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Hutchinson, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Hutchinson of London, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1961. First Published. 179 pages. Blue and grey dust jacket over black cloth. 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. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Noticeable tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces.

Hutchinson of London, 1961. Octavo, black boards (hardcover), 179 pp. Fine, with bookplate; in a Very Good dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges. From dust jacket: In the last war Group Captain Leonard Cheshire became a legend. That he won a Victoria Cross was almost an inevitable outcome. But since the war his work on behalf of suffering humanity has made him an international figure, loved with reverence and humility. The Cheshire Homes are known throughout the world, but what are they? And how did they come into being? Above all, what made Leonard Cheshire turn from war to serve his fellows? In The Face of Victory Leonard Cheshire tells with a wealth of fascinating detail just how this astonishing change in his pattern of life came about. Of how, not long after he had seen an atom bomb dropped on Japan, he started on the path that brought him up against almost impossible odds, and brought a host of his fellows deep in his debt, not only in Britain but throughout the world. Running through… Read More

Hutchinson of London, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Published. 179 pages. Dust jacket over brown cloth with gilt lettering. 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. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

London: Hutchinson & Co.. NF. 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in black cloth. About fine in dj. .

London: The Quality Book Club, 1961. Editorial / Hard Cover. Muito Bom/Very Good/Très Bien/Bom, Good, Bien. In-8º (204x135). 1 Vol. de 179-[1] pp.

London: Quality Book Club. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket; Jacket has creases, rubbing and wear to . edges.. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Victoria Cross winner tells of his life after war and the establishment of the Ryder Cheshire Mission for the Relief of Suffering. 250gms weight; Book Club Edition; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 180 pages .

London, The Quality Book Club, 1961.. 8vo; pp. 180; appendices; original cloth, chipped dustjacket, light foxing to endpapers, good copy.

Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Ltd , 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Publication of 179 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Hutchinson, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very slight crease in the front board, an inscription, otherwise a very nice copy. The jacket has minor edge wear and some very, very light foxing.

Hutchinson of London, publishers - first edition 1961 hardcover, 5½" x 8¾". With dust jacket Ours is an ex-college library copy with a few stamps, and minor wear to jacket edges. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Group Captain Leonard Cheshire won his Victoria Cross during World War Two and became a legend. In this book he tells his post-war story of his seach for the true religion, which culminates in his conversion to Roman Catholicism.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1961. 180pp. Black boards. Gilt lettering spine. Book firm and clean. Brief gift inscription at front. B&W frontispiece. Dustwrapper not price clipped. Wrapper has edge abrasions.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo.

The Quality Book Club, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket Included. Group Captain Leonard Cheshire won his Victoria Cross during World War Two and became a legend. In this book he tells his post-war story of his seach for the true religion, which culminates in his conversion to Roman Catholicism. The jacket features of a b/w illustration of the Holy Shroud of Turin.. First Edition. Overall Condition: Good. Has Dust Jacket. Cloth colour: red, Jacket colour: blue/white. Remarks: Jacket rather worn, with tears at top of spine, but cloth in good condition. Foxing on edge of pages, and pages yellowed, but otherwise in good condition. Number of Pages: 179

Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. Book. Very Good. hardback. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, some age-toned spotting else a tightly bound copy in a dust jacket which is complete but has residual cellotape marks to the verso and showing through to the return flaps, now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve, b&w frontis, 179pp. Label bearing the author's signature to the title page. .