Flying Colours the Epic Story Of Douglas Bader

Hutchinson,, [1982]. 8vo., Fourth Impression, with plates, short neat inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY DOUGLAS BADER AND LADDIES LUCAS ON TITLE. Published a year after the first edition.

Hutchinson & Co., 1981. 0091464706. 1st edn. 8vo. Original sliver lettered green cloth (head and tail of spine bumped and some light spotting on top edge - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 303, illus with b&w plates (small marks on front endpapers; no inscriptions).

In 1931 a brilliant 21-year-old Royal Air Force pilot crashed his Bristol Bulldog fighter near Reading. The pilot officer was Douglas Bader and the result of the accident was the loss of both of his legs. In this intimate and lively biography, authorized by Bader himself and complemented by his private papers, flying log-books and personal notes, Laddie Lucas documents… Read more about this item

GB: Panther Granada, 1983. With a special appreciation of Douglas Bader.. 1st Thus. Paperback. VG+.

London: Wordsworth, 2001 One page highlighted.. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hutchinson, 1990. reprint. Near Fine. lge. octavo. stiff wrappers 303pp., b/w pls., appends., index,