Roderic Hill (34 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Baghdad Air Mail. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Worn - Age Marks. No Jacket. Reprint. Sir Roderic Hill (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good condition, paper cover with staple binding (rusted), otherwise clean and bright, illustrated , covers and 40 pages (though pagination 203 to240) [QP].

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 380 pages. 8.40x5.50x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover and edges shows heavy shelf wear. Pages are heavily yellowed. Heavy scuffing. Pages are clean and intact.

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers (pbk), 251pp plus 5 maps at rear. As new. The personal narrative of an RAF pilot flying the air mail route, established and run by the RAF from 1921 to 1926, linking Palestine, Iraq and Eqypt . The pilots carried both mail and passengers over inhospitable terrain, often in perilous conditions.…

1st edition stiff wrappers Fine octavo 251pp., b/w pls., maps, index, Personal narrative of flying the Air Mail Route Cairo to Baghdad 1921-1926.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus in publisher's original flat backed spine archive photographic illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 256 pp with monochrome maps and archive photographs throughout. Bookplate removed from copyright page and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1845880099 AVIATION & AERONAUTICS. …

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. 22.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. 328pp. Illustrated. Bound in salmon colored boards. Complete with 7 maps, some fold-outs. Front gutter repaired with binder's tape. Frontispiece has a small tear not reaching the image. Foxing to foredges. Fading to spine.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 398. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1929 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 398.…

Two soft backed volumes of original poetry written and published by University of Leeds writers. Both in very good condition; wrappers a little dulled; University of Leeds library labels to front endpapers; clean and crisp throughout. From the collection of a retired Leeds academic. Leeds University Poetry 1946. 24 pp. Contains the poems of Wilfred Childe, Mollie Herbert, W. A. Hodges, Derrick Metcalfe' Kenneth Muir, Marian Owen, Gerald Robinson, Robin Skelton. Leeds University Poetry 1954. 31 pp. Contains the poems of Robinetta Armfelt, George Campbell, Dorian Cooke, Gordon Heard, J Heath Stubbs, John D Hill. W.A. Hodges, Bernard Jones, David C Marno, Ralph N Maud, Roderic Owen, Gerald Robinson, Robin Skelton, Alan Tompkins, Keith Waddams. 'Ex libris SSM Kelham' to front free. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.…

Paperback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 380 1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

First edition, scarce in the jacket. This study by the future wartime commander-in-chief of Fighter Command gives "a fascinating insight into the development of the RAF's desert air mail service between Cairo and Baghdad [and] provides a detailed historical account of one man's perspective of operating and living in the Middle East" (Bridge). Wing Commander (later Air Chief Marshal Sir) Roderic Hill (1894-1954) was Officer Commanding 45 Squadron, based at RAF Hinaidi, Egypt, which in the 1920s operated the Vickers Vernon around the Middle East (Hill also touches on the new Airco DH.9As that were coming in to service). He was stationed in Iraq from October 1924 to September 1926. Flight Lieutenant Chloe Bridge, review, Air Power Review, Vol. 19, No 3. Octavo. Photogravure frontispiece, 38 half-tone photographic illustrations on 24 plates, in-text line drawings, 7 maps (5 folding, 2 full-page in text). Original moderate red cloth, lettered in black on spine and cover, the latter with a silhouette of a Vickers Vernon. With dust jacket. Spine lightly sunned, mild damp spots to lower fore-corners with consequent loss of colour, cracked at gutter in a few places but firm; spine of unclipped jacket toned, stain to foot of spine and front and back panels (those to the latter transferring some red dye from the cloth), a few splash stains to spine panel, some nicks and chips: just about a very good copy in like jacket.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 380.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 380.