- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Cocksparrow Books, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United KingdomCocksparrow Books
AbeBooks seller since July 11, 2023
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 27.27
Quantity: 1 available
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HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st? * Date of Publication: 1969 * Publisher: The Adventurer's Club. * Binding and cover condition: Maroon cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Coloured illustrated dust wrapper with a mono illustration showing a biplane and with an RAF coloured roundel superimposed. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Slight stain to tail of spine. Minor shelf wear to bottom edges and to tail of spine. VG+ * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks & spotting to page edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: One block of 8pp b/w photos at centre. * Pages: 166 pp. text. xxiii pp. appendices. bibliography, & index at rear.* Description: In 1918 a handful of young British Aviators flying unsafe machines round-the-clock and harried by Germany's home defences, originated regular long-range bombing and thus became the fore-runners of RAF Bomber Command, the U.S. Strategic Airforce and NATO'S H-bombers. Their losses rose to 75%: their survivors pioneered Britain's airmail services. The story of the Independent Force, told here for the first time, abounds in amazing incident. The evidence which has been researched by Alan Morris is presented against the political, industrial and social background and the author shows that if the lesson of I.F. Operations had been properly learned in the 1930's, RAF Bomber Command might well have crushed NAZI Germany in 1942.* A NEAR FINE copy with some dust jacket wear & slight age reducing it to VG+.*.…
Seller Inventory # 10077
Bibliographic details
- Title
- First Of The Many
- Author
- Alan Morris.
- Publisher
- The Adventurers Book Club., London UK.
- Publication year
- 1969
- Condition
- VG++/F/VG+
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
Cocksparrow Books
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since July 11, 2023
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 10 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 15.66 | US$ 28.47 |
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Store description
Cocksparrow Books is a small on-line second hand book store selling for the last 25 years following the closure of our small bookshop in Wadhurst, East Sussex. We specialise in non-fiction and hard to find titles in a number of fields. We also sell early impression fiction in VG condition avoiding more recent best sellers and airport editions. Our condition notes are as detailed as possible to allow purchasers to fully appreciate what they can expect when they buy. We are open to queries and will do our best to respond quickly to text messages and e-mails. Our offerings may not be the cheapest but if you are looking for a positive outcome to a purchase on-line, do consider ordering from us.…
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Cocksparrow Books
United Kingdom
Terms of sale
Cocksparrow Books are a small on-line second hand book sellers which originated 25 years ago with a high street second-hand Book Shop in Wadhurst, East Sussex.
We specialise in non-fiction, collectible first editions of hardback fiction and first impression issues of un-usual paperbacks. We also carry a range of good condition ex-library books. We tend to avoid bestsellers and airport fiction.
We really want you to be pleased with your purchases and with our service. Our condition notes are extensive and detailed. They are designed to inform the purchaser of any wear or damage to the item. If the book is listed as ACCEPTABLE, confirmation of order will be requested before dispatch is made.
Items may be found for sale on other platforms and at different prices which are normally constrained by fixed postal rates on those sites.
All prices are listed net. Postage and packing is charged extra as itemised in our shipping terms.
Title of goods remains with the vendor until full payment is cleared.
Shipping terms
Orders normally ship within 2 working days. Items are sent to UK destinations by Royal Mail, MyHermes or other reputable carriers. They are normally sent by Tracked 48 service and carry insurance. A certificate of posting will be obtained and this is available to be viewed by the buyer. Shipping costs are based on books weighing up to 2 KG. (packed), the current Tracked 48 rate for a small packet. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know that an extra shipping payment is required.
Paperbacks and pamphlets etc. which can be sent as large letters will be priced to reflect the lower carriage charge.
The standard carriage charge is currently £3.75 based on a small packet plus an amount for packing materials. Our orders are packed in protective mailers, closed with ECO paper tape and they may possibly be additionally protected with bubble wrap or other plastic padding which can of course be re-used by the purchaser.