{"product_id":"above-the-bright-blue-sky-elliott-white-springs-5th-printing","title":"Above the Bright Blue Sky, Elliott White Springs — 5th Printing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, John Hamilton Limited, 1930\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. 223.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The publisher's original light blue cloth binding remains secure and tight, with only mild fading to the boards and minor bumping to the spine extremities. Internally, the text block is bright and largely clean, exhibiting customary age-toning to the page edges and very occasional light spotting. The scarce original pictorial dust jacket is present but exhibits notable shelf-wear, with distinct chipping, rubbing, and minor loss to the spine ends and panel corners, though it remains unclipped and retains its original 3\/6 net pricing to the spine. The jacket is now preserved in a protective clear sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is a scarce early UK edition, specifically the fifth printing, issued in October 1930, of Elliott White Springs' celebrated aviation follow-up to \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"165\"\u003eWar Birds\u003c\/i\u003e. Printed in Great Britain by Lowe \u0026amp; Brydone, the volume was published by John Hamilton Limited, a house highly regarded for its dedicated output of aeronautical literature during the interwar period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eFinding this title with its fragile original pictorial dust jacket still intact is notably uncommon, especially given the ephemeral nature of early 1930s publisher's wrappers and the heavy readership these popular flying adventure titles endured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eFollowing the monumental success of \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"43\"\u003eWar Birds: The Diary of an Unknown Aviator\u003c\/i\u003e, Elliott White Springs returns to the perilous, adrenaline-fueled world of First World War combat aviation. \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"194\"\u003eAbove the Bright Blue Sky\u003c\/i\u003e offers a gripping, vivid continuation of the lives of these early fighter pilots, capturing the intoxicating mix of courage, fatalism, and camaraderie that defined the men who fought the first war in the air. Springs, himself a decorated American flying ace, writes with an unmatched authenticity, bringing the roar of rotary engines and the terrifying beauty of aerial dogfights vividly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55860262797651,"sku":"7018","price":115.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261110_113926.jpg?v=1794506518","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/above-the-bright-blue-sky-elliott-white-springs-5th-printing","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}