32 pp, 10 1/2" H. Introduction, auction listing, colour photographs. Amendments sheet laid in. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing. View More...
Publisher:
Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1985.
Seller ID: 10289
29 pp + 10 b&w plates at rear + prices realized list laid in, large 8vo, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Auction catalgue with items grouped as follows: Single Campaign Medals; From the Collection of Group Captain F.L. Newall; Groups and Pairs Incl uding Orders and Decorations for Gallantry or Distinguished Service; Campaign Groups and Pairs; British Orders; Single Decorations, Long Service and Miscellaneous Awards; Foreign Orders, Decorations and Badges. Interior - price notation written in pen on two listings on pages 24 & 25, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exter... View More...
Publisher:
Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1986.
Seller ID: 10287
38 pp + + 6 b&w plates at rear + prices realized list laid in, large 8vo, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w illustrations (medals, photographs). Auction catalgue with items grouped as follows: Single Campaign Medals; Groups and Pairs Including Orders, Decorations and Medals, awarded to Major General Sir Sydney D'A. Crookshank, Colonel Commandant Royal Engineers; British Orders; Single Decorations, Long Service and Miscellaneous Awards; Foreign Orders and Medals. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear. VG+ View More...
458 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). "At the beginning of the Second World War there was no thought of delivering planes by air across the Atlantic. It was assumed to be too costly and too dangerous, especially in winter. Despite this initial reluctance, between the fall of 1940 and the spring of 1945, Royal Air Force Ferry Command's mixed civilian and military crews flew almost ten thousand aircraft, mainly American-built, to operational squadrons overseas. (This book) provides the first full account of the genesis, history, and importance of Ferry Command." Interior - place, date, signature and the lett... View More...
464 pp, 9 1/2" H. "Quicksilver is part romance, part psychologicl thriller. Richly evocative and subtly erotic, it gives a fascinating insight into the myth of the werewolf. Raised in exile as an English gentleman trying to forget a tragic past, Ned Malise wanted only to be left alone with his music, his rich daydreams and his love for Marika. But at the age of thirty-three, he suddenly began to turn into a wolf. Or so it seemed in 1638, when werewolves were still tried and hanged like witches. On the run from hunters with dogs, Ned takes refuge with the woman he has loved from a distanc... View More...
