Gurdon Capt (20 results)

Hardback. Condition: New. Over and Above is Gurdon's first and best book, repeatedly reprinted for two decades, variously titled Winged Warriors or Wings of Death. Billed as a novel, it is not so much that as a fictionalised account of his own service flying career, with names changed, incidents rearranged. True, it tells of 'exciting raids over enemy lines and towns, desperate fights against fearful odds, chivalry shown to an unchivalrous foe.'  but the narrative turns darker as men become wearier, new comrades arrive and are killed, and those who remain try to hold onto meaning in increasingly unintelligible circumstances, a mirror to Gurdon's own experiences.Written in the style of the era and by and for a class which put great store in maintaining a slangy, backslapping cheerfulness, no matter how grim things were, with chums wishing each other 'beaucoup Huns' before embarking on a 'show' in 'beastly' weather, this book is a classic to rank with Winged Victory by V M Yeates, and which should never have been out of print.This new edition retains exactly the original script but has been updated with an introduction by John Gurdon's granddaughter Camilla Jane Gurdon Blakeley and an extended illustrated appendix by renowned historian Norman Franks.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Good. 1934. No edition remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour frontispiece. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Book has slight forward lean.

Condition: Good. 1934. No edition remarks. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour frontispiece. Presentation plate on front free endpaper. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 6 full-page color plates by Norton William and others. B&W illustrations as well, many are also full-page. Unpaginated, app. 100 pages which are very thick, as is the book itself.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Over and Above was first published in 1919 soon after John Everard Gurdon, aged just twenty, had been invalided out of the RAF following a brief but incident-filled stint as a flyer on the Western Front. Piloting the Bristol F.2b with 22 Squadron, his first victory was on 2 April 1918 and by 13 August he had bagged his twenty-eighth. In between those dates Gurdon flew with gusto and elan, his exploits attracting the attention of such eminent fighter aces as James McCudden. Over and Above is Gurdon's first and best book, repeatedly reprinted for two decades, variously titled Winged Warriors or Wings of Death. Billed as a novel, it is not so much that as a fictionalised account of his own service flying career, with names changed, incidents rearranged. True, it tells of 'exciting raids over enemy lines and towns, desperate fights against fearful odds, chivalry shown to an unchivalrous foe.' but the narrative turns darker as men become wearier, new comrades arrive and are killed, and those who remain try to hold onto meaning in increasingly unintelligible circumstances, a mirror to Gurdon's own experiences. Written in the style of the era and by and for a class which put great store in maintaining a slangy, backslapping cheerfulness, no matter how grim things were, with chums wishing each other 'beaucoup Huns' before embarking on a 'show' in 'beastly' weather, this book is a classic to rank with Winged Victory by V M Yeates, and which should never have been out of print. This new edition retains exactly the original script but has been updated with an introduction by John Gurdon's granddaughter Camilla Gurdon Blakeley and an extended illustrated appendix by renowned historian Norman Franks. This new edition retains exactly the original script but has been updated with an introduction by John Gurdons granddaughter Camilla Jane Gurdon Blakeley and an extended illustrated appendix by renowned historian Norman Franks. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content with toning. Prize label to end paper. DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edition Not Stated. VG+, Shelfwear, edge bump, light browning/VG, Price-clipped, edgewear, small chips, tears, creases, scuffing. Children's adventure. Expanded condition report/photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 256 pages. Dj chipped and frayed. Bookplate.

Hardback. Reprint. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Mild Foxing to rear pages (advertisements), pages lightly tanned at edges. Front board has minor wear to leading edge. Presentation plate to prelims. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 192 pages. A school mystery involving flying, as one would expect from this author, a renowned World War One aviator.

Hardback. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. INSCRIPTION DATED 1938, TANNING.

HB BROWN BOARDS VERY GOOD PP256 DW VERY GOOD 8V0 Adventure around a wall of ice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small chips to DJ, now protected and price-clipped. Spine of book slightly faded. Overall presents well.

