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Paul Brickhill – The Dam Busters – First UK Edition 1951 - HB in Dust Jacket
Paul Brickhill – The Dam Busters – First UK Edition 1951 - HB in Dust Jacket
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THE DAM BUSTERS
By Paul Brickhill (author of The Great Escape)
Published by Evans Brothers Limited, London, 1951. First Edition / FIrst Printing. Hardback in dust jacket. 269 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs.
CONDITION
A good first edition. The dust jacket is price-clipped but is otherwise good with just a little wear to the spine ends. Boards and spine are clean. Neat inscription in pen to front endpaper and dated 1951. The half title page has a couple of spots to the top edge (see last photo provided above). All contents present and pages clean throughout. Overall a good first edition.
The Dam Busters is a 1951 non-fiction book by Paul Brickhill about Royal Air Force 617 Squadron originally commanded by Wing Commander Guy Gibson V.C. during World War II. The squadron became known as the "Dam Busters" because of Operation Chastise, a mission using highly specialised bombs to destroy Ruhr dams in Germany.
The book also covers the subsequent history of 617 Squadron, as an elite squadron specializing in attacking difficult targets with outsize weapons and precision techniques. Among Gibson's successors as commander was Group Captain Leonard Cheshire V.C., and the book describes Cheshire's unorthodox leadership style and innovative target marking techniques.
By Paul Brickhill (author of The Great Escape)
Published by Evans Brothers Limited, London, 1951. First Edition / FIrst Printing. Hardback in dust jacket. 269 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs.
CONDITION
A good first edition. The dust jacket is price-clipped but is otherwise good with just a little wear to the spine ends. Boards and spine are clean. Neat inscription in pen to front endpaper and dated 1951. The half title page has a couple of spots to the top edge (see last photo provided above). All contents present and pages clean throughout. Overall a good first edition.
The Dam Busters is a 1951 non-fiction book by Paul Brickhill about Royal Air Force 617 Squadron originally commanded by Wing Commander Guy Gibson V.C. during World War II. The squadron became known as the "Dam Busters" because of Operation Chastise, a mission using highly specialised bombs to destroy Ruhr dams in Germany.
The book also covers the subsequent history of 617 Squadron, as an elite squadron specializing in attacking difficult targets with outsize weapons and precision techniques. Among Gibson's successors as commander was Group Captain Leonard Cheshire V.C., and the book describes Cheshire's unorthodox leadership style and innovative target marking techniques.
