin, Herts., 2013. Revised, extended and updated edition. *Originally published in 1956. 'The extraordinary story of a Second World War Bomber Command airman who was shot down in May 1942, spent three years behind barbed wire, and endured forced marches as the Nazi state crumbled. Calton Younger also recounts his adventures on the run in France prior to capture, and his return, in 1949, to search for the people who helped him' wrapper blurb].
Editore: Fighting High Publishing, Hitchin, 2012
ISBN 10: 0956269672 ISBN 13: 9780956269676
Da: St Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A., Peterborough, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Near-fine hardback copy in Near-fine jacket. Slight shelfwear to jacket.
Editore: Fighting High Ltd, Stotfold, Hitchin, Herts, 2010
ISBN 10: 0956269621 ISBN 13: 9780956269621
Da: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Regno Unito
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Jacket by Michael Lindley (illustratore). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE 'With best wishes from Richard Pinkham' In almost 'as new' condition, some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£17.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 162pp, illustrated. Royal Air Force veteran Wing Commander Richard Pinkham DFC (1916-2010), presents the extraordinary and graphic account of his experiences flying 62 World War Two bombing operations. He tells his story with candour and without pulling punches, although the occasional humorous anecdote lightens proceedings. The reader joins Richard in the cockpit of his bomber as he dares the bursting flak, dives to avoid penetrating searchlights, and wrestles his damaged aircraft home. Richard served with the Royal Air Force through the entire war, embarking on his operational career amidst the desperate fight for survival that was the Battle of Britain. He went on to take part in some of the largest bombing raids ever carried out against Germany. With odds of 5 to 1 against him, Richard, unlike so many of his fellow airmen, lived to tell his story. He was then posted to North Africa to blast the Axis forces from Tunisia, and finally spent the last year of the war in the Far East, taking up fascinating accident investigation duties. 'On Wings of Fortune' is an exceptional story by a distinguished and decorated RAF veteran who flew and fought in the World War Two aerial front line. Acclaimed author Steve Darlow provides the general context of the bomber war. Richard Pinkham relives his terrifying, gripping and fascinating story. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Fighting High Publishing, Hitchin, Heerts., 2012
ISBN 10: 0956269605 ISBN 13: 9780956269607
Da: Cocksparrow Books, Salisbury, WILTS, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: F/F/F. First Edition, 1st. Imp. HARDBACK "SOLDIERING ON PROMOTIONAL COPY," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st .* Date of Publication: 2009. * Publisher: Fighting High Ltd. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs to edges or corners. FINE.* Jacket condition: Illustrated dust wrapper showing various illustrations and photos of WWII airmen and their families, with dark grey titles to white spine strip. White grey and dark blue titles to face. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to lower bottom edge at rear, none to head or tail of spine. Now in clear un-attached protective cover. FINE. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. There is a "Computacenter and Netapp" label to the FFEP showing that they were supporters of the "Soldiering On Trust," at the awards on 25th. March 2012 at the Waldorf Astoria. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w & coloured illustrations throughout. * Pages: 123 pp. text. vi pp. acknowledgements, sources, index & blank at rear.* Description: Based on extensive interviews, first-hand accounts, original research, and archive sources Fighting High tells the story of those who took to the skies to oppose the Axis powers during World War Two. World War Two military aviation author Steve Darlow brings together twenty-one accounts of extreme bravery, heroism and sacrifice. The stories in Fighting High - World War Two - Air Battle Europe, Volume 1, span the entire war, from the early days of defending against the might of the Luftwaffe through to the exercising of Allied air superiority in the latter days of the conflict. In totality an exciting, vivid, graphic and moving account of what the airmen went through when they were 'Fighting High'.* A FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. with no visible faults now in a clear un-attached protective dust jacket.*.
Editore: Fighting High Hitchin 2009, 2009
Da: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Prima edizione
1st edition dust jacket New Book folio 128pp., col. pls., bibliog., index, Contains over 60 colour illustrations, capturing the images & character of the flyers who were designated the 'Few' by Winston Churchill. Each portrait, painted by artist David Pritchard, is accompanied by an account of their most famous actions.
