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SHORES,CHRISTOPHER: : ACES HIGH - VOLUME 2

LONDON.GRUB STREET,1999.

ISBN 1898697000.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,black background with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A small closed tear to front,lower corner of dw/dj.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain RAF blue cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-256pp [paginated] includes an introduction and acknowledgements,a preamble,9 chapters, 24pp contemporary b/w pilots' portrait photographs in 1 block,between pp128/29, plus [unpaginated] title page and contents list/table. The introduction to 'Aces High', published in August 1994,sought further information in regard to many of the pilots included in that first volume.The response has been overwhelming,opening doors to many new avenues of research.In consequence additional information, together with a few corrections,allows updating on more than 700 of the 1,200 pilots covered in the original book, together with the addition of some new names. This is a completely independent volume, however.It does repeat any of the earlier information - everything herein is new, including many photographs from private sources. Additional therefore,is substantial information regarding pilots who gained sucess against the V-1 flying bombs during 1944-45.Detail is also provided of those units in which virtually all fighter pilots served at one time or another - the fighter Operational Training Units - and of specialist units such as the Central Gunnery School, Fighter Leader's School,Fighter Experimental Units etc.To match the coverage of the US and Soviet companion volumes,there is also coverage of the only other conflicts in which British pilots have been able to claim victories since 1945 - Korea and the Falklands War (then 1999).An indispensable companion volume to 'Aces High'. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015,and in 2016 too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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