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Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor
by Cunningham, G. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Dunedin: A. H. & A. W. Reed. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1937]. First Edition. Hardcover. Fading to spine leather. Some fading to boards. No signatures.; This copy is number 67 of a "Special Extra-Illustrated De Luxe Edition", signed by G. H. Cunningham on the limitation leaf. 159, [1] pages + limitatation leaf (following the title leaf) + portrait frontispiece + 28 illustrations on 13 plate leaves. Publisher's green leather boards with gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped lettering on front board. Green bookmark ribbon. Top page edges dyed green. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. Military history, biography, World War One. Selected chapter titles: Life in the Squadron; Experiences as a Fighting Pilot; Forced Landing; Home Service at Biggin Hill; Home Training with Fighter Squadrons; A Narrow Escape; Shot Down; Balloon Bursting; Armistice; Training with the New Zealand Air Force; Pioneer Air Mail Flights; Development of Air Services; Types of Aeroplanes Flown by Mac. [The ordinary edition has a frontispiece + 15 illustrations on 7 plate leaves.] [Reference: Bagnall C1875 for the ordinary edition + addendum noting the "de luxe edition" in the Supplement (p. 68, C1875 addendum).] .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22332
- Title
- Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor
- Author
- Cunningham, G. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. H. & A. W. Reed
- Place of Publication
- Dunedin
- Date Published
- [1937]
- Keywords
- Military History World War I
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About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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