Editore: Fighting High Ltd. 2011-2013, Hitchin, 2011
Da: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Light shelf wear. Unclipped. Preserved in removable jacket protectors. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Complete two volume set. Black cloth bindings. Both volumes in first class condition, appear unread. Overall book condition is Fine. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.65; USA £27.60; Oceania £30.50; Rest of World £25.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 232; x, 230.
Editore: Fighting High Publishing, Hitchin, 2018
ISBN 10: 1999812832 ISBN 13: 9781999812836
Da: Dereks Transport Books, Ringwood, HAMPS, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. x + 228 pages & photographs. 685g. Blue cloth boards As NEW in an As NEW d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The author describes in remarkable detail not only his RAF experiences but also the environment in which he lived, the friendships made, and the rigors of firstly working on aircraft in all conditions as groundcrew, and then as an airman struggling to fly, fight and survive amidst the attrition of the air battle over Germany. Illustrated with previously unpublished photographs Peter Baxter's account is also a must for all technical enthusiasts, with comprehensive sections on the mechanics of the Avro Lancaster and how it is flown.
Editore: Fighting High Ltd, Hitchin, 2012, 2012
Da: WHITE EAGLE BOOKS, PBFA,IOBA,West London, London, Regno Unito
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. . 2012. 128 pages. A near fine hardback in a near fine pictorial dust wrapper. Contents fine. Numerous black and white and coloured ills of the period. Signed on the title page by Steve Darlow and Flt/Eng Sgt Richard Wensley. Wensley was in Bomber Command and ditched over France. 0.0. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Fighting High, [Hitchin,, 2013
Da: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, Regno Unito
Prima edizione Copia autografata
8vo., Best Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Cal Younger's vividly written account of captivity and liberation was first published in 1956. An RAAF navigator, he baled out of his stricken Wellington in May 1942 over Gennevilliers and was imprisoned (primarily) at Stalag XIB Fallingbostel. Widely praised (by Shan Hackett among others) for the intensity of its observation, the work is now regarded as a POW classic. This revised and considerably expanded edition includes previously unpublished photographs together with numerous cartoons by the author depicting the vagaries of POW existence. Enser, p.152 (recording the first edition).
Editore: Fighting High Ltd, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, 2013
ISBN 10: 0957116349 ISBN 13: 9780957116344
Da: M RICHARDSON RARE BOOKS (PBFA Member), Ashby cum Fenby, NE Lincolnshire, LINCS, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. A fabulous, bright copy with no owner inscriptions and clean pages throughout. The book is in wonderful condition and looks hardly read. The black cloth boards are fresh with crisp gilt title lettering on the spine. The dust jacket is bright and clean, albeit price clipped with some light surface scuffing. On the front free end paper there's a plate, probably from a signing event, which is signed by the Canadian airman, Fred Sutherland. The plate states in print: "Signed by Flt. Sgt. Fred Sutherland, Front gunner of AJ-N piloted by Les Knight who successfully attacked the Eder Dam causing the final breach." The plate has an illustration of a Lancaster Bomber above the signature and the RAF coat of arms at the foot. This is a wonderful and unique copy. A little research tells us the following information about Sutherland and his pilot. Fred Sutherland was one of the last survivors of the famous "Dam Busters" raids during WWII who died in 2019. On a later low flying mission in Sept. 1943 his plane was damaged so badly, the bomb jettisoned, that Fred and most of the rest of the crew were forced to bail out over occupied Dutch territory. His pilot, Les Knight, the same pilot as in the Dam Busters mission, was forced to crash land and, unfortunately, died in the process. Fred Sutherland had to escape across occupied Holland and France, into Spain before coming back to the UK 2 months later. He went on to live to a ripe old age back in Canada. Quite a story. Signed by Subject of Biography.