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Published by William Kimber (of London), 1972
ISBN 10: 0718303024ISBN 13: 9780718303020
Seller: Ed's Editions LLC, ABAA, West Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 0718303024 Dust jacket and book are clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. 175 pages.
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First Edition. First Edition. octavo, brown boards in pictorial dust jacket. 175pp. William Kimber, Hodges served with the British Army at Gallipoli and in Egypt then volunteered for the RFC and balloon observation training in 1916. After training he was posted to No.25 Balloon Section, 2nd Balloon Wing in Flanders leading to a lifetime of affection for balloons. He gives a vivid impression of being up in a balloon, the beauty of viewing the world from that height, and funny episodes during his training. Numerous photographic illustrations. A bit dusty on top edge of text block, otherwise a fine, clean copy. Jacket not price clipped. octavo, brown boards in pictorial dust jacket.
Published by William Kimber, London, 1972
ISBN 10: 0718303024ISBN 13: 9780718303020
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 175pp. Inscribed by the author on title page with a handwritten letter from the author laid in. VG/VG copy, foxing to prelims and page edges, jacket has small closed tear to front top edge, now preserved in mylar jacket protector. Signed by Author(s).
Published by 1972, 1972
Seller: Turner Donovan Military Bks, Brighton, SXE, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
1st Ed., 175pp., 18 illus. VG in dw. Kimber. Unusual memoirs of an RFC/RAF Kite Balloon officer on the Western Front. VG in dw. See illustration on our website.
Published by London William Kimber, 1972
Seller: Stephen Wilkinson Fine Books, Near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, IOW, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition: Hardback, brown bds., silver titles, 160 X 240 mm., 600g., 175 pp., illustrated wit bw. photographs and double-page sketch -Diagram of a Cacquot Kite Balloon, light foxing to eps., original, photographic dw., VGVG copy.
Published by WILLIAM KIMBER, LONDON, 1972
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
First Edition
HardBack. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. WILLIAM KIMBER, London. 1972A good, clean and sound EXLIBRARY copy with stamps etc and a good dust jacket. Illustrated with bw photographic plates and diagrams within text as listed.
Published by William Kimber London 1st edition 1972, 1972
Seller: Alexander Fax Booksellers, Mawson, ACT, Australia
Hard cover dust wrapper 175pp b&w plates. Browning on eps, foxing on page edges and a little scattered throughout, corners bumped. Else very good. Warm inscription to former owner from author: 'a Canadian, whose grandfather flew with 66 Squadron of the RFC in World War I. I wish every happiness. I observed for Canadians and finally served under a distinguished Canadian, Squadron Commander Robert Lechie DFC AFC the only man who shot down not one byt two Zepplins. Goderic Hodges, Bedford 5th March 1974. Author tells of his experiences with observation balloons on the Western Front during the great war. As well as describing what he did with him during his time with 32 Squadron RFC, he conveys something of his grand obsession with them. A 'balloonatic', indeed.
Published by William Kimber, London, 1972
Seller: Antiquariat Lindbergh, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany
Hardcover with dust jacket. When a call came round the R.F.C. training school at Oxford for volunteers to transfer to balloons, the author was quick to apply. He had been with the army at Gallipoli, and in Egypt, and had then volunteered to join the R.F.C. He was always interested in anything in the least unusual. And he had never heard of observation balloons. This call was different, for it was to lead to a lifetime's affection for balloons. - After training he was sent to the Western Front and his book teils of his experiences there with observation balloons. Set side by side with the grim starkness of warfare on the western front, the author gives the reader a vivid impression of what it was like to be up in a balloon, of the beauty of the world from that height, and not least of the funny episodes that inevitably occurred during his training and practice with balloons - such as his near-miss landing through the reading room of the British Museum. He relates the horrors of warfare during the later part of the war, including his own personal tragedy and yet with the gusto and humour with which he describes his ballooning experiences he imparts to the reader some of the spell which balloons have cast over him. 175 p. photos book very good condition, dust jacket a little rubbed.
Published by William Kimber, London, 1972
ISBN 10: 0718303024ISBN 13: 9780718303020
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Author tells of his experiences with observation balloons on the Western Front in World War I. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 175 pp.
Published by William Kimber & Co Limited, London, 1972
Seller: Juniper Books, Petersfield, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy of this book with some browning on end papers and dust wrapper. Signed by author and dated 20th June 1974. Signed by Author(s).