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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

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+

London: Robert Hale, 1955. 192pp, bw ills, maps. Or black cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped. Some toning to endpapers, minor foxing to page edges. The author was a fighter pilot for the British against the Japnese in WWII. He and his squadron were in the beleaguered Imphal Valley in early 1944 where they were nearer to the Japanese lines than 90% of the British Army.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

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

London England: Robert Hale. Very Good/Good. 1955. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardback From the beleaguered Imphal Valley in the early part of 1944, where he and his squadron were nearer the Japanese front line than ninety per cent of the British Army, Stefan James felt the chances of survival were remote. Every day the Japanese columns were creeping over the mountains; every day the pilots of the battered Hurricanes flew off to strafe the roads and rivers of Burma and return exhausted to the rice field strip and native huts which were their home, to lie awake at night waiting for the strangled cry of death which betrayed a Jap infiltration patrol amongst them. It was in this atmosphere of despair that Stefan James spent his weary leisure hours jotting down the happy memories of a varied and exciting young life, living again the few pre-war years with desperate realism. Illustrated with B/W photos. Previous owners name and date to inside… Read More

Robert Hale,, [1955]. 8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates and full-page map in the text, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at head and tail of backstrip. A key work in the history of the war in the air in Burma, providing a first-hand illustrated account of service with 5 Squadron RAF in the Imphal Valley from 1944 onwards. Graham & Cole U45, V59, V58 respectively.

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.

London: Robert Hale, 1955. Octavo, black cloth with spine lettering, 192 pp., four double-sided plates and one map. Some preliminary foxing, inner hinger split but firm, otherwise a good copy in chipped dust-jacket. First edition. A personal account of Stefan James's life and experiences from the Imphal Valley in the early part of 1944 where he and his squadron confronted the Japanese forces.