The Sky Suspended. The Battle of Britain May 1940 - April 1941 by Middleton Drew - 1960

Secker & Warburg, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.0000 9.0000 6.0000. Protected in bag.

Longmans, Green and Co., 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London, England: Secker & Warburg, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. British First. Edge wear to boards and dust jacket particularly at top and bottom of spine and at corners; previous owner's name in ink on front end paper; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with two black and white maps; dust jacket is now protected by a mylar cover..

Lon.: Secker. nice copy . Very Good. Hardcover. First. 1960.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1960. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 255 pp. Very Good, with lightly rubbed edges and bookplate; in a Near-Fine dust jacket with darkened spine. From dust jacket: With his last book The Biritish, Mr. Drew Middleton gave a brilliantly balanced picture of the customs, problems and achievements of post-war Britain. In The Sky Suspended he gives an equally unforgettable account of those last six months of 1940 when Britain’s survival was assured, the period of the Battle of Britain, and the Blitz. Mr. Middleton at that time was the London Correspondent of the Associated Press (a position he holds today for the New York Times). This is in fact an eye-witness account by one of the gerat objective reporters of our day. His story deals with the big days of the battle when every available fighter plane on either side was engaged; with every phase of the struggle as seen through the eyes of a single squadron (No. 85 Hurricane Squadron, then commanded by… Read More

New York: Longmans, Green, 1960. 282 pp, 8 1/4" H. Pictorial endpapers. "Here is a dramatic re-creation of England during those eventful days when Britain fought alone and when defeat of Britain would have been the defeat of hope. How close the batle was, how much hung in the balance and how that battle went is presented by the distinguished correspondent Drew Middleton who was reporting the events for the Associated Press. The forces at the command of the RAF - charged to defend the British Isles - were pitifully small in comparison to those of the German Luftwaffe, out to break the back of the English. An impartial military observer would have scoffed at the idea that so few would be able to do so much to so many. If the Luftwaffe had destroyed the RAF, there is no doubt that ultimately Britian would have fallen, little doubt that the history of the war and that of the world would have taken a different turning. How and why the tide of battle changed, what motives lay behind the German… Read More

Pan MacMillan Books, 1963. X181. vg+. Pan 1st edition X181 1963 World War 2, paperback, vg+, Battle of Britain & Blitz, illustrated In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Pan MacMillan Books, 1963. X181. fine. Pan 1st edition X181 1963 paperback, about fine, Battle of Britain & Blitz, illustrated In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

London: Secker and Warburg, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. original cloth hardcover, 255 pages, very good in very good unclipped dustwrapperWe are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 152

London: Pan, 1963. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Pan Edition. VG, Edgewear, creases, ink name, foxing, browning. "The epic Battle of Britain, 1940 and The Blitz that followed". Pan X181. Illustrated with photographs. 189 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request..