Hodges Goderic (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. There is one noticeable bump to the top front corner of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has some bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners, including one noticeable bump to the top front corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 1st ed. 175p. Photos. Jacket priced. In mylar. Fine/Fine copy. Book.

First Edition. First Edition. octavo, brown boards in pictorial dust jacket. 175pp. William Kimber, Hodges served with the British Army at Gallipoli and in Egypt then volunteered for the RFC and balloon observation training in 1916. After training he was posted to No.25 Balloon Section, 2nd Balloon Wing in Flanders leading to a lifetime of affection for balloons. He gives a vivid impression of being up in a balloon, the beauty of viewing the world from that height, and funny episodes during his training. Numerous photographic illustrations. A bit dusty on top edge of text block, otherwise a fine, clean copy. Jacket not price clipped. octavo, brown boards in pictorial dust jacket.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 175, [12] pp. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Hodges, Goderic 1893-. Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps. 2nd Balloon Wing. World War, 1914-1918. Service Aviation. Aircraft . Biography. Memoirs and Famous Flights. Military life. Personal narratives. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. pp.175 clean tight copy with tanning to text pages and end papers slight edge and corner wear to d/j edges a number written in blue ink on frontpiece tanning to end papers Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Author tells of his experiences with observation balloons on the Western Front in World War I. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 175 pp.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 175, [12] pp. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Hodges, Goderic 1893-. Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps. 2nd Balloon Wing. World War, 1914-1918. Service Aviation. Aircraft . Biography. Memoirs and Famous Flights. Military life. Personal narratives. 1 Kg.

Hardcover with dust jacket. When a call came round the R.F.C. training school at Oxford for volunteers to transfer to balloons, the author was quick to apply. He had been with the army at Gallipoli, and in Egypt, and had then volunteered to join the R.F.C. He was always interested in anything in the least unusual. And he had never heard of observation balloons. This call was different, for it was to lead to a lifetime's affection for balloons. - After training he was sent to the Western Front and his book teils of his experiences there with observation balloons. Set side by side with the grim starkness of warfare on the western front, the author gives the reader a vivid impression of what it was like to be up in a balloon, of the beauty of the world from that height, and not least of the funny episodes that inevitably occurred during his training and practice with balloons - such as his near-miss landing through the reading room of the British Museum. He relates the horrors of warfare during the later part of the war, including his own personal tragedy and yet with the gusto and humour with which he describes his ballooning experiences he imparts to the reader some of the spell which balloons have cast over him. 175 p. photos book very good condition, dust jacket a little rubbed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. private library liquidation. Some light edge wear/fade. Age spots on pages. no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy of this book with some browning on end papers and dust wrapper. Signed by author and dated 20th June 1974. Signed by Author(s).