ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945 - VOLUME I: THE FIGHT AT ODDS by DENIS RICHARDS - 1954-01-01

Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1953. 430 pages. Grey dust jacket over blue cloth. Volume I. Contains colour illustrated plates, with fold-out maps. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Occasional thumb-marking present. Fold-out plates are lightly tanned but remain in good condition. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall. Dark rubbing to rear panel.

Londion, England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1974. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition. A bit of edge wear to card covers; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs and maps as well as colour maps some of them fold-outs.

London: HMSO, 1954 Copy in blue cloth on boards with gilt title on spine. Spine is sunned. Previous owners inscription on FFE. Clean text with b/w plates and colour map illustrations.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1954. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x,415p,(14)leaves of plates(3 fold),(16)p of plates : ill., maps(some col.), plans(some col.), ports; 22 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British. World War II. Aerial Warfare. History. Military operations, Aerial British. Genre: Illustrated.

London: HMSO, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Volume l 5th Impression. Volume ll 2nd impression. Blue cloth boards with titles on black panel to spine. Bindings tight and boards clean. Content clean and bright. Previous owners name to front endpaper in both volumes. Slight rippling to pages. Volume l jacket not clipped 13s 6d net with moderate edgewear with 2cm closed tear to top and small piece missing from bottom of front panel and spine ends rubbed and chipped. Volume ll jacket not clipped 13s 6d net with moderate edgewear with 3cm closed tears to front top and lower back panels, spine ends and corners rubbed. Sticky tape repair internally. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked. NOTE: these are large heavy books (approx 1.6 kg in total) so postage outside the UK will be higher than the default price - please enquire before ordering.

London: H. M. S. O., 1993. 3rd imp.. As New. small octavo. full leather xii + 430pp., frontis., b/w pls., maps, appends., index, Volume I : The Fight at Odds; Volume II : The Fight Avails; Volume III : The Fight is Won. Fine publication inc. many nice colour maps, many folding. Bound in full navy blue imitation leather. Lovely set in card slip-case as issued

London : H.M.S.O., 1954. 4th impression. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 3 v : illus., ports., maps (part fold., part col.) tables. ; 22cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British. Great Britain. Royal Air Force; history.

H.M.S.O. Book. Hardcover. Volume 1, fourth impression , 1954. 430 pages very good+. A little browning to endpapers. Foot of spine a little discoloured. Jacket, very good, not price clipped, small tear and a little chipping and browning. Volume 2, second impression 1954. 415 pages. very good+ . Slight browning to endpapers. Jacket very good + not price clipped, a little rubbing to extremities , spine a little faded. Volume 3, first edition , 1954. 441 pages, very good +. Jacket very good , not price clipped., fading to spine , small burn hole to front and a little rubbing to extremities. Numerous maps, diagrams & Black & White plates. Former owners inscription to each volume. This History, in three volumes of the Royal Airforce , during the second world war was officially commissioned in 1947 and tells the full story..