Lamb Charles Commander (28 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Specially Illustrated Edition (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition.

(Subject: Aviation - General) The author was a Fleet Air Arm Pilot flying the famous Swordfish torpedo bomber in WWII. He took part in Norwegian and Dunkirk Campaigns, the attack on Taranto, operated from a secret base in Albania and later from Malta. Captured and imprisoned by the Vichy French, he was eventually released and later served in the British Pacific Fleet. (Published: 1987) (Publisher: Leo Cooper) (ISBN: 0850524415) (Pagination: 340pp, 28 ills, 1 map, index) (Condition: near fine in like dw) UL-XXXXXX.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Nice Clean Copy! Book Club. No marks or writings, pages bright and clean, binding tight and sound. Light wear to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket in VG+ condition and placed in archival plastic sleeve. Carefully packaged and shipped in box. L.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. dust jacket has wear and tear; white-out over writing on some pages Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 340 pp., illus., map.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book club edition. Jacket in Fair condition with tears. No markings on text. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Specially Illustrated Edition (illustrator). 1st of This Edition. 370 pages. Black/white illustrations. An ageing, but firm, clean book. Scan available.

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Ripped/damaged jacket. The dust jacket of this book is slightly damaged/ripped, however, this does not affect the internal condition.

Gebonden. Condition: Boek goed. 351 pp.

1st in imprint, paperback, 344pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., dec. chapter vignettes, maps in text, [vii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), the experiences of a Swordfish pilot during WW2, a survivor of the sinking of HMS Courageous, the attack on Taranto from HMS Illustrious, support for the Greeks from a mountain airfield behind enemy lines in Albania, flying in support of the campaign in North Africa out of Hal Fal airfield in Malta, capture and internment by the Vichy French in North Africa until their capitulation after Operation Torch and appointment as Lt. Cdr. (Flying) in HMS Implacable, lightg vertical creasing to spine, a little rubbed and faintly creased at extrems., edges a little tanned, ISBN:0099182505 good plus,

8vo., with illustrations and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in the UK as 'War in a Stringbag' in 1977. Well-written account by a pilot who served in virtually every theatre in which the Fleet Air Arm was involved. Vivid coverage of Taranto. Enser, p.88; Law, 9782.

1st in imprint, paperback, 344pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., dec. chapter vignettes, maps in text, [vii] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappes, the experiences of a Swordfish pilot during WW2, a survivor of the sinking of HMS Courageous, the attack on Taranto from HMS Illustrious, support for the Greeks from a mountain airfield behind enemy lines in Albania, flying in support of the campaign in North Africa out of Hal Fal airfield in Malta, capture and internment by the Vichy French in North Africa until their capitulation after Operation Torch and appointment as Lt. Cdr. (Flying) in HMS Implacable, light creasing to spine and wrappers, edges tanned, inscription and date opposite title, ISBN:0099182505 good plus,

Octavo, black hardcover with spine lettering, illustrated endpapers, [vi], 340 pp., eight double sided plates. A good copy in dust jacket. First edition. A firsthand account by Commander Charles lamb of the Stringbags' most daring missions - minelaying and U-boat hunting over German waters.

Octavo, green hardcover, viii, 364 pp., illustrated. Boards slightly rubbed at spine ends and extremities, dust jacket a little worn and chipped, otherwise a very good copy. A firsthand account by Commander Charles lamb of the Stringbags' most daring missions - minelaying and U-boat hunting over German waters.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: lightly scuffed along edge, o. Secondhand. Clean pages, lightly tanned. Some age spots round edge of texst block. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear, some scuffs along edges, and a small rip top of the front. Price clipped from front endpaper. . Good book.

Paperback. Condition: new. Specially Illustrated Edition (illustrator). Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 364pp., text ills., maps, nominal roll, index, Memoirs of a Swordfish Pilot in WWII. Small chipped to top of title-page o/w a nice copy of first edition.

revised edition dust jacket As New octavo 325pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, nominal roll, Memoirs of a Swordfish Pilot in WWII. Nice copy of first revised edition.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 364pp., text ills., maps, nominal roll, index, Memoirs of a Swordfish Pilot in WWII. Nice copy of first edition.

revised edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 325pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, nominal roll, Memoirs of a Swordfish Pilot in WWII. Nice copy of first revised edition.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 364pp., text ills., maps, nominal roll, Memoirs of a Swordfish Pilot in WWII. Nice copy of first edition.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo 364pp., text ills., maps, nominal roll, Memoirs of a Swordfish Pilot in WWII. Nice copy of first edition.

Condition: new.

Condition: new.