Pierre Clostermann Dfc (16 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

mass_market. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

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

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

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Bantam Edition, 1979Heavy foxing on first few pages and front illustrated fold-out and last few pages. No markings in text. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.

Condition: Fair. 1966. 1966 Reprint. 253 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has moderate edge wear with noticeable creasing and chipping. Moderate tanning and markings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Brown ghost mark on end pages from dj flaps. Heavy spotting on top page edges, dj in a protective sleeve. Aircraft WWII.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. DJ. Some chips and small tears to dust jacket, hand-written date on front endpaper and lightly tanned throughout. First edition, second impression.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second impression, 1952. No inscriptions etc. A good, sound copy. The jacket is price-clipped and lightly browned on the reverse (now protected).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Translated by Oliver Berthoud. From the collection of Ex-Libris. Small sticker from previous bookseller. The dust jacket is shelf rubbed, marks, 'browned', torn and edge worn. Along the side of the front flap there is a tear. There is a large tear on the spine of the book and a piece of the panel is missing. The boards underneath have minor marks of tape residue. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The text within the book is clear and bright. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 7th printing. The story of World War Two in the air, written by a famous French flying ace. A basically crisp, clean book and jacket, with some mild wear to top of jacket spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Vanguard Library Hardback Edition / Second Print (first in this edition published 1954). Hardback copy in speckled tan cloth boards with lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket (price of 3'6 net to front dustjacket) in new removable protective clear sleeve. 244pp. Not library copy, light page tanning. (74/3).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, 256pp, illustd, little old tape residue line round near top of covers must be from an old wrapper protector, but not bad but a vg clean tight volume in a dustwrapper which is a bit aged and edge chipped but not far off of being complete and not price clipped. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Vanguard Library Hardback Edition / Second Print (first in this edition published same year) . Hardback copy in speckled tan cloth boards with lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket (price of 3'6 net to front dustjacket) in new removable protective clear sleeve. 244pp + 4pp book catalogue to rear. Plus newspaper obituary cutting from 'The Daily Telegraph, Saturday, March 25, 2006' of the death of Pierre Clostermann. Not library copy, light page tanning. (31/2).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. cr 8vo, 200pp, photos, orig blue cloth, has a bit of a mark round the bottom of the covers from an old dustwrapper protector ( now removed ) and an old small name to top of front end paper, but it is still a good tight volume , in just a modest bit edge chipped top and bottom of spine , NOT price clipped dustwrapper, a good plus plus copy , plenty good enough for a collection, images can be sent to see condition etc. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. "The Big Show is one of the most celebrated personal accounts of aerial combat in World War II, written by Pierre Clostermann, a Free French fighter pilot who flew with the Royal Air Force. Covering his experiences from 1942 through to the armistice, Clostermann recounts over 420 operational sorties flying Spitfires and Tempests, air-to-air engagements, V-bomb site attacks, escort missions with Flying Fortress armadas, and the camaraderie and losses of the French Alsace Squadron and RAF squadrons. Translated by Oliver Berthoud, with a foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C. Includes black-and-white photographic plates. Regarded universally as one of the finest fighter pilot memoirs ever written. Author: Pierre Clostermann, D.F.C. Illustrator: Not Stated Publisher: Chatto and Windus, London Publication Year: 1951 (stated in book) Printed In: United Kingdom ISBN Condition The blue cloth boards show light shelf wear with some rubbing and corner bumping. The binding is firm and the text block is tight. Pages have light age toning consistent with a 1951 printing; photographic plates are clear and intact. The dust jacket is present and features the original illustrated aerial combat artwork. The jacket has significant wear with chips, tears, and some loss at the spine head and edges; the front panel and spine illustration remain largely intact and displayable. The front pastedown bears a bookseller's stamp from The Book Depot, 138 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, giving the book a documented Australian provenance. No inscriptions or prior owner markings noted in the text.".…