GARNETT DavidMareMagnum
208 résultats
8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates and a full-page diagram in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, red top, backstrip lettering faded but entirely legible, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter wanting two-thirds of backstrip and frayed at edges. Scarce early account, and elusive in the dustwrapper. Enser, p.376.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Second Impression, with a portrait frontispiece and 14 plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled with small label scar on front panel and small nick at backstrip. Second impression before publication. Scarce, especially in the dustwrapper. Enser, p. 157 (recording the first edition).
8vo. First Edition with plates and maps neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
8vo., Fourth Impression, with illustrated title, very numerous illustrations and maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. First published in 1981.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and insignia in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Includes operations diary and list of personnel
8vo., First Edition, with large folding chart as frontspiece and very numerous illustrations and diagrams throughout, free endpapers lightly browned at edges; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, backstrip letterd in silver, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.377.
np. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Author's photograph on title page. Large 4to. Original cloth spine over pictorial paper boards. Binding worn, soiled with slight loss. Hardbound. AIR BOX 1
8vo., Fifth Impression; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'propeller' motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published four months after the first edition. Arguably the finest account of the Battle of Britain by a British fighter pilot. Hillary flew Spitfires out of Hornchurch with 603 Squadron and claimed five victories before being badly burned over the North Sea. An early member of the Guinea Pig Club, he was treated by McIndoe and returned to duty, but was killed shortly after in a training accident. The work was many times reprinted, but early issues are scarce. The US title is 'Falling Through Space'. Enser, p.157
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with 'propeller' motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Arguably the finest account of the Battle of Britain by a British fighter pilot. Hillary flew Spitfires out of Hornchurch with 603 Squadron and claimed five victories before being badly burned over the North Sea. An early member of the Guinea Pig Club, he was treated by McIndoe and returned to duty, but was killed shortly after in a training accident. The work was many times reprinted, but early issues are scarce. The US title is 'Falling Through Space'. Enser, p.157
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of RAF Westhampnett through the eyes of pilots based here during 1940 to 1946. Westhampnett began as an emergency landing ground growing to satellite status and ultimately an important wartime airfield in its own right.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The story of RAF Westhampnett through the eyes of pilots based here during 1940 to 1946. Westhampnett began as an emergency landing ground growing to satellite status and ultimately an important wartime airfield in its own right. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.175.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Second Impression, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. First published in 1981.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The standard history.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.128.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
Roy. 4to., with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and photographic endpapers; laminated photographic boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
