Bitter Monsoon: The Memoirs of a Fighter Pilot by Moxon, Oliver - 1955

Hale, 1955. Hardcover. Good. 1955. First Published. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

London: Robert Hale, 1955. Reconstructed diary of a WWII Hurricane pilot who died in Burma. Black covers with gilt,192pp, with b/w illustrations. Covers have light wear at extrems, dusty, foxed page edges and prelims, front hinge cracking - but still solid, slightly faded spine. Otherwise internally clean and tight. No DJ, but overall a solid copy. Ref:104034. First Edition. Cloth. VG-/N/a. 14x22cm.

Hale, 1955. hardcover. Good/Mylar dust cover. 0x0x0. 1955 hardback has inscription on fly page no marks in the text and is in good condition with mylar dust coverAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing

Hale, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. The boards are a bit worn and rubbed. Internally clean and tightly bound. One signature.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Robert Hale, London, 1955. 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 192pp, illustrated, owner's name on endpaper, edges browning, otherwise clean and sound, black cloth, slightly rubbed, Good condition / no dustwrapper .

Robert Hale, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 192 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Robert Hale, London, 1955. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear and minor chips and/or tears. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are reasonably tanned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Inventory No: 19070049..

London: Robert Hale, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pictorial jacket. 192 pp. B/w photos and map. Moxon was a Spitfire pilot in the Burma campaign (Imphal Valley) in World War II. Prev. owner's name inscription and small ink-stamp to front endpaper. Book and jacket clean and bright. Jacket in removable protective sleeve. VG+ / VG+

Robert Hale Limited, 1955-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice looking book, has minor edge wear.dust jacket has small tears.

Lon.: Hale. nice copy; nice inscription from Moxon; the story of Stefan James based on his papers and diary kept while fighting the Japanese over the Imphal valley . Near Fine. Hardcover. First. 1955.

Robert Hale,, [1955-57-58]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates and a full-page map in the text, first and third volumes with light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; tops lightly age-soiled else a very good, firm set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly frayed at heads and tails of backstrips, and wrapper of third volume creased at joints. Moxon's celebrated 'Monsoon' trilogy is a key work in the history of the war in the air in Burma. It tells the story of a young Hurricane pilot during and after the war. The first volume is autobiographical, and provides a first-hand illustrated account of service with 5 Squadron RAF in the Imphal Valley from 1944 onwards. The second and third volumes, through based on the author's experiences, are closer to fiction; the second giving an action-packed account of the war to the Japanese surrender, the third dealing with the reintegration of the survivors into peacetime civilian life. The complete trilogy is scarce,… Read More