High Endeavours, Keith Walters (Editor) — 1st Edition

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High Endeavours, Keith Walters (Editor) — 1st Edition

Name: High Endeavours, Keith Walters (Editor) — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
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Publication: Wigtown, Scotland, GC Book Publishers Ltd, 1994

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 297.

Condition Report: Fine. Sourced from a remarkable cache of twelve uncirculated copies, this volume is in immaculate, brand-new condition. The glossy, laminated pictorial boards remain brilliant and entirely unrubbed, completely lacking any shelf-wear, scuffing, or bumping to the corners and spine ends. The binding is exceptionally tight and square, indicative of an unread copy. Internally, the text block is bright and clean, with the pages remaining crisp and completely free from any foxing, inscriptions, or toning. A pristine, untouched example.

Catalogue Note: First edition. This highly specific regional volume comprises personal wartime experiences and reminiscences contributed by members of the West Riding of Yorkshire Branch of the Aircrew Association, complete with a foreword by Victoria Cross recipient William Reid.

The book was issued in resilient laminated boards without a dust jacket, as published. Given its niche military subject matter and association publisher, the title was printed in a relatively small run. Copies surviving in such unblemished, unread condition are distinctly scarce on the open market.

High Endeavours serves as a poignant and vital historical record, capturing the first-hand wartime recollections of the airmen who formed the West Riding of Yorkshire Branch of the Aircrew Association. Published to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the branch's founding, the volume gathers intensely personal accounts of aerial combat, camaraderie, and sacrifice from those who flew in the most harrowing theatres of the Second World War. Enhanced by a foreword from William Reid V.C., it stands as a lasting testament to the bravery and enduring spirit of Bomber Command and associated wartime aircrew.

Book Condition: Fine

Book Authors: Keith Walters

Book Publisher: GC Book Publishers Ltd

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Military

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 297

Book Publication Year: 1994

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardback

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Wigtown, Scotland, United Kingdom

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