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ROCHESTER, GEO. E: : SKY PIRATES OF LOST ISLAND

LONDON. JOHN HAMILTON LTD.[n.d. but 1937.]

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn but an S.P.C.K [Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge) colour illustrated prize presentation bookplate/ label (dated 1938) pasted to verso of front free endpaper,and no price-clip (3s. 6d.NET) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp and clean colour pictorial aerial dog-fight scene by Stanley Orton Bradshaw (signature+dated 36),illustrated dw/dj with white out-lined red lettering to front panel+spine/ backstrip,rear panel with publisher's 'ACE SERIES' advert for some 50+ published titles - 'Despot of the World' [GER] to 'Lynx,Counter-Spy' [Vigilant].With negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - some minimal creasing,corner tips rubbed with some minimal chipping to same and miniscule chipping to head+foot of spine/ backstrip,a few small closed tears to top front (1) and top rear (3) edges respectively and a small portion loss at foot of rear gutter's fold/crease of spine/backstrip.99.7% complete,present. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original air-force blue cloth boards/covers without any blemishes and with black ink lettering to spine/ baclstrip and immaculate plain white eps, prize label excepted.Top edges coloured dark blue,fore-edges lightly toned with sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound with minimal, random page-edge foxing - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.Possible production faults - uniform small crease/creases to top corner(s) of title page(1) and the following contents list/table(2) respectively.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3- 218pp+[1-38pp publisher's Autumn,1937 Catalogue.] includes edge-foxed contents page with illustrations list/table to its recto also similarly foxed - both with aforementioned top corner crease(s),XXXIV (34) chapters,4 b/w illus by S.O. Bradshaw +date includes frntis - all called for and present and solidly attached,and to the rear a publisher's catalogue with b/w photographs of books' covers.Plus [unpaginated] half-title with page-edge foxing,b/w illustrated frntis,off-set foxing shadow to body of title page with page-edge foxing to its recto and to the rear 'ACE'series titles list with blank recto,blank and a further blank at end of catalogue. Interestingly or surprisingly the catalogue contains cookery/recipe books! The catalogue offers titles as diverse as Non-fiction General aviation,Airman's Bookshelf - 24 titles of true flying adventures,Technical+Instructional books, Aircraft Modelling titles [Howard Leigh and S.O. Bradshaw],'ACE' Series,7 NEW titles - 57-David T. Lindsay 'The Green Ray' to 63 - Eric Wood 'Lone Star Rangers of the Air',Aerial Art - watercolours(S.O. B)+Sepia prints(H. Leigh),International Cookery books,Fiction,The Sundial Mystery and Adventure Library titles,Flying Thrillers,and a complete list of the 'ACE' Series - No. 1 - 62,the 63rd a new title - Eric Wood,see earlier. A really superb example in excellent condition. A highly collected and prolific children's books author and master of aviation fiction in Rochester's typical style and format and will be an important and welcome addition to his collectability and to the canon generally. A little-known island which had been in the possession of one family for more than two centuries,is the stronghold of a band of air pirates who prey on shipping in the Pacific. The British Naval Intelligence Department and a German financier are both interested in the location of this island.Thrilling adventures follow before this dangerous band of air pirates are defeated and destroyed. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item for correct and insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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

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