Command Performance by Hector Bolitho (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The diary of the Squadron Leader of RAF Coastal Command written during the three months following the D-Day invasion of Europe. Coastal Command sank more U-boats in the channel during that time than the entire Royal Navy. Shelf wear to dust jacket. Dust jacket in mylar. 262 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 262 pages. Bookplate inside. Light shelf wear, pages yellowing; a good solid book. The jacket is chipped, torn and discolored. Cover says A Diary of the R.A.F. Conquest of the U-Boat Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military History; Inventory No: 205823.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are crisp and clean, with tight binding and fresh pages. One corner is lightly bumped. Jacket has discreet tape repair along edges. Photo illustrations. Small 8vo. 262 pp. Plus photos. In protective Mylar. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. signed by the author on the first flyleaf page. First American hardcover edition, with dust jacket, published by Howell, Soskin, 1946. Memoir of the author's experiences as Squadron Leader of Coastal Command, detailing the pursuit of U-Boats in the English Channel. 262 pages, with a section of photos at the end of the book, 5-1/2" X 8-1/4". The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped, original price of $3 is printed on the bottom corner of the front flap. Jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Jacket has chips and creases at the top edge and at the head of the spine panel. Blue cloth covered boards, with just some mild rubbing wear the head and heel of the spine panel. signed by Bolitho on the first blank flyleaf page. No further writing besides the signature. Edges of the text block are clean. Binding is tight and square. Not a library discard copy. Attached are some photos of the copy we have in our inventory. Signed by Author(s).…

1946. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 270pp. Signed by the author. Illustrations, photographs. Lightly edgeworn. (World War 2, Coastal Command, RAF, World War 2).