101 Nights

Cassell & Company Ltd, London, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Briefing. Blue coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. A novel of 101 Squadron Lancasters, who, had the double duty of not only bombing Germany at the latter stage of World War II, but had the job of protecting all other formations in which they flew. This double duty attracted the fighter squadrons of the axis planes and led to a very short life of the crew. Taking one Lancaster crew, Q for Queenie, as his basis, the author tells (who, himself was a Lancaster crewman) of that time. Softening to the backstrip edges and bumping to the top book corners. There are marks to the book edges with rubbing to the lower edges. Faint foxing to the textblock edges with age toning of the pages. Faint foxing to the endpapers. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and lower backstrip edge. The top 0.5" of the top backstrip edge is missing. Multiple horizontal creases to the front fold over crease, and there is a 0.25" tear to the lower edge of the front panel with creasing. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and age toning to the rear panel. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front fold over panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - IX, [3], 3-275, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Britain/UK; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 0115723. .