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Fine and Rare Books in the Heart of Britain's West Country

BOWEN (E.G): Radar Days. With a Foreword by Lord Bowden of Chesterfield. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUST-WRAPPER , Adam Hilger, Bristol, [1987]

8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped d/w. Taffy Bowen was the father of airborne radar. Here he recounts the story of its introduction to the RAF in the early days of WWII. Very scarce. (Book ref. 19514)  £60.00

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Specialities:British topography, local history and genealogy; bibliography; palaeography; naval & military; siegfried sassoon; modern first editions; natural history; thomas hardy; illustrated and private press; english church architecture; h v morton; WWI literature
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