[A COMPLETE SET OF ALL FIFTEEN WAR ADVENTURE SERIES 'DAVE DAWSON' TITLES, COMPOSED OF;] Dave Dawson At Dunkirk; Dave Dawson with the R.A.F.; Dave Dawson in Libya; Dave Dawson on Convoy Patrol; Dave Dawson at Singapore; Dave Dawson, Flight Lieutenant; Dave Dawson with the Pacific Fleet; Dave Dawson with the Air Corps; Dave Dawson with the Commandos; Dave Dawson on the Russian Front; Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers; Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal; Dave Dawson at Casablanca; Dave Dawson with the Eighth Air Force; Dave Dawson at Truk

[War Adventure Series] Bowen R. Sidney

Published by New York Crown Publishers 1944, 1946

15 volumes, all published. Includes the rare first edition, first printing of 'Dave Dawson at Truk', and the first edition, first printing of 'Dave Dawson with the Eighth Air Force', the other volumes all being later printings by the original publisher, Crown, they are not the subsequent editions from the Saalfield Publishing Company. 8vo, each volume in the publisher's original textured cloth, and all in the original colourful pictorially decorated dustjackets. All copies in very good condition, with the paper yellowing as is always the case and other evidence of age due to the wartime printing standards, but otherwise clean and sturdy copies in very attractive jackets with some wear, chipping, and mellowing. THE WAR ADVENTURE SERIES OF BOOKS FEATURING DAVE DAWSON COMPLETE AND IN VERY UNIFORM AND PLEASING CONDITION. The set includes the surprising rare final volume printed after the ending of the war; DAVE DAWSON At TRUK. This volume has the first issue points of the final printed page being an advertisement for 'Dave Dawson Over Berlin', which was never published. "The Dave Dawson War Adventure series is a fifteen book series of boy's adventure stories pertaining to the European and Pacific theatres of WWII. Written between 1941 and 1945, by R. Sidney Bowen the books follow the adventures of American RAF pilot Dave Dawson, and his fellow flyer, Freddy Farmer." - Wikipedia Robert Sidney Bowen, Jr. was a World War I aviator, newspaper journalist, magazine editor and author. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Bowen is best known for his two boys series of books written during World War II; the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Series. He wrote these under the name R. Sidney Bowen but also wrote under the pseudonym James Robert Richard. Seller Inventory # 33793

Bibliographic Details

Title: [A COMPLETE SET OF ALL FIFTEEN WAR ADVENTURE...
Publisher: New York Crown Publishers 1944, 1946
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition