William Heinemann / Peter Davies, London, 1985. Reprint Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good++/Very Good+. This is a Very solid and square WWI Personal flying record in WWI Hardback Book. It is in Very Good++ condition with a Very Good+ jacket. . c1985. (Re-Issue) This book Looks VERY lightly read! It is in Very Nice condition both inside and out. It has a very bright & very clean cover. The edges are very nice. Nice spine ends with a little light wrinkle. The pages are tight, bright & Unmarked. No names. NOT a remainder. There is a little light browning to the top page ends, Very Sturdy & clean book! The jacket, with price, is very bright & clean with some shelf wear. 332 pages. All books are Securely packaged and Promptly Mailed. #22518-524

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A memoir by a WWI fighter pilot, with the adventurous spirit of War Horse and the charm of The Little Prince A singular, lyrical book, Sagittarius Rising is at once an exuberant memoir from the Lost Generation and a riveting tale of the early days of flight during World War I. Cecil Lewis lied his way into the British Army’s Royal Flying Corps at age sixteen and was ordered to a squadron on the Western Front only a year later. At the time, flying was so new that designers hadn’t even decided on basic mechanics such as how many wings a plane should have. Despite this, Lewis mastered virtually every kind of single-engine plane in the RFC, going on to excel in active duty and even to dogfight the Red Baron—and live to tell the tale. Full of infectious charm and written with the prose and pacing of a novel, Sagittarius Rising beautifully recounts Lewis’s harrowing exploits in the sky alongside his wild times of partying and chasing girls while on leave in London. His coming-of-age story is unlike any other WWI memoir you’ve read before.

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Bookseller: Glenn David Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 022518
Title: Sagittarius Rising
Author: Cecil Lewis
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good++
Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint Edition.
ISBN 10: 0432086005
ISBN 13: 9780432086001
Publisher: William Heinemann / Peter Davies, London
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1985

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