Chisholm, Roderick, CBE, DSO, DFC COVER OF DARKNESS , Chatto and Windus, London, 1953,1st edn., 222pp, frontis and 18pp half tone photo ills., deep turquoise cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the author began operations with RAF night fighters in 1940 and saw the development of night flying techniques under 'Cat's Eyes' Cunningham, later commanding an operational night fighter development unit and being involved with radio counter-measures for bomber crews against German night fighters, edges a little tanned and foxed, light tanning and foxing to endpapers, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, tiny nick at tail of spine, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, (Book ref. 39497) £24.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, A Book for all Reasons , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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