bishop major william (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: GOOD. Reprint. A boys' adventure novel centered around flying, set in Canada, near Ontario, shortly after the first World War. A title in the "Young Moderns Book Shelf." 260 pp. Good overall in dark blue cloth with orange lettering on the spine, no dust jacket (a bit of soiling to edges of textblock, but a tight and straight copy).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. An illustrated biography of on the top Allied fighter aces of the First World War, later Liet-Col Bishop, VC, DSO. The Canadian pilot was credited with seventy two victories. 246pp. Book appears to have been rebound in brown cloth with title details pasted on ot upper board and spine. Details from original DJ have been pasted onto fixed end paper. Free end paper missing. Pages toned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. Light blue cloth with black and gold decoration on the cover, black lettering on the spine. Spine is faded a shade towards gray, while the rest of the boards retain original light blue. Pictorial endpapers. Gutter cracked at half title page, revealing backing linen. Evelyn Kendall's ownership name dated 1931 on the half title. Signed by the author, "W.A. Bishop" on the back of the frontispiece photograph. Frontispiece photo tipped in, but partially detached. No date on the title page. Copyright page dated only 1918. 272 pages. Illustrated with photographs, one or two of which are detached but set back in place. Gutter cracked at page preceding rear endpaper. Overall good condition, but a bit loose & would benefit from a few lines of glue, just to tighten everything up. The author was a Flying Ace in the first World War. Please email with questions or to request photos. If there is a photo beside this listing, please note that it was placed there by ABE without our permission and is likely what they call a 'stock photo' (whatever that is). This volume is part of a large collection of Aviation and Ballooning books, a catalogue of which is available upon request. Most of the volumes have a small pencil notation on the first blank page - the letters KB and a number. Many have Evelyn Kendall's signature as well. Signed by Author(s).