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Buy this book on-line BRICKHILL, PAUL: : REACH FOR THE SKY: The Story of Douglas Bader D.S.O.,D.F.C. [Subject SIGNED+dated copy.]LONDON.COLLINS,1954. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,subject SIGNED,1st edn.VG+.Blue ink,gift presentation inscptn to recipient+date (Christmas 1953) to ffe (front free endpaper),and also the biograhy's subject's neat handwritten,
blue ink signature and date thus: Douglas Bader (underlined) 18/3/54 (also underlined) to top of a Bader b/w biographical portrait photographic illustrated frntis,and minus it's issued dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,
publisher's original plain dark blue cloth
bds with clean plain white eps - donor inscrptn excepted; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - a tiny nick at head of spine/backstrip which is slightly sunned/faded with some minimal,
partial oxidisation of gilt lettering to same.Top edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - fore-edges slightly brighter,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - text body near pristine apart from a tiny top of page-edge tear (pp259) and a small smudge to top of page edges pp348/350 - otherwise little or no foxing/ spotting and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,but subject SIGNED,1st edn,
9-384pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,28 chapters and an interim epilogue,10pp contemporary,historical biographical b/w photographs in 5 blocks of 2pp apiece interspersed throughout the text and the book,an index,plus [unpaginated] subject SIGNED+dated b/w photographic frntis,title page and dedication.See also my book ID rja639616
for a subject SIGNED,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp, of 'Wings Day: The man who led the RAF's epic battle in German captivity.' [a Subject SIGNED+dated copy.]
The bestselling story of Britain's most courageous and most famous flyer,the Second World War hero Sir Douglas Bader,
D.S.O,D.F.C.When first published in 1954,
some 170,000+ copies were sold in the first few months alone.The initial print run of 300,000 soon quickly sold out,as the biography became the biggest-selling hardback in post-war Britain.
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