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INNES**, HAMMOND: : Air Bridge

LONDON.COLLINS,1951.

UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG-.Handwritten donor's blue ink presentation inscrptn to front free endpaper,but no price-clip to dw/dj. Monochrome illustrated front panel of dw/dj with yellow-lettered title and capitalised,yellow-lettered author's name,spine/backstrip similarly coloured+lettered title+author as front,and publisher's capitalised,yellow-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with author's monochrome portrait photograph with his facsimile signature to a white panel/band below. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - corner tips inevitably but minisculely rubbed - no major tears or splits present.Slightly nicked,rubbed with miniscule chipping loss to head of dw/dj's spine/ backstrip.Top edges+fore-edges lightly aged/ toned but without foxing; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip and reasonably clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-288pp [paginated] includes X (10) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with author'sNote to its reverse. Novel by British writer Hammond Innes,set during the Berlin Airlift which Berliner's called Air Bridge.The time is 1948 and much of the action is played out against the background of blockaded Berlin and the lift.It centres around three characters who are ex-R.A.F fliers and follows their desperate attempts to get their machine on the Airlift in time.The novel is set partially at RAF Gatow,RAF Membury after its closure and RAF Wunstorf. Hammond Innes was flown out to Berlin by the RAF when the Airlift was at its peak.Through Fraser who tells the story,he notonly reveals the workings of this greatest of all air operations,butgoes behind the scenes,into Berlin and the Russian Zone. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

INNES, Hammond : Air Bridge

Collins, 1951

First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine/vg++ d.w., slight edgewear and some tiny closed nicks, unclipped, and overall an attractive copy

INNES, Hammond : Air Bridge

Collins 1951

1st ed, fine in VG+ d/w, corners worn with short splits spine ends worn and creased with shallow chips, small chip top corner rear panel.

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