Orde Cuthbert (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cuthbert Orde (illustrator). 1st edition. 60pp, 12mo, b/w ill, tight binding, clean throughout, soiled and worn boards remain glossy, lower right corner of ffep is clipped, owner's name, two 1" pieces of old scotch tape on pastedown, hinge weak at page 46.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket painting after Cuthbert Orde (illustrator). 1st Edition. First published in 1981, this is a fifth impression of 1982, a tribute to the subject's popularity. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, some slight spotting to page fore edges, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 303pp, illustrated. A biography of Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL, FRAeS (1910-82). He was a Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War and was credited with 22 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged. Bader joined the RAF in 1928, and was commissioned in 1930. In December 1931, while attempting some aerobatics, he crashed and lost both his legs. Having been on the brink of death, he recovered, retook flight training, passed his check flights and then requested reactivation as a pilot. Although there were no regulations applicable to his situation, he was retired against his will on medical grounds. After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, however, Douglas Bader returned to the RAF and was accepted as a pilot. He scored his first victories over Dunkirk during the Battle of France in 1940. He then took part in the Battle of Britain and became a friend and supporter of Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory and his 'Big Wing' experiments. In August 1941, Bader baled out over German-occupied France and was captured. Despite his disability, Bader made a number of escape attempts and was eventually sent to the prisoner of war camp at Colditz Castle. He remained there until April 1945 when the camp was liberated by the First United States Army. Percy Belgrave Lucas, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC (1915-98), commonly known as Laddie Lucas, was a Royal Air Force officer, famous left handed golfer, author and Member of Parliament.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original air force blue covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6ĵ''. Contains 191 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition art work dust wrapper, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0718305566 BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st. Blue/beige cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Boards have a few marks commensurate with age. Slight bumping to corners. Spine is faded with a little bumping to ends. Some fox to the endpapers and throughout the text (war standard paper). Not affecting the portraits which are on different paper. Several pages are creased, but not badly so. The odd pencil annotation to the text. Pagination: 32 pp + 64 pp of portraits. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 561g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 034451:005) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 561 G. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. CUTHBERT ORDE, Captain (illustrator). January 1943 reprint of September 1942 edition. Rare, particularly with jacket. Previous owner signature 'Bill Cressy-Marcks, Ceylon 29/7/43' (Born 1922 Myanmar, died 29 Mar 1956. Flight Lieutenant, RAF Volunteer Reserve 356 Squadron). Bookseller stamp to FFEP. Ink annotations to List of Portraits indicating killed, prisoners of war, missing, or off flying due to injuries. Pencil annotations to portrait margins with rank, decorations, occasional 'shot down' and if 'bought it' or 'missing'. Fascinating historical document. Blue and beige cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Boards are marked and generally grubby. Corners are bumped. Top right corner of rear board is bent. Slight wear to board edges. Spine has mild bumping to top and bottom. Endpages are a little grubby. Front inner hinge is starting to crack. Rear inner hinge is starting to crack. Textblock is just starting to give. Textblock has one or two grubby marks but is generally clean. 96 pp. 64 b/w illustrations. Beige paper dust jacket with yellow lettering to front. DJ is rather tatty, with quite a bit of loss. Spine area is missing. Rather grubby. Not priceclipped. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 613g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 024788:1-G5) Size: 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" Tall Language: ENG 613 G. Book.

No Jacket. Cuthbert Orde (illustrator). First Edition. Some of the Few is a historical military aviation book celebrated for documenting the lives of the Royal Air Force fighter pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain during World War II famously referred to by Winston Churchill as The Few This copy is signed by the author to the front free endpaper Bound with pictorial laminated boards the boards are a little discoloured with light lifting of the laminate There is a pictorial label to the front free endpaper and the very occasional spot of foxing throughout The pages however are generally very clean illustrated with portraits by Cuthbert Orde pp 60 Overall a good copy with the added interest of the authors signature Part of a huge aviation collection acquired by St Marys Booksnbsp. book.

SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, ex-library, imperial octavo, beige buckram boards, grey lettering to blue buckram spine, 64pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing & soiling sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters).