Changing pilots (24 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. This updated second edition of a historic fiction about the 1950s Korean Conflict couldn't be more timely. Folded skillfully into this riveting tale the reader will find naval action, history, espionage, government corruption, personal challenge, romance and so much more. It's July 1950, a mere month since the North Korean People's Army stormed overwhelmingly across the 38th parallel. Captain Hal Kirby, U.S. Navy, is a pilot's pilot and happy to be on the leading edge of a war held in balance by Naval air power. North Korea wants South Korea at all costs. Kirby's Air Group on the US Valley Forge is playing a major role in holding the NKPA at bay until significant military forces can be mobilized. A disgruntled officer's six-year-old promise to get even with Kirby and the Navy for ending his career as a pilot also occupies Kirby's attention. The multifaceted plot also includes Kirby becoming an unknowing victim of government corruption that thrusts him into a political incident with the Soviet Union. Throughout the story, Kirby is faced with many life-changing experiences that impact his professional and personal life. You will not want to put this novel down.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Etat : As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. This updated second edition of a historic fiction about the 1950s Korean Conflict couldn't be more timely. Folded skillfully into this riveting tale the reader will find naval action, history, espionage, government corruption, personal challenge, romance and so much more. It's July 1950, a mere month since the North Korean People's Army stormed overwhelmingly across the 38th parallel. Captain Hal Kirby, U.S. Navy, is a pilot's pilot and happy to be on the leading edge of a war held in balance by Naval air power. North Korea wants South Korea at all costs. Kirby's Air Group on the US Valley Forge is playing a major role in holding the NKPA at bay until significant military forces can be mobilized. A disgruntled officer's six-year-old promise to get even with Kirby and the Navy for ending his career as a pilot also occupies Kirby's attention. The multifaceted plot also includes Kirby becoming an unknowing victim of government corruption that thrusts him into a political incident with the Soviet Union. Throughout the story, Kirby is faced with many life-changing experiences that impact his professional and personal life. You will not want to put this novel down.…

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New.

Etat : New.

Etat : New. Hell to Pay: A Korean Conflict Novel: A Navy Pilot's Life-Changing Adventure (Paperback or Softback).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition Thus. Publisher's orange cloth with stamped front board and pictorial spine stamped in black. Boards clean with solid edges and sharp corners. Spine with rubbing at spine head and heel; 1/2" cut in cloth at spine head. Spine with slight lean; tight binding, no loose pages. Interior bright and clean. DJ not price clipped. DJ with light edge wear and minor scuffing - bright cover; 1" closed tear at bottom of front cover near spine heel. DJ back cover with a few small closed tears and chips; closed tear running 4.5" from top at fold along back extremity - back flap intact. DJ spine toned with mino chipping at head and heel Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾.…

Softcover. Etat : Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung.

Black Cloth. Etat : Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Front flyleaf MISSING, wear to top edge of covers, unmarked. "And I will follow you, my love, around the world and thro', my love; But what if he, my first-beloved, should call to me again?".

Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

paperback. Etat : Very Good. Most of our very good books have only minor imperfections such as shelf wear consistent with a new book that's sat on a bookshop shelf for a year or two. Occasionally we may miss other minor imperfections as we have to grade books at speed. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Cloth. No Jacket. 1933 Reprint of the 1932 First Edition. Buff and Blue cloth cover with Blue lettering to spine.318 Pages, 270g, 7 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Spine slightly tanned. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Ruby Mildred Ayres (28 January 1881 14 November 1955) was a British romance novelist, "one of the most popular and prolific romantic novelist of the twentieth century". Dust jacket art by Harry Timmins. Bottom of front panel with a nick. Previous owner bookplate "Achsa Mae Gran", inside front pastedown and a little discoloring on endpapers. Dust jacket is very good except for some rubbing along the edges with tiny chips, short closed tears. Rear flap with light foxing. Price $2.00 inside front flap. Protected in removable transparency. First edition. Harry Timmins (illustrateur). book.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. 290 grams.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good-. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good-. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 306 pages; Soundly bound in original color pictorial dust jacket with handsome jacket art by Harry Timmins and publisher's $2.00 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Dust jacket lightly rubbed at edges with a vertical stress crease to the spine from having been removed and placed as a bookmark while reading. Light shelf soiling to cloth boards; binding a little shaken in the spine with slight shelf cock. Solid and attractive, uncommon in dust jacket. VG-/VG-.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First edition. A pencil name on the front pastedown, else fine in an attractive, very good dustwrapper with a small chip on the front panel, and a faint splash mark on the spine. Married woman longs for her first husband.

First Edition. Harry L. Timmins dustjacket artwork. Romance novel set in London of a woman trapped in a love triangle with her husband and ex-husband. Near Fine in near Very Good dustjacket, sticker abrasion over printed price at front flap, spine ends with with piece of brown tape at verso which is causing a shadow to exterior, few nicks and edge wear.…

First Edition. Harry L. Timmins dustjacket artwork. Romance novel set in London of a woman trapped in a love triangle with her husband and ex-husband. Very Good plus in Very Good dustjacket with chipping to spine ends, mild creasing to spine and front flap edge, and shallow chipping to rear top edge.…

Paperback. Etat : New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in an attractive, lightly soiled, near fine dustwrapper. Married woman longs for her first husband.

Paperback / softback. Etat : New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.