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Against the sun: the story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont by Lanchbery, Edward - 1955

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Against the sun: the story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont by Lanchbery, Edward - 1955

Against the sun: the story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont

by Lanchbery, Edward

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Cassell & Company, Ltd.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in bright blue cloth with silver gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions, in a tatty unclipped dustjacket which is torn & creased with some edge loss. 270 pages, 29 illustrations on plates .
  • Bookseller Aucott & Thomas GB (GB)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Cassell & Company, Ltd.
  • Date Published 1955
  • Keywords Test pilots, English Electric Canberra, 609 squadron

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Against the Sun

Against the Sun

by Edward Lanchbery

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Pan Books Ltd, 1957. Paperback. Good. 1957. First Edition Thus. 255 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white photographic plates to centre of book. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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Beckett Baseball Card Monthly Collection of 7 Magazines)

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Beckett, 1990. Magazine. Very Good. Type: Magazine this collection of 7 magazines are in near fine condition encased in plastic envelopes....included are Issue # 66 (Sept. 1990), 68 (Nov. 1990), 69 (Dec. 1990), 71 (Feb. 1991), 103 (oct. 1993), 116 (Nov. 1994), 126 (Sept. 1995)
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Against the Sun: The Story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C.

by Lanchbery, Edward

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Lon.: Cassell. dust jacket with a few chips; name on endpaper . Very Good. Hardcover. First. 1955.
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Against the Sun

by LANCHBERY: Edward

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London: Cassell and Company, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second Edition. No d/j/ The book is bright blue with silver lettering. very slight edgewear. The interior is very clean and nice, no inscriptions or signs of wear.
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Against the sun: the story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont

Against the sun: the story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont

by Lanchbery, Edward

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Cassell & Company, Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in bright blue cloth with silver gilt titles, cloth is worn at corners, no inscriptions. 270 pages, 29 illustrations on plates .
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Against The Sun

by Lanchbery Edward

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Cassell, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are shelf rubbed and a bit edgeworn. one previous owner's signature.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Against the Sun

by Edward Lanchbery

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London: Cassell, 1955. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Against the Sun: Story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont.

by Lanchbery, Edward

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Cassell, 1955, 1955. 1st ed. 270p. Photos. Pilot of the Canberra and the P.1. Jacket priced. In mylar. Jacket spine chipped. Fine/Very Good Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Book.
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AGAINST THE SUN: The Story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont

AGAINST THE SUN: The Story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont

by Lanchbery, Edward

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London: Cassell and Company , 1955. 270pp. Unpaginated b/white halftone plates throughout, including frontispiece (all called-for plates extant and attached). Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over minimally bumped and colour-flecked spine. Blue cloth boards very good. No dustjacket. A former owner's name on front pastedown, a faint, original seller's stamp on front free endpaper, else textblock unmarked. 'Against The Wind' is the remarkable story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C. RAF WW2 fighter pilot and later test pilot for the Canberra Bomber . . . Contents include: Prelims., Foreword. Prologue. Part 1/ Fighter Pilot. 2/ Bird in a Cage. 3/ Test Pilot. Epilogue. Book weight approx. 462g. . First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good+. 8vo - (approx. 21.5cm x 14.5cm).
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AGAINST THE SUN.

by LANCHBERY, Edward

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Lond. Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1955.. 8vo. Or.bds. 270pp. b/w plates. Cloth sl.rubbed else a good copy. 1st ed. The story of Wing Commander Roland Beamont D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C.
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