Wings Over Burma (5 items)

London: Quality Press Ltd., (1944). Book Production War Economy Standard stamp. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 192 pp. Poor, with heavy speckling to spine; in a torn, mylar protected dust jacket; interior very clean and bright, other than a neat bookplate. From dust jacket: Wings over Burma is something more than a story. It is the record of an airman’s experiences whilst on operational flights prior to the grim events which preceded the evacuation of Rangoon -- with Burma as a scenic background. The volume contains thrilling descriptions of air-combats in which the self-analysis of the airman’s thoughts through his most dangerous moments is intensely revealing. Such encounters indeed might well recall the olden-time tournament joustings of the “chivalrous knights’ revived again in an ethereal setting. The story is alive with high-speed action and verve, and rich with that type of Rabelaisian simile which finds fluent expression in the Services. A vivd narrative of… Read more

Braunton Devon: Merlin Books Ltd.. 91 printed pages plus map pages at the end. A fine copy has some photo illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 10" Tall . Fine. Glossy Paperback. 2nd Printing or Edition.. 1991.

Quality Press Ltd, 1945. Light blue cover boards has faded spine. Corners bumped and general marks.. Reprint of First Edition. Fair/No Jacket. H. Hardback.

Quality Press Ltd.. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover. Hardback; original blue cloth boards damp-marked, pages a little foxed, otherwise good; remains of original dustjacket foxed, marked torn and part-missing. Reprint. ; The author's wartime account of this experiences on operational flights prior to the evacuation of Rangoon. Illustrated. ; 192 pages .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.