GILLILAND, ALAN::The Amazing Adventures of Curd the Lion and us! in the Land at the Back of Beyond.
- exemplaire signée 2008, ISBN: 9780955548611
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,colour illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears… Plus…
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,colour illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and clean.Light water mark/stain lightly affecting bottom lower corner of first 30 or so pages - else fine.Sharp-cornered,bright unblemished,publisher's original plain, black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-ixpp+198pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,acknowledgements,intro,13 chapters+epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp86/7,appendices(3),notes,an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. When he died in 1946,Flight Lieutenant Jack Mossop left behind a widow and child, a chest full of medals and a diary.He was 26 years old.The diary gave tantalising glimpses of his career; sixty years on,his son has uncovered the truth.It is the story of an ordinary Durham lad called upon to perform extraordinary deeds. Serving initially as a Wireless Operator in 49 Sqdn,he progressed to 76 Sqdn under the legendary Leonard Cheshire VC,and finished as a Deputy Master Bomber with the elite Pathfinder Group in 35 Sqdn. To complete even one tour of duty was against the odds.To complete a second and then to volunteer for a third was nigh-on incredible.Small wonder that one of his crewmates called him 'The bravest man I ever knew'.It is all the more tragic that he died a civilian's death on board a BOAC Lancastrian after the war in suspicious circumstances,which attracted the attention of the Prime Minister himself. Jack saw most of the great actions of Bomber Command,from the 1,000 bomber raids of 1942,to the Battles of the Ruhr and Berlin in 1943,and the daylight operations of Normandy before and after D-Day.His story stands as a microcosm of the entire bomber campaign.'A Pathfinder's Story' is a fascinating and stirring account of courage in war: a tribute not just to one man,but also to the contribution to victory of the nameless thousands whse stories will now never be told. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. Available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. 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If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always., UK.BARNSLEY,S.YORKS,PEN & SWORD (AVIATION) BOOKS LTD.,2007., 4.5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj front picture repeated to rear panel,gold and black letters to front and spine,rear panel with black lettered prose extract from memoir; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - book slightly cocked.Minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing at head of spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, b/w photographic repetition of dw/dj to paper-covered boards with identical lettering and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn thus,vii-xiipp+1-347pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Professor Bill Gammage,a contents list/table,a Preface by Will Davies (Editor),20 chapters and an Epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w autobiographical and battlefield panoramas photographs in 2 blocks of 8p apiece,between pp112/13 and pp224/25 respectively,a glossary and acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,3 b/w regional maps - (overview of Western Front and an overview of battlefields in Belgium),1 double-paged (Overview of the main battlefields of France - in this book) and to the rear 4pp blanks. 'Somme Mud' tells of the devastating experiences of Edward Lynch,a young Australian private (18 when he enlisted) during the First World War when he served with the 45th battalion of the Australian Infantry Forces on the Western Front at the Somme,which saw the most bloody and costly fighting of the war.In just eight weeks, there were 23,000 Australian casualties. The original edition of twenty chapters,was written in pencil in twenty school exercise books in 1921,probably to help exorcise the horrendous experiences Private Lynch had witnessed during his three years at war from mid-1916 until his repatriation home in mid- 1919.Lynch had been wounded three times,once seriously and spent over six months in hospital in England. Published here for the first time,and to the great excitement of historians at the War Memorial 'Somme Mud' is a precious find,a discovered treasure that vividly captures the magnitude of war through the day-to-day experiences of an ordinary infantryman. From his first day setting sail for France as the band played 'Boys of the Dardanelles' and the crowd proudly waved their fresh-faced boys off, to the harsh reality of the trenches of France and its pale-faced weary men,Lynch captures the essence and contradictions of war. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or postage FREE. ** N.B. US/CANADA customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.INDEX BOOKS LTD.,2008., 5, UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated+SIGNED,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,distinctive,black ink dedication, signature+date thus: 'To Maddie, follow Curd & his friend till you,too, reach the very Back of Beyond! Alan Gilliland 31 July 09. to front free endpaper and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price to either the dw/dj or book's boards.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around b/w author illustrated dw/dj with b/w+yellow lettering to front panel similar coloured lettering and thumbnail b/w publisher's illustrated colophon to foot of spine/backstrip and to rear panel,white lettered critics' reviews (2) and story's synopsis; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splis present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages's corners - appears unread,apart from my own ollation.Publisher's original,bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,paper-covered boards with repeated b/w illustration from dw/dj and similar coloured lettering to spine and each board.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated+SIGNED,1st edn,7-176pp [paginated - the last two pages pp175/6 are blank - without text] includes Books I+II comprising 18 chapters and an Afterword and 3 chapters (a Sampler for 'The Ineffable Emperor') respectively,profuse b/w illustrations by Gilliland interpsersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] SIGNED front free endpaper,blank with dedication to its reversemb/ vignette illustrated title page,contents list/table,a b/w map illustrated frntis. A children's/young adult fantasy/nonsense story. When the Great Raven steals their Mother's precious brooch, the Twins, Henry and Henrietta,are blamed and told that,unless the brooch is returned,their Birthday Party in four days' time will be cancelled and that their four Animals, Curd the Lion, Pilgrim Crow, Sweeney the Heenie (a hyena), and O'Flattery the Snake,will be given away to the Charity Shop.Curd the Lion,who witnessed the theft,leads the Animals out that night,all the way to the Back of Beyond,to find the Great Raven and try to rescue the brooch.Meeting first that unfathomable inflatable,Professor Balloonafuss,creatures they encounter include 'His Majesty King Much of a Muchness',Nook and Cranny,Queen Mumbie-Bumbee and the Dodongs.By the time they enter Holywood,with its Minor-Bore,knightly Sir Rush and his Kalandar,their route has become so riddled with pitfalls and the talk of the beasts so twisted,the Animals can hardly tell whether they are coming or going.Reaching at last the Rocks of Brimstone and the out-jutting Corbie-stone,lair of the Great Raven,the Animals discover both friends and foes converging on this pivotal rock.A great battle ensues. The author has included the first three chapters of a second adventure, 'The Ineffable Emperor, or,Travels in the Land of Nod in the Great Sea of Slumber',as an invitation to readers to ask for more.No illustrations (though there will be of course,in the real book). The author and illustrator,Alan Gilliland,left The Daily Telegraph, where as graphics editor for 18 years he received 19 national and international awards for information graphics,to write,illustrate and publish his own books while working as an illustrator and information graphic artist for other publishers,architects and developers. His clients,past and present,include the Penguin Group, Osprey, the Ivy Group, Aurum among publishers; Kit Martin, adviser to Prince Charles on historic buildings (Stoneleigh Abbey, Burley-on-the-Hill, Great Yarmouth Naval Hospital), Norwich Theatre Royal renovation and extension, John McAslan and Partners (energy centre for the London Olympics).Starting out as a film - then architecture - student, he worked as a news photo-journalist for eight years before transferring to graphics and illustration. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p FREE. Available UK only. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., UK.BILLINGSHURST,WEST SUSSEX.SHABBY TATTLER PRESS,2008., 5<
