Commando Captain by Walker Rowland (4 results)

Condition: Good. 1943. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Drigin, Serge (illustrator). 1943 (1942) 1st edition, 2nd printing. 184pp. Near Fine/Very Good. Yellow cloth boards with very slight rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight but for very slight spotting/soiling. Owner's name to ffep. Nice DW with minor rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, minor soiling, tape reinforcement inside. B&W illustrations by Serge Drigin. Adventures with the Murchison Commandos during WW2. Scarce in DW.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Drigin, S. (illustrator). Orange clothbound hardback with dust jacket in fair condition, shows signs of wear and tear consistent with age. Binding intact and pages good. Covered in removable plastic sleeve to prevent further damage.

First edition. Publisher's original orange cloth with red titles to the upper board and spine, in the Serge Drigin illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated with four full page black and white plates by Serge Drigin. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with minor bumping at the extremities. The contents, with spotting to the endpapers are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of closed tears but remains without fading or loss. Not price-clipped (5s net to the lower front flap). The second title in a small series of highly regarded World War Two novels by Rowland Walker which chronicle the events of the different Military services and are notable for containing the actual names of those involved and dates of operations. The author was, with the publication of 'Dastral of the Flying Corps' in 1918, one of the first servicemen to write flying stories from personal experience rather than research. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.