Hardback. Condition: GOOD. FIRST, INSCRIPTION DATED 1938, TANNING, EDGE FOXING DW VGC PLANE AND BOYS HIDING ON THE COVER.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This new edition retains exactly the original script but has been updated with an introduction by John Gurdon's granddaughter Camilla Jane Gurdon Blakeley and an extended illustrated appendix by renowned historian Norman Franks.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Over and Above was first published in 1919 soon after John Everard Gurdon, aged just twenty, had been invalided out of the RAF following a brief but incident-filled stint as a flyer on the Western Front. Piloting the Bristol F.2b with 22 Squadron, his first victory was on 2 April 1918 and by 13 August he had bagged his twenty-eighth. In between those dates Gurdon flew with gusto and elan, his exploits attracting the attention of such eminent fighter aces as James McCudden. Over and Above is Gurdon's first and best book, repeatedly reprinted for two decades, variously titled Winged Warriors or Wings of Death. Billed as a novel, it is not so much that as a fictionalised account of his own service flying career, with names changed, incidents rearranged. True, it tells of 'exciting raids over enemy lines and towns, desperate fights against fearful odds, chivalry shown to an unchivalrous foe.' but the narrative turns darker as men become wearier, new comrades arrive and are killed, and those who remain try to hold onto meaning in increasingly unintelligible circumstances, a mirror to Gurdon's own experiences. Written in the style of the era and by and for a class which put great store in maintaining a slangy, backslapping cheerfulness, no matter how grim things were, with chums wishing each other 'beaucoup Huns' before embarking on a 'show' in 'beastly' weather, this book is a classic to rank with Winged Victory by V M Yeates, and which should never have been out of print. This new edition retains exactly the original script but has been updated with an introduction by John Gurdon's granddaughter Camilla Gurdon Blakeley and an extended illustrated appendix by renowned historian Norman Franks. This new edition retains exactly the original script but has been updated with an introduction by John Gurdons granddaughter Camilla Jane Gurdon Blakeley and an extended illustrated appendix by renowned historian Norman Franks. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Hardback. Condition: New. Over and Above is Gurdon's first and best book, repeatedly reprinted for two decades, variously titled Winged Warriors or Wings of Death. Billed as a novel, it is not so much that as a fictionalised account of his own service flying career, with names changed, incidents rearranged. True, it tells of 'exciting raids over enemy lines and towns, desperate fights against fearful odds, chivalry shown to an unchivalrous foe.'  but the narrative turns darker as men become wearier, new comrades arrive and are killed, and those who remain try to hold onto meaning in increasingly unintelligible circumstances, a mirror to Gurdon's own experiences.Written in the style of the era and by and for a class which put great store in maintaining a slangy, backslapping cheerfulness, no matter how grim things were, with chums wishing each other 'beaucoup Huns' before embarking on a 'show' in 'beastly' weather, this book is a classic to rank with Winged Victory by V M Yeates, and which should never have been out of print.This new edition retains exactly the original script but has been updated with an introduction by John Gurdon's granddaughter Camilla Jane Gurdon Blakeley and an extended illustrated appendix by renowned historian Norman Franks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. THE DUST JACKET IS RUBBED AND FADED. THE CORNERS AND EDGES ARE SCUFFED. THERE ARE SMALL TEARS TO BOTH TOP CORNERS OF THE FRONT JACKET. THE SPINE IS RUBBED AND FADED. BOTH ENDS OF THE SPINE ARE SCUFFED. THE PAGE EDGES HAVE SOME MARKS. THE PRICE IS UNCLIPPED. THE FFEP HAS A PENNED MARK TO IT. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

First edition. Octavo. 111, [1] pp. Publisher's flexible black cloth with gilt cover lettering. Cloth on lower front corner lifting a bit, a couple of old indentations to rear cover. Overall, a very pleasing and clean copy in the original binding.A valuable source document on the history of whaling. Allyn was master on at least 9 different whaling schooners.