Foreword dowding (6 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Revised Edition. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** Metal spiral binding with red soft cover, light edgewear, otherwise without flaw. 6 X 8.5" 169 pages. Classic vegetarian recipes from the 1970s.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. A4 Paperback copy with stapled spine, no dustjacket as issued. Colour photographic stills from film. Not library copy, no inscriptions, crease to rear cover. (4/3).

Presentation plate signed by the Author inside of upper cover. Octavo, blue boards (hardcover), gilt lettering, 262 pp. Very Good in a Fine, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: Undoubtedly one of the finest personal records of the Battle of Britain, this is the autobiography of New Zealand's famous pilot in the R.A.F. from the Munich crisis until the invasion of France in 1944. His nine lives are the accounts of his fantastic luck in coming out alive from seemingly impossible situations. Deere defends the R.A.F. from the Munich crisi until the invasion of France in 1944. His nine lives are the accounts of his fantastic luck in coming out alive from seemingly impossible situations. Deere defends the R.A.F. against the charge that it did not fully support the Army at Dunkirk. He experienced the drama of the early days of the Battle of Britain while operating with Spitfire squadrons based at Hornchurch and Manston, and his story tells of the successes and frustrations during those exhausting weeks. Victory was achieved by a narrow margin: how narrow, very few people realise. The author treats his continuous action as a fighter pilot and formation leader with modesty -- his official score was destroyed 22, probables 10, damaged 18 -- and his book may well be described as a documentary tribute to fellow members of The Few as well as a valuable contribution of distinction to the annals of the then young Fighter Command in general. Aviation, Pilot Biography, Military History, World War II, Second World War, WWII, British Biography uslic.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Tightly bound. Spotting to pages edges. Minor shelf rubbing to spine. Owner's inscription.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No date, but loose insert " An Appeal for Prayer From Christopher" is dated Nov 3rd, 1946. 117 pages.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good-. First Edition Thus. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages; [1956] Almoriss Press, London. Paperback original 1st edition thus. Soundly bound with sewn binding and light brown card stock covers lettered in dark brown. Covers just lightly shelf worn and with an old short tape mend at the crown of the spine. Light shelf bump bottom front corner. A very scarce and curious spiritualist tract expanding on Charters' earlier 1951 booklet, "The Origin, Life and Evolution of the Fairies," documenting her direct communication with fairies and devas in her garden. Includes a foreword by Dowding, notable for his post-war writings on psychic survival. This original edition rarely seen in the market and held by only two institutions in Worldcat records. VG-.…