The Mountains Wait; Letter From Bernt And Ebba Lund; With Forward By His Excellency The Prime Minister Of Norway

BROCH, Theodore & KENT, Rockwell (Illus.)

Published by Michael Joseph Ltd, London

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3rd Impression. DESCRIPTION: White DJ with red title plates over crimson red cloth. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Includes a handwritten letter from Bernt Lund referring to trips to Sachsenhausen concentration camp where he was imprisoned during the war. Lund also refers to sending this book to the recipients ("Jo and Ray") where he talks about how Einas Gerhardson became Norway's first Prime Minister after the war. He also mentions that he had met his father's friend Theodor Broch, the author several times. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear to lightly turned corners, edges and spine ends. Sharp clean cloth. Tightly bound with toned intact endpapers and firm hinges. Toned unmarked pages and text block edges. DJ Condition: Fair: Heavy wear and chipping to upper and lower edge, spine ends and corners. Toned covers with spotting to front and rear. Unclipped. Pages 192. Size: 8vo 21cm by 13cm. PROVENANCE: LETTER: Bernt Lund. Air Vice-Marshal Ronald Graham (1896-1967) was a Scottish First World War flying ace of the Royal Naval Air Service rising to the rank of Air Vice Marshal during the Second World War. A medical student at the start First World War began joined the Royal Naval Division 1915 transferring to the Royal Naval Air Service as a Flight sub-Lieutenant in September. In 1916, he served at the Dover Seaplane Base before moving to Dunkirk, to act as flying cover for the North Sea Fleet. He became part of the Saint Pol Seaplane Defence Flight, which formed on 30 June 1917. Graham had his first two victories at this time, destroying a German seaplane on 19 June while piloting a Sopwith Baby, and another while piloting a Sopwith Pup on 12 August 1917. His unit morphed into No. 13 Squadron RNAS and then No. 213 Squadron RAF of which he took command in May 1918. In August 1918 he took command of the newly formed No. 233 Squadron RAF which had a Fighter Defence Flight of Camels at RAF Walmer under the command of Captain W. M. Alexander, another Flight (491) at Dover (Guston Road)and the Seaplane flight (407) Dover, Marine Parade. On the outbreak of the Second World War, Graham was an Air Commodore on the staff at the headquarters of Fighter Command. Seller Inventory # 9551

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Mountains Wait; Letter From Bernt And ...

Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd, London

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: KENT, Rockwell

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Fair